nordling@f13.n396.z1.mmug.edgar.mn.org (Bob Nordling) (03/03/91)
I see my appeal for submissions and reviews regarding the Macintosh
topics of entertainment, game, and educational software is in competition
with a similar appeal by the folks at the Digital Review.
The GAMER Project was formed to "celebrate the lighter side of the Mac",
and seeks to support shareware authors by highlighting their newly
released programs and upgrades, as well as being a source of information
(articles, reviews, lists, surveys) about both s/w and commercial
software. The primary publication of the GAMER Project is the "EAR
Awards", an acronym for the "Excellence in Amusement Roster". This
publication, in stand-alone DOCMaker 3.55 format, contains reviews,
articles, awards for best s/w & commercial games, "Shareware Game
Registry" (containing info on 575+ games), "Shareware Authors Address
Book" (containing VALID CURRENT addresses personally confirmed by
correspondence with the authors), and will in future releases contain a
complete bibliography of game related books and periodicals, a
"Commercial Game Registry" (which I am working on now), and a "Who's Who
Among Shareware Game Programmers" section featuring biographical info on
many shareware/pd authors.
Anyone is welcome to submit a review (1-2 page), mini-review (10 lines or
so), or an article to immortalize themselves in the Mac gaming
underground! The only stipulation of inclusion of an article or review is
that the author must grant permission for non-profit user groups to
reprint the materials submitted.
The "EAR Awards" is available on America Online, GEnie, and FREQable from
Fidonet node 1:396/13 as EAR90-15.SIT
However, I would be happy to send anyone a copy of the latest version of
the "EAR Awards" as well as any GAMER Collections (those of Marc Dutil,
Mark Dieter, and C.K. Haun are now available) that will fit on the disk
along with it if you send a SASE to:
Bob Nordling GAMER Project 15 Everglades St. Kenner, LA 70065
An upgrade of the "EAR Awards" will be available within the next week or
so, and the "EAR Awards", C. K. Haun Collection and EITHER the Marc Dutil
or Mark Dieter Collection will fit on a single floppy. Please format the
floppy before sending, unless you have a new or even formerly published
(in a MUG newsletter, etc.) article or review which you would like to
submit.
Happy gaming!
Some of our former contributors have been Glen Andreas (author of
Theldrow), Mark Adams (ported Space Rogue to IBM/Mac, author of Iraq
Attack), John Calhoun (author of Glider, Glypha, Pararena), and such
gaming enthusiasts as Kirk Wallbillich (from the Playmaker Football
beta-test team), Rod Whitten (AOL Forum Assistant Mac Games &
Entertainment Forum, and Fred Showker (MUG News Service). Also plenty of
submissions from ordinary people like myself!
--
*****************************************************************
Bob Nordling | AOL: AFC MacFun
GAMER Project | FIDONET: 1:396/13 New Orleans MUG
| USENET: nordling@mmug.edgar.mn.org
| ...jhereg!tcnet!vware!edgar!mmug!nordling
->via FidoNet: 1:282/22 - SmorgasBoard USENET-FidoNet Gateway<-
*****************************************************************