Disk Maggie - Tenth anniversary issue by Reservoir Gods [web] & Maggie Team
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It's been a long hard road, but, like, we did it!
The shiny Xmas lights beckon,reflected on the upturned perspiring faces
of the Maggie production team, as they hurl abject adjectives into the
far corner, in a desperate search for something new to say..
This is the official /\/\aggie 10th Anniversary readme.1st file, a sure
sign that we're finally, and rapidly approaching the last stage of this
epic landmark. Yes, Maggie has made a whole decade's worth, ten years,
and a bit more added on for those inevitable delays.
Anyway, in the gaps between me thinking of something worthwhile to say,
I invited some ASCII guest celebrities to fill in. Look's like the
first of them are here now...
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. o .o ~O "Hi, we're a bunch of cuddly cancer cells, on
.oO .o our way to pass fraternal greetings to that
o .~o .O jackbooted mothersucker, Saddam Hussein!"
Errm, right, never heard of anyone actually dying of cancer of the
rectum before, but I suppose there always is a first time!?
Returning to more mundane, less life-threatening matters, you may care
to peruse the contents of the issue itself, once you get over the ASCII
antics of our guest celebrities. There is a large spread of text, as
always. You get a double helping of lengthily detailed travel reports,
as we manage to cover two coding parties in the time since Maggie 28
was unleashed.
Ah, looks like the second visitor is here now. It's Hannibal Lecter's
torso-less dripping head ventriloquists dummy with his eyes scooped
out.. Come on down!
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"I can sing you a song, anything you like. / * * \
Tangerine aubergine dreamworld.. () _\ ()
La la, la la, la la, hey hey!" \ __ /
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Poor fellow, another 'acid casualty' left over from the 1960's, but in
his case, the 'acid' was sulphuric!
Quite apart from that, there are the usual spread of demo, game and
utility reviews, with one or two surprises, I might add. What are they?
Well, you'll have to check inside to see!
But who's this, swerving wildly between the cake-stand, and the
carelessly playing fluffy lambs? Why, it's Michael Schumaker, the
Formula One champion, riding a stolen kiddies go-kart!
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|\\ "Neeeooww! It's not stolen, it's mine, y'hear?
|-| | Mine, mine, mine, mine. MINE!"
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Okay Michael, as you're officially worth a lot of money, we'd better
leave it at that.
There is a fair bit in this issue, along the lines of '10th
Anniversary' and 'commemoration', or 'remembrance'. Somewhere, there is
a complete issues listing, a more or less complete 'Maggie People'
listing, and a generally piss-poorly responded to "Where are they now?"
section.
Now look, we've got a very special ASCII celebrity, it's none other
than Madonna, in her muscular, somewhat bony looking, ponytailed
incarnation, and she's wearing a corset!!
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\o/ "Hey guys, watch me do my
Y exercises!"
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Phew! This readme.now is getting hotter all the time, what is going to
happen next?
Eee-oooh, but what's this? It looks like the Teletubby Invaders have
arrived, and they're gatecrashing the readme.now, with some sinister
plan of their own!?
v "EEK!"
"Wave upon wave of demented avengers, _O_ : ,
march cheerfully out of obscurity /(_)\ _O__ \o/
into the ice cream!" H | | /(_) Y
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Well, we'd better clear away some of that mess, once I can hear myself
over the screaming, that is!
This probably isn't going to be quite the life-changing entity that I
originally envisioned, but it is still hopefully a pretty decent issue
of Maggie, and well up to contemporary standards. I'm sure there will
be some people at STNICC who haven't checked us out for a good few
years, who may be surprised we are still around, and also how different
it all is, from those crazy times a decade ago.
Also hopefully that they will still be able to spot an indefatigable
Maggie spirit still running through, even after all this time!
I'd better leave the last word to a flatheaded ASCII version of former
top diskmag editor, Richard Karsmakers. Take it away Rich!
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|--OO "Has that Ravel's Bolero stopped playing yet?"
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And with that, get out of here, and into the rest of the issue, NOW!!!
C i H for Maggie on 12.12.00
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