Editorial

Time has flown since last issue. I hope you all had a good
Christmas and New Year. I was given two HTML books and am hoping
to have the SynTax site up by the first anniversary of its
purchase! The HTML version of SynTax should hopefully follow close
behind once I know what I'm doing.

On the achievement side, I now have a newly built higher spec PC -
an 800mhz AMD Athlon with 256 meg of RAM, a Voodoo 5500 card and a
SoundBlaster Live card, thanks to Alex for all his help and
advice. I've started looking at some DVDs but though I appreciate
the high quality of the film and the user-friendliness of the
menu system, I still find it a lot more Sue-friendly to lounge on
the settee and watch a video rather than sit in a swivel office
chair to watch a DVD.

As promised the SynTax CD will have been updated by the time you
read this and you can upgrade your current copy for just œ3 if you
haven't missed any issues. As before there's a small surcharge for
missing issues. With next issue, I'll give out a new copy of the
SynDex covering issues 1-70.

I was very short of reviews for this issue so I've looked at
several demos of new games and reviewed those to keep up the
balance. I only have a few reviews in hand for Issue 71 so I would
be especially grateful for any contributions for that issue.  I've
enjoyed investigating the demos and it's given me a few ideas for
games I'd like to play in the future. Though sometimes I wonder 
if demos always help the software houses. With a limited amount 
of spare time, sometimes just playing one or two levels of a 
game is enough for me, even if I enjoy it. It can be too tempting 
to think, right, now I'll try something else. That way, I get to 
see a variety of different games, whereas if I played one from 
start to finish, I'd miss out on all the others. What do YOU
think?

The Letters section is also conspicuous by its absence. I know
that this issue is always hard to put together because with so
many other commitments over Christmas time, none of us has as much
time to devote to the computer. Hopefully that section will be
back and as lively as ever again in March.

March - spring - can't wait! Walking the dog is an exercise in
keeping upright in mud at the moment. I'm just getting over a
heavy cold ... I hope you're all keeping more healthy! See you
next issue when I hope there'll be a lot less 'me' in it!

                                                       Sue










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