The Official GK3 Site has been updated. Lots of terrific new screenshots, an introduction to Madeline Buthane (the "redhead"), and voice clips for all of the known characters!

There are a couple of websites that I'd like to direct you to. First, if you haven't visited Quandry recently, check out the excellent new article, Quest/Adventure Games ... Going; Going; Gone?. And for all you fans of game music, there's now a webzine devoted to this topic: Computer Game Music Monthly - "dedicated to promoting knowledge [of] computer game music and the composers who create it".

The Adreneline Vault features a new article about game music and the effort to have it recognized in a new category at the Grammys. The movement to create a new category is championed by Chance Thomas, the composer for Quest for Glory V. "'There is still a vast segment of the public that perceives computer game music as second-rate and amateurish,' Thomas laments. 'A Grammy award would raise some eyebrows and draw attention to the outstanding things being done.'"

The Weblady Kimmus, Sierra's lead moderator for over two years, is no longer moderating Sierra's message boards. She left farewell messages at the Adventure Games and Mystery Games message boards and at the X-Yosemite Forum.

In the first issue of Pissing in the Wind, we found out that Ray Chitolie's Official GK Fan Fiction Archive will be moving to Sidney. Ray is leaving Easynet, which has hosted the Domain of Schattenägers for almost three years. You'll find more details in Ray's News section.

I have a tip for anyone planning attend the reunion tonight: once you join the program, change to another room. There's a bug in the software so new visitors are not bounced to different rooms when the first one is full. The first room became very crowded last week, making it almost impossible to follow any conversation. However there were about five other rooms with fifteen or fewer people - much more manageable!

TalkSpot is re-broadcasting the Sierra Reunion that they hosted last Saturday. Although there will be no new content in the show, you'll have the opportunity to chat with other listeners. This should be a great chance for those who were unable to connect last week to experience a terrific two hours, and for those of us who were there to continue the interesting discussions. The re-broadcast is scheduled for Saturday, March 13, from 5pm-7pm PST.

The weekly GK Chat will be held again tomorrow, March 13, at 23:00 GMT or 3:00 pm (1500) Sierra Message Board time. The chat is held on Dalnet, channel #napoleon_house. For more information, check out Calling Conclave at Sidney.

The reunion which took place last Saturday at Talkspot has been archived. You'll need a RealAudio player (available for free at http://www.real.com). The show was terrific - the two hours seemed to fly by. The mood was very light until the last half-hour when Ken read aloud a very touching email that he had received. Ken received so many pictures that he could not show them all on the show. He plans to create a memorial page at Talkspot in order to share all of them.

Just Adventure On-Line Magazine is now called Just Adventure Plus. The editors have decided to expand their site's content to include games which contain adventure elements such as RPGs and action/adventures. And speaking of editors, JA founder Craig White has "retired", and Randy Sluganski and Jenny Guenther (aka Cindy Crawford) have taken over as editors.

Jon Bock added a Yosemite Entertainment Shrine to the Active Worlds 3D Universe. You'll need an Active Worlds browser, which you can download at http://www.activeworlds.com/. After you install it, enter Active Worlds as a guest, then teleport to Alpha World coordinates 545N 142E. Explore the area, look at the pictures, read the signs. You can also plant a flower if you'd like: right click on any flower to bring up the "object building interface". Duplicate the flower and move it to a new location. Flowers can be placed on any BRIGHT GREEN area of open ground. The flower filename can be changed to plant different types of flowers (flower1.rwx - flower8.rwx). Each flower can have a unique message and hyperlink.

TalkSpot now has some details about the special discussion of Sierra's past, present, and future. Ken Williams, Roberta Williams, Scott Murphy, and Al Lowe - plus some surprise guests - will be part of the show. You should probably check out the site and register a nickname before Saturday, so you can just show up at 5pm PST, login, and enjoy two hours of reminiscing. For more info, check out February's news.