2004-07-23 17:15:15 - (eraser)
A new site!
2004-07-27 14:57:43 - (scharfschutze)
Added review for Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri (OUR FIRST REVIEW!!!)
2004-08-02 17:14:32 - (scharfschutze)
Added review for Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire
2004-08-04 13:41:45 - (scharfschutze)
Added review for Age of Empires
2004-08-05 12:32:50 - (scharfschutze)
Added review for Command & Conquer
2004-08-06 06:03:58 - (eraser)
Moved us to a nice custom PHP based site.
2004-08-11 03:44:35 - (eraser)
Some behind the scenes changes with site layout.
2004-08-26 12:47:52 - (scharfschutze)
Marksman welcomes deaths_disguise to the reviewing team, and look forward to his help getting our Gaming Tips section up and running!
2004-08-26 17:42:02 - (scharfschutze)
Added review for Red Alert
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2004-08-27 12:39:37 - (scharfschutze)
The review for Age of Empires II is now online.
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2004-08-27 13:09:46 - (scharfschutze)
Marksman extends a huge thank-you to Incubus2305 of Inverse Forums for letting us post his review for Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War!
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2004-08-27 19:37:51 - (eraser)
The review for the Wasaki Playstation PS2 to USB adapter is now up.
2004-09-07 17:27:09 - (scharfschutze)
Added review for WarCraft
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2004-09-25 20:18:51 - (scharfschutze)
After almost a month "off the air" thanks to some serious bandwidth problems with our host, we're now back online, and happy to announce that reviews for WarCraft II and III are nearing completion. Thanks for your patience, and keep checking the site, as we're also nearing completion with a number of other reviews.
2004-10-08 14:22:16 - (eraser)
The Tips section goes live!
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2004-10-08 15:11:16 - (scharfschutze)
The WarCraft II review section is online!
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2004-11-15 15:19:25 - (scharfschutze)
After overcoming severe writer's block, the review for WarCraft III has been added.
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2004-12-24 13:16:15 - (scharfschutze)
Marksman offers seasons' greetings to all! Happy Kwanza, Hanukkah, and Christmas. On another note, I'm happy to announce that with the holiday season, I'll be able to put much more effort into finishing the reviews for WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne and Close Combat.
2004-12-24 13:16:15 - (scharfschutze)
Happy New Year, everyone! Plans for early 2005 include our first review of a console game and a review of the ever-popular Half-Life and its derivatives, Counter-Strike and Day of Defeat.
2005-01-15 14:52:10 - (eraser)
Added a Contact Us mail form. Try it out!
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2005-01-25 17:10:39 - (scharfschutze)
The WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne review section is online!
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2005-03-10 16:47:04 - (eraser)
The Close Combat 3: The Russian Front review is finally online!
2005-05-09 16:27:53 - (scharfschutze)
Just back from a trip to Europe. School's in full swing, so reviews will not be coming as quickly as I'd like, but that's the shape of things. Still plugging away at a review for Ghost Recon.
2005-06-03 14:51:20 - (scharfschutze)
The review for Ghost Recon is finally finished and uploaded.
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2005-07-20 23:19:40 - (scharfschutze)
Just a little comment we received from our email:
As said in the above subject line, this site is the shiznit. That's right, the SHIZNIT. What that means, je ne sais pas. Anywho, ummmm the layout is tres bien, easy to navigate and tres sexy. If layout can be sexy...The reviews seem thorough but how would I know, I don't understand half of the things you're talking about. Scratch that, 75%. Put more pretty visuals on. They make things great for us visual types. Yes, and this is a completely unbiased comment. Not like I have any familial connections or whatever. 'Nuff said.
My last comment: post this. I want to be immortal. On the very insubstantial internet. Yeah, what? I can be contradictory! Got a problem? I didn't think so.
I love you Davy and Owy. So cute.
Oh, and hello Bow Island Boy.
Yeah, I'm done.
Or am I?...
(Marksman talking here) Thanks, dearie.
