Archive » 2001 » July
ECTS A Ghost Town(?)
EuroGamer has a preliminary report up on this year’s European Computer Trade Show, saying the number of companies who are holding their own do’s or just not showing up at... (more)
posted by splash · 26 Jul 2001
EA Nabs LOTR Movie Rights
Electronic Arts has acquired the rights to produce games based on the film version of Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings. It should be noted that this does not affect Sierra... (more)
posted by splash · 26 Jul 2001
TORN Put On Hold
Yesterday I spotted Blue reporting that TORN, an RPG in development at Black Isle Studios which was utilising the SPECIAL system from Fallout, had been put on hold. Today Freelancer have... (more)
posted by splash · 26 Jul 2001
Bits’n'Pieces
Final Fantasy X does 1.9 million units in four days. Gamespot Mini-supernova created in a lab. MSNBC
posted by splash · 25 Jul 2001
Bacteria OpenGL Demo
During my tireless scouring of the internet for all things novel and amusing, I stumbled across this neat little demo of an inner body shooter. Bacteria puts you in charge... (more)
TRS-80’s Still Going
Arguably the first laptops ever produced, portable versions of the legendary (to some) Tandy TRS-80 personal computers, are still in use today. What’s amazing about that is the machines sport... (more)
3DRealms Server Down and Out
Makers of soon to be released 3D action title Max Payne, 3DRealms, have suffered a major server crash. As a result company and game related message boards will be... (more)
Followup : Adobe Gets Nice
Adobe have backed down from their pursuit of criminal charges against Russian programmer Dmitry Skylarov. After meeting with the EFF yesterday they’ve agreed not to press charges for the release... (more)
Forward Lookers
Gameslice has a piece up looking at five games from E3. They are all games that won’t be appearing on the shelves for some time to come, but showed a... (more)
posted by splash · 24 Jul 2001
Bits’n'Pieces
idsoftware’s Paul Jaquays has post a list of the judges for this years QuakeCon 2001 Map Object Contest. Paul Jaquays 3DRealms’ Joe Siegler has been bombed with the SirCam virus by... (more)
posted by splash · 23 Jul 2001
Gaming Makes Kids Smarter
Another slashdot bit… The Sunday Times is reporting on research by the UK government which suggests that playing computer games actually makes children smarter. …playing computer games could sharpen young people’s... (more)
Adobe Gets Mean
The Boycott Adobe site has been established to bring attention to the plight of a Russian hacker - Dmitry Sklyarov - who was recently arrested in the US to face... (more)