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                      <p><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0000FF"><i><font color="#904C10" size="2">The 
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                    <h5 align="right"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#00025E">Vol. 
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                      January 14, 2000</font></b></h5>
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              <p align="left"><b><i><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">On 
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                    <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Subject: 
                      </b>Testing Article</font></p>
                    <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">That was an excellent 
                      article on testing (by Nick Ferguson). I'm a Lead Tester 
                      at EA, and I found it to be the most accurate I've yet seen 
                      about the work involved. Most people, even gaming journalists, 
                      are sadly misinformed about the whole development process, 
                      and testing seems to be the least understood. Thank you.</font></p>
                    <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><i>To every tester, 
                      QA and the like out there....thank you for what you do, 
                      I have no idea how you do it. </i></font></p>
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                  <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Dangerous Dave? </font><br>
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                    <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Subject: 
                      </b>hidden area</font></p>
                    <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hi, I still love 
                      playing the original 'Dangerous Dave' game. The first one 
                      with 10 levels and some hidden ones. There is an unaccessable 
                      area in the 3rd level along the top at the end of the level. 
                      How do you get into that area?</font></p>
                    <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Thanks very much, 
                      <br>
                      Rich </font></p>
                    <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><i>I've actually 
                      never heard of this game...anyone have any help for Rich? 
                      (do I really need to say again how there are websites for 
                      hints and tips...much better ones for that purpose than 
                      loonygames?) </i></font></p>
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              <h4 align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><i>I 
                don't get what it is with sound systems...</i></font><br>
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                    <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Subject: 
                      </b>DTS Games</font></p>
                    <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Jason,</font></p>
                    <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I don't think 
                      I could possibly agree with you anymore. There are some 
                      outstanding possibilities with DTS in games, but like you 
                      said, it just isn't really feasible due to the size limitations.</font></p>
                    <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I also couldn't 
                      agree with you more about DK64. What a great game, and the 
                      sound is incredible with just simple surround! It would 
                      have been AWSOME to hear it in even AC-3 let alone DTS.</font></p>
                    <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Here is the reason 
                      for my email...I take it you have a AC-3 and/or DTS decoder 
                      and sound system, but can you really hear the difference 
                      between the two in a movie? I can't and I consider myself 
                      on this side of &quot;loony&quot; when it comes to being 
                      an audiophile. There is only one area where I can hear the 
                      difference, and it is extremely mild in comparison and that 
                      is in the musical selections. I have an audio only CD sampler 
                      my brother-in-law gave to me from Chicago (read-I can't 
                      get you a copy because I am in California) and it is simply 
                      breath-taking. I have 5 and .1 speakers all perfectly positioned 
                      in my media room and to hear in-sync (yes, I believe you 
                      may give me shit about that one) =) coming from each individual 
                      channel all around in perfect harmony gives me the chills. 
                      Aside from that one audio CD, I can't hear a bit of difference, 
                      so does it really matter if DTS or AC-3 is enabled? I would 
                      vote for just plain 'ol AC-3 (plain 'ol, HA!)</font></p>
                    <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Enough of my 
                      rambling. Thanks for letting me bend your ear and let me 
                      know what you think of my question if you get some free 
                      time.</font></p>
                    <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Thanks,<br>
                      Brad Zaharee<br>
                      &quot;Check-M8&quot; - q3a name</font></p>
                    <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><i>I don't get 
                      it. But I can tell you that loony was in heaven the first 
                      time he heard &quot;Saving Private Ryan&quot; on his new 
                      setup, so I guess there is a difference. Don't think I could 
                      hear it though, I'm still perfectly happy with my one speaker 
                      on the television set. :)</i></font></p>
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              <p align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><i>- 
                Stephanie "Bobbi" Bergman may possibly be the world's worst Age 
                of Empires 2: Age of Kings player. She still loves it, though.</i></font></p>
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