Some other interesting articles to give some context:
Mike Wilson .plan, 2 April 2001:
http://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/finger.pl?id=235&time=20010402004330/t
Dallas Observer article "Stormy Weather" (14 January 1999) on the peak and downturn of Ion Storm:
http://www.dallasobserver.com/1999-01-14/news/stormy-weather/
Christian Divine on ION Storm: (2 January 2002) "A hardcore elegy for Ion Storm":
http://dir.salon.com/story/tech/feature/2002/01/02/ion_storm/index.html (may have some annoying Salon.com nagscreens)
3DAction Planet article "Goodnight Bittersweet Prince" (29 July 2001):
http://www.3dactionplanet.com/features/editorials/ionstorm/