!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Zine Scene - O t a k u B o y O n l i n e - Zine Scene The best news from the best vid-gaming sites --Oct. 21, 1998 Vol. 1 No. 12 How do you spell pnuemonia?-- written by OtakuBoy - "* * C O U G H * *" Now on superriffic, magical ICQ! # 21176515 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hey, let OtakuBoy spew in your e-mail box! Send a "hey, subscribe me" to Otakuboy@bigfoot.com OtakuBoy loves you. OtakuBoy cares. That's why OtakuBoy unleashes his virtual scrubbing bubbles onto all the online console video game sites -- even on sites you've never heard of before -- to scour out the best features, reviews, previews, and news. Then OtakuBoy tells you where to go get them. OtakuBoy loves you. Now, love OtakuBoy back. =OtakuBoy Speaketh ========================================= Hey, let's start out with this bit about Otakuboy Online. We're now on ICQ! So, if You Seek Me, then I Seek You. Chat me when ya wanna talk. I loves all my little subscriber-like fellers. ICQ# 21176515 Two big PSX releases cap news on many sites today. So, with that come reviews and all kinds of cool stuff. Oh I love that low-level hum that comes from a PSX a-runnin'. ----------- And nothing says PSX-luvin' more than a mod chip to run all those cool import titles. But what's this? Maybe you don't need one anymore? This might put billions of base- ment mod-chippers outta work! Details at PSXNation. Here's something else that says PSX-luvin': a lizard with big boobies. PSXNation also carries news of a playmate coming (or is that cumming) to "GEX3." And, BOY-EEEEEEEE! PSXNation hits again with a list of upcoming titles from Super Developer (tm) 989. Metal Gear Solid officially debutes tomorrow, and for the event, Gaming-Age interviews Dave Hodgeson. Who's he? I don't know. Just some writer dude who wrote the new Metal Gear Solid Strategy Guide. Q: "Hey, Dave, why is your book so cool?" A: "Well, I can answer that, Gaming-Age. I am cool. Ergo any book I write is cool." Meanwhile, PSXNation (there's that name again!) believes that with Duke Nukem, it's Time To Cheat! Check out new codes at PSXNation. Could it be? Could it be that my heart has finally found a soul-mate in a decent boxing game for PSX? Well, Gamecenter thinks so, as they preview "Knockout Kings." Here's that preview of "X Games Pro Boarders" IGNPSX promised so well yesterday. In the words of the previewer, it's "the bomb." Lastly, in previews, can anyone find out for me if there's mention of a "Vanna Nude Code" in IGNPSX's preview of "Wheel of Fortune?" Send answers to Otakuboy! "Xenogears" debuts and Gaming-Age says that it could be the BEST RPG of 1998? Well, there aren't that many months left. IGNPSX also reviews the game, but I like Gaming-Age's deeper dig into the game's philosophy. Is "S.C.A.R.S." another title for Teenage Mutant Anthro- pomorphic Automobiles? Ask GameCenter and their reviewer. And if you're not interested in turning yourself into a car, then maybe you just wanna be a bad guy who kills humans? Yes! YES! That's for me, baby. (I've been rejected one too many times!!!!!!) ;) Check out IGNPSX's review of "Kagero: Deception 2." What's the deal with "The Fifth Element?" This movie is so old and NOW we see a game for it? Jeez. Check out two reviews at Hardcoregaming.com and Videogames.com. Sega X totally bombs the Web-waves with site updates last night and today. All kinds of new Dreamcast stuff! For instance, they got three new totally cool movies from Tokyo Game Show. And, believe me, these are new. NOTHING you've seen before. They've got new Sonic, Sega Rally, and Godzilla movies. Check 'em out. Sega X also carries some other cool stuff: First, they ask: why ya gotta be so "Black and White" in yer thinking? As they profile the new DC title so much like Populous. They also ask: is Dreamcast upgradable? (I'd like to comment on this, but -- darn it -- I'd just spoil the story fer ya.) And, finally, if that weren't enough, Sega X has a special note for Japanese residents who want Dreamcast! It's started, folks. Trust in Sega. Two other sites chime in with some news of note. FGNOnline chases a problem with Dreamcast development kits and, what could possibly be the last nail in the coffin for U.S. Saturns, Game Assault reports on Toys R' Us' "last call." But if you don't like bad news, don't read it! Instead, read Videogames.com's new review of "Shining Force III - Part 3." Is it "the bomb?" What's this? A new "Pocket Monster Stadium?" Where's the FIRST ONE?! 64 Source has the news. And speaking of 64 Source, Desmond pours water on this whole "N64 ain't sellin' well in Japan" malarky. Just go see what he says. Those numbers are BALDERDASH, he tells ya! BALDERDASH! But cheer up, N64 troopers! The history of Nintendo is full of highs and lows. No need to worry now! In fact, why not catch up on the "History of Nintendo" at Nintendo Underground. They update their blockbuster feature with the third and final installment. (But is it ever really final?) Also on Nintendo Underground, find out what's gonna happen to "Vigilante 8" when it comes over to the N64. The Underground guys interview Adrian Stephens of Luxoflux. (It's a counter-top cleaner, too!) You're Milo. You have a weird bowling alley. What do you do? You get 64Source to preview "Milo Astro Lanes." Oh, and if you like to hunt Dinosaurs! Well, then you're "Turok 2" and you get a preview on IGN64. Or you're Cartman and you like Cheesy Poofs. Then you get yer mug up on Videogames.com. Is it a SIM or a Racer? (Only it's hair-dresser knows for SURE!) That's what IGN64 wants to know in its review of "Nascar '99." Why not help them out with thoughts of your own? And, yeah, man! The Nth Dimension re- views super bone-crusher "NFL Blitz!" Finally, in Nintendo stuffs, Crave annoucnces how they be supportin' the Color GameBoy-EEEE. It's on N64 Gamer! Look, Game-Online tells you what to buy in '99. There's no need to look elsewhere. Don't even try. Just part your butt on this site, read, then buy. 