friday, december 31, 1999
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year, dawg!

sunday, december 26, 1999
Blizzards 12 Days of Christmas by The Keg
Are you a Starcraft fan? Listen to this cool song.

saturday, december 25, 1999
Merry Christmas from Gamelord.org!
It's Christmas and we wish everyone a merry christmas and to Ron a happy Channukah.

friday, december 24, 1999
Josh Waived From 3rd Party
CJ, or Crack Smoker as some of them call him has been waived and is now a Free Agent. He was caught sleeping at his desk.

thursday, december 23, 1999

Jarik Sikat wishes you the very best
Gamelord.org wishes Jarik and everyone a happy Christmas and a Merry New Year. Jarik, who is formerly of Jaleco, joins Vtech Industrys.

wednesday, december 22, 1999
Julius Willis Song of the Week by The 7 Layer Pimp
Please don't approach Julius Willis about his "urinary problem", since he is quite sensitive about the subject (so sensitive, he'll deny that he even has a problem!).
So, in his honor, we present his song of the day, sung by none ofther than the legndary Thompson Twins......

Doctor! Doctor!, Can't you see I'm Burning, Burning....

Rob Hernandez selling his Hub
I'm not sure if any of you would be interested but I'm selling a 12 port 100BaseT network hub for $100. It's practically brand new. I've only used it a few times since my roommates and I "acquired" a $2000 network hub shortly after I purchased this one. :) It works really well and you'll notice the improvement when you transfer files from one computer to the next. Anyhow, if you (or someone you know) are interested, let me know.

A Message From The 7 Layer Pimp...
As being a former tester at 989 Studios, I'd like to personally congratulate all of the new employees on getting a new perm. I hear that Super Perm, Ultra Sheen are wonderful, but I prefer the essence of Love itself, Soul Glow. Be sure to ask Eric "The Sallon" Molina for more assistance on keeping your perm at its "perm"iest!

tuesday, december 21, 1999
SCEA 1st Party Test
Day Shift new perm hires:
Shawn Dibbins
Phil Mussil
Kevin Seiter

Night Shift new perm hires:
Greg Phillips
Scottie Kramer
Ben Wysanski "Woogie"
Andrew Byrne
Joe Raposo
David Meager
Ara Demirjian

Senior QA promotions:
Ben Briones
Randy Blake
Jim Harper
Ramon Concepcion
Andrew Woodworth
Christopher Keith
Jose Cruz
Ken Chan

Supervisor promotions:
Tim Duzmal
Conner Morlang
Bruce Cochrane
Eric Molina (Pending)

monday, december 20, 1999
What's Tim Hess Up To?
Tim Hess: 27 Height: 6 foot
Weight: 150lbs
Currently Employed at: GT Interactive Product Development Where: Salt Lake City, UT
Position: Test Lead (Associate Producers of next week!)
Marital Status: Live in Girlfriend
Projects worked on under GT: Test Lead on, Duke Nukem Time To Kill PSX, Powerslide, Unreal Level Pack, Unreal: Tournament, Abe's Oddysee PC, Abe's Oddworld Adventures Abe's Color Gameboy

Heh Kyu Sincock Promotion
The legendary "Q" has worked her way around the world of videogames and is one of the hardest working women in show business. She was recently promoted to Director of Sales. We here at GameLord.org are very proud of this talented individual and congratulates her on her Promotion.

sunday, december 19, 1999
Jo Aragones Reunion
I have moved the Same Time Same Place Function to Sunday, due to the fact that there is a lot of Company Parties occurring that weekend. It will be a simple Christmas Dinner. The meeting place is at the Q Caf 529 - Alma St, Palo Alto, CA 94301(650) 322-3311 @ 7:30 PM and Dinner will be held at Buca di Beppo - 643 Emerson Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94301 (650) 329-0665 @ 8:30 PM. I will try to get standing reservations as soon as possible. This will give you guys the chance to meet before the Millenium ends or figure out people's plans. Better Half's are welcome to this gathering. If you could attend this function please let me as soon as possible so I could get a proper head count for the reservations.

saturday, december 18, 1999
SNK Vs. Capcom is out for Pocket! from NGMailinglist
For those people who don't keep track. Both american and asian versions of Card Fighters Clash and match of the Millennium for the pocket has come out. They both look like real winners

friday, december 17, 1999

Jonathan Beard's Birthday Today by Julius
Mr. Sheffield of 989 Studios San Diego is celebrating his birthday today. Make sure you wish him a happy birthday. Also, Ramon Herrera's Birthday was yesterday and he deserves the same.

