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by Brian Leahy, Aug 31, 2010 5:00pm PDT

That Xbox 360 wireless controller with the transforming d-pad looks like a nice improvement over the original design. I'll definitely try to check it out at PAX this week.

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    Probably one of the articles that people have asked me the most to scan, here's "Meet The Next Game Gods" from PC Gamer's November 2000 issue. If you get tired of reading the text, then maybe you'll enjoy checking out the laughable turn of the century fashion:
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    World Entertainment Broadcasting was the parent company of Arush Entertainment. The game in question became Duke Nukem: The Manhattan Project. Apparently originally intended to be an episodic series!
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      redhead is fine. the rest of them look like tools. : rtrson
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        who is she? : mnok
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          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Case : DeathloveThis person is cool!
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            It's amazing how many jobs she has bounced between since her Romero days, without doing anything of subst... : fishboneThis person is cool!
            • pics of her: http://www.google.com/images?rlz=1C1_____enUS395US395&q=stevie+case&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&... : yaystuff
        • Killcreek? She posed for playboy. : thekiddThis person is cool!
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      cliffy B probably still dresses like that : maneroThis person is cool!
      • haha, literally the words I was typing. : DeathloveThis person is cool!
      • The guy in Grandma's Boy was totally based on him wasn't it? : zakazi
      • Those clothes look very Matrix inspired. : EnderWigginDA
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      Stevie case. Hot shit. : Sgt_BoomstickThis person is cool!
      • Was. Not anymore. : Ender.Wiggin
      • Her boob is shaped like a triangle : Sailor of Fortune
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      http://scans.roushimsx.com/PCGamer_2000_11_pg078.jpg sims online? lol? : Kombit
      • and how douchy does that picture make them look. you have 4 people still dressed for a shoot and the rest... : zakazi
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      Wait, gears of war started development in 2000? : boomstickahThis person is cool!
      • Back then it was a project called "Unreal Warfare", which was the major engine version after Unreal Tourn... : the archvileThis person is cool!
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      Front page. First guy is barely a force in gaming, Killcreek is pretty well gone, Alex hasn't been releva... : Fred GarvinThis person is cool!
      • not everyone can be Ken Levine or Robin Walker :( Also, I had no idea just how young the dudes from Bi... : roushimsxThis person is cool!
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        American McGee has a lot of shit with his name on it, does that mean he's a NEXT GAME GOD? : azuvatarThis person is cool!
        • aside from Alice and Doom levels, what is "a lot of shit" : RikiTiki2
        • he went from doing doom levels and phone support to working on Quake and then splitting off to helm devel... : roushimsxThis person is cool!
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        Alex Garden could have been a "game god" if he stayed in the industry. I don't get why he left anyway. ... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
        • In February 2005, he founded the company iVALET Systems Inc. to develop an advanced parking system. http... : the archvileThis person is cool!
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      i remember that issue : flasher 907This person is cool!
      • Me too, I wonder if I still have it at my parents place. : melkoreThis person is cool!
    • lol cliffy $$$ : devpaul
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      Amazing to read them talk about the industry back then, so much has changed. : freakynipples69
      • big lols at all the quotes regarding console gaming from Cliffy. : freakynipples69
      • Oh man... I remember this issue too. Thanks for making me feel old. : snot3353This person is cool!
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      Easily one of the dorkiest magazine articles ever done. : Godhatesfatpeople
      • Remember the cards that came with this issue? : Godhatesfatpeople
      • I remember back when this was released, gamers were panning it for how ridiculously overhyped it was. : the archvileThis person is cool!
    • God that reminded me of how long we waited for TF2. It was damn worth the way though. : SolveChrist
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      "I find it very disturbing going from the PC to the console and to have to be Sony's bitch; to have to ha : the archvileThis person is cool!
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        rofl : Godhatesfatpeople
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          "I'm sorry, but I don't want a game that takes 30 hours to play. You all may hate me, but I would like t : the archvileThis person is cool!
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            lol : Godhatesfatpeople
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    • haha I remember that one. : skinlab133
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      2000 doesn't seem that long ago but reading the article reminds me how much smaller the games industry wa... : EvilDolemiteThis person is cool!
      • yeah same here. : zakazi
    • Those scans make me depressed : shirif
    • Most awesome, Roushi. Your collection scans are great for nostalgia and info, contributing a lot to the c... : limpossibleThis person is cool!
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      Weird that Alex Garden is no longer in the gaming industry at all. But he did leave a big legacy. : Sailor of Fortune
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        According to his LinkedIn profile, he's the "General Manager, Xbox LIVE Customer Experience" at Microsoft... : the archvileThis person is cool!
        • Hmm, last I heard he opened up a parking garage system developer. Good to hear but he went from a develop... : Sailor of Fortune
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      roushi I want to see the Sheng Long April Fools Hoax article from EGM! :( : PlanetPerfecto
