tuesday, November 2, 1999

Kelly Flock Interview exclusive!

Now that Twisted Metal 4 is finally complete and ready to go, The Kelly Flock Interview is coming! This is the final week that we will fielding questions for this legend of the Industry. So Julius send all your questions to us. Click here to send questions.

Bally, Midway, Atari, Williams, there all the same to me
Midway Games reported positive Q1 earnings, thanks to a 57.9 percent increase in net income during the quarter. The company reported a net income of $11.3 million on revenues of $106.6 million for the quarter ended September 30. Midway expects record results for FY2000, which ends June 30, 2000. The company expects to ship 24 titles during the year.

From Fatbabies.com
Former GT Interactive Chairman/CEO Ron Chaimowitz joined Brilliant Digital Entertainment division The Auction Channel as its CEO. He also made a $250,000 equity investment in the unit. Here is just another company Chaimowitz can help to drive into the ground. Perhaps he should get the Cayare brothers on board too, so together they can milk and swindle shareholders out of their investment.

monday, November 1, 1999

Coming Soon to a Theatre Near You - Halloween Edition
Mathilda (played by Julius Willis), a twelve-year-old girl living in New York City, doesn't much care for her parents, but she has a close bond with her four-year-old brother. One day, she returns from running an errand to discover that most of her family, including her brother, have been killed in a raid by corrupt DEA agents led by Jim Buck. Mathilda takes refuge in the apartment of her secretive neighbor, Leon (Mike Riccio), who takes her in with a certain reluctance. She discovers that Leon is a professional programmer. Wanting to avenge the death of her brother, Mathilda makes a deal with Leon to become his protégée in exchange for work as a domestic servant, hoping to learn the art of programming and take out the men who took her brother's life. However, an affection develops between Leon and Mathilda that changes his outlook on his life and career. In his lifelong ambition, Mike explains, "you can't find any good child porn anywhere." Click here for more information on the great Mike Riccio's Halloween Havoc.

Sega Introduces Online Contact for Dreamcast Owners Wondering what to do with that modem that included with your Dreamcast? Well, fire it up because Sega has announced that they've now implemented some new downloadable gameplay elements for Sonic Adventure that are available via the Sega Dreamcast Network. New downloadables and online activities include the Sonic World Rankings (allows you to see how you stack up with other Sonic players), holiday-themed level enhancements for Sonic Adventure, and entry into the Sonic 2K Contest. In order to take part in the Sonic 2K Contest, participants will download special Sonic levels and compete against other gamers for the fastest times. Prizes will include one year of free Internet access from AT&T WorldNet, subscriptions to the Official Dreamcast Magazine, T-shirts, and Dreamcast games. The competition is scheduled to take place between Oct. 15 and Jan. 14. Other Sonic Adventure online features are planned for the near future such as online Chao Race Rankings and a Chao Breeder's Guide. For more information, head on over to http://www.sega.com.

sunday, october 31, 1999
Happy Halloween!
Gathering of Developers aka GOD has announced they are beginning development on the blair witch project video game. Too late for halloween though.

Gaming Tournament Site MyLeague.com Launches
Think you're ready to run your own online gaming league? Well, thanks to MyLeague.com, you'll no longer have to rely on the publishers to set up organized online competition for you. Case's Ladder has announced that its game league creation site - MyLeague.com - has been officially launched and will allow gamers to set up and run their own online gaming league for free! MyLeauge.com will offer the league participants a ladder ranking system, statistics, multiple tournament formats (such as single elimination, etc.), live chat sessions, and up to 1,024 participants per tournament. League administrators will need no programming experience, and will have their leagues publicized throughout the MyLeague.com network. Well, what are you waiting for?! Hurry over to http://www.myleague.com for more details.

saturday, october 30, 1999
Willie Wat and Alexander Neff in SF; Julius to have party
Willie Wat and Alexander Neff are touring San Francisco this weekend. Keep an eye out for them. Julius is to have his yearly Haloween party tonight, however, Julius will most likely not attend his own party in typical Julius Fashion.

friday, october 29, 1999
Julius.org
Many people have disgraced this website by calling it Julius.org. However, the truth is, there is a Julius.org and the URL is http://www.jcwillis.com/jwillis2/julius_iii.html Make sure you check out this wonderful site.

