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Bits’n'Pieces
Official updated Win95/98 drivers for the 3dfx Voodoo3 2000/3000 are posted up at 3dfxgamers 3dfxgamers EA is in talks to buy Eidos, and Eidos is keen to save themselves from a... (more)
Volition brings AA to the PS2
Ex-PC developers Volition say they have solved the Anti-Aliasing dilemma thought to have faced developers working on the Playstation 2. According to a Daily Radar Interview, Volition implemented its Full Screen... (more)
DX Designer Q&A
Deus Ex lead designer Harvey Smith has answered a handful of quick general questions about the game writer Sheldon Pacotti passed on to him for me. Among other things Harvey... (more)
Boot Floppies & Windows ME
In case you haven’t been following the complaints of DOS-heads, there’s been some angry concern recently over Microsoft’s plans to stop users from being able to create bootable floppy disks.... (more)
Sub Titans Interview
Gamers.de has an exclusive Interview with Raaj Menon, Manager of Australian developer Ellipse Studios online, who just released Submarine Titans, an underwater Real Time Strategy. Q: How do you plan to... (more)
Diablo II Patch Warning
Apparently the just-released Diablo II patch will hose your single player characters - so make sure you apply it *before* running the game for the first time, if you plan... (more)
Cheapo GeForce2 GTS
nVidia has announced the release of the GeForce2 MX … a cheaper clocked down version of the GeForce2 GTS. Accroding to a review on AnandTech it seems to roughly compare... (more)
Pentium 4
In a not-so-bold move of part naming, Intel have announced that the cpu formerly known as Willamette will be released as the Pentium 4 later this year. The P4 is... (more)
Samuel Gone Gold
I witnessed my first birth this afternoon. Well, I was around anyway :) My sister-in-law gave birth to a healthy 6lb 8oz baby boy. It’s profound and life changing, even... (more)
Australian Battlenet servers in the US
As mentioned in recent news, the Diablo II patch that has just been released, points out that Australian Battlenet servers have been moved to US West rather than Asia. ... (more)
Shafted LAN
Australian computer gaming organisation “Shafted LAN” are hosting their 9th large-scale online multiplayer event “The Motorola Shafted 9″ at LaTrobe University this Saturday. Games played at the event use interfacing with basic networking... (more)
QGL LAN
The next QGL Lan is on the 8th July. This lan will be round 3A of the QGL Season II, with things getting close in the Q3A Duel stakes. When:... (more)