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Livin' With The Sims
theAntiELVIS explores the wild and wacky world that is Will Wright's The Sims, asking the inevitable quesiton, "is The Sims the first step toward a virtual life where everyone is Swedish?"

Pixel Obscura
Josh Vasquez on Omikron: The Nomad Soul.

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Regular Columns:

• From the Mouth of Madness
  What happened to Penny Arcade? And a look at the TNT movie, Pirates of Silicon Valley. (6/28)
  
  
• Pixel Obscura
  Josh Vasquez looks at the original Fallout. (6/29)
  
  
• Pad Happy
  Gameboy for president? (6/10)
  
  
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  Bungie into the 5th dimension! Your questions get answered by Bungie Software's Doug Zartman, and 3D Realms' Chris Hargrove. Whee! (3/11)
  
  
• The MailBag
  Yep, it's the Mailbag! (7/2)

Off the Shelf:

• Geek Toys
  loonyboi does USB. (3/26)
  
  
• The Top Shelf
  Jason "loonyboi" Bergman on Myth II: Soulblighter. (4/8)
  
  
• The Bargain Bin
  A look at some classic titles from Raven Software. (5/6)

Developer's Corner:

• Thinking Outside the Box
  Paul's busy working on Quake 3, so here's a favorite archived TOTB where Paul Gives some tips on breaking into the industry. (6/29)
  
  
• Beaker's Bent
  Rich Wyckoff's massive Baldur's Gate 'rant. (6/30)
  
  
• Code On The Cob
  Chris' column's on hiatus, so we're running his classic columns in order. In this week's installment, Chris gets into the real meat of programming. (6/30)
  
• Painting on Polygons
  It's part three of "making a space scene". (6/10)
  
  
• Behind the Curtain
  Hangin' with headhunters. (6/18)