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<p>&nbsp;</p>Vol. 
                2, Issue 4<br>
                December 3, 1999<br>
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                <b><i>The 
                  MailBag </i></b></p>
                <b><i> 

                  Issue 2.4</i></b></p>
                Comments 
                  by Stephanie &quot;Bobbi&quot; 
                  Bergman</p>
              
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              <b><i>Pretty 
                butterflies.</i></b></p>
              
                 
                   
                    <b>Subject: 
                      </b>Heathers Myth 2 blasphemy </p>
                    <p><i>&quot; I kind 
                      of wish I could have just left him there and gone on, but 
                      alas, you just can't do that. The map is pretty and there 
                      are plenty of falling leaves and butterflies and stuff, 
                      so I can't complain too much&quot; </i></p>
                    <p></p>
                    <p>Pretty? Falling 
                      leaves? BUTTERFLIES?! Myth2 is about evil undead armies, 
                      savage butchering demons, exploding bodies, flying limbs, 
                      grisly war and overwhelming odds. </p>
                    <p></p>
                    <p>Butterflies. 
                      Thats just greeeeaaaaaat. How am I ever going to play one 
                      of my favorite games again? Its been ruined. Ruined I say! 
                      </p>
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                    <p>Keep her away 
                      from Quake 3 please. </p>
                    <p></p>
                    <p></p>
                    <i>All 
                      of which, need I point out, she mentions, at some point 
                      or another, in her column. </i></p>
                    <p></p>
                    <p><i>Ok..and allow 
                      me to ruin Quake 3 for you. Well, first off, Skippy Quake 
                      is just too cute for words. And then Quake 3 guy, he&#146;s 
                      just so tough looking...a girl could swoon. Now, the sounds 
                      are just so sweet, like you don&#146;t really want to kill 
                      each other, you just want to be friends, but there are these 
                      funny little guns in your hands, so you dance around killing 
                      each other instead! It&#146;s so poetic, really...</i></p>
                  
                
              
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              <b><i>EA 
                or EAX?</i></b></p>
              
                 
                   
                     <b>Subject: 
                      </b>recent 
                      sound article </p>
                     I 
                      noticed something while reading the most recent 3D sound 
                      article: </p>
                    <p>&lt;http://www.loonygames.com/content/2.4/feat/&gt;</p>
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                    <p>The author made 
                      this comment: &quot;(EAX stands for Environmental Audio. 
                      What the </p>
                    <p>X is for is anyone's 
                      guess. Probably means the same as the GTX letters you get 
                      on cars).&quot; I had an SBLive once, and I remember just 
                      from reading documentation and stuff that EAX is Environmental 
                      Audio Extensions, and EAX and &quot;Environmental Audio&quot; 
                      are not the same thing.</p>
                    <p>I'm sure that 
                      was really helpful, now go yell at that guy or something. 
                      =]</p>
                    <p>-=/ DinK </p>
                    <p></p>
                    <p><i>Hmmm. I tried 
                      to find my SB Live documentation, but it&#146;s probably 
                      in the same place as my gun set user manual I desperately 
                      need. I always thought EAX stood for Environmental Audio, 
                      but what do I know. :)</i></p>
                  
                
              
              <br>
              <b>It&#146;s 
                those rabid Sega-haters again!</b></p>
              
                 
                   
                    <b>From:</b> 
                      Keith &quot;Draft&quot; Cyphers<b><br>
                      </b><b>Subject:</b> PS2 Games all Suck???!!! 
                      </p>
                    ???!!! 
                      </p>
                    <p><br>
                      What? Are you absolutely insane? Look, you may not like 
                      Tekken much, but the other 99.9 percent of the universe 
                      views it as the single greatest 3D fighter ever created 
                      (all around, it's probably SFA 3.) So, even though you may 
                      not consider TTT a killer app, most do, and I guarantee 
                      it will sell a hell of a lot of Playstation 2's come launch 
                      day.</p>
                    <p></p>
                    <p>Your Good Friend, 
                      </p>
                    <p>Keith &quot;Draft&quot; 
                      Cyphers</p>
                    <p>BTW- I'm not 
                      some crazy anti-Sega person either. I plan on buying a DC 
                      as soon as finances aren't so tight. It's just, well, damn, 
                      have you seen the pictures of TTT? Have you played it in 
                      the arcades? It's bliss I tell you, pure 3D bliss.</p>
                    <p></p>
                    <p><i>I didn&#146;t 
                      know there were crazy anti-Sega people. I mean...its SEGA. 
                      Land of Sonic. Speaking of, not being a fighting game kinda 
                      girl, pickings on the Dreamcast have been awful slim so 
                      far. </i></p>
                    <p></p>
                    <p><i>And I only 
                      have one word to say about the Playstation 2. </i></p>
                    <p><i>Abe.</i></p>
                  
                
              
              <b><i>Rad's Turn!</i></b></p>
              
                 
                   
                     <b>Subject:</b> See, now 
                      that's just asking for it. </p>
                     Sweet 
                      merciful christ. I sincerely hope that Sen. Lieberman and 
                      his merry band don't catch wind of this one. </p>
                    <p></p>
                    <p>Consider that 
                      the entire gaming press is arguing that it's a parent's 
                      responsibility to restrict their kids' access to violent 
                      material, as opposed to governments banning &quot;violent&quot; 
                      media outright. It's a good argument, and it's the one I 
                      agree with. But now you get this guy bragging (in one of 
                      the most widely read online gaming magazines, no less) about 
                      how he has his 3-year-old son playing Quake II. Doesn't 
                      this completely undermine the gaming industry's position? 
                      </p>
                    <p></p>
                    <p>3 years old? 
                      Hell, developmental psychologists are still divided on whether 
                      kids should be watching TV at that age. But teaching them 
                      to play PC games designed for people aged 18 and up? Radpipe's 
                      just asking for it. </p>
                    <p></p>
                    <p>Grey</p>
                    <p><i>I don't advocate 
                      a blanket restriction on games with violent material. I 
                      do think parents need to watch their kids closely to see 
                      how they react to them, and how they behave after having 
                      played them. Show me a homicidal kid who blames computer 
                      games for who he is, and I'll show you a kid who had problems 
                      long before he started playing the games. But I guess it's 
                      far easier to use blanket restrictions. But whatever the 
                      case, ignorant parents just don't care. Their kids will 
                      play whatever they feel like. </i></p>
                    <p></p>
                    <p><i>Yeah I've 
                      thought a lot about this issue, but I didn't want to get 
                      into it in my column. I just wanted to talk about the joys 
                      of playing with your kids, and this &quot;next generation 
                      gamer&quot; thingy.</i></p>
                    <p></p>
                    <p><i>And, for the 
                      record, my Zachary is a loving, caring, little boy. He has 
                      no trouble at all separating the gaming world from his own 
                      :)</i></p>
                    <p></p>
                    <p><i>Take care</i></p>
                    <p><i>--Rad</i></p>
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              <i>- 
                Stephanie &quot;Bobbi&quot; Bergman needs to come up with better 
                taglines.</i></p>
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