CS Source binding reference

Keys, weapon names, and radio command names for Valve’s CS Source console.

Five great CS Source mods

I'm always talking about Eventscripts for Source games; anyway, I've decided to group together some of my favourite CS Source mods that are written for it. There are over eight hundred available, so these are narrowed down a fair bit - but they're all immensely addictive, and great fun. I've provided a link to servers running each mod, so you can quickly and easily jump on one and try it out.

Sam and Max - Free Download

As part of the promotion for season 2 of Sam and Max, Telltale Games have decided to release episode 4 of season 1, Abe Lincoln Must Die, as a free download.

If you've never played any Sam and Max before, this is a great place to start. Its a fun little adventure game, with some comedy thrown in. Although this is my favourite episode of season 1, the rest are great too, and are available through Steam if you want to download them.

Half Life: Decay

I'm surprised I hadn't heard of this before today - I've followed the Half-Life series quite closely, and I had no idea they had an officially released game on the PS2 that wasn't available on PC.

Anyway, this is being ported to the HL1 engine, for the pc, by a team of modders - and it looks like they're expecting to release soon. The game will feature multiplayer coop (since Decay was originally a coop game) and nine levels. They're releasing it in just a few weeks' time.

Gish

"Life isn't easy when you're a twelve pound ball of tar"

Another awesome game for you to try out. I'm not normally a fan of platform games, but Gish is really the exception to the rule. It's dead simple: you're a ball of tar, you can be sticky, slippery, heavy and you can jump.

Mount and Blade

Mount and Blade is a free third-person medieval roleplaying/action game; the idea is that you start as a squire in the fictional Caldaria, and train to become a knight, gaining followers, weaponery and horses as you go. There's some immense fun to be had, jousting in tournaments, fighting off bandits and completing quests - and up until level six, it's all open. Definitely give it a try.

Bowman II

I’ve wasted hours and hours playing this game. Hope you enjoy it as much as me.

Eventscripts 2.0 - now with Python

Earlier this week, Eventscripts 2.0 for Source games (Counter Strike: Source, DoD: Source, Team Fortess 2) was released. Alongside the inbuilt scripting engine, there's now support for the incredibly easy to use, versatile and powerful Python. Ever wanted to create a mod for one of Valve's multiplayer games? Now's your chance.

Lego Red Alert

For fans of the original Red Alert, Graham Beverley of Preys-World Forums has created cgi models of the available structures and units in Lego. I've put them up in the gallery.