Attack of the killer egos!

The turmoil hinted at in March is now the norm within the world of Bloodites. I cannot separate myself from what has happened. It's probably for the better that I write about the contortions I've been having to endure because of a controversy that could not be defused. I've been writing about Hypertension in most of my updates, posts and even an interview since January. I will continue to do so. While not a strict recreation of Blood, the Hypertension team has every right to do what they are doing. What engine they choose to use or the degree of faithfulness to the original game cannot be offered as valid excuses for attempting to sabotage someones mod.

I'm sad to report that just such actions have been committed by prominent members of the Blood community. I intend continued support for this mod as long as they try to make a game based on the Blood universe.


There, I needed to say all that. I've had my account at postmortem deleted over this issue (by my request) and the accusations of stealing ideas or game concepts is a baseless one as far as I'm concerned.

Cradle to Grave...This looks, incredibly good

The giant stone gargoyle in the room has made its presence known with a deep, throaty roar! May the Blood universe never stop reverberating from that unhallowed bellow! Cradle to Grave has finally gone public. For all 3 of you robed fiends out there, this is the news unlike any other I've yet posted. C2G is the only TC with the potential to replicate Blood in a truly representational way. By using a modernized Build engine (eduke32), C2G will capture "the feel" of Blood in ways no 3d engine could hope to follow. To hell with trying to describe it, the C2G team have their own snazzy blogger page:

http://playmoreblood.blogspot.com/


There's no way to ascertain the effects of Daedalus working on RATM while C2G is under construction although my best guess would be that it might slow things. We'll see.

I have no cultist youtubes for you so here's some gargoyles instead.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojP3kKG3DrQ&NR=1

Damage Control

Things have gotten rather frantic in the last week as accusations and anger became the norm over at the postmortem. I wasn't the only one in a blue funk concerning the closing of Blood2 Resurrection. It was, quite frankly, a low point in Blood modding history and friendships were strained to say the least. Fortunately the worst is over. Kurt Fuhr has pulled B2R from the brink and put it in hiatus lite. B2R's creator followed up with a commitment to continuing work on the B2R project at a later date. Kurt has also made it clear that the number of updates will be dramatically reduced.

No word yet about Cradle to Grave, Although longtime bloodite Final_Caleb has produced several high resolution sprites of a latex/silicon Tchernobog model that can be articulated. Modders Dimebog and Daedolon have been in contact with him concerning these sprites. What this team is planning hasn't been publicly released .

http://postmortem.edgegaming.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1066

The Hypertension team is approaching a sample alpha release of their TC using the EDGE engine. This mod has undergone rapid development in the short time span it's been around. Some of the effects would be ground braking for the Edge/doom community if they work.

http://tdgmods.blogspot.com/2009/03/site-update.html


I've been looking and looking for this commercial for some time with the intention of posting it here. This is a parody version of the commercial in question but it will do. Now kick back and enjoy a highly concentrated dose of cultic mania... AND STAY WARM!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWHlvtWhum0

Blood flesh and tears.

Many wonderful and tragic things are afoot in the Blood modding community.
Kurt fuhr is putting the highly promising Blood 2 Resurrection on hiatus, while Clari87 is finalizing the game play aspects of the upcoming Hypertension mod for the EDGE engine. No word about Cradle to grave or Transfusion. Rest assured they will be reported on here once the dust has settled. I'm in a serious blue funk over the resurrection mod and can't seem to get out of it.

For some reason, this youtube makes me feel better.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOY-jJeOeBk