http://www.reapersbane.com To the Gates of Hell and Back en-us idburnu@reapersbane.com 2012-02-08T08:08:27-06:00 hourly 1 2012-02-08T08:08:27-06:00 http://www.reapersbane.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=28 What happens when you combine two of the most popular gaming genres, first person shooters and role playing games into one action packed, stats building, loot filled, guns blazing hybrid?  According to Gearbox Software you would have a created a "Role Playing Shooter", or more specifically, you would have their newest offering, the stylized post apocalyptic atmosphere Borderlands.  With so many sequels on the horizon and a multitude of games that are churned out ready made to be tagged as more of the same, it is refreshing to see a company take an independent approach to delivering the adrenaline pumping carnage that gamers crave.]]> 28@http://www.reapersbane.com Gaming News 2009-10-19T12:21:40-06:00 Posted by idburnu http://www.reapersbane.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=27 What would you get if you took parts of some of the most popular shooters of recent and melded them together into one cohesive package?  What would arise from various elements of Unreal, Tribes, Halo, BF2142, Planetside and more, and would be at home running smoothly on the UT3 Engine and emphasizing team based strategic warfare on large multiplayer maps?  Timegate Studios is banking on the hope that you will answer their new futuristic FPS, the somewhat oddly named Section 8. ]]> 27@http://www.reapersbane.com Gaming News 2009-09-03T13:44:30-06:00 Posted by idburnu http://www.reapersbane.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=24 There have been a few ongoing changes made to the Mausoleum game server, from running different variants of the Unreal series over the years to the last iteration where it briefly ran Left 4 Dead.  With the release of the newest UT3 patch and Titan bonus pack, it has come back not just loaded with the aforementioned patch, but featuring an interesting new combination of game modes.  It now is the public Reaper's Bane UT3 Greed gametype server and is located in the central United States to give good solid gameplay from coast to coast.  This will be in place until it transitions over to its permanent place as a pure VCTF server.]]> 24@http://www.reapersbane.com Site News 2009-04-05T13:20:42-06:00 Posted by idburnu http://www.reapersbane.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=23 Few companies originating as either a console or PC developer that have met such widespread recognition and continued success on their respective platform have stayed as isolated to their beginnings as Squaresoft.  Through countless blockbuster titles and appearances on almost every console system for the last dozen years, including the legendary Final Fantasy series, Chrono Trigger, Xenogears, Vagrant Story, and many more, the only crossovers to the PC were the ports of Final Fantasy VII and VIII, both truly epic titles that lost something in the translation.]]> 23@http://www.reapersbane.com Gaming News 2009-03-16T17:24:56-06:00 Posted by idburnu http://www.reapersbane.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=22 Back in the late 1990's and early 2000's you could bring up a discussion on good RPG's and a couple of things would predictably happen.  First, you could either be alluding to the console style of Japanese RPG's and the bounty of quality titles from Squaresoft alone in that period, or you could be thinking of the more Western PC style of the CRPG and the Black Isle era.  The former being geared to appeal to the average teenager and his limited attention span and the latter generally a much more indepth and cerebral affair.]]> 22@http://www.reapersbane.com Gaming News 2009-02-24T19:00:22-06:00 Posted by idburnu http://www.reapersbane.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=21 In the upcoming weeks, a new fantasy RPG from the talented design team at the famous Bioware studios will be delivered to the gaming public.  With numerous titles to their credit including Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, KoToR, and Mass Effect, it is safe to say that the potential for this release to be epic is more likely than not.  After their foray into the futuristic settings found in Mass Effect, the return to the tried and true realm of swords and sorcery should warm many a minstrels heart as they prepare for their journey through Dragon Age: Orgins.]]> 21@http://www.reapersbane.com Gaming News 2009-01-26T19:08:11-06:00 Posted by idburnu http://www.reapersbane.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=20 Taking the format that has been put together here and beginning a series of updates, additions and reorganizing has been the focus of recent.  I have changed the theme that was used since 2004 and gone to a more subtle and subdued combination then used previously.  Keeping the basic look of the site while working to bring it to more directly reflect our diversity as a group who appreciates a multitude of different games and genres was the main goal and one that is continually going to be refined as we expand.]]> 20@http://www.reapersbane.com Site News 2009-01-26T18:48:16-06:00 Posted by idburnu http://www.reapersbane.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=16 Ascaron Entertainment continues their labor of love with the release of Sacred 2: Fallen Angel.  Much like the first Sacred and its followup expansion Sacred: Underworld, this fantasy based outing is a frantic button mashing, monster slaying, loot grind housed in the expansive setting of Ancaria.  The same basic principles that made Diablo and its offspring so popular live on in the German born Sacred bloodline.  Obviously this type of game is not going to offer a storyline of particularly epic proportions, nor will it win any Academy Awards for voiceacting.  The objective here is not hard to decipher, it is to present a large and varied array of blood thirsty enemies, and throw them at you wave after wave.  Sacred 2 shows the developers took this to heart and delivers.]]> 16@http://www.reapersbane.com Gaming News 2009-01-06T13:50:06-06:00 Posted by idburnu http://www.reapersbane.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=15 Lets face it, zombies are damn cool. Anything that is good otherwise becomes great with the addtion of the walking undead. The only thing that carries a level of pure awesomeness more than the inclusion of a rotting zombie or two is a full scale zombie apocalypse. In seriousness, there is a morbid fascination through cultures the world over with newly reanimated corpses emerging from the grave and shambling along in their endless quest to feast on the brains of the living. Few things raise our hackles like the groans of the undead or the sound of a rotten foot being dragged along through the night behind its decaying owner.]]> 15@http://www.reapersbane.com Gaming News 2008-12-02T14:55:38-06:00 Posted by idburnu http://www.reapersbane.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=13 Yes, after digging its corpse out of the cold ground, I have summoned back the Mausoleum moniker and placed it on our 20 Man Public UT3 Server.  UT3 did not ship anywhere near the state that it should of, which is no secret to anyone that anxiously awaited it, only to be disappointed.  However, since that time a number of patches and tweaks may have made it worth giving another look.  Continue for what I have personally concluded...]]> 13@http://www.reapersbane.com Site News 2008-09-15T19:38:47-06:00 Posted by idburnu