December 2004 Archives

 EyeCandy - Tuesday 12/28/2004 by CaliGirl

• Kessen III Screenshots at Avault.
• Still Life Screenshots at JustAdventure.
• Empire Earth II Screenshots at 3dGamers.
• Blitzkrieg 2 Screenshots at Gamershell.com.
• Age of Pirates Screenshots at the official site.
• Dreamfall: The Longest Journey at Just Adventure.
• Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 Xbox Screenshots at Avault.

Zoo Empire v1.22 Patch - Monday 12/27/2004 by CaliGirl
Bring Zoo Empire up to date with patch version 1.22 (3.5MB), which refines the hunger algorithm. Animals will no longer die of hunger if there is food in the exhibit. Make sure you have already updated Zoo Empire with patch version 1.20 (13MB) or this version wont work.

Focus of the Month - Sunday 12/26/2004 by CaliGirl
For the month of December we focus on one of the gals from Frag Dolls, eeka (aka eekabeep). What brings her into the spotlight this month? How versatile she is. This talented game girl has had such roles of game voice acting, public relations for Radio ITG, 3D modeling and much more. Now she frags it up with the Ubisoft guys and other gamers to make them work for their egos!

Female Flare - Friday 12/24/2004 by CaliGirl
Here's the latest flare of articles:

• Lord of the Rings Poem by ElvenPrincess
• Battlepony.tk has turned into Disengamers.com
• China Internet Gaming 2004 concluded in Beijing
• VIA Technologies first ever gaming tournament in Mumbai
• GirlsSpy Columns - Something I ran into today from Gamefirst article.
• Nintendo Raises DS Target on Demand From Women at Bloomberg.
• Harvest Moon: Song Of Happiness is said to allow you to play as a girl?
• Questionable Approaches: Girls in Gaming Article at Gamefirst: A big debate concerning how GirlSpy approaches the gaming community. Very nice read!
• Bolt Gaming: I ran into an interesting section over at Bolt.com today. There's a game section called Gaming with Attiute that includes quite a handful of reviews!
• Putting a feminine face on the competition at Boston.com: Katscratch from FragDolls talks about the team and how their roles could attract more female gamers.
• The Female Side of Things post in 3d Realms Forum. A big debate on whether or not fps gamers exist. Its funny reading such posts, I had to share!

House of Lan 2005 - Thursday 12/23/2004 by CaliGirl
XP-Kane has announced House of Lan 2005! The dates are set, the pimpage has begun, mark your calendars, request time off, upgrade that box, dust off those FPS skills, its time to get schooled. If you live in California, be sure to check out the site for further details.

HL2 DM Guide - Thursday 12/23/2004 by CaliGirl
VIAVGA.com has released a deathmatch guide for Half-Life 2. There's some general old school FPS tips that most of us know, but hey, its not bad to be reminded at times! Especially if you've been playing MMORPGs lately!

• Circle strafe up close and side strafe at a distance
• Moving around constantly
• Reload at opportune moments
• Listen to your enemies
• And More...

Doom 3 Expansion? - Tuesday 12/21/2004 by CaliGirl
PlanetDoom has released a few details concerning an expansion for Doom 3 entitled, "Resurrection of Evil". As always, be careful there could be a spoiler included! Head over to PlanetDoom for further details.

Half-Life 2 Demo - Tuesday 12/21/2004 by CaliGirl
Valve Software has released the demo (751 MB) of Half-Life 2. The demo features digital actors and physical gameplay that has made Half-Life 2 the leading contender for Game of the Year 2004. It includes the early levels of the game and later transports them to the area of the game known as Ravenholm. It requires a Steam account to install.

Hearts of Iron 2 Goes Gold - Wednesday 12/8/2004 by CaliGirl
Paradox Interactive announced that Hearts of Iron 2 has gone gold. to be in stores around January 4 in North America and available on all markets by mid-February. Other countries include: Scandinavia, Russia, France, UK, Belgium, the Netherlands, Australia, Poland, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Portugal and Mexico. In Hearts of Iron 2, you are the supreme leader of a country during the tumultuous struggle of World War II. You have a goal of winning the War through warfare and diplomacy. Guide your nation through a multitude of aspects including alliances, technological advances, strategic thinking and military production.