'nuff said, right? Gamecenter reviews the "Naki Universal Steering Wheel" for N64, PSX, and SAT. Watch out! You might run off the road if you buy it. Also, one final note. Doug Erickson has a frog. He calls it "Arcade Port Myths." Watch as he dissects his frog. The guts do glisten, so. Read his Gaming-Age opinion. OB Out. ============================================================ Links: Sony -- What? No need for der mod chips anymore? - News -- http://www.psxnation.com/news/102098a.html -- COOOOL! A Playboy Playmate in GEX3. That's enough reason to buy it. Right? - News -- http://www.psxnation.com/news/102098e.html -- Latest release dates from 989 - News -- http://www.psxnation.com/news/102098b.html -- "Hey, Dave, why is your book so cool?" - Feature -- http://www.gaming-age.com/specials/mgsstrat/ -- Duke Nukem' Time to Cheat! - Feature -- http://www.psxnation.com/dukettkcheat.html -- WHAT?! A decent boxing game for PSX? "Knockout Kings" - Preview -- http://www.gamecenter.com/Consoles/Previews/Sony/Knockout/ -- X Games Pro Boarder It's the "bomb." - Preview -- http://psx.ign.com/previews/10376.html -- Is there a nude code for Vanna? Wheel of Fortune - Preview -- http://psx.ign.com/previews/10374.html -- The best RPG of 1998?! - Review -- http://www.gaming-age.com/ga2/reviews/psx/xenogears.shtml -- http://psx.ign.com/reviews/2230.html -- Teenage Mutant Anthropomorphic Automobiles! S.C.A.R.S. - Review -- http://www.gamecenter.com/Consoles/Sony/Scars/ -- You're the villain, and you love it. - Review -- http://psx.ign.com/reviews/3716.html -- The Fifth Element? This movie is so old! - Review -- http://www.videogames.com/psx/adventure/5thelemt/ -- http://www.hardcoregaming.com/rev1.htm Dreamcast -- Sonic -- Sega Rally! -- And a Godzilla Video -- http://www.segadreamcast.net/news/news_981020_tgssonicvideo.htm -- http://www.segadreamcast.net/news/news_981020_tgssegarallydcvideo.htm -- http://www.segadreamcast.net/news/news_981020_tgsgodzillavideo.htm -- It's Black! It's White! Yeah, Yeah Yeah. - Preview -- http://www.segadreamcast.net/news/news_981021_blackandwhite.htm -- Dreamcast Upgradable? - News -- http://www.segadreamcast.net/news/news_981020_upgradeability.htm -- A nice long preview of Climax Landers - Preview -- http://www.segadreamcast.net/previews/previews_climaxlanders.htm -- Live in Japan? Want a Dreamcast? Then Read, man, read! -- http://www.segadreamcast.net/news/news_981021_preorder.htm -- A problem with Dreamcast Development kits?! - News -- http://www.fgnonline.com/ -- WOW! Saturn liquidated! Toys B We liquidates Saturn - News -- http://www.gameassault.com/news.html -- Ah. Shining Force III, Part 3. - Review -- http://www.videogames.com/sat/rpg/shiningf33/ N64 -- Pocket Monster Stadium 2!- News -- http://www.64source.com/news/102098.html#4 -- Japenese numbers low? BALDERDASH! - News/Opin -- http://www.64source.com/news/102098.html#1 -- The History of Nintendo is complete?! - Feature -- http://www.nintendorks.com/specials/history/part1.shtml -- Adrian Stephens, Luxoflux Corp. - Feature -- http://www.nintendorks.com/interviews/vigilante_8/ -- Milo's Astro Lanes, this ain't no bowlin' like you've seen before - Preview -- http://www.64source.com/previews/milolanes.html -- Yet Another Turok 2 Preview - Preview -- http://ign64.ign.com/previews/1969.html -- Cool. New South Park pics. - Preview -- http://www.videogames.com/n64/shoot/southpark/ -- Is it a SIM or a RACER? - Review -- http://ign64.ign.com/reviews/3968.html -- NFL Blitz! - Review -- http://www.consolecity.com/n64/reviews/nflblitz.html -- I'm a-Cravin' the Color GameBoy - News -- http://www.n64gamer.com/main.htm Multi-platform: -- Buy these titles! - Feature -- http://www.game-online.com/cfdocs/site/features/double99/1.htm -- Naki Universal Steering Wheel - Review -- http://www.gamecenter.com/Consoles/Hardware/Sony/Uniwheel/ -- Kiss de Frog. Arcade Port Myths. - Feature/Opinion -- http://www.gaming-age.com/specials/myth/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Thus ends another ish of OtakuBoy Online. The place for the squeeky clean zine scene... and those zines better get to writin' better features. Zine Scene - O t a k u B o y O n l i n e - Zine Scene --Oct. 21, 1998 Vol. 1 No. 12 How do you spell pnuemonia?-- written by OtakuBoy - "* * C O U G H * *" Now on superriffic, magical ICQ! # 21176515 Please, let the love into your e-mail box! Send a "hey, subscribe me" to Otakuboy@bigfoot.com !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!