Mod Slayer
This image was taken whilst playing 'Khalid Slayer', a locally produced modification of a third-party computer game called Vampire Slayer that was played over the network at our computer club. The code for this was based on the Half Life game engine by Valve Software that in turn, uses a heavily modified version of the Quake engine. Mods layered upon mods.
This game turned a futuristic, first-person shooter game turned into a fast paced, multi-player vampire hunt including gothic organ music, movie horror screams and wooden stakes. Secondary modifications we made included new wall pictures, sound effects, tweaked character skins and hilarious posters.
Much of this kind of reconstruction of a virtual world is now regularly seen in 3D online games such as SecondLife. Although the graphics were simple and crude, the play was generally fast and funny enough to keep the game fun. Since it was first built in the year 2000. It has become a bit of a tradition to regularly try it out again and fun to reintroduce this mod to a new generation of students.
The pictures were taken during the reunion of a group that regularly played the game each week many years ago. This particular image is a bit of a giggle and play with the Buffy character in the then popular television series. You can view a Khalid Slayer slideshow including a silly group photograph that took ages to organise, vampires lacking vitamin D and some funny posters. These were all 'photographed' whilst playing the game at various points and pressing the print screen button. Enjoy. :-)