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January 14, 2010 5:00 AM

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If you haven't seen it already, Shacker CrustaR's article about the development of his Doom 3 mod Zombie Slayer is an interesting read.

Secondly, wizard fans simply must check out the demo for Wizard Land. There are a few twists on the colour-matching puzzler formula but wizard fans will of course be more interested in Wizard Land's wizard content. My friends, I'm glad to say it's not just a snappy name and excuse for some totally wizard wizard art--there is a wizard who cheers and offers words of encouragement in a wizardly way. Wizard Land, then--wizard.

Alice O'Connor

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whistletits

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January 14, 2010 5:04 AM

Yay Crustar!
- Nitrium
  
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  January 14, 2010 5:06 AM
  
  Yay whistletitS!
  - re-verse
    
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    January 14, 2010 5:19 AM
    
    It's too early for all these yays.
- slickdoody
  
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  January 14, 2010 5:21 AM
  
  whoa that article looks awesome, i'll have to check it out at lunch
- [deleted] 877988455
  
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  January 14, 2010 5:36 AM
  
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- pres589
  
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  January 14, 2010 5:36 AM
  
  Wait, CrustaR is a developer of something? I never could figure out what that guy would be good for.
  - whistletits
    
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    January 14, 2010 5:39 AM
    
    LOL
    - pres589
      
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      January 14, 2010 5:54 AM
      
      post plus username am i rite? pres589 more like 589excuses.
  - twifosp
    
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    January 14, 2010 6:32 AM
    
    0wned!!!
    - CrustaR
      
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      January 14, 2010 7:17 AM
      
      Dang, that was pure 0wnage right there!
      - twifosp
        
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        January 14, 2010 7:28 AM
        
        Lime Casino on Sunday.
        
        CrustaR
        
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        January 14, 2010 8:26 AM
        
        I'm not sure if I can afford it since I'll be spending a lot of dough on Saturday. :[
        
        twifosp
        
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        January 14, 2010 8:51 AM
        
        Beer is on me. Surely you can spring for an amarillo burger!
        
        What are you doing on Saturday?
        
        CrustaR
        
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        January 14, 2010 8:53 AM
        
        It's my step brother's b-day, and he wants to go to a steak house. I suppose I could do a Lime Creek run on Sunday after all. ;)
        
        twifosp
        
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        January 14, 2010 8:58 AM
        
        Cool, I will text you sunday.
        
        Paging wendigo and manwasher.
- alnya
  
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  January 14, 2010 5:37 AM
  
  totally; great read. Good job man
- zuff
  
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  January 14, 2010 6:42 AM
  
  I'm uninformed. What happened?
  - CrustaR
    
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    January 14, 2010 7:22 AM
    
    http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=21887035
    - electroly
      
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      January 14, 2010 7:33 AM
      
      that's pretty cool, CrustaR
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      January 14, 2010 7:53 AM
      
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    - Matt Burris
      
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      January 14, 2010 8:02 AM
      
      I have no interest in mod making but I read your article nonetheless because I was always interested in what goes into the process. Fantastic article, very informative and entertaining read! I cannot imagine the amount of work you put into the mod, even though you tried to explain it, two years is an amazing achievement for what you've done. I hope you feel proud of your work, because you deserve it. I don't have Doom 3 (I'm a wuss with scary games) otherwise I'd definitely check Zombie Slayer out.
      - CrustaR
        
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        January 14, 2010 8:19 AM
        
        Thank you, sir! I originally completed the mod as sort of an application to try to get into a game company, but after much thought, I don't really want to work in the game industry, and I don't think my skills would be applicable anyway.
        
        I had a lot of fun making the mod despite that fact. I would go crazy if I didn't have some sort of constructive hobby.
        
        [deleted] 877988455
        
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        January 14, 2010 8:23 AM
        
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        CrustaR
        
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        January 14, 2010 10:57 AM
        
        I guess since I'm no longer trying to get into Bioware, I might as well show off the demo reel I submitted.
        
        http://www.zslayer.com/files/bhenderson/3dportfolio.avi
        
        whistletits
        
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        January 14, 2010 8:26 AM
        
        What do you want to do with your life???
        
        CrustaR
        
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        January 14, 2010 8:28 AM
        
        I'm fine with doing IT work for the state. I'm doing some writing on the side as well.
        
        whistletits
        
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        January 14, 2010 8:53 AM
        
        what agency?
        
        CrustaR
        
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        January 14, 2010 8:54 AM
        
        UT
    - zuff
      
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      January 14, 2010 12:12 PM
      
      That's sweet, man. I wish I had Doom 3 to try it out.
      
      God those ModDB posters are tards.
      - CrustaR
        
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        January 14, 2010 12:16 PM
        
        I've already had to delete one rather nasty and ignorant moddb user comment. :[
- mrwolf710
  
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  January 14, 2010 7:28 AM
  
  The amount of work put into that mod was amazing. I mean, I knew it took a lot of time but the sheer amount of things that he had to figure out and code and create was beyond what I thought something like that would take. Very impressive.
- pukerat
  
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  January 14, 2010 7:40 AM
  
  CrustaR, i feel bad not playing this mod because it looks like fun :( I need to remedy this some day soon!!
- Snipergen
  
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  January 14, 2010 7:47 AM
  
  Damn thorough job on this I have to say. I'm impressed with the coding of the lip-sync. Would you be interested in compiling a snowshader for source engine, so we can use that in our L4D2 mod? I can't figure it out, I just managed to write the shader :(
  - CrustaR
    
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    January 14, 2010 8:46 AM
    
    Oh, man, Source is a pain. You have my sympathy. :[
    - Snipergen
      
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      January 14, 2010 9:11 AM
      
      Hehehehe, why do you think I asked :)
  - choppp
    
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    January 14, 2010 11:05 AM
    
    I'm no use to you Snipergen, but what out of curiosity, what mod are you working on?
- choppp
  
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  January 14, 2010 11:07 AM
  
  CrustaR]y im pretty stoked that your article is getting great recognition. It still surprises me that it almost didn't see daylight.
  - choppp
    
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    January 14, 2010 11:07 AM
    
    Fuck.
  - CrustaR
    
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    January 14, 2010 11:13 AM
    
    I think it turned out better this way. If my article was part of that Summer of Mods deal, it wouldn't have gotten nearly as many hits. I'm glad I submitted it one more time.