http://fortuente.com Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:13:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I just found this review at Slashdot by Aeonite of the book Dungeons and Desktops by Matt Barton, editor and writer for Armchairarcade.com. Looks like I missed this book as it has been out for about a month now, but this review gives an excellent overview of its strengths and ... http://fortuente.com/2008/07/dungeons-and-desktops/ You would think Blizzard Entertainment operated a bank looking at all the ways scammers try to gain access to World of Warcraft accounts. Fake log-in pages, flash-embedded key-loggers, IM con jobs, faked IDs ... the methods people have used to steal World of Warcraft accounts and the in-game currency they ... http://fortuente.com/2008/06/wow-account-token/ If there is one thing fans of online fps gaming have come to expect it is that you will be carrying a gun of some sort. Whether you are fighting Nazis, evil aliens or terrorists you can expect that you will be doing your fighting with a machine gun or ... http://fortuente.com/2008/05/spotlight-age-of-chivalry/ What are five words that are on the lips of literally millions of MMORPG players around the world right now? That's right: Wrath of the Lich King. I just came across a little wiki tucked away in the vast tubes of the Internets where you can find numerous leaked screen shots ... http://fortuente.com/2008/05/wotlk-alpha-leaks/ Periodically I will be highlighting a community-made game or project I find interesting and that I think you will also. For the first Spotlight I have chosen a project that thousands of MMO players around the world have wished for yet few seem to know about: the Star Wars Galaxies ... http://fortuente.com/2008/05/swg-emulators/ Today the folks responsible for bringing the phenomenal (free) Half-Life 2 mod Zombie Panic: Source have announced the mod has been fully migrated to the Source 2007 SDK and to generate some interest they are staging a level design competition with some pretty sweet rewards. Enter your Zombie Panic map into ... http://fortuente.com/2008/05/zps-design-competition/ Basic Levels I found Portal to be the right blend of challenge and streamlined gameplay. Once you master the portal gun and if you are already familiar with the typical Half-Life puzzle style this game could be considered downright easy. Still, I got stuck twice during the game to the point ... http://fortuente.com/2008/03/portal/ Zombie Panic: Source (official site) is a multi-player mod for Half Life 2 that pits human survivors of an undead holocaust versus ravenous flesh-eating zombies. Though officially still in beta, it is quite playable and is already loads of fun. UPDATE: The issue below has been fixed as of version 1.2b ... http://fortuente.com/2008/01/zombie-panic-mute/ Have you ever wondered how to enable a more traditional fps-style mouse-look mode in WoW? I know I have; the constant click-and-hold nature of WoW has played havoc with my wrist tendons and I also often find it clunky to use in pvp situations - especially when I've taken a ... http://fortuente.com/2008/01/warcraft-world-mouse-look/ Unless you live under a rock you have heard about Valve's Orange Box, the blockbuster title that features all three Half-Life 2 games, Team Fortress 2 and Portal, which is fast becoming a gaming legend in its own right. Totally sweet, right? Well, not if you you are unable to get ... http://fortuente.com/2007/10/solved-steam-and-the-visual-c-runtime-error/