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2005-07-23 14:51:00 - (scharfschutze)
Marksman celebrates one year on the Web!!! We've certainly grown from a single review (which you can read here for old times sake), but we're hardly finished yet!
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2005-07-25 18:48:42 - (scharfschutze)
Unfortunately, Inverse forums has gone off the web. We here at Marksman both rue and lament this sad situation. However, in the interests of keeping people sane, we've removed the Forums links from our reviews. You can, of course, feel free to make comments directly through our contacts e-mail.
2005-07-26 20:19:39 - (scharfschutze)
A flagship day for Marksman! We've managed to get TWO reviews (Ace Combat 4 and Shellshock: Nam '67) and a Tips section Shellshock: Nam '67 all uploaded today!
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2005-08-27 11:13:17 - (scharfschutze)
Marksman extends a HUGE welcome to our third regular staff-member, Master_Ikrik. He's already prepped a review for us, and we have four more just behind them.
2005-08-27 11:13:26 - (scharfschutze)
Master_Ikrik's first review, Jak & Daxter is uploaded and ready to go!
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2005-08-27 11:13:34 - (scharfschutze)
Well, a load of time with nothing to do has given eraser a stroke of genius, and for the past week, he's been hard at work on creating an all-new scheme for Marksman. Users can look forward to many, many improvements in the way this site runs, including all-new menus, updated Contact information and even adjustable colour schemes! We're also working on a new symbol for the site (I've been told the old one, while nice, resembles Microsoft's logo for the Xbox, so we're changing it - nobody here wants to get sued!), so anybody with a suggestion is more than welcome to put it in the Contact box, and we'll take everyone's ideas into account.
2005-08-28 15:43:17 - (eraser)
Well a huge update has just been finished. A whole new backend system which will make it significantly more efficient for use to run and all you folks to use.
A new overall design and new colour schemes.
Another big change is we have a new forum up so use it!
Talk about the new site here.
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2005-08-31 01:06:18 - (eraser)
The Desert Sands colour scheme has been updated and finished so you can all use it now.
Enjoy!
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2005-09-03 21:47:38 - (scharfschutze)
Well, the forum is completely up and running, so we here at Marksman invite EVERYONE to sign up. You don't have to be a "regular"; it's always nice to have a place to gripe about your latest game peeve.
2005-09-04 02:58:08 - (eraser)
Tips section is up and should be fully functioning.
2005-10-13 15:55:00 - (eraser)
After an annoying domain snafu we are back(!) and spamming our forum.
2005-10-14 00:21:20 - (scharfschutze)
Well, the review for Ace Combat 5 is up and running. Read it at your leisure.
2005-10-14 21:15:39 - (scharfschutze)
Master_Ikrik has finished polishing his review of Killswitch, and the results aren't pretty. Read it and find out what I mean!
2005-10-14 22:51:11 - (scharfschutze)
Master_Ikrik's tips for The Jak Trilogy are up!
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2005-10-15 14:58:49 - (scharfschutze)
Both tips and a review for CDV's Blitzkrieg are up. Read 'em and enjoy.
2005-10-17 01:39:20 - (scharfschutze)
Hold your breath people, 'cause this one's a big one!
We have added reviews for the following:
Darkwatch
Jet Li: Rise to Honour
and tips for the following:
Ace Combat 4 & 5
Jet Li: Rise to Honour
Both reviews and the Rise to Honour tips are by Master_Ikrik. scharfschutze wrote the tips for Ace Combat 4/5 with the help of Daemon.
2005-10-21 19:21:07 - (eraser)
Sid Meier responds to questions regarding Civ 4. Posted on /.: here
Talk about it here.
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2005-10-31 21:05:24 - (scharfschutze)
Happy Hallowe'en, Dwahli, and Ramadan to all!
2005-11-12 16:12:49 - (eraser)
Xbox 360 is partially backwards compatible it seems.
Microsoft released a list of over 200 games today right here.
