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Wednesday,
June 30, 2004 |
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It has been raining here in Dallas for 17 days. That's a new
record since 1940.
Cowboys don't like swamps, but the Levelord hasn't been this happy in a long time!
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Thursday,
June 10, 2004 |
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Creepy dream last night... ...was sitting in some crowded public
place, not sure where exactly. It was like a food service area
in a crowded shopping mall. I was sitting with my brother
Charlie and we were laughing and joking, about what I can't remember
now.
We see my Dad approaching and, as he gets near, I look towards
Charlie and tell him "You know, he's dead, right?".
As I turn back to look at my Dad, who has now vanished, Charlie says
"Ya, I know, me too.". Returning to look at Charlie,
he is now gone. Weird shit in the brain. Makes you think
"you" are not alone up there.
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Wednesday,
June 9, 2004 |
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Wow! ...I didn't expect a, ...you know. Yesterday's
question about the Easter Egg texture in Condition Zero? I
received many humorous emails. Intelligence agents and
translators (no shit), professional linguists, Arabic-speaking
people, ...none of them could guess what the secret message
is. Some suggested it may be Hebrew, or Amheric, or some other
Middle Eastern language. The people that did get it knew
nothing about Arabic. Pretty obvious once you know what it
says, and who wrote it ;)
More about Counter Strike:Condition Zero, ...DE_Dust. I
was tasked to upgrade this classic while we worked on the Deleted
Scenes (you know, after having now played Black Hawk Down and Call
of Duty, two great games, I really don't understand why no one liked
what we did, ...but that's not funny, so who cares;).
Anyways, I was in the map and feeling VERY uncomfortable and
nervous. I felt like an art apprentice in the Sistine Chapel,
there to do some touching-up and restoration of one of the paragons
of the medium. How can you improve perfection, or even try to
upgrade it? So, I set out to change nothing other than
textures and lighting, and added a few models, ...not a single crate
was resized or moved, nor any other gameplay geometry.
Then I realized the historic value of this great
opportunity. I realized that even though I may be a mere serf
in a maestro's mansion, I had to add a little graffiti. I had
to add some sort of geometry to say that I had been there, some sort
of mark of Ritualization. I, of course, emailed Dave Johnston
a dozen times to make sure it was okay.
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These are the two marks I made, fully sanctioned by Mr. Johnston,
...a pair of, ...domes, ...and a tall, proud, erect, ...tower.
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Tuesday,
June 8, 2004 |
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As much as I love the sound of Arabic, and even more the incredibly
beautiful flow of the script...
...I can't read a single word of it. Can anyone help?
This is from The Infamous Deleted Scenes in Counter
Strike:Condition Zero.
Does anyone know what message is
written on the wall?
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