A few new gameplay trailers were released at ECTS, there's a Shade: Wrath of Angels movie on 3D Gamers, FileFront, Gamer's Hell, and Worthplaying, a UFO Aftermath movie on 3D Gamers, FileFront, Gamer's Hell, Tiscali Games (thanks UFOAftermath.co.uk), and Worthplaying, and a Korea Forgotten Conflict movie on 3D Gamers, FileFront, Gamer's Hell, and Worthplaying. Also Fragland has posted a Far Cry Preview, a Gangland Preview, as well as their recap of the show.

• America's Army
  MilitarySim.com's Abraxas Q&A (thanks Tiscali Games) chats with the America's Army designer about the latest release of the U.S. Army's Unreal-engine military shooter, progress on the upcoming Special Forces features, the internet disconnection issue, and more.
• Tim Sweeney
  BeyondUnreal's Tim Sweeney Q&A chats briefly with the Epic Games programmer about the Unreal engine, rendering technology, the role 64-bit processing will play in the future, and more.
• Restricted Area
  The Restricted Area Q&A on Gamer's Hell chats with Jan Beuck of master creating about their upcoming "dark future action-RPG that combines the feeling of pen-and-paper RPGs like Shadowrun and Cyberpunk with a look like a top-notch egoshooter."
• Spellforce
  HomeLAN Fed's Spellforce Q&A converses with Ralf Adam, Phenomic’s Executive Producer on Spellforce, the upcoming RTS/RPG hybrid.
• Wanted Guns
  HomeLAN Fed's Wanted Guns Q&A talks with Bjorn Larsson of Iridon about Wanted Guns, their upcoming third-person action game set in the wild wild west.
• Jeff Green
  The Armchair Empire's Jeff Green Q&A Part IV continues their ongoing schmooze with Jeff Green of Computer Gaming World magazine talking about game journalism in print, various games, and more. Thanks Frans.

A post to the Lock On Modern Air Combat General Discussion Forum (thanks Frans and SimHQ) by Matt "Wags" Wagner, Ubi Soft's producer on the upcoming jet combat game, offers another response to the distress many have expressed over the decision to delay the release of the game's now-complete demo (story). He outlines the various considerations that factored into this decision, saying the demo delay "was done for the ultimate good of the product."

• Lords of the Realm III on GameSpy.
• Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown on GameSpy. Based on the Xbox version.
• Warlords IV on Strategy Gaming Online.

Stratics Central's Second Horizons House of Commons Log recaps an IRC session with Artifact's David Bowman and Steve Escalante chatting about progress on their upcoming MMOPRG. Likewise, Stratics Central's Second Primeval: Wrath of Entropy House of Commons Log recaps a session attended by Brandon Tarbet, Gerald D. Goff, and Mark Tibbles of Inner Fire Studios discussing their upcoming MMORPG.

• Cleric on GenGamers.
• Far Cry on GenGamers.
• Halo: Combat Evolved on the Microsoft Website. Thanks Frans.
• PainKiller on the Official Website. Thanks Frans.

A new alpha version 0.21 of the Pirates modification for Battlefield 1942 is now available (thanks Ant). The update of the seafaring conversion includes a bunch of new features, tweaks, and fixes, along with the changes required to be compatible with the new BF1942 version 1.45.

Thanks Mike Martinez.

• Arrest Made in Attacks on Computers (registration required).
• Linux Set to Break Through in Consumer Electronics.
• Will Microsoft tweak IE?
• Slashdot: CCIA Urges Dept. of Homeland Security to Avoid Microsoft.
• Slashdot: Google Removes Links in Response to DMCA Complaint.

HomeLAN Fed has a pair of Q&As up with modification teams. They have posted a Pirates Q&A talking with the above-mentioned BF1942 Pirates mod team talking about taking the WW2 shooter back to the days of wooden ships and iron men. They also have an AirBuccaneers Q&A talking with Tony Manninen of the AirBuccaneers modification for Unreal Tournament 2003 that's a participant in the Make Something Unreal competition.

The True Gamers League sends word that registration for their Counter-Strike season 3 begins tomorrow, though it actually seems to be underway already.

• Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic on The Armchair Empire and PC Gameworld.
• AquaNox 2: Revelation on GameSpot.
• Fighter Ace 3.6 on The Wargamer.
• Emergency Fire Response on Gamezilla.
• Gothic II: the Night of the Raven (in German) on JustGamers.
• Harbinger on The Wargamer.
• Master of Orion III on Strategy Informer.
• Mistmare on GameZone.
• Neighbours From Hell on Worthplaying.
• Neverwinter Nights on Stratos Group.
• Pirates of the Caribbean on Game Industry.
• Port Royale on UGO.com.
• Republic: the Revolution on Games Domain and (first impressions) on Gamers With Jobs.
• Runaway: a Road Adventure on PC Gameworld and Adventure Gamers.
• The Great Escape on Four Fat Chicks.
• TRON 2.0 on Game Revolution and PC Gameworld.
• Will Rock on Gaming Illustrated and GameAxis.
• World War II: Frontline Command on Warcry.

• 3Com OfficeConnect Wireless Cable/DSL Gateway on Geekasaurus.
• Aspire X-Superalien Full Tower Case on hardCOREware.
• Biostar iDEQ 200S SFF PC on OCAddiction.
• Canterwood Motherboard Round-up (in German) on ComputerBase.
• Cooler Master ATC-600 Case on ViperLair.
• D-Tek Flowmaster XT Water-Cooling Kit on Monster-Hardware.
• DangerDen Maze 4 GPU Block on Utilization.co.uk.
• HP iPAQ 2210 Pocket PC on SLCentral.
• IBM 180GXP Hard Drive on SLCentral.
• iCute Acrylic Stand on GideonTech.
• MSI 865PE Neo2 FIS2R Motherboard on UKGamer.
• NEC-Mitsubish LCD1760NX Motherboard on Raptor-Mods.
• Seasonic Super Tornado 300W PSU on Mikhailtech.
• TweakMonster RAMsinks on CoolTechZone.
• Vantec Vibration Dampening Kits on Systemcooling.
• XPCases X-Superalien ATX Computer Case on ViperLair.

• A forum post by Sierra's Alex “Marweas” Rodberg to those posting there about HomeWorld 2 says "the effort put into keeping this miniscule community informed is not worth the aggravation or the time." Thanks Gordyfreeman...
• Half-Life2 optimised for Radeon 9800, to be bundled with ATi cards on the Inquirer, mongers a few rumors. Thanks Mike Martinez...
• The Zappo Website has launched, dedicated to this fast-paced independently developed shooter that's currently seeking a publisher...
• A SpacePod demo is now available, the 24 MB download mirrored on 3D Gamers, FileFront, GameCenter.cz and Gamer's Hell...

Happy birthday Hudson the wonder dog, who turns three today. We were going to stick candles in her food, but they just keep falling over... I guess we'll just sing to her (and withstand her howling in return).

Play Time:	Lego Treasure Hunt.
Links of the Day:	Rummaging through the recycle bin of Net obsessions. We're partly to blame for a couple of these.
Stories of the Day:	'That Stomach Is Going to Make You Money Someday' (registration required). Splitting Headache: Man survives horrific construction accident. Not for the feint of heart. Energy Dept Asked to Probe Gasoline Price Rise.
Wild Science:	Moving particles with photons leads to a new form of nanomanufacturing. Hospitals Pressured by Soaring Demand for Obesity Surgery.
	Thanks Mike Martinez.