thursday, october 28, 1999

Baz Pringle Crushes Julius Credement Willis III
In our features section is new photos from Nikola Trifunovic. And for as much trash talk from Julius Willis as he let fly, you'd expect that this match would be close. Julius calls out Baz, his boss, and claims that he could beat him with Calypso in Twisted Metal 4. Click here for the full story.

wednesday, october 27, 1999
Dave Lee Proves Car is not Dent Resistant
Yesterday, Dave Lee of SCEA set out to prove that his car, a Mitsubishi 3000GT, could withstand a pounding from a guy riding a bike. His search was successful as he rams his car into the biker. In a mild ramming, only Dave's ego was hurt. The guy riding the bike was ok but had to be taken to the hospital. No blood was spilled in this tragic accident. In the end, Dave doesn't prove his car is industructible, instead he proves the opposite. "Buffy told me that biker was a vampire!" says Dave. "I was doing it for all mankind."

Rumor: Bernie Stolar and THQ from fatbabies.com
Word is ex-Sega COO Bernie Stolar is headed over to THQ to be their next president. He was spotted at the ECTS Show in London during early September smoozin' it up with the boys from THQ. Although he made his rounds to most of the big game publishers, the folks at THQ seemed entranced by his abrasive style and frequent use of the word "fuck." It is said they offered him the position immediately... THQ has refused to comment.

X-Box to battle Sony from gaming-age.com
The WSJ ran a lengthy article today about Microsoft's rumored X-Box. Apparently, Microsoft has been considering pouring billions of dollars into the X-Box, if it goes forward, as a final decision to actually make the X-Box has not been made. Some interesting tidbits were that it appears that an Intel Chip looks less likely and the AMD Athlon looks more like the CPU of choice. The X-Box would not apparently be using Windows CE, but a hybrid of Windows 98 and Windows NT that MS has developed for non-PC applications. The WSJ expects that the X-Box would launch in the fall of 2000 at a price of $299, mainly to steal the thunder from the launch of the PS2.

News: 989 Studios Continues PSX Run from gamepro.com
Certainly worth celebration by 989 Studios is the fact that their Syphon Filter game for the Sony PlayStation(r) has been at the top of the best-seller videogame charts since February of this year, when the title launched. This is confirmed by the September TRSTS Report from the NPD Group. And what do you experience with this title? How about interactive environments, high-speed subways where dodging becomes an art form, deadly terrorists and explosions a'plenty. You find yourself in Special Agent Gabriel Logan's world, via a third-person perspective, and you must find a way to halt the biological terrorism and get inside the organization that created the "Syphon Filter" virus. Learn more about this "bug" at www.989studios.com.

tuesday, october 26, 1999
SNK vs. Capcom Uncovered from fgnonline.com
Dreamcast: A list of characters set to feature in the hugely-anticipated upcoming fighter SNK vs. Capcom has been unearthed by IGNDC. The arcade fighter has a vast reservoir of famous characters from which to draw its fighter line-up. Take names such as Blanka and Chun-Li for example - who doesn't know who they are?
SNK Kyo Iori Mai Shiranui Terry Bogard Raiden
CAPCOM Ken Ryu Guile Chun-Li Zangief Blanka
Apparently FGNonline is not a big fan of the Fatal Fury Series, since they claim that Raiden is a "new" character. Anyone who knows of Fatal Fury knows of this masked wrestler.

Mike Riccio's Quote of the Week
At the TM4 dinner last night, Mike again offers the Quote for the week.
"Dude, why don't you put on some pants or something?"

monday, october 25, 1999
StarCraft Gals a Sham...
One of the biggest hoaxes played in the history of online games is revealed recently as a team of "girls" known as the SCgals reveal themselves to be boys. The StarCraft Gals became the most popular clan on the planet and battle.net due to the attraction that they may have been women. The attraction of playing a girl had made many players join other clans in time for scheduled Tournaments with the SCGals. The SCGals had one of the best records knocking off many clans in Broodwars including the illustrious ']['ransformer clan. A player named Tom Brokaw (Named after the newsman) masterminded this project and used pictures from Personals Sites as pictures of the members themselves. Tom Brokaw announced that some of these pictures were from the Lesbian section. He also goes on to announce that he meant no harm to women or anyone else and says that his real clan could not get challenges from anyone. He says that as soon as the SCGals started he received too many challenges. Tom Brokaw has also made a list of the players that harrassed the SCGals for being girls. He documented these accounts and they should be appearing all over the internet shortly.

