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<p>&nbsp;</p>Vol. 
                2, Issue 1<br>
                November 8, 1999<br>
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                <b><i>From 

                  the Mouth of Madness:</i></b></p>
                <b><i> 
                  Welcome Back!</i></b></p>
                by 
                  Jason &quot;loonyboi&quot; 
                  Bergman</p>
              
              

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               Well, 
                it took us a little longer than we had originally planned, but 
                hey...we're back! It feels <i>great</i> to be back. I thought 
                I was going to go insane there (a little more than normal) since 
                we were working on such cool stuff, and I couldn't show it to 
                anyone. But hey...we're back. Yee haw!</p>
              So, what's 
                new? Well, no doubt you've noticed the new design by now. Our 
                two head art directors, Mike Sanzone and Dan Zalkus really outdid 
                themselves on the new look. The new color scheme really looks 
                like nothing else out there, and isn't quite as bare as the old 
                one was. I love it.</p>
              And hey...did 
                you notice the new illustrations? Dan Zalkus did a whopping 23 
                new black, white and blue illustrations for all of our columns 
                (you'll note a new one right up there). Pretty spiffy, eh? Dan 
                really did a great job on these...just wait until you see them 
                all. In addition to those, Mike Sanzone did seven new full-color 
                illustrations for other pages, such as the About, Submissions, 
                and Feedback sections. Mike's a real goofball, and his interpretations 
                of each of those are fantastic.</p>
              We've 
                got some new staff members here as well. First and foremost is 
                Russell "RadPipe" Lauzon, our new Features Editor. Russell is 
                doing a heck of a job here, making sure that we've got a kickass 
                new cover story every week (in other words, helping me out greatly). 
                He's also got his own column, "Down the Pipe" that starts this 
                issue. Look for that to run on Friday.</p>
              We've 
                also added Rowan "Sumaleth" Crawford to the regular staff here. 
                Rowan is the author of several cover stories, including the "Five 
                Years of Doom" piece, and "When 
                it's Done!" amongst others. He also contributed a lot of great 
                cover illustrations, including one for "Totally 
                Tribal" (my personal favorite of his) and of course, our 
                E3 '99 article. Rowan will be working with Russell to make 
                sure every cover story has an accompanying illustration, but he'll 
                also be writing our new column, "Under 
                Cover", which gives a little bit of background info about 
                the artist for each week's cover, including details on how they 
                do their magic, and some extra artwork as well. This week's cover 
                is by Christopher "Derelict" Greenhaw, who was actually hired 
                by Rogue Entertainment to work on their game, <b>American McGee's 
                Alice</b> because of his illustration. How cool is that? Read 
                all about it in "Under Cover". 
                </p>
              We've 
                got some great stuff lined up for you this week, including an 
                exclusive new screenshot from <b>Quake III: Arena</b>, that we'll 
                be running tomorrow. Pretty cool, huh? If that wasn't enough for 
                you, be sure to stop by our IRC launch party tonight (Monday, 
                November 8) at 10:00 EST in #loonygames at irc.yossman.net (a 
                full server list, and IRC clients can be found at 
                this page). The party will be <i>big</i>, kids...make sure 
                you drop by. In addition to myself, Rowan, Russell, Mike, Dan, 
                and other loonygames staff members, we'll be joined by tons of 
                industry folk, including id Software's Paul Steed and Dave "Zoid" 
                Kirsch, Raven's Jake Simpson and Kenn Hoekstra, Epic's Brandon 
                "GreenMarine" Reinhart, and even John Romero will be dropping 
                by. But that's just a few of them! Believe me, you won't want 
                to miss this one.</p>
               Yep, 
                this is going to be a fun week here at loonygames. We've got a 
                ton of great content for you, a few surprises, and lots more. 
                But hey...next week's going to get even better, with the relaunch 
                of "Birth of a Gamer" (at long last!), our new multiplayer gaming 
                column, "Game, Set, Match" and even a new classic gaming column 
                by yours truly. Yep, it's going to be a scene, kids...be sure 
                to check it all out.</p>
               Until 
                next week, stay loony!<br>
                <br>
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              <i>- 
                Jason &quot;loonyboi&quot; Bergman is the editor in chief here 
                at loonygames.<br><p>&nbsp;</p> 
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