Discuss here
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WarCraft II review updated
2005-11-13 16:55:36 - (scharfschutze)
WarCraft II's review just got updated with some screenshots taken while eraser and I were gaming away. Enjoy!
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New review added
2005-11-13 17:39:45 - (scharfschutze)
A review for Ground Control has been added. Enjoy!
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Our first poll
2005-11-16 19:23:12 - (eraser)
What is your favorite genre of video game?
Find out in our first site poll in the forum.
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New review added
2005-11-20 17:12:00 - (scharfschutze)
A review for Sudden Strike and the add-on Sudden Strike Forever has been added. Read and enjoy!
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RSS
2005-11-23 18:59:26 - (eraser)
Do you want RSS syndication of news items? Vote here.
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Mozilla Firefox 1.5 released!
2005-11-29 20:30:32 - (eraser)
It's been a long time coming. Several new features and tons of bug fixes.
Check it out:
http://www.mozilla.com/firefox
Talk about it right here.
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Game night, this weekend!
2005-12-01 21:32:07 - (eraser)
We are playing Rise of Nations Saturday and/or Sunday from 21:00 PST (22:00 MST, 24:00 EST) onwards.
If you miss the first game hang around for the others.
Meet up in the forum.
If at least two people show up we'll do one or two games.
If only two people show up we'll do one or two games and play again the next day, hopefully with the people that missed out. At least I will.
Remember to take screenshots!
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Game night #1 a success!
2005-12-04 01:56:08 - (eraser)
Well game night number one was a resounding success. A few people attended and we had a great go at comp-stomping in Rise of Nations. Props out to Klypr and scharfschutze. I won, of course. ;)
See you again next week!
Red Factio
2005-12-04 20:49:32 - (Daemon)
Red Faction's review is up and running. Enjoy!
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Summoner
2005-12-16 15:52:44 - (Daemon)
I've just added a review for Summoner. Gotta love it!
StarCraft, Brood War
2005-12-19 00:10:55 - (scharfschutze)
I have just added reviews for StarCraft and its expansion, StarCraft: Brood War. I'll get to adding screenshots to them in the next little while.
Happy New Year!
2006-01-02 15:03:03 - (scharfschutze)
From all of us here at Marksman Gaming, we wish you all a happy new year, Plans for the first quarter of 2006 include finally getting a review for Homeworld up and running, as well as getting more screenshots for all games on the site.
Jak 2
2006-01-02 16:15:47 - (scharfschutze)
Took me a while to dig it up, but Master_Ikrik's review for Jak 2 is up and running.
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Star Wars: Starfighter
2006-01-02 16:29:30 - (eraser)
Master_Ikrik's Star Wars: Starfighter review has also been posted.
Major Review Updates
2006-01-08 19:39:09 - (scharfschutze)
The reviews for StarCraft and StarCraft: Brood War have been edited to contain screenshots, as well as serving as testbeds for our new Perfect Ten Seal of Approval.
A little slow, but...
2006-02-23 20:40:08 - (scharfschutze)
Although it appears that Marksman Gaming has been abandoned, I want to assure you that nothing is further from the truth. However, it must be said that the staff and I have lives (sort of), lives which are requiring more and more of us. That makes it a little hard to do our work here on Marksman. However, as can be seen in the Coming Events section, a review for Hearts of Iron II is well underway, and preliminary work has begun on the long-anticipated Homeworld review. Please bear with us, and enjoy the reviews we have up already!
Spore, can 'ya dig it?
2006-03-02 21:03:51 - (eraser)
If you have not heard of Spore yet, I suggest you crawl out from under your rock and pay attention. Spore combines elements of Sim City, The Sims, Civilization and other RTS/Strategy games. The idea is that you control a life form's evolution, a small tribe of life forms, civilizations of life forms, and eventually, whole planets of life forms. You start out with control of bacteria sized life and slowly evolve and develop your creature, striving towards your unique idea of perfection.
I suggest you all watch Will Wright's demo and presentation on Spore then come and discuss Spore in the forum!
