Promotions for Maria Hernandez, Sean O'connor, Harry Kinney
thursday, november 2, 2000
Congratulations go out to these 3 great people to the post of Account Manager, Third Party Relations of SCEA. With the launch of the PS2, Maria, Sean and Harry put forth enormous contributions to ensure excellent 3rd party support for the new system. Not that it was difficult, but someone has to take the credit. If you get a chance, please congratulate these individuals with brute force.

Looking for Christopher Keith's Halloween Party?
monday, october 30, 2000
All are welcome:
Halloween Party
October 31
1480 McAllister @ Scott

The men in blue will almost certainly arrive at 10:01pm, being Tuesday 'n all, so you are encouraged to come early. Otherwise, you know the drill... TW PS: Apologies to those who came to the house last year for the 11th annual halloween party and found it dark. We will make up for it this year and then some.... Match Game goes off around 7:30pm

Marwan's side of the Banning Story
sunday, october 29, 2000
Representatives from the Abderrazzaq camp were not available for contact. Although one source who spoke on condition of anonymity state, "MA and SMP have put the event behind them and are moving forward. I have no idea why this DW has resurfaced the incident, I think it's because he doesn't get enough attention". SMP was also unavailable for comment but his representatives stated that the incident is in the passed and that DW needs to "Ranger Down" a bit. More info on this as it develops.

Adrian Longlan joins EA
saturday, october 28, 2000
Longtime lead programmer for Crystal Dynamics and the creator of the engine for Gex is coming to Electronic Arts. Adding to the long list of great programmers already in EA and friends of SMP and Sam Villanueva.

Playstation 2: Are you in Line right now?
thursday, october 26, 2000
If you didn't get one at the strike of midnight and one, you probably aren't going to get this new videogame system. Many people scrambled to pick one up from Target in Pleasanton, the Metreon in San Francisco, and Walmart in the East Bay but failed miserably to get one of these bad boys. In what appears to be even more exciting than the launch of the dreamcast, the PSX2 is now available to the consumers. In yesterday's CBS Marketwatch, the legendary Kaz Harai explains the new strategies and games coming to the PSX2 post-launch. Click her to watch Kaz's interview with CBS.Marketwatch.

Marwan Abderrazaq officially banned from SMP's area
monday, october 23, 2000
In a freak accident involving a slinky and Marwan, Steve Papoutsis banned his officemate Marwan from his area. Marwan whipped Mark Wallace's slinky right into SMP's coffee. After which, SMP banned him from the area. Witnesses to the event blame Marwan's disregard for safety and reported the slinky narrowly missing the neck of SMP. Don't expect to see Marwan in Steve's cube anytime soon.

Change your Bookmarks, gamelord.org has moved
sunday, october 22, 2000
thegamelord.comis technically in business. However, we are having some difficulties and apologize for the delays in site changes. The management apologizes for any inconvience this may have caused.

thegamelord.comis Under construction
friday, october 20, 2000
Due to the technical Difficulties, this site is still under contruction. Also, to all visitors, the actual look of the website is temporary.

Chikita China the Chinese Chicken?
thursday, october 19, 2000
If you are easily offended, do not download this file. chikititititit

Alex Neff Moonlighting?
wednesday, october 18, 2000
Although some like Maria Hernandez knows all about his extra-curricular activity, the secret to Alex Neff has just been revealed now. His rise to super stardom was bumpy as he started as the magician's apprentice. After years of understudy, he how now become a Wizard and is proudly displaying on his shirt that he belongs to the Wizards.I will now take this time to use my disclaimer that reads, "this picture was sent to me by JULIUS WILLIS. thegamelord.comtakes no responsibility in this picture and automatically declines allegations that this establishment would bring this picture to the world wide web by its own choice. We we're forced to place this picture on the web."

Tom Tobey makes it to Midway
tuesday, october 17, 2000
Tom leaves Crystal Dynamics after only a short period, but makes his way to Midway San Diego where he works in the FMV department doing 3D cartoons. (Tom is one of the best animators around.) He was last heard saying that he's happy that he doesn't have to worry about the frame/poly counts anymore.

