Deadeye's Basement @ RareDark.com | Perefect Dark and Perfect Dark Zero

Thursday, 30 August, 2001

HYPED YET? -deadeye-
Wow, if you're not hyped-up for PD0 yet, you will be after reading the Biggest Rumors/Preview Page to hit the internet. I spent quite a while on it, so I hope you enjoy it.

Tuesday, 28 August, 2001

NEW COLUMN -deadeye-
Cook Train has written-up another good column for us to read. Speaking of which, I have unexpectedly accepted a third columnist. Congtratulations to Daanish Syed for being RareDark's newest staff member

~ Column: Can Graphics Possibly Get Any Better?
~ Index of Columns/Specials

Monday, 27 August, 2001

MORE PD2 INFO ON THE WAY -deadeye-
I got around to requesting more info from my source, so hopefully I'll get more out of him. Adding onto that, I'm currently working on a page summarizing all of the latest PD2 info, which I will complete shortly. My summary of the info will also be viewable at PDZero.com.

Sunday, 26 August, 2001

WHY? -deadeye-
I've been getting e-mails asking "Why wasn't PD0 at Spaceworld?" Hey, I don't know. Because RareWare came to a final decision that Japan isn't the best place to reveal the game. I can almost guarantee we'll see PD0 at the next E3, where they seem to be more interested in showing-off their stuff (not that stuff...)

Saturday, 25 August, 2001

GOLDENEYE ANNIVERSARY -deadeye-
Four years ago today the popular and revolutionary (at the time) N64 game Goldeneye 007 hit the shelves. Wow. Seems like only yesterday when I played it for the first time.

SNAZY -deadeye-
One of our affiliates, RareShooters, has gotten a tight new layout. I recommend checking it out.

Friday, 24 August, 2001

THE POSTMAN HAS ARRIVED -deadeye-
Can you believe it? I finally finished last week's mailbag. I think I can get by with calling it "this week's" mailbag. Sorry about the delay. Anyway:

~ This week's mailbag
~ Index of Mailbags

YOU 'BETA' GET CRACKIN' -deadeye-
Did someone say beta? I'm currently working on a special about the beta versions of Perfect Dark. It's going to be huge. It'll have more information on the beta versions of PD than you'll be able to handle. Hopefully I'll finish it sometime before this month is over. On a side note, yeah, I'll try to get this week's mailbag up by the end of the day. I still have to answer some last-minute questions.

Thursday, 23 August, 2001

ANOTHER NEW STAFF MEMBER AND COLUMN -deadeye-
Please welcome Dylan Stadler as the newest columnist here at RareDark. He's already got a column written, and it's a pretty good read. Expect plenty of awesome work from him.

~ Column: Can the PS2 be Beat?
~ Index of Specials/Columns

Wednesday, 22 August, 2001

NEW AFFILIATE -deadeye-
And another affiliate... Check out Bond-Station, a TWINE site with a gigantic Gameshark code archive, walthroughs, beta info, and a lot more.

TWO NEW COLUMNS -deadeye-
Thanks to the new columnist here at RareDark.com, Cook Train, we've got two new (very good, might I add) columns for you to read.

~ Column: Violence in Videogames
~ Column: Film/Game Integration
~ Index of Specials/Columns

Tuesday, 21 August, 2001

TWO NEW STAFF MEMBERS -deadeye-
Two new staff members are here. Give a warm welcome to Shark SWL, the new head staff member, and Cook Train, the newest columnist. For the rest of you that applied to become columnists, you still have a chance to become one. Just remember to write a sample column and submit it to deadeye@raredark.com by this coming Friday.

NEW AFFILIATE -deadeye-
I'd like to congratulate Perfect-Darkness.com as RareDark's newest affiliate. This is a good-looking new Perfect Dark/Perfect Dark Zero website featuring the latest news and the best multimedia.

Monday, 20 August, 2001

PD SCREENSHOTS UP AGAIN -deadeye-
The Perfect Dark > Screenshots page is up and running again. With 124 official screenshots, it'll kill some time to look at every one of them...

PD2 WEAPONS PAGE UPDATED -deadeye-
The Perfect Dark Zero > Weapons page has been updated with the latest info. It's not much, but it's more than other sites have.

Sunday, 19 August, 2001

SPACEWORLD AND BEYOND-deadeye-
Spaceworld is just around the corner, and so is Rare's surprise showing of Perfect Dark Zero. Hopefully, we'll get some screenshots out of it. Keep checking back here for the latest info.

Saturday, 18 August, 2001

BUSY MAN -deadeye-
I have been quite busy lately, which is why there is no mailbag this week. For those of you that applied for being staff members/columnists, I have not made any decisions yet. So far I have e-mailed all that have applied to become columnists. I'll get around to e-mailing head staff apps. sometime soon.

