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To catch a thief
In this new 3-D game, the emphasis is on stealth instead of shooting.
By Wagner James Au Feb 10, 1999
Aliens blew up my garbage dump!
SimCity is back -- and managing municipal utilities has never been so much fun.
By Andrew Leonard Feb 3, 1999
Ethics of the cross hairs
On your computer screen, which is worse -- blasting an alien or shooting a deer?
By Andrew Leonard Jan 12, 1999
Are we having high-tech fun yet?
With group activities and a gourmet menu, Entros joins the pack of game palaces for grown-ups.
By Janelle Brown Dec 23, 1998
Pod people
Peapod, the online grocery service, sounds great -- but can it deliver?
By Janelle Brown Dec 17, 1998
Is Rio grand?
With the new MP3 player, the future of online music distribution is here now -- it's just a bit slow.
By Janelle Brown Dec 9, 1998
Car talk
Microsoft puts Windows on a diet so it can fit in your car radio -- and hold a conversation. A review of the Microsoft/Clarion AutoPC.
By Chip Brookshaw Dec 8, 1998
IMAX mates with T. Rex
These dinosaurs are bigger and cooler than any you've ever seen before -- but they could use a better movie to star in.
By Michael Joseph Gross Dec 4, 1998
Under the Microscope
Ad-review site shines a bright light on the mysteries of Web banners.
By Andrew Leonard Oct 6, 1998
I, robot? My robot!
With Lego's new kit, you, too, can play God with a mechanical creature of your own design.
By Janelle Brown Oct 2, 1998
Six degrees to nowhere
A Web site that connects you to everyone you don't need to know.
By Janelle Brown Sep 21, 1998
Internet U.
A new documentary, 'net.learning,' looks at the benefits and hazards of the Net as global lecture hall.
By Andrew Leonard Sep 4, 1998
Master of allusion
When a philosopher creates a video game about Vegas, the payoff is fascinating but elusive.
By Scott McLemee Aug 18, 1998
Paul is live
An interactive drama about a dead rock star makes a long-delayed debut.
By John Alderman Jul 29, 1998
Lights, camera, point, click, action!
Some subjects -- like filmmaking -- were made for educational multimedia
By John Alderman Jul 14, 1998
Shoot to thrill
"Unreal" takes the first-person shooter game to the next graphic level. But is that enough?
By Greg Lindsay Jul 10, 1998
User-friendly?
Don't throw away Windows yet, a test of three approaches to installing Linux suggests.
By Andrew Leonard Jun 26, 1998
Site of a thousand dances
At Cductive, dance-music fans get to assemble their favorite tracks off wax.
By Janelle Brown Jun 11, 1998
Interstellar fireworks
When a science-fiction game is as absorbing as "Starcraft," who needs the movie version?
By Andrew Leonard May 28, 1998
Post no shills
With its new Web cartoon "Super Postal Workers," has the USPS lost its mind?
By Scott Rosenberg May 14, 1998
Reviews: Folk rock of ages
Roger McGuinn's Web site is an experiment in communal musical memory
By Geoff Edgers May 7, 1998
Reviews: Getting MUDdy with Xena
A new online game lets fans of the TV show explore their textual fantasies.
By Moira Muldoon Apr 30, 1998
Reviews: The little browser that could
Move over Microsoft and Netscape -- opera is coming to town.
By Paul Bissex Apr 23, 1998
Beck to the future
Defying copyright, purveyors of "recombinant music" use the Net to make new sounds out of old shards.
By Milo Miles Apr 2, 1998
Tricks of the trade
A Web radio show gives porn-site webmasters a place to talk shop and schmooze.
By David Futrelle Mar 27, 1998
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