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| Starfleet
Command II Review (PC) |
January
19, 2001 |
 Starfleet Command II:
Empires at War promised to expand the number of playable races
in this Star Trek title and to
introduce Dynaverse II, an online multiplayer dynamic campaign where players
assume the role of a commander in one of the eight empires as they struggled for
galactic supremacy. To get the goods on this starship battle simulator,
mark a course for our review and--engage! |
| Starcraft
"Expert" contributes to
Empire Earth
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Stainless Steel Studios Interactive, developer of strategy
games for the new millennium, has announced the addition of a new game
balancer to the Empire Earth development team. Damon "Stratus"
Gauthier has joined SSSI to help balance the multiplayer portion of
the game. Read the release here.
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| Evil
Dead: Hail to the King Review (DC) |
January 17, 2001 |
 Ash is available on
the DC now, and we wish we could change our mind completely. Unfortunately, even better
graphics can't save Evil Dead: Hail to the King. It's so sad for us to see a game with so
much potential blow it. If you're a Dead fan, click
here to witness the gore. |
| GamesFirst! Mailbag Comin' Atcha |
| This month we've got
some Small Town DC Blues, Sony Rumors, and a letter from the nicest
website editor in the biz, Kevin Baird from VideoGameNews.com. Check
out the Mailbag right here. |
| PS2 Problems in Britain |
| We love the UK. And the
UK seems to love us, too (except a few notable exceptions in past Mailbags). So we kind of know how Sony
feels, what with all the Consumer Alerts the British have vaunted at them this weekend. A
leaked memo from Sony stating, "We know a lot of our units are not up to consumer
standards," doesn't help at all, either. The Register has a great article
detailing the strife across the pond. Click here. |
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| Xbox
Update |
January 16, 2001 |
 Amidst all the
new information about Xbox that's been bandied about, our fearless intern, Van, updates
his great article, In Search of Xbox.
Get all the specs, prospective launch titles, and updated analysis. We've got a hunch
about this system. Click here. |
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| Oni
Comic Issue #0 |
January 15, 2001 |
 It's Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
Human Rights Day if you live in Idaho, and we're relaxing. You should relax, too, and
think about where we'd be without such great leaders of humanity. And while you're doing
that, you can check out Issue #0 of the
new Oni comic series, coming to fine comic shops everywhere courtesy our friends at
Darkhorse. Sure, she doesn't follow the good doctor's policy of nonviolence, but she is
fighting for truth and justice. Click here
for the whole comic. And keep an eye out for our forthcoming reviews of Oni for PC and
PS2. |
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| Evil
Dead: Hail to the King Review (PSX) |
January 12, 2001 |
 It's the king of B-movie comedy gore, but the transition to video game hasn't
gone as smoothly as that whole defeating the undead thing for our hero, Ash. Evil Dead: Hail to the King should be
amazing: Sam Raimi involved in creation; Bruce Campbell lending his voice. What happened?
Click here to get some. |
| Wingman Strike Force 3D Review (Peripheral) |
 This
latest Logitech joystick is the WingMan
Strike Force 3D, a full-featured peripheral that’s easy to set up and use despite
the plethora of jam-packed controls. It’s
the additional options (and a slightly higher price tag) that sets the Strike Force 3D
apart from the rest of the pack. |
| 3D game
engine shows vast potential for emergency response specialists |
| The same technologies that power interactive 3D games might save
lives. NDL's NetImmerse 3D game engine, used to create more than two dozen game
titles worldwide, has been licensed by Applied Research Associates (ARA) to develop a
computer-animated training environment for emergency response specialists. Click here for
the full story. |
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Mage
Knight: Rebellion
Collectable Miniatures Game |
January 11, 2001 |
 What do you get
when you combine the collectability of a CCG with the tabletop allure of miniatures? The
answer is Mage Knight: Rebellion, the
hottest thing going in tabletop gaming. While the quality of the figures can be spotty,
the game has simple-yet-deep rules, an innovative combat dial base, and bottom-line
affordability. It's a simple formula: Warhammer + Magic: The Gathering = The Next Big
Thing. Only wish we'd thought of it. |
| Iridion 3D Preview (GBS) |
 The screenshot to the right is from Iridion 3D, a new space shooter from
Majesco. Is it for the SNES? Nope. N64? Nope. PSX? Nope. This baby is coming to a Game Boy Advance near you next
fall, and it should be a helluva lot better than we've seen in portable gaming so far.
Read the release here. |
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