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Issue: 38
March, 2004
Lazing into the futureSurely there can be few cooler tinkers one can do than linking everything in your house to your PC. It’s made sense for years. Decades even. But now it’s finally feasible –- and desirable. We have computers just begging to do the job, plus an increasing state of general ...

Issue: 37
February, 2004
Christmas GhostsChristmas can be great. I really look forward to being pissed off by having too many games to play and not enough time to play them. But that ain't happening. This is a different Christmas.Where's the PC gaming gold this season? This has got to be the quietest year ever for PC ...

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January, 2004

Issue: 36
January, 2004
Developers, developersI landed just a couple of hours ago, from spending four good days at the Australian Game Developers Conference. There's now just enough time to punch out this editorial before we go to print. Bam bam bam...Naturally, we'll be doing a proper AGDC report for next month. I'm ...

Issue: 35
December, 2003
Patagonian TimewarpWelcome to that magical time of the year when we all pretend that Christmas is really in November, and that it's the only time of the year when we truly appreciate each other, and that every other month of the year is a barren wasteland of no game or hardware releases.Merry ...

Issue: 34
November, 2003
Tossing our picklesThere's changes and then there's changes. Around here, we don't mess with what's working too much. Well, apart from cool big surprises like the now new and neat Atomic CD. That was a big one alright. But there are smaller background events. So small we call them 'evolution'.Lik...

Issue: 33
October, 2003
We’re a little bit different Who can forget the legendary Toyota Lexcen theme song? All those normal families, and their Labrador, singing happily in their new Commodore. Except it wasn’t a Commodore –- it was a Lexcen. Same car, but subjected to the Button Plan for the car industry -- which was ...

Issue: 32
September, 2003
Driving techWe run our computers for many reasons, but at the end of the day (literally, usually) we run games. While we enjoy the gaming experience, we are naturally intrigued to know what drives what it is we play. Whether it is how the AI functions, or the trickery which powers the graphics ...

Issue: 31
August, 2003
Slap me happyIn some parts of the world, the Atomic sticker is currency. Like at LANs. Most Mondays I get a couple of friendly emails from gamez0rz who have been to a LAN over the weekend, usually their first, and spotted the omnipotently coolest cases there - being the ones with The Sticker. ...

Issue: 30
July, 2003
The Freedom BoxIt's known as 'case modding'. Such an ugly term... False, too. For modders 'mod' far more than merely the case itself. And 'Modding'? Isn't that the town where Noddy lived? Damn well should be, if it isn't.I don't have any better names that make sense, other than Hot Box. ...

Issue: 29
June, 2003
1:8571Want to know something crazy? No? Cool, turn the page then. It's not like anyone actually reads this editorial page anyway. One day I'm going to cut and paste the first page of a Harry Potter novel, run it as my editorial and see if anyone notices. Pokemon (Ruby) on GBA is the best gaming ...

Issue: 28
May, 2003
Atomic InnG'day. Welcome to Atomic. Your sanctuary from the ugly outside world. It's nice in here, eh? A happy place. A place where you belong. Your place.It's always been your place. Knowing that is what drives us, the caretakers of your place. Sometimes we read other magazines and it seems to ...

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