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Inside Mac Games has posted a hands-on preview of Colin McRae Rally, based on a recent beta of the game. Here's a clip from the preview:

Our Mac-gaming friends across the pond, Feral Interactive, have seen fit to bring us the latest release, CMR 2005, known officially on the Macintosh as Colin McRae Rally Mac. If you haven’t taken the opportunity to try CMR in any of its incarnations, this is arguably the best title of the series, and will be an excellent addition to any Macintosh gaming library.

Inside Mac Games Preview: Colin McRae Rally

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Planewalker Games has posted a new informational update for its upcoming RPG, The Broken Hourglass. The feature showcases item creation with the new WeiNGINE language, giving an in depth explanation of the steps involved.

The best way to make most WeiNGINE items is, in fact, to start with an existing item. The power of template inheritance means that there are really very few cases when a good base will not already exist for an item you wish to make.

We will dive right in and make a simple magical longsword. We want our magical longsword to differ from a standard longsword (already part of the game) in the following ways:

- It should be lighter, and therefore easier to wield without penalty
- It should do more damage
- It should give us an increased chance to hit-the blade magically helps steer itself towards the target

These traits also imply a couple of other things:

- This sword is more valuable than a standard longsword
- This sword has magical abilities. Under WRPG rules one typically must devote some mana to controlling magic whether it comes from within or from an item.

The Broken Hourglass: Introduction To Item Creation

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