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Radeon 8500 Drivers 1.0
ATI has posted Radeon 8500 drivers 1.0 (the same ones that come on the Radeon 8500 box).

Launch Date For New Myth 2 Server
The new Myth 2 server is slated to go online on Thursday, April 25th, 2002 at 5:00pm central standard time.

Elite Force 2 Q&A
"The title is currently being developed for the PC. We haven't made plans for other platforms at this time."

Neverwinter Nights Chat
An IRC chat transcript of Neverwinter Nights, coming to your Mac soon.

MacGamer X: A Grab Bag of Tips
"Today we’re going to do things a little bit differently then we have in the past. Instead of picking one topic, I’ve got a veritable grab-bag of tidbits and items to pick from today. None of these really made a whole article by themselves, but all together I thought they might make a pretty good article. So let’s get started with our first item here. I was browsing around the net a week or so ago and I found a small rave of a utility that I’d never even heard of before..."

Are games getting more violent?
"Ready for the next round in the never-ending debate about whether computer and video games are too violent? Hope so, because it's about to heat up again."

MIB2 gets Michael Jackson
"Jackson in sequel, though not as alien."

Asteroid Could Hit in 878 Years
"A new look at an asteroid orbiting the sun shows it could possibly smash into the Earth with the explosive force of millions of tons of TNT. But experts say the potential impact is still 878 years away, time enough for the speeding space rock to alter its course."

Spacecraft debris could hit Earth within days
"Portions of a spacecraft from a failed 1996 mission could fall back to Earth between Friday and Tuesday, according to NASA predictions. The space agency could not pinpoint the exact time and place."

Big new bug identified
"Scientists said Thursday they have discovered at least a half-dozen new insect species in Southern California, among them the largest bug ever found in the region. The newly identified insects, still unnamed scientifically, are for the most part varieties of the Jerusalem cricket, a six-legged, wingless bug marked by its heft. Some specimens reach lengths of 3 inches or more and resemble bloated ants."

Gila Monster Spit May Yield Alzheimer's Drug
"An experimental drug derived from the saliva of the venomous Gila monster is one of a growing crop of new drugs that are being developed to improve memory and learning."

Gila Monster Spit May Yield Alzheimer's Drug
"An experimental drug derived from the saliva of the venomous Gila monster is one of a growing crop of new drugs that are being developed to improve memory and learning."

Last week I picked up Jedi Knight 2 for the PC and have been playing it off and on (in between Warcraft III multiplaye beta). I'm still plugging away. The game is pretty hard and overall I'm not that impressed. But from what I've heard, it gets way better. We'll see.

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