From Christian Davis
Twas the night before Code Release, and all through the game The Crash bugs were numerous, and the graphics were lame. The testers were crammed 6 to a cube, in despair, In hopes that the AI, might spontaneously appear. The producers were nestled, all snug in their beds, While visions of bonus checks, danced in their heads. When out on the test floor, there arose such a clatter, I sprang from my desk, to see what was the matter. And what to my wondering eyes should appear, But one of the programmers (with a six-pack of beer). His polo shirt gleamed softly, his dockers were loose, And he'd just come from a session with the corporate masseuse. "What have you been doing", I asked him in shock, "Every analog controller causes the system to lock!" The Gameplay is crappy, the options disabled, The TRC's all failed, and the controls all mislabeled! "Dude", he assured me, while chugging his beer, "Don't be a hero, we'll fix it next year." "Besides I'm off to San Cabo," he said with a nod, "A company vacation, I did such a good job." So back to our testing, we all settled in, Loaded up on processed sugar, and old vivarin. The Producer walked in, at noon the next day, while his AP strewed rose petals, every foot of his way. He looked not to the left, nor to the right, Just stepped over the testers, that had passed out at first light. "Just a second," I said, "before you can ship, Here is the Bug report, through which you must flip" Then the Producer sat down with a sigh, For he saw that the Bug report, was about a foot high. "These are too trivial" he said, "those can't be fixed, For each of the Once bugs, we'll need 1000 more ticks." "I'll waive all of these, we haven't got time And as for the rest, they're all By Design." And just when I thought, we were ready to go, The producer saw something, that made his top blow. These "gella", these "gil", these "follars", I vow, They must be all uppercase, it must be done now! And as the producer, walked out of sight He said "we'll have to re-rev, it'll be back sometime tonight!"

thursday, december 16, 1999
From John Carmack's .plan file: by Swee' P T
"Anna Kang left Id a couple weeks ago to found her own company - Fountainhead Entertainment. It wasn't generally discussed during her time at Id, but we had been going out when she joined the company, and we were engaged earlier this year. We are getting married next month, and honeymooning in Hawaii." And here I thought she had the job because she was the most qualified. When will I ever learn?

Have you wondered what Tomasi Akimeta is up to?
Tomasi Akimeta, Jr. Age: 27 as of last Wednesday
Height: 6 foot 4 and 1/2 feet tall
Weight: 354lbs
Nationality: Tongan (which explains it all)
Currently Employed at: GT Interactive Test
Where: Salt Lake City, UT
Position: Asst Lead
Martial Status: Single
Projects worked on under GT:
Unreal Tournament Wheel of Time (as tester) Anno 1602 Abe's Oddworld Adventures Abe's Color Gameboy HG Well's "War of the Worlds"

wednesday, december 15, 1999
Core Designer Arrested! by R. Hernandez and Tgray
Fighting Force and Tomb Raider Designer Faces Charges of Sexual Misconduct Following the release of Tomb Raider : The Last Revelation comes a stunning new revelation to game developer Core Design. According to IGN On-Line, the New York Post is reporting that Kenneth Lockley, a 28-year-old executive at Core design has been charged with approaching an undercover officer in order to procure a minor for sex. Lockley is responsible for working on such games as Fighting Force and the Tomb Raider Series. The arrest happened in a London hotel after he asked the undercover officer to find a nine-year-old girl for himself and an unnamed third person. According to the Post's article, postings were found on newsgroups which point to Lockley alledgedly making comments about such acts on the internet in the past. At this time Core has suspended Lockley while his case is under investigation

tuesday, december 14, 1999

The Mystic Tric "The Dish" Gray Interview
It's finally here! The interview you have all been waiting for. Tric talks about her life and many questions are revealed in this in-depth interview with the Communications Director of Gamers.com. Read it here.

monday, december 13, 1999

Jet-X shows his support for Toy Story 2
Jet-X.com is known for its planes, but today Jet-X wants to come out and show its support for the new Toy Story 2 game. Read Story below for more information.