Latest Event & Team News - Sunday 12/5/2004 by CaliGirl
So much news lately! Here's the latest and greatest gaming related events, along with clan/team oriented blurbs:

• Swedish Gaming Girls Live Video Interview: UGO caught up with Sync's Swedish Girls at the DigitalLife Expo in New York City. Find out which country has the hottest gamers, what they like to play and more.
• Global Warfighter League is on the look out for some fem gamers who would like to enter their. ladders.
• Seules Female Clan NYC Pictures
• CS European Ladies Tournament News: December 7th marks the 1/4 final where 8 clans (3 german, 3 french, 1 danish and 1 spanish) will cat fight for first place! In addition, Xin Sheng also mentions a January 2005 tournament held in Gothenburg, where nine female teams will compete for $3,000 cash prize. There's a grand list of the teams who will compete, be sure to check out the site.
• Apocalypes Effect Clan is looking for Call of Duty or Unreal Tournament 2004 female gamers for their fem division. If interested, visit their forums and post under recruit.
• Overclocking the World Cyber Games at Digit Online: Matt Conwell, the founder of the West Coast's largest LAN party, talks a little about how there could be more female gamers if there were more female characters to play.
• ElleGaming recently announced news about the addition to their team. They have welcomed bag_lady and Sugar. There's also a lot of other activity over at the site.
• Sitex Fair Features Top Woman Gamer: Talks a bit about MsQcon and Ms.X.

Community Cluster - Sunday 12/5/2004 by CaliGirl
Latest Reviews:

Half-Life 2 (FFC) | Second Sight (GameGal) | Doom 3 (WG)
Curse of Blackmoor Manor (FFC)

Articles/Interviews:

• Girl vs. Game at University of Texas: A non-gamer talks about her boyfriend’s virtual world attention.
• Virtual virtuoso at News.com.au: He's been said to have some female fans for being a professional game star.
• Girls Just Wanna Have Fun: Atari's PC Play Packs combine toys with games. More set on the younger generation but what girl doesnt like My Little Pony?!!!

Misc:

• CyberSweetie Generator

NY Female Gamers! - Sunday 12/5/2004 by CaliGirl
PC Tool Bin is on the hunt for New York Female Gamers. You must be 18 years old and older. Head on over to the site for further details. In addition, there's also a GameCam software contest. From the looks of it, all you need to so is create a video. Be sure to check it out! (thx SmackDaddy)

Battleship Chess v2.0 - Saturday 12/4/2004 by CaliGirl
ApeZone has released a new version of Battleship Chess, a naval strategy game where you command a fleet of ships on a virtual board and must strategically move your ships to keep the enemy in sight and in range of your guns. The new version adds new strategic elements by allowing you to fire multiple ships per round. This new change allows you to create and move fleets of ships around for added efficiency. The boards are randomly generated, meaning you will probably never see the same map twice. Version 2.0 also adds permanent ship upgrades along with the temporary upgrades that are also randomly placed around the map.

Pirates! Sweepstakes - Friday 12/3/2004 by CaliGirl
Firaxis has recently announced a launch contest for Sid Meier's Pirates! game. First place is a $250 gift certificate from Atari.com, 2nd is an autographed game and swag. Third place is $50 dollar gift certificate from Best Buy. Cant go wrong peeps!

Gates of Troy Goes Gold - Friday 12/3/2004 by CaliGirl
Matrix Games and Slitherine Strategies have announced that Gates of Troy, their turn-based empire building game has gone gold, and will be available some time this month! Gates of Troy takes you on a journey through the Trojan Wars, right down to the giant Trojan Horse.  Command heroes like Hector and Achilles as you battle through 6 campaigns of ancient warfare.