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SYNOPSIS ben.johnson@canada.com http://i.am/a.boring.twat
DESCRIPTION Worst newsletter in the history of mankind. Featuring all the news that's fit to print (and quite a bit that isn't).
/* I put together a really crappy mailer which I've set up to inform people when they sign up to the list. Sendmail only seems to send messages once every hour at the moment, so new members might be in for a bit of a wait. You can sign up at: http://www.netyaroze-europe.com/~throwbak/ The mailer can also be used to post the NYoosletter, but it would take at least an hour to send. I'll use it in case of emergiencies. I fixed another problem with the archive. It should look as it was intended now: http://www.netyaroze-europe.com/~throwbak/nyoos/index.html Apologies to anyone who showed up at the Duke last week, but my colleagues and I were seen off the premises after someone thought it would be a good idea to pick a fight with a Liverpudlian scaffolder. If anyone fancies putting a NYoosletter sign-up form on their pages, then here's the HTML:
<FORM ACTION="http://grouper.d1.taps.com/../edit/bin/nyoos/signup.pl" METHOD="GET"> <INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" VALUE="Sign Up"> Feel free to play around with the appearance. I've checked it on the dial-up and it works ok. Don't want to sound snobby, but I'd rather keep this on official member pages (SCEE, SCEA or SCEI - we're all one big happy family after all). I promise that the NYoosletter won't look quite so shit in future.
Another appeal for volunteers. If anyone's got anything to submit (games info, Yaroze info, links, photocopies of the PA's arse etc.) then drop me a line at the usual address (ben.johnson@canada.com - for the time being at least=). Also, now that the mailer is set up, it is possible for other people to post to the list (as long as I give them the keys so to speak). That would be handy for anyone who reckons they could put together a better newsletter (and face it: you could). It'd be great to have a couple of volunteers on standby in case I get hit by a car or something. I'm going to keep this going for as long as possible, just to prove that it can work. /*************************************************************************\ * Description: Simple newsletter thing v00.00_01a * * Credits: Last minute entry - Mat Simpson for the CEX stuff. * \*************************************************************************/
For anyone too lazy to check the news page, here are the results: http://www.netyaroze-europe.com/yaroze/news/main.htm Hope to see pictures of the party, just to find out if anyone actually did show up in a kilt.
// Had a bit of a browse round the SCEA pages for a change. It's difficult
http://www.netyaroze-europe.com/yaroze_scea/pages/scartier.html
Really old news. I remember hearing about this a couple of months back:
http://www.netyaroze-europe.com/~escotia/
The Grav Compo:
http://www.netyaroze-europe.com/~gbains/
http://www.netyaroze-europe.com/~deejay/
http://www.netyaroze-europe.com/~middex01/
1) Virtua Chicken. Basically, you control a chicken. You can make it scratch, peck and cluck. I sort of meant it to be like 'The Great Escape', but it ended up like watching a picture of a knackered tv in a blizzard on a knackered tv (only without the gameplay). As an extra treat, I was going to include a two-player death match where you strap razors onto their feet and watch them fight in a pit. I did consider doing a badger baiting sim as well, but quickly shelved both ideas. 2) More of a concept than a game. I'm pretty sure this is the ultimate idea. Sort of a cross between 'Balance of Power' and 'Elite'. I've no idea how it'd work though, but it sounds impressive. There'd have to be some brainless arcade bits thrown in to counter for my short atten.. oh, forget it.
http://www.netyaroze-europe.com/~rcutting/
http://www.netyaroze-europe.com/~ometwally/
'nother piece of ART!!!:
Another update to the Yaroze tutorials:
Game trade-in row. Probably some other stuff.
http://www.idiom.com/~rachel/hymn.html
http://www.arrgh.co.uk/
http://www.cerbernet.co.uk/cex/
http://www.cerbernet.co.uk/cex/features/pants/index.html
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Haven/6403/
http://www.spacebastards.com/ Yonks old, but you can get the hand-held megadrive (Nomad) for about sixty UKP. Only plays US games at the moment, but works with an adaptor. I heard something about a hand-held SNES as well. Sega have given up on the Saturn. Development stops at the end of this year. About time for us retro-heads to adopt it as a cult classic. If you happen to be in Hong Kong, you can pick up a Dreamcast for about 600 US Dollars. There's no software or anything, but you can still buy one (if you're stupid enough). Final Fantasy: The Movie. Sorry, but I can't imagine a movie title where they include the words 'The Movie' without thinking about some really corny video trailer. I was in hysterics when I heard about 'My Little Pony: The Movie'. More product tie-in stuff: Zelda novel to be published. Says it'll include tips about the upcoming N64 release in the plot.
http://www.zelda64.com Golden Eye gets first place in the BAFTA Interactive Entertainment awards thing. Dawn of Darkness expansion pack announced for Quake 2. "Not just another first-person shooter" a spokesman for the company claims. Nintendo get exclusive rights to the new Star Wars movie licenses. Oh dear. Ten minutes to go and I've run out of stuff to say (*grabs nearest newspaper): 'Sugar in talks to take over Ionica' (it says in Wednesdays Evening Standard). 'Garfield gets a pie in the face and says "I hate Mondays"', err.. 'Network Support Job going at a girls school in South Kensington'!! Now where the hell did I put my cv..?
Actually found something in the UK. Part-time play testing jobs for Eidos, based in Wimbledon:
Squaresoft:
The Collective. You will be assimilated (and other annoying Star Trek quips):
Bluebyte(haven't a stuffing clue who they are..):
Blizzard Entertainment:
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