Computerized Games

Magazine articles on video and internet based games.

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Macworld September 2002 Peter Cohen	Gritty Action, Kid Adventure, and Everything in Between A review of Mac games, from a first-person shooter in which you fill the shoes of a rogue cop, to a bouncing ball of clay for kids, a medieval-castle simulator, a free puzzle game, and even a book that will take you down memory lane if the words Pac-Man Fever stir a melody in your heart.
Salon.com August 20, 2002 Henry Jenkins	Coming up next: Ambushed on "Donahue"! More dangerous than Grand Theft Auto 3 -- a defender of video games is given the trash talk-show treatment. Here's what he really wanted to say.
PC World September 2002 Alexandra Krasne	Buyers' Guide to Graphics Boards Budget cards let you play most games at moderate resolutions, but die-hard gamers should opt for more power.
Macworld August 2002 Peter Cohen	From Pinball to Action, Take a Mac-Gaming Nostalgia Trip Today you can play a red-hot 3-D action game that's got roots in the Apple II, a kids' game that is clearly from the creators of a clutch of all-time classics but features all-new characters, and a familiar swords-and-sorcery role-playing game that tosses genetic engineering into the mix.
PC World July 18, 2002 Joel Strauch	ATI Revs Radeon Graphics Chips Radeon 9700 fully implements DirectX 9, pushes core clock speed to 325 MHz.
Salon.com July 9, 2002 Wagner James Au	Showdown in cyberspace: Star Wars vs. The Sims If online role-playing games are ever going to break out of the hardcore gamer ghetto, they'll have to do more than please the geeks.
Macworld July 2002 Peter Cohen	Lost in Space Escape Velocity Nova is the third game in the series that started with the original Escape Velocity. A peculiar mix of action and role playing, Escape Velocity has been a legend with Mac gamers since its debut several years ago.
Salon.com June 17, 2002 Chris Green	Pac-Man With its canary-yellow Everyblob hero, its masterfully simple design and its abstract realm where even death was a cheerful event, Pac-Man brought video gaming out of the bars and into the malls.
Wired July 2002 Logan Hill	Why Rockstar Games Rule Their kick-ass, thug-filled titles have conquered the gaming world. Who says violence never solves anything?
PC World June 4, 2002 Joris Evers	MIT Student Extracts Secret Keys From Xbox Using 'simple custom hardware', savvy users could unlock security and run other software on Microsoft game console.
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