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I never thought it would happen to me
I am currently browsing the web at what can only be descibed as pedestrian speeds. How can this be when I’m an Optus@Home user you might ask. ... (more)
What’s New Down Under?
Welcome to the inaugural “What’s New Down Under?”, a weekly post of what new games have shipped to Australian stores that week. I have included last weeks shipped titles as... (more)
posted by shadow · 30 Aug 2002
GTA: Vice City Live
The official website for GTA: Vice City went live today, where you will find a bunch of new screenies and some trailer action to feast on. From the decade of big... (more)
posted by shadow · 28 Aug 2002
Sam & Max Sequel In 2004
Earlier this month we learnt that Infinite Machine, who started work on a Sam & Max X-Box game, filed for bankruptcy (see story), so the prospect of a new Sam... (more)
posted by shadow · 28 Aug 2002
Battlefield 1942 - You Have To See This
You may be a little jaded with WWII first person shooters, but don’t let that stop you trying out the new multiplayer demo Battlefield 1942. This is the most exciting... (more)
Sunshiny Day
Super Mario Sunshine (GCN) has been given 10/10 over at Gamers.com! Although it got a perfect score, it’s not a totally perfect game, but rather a game that is pretty... (more)
posted by shadow · 25 Aug 2002
Music Industry’s Deadly Consolidation
There’s an interesting article on Slate about the steady consolidation of the music industry since 1980. Despite their irrational and misplaced paranoia about internet file-swapping, recent media converage is starting... (more)
Cate Archer You Tease
Yet another new demo worth downloading has just hit the net, No One Lives Forever 2! Described as a teaser (it’s only 48MB) and sporting just the 1 small level,... (more)
posted by shadow · 24 Aug 2002
X-Box Arse-N-All
In another attempt to boost sales of the X-Box, Microsoft will be unleashing a new “Halo Combat Pack” to consumers tomorrow. This “Complete Arsenal” (as M$ call it) contains an... (more)
posted by shadow · 23 Aug 2002
Donahue vs Gamers / Rational Thinking
MIT media studies professor Henry Jenkins has posted a fascinating account about a recent appearance on the (new) Donahue show to represent the games industry in a discussion of violence... (more)
Hitman 2 Demo
Shadow will be pleased to know that a Hitman 2 demo has been released! It’s apparently off a cover cd so it was released a while ago so some people... (more)
posted by Serekenen · 21 Aug 2002
Linux Gaming
For those of you reading this on a Linux box, then skip on over to TransGaming Technologies, who have just released (available by download only) the Kohan series of RTS... (more)