Skyrim Creation Kit “Surprise” Revealed as Portal 2 Space Core, Gets Removed

Skyrim Creation Kit

Portal 2′s Space Core Appears, Gets Removed

by exterminat

©2012 Nicholas Laborde

UPDATE #2: The initial stress on the servers has been alleviated, and you should be able to download it easily. You can find the Space Core here. Simply hit “subscribe”, it’ll download the next time you start the game, and then he should fall out of the sky near the Western Watchtower near Whiterun.

UPDATE #1: Bethesda informs us that the content has not been removed; there is simply a lot of traffic at the moment causing the content to become unavailable. We will update when things cool down. The original article is as follows.

Today, fans of Skyrim around the world have rejoiced: Bethesda has officially, at long last, released the Creation Kit, the official mod tools for the community to take full advantage of the game and create crazy custom content.

The mods themselves can be easily located via a nifty new place on Steam called the Workshop. Players can find a mod, easily install it, subscribe to the author, write recommendations, et cetera.

Do you remember the zany Space Core from Portal 2‘s ending?

A rather mysterious companion mod appeared, and was almost immediately removed. (more…)

Gamer Debate: Is YouTube Bad For Gaming?

Gamer Debate: Is YouTube Bad For Gaming?

Gamer tool or lazy replacement?

by dkpatriarch and exterminat

©2011 David Hilton and Nicholas Laborde

YouTube is undoubtedly the largest source of videos in the world.

Gaming, the biggest entertainment medium in the world, has obviously had a relationship with this juggernaut.

But is it really for the better?

OXCGN continues its history of opinionated discussions with yet another iteration of debating, this time with an argument that may just be hard to be on the negative end of.

Just what is YouTube doing for gaming . . .

Could Half-Life 2: Episode Three Be Gaming’s Biggest Flop?

Half-Life 2: Episode Three

Could it be gaming’s biggest flop?

by exterminat

©2011 Nicholas Laborde

Video game development is an extremely long and difficult process. In the case of some titles (Splinter Cell: Conviction), the entire project must be scrapped and redone, causing an unusually long development cycle.

You’re all familiar with Duke Nukem Forever. When it releases this June, that will be the culmination of over fourteen years of development (although “development” is debatable based on how much you know about the case). There obviously comes a point, and when Duke Nukem Forever releases, our focal point of delays will have to be moved elsewhere for criticism.

Where will it move? Half-Life 2: Episode Three. It’s not humanly possible to live up to the expectations it has set itself up for.

Dr. Freeman doomed to fail?

OXCGN’s Portal 2 Review: The Revolutionary Experience Evolves

OXCGN’s Portal 2 Review

The Revolutionary Experience Evolves

by exterminat

©2011 Nicholas Laborde

Every so often in our life, a piece of entertainment releases that completely blows the doors off established tradition.

It may defy all boundaries, going past a barrier that may not be strictly physical.

It may do something in a way that was never conceived before.

It may tap the emotions in a way we never thought that medium could. Portal is one of the titles in the long list of revolutionary entertainment that completely rocked our world. (more…)

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