Friday, 17 August, 2001

GAMECUBE CONTROLLER AUCTION DELETED -deadeye-
The stolen GAMECUBE controller that was on auction at eBay was taken down. Oddly enough, the bid was up to $14,999.99. It was probably a Nintendo loyalist or a Nintendo employee that made the outrageous bid so that nobody could buy it before the auction was taken down. For those of you who didn't get to see the auction before it was taken down, I've got a little present for you: I took some screenshots of it.
~ Top part of auction
~ Bottom part of auction (description, image, etc.)

NEW MESSAGE BOARD -deadeye-
I couldn't get the old message board working again, so I had to register for a new one and start over. Expecting this week's mailbag? I'll get it up later today or tomorrow.
~ New Message Board

Thursday, 16 August, 2001

GAMECUBE CONTROLLER ON EBAY -deadeye-
You read it right. Someone stole a GAMECUBE controller from E3 by snipping-off its cord--and decided to make a few bucks by putting it on eBay. Click here to see the controller's auction at eBay.
> Click here for a picture of the stolen controller.

MORE WALLPAPERS -deadeye-
I've added five awesome new wallpapers to the Wallpapers Archive. Some of them are rather sweet.

Wednesday, 15 August, 2001

FIRST WALLPAPERS -deadeye-
I made my first wallpapers, one of which I currently have as my current desktop wallpaper. Take a look at them.

YEAH! MORE PD2 INFO -deadeye-
Yeah, man, some more PD2 info straight from my source. Check it out!

Tuesday, 14 August, 2001

WANT TO BECOME A STAFF MEMBER? -deadeye-I'm finally back from rappelling off of cliffs. Man, am I sore. Oh, back to the headline. I am now accepting applications for new RareDark.com staff members! I will accept two staff members: a columnist and *gasp* a head staff member. The head staff member would just pretty much take care of the site, update the mainpage, work on new pages at will, etc. The columnist will just write interesting articles concerning PD and PD0. Requirements:

Columnist-
> No HTML knowledge necessary
> Creative
> Like to write

Head staff member-
> HTML knowledge is a must
> 14 years of age or older
> Must show an example of your HTML work

I will accept only one columnist and one head staff member. E-mail me at deadeye@raredark.com if you are interested and you meet the above requirements.

Thursday, 9 August, 2001

MAILBATCH #1 IS UP -deadeye-
A week's worth of questions have been collected and combined into RareDark.com's first mail-batch. Check it out. The next mail-batch is planned for next Friday. On a side note, I will be gone for most of tomorrow, all of Saturday, and most of Sunday, unfortunately.

Wednesday, 8 August, 2001

SEE THAT? -deadeye-
See those links up there to PDZero.com and their Forums? I highly recommend clicking on them. The site is planned for launch on August 10th. Please sign-up at the forums (it's free) and post away. You'll be glad you did ;).

PD2 INFO UPDATE -deadeye-
Some info on weapons, gameplay, and multiplayer for Perfect Dark Zero has been added. Check it out. On a side note, I will put up the mail-batch tomorrow instead of Friday because I will be away Friday thru Sunday.

Tuesday, 7 August, 2001

NEW WEAPON DESIGNS -deadeye-
Four new weapon designs have been added to the New Gun Designs page.

EVEN MORE BUDDY ICONS ADDED -deadeye-
I have added a few more AOL IM buddy icons/ezBoard Personal Photos to the Buddy Icons Page. Added more animated terrorist icons.

Monday, 6 August, 2001

BUDDY ICONS ADDED -deadeye-
I have added two more AOL IM buddy icons/ezBoard Personal Photos to the Buddy Icons Page. Added an animated terrorist icon. For those of you who have submitted something within the last week, please don't be surprised if you don't see it up on the site right away. I've been busy and I have quite a bit of submitted stuff to put up (see below).

WOW -deadeye-
This is going to be a very active website this week. I've gotten many submitions of various things, like Challenges, quite a few New Gun Designs, some very interesting PD2 news (I won't be adding it today, however, so keep checking back everyday for it), and the mail-batch questions have been pouring in like water from a tap, which will be answered this Friday.

Saturday, 4 August, 2001

PERFECT DARK FOR GBA -deadeye-
You read it correctly. According to my source, Rareware have decided to develop a version of Perfect Dark for the Game Boy Advance, called Perfect Dark Advance. Read more about it on the Latest PD2 Info page.

Friday, 3 August, 2001

JUST A LITTLE NOTICE -deadeye-
Questions sent to me via the Ask Deadeye page will be answered every Friday, starting next Friday, in a mail-bag type page. Another thing, I will soon be upgrading all of the pages to the latest layout. Just a small layout change was made (the addition of the "specials" and "Ask Deadeye" sections), but every page needs to be upgraded.

REAL GAMING GUNS SPECIAL UP -deadeye-
I've finally finished the first part of three of my latest special: The Real Guns of Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, and The World is Not Enough. Check it out. It's worth it.

