In a flurry of accusations that would make Bill Clinton weak in the knees, ChinaBlue announced her retirement from the scene.  It appears at this time that XForce may have been the source of the accusations and harassment, but, so far, XForce has declined to comment on their involvement. No matter who's to blame, it's obvious that something went wrong. more
     
ARTICLES
An interview with cool hand
The former leader of INC talks about what it was like competing with THG, what impact warez has had on the rest of his life, and what it takes to be the best. more
by DToxR


A discussion about scene.org
Growing out of the Five Musicians' ftp site, scene.org now offers a home to demoscene files of all types. We talked with velluv about scene.org's upcoming projects. more
by neofish9


A call for resurrection
There are a lot of vague, and somewhat stupid text files circulating these days calling on the low rez art scene to rejuvenate itself. This letter from Halaster is nothing like them, it's well written and presents a genuine, though limited, plan for ANSI's comeback. more

Birth or Rebirth?
RaD Man addresses similar concerns about the art scene, again, well written and worth reading. more

Once you've read both articles, submit your responses and we'll post them in the next issue.


Dupe checks: an introduction
A brief summary of what's available and what's on the horizon. more
by MeAD

 ISO sets some standards

The young ISO scene (see the article that ran last issue) has taken a major step towards ensuring its future development. Leading groups like RiscISO have finally agreed on a set of standards for releasing and couriering. Restrictions include NO BETAS, NO PSX, and OLDER THAN ONE MONTH. This text file explains it all.
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Thanks to Paiadin for bringing this to our attention.

 
UPDATES
SceneCON
Organized gatherings of all scenes, WEB page coming soon. Organizers nd and bay. URL will be posted as soon as page is done.
nd


Teknicolor Emag
A new emag is hitting the scene on February 31st, Teknicolor will make its debut. We are currently looking for people to send in there vga art pieces. If you have or don't have graphics skills, send me your picture anyways, it will be posted in the emag with all credit given. You can join #teknicolor on efnet and message info[e] for more details...
info[e]		 New pack review coming
Okay I'll cut the crap. FNu is a pack review page. Where did I get the idea? What does the name mean? The idea came up when I was talking to dngrmouse on irc. I was talking to bedlam at the same time about ANKH, he said it wasn't worth it. I told him I could do it and have fun. So bed- here it is. About the name. Well dngrmouse wanted to call it "uNF" and i figured if people heard of a pack review page named "uNF" they'd say "typical" and just keep ircing without even looking at the page. So, out came FNu (for you retards, uNF backwards). Plus I always hear "what does FNu stand for, anyway?" on irc. FNU DOES NOT STAND FOR ANYTHING. Either way, welcome to 1998. Look for an announcement about FNu in a few weeks on scenelink.
Retributn		 NoW EvEn YOu LaMeRz CAn LoOK KeWL!!
Or at least that's what William Tingle says. Who's William Tingle? I have no idea, but he's selling tshirts with the word "warez" written on the front, so perhaps I'll be contacting him soon. Then again, maybe I'm not quite that big a warez geek yet. If you are, visit his page to find out about ordering your own warez shirt. The price is $15.
neofish9
     
The world's funniest 11k?
Perhaps not, but it's still "worth the download."
go ahead

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