Neil is Feeling Lonely on His Birthday
friday, october 13, 2000
Hello, I know I have said this before and I would like to say it again "I DO NOT like to plan gatherings", but since it is Neil Musser's birthday, and I do get a kick getting the kid smashed. Well here is your formal invitation The meeting place is at same time & the same place, the itinerary states as follows: DATE: October 14th, 2000 Saturday Evening. PLACE: Rudy's Pub @ 7:30 PM - 117 University Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301 (650) 329-0922 DINNER: Dinner will be Determined on the future outcome of responses. Oh yeah, before I forget, Neil does not like gifts on his birthday (It reminds him that he is getting old...So be nice and try not get him one).
Thank you for your patience & time,
Jo Aragones
Compatibility Lab Supervisor

Dre Joins Sony Online
thursday, october 12, 2000
Last week, one of the most colorful and interesting employee's to ever grace the halls of SCEA has left for Sony Online Entertainment. His "official" position will be to Eric Iishii of SOE, however, insiders say that he may be the man running the entire show under Kelly Flock. thegamelord.comwishes him the best!

After Further Review, Men Should be Warned Too
tuesday, october 10, 2000
thegamelord.comhas received an email declaring that Men should also be warned about Julius' new found "freedom". And, of course, he is right. Men should run for the hills as it's unclear if they won't be molested by the Foolius, Julius.

Warning to all Women: Julius is no longer Whipped
monday, october 9, 2000
In what can be called anything but a surprise, Birgit has moved from Julius' house back to northern California. Her last days her was last friday, and sources say that it wasn't pretty. thegamelord.comis looking for the skinny on this new situation.

Thai Tran inducted into the Rotation of Fame
saturday, october 7, 2000
Do you ever wonder why anyone cares that their name is mentioned on the Stars of the Industry? I do. Anyhow, today, thegamelord.cominducts Thai Tran into the Rotation of Fame. Thai is one of the star artists from SCEA San Diego and his induction has been long overdue. His work can be seen in the 989 games and has closely worked with The Game Lord himself. Congratulations!

Have you Ever Worked for EA?
friday, october 6, 2000
Here's a new addition to the link section of thegamelord.com. If you ever worked for EA you'll want to see this fun and exciting.
http://www.dfwmifv.homestead.com/

Is this the year 2000?
thursday, october 5, 2000
It has come to my attention that this is the year 2000. So I ask you my fellow man, does anyone else notice? While I may feel myself that Cross dressing is not really the way to go for a strong man of the Y2K era. I believe that forward thinking is a must, if we are to move ahead in strides of proper human behavior. My reason for such an odd opening statement is simple. I have witnessed an injustice.

Follow, if you will, the plight of one man's fall in the realm of video game development. It was a rather odd day indeed when a young man, who will remain nameless, walked into his normal work place, dressed in a gold and black prom dress(for lack of a better description). As I approached him, I was rather taken aback by the sight of a tall Tennessean, cap wearing, southern draw owning, cross dressing?, nameless Artist. I asked him about his choice of dress and he simply replied "I lost a bet". Little did I know it was to mask the dark anti-social behavior that he was accustom to. As the day went on, he began to feel that his "breaking out" was not going over well. The stares became unbearable to him, and I could see the discomfort in his eyes. Not that I look into his eyes often mind you.

The following day was the beginning to the end of that poor soul. For pictures of that dark day had surfaced on this very web page, and probably countless others that only the dark side of the human mind could conjure up. As a new member of the team, who had just came from Shanghai, stated "Americans have very funny ways of expression".

The months to follow must have been unbearable for Eric....I mean the nameless artist. Each day was a struggle to cover up his attempt to find acceptance from his fellow workers. Day after day he would remind us... "I lost a bet, really". The pain was too much for him in his final days here at the studio.

So where is this man of drag now? He is now with Verant, a company that has embraced his odd behavior. I can hear the words now..."If you hire me can I wear dresses to work?"..."Ummmmm....sure nameless artist with a funny accent, what ever floats your boat."

Bravo I say to those at that brave company. This is the type of forward thinking that will bring forward peace and understanding to guys who are normal dresser and drag queens. Accept your brother with the funny accent and encourage him to wear more tasteful dresses(maybe shave his legs too)in the near future. An example well set!

one mans voice
Thai Tran

The Game Lord.com Opens for business
saturday, september 20, 2000
Well, although you may notice that you are at thegamelord.com, this will be the new URL for thegamelord.comand the new website will be called The Game Lord .com. thegamelord.comwill be non-existent in a few months but will re-route you to the new site. This website is temporary until our new URL is active. So to all you critics, this website will look completely different when it's live!