Garry’s Mod has to be one of the best mods for the Half Life engine: it is basically a ’physics sandbox’ allowing direct manipulation of props, characters and other sprites from games that are released by Valve. Best of all its multiplayer meaning you are able to share and make contraptions with friends making it a whole new experience.

On the Garry’s Mod website (http://www.garrysmod.com/) is a section dedicated to ‘Challenges’, set by the website. A topic is set and then a scene is created in Garry’s Mod to reflect it. See http://www.garrysmod.com/challenge/  for the current and past challenges- some entries are a real corker!

I have included two of my favorite screenshots from two seperate challenges from the large collection on the Challenges site (see above).

Die, G Man, die! -

Build a fiendish contraption or make an entertaining screenshot where [the gman] meets, or is about to meet, his demise in as entertaining or as grisly a fashion as your warped mind can conceive.

Valentine Challenge -

Make a themed screenshot in GMod that in some way captures the magic and romance of a Valentine.

As Mac OS X (unfortunately) becomes more and more popular, the amount of malware will increase for the operating system. This means that in the future, mac users will need to watch their single clicks to ensure they don’t download anything nasty of the Internet or from other sources such as email and removable media. Currently Mac users are lax about security – blindsighted by the supposed security of Mac OS X. This will need to change however, as they will need to learn the cautious security measures to ensure they are not infected by malware.

Personally I won’t be fussed when more malware, viruses, keyloggers and trojans are developed for Mac operating system - it will prove that OS X is after all, NOT as secure: bragged about on the Apple website.

“Cyber-criminals have begun to notice consumers’ growing attraction to Apple Macs during the past year… This trend has led to a number of viruses and malware created by hackers for the purpose of attacking consumers who purchase Mac computers… Mac users need to be aware that, while the threats that exist right now are few in number, they still need to take adequate measures to protect themselves.” http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2207808/criminal-hackers-turn-mac-users