Afternoon Q&As

[Aug 06, 2002, 5:44 pm ET] - 3 Comments

id Software
The Robert Duffy Q&A on Cached.net talks with the id Software programmer about some of the details of how Even Balance's PunkBuster support will be implemented in the next Q3A point release. They discuss a bit of how the support will work, and why it is desirable to approach cheat-prevention in this modular fashion.
City of Heroes
The City of Heroes Q&A on ActionTrip talks with Cryptic Studios' Rick Dakan about their upcoming supheroic MMORPG. Topics include the story, character customization, skill advancement, villain AI, handling player death, and more.
Earth & Beyond
There's a Claudia Christian Q&A on GameSpyDaily talking with the former Babylon 5 co-star about her work on Earth & Beyond, Westwood's upcoming MMORPG where she will play the voice of Lady Isabelle DeWinter. She discusses what goes into voice work for computer games, other games she's worked on, other current projects, and more.
Star Peace
The Star Peace Q&A on GameSpyDaily talks with Oceanus Software's Miguel Cepero, Iroel Perez, and Marco Cultrera about Star Peace, their "online persistent world strategy building game for the PC." They introduce the game, discuss the location of their servers and response times to various points around the world, details about gameplay, plans for a US release, and more.