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volume 1, issue 33

Today in loonygames:

New!! The Archives have been cleaned up, fead links fixed, and printable versions restored! Also, don't miss the new comments on the front page!

Livin' With The Sims: theAntiELVIS explores the wild and wacky world that is Will Wright's The Sims, asking the inevitable quesiton, "is The Sims the first step toward a virtual life where everyone is Swedish?"

Pixel Obscura: Josh Vasquez on Omikron: The Nomad Soul.

Real Life: Check out our newest comic strip, Real Life! Updated daily!

User Friendly: Updated daily!

T-Shirts: Stylin' loonygames t-shirts from Berda Compugrafix!

Artwork: Hey, dig the artwork on loonygames? We're selling some of the original art.

Feedback:

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Pixel Obscura: Josh Vasquez's regular look at the convergence of film and videogames.

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MailBag for Issue #33

Comments by Stephanie "Bobbi" Bergman

That’s Dust Puppy, not sick puppy.

Subject: Illiad

Illiad is one sick puppy.

Keep up the good(?!) work.

I know, I know, I gotta see this movie...

Subject: 'He didn't like The Matrix'

While I will never be one to harshly criticize someone for their own personal opinion, and I consider someone's opinions of trivial matters such as entertainment nothing worth arguing about...

loony, wtf are you talking about!!! Matrix was the coolest movie I have seen in ages, with spectacular special effects, kickass fight sequences both martial and gun based, and a plot that was relatively original! I was seriously blown away... it has been a long time since a movie made such an impression on me.

I don't suppose you'd be so kind as to specify exactly what about that movie turned you off?

The only significant flaw I saw was the relatively weak ending. Well, that and the idea of humans as an efficient energy source. :) Was it only that that soured your opinion of the whole movie? If you can overlook the ridiculous idea of a 'thermal exhaust port' that leads straight to a main reactor of a planet sized starship and still love a movie (that's assuming you loved Star Wars :), are human batteries so hard? :)

Ahem. Like I was saying, people's personal opinions are their own, and who am I to argue?

Raven

I tell ya...when people you’re on BUSINESS calls with start telling you to go see a movie, you’d better see that movie. So I will. :)

[Editor's note: okay, since you asked...here's my beef with the film. It was Mortal Kombat. Nothing more, nothing less. Don't get me wrong, I liked Mortal Kombat, but that movie didn't have 90 minutes of unnecessary exposition. This one did, and as a result I felt it could have been edited into a 20 minute kung-fu sequence. That I would have liked. Oh, and Keanu Reeves is a moron. I kept waiting for him to start playing the air guitar.]

Um....

Subject: About your site.........

Hi,

I think that Lonnygames is the best thing that has happened in the "online-game-magazine-community" ever.

Good work boys ….!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Regards / Robert Aronsson

PS The Derek Smart article was very interesting. DS.

Ok...I may be the only female on staff, but...boys? And it’s loonygames.

And thanks. :)

Must...have...code...!

Subject: update the site

What's the deal. It's wednesday. I need the next code on the cob.

Please!

Yah..the loon updated late. Hangover? :)

I have to say, I’m going to miss Chris’ column...I’d be a liar if I said I understood it all, but it’s been a fascinating series, and I can’t wait for it’s return.

[Editor's note: I bet you think she's kidding, right? Seriously, although I was somewhat inebriated on Tuesday, I wasn't so drunk as to have it effect my update...in actuality I was waiting on Hargrove to finish his column. :)]

And the winner of this week’s t-shirt is...

Subject: updates - what time?

At what time do you update the website to include "today's" content?

I'm over on the east coast and, as of 12:10 EST, the website is still displaying yesterday's articles.

thanks, and keep up the great work!

-J-

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Jay Thrash http://www.imagicgames.com
Interactive Magic
Programmer/Coffee Drinker
"Evil is afoot!" - The Tick
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I like that you want to see the next day’s content sooner rather than later. It means we have something worth reading. And see! Not even a relative and he gets a t-shirt. :)

[On a normal evening, loonygames is updated somewhere in the midnight to four AM slot...as I mentioned above, this Tuesday was somewhat unique.]

- Stephanie "Bobbi" Bergman is an associate editor at loonygames. She's probably the most normal person on the staff. That's really sad.

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