Issue 30


Issue 30	MAKE MY GAME - BEHIND THE ART OF FUN	July 03

CONTENTS
Section	Article	Page
editorial	The Freedom Box	6
news	Too good privacy	8
	AusEGamer	8
	Name that Jolt	10
	Atomican	10
	POTM: Geek Top 10	10
	What's HOT, What's NOT	10
technica obscura	Nature Test George Breese - PCI Latency Patch	12
z-access	This is not a headcrab	14
ground zero	Doshprocessing	16
hot box	atomic's Hot Box page: Hotbox of the year: Hotboxes from the past 12 issues	18
gearbox	ICEMAT mousepad Tweakmonster EL Appliques Zippy EL-610 keyboard Sone Ericsson HBH-60 Bluetooth headset Wacom Intuos tablet OCZ 512MB PC-3700 EL DDR-RAM - list of compatible motherboards at www.ocztechnology.com	28
x-ray	NV35 is alive	26
head to head	Hertz to burn: Athlon XP 3200+ vs. Pentium 4	30
feature	Guide to glowification Prime Electronics Lumileds	34
	Developer dilemna: one game, four platforms	42
reviews	Doomed to fail	51
	Atomic Benchmarks BAPCo Unreal Tournament 2003 from HardOCP MadOnion.com	52
	Framerate: New graphics cards and CPUs Hercules 3D Prophet 9800 PRO S-Media RADEON 9800 PRO Gigabyte RADEON 9800 PRO MSI FX5600-VTDR128	54
	Soltek SL-86SPE-L motherboard	56
	Intel Pentium 4 2.4C	56
	iRiver iFP-195TC MP3/WMA player	58
	JNC SSF-200 MP3 player	58
	Mustek DV3000 digital camcorder	60
	Apple iPod MP3 player	60
	Apacer Disc Steno portable CD-RW and memory card reader	62
	Shuttle SB61G2 barebones Pentium 4 system	62
	Thermaltake SubZero 4G HSF	64
games	Baby got Loopback	67
	Scanner: Game technology and previews The art of faking geometry	68
	E3-03: Slow, wet, ragdoll action Previews of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Oblivion Lost Mythica Far Cry Hλlf-life² Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Conker: Live and Uncut Hidden and Dangerous 2 Starcraft Ghost Halo 2 Battlefield Command Space Colony Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines	70
	Enter The Matrix	78
	Rise of Nations	82
	Midnight Club II	84
	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City	88
subscription	$2,000 worth of sub-sonic booty	90
i/o	ISA is the enemy	92
Phr33x tw33x	Don't 'Start' with me. Registry tidying up0ring - regclean from download.com Changing your 'Outlook' on life.	95
tutorial	Modjitsu: Phrozen FX	96
	The Uber-Linux box project Pt5 Linux 2.4 kernel TC (traffic control program) Atomic Gateway Kit	100
competition	Win an AOpen Disc Steno, Rise of Nations, or Splinter Cell	105
fallout	Cape fear	106
crashtest	#3 - i-Obsession	106

Prizes for current subscribers!

Athlon JIUHB 1700+ XP clocks 2.8GHz.

Futuremark updates 3DMark03 to stop GeForce FX 5900 optimisations.

VIA release Hyperion 4.47 drivers.

PlanetShift a free 3D MMORPG using the Crystal Space graphics engine.

Ubi Soft starts work on Pandora Tomorrow, sequel to Splinter Cell.

Update for Unreal Championship released.

'Bringing on the future' by Philip MacLaren `Philby' - page 50

'Gaming Nirvana' by Nathanel 'funnelbc' Jeanneret - page 66


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