TLC Blamed as Mattel Suffers from fgnonline.com
Industry: Mattel's May '99 acquisition of The Learning Company has been blamed for the world's largest toy company's dismal Q3 financials. Mattel has hastily warned investors to expect a similarly disappointing Q4 performance, but the warning seems to have come too late - the company has been named in shareholder lawsuits claiming investors were misled about the health of the firm. Mattel's 42 percent Q3 earnings drop was directly related to a $105 million loss suffered by the Learning Company, which was acquired for $3.8 billion back in May and was originally expected to earn $50 million for the period. Industry analysis has been damning, with blame being heaped on Mattel's upper management. Institutional investors were apparently "stunned" that Thursday's announcements did not include management changes, shown by a comment from Credit Suisse First Boston analyst Martin Romm who declared, "I think management at the Learning Company has to be held accountable."

TC Chang's work displayed by TC Chang
Announcing a LIVE Web cast concert, featuring this year's "Album of the Year" Grammy winning artist: Lauryn Hill! Flatland Online will be providing a virtual concert hall in which you can view the event on Monday, Oct. 25. I am Art Directing the 3D site/ 3dml project, so it'll be an opportunity for you to see my latest works. Hope you can tune in, and help us celebrate this break through for our company! The concert and Flatland's Rover 3D plug-in are both free! You'll need the Flatland Rover plug-in and a video application such as Real Player or Window's Media Player to view this experience. Installation instructions will be provided on the web site. Information on the event is below: You'll be able to enter the virtual arena a few days before the concert, so check in on the site (http://www.flatland.com or http://www.altavista.com) and pre install the plug-ins you need to view Lauryn Hill's concert on the 25th of Oct.! Best regards, -Tc

sunday, october 24, 1999

KISS Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child from gamesiege.com
WWW.gamesiege.com has an exclusive screen shot of the upcoming KISS Psycho Circus. Make sure you check out their website for the full story.

EA Releases Second Quarter Results
REDWOOD CITY, CA --(INTERNET WIRE)-- Electronic ArtsTM (NASDAQ: ERTS), the world's largest interactive entertainment software company, today announced its results for the second fiscal quarter ended September 30, 1999. Second Quarter Review: Net revenues for the second quarter were $339 million, a 38 percent increase compared to $246 million reported for the same quarter of the prior fiscal year. Net income increased 69 percent to $18.1 million in the second quarter, compared to $10.7 million reported last year before a one-time, pre-tax charge of $41.8 million. Diluted earnings per share increased 65 percent to $0.28 from $0.17 reported excluding the one-time charge, in the same quarter of the prior fiscal year. First Half Review: For the six-month period net revenues were $525 million, an increase of 24 percent compared to $424 million reported for the same period a year ago. Net income increased 29 percent to $20.5 million for the six months, or $0.32 per share on a diluted basis, compared to $15.9 million, or $0.25 per share on a diluted basis excluding the one time charge in the prior fiscal year. During the quarter, the Company released 17 new products on three different platforms. New products shipped included six for the PC, seven for the PlayStation® and four for the Nintendo® 64. Top selling new releases during the quarter included: Command & ConquerTM Tiberian SunTM and NHL® 2000 for the PC; Final Fantasy® VIII, Madden NFLTM 2000, WCWTM Mayhem, NASCAR® 2000, NHL® 2000, NCAA® Football 2000 and Sled StormTM for the PlayStation; and, WCWTM Mayhem, Madden NFLTM 2000, and NASCAR® 2000 on the N64TM.

saturday, october 23, 1999
Battle Tanx: Tanx a lot
You know you've done something great when your website or the commercial for your videogame is the target for a cease & desist court order from one of the giants of the industry. So what does 3DO do for an encore to their great BattleTanx commercial featuring that lovable Treddy Bear? You're damn right. Wheel that little ball of fluff back in front of the camera for BattleTanx: Global Assault and say to hell with the watchdogs and grumpy old coots of corporate America. Whether he looks like Snuggles or not, that little bear sells games when he's getting shredded with enough explosives to blow up a battleship.
See the commercials here. part 2 and part 1

friday, october 22, 1999
Russ Sabin's Quote of the Week
"If you aren't cutting throats, you aren't getting a head."

