December 6, 2001 -
The Quest to End Game Addiction - By Julia Scheeres, Wired
News, With the holidays just around the corner, many people are
relishing the thought of relaxing at home, munching all manner of
fatty sweets and spending extra time with their ... computer games.
Instead of slurping hot cocoa with loved ones, the gamers will be off
by themselves in darkened rooms, slaying monsters, conquering new
worlds and otherwise stroking their heroic alter egos. That behavior
bothers a lot of people. It's not fun being jilted for a computer
game, especially during a season that's supposed to be about human
love, harmony and all those other warm and fuzzy notions...
December 31, 2001 -
GameSpot's Best and Worst PC Games of 2001 - By: GameSpot
PC Staff, GameSpot is very proud to present its sixth annual Best
and Worst of the Year feature, which highlights the most noteworthy
achievements from the past year in gaming. We award the most
distinguished games in more than 20 different categories, each with up
to five different nominees. In this process, we consider every game
released in 2001 that was evaluated on GameSpot this year--this
includes virtually every commercially available computer game...
December 07, 2001 -
Matrix Reloaded Delayed To 2003 - Sci-Fi Wire,
Joel Silver, producer of the two upcoming Matrix sequels, told
SCI FI Wire that the release of the first sequel, The Matrix
Reloaded, likely won't happen until 2003. "It's going to be
summer now, summer 2003," Silver said in an interview at the
premiere for Osmosis Jones, in which he has a cameo role.
Rumors had The Matrix Reloaded opening as soon as Christmas
2002. So what does that mean for The Matrix 3's release?
"You'll see," Silver said...
December 04, 2001 -
Space TV project enters a new sector - By Alan
Boyle, MSNBC, — Game show would put a winner in space in
2003, backers say. The long-running campaign to put a
game-show winner in space is taking a turn toward “The
X-Files” — or perhaps a TV twilight zone. The latest concept,
titled “Ancient Astronaut,” involves the one-time backers of
the Mir space station, their Russian partners and an
international TV production company...
