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Sweet Mythtery of Life (10/12/97)
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It's Sunday on AtAT, and you know what that means-- It's Fluff Day! There's never any real news going on in the Mac world on Sunday, so during the week we save up some non-pressing but interesting tidbits to tell you about on the Sabbath. So, to start, we thought we'd shoot you a little info on the Next Big Game® from Bungie Software, the way-cool folks who gave us the Marathon series. It's called Myth: The Fallen Lords, and Yours Truly was lucky enough to be chosen as a beta tester. (Yes, there was a non-disclosure agreement, but parts of it have just been lifted; Bungie's smart enough to know that free advertising is nothing to be scoffed at.)
Myth:TFL is a real-time strategy game, sort of like Blizzard's Warcraft 2 on steroids. The big difference is that Myth uses an amazing 3D engine that allows the player to watch the action from any direction; it's incredible to zoom in and circle around as your barbarians hack a floating skeleton into dust. And while the game ships with an engrossing single-player scenario, most people will buy the game for its network play. It's a lot of fun playing "king of the hill" with six other players over the internet, etc.
If you're at all interested in playing games on your Mac, we seriously recommend that you visit Bungie's Myth page for screenshots, movies, and tons of information. The Macintosh Conspiracy also recently posted a great mini-Q&A with Bungie Software, which gives a lot of inside information that even the beta testers hadn't been told about. Take my word for it; Myth will revolutionize the computer gaming world when it ships.
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 10/12/97 episode: October 12, 1997: (Sorry—this was before we started writing intro text for each episode!)
Other scenes from that episode: 77: User Thinks Different (10/12/97) Thanx to Webintosh to providing a link to Bill Vlahos' homepage, who has an interesting "grass roots" alternative to Apple's "Think Different" campaign. Bill acknowledges that "Think Different" is a good start to getting Apple's brand name back in the collective mind of the computer-buying public, but he feels that product-centric ads are crucial right now-- and that if Apple won't provide them, perhaps we the users can... 78: Yellow Box Hijinx (10/12/97) One quick bit of "real" news-- In contrast to earlier reports, MacInTouch says that Apple has not committed to providing a Yellow Box for Mac OS, though they haven't ruled out the possibility, either... 79: They Keep Rolling In (10/12/97) In an embarrassment of riches, we're proud to have been chosen as Mac One's site of the week, for having "the Right Stuff-- the Mac Stuff." That makes three awards in as many weeks. How long can we possibly keep up a rate like that? Show your support for us and your appreciation for them by giving them a visit...
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