Mike Riccio's Quote of the Week
At the TM4 team dinner, Mike offered this Quote for the week.
"I always try to get the best sperm."

Syphon Filter makes Top 5 in Jan - Aug per TRSTS Sales
In IGN.com's article about the Top Selling video games according to TRSTS Sales resports seen here Syphon Filter, with the run-from-it title, is the top selling Playstation game during this period. However, Mario and Pocket Monsters control the top 4 overall video games sales surpassing all of the PSX titles. Nintendo who has been price dumping N64's to make way for the new "Doshin" machine is seeing slight success with Pokemon. Pokemon, which is currently facing allegations that buying Pokemon cards is gambling, holds to the Top 2 spots during this TRST period. Jeff Rotter of Bandai argues, "That ain't nothing, dawg. Buying any Bandai game is a gamble."

You want excitement? wrestling news of the day
The Macho Man Randy Savage will be at Halloween Havoc. Savage will be at the event partially because the event is sponsored by Slim Jim. Savage will not be competing at the ppv. Macho may be on the way out

thursday, october 21, 1999

Ron Needs Help!
Someone buy his car so that I don't have to write these damn articles about the car (shown above) that he wants to buy. If you buy his car Ron promises to tell you why he always wears a hat.

Photos by Nikola Trifunovic
989 Studios San Diego had a 1 billion Sold Playstation party at the local Family Fun Center and the famed artist Nikola Trifunovic has pictures of the event. here. This feature can also be found in the Features section.

Jeff Ng's Birthday Today
[this story pulled]

Dreamcast VMU Animator by ron allen
It is a Dreamcast VMU Animation program that allows you to create your own VMU animations. All you have to do is make the animation, access SEGA Japan's website, upload it and then you will be able to log on with your dreamcast and download it to your VMU. You should check it out. They need something like this for the PocketStation...
Click here for Download

The Undertaker: Wrestling news of the day
Circuit: WWF The Undertaker may not be back until sometime after Royal Rumble. His groin injury is still keeping him sidelined. Undertaker may have a tough time coming backinto any serious angles when he does decide to comeback. His last angle took aver 5 months to develop

wednesday, october 20, 1999
Ron's Car STILL for Sale
You have to ask yourself, "How can someone still be selling a Camaro SS this long, when it's the best car ever made?" Believe it or not, Ron's Camaro is still for sale. If you have to have the best car ever made, than look no further because it's for sale here. Call or email Ron Allen quickly before this offer runs out. Don't get scammed by one of the regular Camaros, buy the real prince of power known as the camaro SS. This is an offer you can't afford to miss and if you do you will regret it for the rest of your life. So call now because Ron is standing by. For more information, check out his car for sale webpage is here.

Wilson Lee's Prelude for Sale by Jeff Ng
After all the publicity for Ron's Car, Wilson aka Prelude has decided that he is going to sell his car. It's a 1998 model, that is white with leather, alarm and fog lights. You can see it parked in the 989 parking lot with the writing around the license frame that says, "get in, sit down, shut up, & hold on". He is asking for $20K for his car, but experts believe only someone nicknamed "Prelude" would pay that much.

Strange news from Andy Wilson
Andy Wilson , famed Animator at 989 studios, is looking for a date to the prom. Anyone out there who needs an escort for their junior or senior prom should foward their request to 989 studios.

Nintendo's Doshin is Dead in Japan from FGNONLINE.COM
Industry: Japanese gamers are not overly excited about Nintendo's next-generation platform with only 5.1 percent of gamers who took part in a survey saying they'll buy it on the first day of release. Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu Weekly conducted the survey, which online sources have picked up on today. The figures are not good reading for Nintendo with a quarter of those surveyed waiting to see how Dolphin turns out before deciding on purchase. A good deal of this hesitancy can be explained by the company's reluctance to give firm details of the project. By far the largest percentage (38.1%) are hanging fire and answered "I don't know," when asked if they would purchase the system. As you would expect poor results for Nintendo mean the opposite for rival Sony. Despite misgivings about the price with over fifty percent thinking the tag is at least a "little" too high, a massive 34.3 percent said they would be parting with their cash for PlayStation2 on the day of release. Gamers, developers and distributors who were surveyed also unanimously voted Sony as number one after three years, placing Nintendo a very poor third behind Sega. With PlayStation2's Gran Turismo 2000 being the most hotly anticipated game the survey leaves no doubt, but it ain't no Twisted Metal 4 for the playstation.

