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monday,
august 28, 2000
Can you see this?
Because I can't! This was done by Sterling and what a great job
he did!
thursday,
august 24, 2000
Joe Brisbois' Birthday Today!
Gamelord.org recognizes today as Joe Brisbois' Birthday. We wish
him a happy birthday. If you see him today, MAKE SURE YOU WISH HIM
A HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
monday,
august 21, 2000
  
You know the stories about Tennessee?
Well, they're all true and we have the pictures to prove it. Our
boys from Tennessee are showing you how it's done. Over a year ago,
989 Studios was involved in a special experiment to answer one question,
"What would happen if we hired everyone we could get from Tennessee?"
The answer is now surfacing and the results are revealed in the
press announcements. In a recent press announcement from the Tennessee
division of SCEA San Diego (formerly 989), the Tennessee'ans remarked
that they we're not impressed by the press calling Julius Willis
the Queen of the Video Game Industry. They felt that they have been
looked over and want the photos above shown to the public so that
they may take their "crown".
friday,
august 18, 2000
Al Dutton turns Level Layouts
Congratulations go out to Al Dutton who has been promoted to Level
Layout Designer. His daughter, Brandis will be joining him shortly!
tuesday,
august 15, 2000
Ed "Spunky" Hsu inducted to the Rotation of Fame
One of the most overlooked and unsung heroes during his time at
Sony Playstation is none other than Ed "Spunky" Hsu. He
has just left Sony for bigger and better prospects, but remains
in our hearts as the man who brought our "fantasy" to
reality. Many question why GameLord.org hadn't wrote of his departure
from Sony only 2 weeks ago, but the answer is simple, "I asked
the motherfucker if he was leaving and he wouldn't answer me."
Even with that setback, Game Lord inducts Ed "Spunky"
Hsu to the gamelord.org Rotation of Fame. He joins many greats from
the industry including David Siller - Director of Development for
Capcom, Julius Willis - court jester for 989, and Neil Musser -
3D0 Designer extraordinaire. Today, we welcome Ed Hsu to this glamourous
position. Let us warn you, Ed, that your life will never be the
same from here on out. Congratulations!
Alben Pedroso
downloads "love" with Napster by
retrohelix
After the court allowed Napster to stay running until the judgement,
many people flocked out to their Napster programs for the final
downloads they needed on MP3. Alben Pedroso was one of these downloaders
but found out the hard way that this freesource downloading could
be problematic. While downloading N'Sync, Alben downloaded the infamous
"I Love You" virus that plagued computer users around
the world only a couple of months ago. "I thought that using
Windows 2000 and a Xeon processor for my home system would stop
that from happening", says Alben. He continues, "In my
hard training for the ATP [Tennis] tournament, which I have already
lost 2 pounds, I didn't have time to Virus check my downloads of
the new N'Sync album. This didn't happen when I downloaded the Hanson
album."
thursday,
august 9, 2000
Jesse Caceres and Dennis Cheng to be Associates
We're not talking Associate Producers. We're talking about Associate
Directors. That's what I'm talking about. This promotion to take
place in a month or so and 3DO couldn't have picked 2 more qualified
people. Congratulations go out to these 2 soon-to-be legends of
the Industry from Gamelord.org.
wednesday,
august 8, 2000
Jeff Ng isn't jeffing Anymore
The lowest leg of the infamous Triad group of Sony has moved over
to where the former Triad member held position. This position is
MIS. Congratulations to Jeff Ng for his move to MIS. Sources say
he's happy with his new job.
thursday,
august 3, 2000
Test the PSX2 in Style courtesy of EA
Join the contest that will fly you to Europe to test the Playstation
2 in style. Click here for details. http://testers.ea.com/Main/Splash.html
wednesday,
august 2, 2000
Alben Pedroso and Julian Liao
It's official. The dreamteam of Alben and Julian are officially
roommates. First Poker Night is Friday to break in the new pad.
wednesday,
july 26, 2000
Are you a Sega employee or a Former Employee?
