PS2 is now Online
thursday, august 29, 2002
Reach out and smoke someone.
Or cross-check, smash, tackle, leg-sweep or ollie over them – even if they’re in another time zone. With the Network Adaptor (Ethernet/modem) for PlayStation®2, just about anything is possible. Like downloading new rosters, stadiums or characters. Trash-talking opponents you’ve never met. Or better yet, starting your very own east coast-west coast sports rivalry. All against live competition, so no two games are ever alike.

Doug Leslie Goes South to SD
monday, august 26, 2002
New Contact Info for Doug Leslie:
Doug Leslie1787 Chalcedony St.San Diego, CA 92109
Email:
lesliedoug@yahoo.com

Any Chance You Need Sound Work?
friday, august 22, 2002
Whew! It's a very tough business climate today. Independent companies like HUGEsound just can't make it alone. That's why we're announcing our new HUGE referral program.For a limited time, HUGEsound is offering a referral fee of up to $5,000 for any lead resulting in an audio services contract for HUGEsound. Do you know of a game, film, or commercial project that could benefit from the superb quality and broad range of professional audio services offered by HUGEsound? www.hugesound.com

Lord of Madden?
thursday, august 21, 2002
Although the true king of Madden will never be crowned, since no EA employee are allowed to compete in this tourney, a nationwide contest to find the best player at Madden starts this september. Click on this link to www.maddenchallenge.com to read the rules.

Interplay in Danger
tuesday, august 20, 2002
Interplay Entertainment Corp. (IPLY) announced today that the company received a Nasdaq Staff Determination letter on August 14, 2002 indicating that the company failed to regain compliance with the minimum $1.00 bid price per share requirement for continued listing on The Nasdaq SmallCap Market set forth in Marketplace Rule 4310(c)(8)(D). Pursuant to an earlier grace period granted by Nasdaq, the company had until August 13, 2002 to regain compliance with the minimum bid price per share requirement.

What Happened to Pinball?
friday, august 9, 2002
Just like any arcade game now, pinball has met it's time. Midway/Bally who was one of the giants of the pin, quit the pinball industry, leaving only one manufacturer of pinball machines. David Stern created a company called Stern and its only product is pinball machines. Stern is the only pinball manufacturer left. The number of pinball machines nationwide dropped from 1 million in 1989 to 360,000 in 1999 and revenues slid from $2.4 billion to $1.08 billion in the same period, according to the New York-based trade publication Vending Times. In the mid-nineties, many video game players such as Sega and Capcom tried to join the fray, but in the end, pinball may just ride into the sunset. Read this story on msn b clicking here.

Vivendi Could Sell Giant
thursday, august 8, 2002
Vivendi Universal Games encompasses three game studios: Blizzard Entertainment of Irvine, Calif., Sierra Entertainment of Bellevue, Wash., and Universal Interactive of Universal City, Calif. The latter makes games mostly based on movies produced by Universal Pictures, Vivendi’s Hollywood film studio. Sony and Microsoft are biggest potential buyers. click here for full story.

Julius Willis' Secret Life as a Breakdancer
wednesday, august 7, 2002
It's actually not very hard to imagine especially if you know him, that Julius Willis, THE artist at SOE, is moonlighting at night as a breakdancer. His performance can be seen at Lips in the gaslamp district and he "appears" almost nightly. Gamelord.org has exclusive footage of Julius breakdancing. Click here to download this exciting footage.

Beth Anne Longnecker Leaving EA
tuesday, august 6, 2002
One of the most gifted and talented wordsmiths/editorialists/writers/other is now leaving EA to go back to school in Austin, Texas. AKA U of T or as the locals call it, the Long Hornes, where it's over 100 degrees during football season. She is widely known as BAL, but will remain WRXless as she is now selling it. If you are interested in buying this car, please contact BAL. She will be missed by her colleagues and gamelord.org wishes her the best of luck. She will always be remembered for her work at EA and her "superhero" story featured here on gamelord.org. BAL, we hope to see you soon! Click here to read her exciting story of Action Man.

Interview with [wp]Vashthestampede of CS
monday, august 5, 2002
There are many great players in the CS community and all of them have had their time in the sun. One of these players is [wp]Vashthestampede and in his interview, he bears all. Click here to read this great interview or you can always find it in our In Your Face section. Stay tuned because our next interview will be with the webmaster of jivemonkeygames.com and his views on the mame and NEO communities.
Click here to discuss Counter-strike.

3DO is Back
friday, august 2, 2002
The 3DO Company (THDO) today reported results for the first fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2002. Net income for the first quarter was $4.7 million, or $0.04 per share on a basic basis, compared to a net loss of $9.5 million or $0.20 per share for the same quarter of the prior year. 3DO has also signed Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse today.

Nintendon't Show at ECTS
thursday, august 1, 2002
Nintendo will not attend London's games trade show this year, instead focusing on a British event to be announced imminently16:17 Nintendo will not show at ECTS - the London trade show running from August 29-31 - this year, but will decide on an alternative plan for some kind of event in late August later this week. "We are not putting on anything like The Nintendo Show, nothing on that scale, although we will be putting on something around that time," said a Nintendo Europe spokesperson.

Nvidia May Not Break Even
wednesday, july 31, 2002
SANTA CLARA, CA. – July 30, 2002 – NVIDIA® Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA) today announced that it expects to report total revenues of approximately $410 million to $430 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2003 ending July 28, 2002. The decrease in revenues from the prior period was primarily the result of broad weakness in the personal computer market. In addition, the Company expects to take a significant inventory write-off in the second quarter. Including the inventory write-off, the Company expects its earnings for the second quarter to be at or above break-even. Rumors of Nvida and AMD merging have not helped Nvidia this quarter.

Correction: Jesse Waco Birthday
tuesday, july 30, 2002
Gamelord.org would like to take this moment to point out a error made last week regarding Jesse Waco's Birthday. Although he will be turning 24, his birthday is August 9th and NOT August 8th. His party on the 9th will take place at Amnesia in the City (San Francisco) and this is something you don't want to miss. Special guest stars include AY, Eric Fong, and Greg Mccord. Jesse Waco will best be known for his work as Teddy Salad. Jesse is easily located at Treat St. Bar in San Francisco.

Tron 2.0 Beta Test Application from David Woldman
friday, july 26, 2002
So starting today, anyone who's interested at a shot at testing Tron 2.0 send an email to jetbradley@go.com with this information..
Name
Email address
Mailing address
Day-time phone number
Fax number (if applicable)
System specifications of your computer, including computer brand, operating system, CPU model, processing speed, memory/RAM, video card brand and model, video card memory size and sound card brand and model
Internet connection type
Direct X diagnostic tool log (In the start menu, go to "Run... ", type in "dxdiag" and hit OK. A Direct X Diagnostic window will pop up for you. At the bottom of a window there will be an option to save all information. Save it somewhere you can find it and attach it to the email.)

Birthday Notification: Jesse Waco
On August 8, Jesse Waco will celebrate his 24th birthday. But we'll let you know about that later on. If you check the Calender of Events, you'll see his Birthday announced. In a press conference to field questions around his age and his upcoming party, Jesse announced "A Y is a big gay."

The New Jet-X has Landed
thursday, july 25, 2002
Congratulations go out to Jet-X (Brian Wiklem) on the birth of his new daughter, Anika Wiklem. She joined the Jet-X family on 7/21/02 and shares the same exact birthday as her older brother Braniff Wiklem. Gamelord.org wishes Jet-X and Lisa Lunger the best.