as
told in the Aberdeen Breviary. Machar, too, is said to have gone
to Rome and to have been made a bishop. Indeed, he is said to
have been made Archbishop of Tours which is itself in the
northern part of Pictavia or Poitou. Is this similarity another
coincidence or are we, in fact, starting on a trail which will
determine Machar and Merchaid to be one and the same
person?

The ruins of the
medieval church at Kincardine O'Neil.

After his return to the district of Kincardine
ONeil, feeling that death was approaching, he commanded
that his body should be placed in a cart drawn by a pair of
horses, and that a church should be built on the spot where they
halted. This, according to popular belief, was the origin of the
church of Kincardine ONeil; and it was natural thatNews

Preview: Starbreeze's New Syndicate

Our beloved isometric tactical strategy game is becoming an FPS. We do our best to look on the bright side.

In the opening cinematic of Bullfrog Productions' 1993 PC classic, Syndicate, a nameless corporation is recruiting for new Agents. And by recruiting, I mean hopping in one of the game's egg-shaped future cars, running down a pedestrian in the street, and transporting him back to headquarters for cybernetic implants and a memory wipe. How's that for a human resources department?

The surprising, brutal opening perfectly sets the tone for a game that allowed players to ruthlessly run wild with their own customized squad of heavily armed, heavily drugged cyborgs in isometric cities around the world, taking out targets, enemy Agents, and anything else that got in your