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Table of Contents 4 A Medium of Moments Mobile Gaming 10 The N-Gage is Dead; Long Live the N-Gage Nokia—N-GAGE 20 Medium Possibilities The Music of Double Dragon 2 30 Console Identity Sega—SMS, GEN, GMG, SCD, SAT, SDC 34 Crossing the Boobicon The Physics of Heavenly Bodies 38 Death in the Impasse Valley Fushigi no Dungeon 2: Furai no Shiren—SNES 42 Your Mileage May Vary Videogame Transportation 44 Persona Visits E3 Comic An E3 Survival Guide 52 Introduction 54 Hard Drive Optional 56 How to Get Back into E3 59 E3: Unwrapped 62 The Drinks Are on Keith Intellivision Party—E3 66 Mechanical Donkeys M.U.L.E.—A800, C64, NES, PC 80 Worship the Glitch The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion—WIN, 360 82 A Broken Robot at the End of the World Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Plan 90 In on the Auction A Letter to SCEA 94 A Brief Note on Pacing in Videogames The Soul of Wit 98 Untold Tales of the Arcade Stand-Up Role-Playing Games 106 Stay Awhile, Stay Forever! Further Adventures in the British Games Press 120 Why Game? Reason #5: Scoring Culture 1
Article From the or Article or Editor Section Title Staff Section Title Issue Overhaul By Matthew Williamson You may notice right from the (very lovely) cover that we have once again done an entire overhaul of the magazine. This should be the final format thanks to the selfless efforts of the amazing Benjamin Rivers. So now that things seem done with this issue I can finally get back to playing Steambot Chronicles, something I have been trying to do for a couple of weeks. The last three months have been exciting for the magazine. You will get more detail about it in the comic section as told by Jonathan “Persona-Sama” Kim, but a fair amount of The Gamer’s Quarter team got together at this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo, and those that couldn’t make it were there in spirit. E3 itself was good as well, but the team finally coming together was really the highlight. As seen at the show, the future of games is headed in so many directions. Some companies are focusing on innovative ways to play games, others are focusing on optimizing the way that games are currently played, and even more are focusing on both. With all the hardware in the headlines right now, it is fairly difficult to look at anything specifically about games themselves. The games just seem to be an extension 2 The Gamer’s Quarter Issue #6 of the machine they are attached to or an excuse for the price tag toted. Now I just wish I could get a handle on the games themselves and see if they are trying to expand in the way they connect with the player. Not all E3 was about new and fresh ideas though: if you wandered into the lonely and quiet Kentia Hall you would find yourself knee-deep in classic gaming. The History of Video Games exhibit took up most of the center of the hall and ranged from arcade greats to console abnormalities, and everything in between. I really wish that I had more time to spend there, as it feels like all I have been doing lately is exploring older and classic games. It is always refreshing to see that an industry that seems to always seem to be moving forward is also remembering their past and displaying it with pride. I am almost done living in a hotel after ten months. I have realized that I play too many games, or not enough. When I came to the hotel, I had only a handful of games and a bunch of systems, but I have come to accumulate a collection of currentsystem games while expanding on my older consoles. Now I just have to worry about how to move them all one thousand miles. All things considered, I am far more excited to see my wife than play games in a proper setting. Editor In Chief: Matthew “ShaperMC” Williamson shapermc@gamersquarter.com Managing Editor: “Super” Wes Ehrlichman superwes@gamersquarter.com Assistant Editor: M. “dhex” O’Connor dhex@gamersquarter.com Copy Chief: Tony “Tablesaw” Delgado tablesaw@gamersquarter.com Editorial Staff: Ancil “dessgeega” Anthropy dessgeega@gamersquarter.com Heather “Faithless “ Campbell faithless@gamersquarter.com J. R. “Mr. Mechanical” Freeman mr_mechanical@gamersquarter.com Amandeep “ajutla” Jutla ajutla@gamersquarter.com Tim “Swimmy” McGowan swimmy@gamersquarter.com Jeremy “ApM” Penner ApM@gamersquarter.com Sergei “Seryogin” Servianov seryogin@gamersquarter.com John “Szczepaniak” Szczepaniak@gamersquarter.com Andrew “Mister” Toups mistertoups@gamersquarter.com Francesco-Alessio “Randorama” Ursini randorama@gamersquarter.com Staff Artists: Mariel “Kinuko” Cartwright kinuko@gamersquarter.com Jonathan “Persona-Sama” Kim persona-sama@gamersquarter.com Benjamin “Lestrade” Rivers lestrade@gamersquarter.com Cover Art: Mariel “Kinuko” Cartwright kinuko@gamersquarter.com Contributing Writers: Colin “Wilkes” Booth Matthew “Mr. Apol” Collier Mathew “aerisdead” Kumar Paul “SFC Lilly “Don” Marco Michilli Ash and Dan Pringle Marc Spraragen Chris “GSL” St.Louis Contributing Editors: “Zack” Fornaca Page Layout & Design: Benjamin “Lestrade” Rivers Website Design & Layout: “Super” Wes Ehrlichman Image Researcher: Ancil “dessgeega” Anthropy All content © The Gamer’s Quarter 2006. All images and characters are retained by original company holding. Staff 3
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