============================================================================ Go!Zilla Technology Newsletter Go!Zilla Updates, Tech News, and More! June 1, 2001 =+=========================================================================+ | In this Issue: | | 1. This Month's Premier Sponsor: Oracle University | | 2. Go!Zilla Product News: Time to Test Go!Zilla 4.0 Beta! | | 3. Fun & Games: World War II Goes Global | | 4. Bonus Game Review: SimCity Meets Fidel Castro | =+=========================================================================+ +-1: THIS ISSUE'S PREMIER SPONSOR: ORACLE UNIVERSITY ---------------------+ | Oracle University | | INCREASE YOUR MARKET VALUE. | | LEARN JAVA THROUGH ORACLE UNIVERSITY. | | GET EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO BECOME A PRO AT JAVA in one course: JAVA | | PROGRAMMING TBT BUNDLE - LEVEL ONE. Includes five Java courses rolled | | into one affordable, interactive CD bundle. | | For more details, call 1.800.633.0575 or click here: | | http://oracleu.z2c.net/ad/ck/1154-3805-3309-0 | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 2: GO!ZILLA PRODUCT NEWS: TIME TO TEST GO!ZILLA 4.0 BETA! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Go!Zilla 4.0 Beta 1 is now available. If you?re ready to take on the latest and greatest, please go to www.gozilla.com and download the beta. Keep in mind that this is a beta version, and it will contain bugs and instability that may cause your system to become unstable or result in data and time loss. If you?re willing to put up with these possibilities, then please give it a try and let us know what you think. Your bug reports and comments will help us to get the final version out the door quickly! +---ADVERTISEMENT--------------------------------------------------+ | SPEED UP YOUR INTERNET CONNECTION FOR FREE! | | Tired of waiting for Web pages to load? Wait no more. | | Install NetSonic and speed up your Internet connection today! | | http://www.netsonic.com/sku/e2-060701_GoZilla/index.asp | +------------------------------------------------------------------+ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 3: FUN AND GAMES: WORLD WAR II GOES GLOBAL ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Massively Multiplayer Gaming has been around for some time, but continues to gain popularity as gamers demand more from their online gaming experience. Today, games like Ultima Online attract thousands of would-be heros, each paying a monthly subscription fee, participating in an online fantasy world of demons, dragons, and social interaction. Game publisher Strategy First hopes that their new game, World War II Online, will push the genre to the next level. WWII Online combines the aspects of first-person shooters, like Quake, with the ability to play with thousands of other players simultaneously in a virtual world set on the heart of WWII. Strategy First will release several components to game, each centering on different era?s in WWII?s historical tract. This first release, WWII Online: Blitzkrieg, is a massively multiplayer online game of WWII combat, fought on land, air, and sea. Players can command tanks, pilot combat aircraft, or fight 'down and dirty' in the infantry or marines. Players can tailor their game play experience to a degree of detail that has never been available before. A player's ability and experience can be leveraged on a 'career path', which can lead to high command positions within a specific branch of service. Yet, within this same system, WWII Online still supports a player who simply wants to log on for a fight without concern for rank or power. +---ADVERTISEMENT-----------------------------------------------------+ | Did you know that web site addresses can now end in .shop, .inc, | | and .mp3? Claim your domain in one of New.net?s 20 new domain | | extensions. Thousands of these new domain names have already been | | sold - get yours for only $25 per year, including free URL | | forwarding. 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Diplomacy and politics factor heavily in Tropico, as players must pacify various internal factions and external threats. If the island's growth is well planned, the player will have plenty of money to buy the peoples' favor and ensure prosperity. If growth is poorly planned and the economy falters, the population may revolt, forcing the player to institute martial law. One of the most interesting features is that your individual citizens each have unique personalities. There are more than 45 different character types, and over 500 individual characters. Some intelligent, some not, some friendly, and some violent. You?ll get to know individual characters as they perform their daily tasks, or cause you daily headaches. Even more intriguing is that individual citizens have a circle of family and friends, so what you do to one individual could have wide-sweeping consequences if they are popular-or may go unnoticed if they are not. Fans of economic simulation games can rejoice as well, as Tropico features a wide breadth of Caribbean industry. Grow tobacco, corn, bananas, and more (10 different crop types), explore the wonders of tourism, cigar and rum manufacturing, logging, and mining. And, classic city builders have a lot to play with too. Build over 80 types of structures, from hotels to sugar plantations, to churches. And, you?ll be able to watch how those structures effect the lives of individual citizens. This is no game of military conquest however. While you do have soldiers to help ?keep the peace? (sometimes by whatever means necessary), this isn?t another game of conquer-your-neighbors. It really is a nice mix of Simcity-like building simulation and economy building, with a twist of humor, in an interesting setting. +---ADVERTISEMENT----------------------------------------------------+ | Get a Rio500 for $49 after $50 manufacturer's mail-in rebate! | | That's over 80% off the SRP. 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