P483 Teletext 483 Jan12 22:48:14 THE OPINIONATED PIG —————————— "Charles Dickens? A better writer than SAT hero Andy McNab? Yeah right... Now shut-up and listen to me. "I had the misfortune of playing both Unreal Tournament and Quake III Arena over Christmas, and was suitably underwhelmed by both of them. "When will PC owners stop burying their heads in the sand and accept that online gaming ism't even remotely close to being workable?" ——————————————————————————————————1/5—— Rev-o-time 482 News-u-like 481 SEE THE BIG SCREEN INDEX p410 Letters Your Game Club 140 Sci-FilesP483 Teletext 483 Jan12 22:44:11 THE OPINIONATED PIG —————————— "You won't find anyone other than PC geeks playing games over the Internet. Want to know why? Because only PC geeks are obsessed enough to put up with all the server problems, jerkiness, time-outs and errors that they seem to accept as an inevitable aspect of deathmatches. "I don't deny that a proper multi- player game of Quake III is an experience akin to your first proper kiss. Thing is, dui to all the hassles, I've never played a proper multi-player game of Quake III — same as many PC geeks have never kissed anyone." ——————————————————————————————————2/5—— FAT SOW OFFERS AN INDEPENDENT OPINION BAMBER: "NO! NOT THE CUFFS!" x152 Letters Your Game Club 140 Sci-FilesP483 Teletext 483 Jan12 22:47:11 THE OPINIONATED PIG —————————— "Many people mocked when Sony announced that the PlayStation 2 would arrive without an in-built modem. However, Sony is 100% right: existing technology ism't cut out for playing games over the Internet. "Until super-fast connections become a reality, online gaming will remain the domain of brainiacs. "A lot of Dreamcast owners are going to be vjty disappointed when confronted with the reality of playing Half-Life over the Net later this year..." ——————————————————————————————————3/5—— Rev-o-time 482 News-u-like 481 THIS IS FUN: p196 Letters Your Game Club 140 Sci-FilesP483 Teletext 483 Jan12 22:51:22 THE OPINIONATED PIG —————————— "As well as Quake III Arena and Unreal Tournament, I also recently played Super Smash Brothers on the N64. I slapped in the cart, switched on the machine, and picked up the joypads. "No searching for servers, no connection problems, the N64 never crashed, and I was even able to see the other players as I kicked their butts. "I dare say online gaming is the future, but it most certainly is not the present. Wake up, you saps." ——————————————————————————————————4/5—— FAT SOW OFFERS AN INDEPENDENT OPINION BAMBER: "NO! NOT THE CUFFS!" p152 Letters Your Game Club 140 Sci-FilesP483 Teletext 483 Jan12 22:51:42 Advert 5/5 PlayStation & N64 Cheats and Tips! Tommorrow Never... Soul Calibur Final Fantasy 8 Gran Turismo Resident Evil 2 Tjkken 2&3 Grand Theft Auto Dino Crisis Tony Hawks S/B Driver TombRaider 4 FIFA 2000 Jet Force Gemini Donkey Kong 6 WWF WrestleMania GoldenEye + 100's MORE + Dreamcast & PC Tips Calls 60p/min. May involve a long call. InfoMedia Bx28 NORTHAMPTON.* TONE ONLY Letters Your Game Club 140 Sci-Files