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PS2 Defended
Following the several news posts yesterday casting the just released PlayStation 2 console in a less than complimentary light, I received an email from local game programmer Talkie Toaster who... (more)
Cosmetic Tweak —>
This is hardly news, but if you are running IE 5.5 you will notice the slider bar on the right hand side of the news page is now a calming... (more)
Rune Demo and Patch
A demo of viking 3D action title Rune has been released and is available at all the usual places. Those in the southern hemisphere can get it from QGL, or... (more)
It’s an ugly week, a bug week!
Gamespot UK are spending this week looking in depth at the recently-gold Starship Troopers. The game, which was developed by Australian studio Blue Tongue, is based on the movie and... (more)
posted by splash · 31 Oct 2000
Sharky’s Value Video Card Roundup
In the Sharky tradition of well-written and informative guides on anything and everything to do with your computer, the latest guide is on the less-expensive cards available. This is not... (more)
posted by splash · 31 Oct 2000
GeForce Price Guide
G256 has updated its weekly look at the prices and features of a wide range of GeForce cards. Ranging from the original GeForce all the way up to the GeForce... (more)
posted by splash · 31 Oct 2000
AMD 760 DDR Previews
I’m not a ‘techy’ kinda guy, but there are a plethora of guides and reviews out on the net this morning dealing with this new board so I’m going to... (more)
posted by splash · 30 Oct 2000
American McGee Q&A
The designer of Rogue’s 3rd-person action title Alice has been interviewed in a short but interesting Q&A on Computer and Video Games. Along with an abundance of screenshots to accompany... (more)
posted by splash · 30 Oct 2000
Bits’n'Pieces
There are 5 new screenshots of the ex-Diablo team’s upcoming RPG hack’n’slash Throne of Darkness. Throne of Darkness Screens Eidos sends word that PS2 FPS title TimeSplitters is in stores this... (more)
posted by splash · 30 Oct 2000
The CLAW
An Australian company has produced a new controller device being touted as “the next generation in first person shooter control technology”. The CLAW as it is called, is an ergonomically... (more)
Don’t Download Leaked MS Source Code
Downloading or reading any part of the recently stolen Microsoft source code will remove your right to work on free software, according to an article on Linux Journal. Microsoft became... (more)
PS2 Disappointing?
Obviously biased site Segaweb (Sega makes the competing Dreamcast console) has given the just released PlayStation 2 a bit of a bashing, calling its technology “disappointing”. One of the main... (more)