modvelous-monday posts

While Xbox 360 and PS3 users have worked themselves into a veritable tizzy over downloadable content, PC users have been accustomed to having the lifeline of their favorite games extended far past their in-the-box values since the days of Doom - and even before that. What's more, we're used to downloading new levels, weapons, characters, and new episodes absolutely free of charge.

Big Download understands that a five-hour game can be extended by hundreds of hours via total conversions, brand new monsters, and weapons you've always wanted to see in your favorite title. In the spirit of extending a title's longevity beyond mere out-of-the-box expectations, MODmonday celebrates the best modifications for games new and old. Half-Life, Half-Life 2, StarCraft, Diablo II, Doom and more will all be represented here, ensuring a wide spread of mods available across every possible genre of PC gaming.

This week's MODmonday modification is Sketchbook Sam, a total conversion of Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne that casts players in the role of a two-dimensional stick figure. Stay tuned to MODmonday over the next several weeks as we count down until the release of the Max Payne movie on October 16 by covering some of the best mods for Max Payne and Max Payne 2.

Xbox 360 and PS3 users have worked themselves into a veritable tizzy over downloadable content, but PC users have been accustomed to having the lifeline of their favorite games extended far past their in-the-box values since the days of Doom - and even before that. What's more, we're used to downloading new levels, weapons, characters, and new episodes absolutely free of charge.

Big Download understands that a five-hour game can be extended by hundreds of hours via total conversions, brand new monsters, and weapons you've always wanted to see in your favorite title. In the spirit of extending a title's longevity beyond mere out-of-the-box expectations, MODmonday celebrates the best modifications for games new and old. Half-Life, Half-Life 2, StarCraft, Diablo II, Doom and more will all be represented here, ensuring a wide spread of mods available across every possible genre of PC gaming.

This week's MODmonday modification is True Matrix, a mod that inserts several elements of the original The Matrix movie into the original Max Payne. Stay tuned to MODmonday over the next several weeks as we count down until the release of the Max Payne movie on October 16 by covering the best mods for Max Payne and Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne.

While Xbox 360 and PS3 users have worked themselves into a veritable tizzy over downloadable content, PC users have been accustomed to having the lifeline of their favorite games extended far past their in-the-box values since the days of Doom - and even before that. What's more, we're used to downloading new levels, weapons, characters, and new episodes absolutely free of charge.

Big Download understands that a five-hour game can be extended by hundreds of hours via total conversions, brand new monsters, and weapons you've always wanted to see in your favorite title. In the spirit of extending a title's longevity beyond mere out-of-the-box expectations, MODmonday celebrates the best modifications for games new and old. Half-Life and Half-Life 2, StarCraft, Diablo II, Doom and more will all be represented here, ensuring a wide spread of mods available across every possible genre of PC gaming.

This week's MODmonday modification is Back to Hellfire, a total conversion for Diablo II that recreates Diablo and its oft-overlooked expansion, Hellfire.

We here at Big Download love indie games. From telling you about them, playing them, or offering downloads for them, we are all about helping lesser-known developers get their name out into the world. Each week on Saturday, we'll give you the Indie Wrap-up, a collection of all the indie news stories and features during the previous week.

It was a busy week in the realm of indie gaming, with the coverage of the major entries of TIGSource's Procedural Generation Competition dominating most of the indie news. We also got an interview with Vic Davis of Armageddon Empires, among other things. A great week to play indie games, that's for sure.

Features and Downloads

	Freeware Friday: Dwarf Fortress Our resident indie player James Murff takes a look at a free ASCII RTS with all the makings of greatness.
	Interview: Vic Davis of Armageddon Empires Vic Davis sat down with Big Download recently to talk about his games, his business, and his life.
	MODvelous Monday: 6/9/08 David Craddock takes his weekly gaze at mods to the ever-popular Starcraft custom maps scene, and shares two gems with us.

While Xbox 360 and PS3 users have worked themselves into a veritable tizzy over downloadable content, PC users have been accustomed to having the lifeline of their favorite games extended far past their in-the-box values since the days of Doom - and even before that. What's more, we're used to downloading new levels, weapons, characters, and entire new episodes absolutely free of charge.

Big Download understands that a five-hour game can be extended by hundreds of hours via total conversions, brand new monsters, and weapons you've always wanted to see in your favorite title. MODvelous Monday, our newest recurring column, celebrates the best mods for games new and old. Half-Life and Half-Life 2, StarCraft, WarCraft III, Diablo II, Doom and more will all be represented here - and that's where you come in. Interested in mod coverage for a particular game? Leave comments in each MODvelous Monday's comments section and tell us what games you'd like to see represented here. You suggest it, we'll cover the best mods for it.

This week's MODvelous Monday column looks at two custom maps for StarCraft, Blizzard's forever-popular RTS.

We here at Big Download love indie games. From telling you about them, playing them, or offering downloads for them, we are all about helping lesser-known developers get their name out into the world. Each week on Saturday, we'll give you the Indie Wrap-up, a collection of all the indie news stories and features during the previous week.

There were no major independent releases this week, with most of the week's news concerning more freeware than independent. There have been an explosion of new releases, however, thanks to the Procedural Generation Competition being held over on TIGSource. Stay tuned for more news concerning the excellent output from the competition!

Features and Downloads

	Freeware Friday: Torus Trooper Our resident indie fan James Murff takes a look at one of freeware's best shoot-'em-ups, even if he gets disoriented by all the twisting.
	Armageddon Empires demo available for download The incomparable Armageddon Empires now has a demo available for download through the Big Download service!
	MODvelous Monday: 6/2/2008 David Craddock takes his weekly look at mods to the excellent single-player Half-life mod They Hunger.

While Xbox 360 and PS3 users have worked themselves into a veritable tizzy over downloadable content, PC users have been accustomed to having the lifeline of their favorite games extended far past their in-the-box values since the days of Doom - and even before that. What's more, we're used to downloading new levels, weapons, characters, and entire new episodes absolutely free of charge.

Big Download understands that a five-hour game can be extended by hundreds of hours via total conversions, brand new monsters, and weapons you've always wanted to see in your favorite title. MODvelous Monday, our newest recurring column, celebrates the best mods for games new and old. Half-Life and Half-Life 2, StarCraft, WarCraft III, Diablo II, Doom and more will all be represented here - and that's where you come in. Interested in mod coverage for a particular game? Leave comments in each MODvelous Monday's comments section and tell us what games you'd like to see represented here. You suggest it, we'll cover the best mods for it.

Today's MODvelous Monday column looks at They Hunger, a zombified total conversion for Half-Life.