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AND ANOTHER ONES GONE, ANOTHER ONES GONE… [Author: Arcadian Del Sol]

…another one bites the dust. Atomic Games, the house that brought us the real computer version of Advanced Squad Leader (quickly renamed to Close Combat just weeks prior to release), has reportedly let go of its entire staff after the cancellation of the large project, Hammer’s Slammers. Atomic Games

ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME TO AN END… [Author: Savant]

After years of being a hardcore gamer at a little MUD company, I had sworn off multiplayer gaming as a player. So soon after I picked up a project for a now defunct game, and did design work for them. Later, once that project died (at no fault of mine,

EXCREMENT SANITATION AND ROLEPLAY [Author: riprend]

UR1NALMINT, or Ur1 as we\’e2\’80\’99ll call him for short, was a regular in Neverwinter Square, always showing off his pink garb for all to see. He portrayed the best urine sanitation device he knew how, always roleplaying his character to the nines. But one day, Ur1 logged

YET MORE VELIOUS REVIEWS [Author: Lum the Mad]

From Nosfentor: Since [sifter128’s] review was a pile, here’s what I’ve seen so far. I was reluctant to buy Velious. I had heard that the zones were largely geared to uberguilds, and I play on test. Not in an uber guild, but at least we all work

PREVIEW OF DARK AGE OF CAMELOT [Author: myschyf]

There’s a couple of newsworthy articles about Dark Age of Camelot out. The first, by Computer Games Online, the online division of CD Magazine, is a preview of the game. There’s a nice assortment of screenshots as well. The second is a review of the beta. It can

SIMULATING THE UNTHINKABLE [Author: delusion]

This isn’t what most of you think it is. If you think it’s the account of a US prison rebellion, you’re wrong. If you think the prisoners are Jews, and that this took place in the Hitler’s Germany, you’re wrong. If you think this is

LVL 20 LIFE MAGE LFG! [Author: Savant]

“This month, we’re introducing a major enhancement to the fellowship system which should make it much more appealing and useful for all players. In the past, players were limited by the narrow level restrictions of the system, and many disliked the proportional experience point (XP) sharing. Many players didn’