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Yee gods has this last month been different for me! I've had to move
over 250 miles from my old address to a flat located in in the heart of
Suffolk in a town called Ipswich. Then I've had to get settled into a
new job, a new life and new interests and on top of that, I have to get
an issue of The Word out asap. The computer scene moves so fast these
days that if you haven't spread a byte in a while you are considered
RIP. Well just to prove you that Carnage is still with ya.. here's
issue 16 of your favourite disk magazine!
And what an issue it is. Quite a few articles this issue on some
intersting subjects. Maybe this time some will give rise to some
replies from those of you sitting in the background saying "The Amiga
scene is dying" and "There isn't much in the way of software for the
Amigas these days". There's more to this vanilla ice than mouse clicks
ya know. There is a keyboard. A console it is not. Software is a two
way street.
If this issue comes across as "cyberpunky" in any way then that's my
fault as I'm stuck in that phase at the moment and I kinda like it. We
at the Word staff have been toying with the idea of holding a Word
competition where over three issues, readers can judge the articles and
choose a winner whom will receive a prize from us. At present this is
just a spark in our minds but it might just go ahead. We are still
toying with the idea of the competition being based on "the best
cyberpunk story" or just a general science fiction text. Whatever it
will be you can bet it will be based around the best piece of fiction a
user can write. As for the prize. It might be a computer peripheral or
commercial software release. A SONY MARSBAR cellular phone has been
offered up with all the gear to clone it but we figured we might run
into some legal problems with that one. We could say the prize is a
"phone with many uses" I suppose. What do you think?
I have to thank Andy Bolt for that cool virtual skull logo that he did
for this issue. If there was ever an image that suited my workbench
theme then this was it! Nice piece of work Andy! Let's see some more
like this! Also thanks to Panead/Strobe for his title screen
contribution as well. It was too good not to use!
This may be the last issue in this format. I am referring to the
engine BTW. It seems that rather than alter the current engine to add
more improvements, Dick and Amiga have been working on a whole new
engine code with all those features we've waited so eagerly. Article
formats should remain the same I believe but if not, I'm sure a
conversion program will be made available for poor old me.
For those of you with too much time on your hands, we are looking to
add some more members to the Word Staff..
SCENE CORESPONDENT(s). Someone who is so engrossed in the scene
(PC/Amiga) that he has a contact in the top groups, gets the latest news
and info and has seen all the latest scene warez so he'd be right at
home writing an article about the scene in general each issue. Is this
you?
WORLD NEWS COMPILER. Featured in last issue for the first time, the
World News article requires someone with on-line access to peruse and
absorb any relevant computer news each month that is of interest and
relevance to the computer scenes we represent. Interested?
ASCII ART EDITOR. We think ascii artists are underated and we'd like to
invite all you ascii artists to write articles and tutorials on the best
computer graffiti there is.. ascii! Show us what you can do! We need
an editor to compile the submissions, write reviews and maybe compile a
forum for ascii artists within the Word.
Things are changing behind the scenes these days with The Word and the
group and by next issue you may notice these changes. We will however
emerge bigger and better..
I'll leave you with this thought.. The Amiga scene these days is
largely scandinavian with less people voting for UK based groups and
their releases. Your vote counts so vote for The Word and let them know
that the UK still kicks ass!
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