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• Dungeon Runners dungeons list
  Finding it hard to keep track of where the dungeons are? This article will help you out as it lists the dungeons and their offshoots as well as any important NPC placements...

  
  One of the 'fire and brimstone' dungeons from Dungeon Runners

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• Online Gaming
  An article about the differing types of online gaming; budget gaming, big money jackpots....

• Conan's Radiant adventures
  An interview with MrLyCon, one of the level designers working on Funcom's Conan : Hyborian Adventures, who found some time to talk about their use of GTK Radiant for developing content for a none idsoftware game and engine...

• Oblivion game play hints and tips
  A good article listing some of the things to watch out for when playing Oblivion. What you should be doing to 'stat grow', things to look out for and a number of other useful hints and tips...

• Oblivion performance and FPS tweaks
  A number of hints and tips to get better performance from Oblivion when running the game on low end computers...

• Location of Skills trainers in Oblivion
  A list of some of the more common locations for skill trainers in Oblivion...

• Review - Elder Scroll : Oblivion 1st impressions
  A mini review of what is regarded as another genre defining game from Bethesda Softworks.

• Review - Vampires The Masquerade : Bloodlines
  It could have been such a good game as it was based on Valves Half Life 2 source engine, which could have given rise to an excellent interactive experience ...

• Review - Medal of Honor
  Well here we are, finally made it. A review of the latest Medal of Honor game; Pacific Assault. It's no coincidence that last sentence is worded like that - "finally made it" - because that about sums up the action in Pacific Assault; it's brutal...

• Review - Doom 3 a min review
  As mentioned in the home page of Quake3Bits the follow write up is basically an assessment of Doom 3 and how it plays on low end PC systems...

• Aimbot
  I 'happened' upon a game the other day where someone was usng an 'AimBot'. Now, I've heard the 'folklore' and 'tales' and read articles about them but I'd never actually come across one...

• ATI
  A. T. I. One word, three letters.... I have seen the future and it shaped like that little red and white logo thingy they use..! A friend recently bought the kick ass, pint in glass, 64MB DDR Radeon; I never saw it, he'd put it into his machine as soon as he got it (duuhhh.!)...

• Name Change
  '..what's in a name? Is not a rose a rose by any other name...' to miss-quote good ol' Shakin'Spear!...

• A Question of Character
  Why do some players take exception to being beaten by a female character? Or is it just my imagination (and I do have a very active one..!)? Do they really think there is a girl behind the player who just whipped their ass, surely not, girls aren't that good are they?...

• Spyware
  Yes I know this isn't quite a Quake 3 Arena matter but I just know you're gonna be interested in this one non the less...

• Review - Team Arena
  First off..... this mission pack is hardware future-proofed - at least for the next 6 months anyway..! To get these new maps and bots to run smoothly (a minimum 50fps in the 'big bits' of the maps) you're gonna need one hell of a system spec!...

• Setting up a basic server and map rotation
  One of the greatest mysteries of the universe, the Q3A game server, is revealed here. See it in all it's glory and understand it's unfathomable depths.... mmmm, not quite, read this though and you be on the path of enlightenment...

• Optimising network settings
  Did you know you can customise your network settings to get the best performance out of your connection to the internet for online gameplay? Although writing this from the point of view of a 56k'er it equally applies to broardband connections (LAN included)...

• Optimising low speed connections (dialup)
  Are you using a 28/33/56k (analogue) modem access to the web. Yes? Then read on.. the following applies to playing a game and setting up a server with a 28/33/56k modem...

• Adding and removing bots
  This applies to adding bots from the game server only. If you are running a non dedicated game (a normal game) it's best to use the 'in game' menu ('Esc' key if you're already playing a game) to add/remove bots...

• DirectX Part 1
  You can find out if your card supports DX8 by taking a look at the installation 'read me' file. The read-me usually contain the latest breaking news that wasn't put into the manual...

• DirectX Part 2
  A good friend of mine persuaded me to get the very cool Myst III Exile ('point and click' for those that don't know it), and suggested it might run better if I installed DX8...

• OpenGL setup
  An important thing to do that's often overlooked when trying to get the best performance for Q3A out of your on the installation disc...