CAUGHT UP WITH THE TIMES -deadeye-
Wow! I've actually caught up with the 21st century and decided to add a "mail bag" for this website, called "Ask Deadeye". You can access the Ask Deadeye page by clicking on my cartoon character on the right-hand navbar under "Other/Hot". This will bring you to a form for you to ask your question. More details can be read on the Ask Deadeye page. When I get enough questions I'll answer them and post them on the site.

Thursday, 2 August, 2001

FULL SPACEWORLD COVERAGE -deadeye-
Yep, I will cover the latest news from Spaceworld 2001 for you. Spaceworld 2001 will be from August 23-25 (for Nintendo), three whole days of gaming excitement. Expect RareWare to give a surprise showing of Perfect Dark Zero. Well now, I guess it isn't a surprise anymore. Woops. Oh well, just remember to keep checking this site for the latest news on the 23rd, 24th, and 25th.

Wednesday, 1 August, 2001

MORE UPDATED PAGES -deadeye-
The New Weapon Designs page has been added with another creation, and I updated the Latest PD2 Info page as well with the info from my July 25th update.

YOU'LL LOVE THIS -deadeye-
As I stated before, I am currently working a special concerning the real weapons that are featured in Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, and The World is Not Enough. I must inform you that even thougha couple other sites have a special like this, theirs is nowhere near mine considering accurate info. Because I specialize in firearms, this one has all of the correct info. I will be releasing this special into "sub-specials". When I complete the Goldeneye part I will release that, then a shortwhile later Perfect Dark, and so on. Expect the Goldeneye part to be up on the site very soon.

ANOTHER PD2 WEAPON CREATION ADDED -deadeye-
A new PD2 weapon design by Eliteforce33 has been added to the New Weapon Designs page.

Tuseday, 31 July, 2001

PD2 GUN CREATION ADDED -deadeye-
I added another PD2 weapon creation to the New Weapon Designs page. I'll be adding another submitted creation sometime soon.

Monday, 30 July, 2001

RAREDARK CONTROLLER SPECIAL -deadeye-
I put together a small (but rather informative) special concerning the GAMECUBE controller and it's effects on Perfect Dark Zero. It's a good read, with an image of the latest version of the controller included. Read it here.

Sunday, 29 July, 2001

IGN REVIEWS GAMECUBE CONTROLLER -deadeye-
In case you're not a frequent visitor of IGN.com, I decided to post this little newsflash. IGN have looked at and reviewed the finalized version of the GAMECUBE controller. Read the full story here. What does this mean for Perfect Dark Zero? I will put up a special soon considering Perfect Dark 2 and how it'll work out with the GAMECUBE controller.

Saturday, 28 July, 2001

I FEEL SPECIAL -deadeye-
My Half-Life vs. Perfect Dark special is coming along slowly, but it'll be a good read when I finish it. I also need to add those submitted RareDark challenges...

Friday, 27 July, 2001

NEW BOARD MESSED UP -deadeye-
The new ad-free message board I got is totally messed up right now. You can't even view topics! Until I get it fixed, please use our old board, located HERE.

PERFECT DARK 2 ON YOUR MIND? -deadeye-
The Perfect Dark 2 Weapon Creations page has been fixed-up and updated. I'll probably be adding more to that page in the near future.

Wednesday, 25 July, 2001

HOT NEW PERFECT DARK ZERO INFO -deadeye-
I recently found out why my secret "source" hasn't been submitting any new PD0 info to me lately. He was in an accident involving a drunk driver, so he was out for quite a while. But, now he's back, and RareDark.com will continue to provide you with the latest PD0 info. This latest info is interesting: it involves this website RareDark.com! Before I explain, read this info from my source:

"I have been informed that Rare WILL indeed be unveiling PD2 at Spaceworld this August. Finally, the waiting for some official information will be over. The Level-Editor is coming along beautifully, and will most likely be showcased along with the Mission-Editor. Also, Multiplayer Characters can be fully customised. Including such features as: Height, Weight, Clothing, Head, Hats, Sunglasses, and other such paraphernalia. Also, the storyline has been solidified somewhat during my "vacation". It seems that a certain CI star agent goes missing during an extremely delicate mission. The Institute is curious, and send in another agent after the first. The would-be rescuer discovers evidence that points to time travel. The Institite sends the the agent back in time to rescue the missing agent in the past."

Now for the explanation. Back in January '01 I decided to write a storyline for PD2 when I heard rumors that Rare was making it. When I finished, I thought I did a pretty darn good job on it, so I mailed it to RareWare Ltd. along with some suggestions (stuff saying like it'd be better to have the story take place near modern times so modern weapons can be used). By the way, my story line is located here. My storyline also has "time-travel" in it... For any newcomers to this site, RareDark.com is the ONLY website obtaining this special PD0 news! Not even IGN has most of this info. Keep checking back with RareDark.com for the latest info concerning PD0.

Oh, and one more thing, the new message board is back up again, so give it a visit and some posts before you leave.