Pro gaming: Where the really great players are, by Matt Richtel — New York Times, Thursday, November 26, 1998

"Kurt Shimada is shaking with joy, disbelief and a twinge of guilt. Moments ago, in the preliminary round of the computer game championships, he didn't just beat but demolished Dennis Fong, who happens to be the Michael Jordan of computer games."

GRAZING AT THE SERVER FARM by Dennis Cass, SPIN Magazine, July 1999

GRAZING AT THE SERVER FARM  Vaginal Love Beads, The Loser Rack, and a Shirt That Chicks Dig: A Three-Day LAN Party is Much, Much More than 4,320 Continuous Minutes of Quake. FEATURE by Dennis Cass. PHOTOS by Jeff Minton. SPIN Magazine, July 1999 FRIDAY SEVENTEEN YEAR-OLD TIFFANY BLECHA (A.K.A. MASCOT) doesn't play Quake 2 or …

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PCXL Magazine November 1998: Ping-Free Partying

PCXL Magazine November 1998: Ping-Free Partying Who Needs Online Gaming When You Can Lug Your Kit Around Town to Shout Abuse at Complete Strangers? Online Gaming is Dead. LAN Parties Are Where It's At. Now, why the hell would you go to all the trouble of unplugging your computer and monitor, putting them in the …

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Women With Weapons: Female gamers mixing it up with the guys in Web shoot-’em-ups, by Neva Chonin

Women With Weapons: Female gamers mixing it up with the guys in Web shoot-'em-ups Neva Chonin, Chronicle Staff Writer. Published 4:00 am, Wednesday, August 25, 1999 Clan PMS. Women of War. Babes With Attitude. Rail Girlz. If a male gamer meets any of these clans online while blasting his way through Quake II, he knows better than …

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