December 08 2003 -
A Decade of Hell: DOOM Turns 10 -
GameSpy.com, The game that changed an
industry turns 10. Let's celebrate. By
Benjamin Turner, DOOM. It's a perfect
title for a near-perfect game. id's
breakthrough first-person shooter was a
stunning achievement, a beautiful
synthesis of graphics and gameplay that
leapt for the jugular and then seldom let
go. DOOM wrote the rules of the fledgling
FPS genre, inspiring a legion of clones
and drawing together one of the biggest
fan communities a game has ever known.
When the dust cleared, id was on top of
the industry and players' expectations
were forever altered. It's hard to think
of many games that have been quite so
influential. Dec. 10, 2003, was DOOM's
10th anniversary. All this week, join us
for a celebration of all things DOOM, as
we honor id's masterpiece and examine both
its rich legacy and its place in the
gaming world ten years after its landmark
creation...
December 18 2003 -
British blog awards 2003, The best of British blogging -
The
Guardian's second British blog awards found the country's webloggers in
fine form, with last year's high standards maintained. Simon Waldman,
chair of the judges, hands out the accolades, Thursday December 18,
2003, The Guardian, These have not been easy awards to judge.
Deciding whether one blog is "better" than another is never
straightforward, but as both the quality and diversity in the blogging
universe increases, that decision is only getting harder. In almost
every category, the judges were divided...
December 27 2003 -
Martin
Bashir interview - The itv.com/news exclusive 30-minute
interview with reporter Martin Bashir about the ITV1 documentary on
Michael Jackson is now available to hear whenever you want. Martin
is the award-winning journalist who spent eight months with Michael
Jackson to make the ITV1 documentary the whole world is talking about.
And he took questions from the ITV News Online audience. Does he feel he
betrayed Michael or the children? If he was concerned, why did he not
stop the project and go to the authorities? ...
December 19 2003 -
Courts Giving RIAA a Hard Time -
Megagames.com, The music
industry has had a rough week as it faced setbacks on two fronts. Courts
in Europe and the U.S. have thrown out attempts by the recording
industry to impose restrictions on file sharing software and to track
individual users by obtaining information from ISP's...
