A demo for Lord of the Rings: Return of the King is now available after appearing on the cover-mount CD from the new issue of PC Gamer magazine. The demo allows the player to assume the role of Gandalf in one level from the upcoming cross-platform action adventure. The 83 MB download can be found on 3D Gamers, Computer Games Online, Filerush (Bit Torrent), Gamer's Hell, Jucaushii.ro, and Worthplaying.

Thanks Frans.

• C&C Generals: Zero Hour on IGN.
• Call of Duty on Gamer's Hell.
• Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne on GameSpot (registration required) and FilePlanet (registration required)
• Sim City: Rush Hour 4 on Gamer's Hell and the re-launched Official Website.
• The Bloody Magic on the Official Website. Updated versions of a previously released trailer (story).

• Max Payne 2
  HomeLAN Fed's Max Payne 2 Q&A chats with Remedy's Petri Järvilehto about how the original Max Payne turned out, and how the upcoming sequel to the third-person shooter is shaping up.
• Painkiller
  The Painkiller Q&A on 4Players.de is the English version of their conversation with Andrzej Poznanski of People Can Fly. The interview is also available in the site's native German.
• Pirates of the Burning Sea
  Pirates Ahoy!'s Pirates of the Burning Sea Q&A chats with Russell Williams of Flying Lab Software about their upcoming seafaring MMORPG. A German version of the Q&A is also available.
• Temple of Elemental Evil
  The Temple of Elemental Evil Developers Journal offers an in-house Q&A with Troika's Tim Cain, who goes over the reasons for some of the design decisions in their Greyhawk-inspired D&D RPG. Thanks Frans.

As promised, an updated version 1.0.1.0 of the Linux dedicated server for Jedi Academy is now available, addressing the random number bug. The new version can be found on 3D Gamers, FileShack (registration required), and Worthplaying.

• Commandos 3: Destination Berlin on HomeLAN Fed.
• Law and Order II: Double or Nothing on Worthplaying.
• The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring on GameSpot.
• XIII on GameSpy.

A re-launched Flash-only Blowout Website is online (thanks HomeLAN Fed) offering info, screenshots, a QuickTime trailer, and more from TRI's upcoming action game.

A new version 0.2 of the Multi Theft Auto: Vice City is now available, updating this mod that adds multiplayer play to the single-player action found in the car-jacking game. The new version includes improved net code, anti-cheating measures, a new chat system, and more.

• Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII on 3DAvenue.
• F1 Challenge '99-'02 on GameBiz.com.au.
• Savage: the Battle for Newerth on Pregaming.
• SimCity 4 on GamerDad.
• The Great Escape on GameBiz.com.au.

• Chieftec BX Case on ViperLair.
• Gigabyte R9200 Video Card on CoolTechZone.
• iRock 730i MP3 on SubZeroTech.
• iRock 830 MP3 Player on Gamer's Hell.
• Monarch Hornet XP SFF PC on TechIMO.
• Plextor 504A DVD+RW CD-RW on Gamer's Hell.

• The Twitch Q&A on Gamer's Hell talks with Rob Armstrong of Lazy Reptile Studios about their twitchy action game, and they have downloads of the demo version as well as a contest for the high score playing the demo...

My mom's funeral is today, and enough people have (touchingly) asked about where they could make donations in her memory that I'm just going to post the info here:

IN MEMORY OF NANCY MOHR

The family requests those wishing to make donations in Nancy's name do so to either of the following groups:

National School Reform Faculty

Donations may be made in Nancy's memory to NSRF for an educational purpose to be decided at a later date by Alan and other family members. Contributions may be sent to:

Harmony School Educational Center
Nancy Mohr Educational Fund
909 East 2nd Street
Bloomington, IN 47401

American Cancer Society: Breast Cancer Fund

Donations can be made by calling, through the internet, or by mail to the address below. Please make your contribution in memory of Nancy Mohr and request that an acknowledgment card be sent to Alan care of mamablue@bluesnews.com.

1-800-227-2345
www.cancer.org
19 W. 56th St.
New York, NY 10019-3984