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Throw Down the Gauntlet (5/3/98)
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Bungie, those mad geniuses who defined Mac gaming with Pathways Into Darkness and the Marathon series, recently redefined gaming on both platforms with their real-time tactical 3D simulation Myth. (If you haven't heard about Myth by now, you should probably consider moving out of that cave.) One of the many cool things about Myth is that it's identical on Macs and PC's, and in fact, when Myth players do battle over the internet, everyone's on a level playing field (so to speak).
That's what makes Myth such a great arena for a platform war! Bungie's organizing a contest in which 250 randomly-selected Mac players will compete against 250 randomly-selected PC contestants. The single best player from each platform will then go on to the final showdown, live and in person, at the GenCon Game Fair in Milwaukee, where they will battle for the honor of their respective computing platforms. Yes, of course it's a silly way to settle the argument of which kind of computer is better-- but it's a silly argument in the first place, isn't it? And even better, the champion from each platform wins a new computer, so there's no hard feelings. (In theory.)
Sadly, though Yours Truly was a beta tester for this awesome game, none of us has had enough time to play more than a couple of times a week; with our limited skills, we'd be poor defenders of the platform. But we sincerely hope that at least a few of our faithful viewers are good enough to take on the rampaging legions of PC players. (If you plan to participate, please drop us a line via our Feedback page; we're very interested in how this whole thing turns out.)
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 5/3/98 episode: May 3, 1998: Defenders of the faith: sharpen those swords, fill those Molotovs, and prepare to do battle. Meanwhile, Apple's not the only one getting into the "information appliance" game, and somebody actually described Microsoft as "desperate," which is noteworthy even if it's not true...
Other scenes from that episode: 671: Appliance, Shmappliance (5/3/98) Are you as sick of hearing about Columbus as we are? Okay, we would be a little more receptive to the whole thing if anyone knew just exactly what it's supposed to be (Set-top box? NC? Space-age all-purpose food preparation center?), but for now let's assume that it's a low-cost set-top unit that will allow consumers to play DVD's and enhanced CD's, and also to surf the 'net and maybe run a few games and other applications... 672: "Desperate?" Naw... (5/3/98) It's not often that you get the see the word "desperate" applied to software giant Microsoft in the press these days, but it does happen every once in a while. Take, for example, this Bloomberg News article, which reveals that Microsoft is recruiting companies to join in on a press conference next week, intended to show the world how badly the entire computer industry (and the U.S...
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