The VGL is Video Game League from cnet.com
The Video Gamers League (VGL), the first nationwide league for video game players, has opened registration for its premier event. The event, which will take place in Dallas, Texas, on November 20 and 21, will feature tournaments for games from all three major consoles: Dreamcast, Nintendo 64, and PlayStation. In order to broaden the field, games of all types--from fighting and sports games to first-person shooters--will be included in the event.

Bill Goldberg Wrestling News of the Day
There is talk that since Goldberg wasn't supposed to touch Sid, but on last week's Nitro he turned around and speared him anyways, that their match at Halloween Havoc will no longer be a US title match and that Goldberg will pin him clean without getting the belt.

tuesday, october 19, 1999

The Secret to Julius' Success
We have had many success stories here at gamelord.org but none as impressive as Julius Willis rise from Jaffe's Dark Gun. Co-workers such as Greg Faccone speculate on his unethical approach to super stardom but all rumors remain rumors... Until Now. Due to this shocking and revealing photo, Julius has decided to come out of the closet and let the world know of his formula for success. One of the Producers of Twisted Metal 4 can be seen in the yellow shirt waiting to have Julius talk into the "mike". Julius has the biggest office at 989 Studios San Diego and can now only admit to the way he "worked" out his office arrangement. In his own defense, Willis argues, "I'm just a Philipino boy. I'm not accustomed to buildings, concrete and wires. Your world... it frightens me. This technology.. scares me." Previous stories reveal his film career and all of the answers to the many questions will be answered in the Julius Willis Interview.

989 Studios' EverQuest Breaks Records
In just six months, EverQuest(tm), from 989 Studios (www.989studios.com), has established a record for an all time high number of sales of an online game. Sales numbers for EverQuest reached 225,000 units sold and a subscriber base of more than 150,000 players, with sales continuing to grow. 989 Studios(tm), a Sony Computer Entertainment Group Company, first released this title in February of this year for the PC. Gamers were attracted to the many adventures and detailed quests that evolve from a unique interactive storyline that develops according to the gamer's decisions. You can begin the game in any of the three continents that contain 70 adventure zones and 12 cities. Each of the continents has unique species, alliance, politics, and economy. This massively multiplayer game enables up to 37,000 folk to play simultaneously. Station@sony.com is the official provider of EverQuest, whose services include software updates, news about the game, message boards, and monthly subscription billing of $9.89.

Microsoft Helps Dreamcast Developers by Ron Allen
Check out this site....

Jeff's Giants Win over Cowboys
The cowboys defense has managed to lose 2 straight games. This time Jeff's Cowboys lose to Jeff's Giants. Jeff comments, "the bomb, dawg. I'm a rams fan."

Jill Uebel Story CORRECTION by tattooii
Keith is not actually filling in for Jill, since that's impossible. However, they are currently interviewing for Jill's replacement.

monday, october 18, 1999
P L A Y S T A T I O N 2 from magicbox
- Additional Playstation 2 specific information are revealed in the latest Japanese Playstation magazine:
-When running Playstation software on PS2, the CD-ROM speed will remain in double speed, the same as the Playstation.
-When running Playstation software, the new functions of Dual Shock 2 controllers will be disabled, it will behave like a Dual Shock controller. In the Dual Shock 2 controller, the analog buttons can sense 256 levels of pressure.
-The 8MB Memory Card will not be compatible with Playstation software that run on the Playstation 2, i.e. you cannot save your PS game data under the 8MB Memory Card, you have to use the original PS Memory Card.
- The original Memory Card will not be compatible with Playstation 2 software, you have to use the 8MB Memory Card to save / load PS2 game data. PocketStation will be compatible to both PS and PS2 games. There are currently no plans for a next generation PocketStation.
- When you turn on the Playstation 2, the machine will automatically enter either PS2 or PS Mode, depending on the software in the DVD-ROM, you cannot manually change the mode after the machine is booted up.
- A single CD cannot contain games for both PS and PS2 at the same time, i.e. Playstation games will not have any enhancements running under Playstation 2.
- Playstation 2 will not support the Playstation Communication Link Cable, you will not be able to play multi player games over the link cable, such as the 4 player mode in Ridge Racer Type 4.

