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“Who’s idea was this anyway?”
It’s pretty safe to say that if it’s not Positron’s fault… it’s mine.

Hi. I don’t think we’ve been formally introduced. I’m Joe Morrissey, some call me Hero 1. I’m a senior designer and the lead writer on City of Heroes. I’ve been on the team just over a year now, coming on during the craziness of Issue 10, helping guide the vision of Issue 11 and now laying the foundation for what is issue 12, “The Midnight Hour”. But before I get into that, let me give you a little background about myself.

I’ve been a writer/designer for about 10 years now, starting at Blizzard North working on Diablo II, the expansion and anything else us “Northies” thought was a good idea at the time. From there I went over to Backbone and learned how to roll up my sleeves and get down and dirty in design. I worked on a number of handheld games the highlight of those being Death Jr. 2. About a year ago, my wife and I found out we were going to have our first kid and that meant a couple lifestyle changes needed to occur. The main one being a job much closer to home. I applied at Cryptic Studios and apparently I “interviewed well”, a fact Positron is quick to point out anytime that I make his life difficult. Read more…

WHEN it was all done, everyone was smiling. Except those who wanted to believe that Saturday night’s match between Victoria and the Dream Team would present an inarguable case for the return of representative football.

Victorian captain Jonathan Brown was beaming. He led his state to a 17-point victory and played out the game, which was important for his well-being on more than one front given the view his Brisbane coach, Leigh Matthews, held about his participation.

Brendan Fevola was elated with his six-goal performance, for which he received the Allen Aylett medal, a nod of respect that may prove doubly rewarding for someone who has often resorted to foolery to subdue his self-doubts. Read more…

LucasArts passed along word that Gladius for the GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox has gone gold and will invade retail in North America on or around October 28th.

Gladius is a turn-based gladiator-themed strategy role-playing game designed specifically for next-generation consoles. The game was developed internally by Lucas Arts and is being published by Lucas Arts for all three major console platforms. More information about the game can found at its official site.

The Sims Makin’ Magic Expansion Pack has gone gold and is scheduled for release on October 28th, according to word from Electronic Arts. The latest expansion pack to this best selling people simulation series created by Will Wright and Maxis lets players dabble in the mystical arts with a bunch of magic-themed content including new locations, Read more…

Leading Italian developer Milestone, part of the Leader Group of companies, today announced FX Racing for Xbox, PS2, PC and GameCube as part of its line-up for 2004. The arcade racing game is being developed by respected race game developer Milestone, who is based in Milan, Italy. Milestone previously created Super Bikes for EA and Racing Evoluzione (aka Apex in the USA) for Atari.

FX Racing aims to take multi-player driving action to new extremes with up to 4 players competing against each other and AI controlled opponents head-to-head in split screen mode or via Xbox Live, PS2 Online and PC over the Internet. Read more…

Just in time for some shivery Halloween fun, TDK Mediactive, Inc. (OTC: TDKM.OB), a global publisher of entertainment software, and Disney Interactive, a publishing label of Buena Vista Games Inc., announced today that Disney’s The Haunted Mansion game has materialized at retail stores throughout North America. Inspired by the theme park attraction that hosts millions of foolish mortals each year, The Haunted Mansion video game is available for PlayStation2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox video game system from Microsoft, and the Nintendo GameCube video game system. Walt Disney Pictures’ major motion picture starring Eddie Murphy will debut in November 2003. Read more…

The Worms 3D website is now live, featuring a cool Junior Senior competition, screenshots, movies and all the game info you could fire a bazooka at.


The Worms 3D site has also been kitted out with cool warmongers’ tools to annoy and harass yourf riends, family, enemies and anyone you happen to be stalking at the moment. Go on, get amongst it, and start a war for the fun of it.

Paris, France October 17th, 2003 ? Vivendi Universal Games announces today the up coming release of a new franchise Metal Arms: Glitch in the System on PlayStation2, Xbox and Nintendo GameCube that will be available at your local videogame retailer on November 28, 2003. Read more…

We already knew Nintendo will be present at the second edition of ING Futuris Powerplay. Today, Nintendo announced their line-up for this years edition. 2003 has been a great year for Nintendo, with highlights such as The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and Metroid Prime for the Nintendo GameCube, but also the introduction of Pok魯n Ruby and Pok魯n Sapphire on the Game Boy Advance were hot items. Nintendo also launched their Game Boy Advance SP and by the end of 2003 they’ll have a massive line-up of games. Read more…

I’m not exactly sure how to open this, so I’m just going to open it this way - Rice burners, why? Why have they become so popular over the years? Sure, you can beef up a cute little escort and make it pop 130 mph in a few seconds, but that costs a little more money than it’s worth. Not only that - They’re ugly as hell! Ok, so there are a few of them that make some sense, and that actually have style.. But when you have a movie dedicated to them, making them seem like something they’re really not, it tends to become a tad bit irritating.

Now, I know I may get some random complaints about the way I feel about this, but I do find it slightly annoying that The Fast and the Furious made CGI scenes trying to make these little cars look like big badass monsters. When, in fact, they’re far from it. The only car that was badass… Happened to be totaled in the ending scene. Why? I think I almost cried, the one thing that made that movie good, was wrecked, completely. Then he hopped into his little rich car and drove away. Not happening. Sure, still a nice car, but have you got a hundred thousand, up to millions in your pocket to get that car? No way in hell can someone undercover make that much money. Realism is needed, at least a little, but this is taken a little too far. Read more…