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Wanna Work for Dave Taylor & American McGee?
The well known former Id developers are starting a company to develop a
shooter for the X-Box. They are looking for programmers, artists,
level designers, and producers, but only if you're in, or willing to
move to LA. If you think you're right for this one, you should
email Dave.
Yeah, um, i'm looking to sell my car. Can i get a story on Slashdot too?
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1) I like playing games where I get to shoot things.
2) ???
3) Hire me!
Too bad that John Romero probably doesn't want to leave Texas.
What a killer game it could have been !
Could you throw in some firearms training? [And yes, I have been to L.A!]
Ph33r m3!!!
Dave's not here, man!
Why does a shooter for the X-Box need to be developed?
Is it armored, so an ordinary gun can't destroy it properly?
Remember the 80's? When every game looked and felt different?
You must have forgotten the Atari 2600.
I've had enough abrasive sigs. Kittens are cute and fuzzy.
As of this writing, Dave is desparately browsing NYT, MSNBC and CNN, looking for a story submission to bump their job announcement off the top spot.
Dave: "I'd like to check my mail"
Slashdot: "I'm sorry Dave, I can't let you do that"
*ducks*
It sounded like a toilet bowl manufacturer until I realised it's an actual human being's name...
You Merikkkans really like to push your 'patriotism' to extremes, doncha?
New gaming company American McGee was found dead on Sunday. Police say it looks like a slashdot by email killing. They looking for a suspect named "Takko" who is presumed to be of japanese origin.
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
Too bad that John Romero probably doesn't want to leave Texas.
Yah, when I lived there, I said that about a certain State Governor. See what happened? =)
Get off my launchpad!
"What for?"
"Standard credit check. Need to find out whether you're an intelligent, helpful, informative individual or... well, this also helps us weed out the trolls."
"Actually, I just got an offer from another company I couldn't turn down. Sorry."
PCXL was more than just the best gaming mag EVAR, It was also a better prognosticator than Nostradamus. Case in point: It was a recurring joke that PCXL would shut down before Daikatana was released. This came true, as the final issue of PCXL was published in April 2000, while Daikatana was released on May 23, 2000, just a month later. Coincidence? Maybe, but wait until I provide the rest of my evidence of PCXL's psychic abilities...
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In the April 1999 issue of PCXL, they had a large April Fools section in which there was a story about John Romero (PCXL's favorite punching bag) leaving Ion Storm, cutting his hair short, and focusing on old school games. Well guess what, that is exactly what happened!
www.johnromero.com/images/News/Haircut-After.jp
He quit Ion Storm, cut his hair and started MonkeyStone Games, which makes simple games for PDA's and the like.
And there exists other, more circumstantial evidence regarding PCXL's talent for divination. In an editorial in the December 1999 issue of PCXL (shipped early November), editor Mike Morrisey states that he's sick of buying a new video card every six months, and that he's skipping the current generation (voodoo3/TNT2) because he's sure the Voodoo 6000 will be released in a few months. Lo andd behold, on November 16, 1999 the VSA-100 chip and the Voodoo5 6000 are revealed by 3dfx!
I'm sure by now your jaws have dropped, as you have probably come to the same conclusion as I: namely, that PCXL was the best, most hardcore gaming rag ever, and that its existence was a threat to crappy game publishers and developers everywhere *cough* Eidos, Ion Storm *cough*. It had to be destroyed so that the game oligopoly could continue to pump out crappy games with short development cycles in order to maximize profits without the public being aware of their evil machinations. PCXL was the bastion of truth in the gaming world, and with it gone gamers would again buy crappy games which consistently scored high in the cookie cutter mags. It's a conspiracy I tells ya!