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8 Jul 05

I'm having a bad day. It's not that bad things are happening to me. It's just normal things are turning out badly. So, rather than inflict a bad column on you, I'm just going to throw some links your way for the weekend. Looking at the site traffic, it appears most of you are on vacation anyway.

CDV has released the Panzers: Phase Two demo. You can download it Here. It weighs in at a healthy 450 MB.

I have a couple of links thanks to the kind people over at Octopus Overlords. First, they remind us of the first feature complete release of the remake of Star Control 2 called The Ur-Quan Masters. Obviously they have big plans since the full port is only labeled version 0.4. You can grab it Here.

Next the eight legged ones bring us memories from the past. Back in the early nineties, I used to play a lot of pen and paper RPG's. One of our group's favorites was Twilight 2000. It asked the question what would the world be like if a limited nuclear World War III happened. The answer was basically chaos. Anyway the original rule book is now downloadable for free from DriveThruRPG. Grab it Here. Registration is required.

Gamespy brings the first preview of Supreme Commander from the creator of Total Annihilation. Check it out Here. They also bring us the first Developer Diary for Rise of Legends. Grab it Here.

As usual, Penny Arcade has the most succinct take on the Battlefield 2 patch fiasco. Read it Here. I'll only add that maybe you shouldn't send everyone on vacation before making sure the patch works.

Dubious Quality has a couple of interesting pieces on gaming journalism. Check them out Here and Here.

Slashdot Games brings us the link to an interesting article on id software falling behind the times. Read it Here.

Finally, the rumors of the sex mod for GTA: San Andreas have landed Rockstar a review from the ESRB. Check out the story Here.

Have a good weekend.

Jason