Editorial

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Hello, SCENE+ readers. As you have probably noticed, this S+ "party issue" is a truly jam-packed surprise edition filled with goodies from Doxycon attendees. Many of you won't have heard of some of the demos and games in this issue yet, but don't worry—that's because almost everything is absolutely brand new! This trend will continue, and hopefully I will manage to convert the WORMS DEMO for the next issue to keep the trend going. :) Yes, sing praises to me, glorify my name (What a megalomaniac, this LCD, right?).

Ever since Cat's Eye got test Internet access, I haven't heard from her except for the promise that she'll send me some games later. But now I have also bought a fax modem and will be on the Internet in two or three months at the earliest (if I can figure out where to get those test accounts). Cat's Eye is supposedly looking for info on her game "Remembrance", which, as it looks right now, will only be released in German after all.

The following lines come from an Internet magazine:

Recently at Comdex, Bill Gate$ compared the computer industry to the auto industry and made the following statement:

"If General Motors (GM) had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars today that would go 1,000 miles to the gallon of gas."

In response, GM issued a press release with the following content:

If GM had developed technology like Micro$oft, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics today:

1. Your car would crash twice a day for no discernible reason.
2. Every time the lines on the road were repainted, you would have to buy a new car.
3. Occasionally, your car would simply shut down on the motorway for no apparent reason, and you would simply accept this, restart, and drive on.
4. When executing certain maneuvers, such as making a left turn, the car would simply stall and refuse to restart. You would then have to reinstall the engine.
5. Only one person could sit in the car unless you bought "Car95" or "CarNT". But then you would have to pay for each seat individually.
6. Macintosh would make cars powered by solar energy, running reliably, five times faster and twice as easy to drive, but they would only run on 5% of the roads.
7. The oil warning light, temperature and battery warning lamps would be replaced by a single "General Car Fault" indicator.
8. New seats would require everyone to have the exact same butt size.
9. The airbag system would ask "Are you sure?" before deploying.
10. Occasionally, the car would lock you out for no reason at all. You could only unlock it using a trick: pulling the door handle, turning the key, and touching the radio antenna with one hand at the same time.
11. GM would force you to purchase a deluxe map set from Rand McNally (a GM subsidiary) with every car, even if you neither needed nor wanted this map set. If you declined this option, the car would immediately become 50% slower (or worse). Furthermore, GM would become the target of antitrust investigations because of this.
12. Every time a new car was introduced by GM, all drivers would have to relearn how to drive, because none of the controls would work the same way as in the old cars.
13. You would have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off.

Since I am currently refurnishing my room while putting this issue together (moved two multimedia desks in, threw everything else out except the bed), this issue is unfortunately also being finished under enormous time pressure. But as soon as I can, I'll drop by Cat's Eye, surf the net a bit, finish writing Vortex, and catalog new games. At the moment, I don't even have time to review new TV shows, even if there were interesting new ones. Maybe "HeliCops" for the next issue? The preview indicates that there will be some interesting CGI in it.

Until then and until the meeting in Sindelfingen, I remain full of hope that I'll get lots of new stuff once again.

Bye, and enjoy da gamez!

L. C. D. and his Alter Ego Tiger