      • I also want to see this. SF/\MK : DeathloveThis person is cool!
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        I don't have that issue here. Might be able to pull it from storage in October. Did you check retromag... : roushimsxThis person is cool!
        • thank you for the reminder re: retromags- I knew you'd mentioned it before but couldn't recall the name. ... : PlanetPerfecto
    • lol, I remember Homeworld: Cataclysm! That was a fun game. : Vividvoid
    • Omfg, I remember that article!!! : paulatreusThis person is cool!
    • Impossible Creatures was so fun. : Cliffzorz
    • Great article. Thanks for these, I love these scan posts of yours. : zyklonbeeThis person is cool!
    • This very issue is sitting somewhere in my parents' attic. : TripsThis person is cool!
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      Do you have the original game gods article? : EvilDolemiteThis person is cool!
      • I actually have that one. PC GAMER, SEPTEMBER 1999, VOL6, NO9. I tell you what I DON'T have, a work... : X-GOUKIThis person is cool!
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        I'll try to get that up tomorrow. Was going to post it first but...yea...I suck. here's the cover http... : roushimsxThis person is cool!
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          roushi, how many old mags do u have man? I only kept a few I managed to save over the years from both m... : X-GOUKIThis person is cool!
          • a couple hundred? A bunch of stuff got flood damaged but thanks to kind peeps on the shack and occasional... : roushimsxThis person is cool!
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          11 Years Later http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/t-FgiUuwv950QZhk5g5b-qGRrhKLk7B48g-lXMMjeyE?feat=dir... : EricZBA
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            I'm not a huge fan of Lord British's output, but I'm fucking fascinated with him as a person. He's just s... : roushimsxThis person is cool!
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              I mean, the motherfucker went to SPACE. And he touched me at QuakeCon.. Have any of you been touched by s : EricZBA
              • I chatted with him and made him go to space to escape me. (Ultima V days - back when they demo'd/tested i... : AxeMan808This person is cool!
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          That makes me really miss PC gaming during the 90s, oh well. PC gamer should do a 2010 version of that, ... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
          • Minecraft dude : Crabs Jarrard
        • now those are some fucking game gods : EvilDolemiteThis person is cool!
        • That magazine article drove Bruce Carver insane. I was in a meeting with him where six months before r... : RomSteady
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      lol i remember this - so that chick did a playboy shoot...?
      Aug 31, 2010 7:31pm PDT
      lol i remember this - so that chick did a playboy shoot...? : bolneze
    • Team fortress 2. . .? : goatjcThis person is cool!
    • Holy shit I can't wait for 2001 :O : dognoseThis person is cool!
    • man I remember I used to have that same issue, so long ago. haha thanks for the scans man : X-GOUKIThis person is cool!
    • I still that issue around, because I told myself there was no way I was going to let stevie case do bette... : sammylThis person is cool!
    • I don't really think that anyone involved in the games industry (especially Cliffy B) can really be used ... : VantageThis person is cool!
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      hey, i used to have the same haircut as Ken Levine! : CecilPhilpot
      • so did i, but I was a little bit younger and it was ~5 years earlier. also, i never looked quite as emo a... : roushimsxThis person is cool!
    • +INF, dude. I remember that article. Funny to see all that with the benefit of hindsight. : funnynamehere
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      Too bad all but Walker have abandoned PC gaming completely. : herradura99This person is cool!
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        What do you mean by "abandoned completely", Unreal and Bioshock still come out on PC. Alice: Madness Ret... : aethyr
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          Aethyr you can only make games for consoles or PCs, haven't you heard? : sammylThis person is cool!
          • No one wants to play shitty ports on their PC sammyl, they want to play PC games on their PC. : SpaecKowThis person is cool!
        • Okay, you're right. They develop games primarily for consoles then have some other studio make (usually)... : herradura99This person is cool!
    • really interesting, i still remember the fuss about how young Alex Garden was when Homeworld came out...i... : CecilPhilpot
    • Huh. I actually think I read this issue. : The Grolar Bear
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      I still remember the PCXL cover with stevie case on it. Hot stuff : Cheeziologist
      • I know for sure that I don't have any of my issues of PCXL anymore... I dug around last time I was home a... : roushimsxThis person is cool!
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      1/4, not bad. : SockMonkehThis person is cool!
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        CliffB, Ken Levine, Robin Walker, Ray Muzyka, and Greg Zeschuk are all still active and kicking out solid... : roushimsxThis person is cool!
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          American McGee may have a distinctive vision, but his hope is to move game development to more of a studi... : RomSteady
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            What do you mean by studio model? Do you mean in the old Hollywood sense cause I'd say you have that now.... : SpaecKowThis person is cool!
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              More a collection of companies brought together for an individual project. Spicy Horse is a great expe... : RomSteady
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                Ahh I see, yeah so you mean "studio" in the classical sense. Yeah it's interesting what he's doing. I won... : SpaecKowThis person is cool!
                • Grimm and to a limited extent Bad Day L.A. were attempts at proving and refining the model. : RomSteady
        • Oh, I only looked at the cover. I didn't realize they had more than those four! : SockMonkehThis person is cool!
    • LOL game developers are always 5 years behind so they all had 1995 haircuts : spiderfill

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