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February 15, 2000

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Doctored James Bond
If you have a chance to read the March issue of Next Generation, make sure to check out the cover story on the PlayStation 2 Bond game, The World is Not Enough. Despite the fact it is promoted as a PlayStation 2 story, the article contains screenshots from the PC version of the game running on the Quake 3 engine…or at least partially running. The environment screenshots look amazing – I've never seen a 3D game look that good on a PC. Unfortunately EA decided to doctor a number of the images, layering on particle effects, characters, and vehicles that aren't currently running in real-time. (To its credit, EA admitted the image was doctored). Can anyone say Tresspasser? As John Carmack pointed out in my Final Hours of Quake 3 story last year, it's hard to judge a game by a screenshot today, and it's especially tough when the screenshot is manufactured. I should mention that there are some non-doctored images in the article which still look stunning, but EA should know better than to hand out mocked-up screenshots. Let the game stand for itself!
Coming Soon:
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Coming soon, GameSlice will profile our Spring Fever games. These are exciting new products due out between March 1^st and May 24^th, 2000. If you have a game to suggest, drop me a line.
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Geoff Keighley
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