Ultima 5: Lazarus Interview

I recently had the chance to sit down with Ian Tiberius Frazier, the Developer of Ultima 5: Lazarus, a mod for Dungeon Siege to discuss this great project.

I enjoyed interviewing him and hope you enjoy reading the interview just as much. As for the raving Ultima fans with pitchforks, I have moved to the North Pole. 🙂

When you are done reading the interview, drop by their great looking website and check out the incredible screenshots.

Bioware Announces The Community Expansion Pack

For all you custom module makers of Neverwinter Nights, Bioware is releasing an impressive list of in-game content for you to add to your own modules.

From the Bioware website: The Community Expansion Pack (CEP), brought to you by the CEP Team, is the culmination of two years of community development, experimentation, and contribution. The CEP is the best of the best. It provides you with a single, integrated source of high-quality custom content for Neverwinter Nights.

Dice Has Selected BF42 Mapping Contest Winners

Its no secret that we are big fans of the custom maps for Battlefield 1942. I for one am very excited by Dices Custom Map contest and it looks like we have some good news from EAs official website.

Map Contest – We have our winners!
It took longer than we anticipated to get through all 130+ submissions for the map contest. The quantity and quality meant we had to take extra care that we selected maps which combined gameplay and visual quality. Well be contacting the winners first, and then well make our public announcement. The turnout for the map contest was exceptional and everyone should be proud of their efforts.

Upcoming Tours

First up, is the mad mans festival of music, Ozzy Osbourne and Ozzfest. Straight off of the pain killers and into an amphitheatre near you. Joining Ozzy will be none other than Slayer, Judas Priest with Rob Halford and Slipknot. I didnt see any tour dates listed, but if you are a fan, then drop by Billboard.com and check it out.

Our number two features today is the 10th Anniversary Vans Warp Tour where the line announced includes Bad Religion, the Vandals, Good Charlotte, Lars Frederiksen & the Bastards. All totaled, expect 50 bands to participate. Jimminy Christmas, 50?!?!? Get the full scoop here.

Staying really busy this year is one of my all time favorite live performing bands, Slipknot. This time around, they will be heading the Jägermeister Music Tour, along with Fear Factory and Chimaira to name a few. This will be a small venue tour and if you are in my neck of the woods, check them out on May 2 in Oklahoma City at the Bricktown Events Center. If you have not seen Slipknot live, you are missing one hell of a performance. More details can be found here.

Hair Bands Rule – 15 Year Perspective

Take a look back 15 years to the Billboard top 50 albums for February 25, 1989. Holy Shiznit! Rock and Roll ruled the roost! Look at all of those hair bands, from GnRs 2 top 10 albums to Winger, Cinderella and the Bulletboys (Saw that tour too). Telsa and U2 made the top 50 and they are all ahead of a little known band called Metallica (at least to the average joe, us hardcore fans knew em well!). WOW!

Better hurry! This Billboard chart is constantly updating to the current week, 15 years ago! It sure takes you back to a time where Real Men wore make-up, women loved em and they could still kick your ass…..

Courtney Love Buzzes Howard Stern

Our Favorite Bitch is Back, Courtney Love. This time around, she called into Howard Sterns show just to defend the current allegations that she is a bitch on drugs whose out of control and needs to seek professional help, while releasing Frances Bean to her grandmother before its too late. (wheh)

Anyway, its all in the billboard.com article.