Friday, August 18, 2000
Marvin Gardens
1160 Old County Road Belmont, CA 94002 (South of Ralston) (650)
592-6154
6:00pm - 10:00pm
An opportunity for former and present Sega Employees to meet for
drinks at an establishment once frequented by Sega Employees. If
you are free the evening of August 18th, come on down to Marvin
Gardens. You never know who will be there. According to Chip, the
owner of Marvin Gardens, Fridays are pretty busy. But he will put
some tables together for Sega and he misses the Sega crowd. NOTE
ˇ This is not a corporate sponsored event. ˇ There is no guarantee
how many people will attend. ˇ This is not a company organized or
planned event. ˇ Attendees are responsible for purchasing their
own food and beverages ˇ There is no main contact to RSVP or Host
to coordinate with.
tuesday,
july 25, 2000
Tidbits from South
01 steve thompson has a girlfriend who really likes him. he met
her in vegas. they went out the next day in los angeles. he told
her he loved her the day after that. that's all i know. 02 "Julius
is planning a big surprise for Willie...
thursday,
july 20, 2000
Julius Willis Reviews X-Men the Movie
I've X-amined the X-men movie about three times now and feel I can
give it an unbiased review. There were bad parts about the movie
but all in all, it was entertaining and will probably spawn a sequel.
To illustrate my review, here is a top ten format for my findings.
(there are some "spoilers" in this review so if you haven't watched
the movie yet, you may not want to read this) The Top Ten Reasons
Why I Liked the X-men Movie...
10 Hugh Jackman does a great gob as a rough and tough, wise-cracking
Canadian mutie looking for his forgotten past. His introduction,
uncomfortable due to shirtlessness, was to the point and enjoyable...
Wolverine gets better as the movie rolls. Definitely gets the award
for "best lines". Unlike the part of Storm, Wolverine was alive
and eXpressive; ready for and wanting a fight. Good job, Jackman.
(salute)
09 The special effects were done well. Cyclops seems less wimpy
and anal when we see him tear through ceilings, steel doors, and
green, suffocating goo. Girls and gays may consider him cute, but
i don't that much. (that last comment had nothing to do with special
effects, but there it is) There was good jelly fish effects. Weather
effects. Magnetic power effects. There's cool, i-wish-i-had-that
white and yellow eyes effects. There high jumping hoo ha and morphing
effects. Now, there was also a bad mutant radiation going on around
a spinning mini-"Contact" reminding looking thing effect, but it's
almost forgivable because it led to an always appreciated weary-old-man
effect. Then there's a creepy stalkish ice-sculpting as a gift effect,
but!!! as an effect it was nice.
08 The X-men reparte was nice. It's not up there with "Pulp fiction"
or "My dinner with Andre", but it made the characters less stiff
than in the comicbooks. Nobody said "dolt" or laughed deep and hard
and long... um... and it felt like there were tangible relationships
between the characters... except for Storm, who had no soul. Yoda
watched it and said, "No wrinkles leads to no facial eXpressions.
No facial eXpressions leads to no acting. No acting turns to review
anger. Review anger turns to review hate..." and so on. The eXtras
in the movie were lacking in development. Even as an eXtra, a New
York City policeman would know how to move a little out of the suspended
bullet's way instead of whimpering. That was as silly as not having
one or all of them skidaddle in fright. Not even a billy club was
thrown. Another detail overlook was the lack of caterers and news
crews at the U.N. summit on Ellis Island.
07 Patrick Stewart. Patrick Stewart can go into any movie as himself
and it would be an accepted and loved appearance. There should be
a Patrick_Stewart_Cam site on the net. I'll name all my kids Patrick
Stewart. Pat, stew, rick, art, straw, warts, wet, trick, crate,
wait, raw, cries, and trap are some of the words you can make from
the name "Patrick Stewart". No movie should be made without Mr.
Stewart from now on.
06 Anna Paquin is a cutie Brit who plays a mutie southerner and
that's seXy on top of seXy with a side of seXy... to use one of
Devlin's apraisals. Milk and cookies that chickeedee. Plus, you
can't touch her!?! Yow!!! SeXy rating: Double Joy Plus.
05 People floating. Storm and Magneto did most of the floating scenes.
The act of floating has something inherently sophisticated about
it. There's walking on all fours, there's walking like Kate Moss,
then there's floating into a room. It's the next step in travel,
no pun intended. Aslo, anger seems magnified when lensed over with
floating, i notice. If i saw anyone floating around in the building,
i would applaud nervously and leave. Floating should be in all movies.
04 Rebecca ecca ecca Romjin omjin omjin Stamos amos amos is is is
cool ool ool. The attitude of a stripper, the attributes of a capcom
fighter, and the virtual closet of a shape shifter. Yum. The perfect
escort. She has a cat walk and diplomacy skills. Forget that college
degree, do your folks proud and take her home to meet them. If she
hisses like a Klingon, she's a keeper.
