It's the story that's burning up the net, folks! At the recent CPL (you know, “professional gamers”) tournament the always tasteful (and respectful to women) Gathering of Developers rounded up some players, put them in a conference room at the hotel and gave out free T-Shirts. The problem? The woman giving out the shirts was a stripper who just happened to be topless (of all the tournaments for Stevie Case to skip). Since the CPL and its sponsor Babbages Software aren't into that sort of thing (and since the CPL includes kids under 18) there is a lot of hay being made over GoDs amazingly stupid PR stunt (I guess if your games stink you've got to get attention the easy way).
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Luckily a few Interplay representatives, hot off their work on Giants: Citizen Kabuto, rushed in and coded bras for the young ladies or all would've been lost.
French producer of abominable adventure titles Dreamcatcher Interactive announced plans to make a version of the classic sci-fi tale for the PC that could be even worse than the recent TNT mini-series. Dune concerns the dynamic tale of several warring families and a messianic figure who comes to power amidst betrayal and hardship on a planet known for its “spice” and worms that grow larger than most city blocks. Dreamcatcher plans on making the game a “full 3D real-time experience”… which means nothing, of course. But, part of the development team worked on the much better than expected voxel based sci-fi adventure Outcast. So maybe things will come out ok. I'll remain optimistic, because, as they say “Fear is the mind killer.”
Sega announced plans this week to bring its inscrutable and irascible “non-game” Seaman to the PC sometime next year. For those not in the know, Seaman is a bizarre Dreamcast title that challenges you to put up with a slowly evolving and very rude and unsettling fish-man while Leonard Nimoy chatters away in the background. Think of it as a screen saver you have to feed, tickle and talk to on a daily basis. Interestingly Seaman will actually help you with your daily PC grind. He'll be given access to your email, he'll let you know when new messages arrive and he'll even act as your ICQ agent if you let him. Lets hope Norton's Antivirus is already working on a suitable way of eradicating the little bastard in case the uninstaller doesn't work.
“Seaman is great!” creator Yoot Saito reportedly ejaculated to the over-excited press throng. “On the PC he will be even fishier! You'll never get that smell off your hard drive now!”