Donald Vercelli Starts Today at 989 Studios
The warning sounds are telling everyone to be careful, because Donald Vercelli is starting today. If you will be looking for him, remember that he won't be in his office, but you can find him at the Foosball table with Kelly. Sources reveal that he has the same extension as when he left, however, sources can't remember what that was.

Jill Uebel Leaves SCEA
Although it is not certain where she is off to, Jill Uebel has decided to leave SCEA and Keith Reese will take over all of Jill's duties. Keith sits across from Hank so say hi to him when you get a chance but remember he could never fill the void that Jill has left. So if your reading this Keith, tough luck.

sunday, october 17, 1999
Activision Gets Rights to Alundra 2
Activison will release in the spring of 2000 Alundra 2, the sequel to the well-received PlayStation(r) action/role-playing game, Alundra. Activision (www.activision.com) has obtained countrieswide publishing rights to Alundra 2, except in Japan and some specific Asian countires. In Alundra 2 you're Flint, a youthful renegade who travels on a journey to overcome the evil Baron and his reign of terror. You'll have hundreds of puzzles to sort through in more than 40 hours, as well as 10 mini-games that are incorporated in the storyline. Alundra 2 is developed by Matrix and produced by Contrail, a satellite company of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

Europe Goes "Dreamcast Crazy"
Retailers throughout Europe opened their doors just after midnight this morning to cater to Europe's most rabid console gamers. What was the reason for all the hoopla? The European launch of the hot new gaming platform, the Sega Dreamcast! Electronic retail outlets all across the continent hosted cocktail parties with media personalities, giveaways, and folks dressed up as popular Dreamcast characters ("You know . . . I think Sonic the Hedgehog has had a few too many Guiness Stouts . . .). London's Virgin Megastore even had boxers Chris Eubanks and Nigel Benn on hand to "duke it out" on the Dreamcast fight game "Virtua Fighter 3." According to statistics provided by Electronic Boutique, the big movers so far have been Sonic's Adventure, Sega Rally 2, and Ready2Rumble. The word from Sega is that it has shipped 350,000 Dreamcasts to Europe for the big day, and estimates that sales will reach 700,000 units by the end of November. They are also promising that 40 Dreamcast titles will be available by the Christmas season.

Sony Believes In Santa -- Well, At Least The Presents
Sony Computer Entertainment America is definitely interested in having folk tell Santa all about their products, and to that end, the company is investing some $150 million in a marketing program for the upcoming holiday season. Plus, there's a rather influential array of strategic partnerships arranged 'tween the PlayStation deliverer and such companies as MTV, Pizza Hut, and others. Already the Sony PlayStation may be found in one of five homes throughout the U.S. Some of the xpromos include the PSX and MTV team-up for the "MTV Campus Invasion" that'll occur from October 19th through November 30th. Throughout the U.S., 25 college campuses will be treated to some great concerts by bands that include the likes of Garbage and others. Pizza Hut is also going to partner with Sony for a holiday promo that they expect will be double the size of last year's whiz-bang PSX goings-in. And there will be an on-air promo with Fox Kids Network for a Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage encounter. The winnings? Getting to cruise around in a limo to and from school and playing Spyro within the luxurious confines of said vehicle as well as hosting a PSX party for all classmates. There's a Cartoon Network promo, The Kids WB! promo, and plenty of retail goodness to spread holiday PSX-based cheer. To really get into the buying spirit, head over to www.playstation.com.

saturday, october 16, 1999
New Vercelli News
New sources reveal that Don Vercelli will be working out of Foster City's 989 Office but will again be in charge of sales and marketing for the next Everquest. Gamelord.org jumped to early conclusions on yesterday's story but follows up with new information.

