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| Alice
- First Impressions (PC) |
December 8, 2000 |
 American McGee's Alice is a title we've long
awaited. Follow us through the looking glass as we share our first impressions of
this darkly updated version of Wonderland. The graphics are pretty brillig, but gameplay
can be a little slithy, and the mome wrathes outgrabe. Snicker-snack. |
| Weekly Gaming News |
| American McGee's Alice goes Hollywood,
Infogrames buys Hasbro, PS2 titles suffer low sales, Deus Ex Multiplayer, TV Guide
showcases videogames, and, what's this, March Madness already? All this and
more in the Weekly Gaming News. |
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| Cannon
Spike (DC) |
December 7, 2000 |
 Capcom's latest
"fave characters" game, Cannon
Spike gives us almost
everything we've ever wanted out of a shooter: great graphics, frantic action, way cool
bosses, and everything you shoot blows up. Everything. Even the dogs. Read about it here. |
| Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback 2 Joystick |
| For multipurpose
gaming, we've always said there's nothing like the good ol' Sidewinder Force Feedback
stick. Is there any way Microsoft's Sidewinder
Force Feedback 2 joystick can replace it in our hearts? |
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| Daria's
Inferno Review (PC) |
December 6, 2000 |
 MTV's Daria--the series
for Smith College wannabes--gets its own video game from Simon and Schuster, Daria's Inferno, and the results are not
good, not good at all. Read on as Matt overcomes his affection for sardonic teenage
girls and gives you the goods on a title that's more a marketing tool than a game. Oh, the
irony. |
| Chicken Run Review (GBC) |
 Help them
chickens get off the farm in the GBC version of Chicken Run. It was one of the best movies
of the summer, and the GBC version is one of the best adaptations we've seen. That's not
saying much, given the history of GBC movie conversions, but this one is pretty fun. Click here. |
| Holiday Fraud Frustrates PS2-Seeking Parents & BBB |
| It's amazing what
people will do for the little black box. There's a problem with some online retailers
claiming they have PS2s in stock, but not. Also, people have been putting up questionable
bids like this one on Ebay. Read the Better Business Bureau release here. And
for a lighter take on how extreme PS2 fans can get, check out our PS2 Fanatics page. Beware: Weirdos are featured
prominently. |
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| NBA
2K1 (DC) |
December 5, 2000 |
 Oh, those Dreamcast
sports games. Though Sega would probably like to forget World Series Baseball, the DC's NFL and NBA
games have been stellar. NBA2K1 is no
exception--it looks great, plays an exciting game of basketball, and is packed with
features. It might be a little too arcadey for the basketball strategists out there, but
for button-mashing showboaters it doesn't come any finer. |
| Delta Force: Land Warrior (PC) |
 With so many
excellent first-person shooters out there, is Novalogic's Delta Force: Land Warrior worth your time? Well, the
move away from voxel technology is a plus, as are the game's vast maps. But some goofy AI
may put you off this one. Check out the review here. |
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Star
Wars: Demolition
Review (DC) |
December 4, 2000 |
 LucasArts teams up with
Luxoflux to give us Star Wars Demolition.
Okay, picture this: Jabba the Hut is sponsoring an intergalactic space demolition derby.
You drive your favorite spaceship, landspeeder, or Rancor monster and try to destroy
everyone else. What's not to like? Click here
for the whole story. |
| Xbox to Sport Nifty, New Parthus Chip |
| Okay, bear with us
here: Parthus makes a Digital Signal Processor called the MediaStream. NVIDIA is working
on a Media Communications Processor (MCP) for the Xbox, and they're going to use the
MediaStream DSP in it. That's supposed to give the Xbox even better audio capabilities.
The MCP is supposed to give the Xbox cool broadband media capabilities. Read the release over here. |
| Devil Inside Review (PC) |
 After we got past all the
Michael Hutchence and INXS jokes, we discovered that Devil Inside is actually a pretty
good game, especially if you're a fan of the Resident Evil series or the X-Files. On the
other hand, some truly bad documentation almost moves this game into the puzzles genre. Check out the review here. |
| Win Cool Spy Stuff From Fox |
| Fox Interactive is
sponsoring a No One Lives Forever contest in
which you can win a Triumph motorcycle, spy gear and training, DVDs, controllers, copies
of NOLF, and a bunch more stuff. Click here to head to Fox Interactive's website and enter. But don't
forget who told you about it. |
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