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Back in Business
2006-03-03 01:48:42 - (scharfschutze)
After much trial, I (scharfschutze) have managed to replace my broken-down laptop. This means that the production of reviews is once again back on schedule. Please look forward to reviews on Homeworld, Hearts of Iron II, Hidden & Dangerous Deluxe, and Cuban Missile Crisis: The Aftermath in the near future.
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March Update
2006-03-20 22:20:17 - (scharfschutze)
I know it's progressing slowly here at Marksman Gaming, but work does proceed on a number of reviews. Whenever schoolwork allows, I'm busily jotting down thoughts that will eventually go into a Homeworld review.
In the meantime, I have announced another Marksman Gaming Proposal, this one regarding StarCraft II - a game idea that was unfortunately never fully pursued by Blizzard Entertainment. I'm hoping our forum community can, at least in spirit, pick up the slack. Please discuss it on the forums here. The original Marksman Gaming Proposal was one for Day of Defeat: Source, a game that held such promise, yet was tragically butchered by the developers at Valve. You can read that thread here.
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Hearts of Iron II
2006-03-29 23:17:05 - (scharfschutze)
The review for Hearts of Iron II has now been posted. Sorry it took so long, but I unfortunately have a life outside of Marksman that requires my attention at least some of the time.
Tool - 10,000 Days - Vicarious
2006-04-16 19:36:23 - (eraser)
Tool's newest album, 10,000 Days, nears release. In the meantime we can all enjoy Vicarious, the new single off the new album.
Get more information or talk about it
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Downtime
2006-04-23 17:44:27 - (eraser)
After a little quirk followed by a server move we are back online, enjoy. :)
A Toast to eraser
2006-04-24 18:34:42 - (scharfschutze)
Thanks to round-the-clock work by eraser, we have completely recovered from the server mishap, and everything works just the way it should. We here at Marksman all take our hats off to you, eraser. Bravo.
June Update
2006-06-09 10:00:27 - (scharfschutze)
Just updating this page to let viewers know that, despite the lack of movement, the site is not dead at all. In fact, I'm hard at work writing both a Homeworld and Homeworld: Cataclysm review. I'll be uploading them at the same time, probably in the next week or so. The big issue right now is eraser and I pooling our hundreds of screenshots to come up with a few good ones for a review. Please be patient, and please enjoy yourselves :)
Homeworld - SOON
2006-07-04 23:16:46 - (scharfschutze)
After overcoming several unexpected projects at school, I am hard at work finishing up the long-anticipated (and long-announced) review for Homeworld, and am attempting to coordinate with eraser with regards to the Cataclysm review and screenshots for both. As soon as all is done, they'll be posted here for your viewing pleasure.
At last - HOMEWORLD
2006-09-05 22:28:17 - (scharfschutze)
For all those who thought I was lying --- I WASN'T. The review for Homeworld has finally been completed and is available for your viewing pleasure. Please enjoy this review, because it was very difficult to get all my thoughts about this wonderful game into one review.
Special thanks to eraser for the FABULOUS screenshots.
A new year
2007-02-07 23:31:10 - (eraser)
Well we have survived another year, awesome.
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Hell, it's about time.
2007-05-19 14:09:06 - (eraser)
Starcraft II announced!
Starcraft II site
Some advertised new features:
- Fast-paced, hard-hitting, tightly balanced competitive real-time strategy gameplay that recaptures and improves on the magic of the original game
- Three completely distinct races: Protoss, Terran, and Zerg
- New units and gameplay mechanics further distinguish each race
- Groundbreaking single-player "story-mode" campaign
- Vibrant new 3D-graphics engine with support for dazzling visual effects and massive unit and army sizes
- Full multiplayer support, with new competitive features and matchmaking utilities available through Battle.net
- Full map-making and scripting tools to give players incredible freedom in customizing and personalizing their gameplay experience
Gameplay videos are available on YouTube:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
More news to follow.
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