03 The fight scenes. They were for the most part good. There's fast
kung fu like action. There's brawls. There's gorwling and snarling
and sniffing and tonguing. There's tree snapping. There's quartz
beams. There are lightning and taking-over-your-body attacks. Car
lifting and car dropping. Then there's an oops, bad dream attack.
And, there is even chess moves. But there should've been more fighting
and less effects. Logan should've been pummelled by Mystique and
Sabretooth... or at least he should've engaged with Sabretooth for
a lengthier more brutal time. Jean Grey should've done more, too.
She can create force fields, attack psionically, and connect all
X-men thoughts like AT&T on steroids. Then there's Storm's too little-too
late fits of anger. Anti-climactic when all her goddess power focuses
on Toad... not Magneto. No snowstorms. No indoor clouds. No Twisters.
It took the Deathstar in Star Wars less time to power up than it
did for her to damage federal property. Carrie would've kicked her
ass. Get Phoenix and Storm outta there and let's see Carrie on a
bad trip lay waste to The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. One more
thing about X-men fighting... first few rounds they lose, then they
use team work and win big. They either switch enemies with Cyclops,
always aware of the big picture, calling the shots, and Ororo as
back up leader with strategy suggestions. The team work should've
had the feel of a fastbreak; the ball with the X-men. Come on, Singer,
read the comic.
02 The art of the movie. Cinematography and direction of what is
there is good. Aside from the story, effects and action, it's a
pretty view. From the monochromatic scenes of Poland to the colorful
scenes in Xavier's school, the moving camera doesn't fail to go
where you'd want it to look. Nice job for a guy who doesn't read
comic books. ...and the number 1 reason why i liked the X-men movie...
01 The X-men movie is about super heroes.
tuesday,
july 18, 2000
Ron Allen and his Viper
Pictures of Ron Allen's Viper can be found at the magnificent website
called cornfish.com. It's been a long time in the making and many
people hoped that he would pick the viper over the corvette. After
all, what's a few bucks to this guy? What is most confusing is the
color it is since we know he works for darren. Check out his site
for more pictures.
friday,
july 14, 2000
Ladies
and Gentlemen.... Laura Ford
Many of you wonder what the impressive Laura Ford is doing now.
Gamelord.org apologizes for being late with this update on the one
of the fastest movers and shakers is doing. In early April, Laura
took a job in 3rd party of SCEA as the Account Management Assistant.
She crossed the massive Safeway parking lot and now sits within
the corporate powerhouse that builds mini Playstations' that you
can hang from your keychain. Laura has promised Gamelord.org an
exclusive interview as this will be the first time she has been
interview in any publication. We will work out the details and start
fielding questions for this main event.
thursday,
july 6, 2000
Quitting
Time
Scott Morris says good bye last friday after work and Wilson
says goodbye today and his last day is July 25th. Wilson, the lowest
leg of the infamous Triad, has decided to join old friend Ramon
Herrera, who never keeps in touch, at Digital Island. Matt Titelbaum
of San Diego, the last of the Twisted Metal Programmers has left
last week.
friday,
june 30, 2000
Jo Party Exclusive
Ladies & Gentlemen, Summer Time is here! Many things have changed.
People leaving, and People moving on to better things and better
places. It is about that time again for another gathering. I have
decided to change the usual meeting place to change accordingly
to people's lifestyle changes. Yes, it is still in Palo Alto (I
doubt that will ever change), but this I am sure you will agree,
it's called "CIRCADIA" a two-story bar, and Café (Due to the fact
that it is owned by Starbucks), and yes there is no age discrimination
in this place. So here is the itinerary for the evening: DATE: The
15th of JULY TIME & PLACE: 7:30 PM @ CIRCADIA: 518 Bryant Street,
Palo Alto, Ca, 94306 PH# 650-327-8954 (Note: The restaurant/Cafe
is located right behind City Bank on Ramon Avenue (Nearest Restaurant
is Nola's). TIME & PLACE: 9:30 PM @ Buca di Beppo - 643 Emerson
Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94301 (650) 329-0665 Thank you, JO.
William Wat Leaves for Verant
In what seems to be an amazing turn of events, Willie Wat, roommate
of Julius Willis is leaving SCEA to join the crew at Verant. Inside
sources say that it has something to do with Birgit and Julius revival.
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