Issue #45 May 1996

Westwood Studios: Creating an Oasis by the Mirage - Founded by a couple of commando[programmer-artist types, Louis Castle and Brett W. Sperry, Las Vegas-based Westwood's mission is much akin to that of its home-town competition - give the people what they want. A 64-Bit World Lies in Wait: What do you get when you cross a $99 Nintendo game console with a half-million dollar SGI graphics supercomputer? The results may surprise you. Digital Effects Houses: Putting the Magic in Movies - Now, empowered by faster compmuters, great off-the-shelf software and a growing group of talented computer artists, the number of digital effects facilities have blossomed.