Astonishing Letters!
November 23, 2000
So who are you guys to start your own website?
There are a million fansites out there and about a dozen really
good professional sites. Why should I add another one to my bookmarks
when I've never even heard of you guys?
-Curious in Poughkeepsie
Glad you asked. We have no special qualifications.
We've both done freelance writing for some of the magazines and
websites you might read, but we're not professionals. We have
never worked on a staff for any of these publications and we've
never worked for a gaming company. We've never made our own games
or done any programming. We're just two guys who happen to really
like games. We like playing games. We like talking and writing
about games. We like games we love and we hate it when we don't
like a game. We're gamers, just like you guys.
We suppose there are a few things you should
know about us. We're both overeducated, underpaid, and over thirty.
We've both had plenty of different jobs before we came to this
and we wake up every morning wondering how the hell we ended up
here. Mark is a family man in St. Louis and Tom is a bachelor
in Los Angeles. Mark's turn-ons are long walks on the beach, people
who are in touch with their feelings, and firm handshakes. His
turns-offs are people who smoke and people who are negative. Tom
loves horseback riding and he'll attend UCLA next semester where
he hopes to pledge Tri-Delt and major in Communications. Click
here
for actual bios.
Quarter to Three? What's that supposed
to mean?
-Half Past Nine
It's the time we do our best gaming.
Don't pretend you don't know what we're talking
about. You have to get up early tomorrow, but you keep playing
even though it's past midnight. If you can last until a quarter
to three, you know it's a good game. Quarter to three games are
the ones that make you really sleepy at work the next day, but
you still can't wait to get home and play some more. Quarter to
three games are the ones we're all looking for. Hence, www.quartertothree.com.
Besides, all the good domain names were taken. The only game-related
name we could get was www.fatassgames.com and the guy who
had that wanted fifty bucks for it.
You might have a lot of experience as gamers,
but I have to say that Old Man Murray is much funnier than you
guys.
-Mrs. Chick
Yes, we know.
Why can�t you be more like Blue�s News?
-Mrs. Asher
You never loved me.
Deus Ex is hands down the Game of the Year.
But I heard you guys didn't like it. What's up with that? Are
you drunk or just stupid?
-J.C. Denton
To the second question, we'll plead the Fifth.
As for the first question, Mark only spent a few hours with Deus
Ex and was unimpressed. Tom, however, played it all the way through
and hated it. In fact, he hated it so much that the website that
hired him to review it turned down his review and hasn't hired
him since. Click here
to send Tom hate mail for hating Deus Ex.
Got questions for us? Send them here.