Julius Poll Ends
To the question If Julius had the chance, would he sleep with The Matrix's Keanu Reaves?, 111 people cast their votes in the following manner: 75 voted Yes, that is 67 percent. 36 voted No, that is 32 percent. Yes 67 % No 32 %. Julius did a great job supplying 36 votes to NO, but the numbers don't lie. An interim poll has been posted, but will only last the weekend.

friday, october 15, 1999
Vercelli says, "3DO is 3D Out" by Alexander Neff
Donald Vercelli aka The Italian Stalian who was best known for his heroics in Everquest has left 3DO and returns home to Verant, the makers of Everquest. Verant is located in San Diego, CA home to such stars as Christy Fritts and Alexander Neff. Questions arose around the situation with his wife who is a top dawg in the SCEA Marketing department. Alben commented, "Screw his wife, where's my damn Everquest?" We will have more news as it becomes available.

UNCONFIRMED: Rumor by Ron Allen
ASCII will be publishing a new game magazine that will specialize on arcade entertainment, it seems to be a replacement of the Gamest magazine.

Jeff Rotter is on Fire
Many of you know Jeff Rotter from his appearances at Bandai. Last Week, his apartment complex caught on fire and jeff saw the whole thing! Of course as soon as he saw it, he grabbed his kids and his dog; then he went outside wearing only his underwear! This week Jeff loses the Job at Sunsoft because he asked for $55K/year instead of a realistic salary. Now Jeff is thinking about going to Crave where he is going to ask for the same salary.

Solid Snake to PSX 2 from game-online.com
When Hideo Kojima confirmed a Metal Gear Solid title for PlayStation 2, fans of arguably the finest game PlayStation has ever seen went into floods of ecstasy. The very first details of the title have just come to light. The protagonist will remain as Solid Snake, although the rest of the character list is unknown. Instead of plumbing the depths of nuclear bunkers, Snake gets the full run of a major city in the PlayStation 2 version, although whether or not the location is Japanese, American or European is being closely guarded by Konami. The plot for the game is locked down harder than Fort Knox and Konami is in no mood to proffer the key. Anxious to get a glimpse of the future? Buy Metal Gear Solid VR Special Missions for PlayStation - two of the CG sequences in the intro show Snake looking round walls and were taken directly from PlayStation 2. Are they part of the actual 128-bit game? Konami will neither confirm or deny.

thursday, october 14, 1999

Have Your Cake and Eat It Too by Tatooii
Did you know that Cheryl Takata was entering a Cake Contest? This is one of the most fierce competitions in the world and only the strongest enter this dangerous event. Cheryl placed 2nd in the Wedding competition and admits that she might have entered into the wrong category. (Uh, Cheryl, people don't wear dresses when they get married and they don't stand on trees) Cheryl goes on to mention, "The little people are made of blown and pulled sugar."

Ron Allen's Movie Pick of the Week
Jack Frost. Ron Allen says, "I like it!" Check it out here.

Cavan Bunting's Quote of the Week
"Funerals Suck."

Julius Willis' Quote of the Week
"If there were no Jay... I would be ulius."

Russ Sabin's Quote of the Week
"Let me know if during lunch I say anything worthy of the Quote of the Week."

Alexander Neff's Quote of the Week
"Can I have a light?"

Memory Prices Rise as Manufacturers Announce Shortage
So much for cheap RAM . . . Micron Technologies led the charge last week as they announced that it is sold out of DRAM chips, and has begun "rationing" memory to the most major PC vendors -- a move that most other memory manufacturers have followed. 64Mbit DRAMs have risen to $10 -- up from $9 just last week and $4.50 in July. PC OEM's that have been taking advantage of cheap memory prices by stuffing their boxes full of RAM will be forced to take measures to counter the current shortage. "We were warning our customers for two months that the industry would be on allocation in the fourth quarter because of demand rapidly closing the gap with supply," stated Jamie Stitt, DRAM Marketing Manager at Toshiba America Electronic Components Inc. "We're not surprised, and expect allocations to continue into the first quarter of 2000." Micron can be visited on the web at http://www.micron.com.

Getting Onboard With Acclaim
Moving over to Acclaim Entertainment as the company's VP of CorpComm is Claudia Ceniceros. She'll head up corporate communications as well as consumer PR and will also support investor relations and all of the publicity for Acclaim.com. Previously, she was the veep of Strategic Communications for the ABC Television Network.