sunday, december 12, 1999
Toy Story 2 by Jet-x.com
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - To Disney, the Mexican henchman in the ``Toy Story 2'' video game was just another funny bad guy lurking in what is expected to be one of the hottest selling titles of the holidays. But to many in Los Angeles' large Hispanic community, the villain -- decked out with a sombrero, thick mustache and bands of bullets across his chest -- was a blatant stereotype and a slap in the face to their cultural pride. On Friday, The Walt Disney Co., co-producer of the popular ''Toy Story'' animated movies with Pixar Animation Studios, said it would remove the character after angry protesters demonstrated at the Santa Monica, Calif., headquarters of the game's publisher, Activision Inc. . ``We regret that part of the game was offensive,'' said Disney spokeswoman Claudia Peters. ``Unfortunately, there was a mistake made in its creation. We plan to change the character.'' The character, which does not appear in the movie, was one of several enemies that players must shoot to proceed to higher levels of the game. Peters did not elaborate on how the changes would be made, but protesters, saying ``racism is not a game'', charged Disney did not go far enough to address their concerns. ``They did not apologize for the game. We wanted an apology to the entire community,'' said organizer Oscar de la Torre, a counselor at Santa Monica High School. ``What they are doing is profiting off of degrading people. We want an immediate recall.'' With the ``Toy Story 2'' movie earning $117 million in its first two weeks of release, the video game for the Sony PlayStation and Nintendo 64 formats is expected to be a holiday money maker for Activision. ``The movie is pretty big, and the (original) 'Toy Story' game was pretty big,'' said Jeremy Schwartz, an analyst with Forrester Research. ``Certainly that's a pretty hot property.'' The game hit shelves only in late November, so comprehensive sales data are not yet available. With revenues of $115 million in its second quarter, Activision is one of the biggest video game makers in the U.S., and publishes the ``Quake'' series, several ``Star Trek'' titles and classics such as ``Space Invaders'' and ``Asteroids''. On Thursday, de la Torre led some 150 protesters, including dozens of high school and middle school students as well as a California state senator, to Activision's doors, charging the character was racist and sent a bad message to children. ``You would think that this stuff would happen in the '50s, but in 1999, going into the year 2000, racism is going high-tech,'' de la Torre said. ``This is targeting children. Children don't have the ability to discriminate or analyze the images given to them. What do they learn? Shoot the Mexican,'' he said. De la Torre said he was working on organizing a consumer campaign aimed at pressuring distributors of the game, including Toys R Us and Blockbuster Video. ``They'll be hearing from us,'' he vowed. Shares in Activision had risen 3/8 to 15-1/4 by early afternoon on the Nasdaq while Pixar was up 1-13/16 to 40-3/8. Disney shares rose 3/16 to 28-1/16 in trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

saturday, december 11, 1999
Bernie's New Job
Industry: Former Sega of America President and COO, Bernie Stolar, has landed himself a job with the in-store merchandising designer, HMG Worldwide. After his time seemed to be cut short at Sega of America, Stolar has now joined HMG Worldwide's board of directors. Speaking about the position, Stolar explained, "I'm pleased to join HMG's board and look forward to contributing to the company's success in any way that I can. HMG was the in-store agency for both the launch of PlayStation and Dreamcast and I have had first-hand experience with the value-added benefits that HMG brings to its clients' projects. As a member of the Board of Directors, I am eager to contribute to HMG's continued success." Andrew Wahl, president of HMG Worldwide, added, "It's a tremendous honor to have someone of Bernie's caliber join our board. His experience, contacts and influence in the industry will contribute tremendously to HMG's success."

friday, december 10, 1999
Stalker or Psychopath? You Decide
It is well known that Julius C Willis III is not of the normal mold. He is by far the craziest character to visit this planet and we have uncovered the notes from this crazy man. In his notebook, one page has wierd insights into his obscession with his coworkers. The rest of the ENTIRE book is filled with his signature. Many people like Tom are trying to analyze the book, but we'd like our readers to be the judge. Write back to us and tell us what you make of the Julius Notebook.
Click here to see the Notebook. 1 2 3 4

Ramon Herrera Crashes into Chinese
While racing to work early yesterday morning, Ramon Herrera collides into another car with a chinese driver. He stepped on his brakes but due to the rain, his car slid out of control. Ramon confessed, "Yeah, after running in to the Chinese guy, I felt the need to run into another car after an hour."

thursday, december 9, 1999
Mike Benton's Birthday Yesterday
Don't forget to tell Mike, "Happy Birthday".

