Austriancurls provides Games Domain Review Articles.
Games Domain Review Publications Archived
GDRoundup Issues 1-30 (June 29,1998-March 22, 2000)
Usenet summaries taken from comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
newsgroups of real gamer gossip.
News Articles
Various news item entries from March to June 1998.
Interviews
Herself, interviewed by Farah Houston on women and gaming (March 1999).
The Markers of The Ring: The Legend of the Nibelungen, includes Guillaume de Fondaumière, Stephen Carrière, Nicolas Frucus, and Beryl Chanteux of the developer Arxel Tribe (February 1999).
Inn the Works editorials (2000)
Monthly editorials for Traveller's Inn CRPG section discussing current developments.
Editorials - General
The day the games died (Oct 1998) - an explanation to the text accompanies this article.
The Full Monty (Sep 2000) - written with the pseudonym "Lady Bear" - discusses nudity (tongue in cheek! :P)
Online Gaming: Money and Mouth (Apr 1998) - pre MMORPG discussion about monthy payment schemes for online gaming.
E3 Reports (1999, 2000)
As part of a roaming reporter team, coverage from the Electronic Entertainment Expo in California two years running, includes previews to games such as Ultima X).
RPG/Adventure lists (1998-2000)
Lists of RPG and Adventure game titles that were in development at the time. Includes their status and expected release dates. These were published as a service at GDR Traveller's Inn, and contain a short blurb describing each game. These development lists include games never released and give a snapshot image of the status of the gaming industry at specific times.
Review and Previews
Review articles at GDR meant the game was played to completion and a thorough, long critique written describing the game with the reviewer providing an opinion about the product. Previews were usually written after testing a beta version of a game sent by the developer. Previews give no conclusion rather a brief discussion on gameplay, graphics and the games style or feel. Reviews and Previews are archived in two catagories, those written by Karen Zierler herself, and those submitted for editing by freelance writers. All of these articles were at one time published and archived at Games Domain, and although cannot be reproduced here in their entirety, they can be examined for content, used as research material, quoted and used as references. Each article is archived in its original GDR format with date and author and in most cases screenshots. Keep in mind that several games that were previewed were never realized by their developers and publishers.
Reviews and Previews written by Karen Zierler
AD&D Dark Sun Online: Crimson Sands, TEN/Junglevision/TSR Inc./SSI, Inc. (Oct 1998) - Review
Adventure Hall of Fame, Interplay (Oct 1999) - game pack
Allods: Sealed Mystery, Nival Entertainment (April 1998) - Preview
Ancient Evil, Silver Lightning Software (July 1998) - Preview
Atriarch, TBA (Oct 1999) - Preview
Baldur's Gate, Bioware(Sept 1998) - Review, received GDR Gold Medal
Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast, Interplay (Sep 1999) - Review
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn, Bioware (Oct 2000) - Review, received GDR Silver Medal
Austriancurls provides Games Domain Review Articles.
Games Domain Review Publications Archived
GDRoundup Issues 1-30 (June 29,1998-March 22, 2000)
Usenet summaries taken from comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
newsgroups of real gamer gossip.
News Articles
Various news item entries from March to June 1998.
Interviews
Herself, interviewed by Farah Houston on women and gaming (March 1999).
The Markers of The Ring: The Legend of the Nibelungen, includes Guillaume de Fondaumière, Stephen Carrière, Nicolas Frucus, and Beryl Chanteux of the developer Arxel Tribe (February 1999).
Inn the Works editorials (2000)
Monthly editorials for Traveller's Inn CRPG section discussing current developments.
Editorials - General
The day the games died (Oct 1998) - an explanation to the text accompanies this article.
The Full Monty (Sep 2000) - written with the pseudonym "Lady Bear" - discusses nudity (tongue in cheek! :P)
Online Gaming: Money and Mouth (Apr 1998) - pre MMORPG discussion about monthy payment schemes for online gaming.
E3 Reports (1999, 2000)
As part of a roaming reporter team, coverage from the Electronic Entertainment Expo in California two years running, includes previews to games such as Ultima X).
RPG/Adventure lists (1998-2000)
Lists of RPG and Adventure game titles that were in development at the time. Includes their status and expected release dates. These were published as a service at GDR Traveller's Inn, and contain a short blurb describing each game. These development lists include games never released and give a snapshot image of the status of the gaming industry at specific times.
Review and Previews
Review articles at GDR meant the game was played to completion and a thorough, long critique written describing the game with the reviewer providing an opinion about the product. Previews were usually written after testing a beta version of a game sent by the developer. Previews give no conclusion rather a brief discussion on gameplay, graphics and the games style or feel. Reviews and Previews are archived in two catagories, those written by Karen Zierler herself, and those submitted for editing by freelance writers. All of these articles were at one time published and archived at Games Domain, and although cannot be reproduced here in their entirety, they can be examined for content, used as research material, quoted and used as references. Each article is archived in its original GDR format with date and author and in most cases screenshots. Keep in mind that several games that were previewed were never realized by their developers and publishers.
Reviews and Previews written by Karen Zierler
AD&D Dark Sun Online: Crimson Sands, TEN/Junglevision/TSR Inc./SSI, Inc. (Oct 1998) - Review
Adventure Hall of Fame, Interplay (Oct 1999) - game pack
Allods: Sealed Mystery, Nival Entertainment (April 1998) - Preview
Ancient Evil, Silver Lightning Software (July 1998) - Preview
Atriarch, TBA (Oct 1999) - Preview
Baldur's Gate, Bioware(Sept 1998) - Review, received GDR Gold Medal
Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast, Interplay (Sep 1999) - Review
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn, Bioware (Oct 2000) - Review, received GDR Silver Medal