Mr. Driller
Namco is planning to port their recently released arcade puzzle game Mr. Driller to Playstation next year. In this game you need to control the hero Mr. Driller to drill down 1000 meters in each stage, by connecting blocks of the same color and make them disappear, meanwhile you also have to watch for the oxygen meter of the character.

wednesday, december 8, 1999

The Odd Couple
These 2 guys are roommates, but can you guess which one is not straight? Sometimes these people are referred to as Pirates, Homosexuals, and also Bleach Blonde Cowboys. Willie can be seen in the yellow shirt staring intensely and the other guy can be seen exercising his jaw for the big night. We're not going to give away the answer, but we're sure you can figure it out.

tuesday, december 7, 1999
julius the bleach blonde cowboy
(in the rhyme of rude-olph the red noise reindeer)

julius the bleach blonde cowboy
had some bright and shiny hair
and if you ever saw it you'd think he just didn't care.

all of the other artists
used to laugh and call him names
they never let poor julius work on any playstation games.
then one busy deadline's eve, his producer came to say
julius with your hair so bright can't you get those textures right?!?
then how his co-workers loved him and they shouted out with glee (yippee)
julius the bleach blonde cowboy now we'll have a game at E3. written by chris tritt (taken off the lunch room board)

monday, december 6, 1999
Frank, Jessie, Kevin and Grant
You may have not heard of these guys before today, but they are no longer in the US. They are in Japan. Today is the first Day these four 3rd party Testers are working in Japan. These are the luckiest bastards in the world as they get flown to Japan to test.

sunday, december 5, 1999
Quake 3 Release
After years of testing, Quake 3 Arena releases. If you play this game, make sure you take down any players named "East Bay Freakie".

saturday, december 4, 1999
from fgn Dreamcast:
Sega's Yu Suzuki has dropped the most obvious hint yet that Virtua Fighter 4 is on its way, and the release date might come as a pleasant surprise. Yu Suzuki told Japanese interviewers that he's working on a new fighting title which will have the number 4 in its title. Hmm -- any ideas as to what he could be referring to? The game will surprisingly be ready for release before the second chapter of Sega's upcoming 3D action adventure, Shenmue, the first chapter of which is set for Japanese Dreamcast release on Dec. 29. Suzuki-san works at Sega's highly-respected AM2 development studio, and IGNDC reports that he spoke of his potential Virtua Fighter sequel while discussing the new realistic facial and body movement technology set to feature in Shenmue.

friday, december 3, 1999
Last Day for Tricia Gray Questions
If you have any questions you want to ask Tricia Gray in her interview, you better send them now because today is the last day we will accept them.

Tribes Extreme is Cancelled
The highly anticipated "upgrade" to Tribes called Tribes Extreme has been cancelled. Sierra stated that they wanted Tribes Extreme to be a one player mission for Tribes but later realized that Tribes was a team game.

thursday, december 2, 1999

The War for Peace is Not Over for Some
Many people are talking about the war that will start at the turn of the century. These people are considered "mentally unstable" by others, but Willie Wat of 989 Studios is taking the Y2K war seriously. He spends all his free time preparing for the apocalypse that he believes will ignite World War 3. In an interview with Mr. Wat, he claimed, "I learned of this evil plot when I was abducted by a UFO." He continues, "TO SERVE MAN: It's a cookbook!!!"

wednesday, december 1, 1999
Late Night with Ryan Eames
Ryan Eames had a great weekend in Los Angeles where he learned the finer points of getting drunk. He learned that he shouldn't try to pick up on girls named Dianna when intoxicated. However, it wasn't all bad as he spent last night talking to her long distance from midnight to 5 in the morning. This also caused him to be late for work which is unlike the normal Tom's boy philosphy. Ryan goes on to mention that he can't buy a computer because he needs the money to buy all the new J-POP music that comes out and also all of the anime wall scrolls like the one he picked up in Los Angeles.

Julius Willis' Song of the Week
He's not exactly the most politically correct person.
Listen here.

High Speed Connections
http://www.gamesurge.com Gamesurge has a new article up dealing with high speed internet access. It gives the advantages, disadvantages, price information, and speed info on Cable Modems, DSL, and ISDN Internet Connections. The article gets down to the facts and helps you decide on what method of high speed internet access to go with if your interested in purchasing one. You can check out the article right here. (http://www.gamesurge.com/articles/botb/art_cablemodems.shtml)