So I encounter too much whitespace for my own sanity as I was laying out this #1 issue. I solve this, I'm going ahead and adding a few advertisements, old school style. Yes it slows things down, but it makes for a better Mag IMHO.

What I'd like from you my dear readers, is some ideas.. bounce them around here. Ill be watching this to see if there is anything fun I can throw inthe issues to take up some space.

From the IRC chan just tonight: Cardboard frosted nerps with artificial fruit flavors and dash of soykaf!

New Horizon Sleep Regulator, get more hours out of your day!

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Ares Predator, for all your 'personal protection' needs!

New branch of Dante's hell now opening! What level of hell do you belong on?

Mr. Handy, the must-have drone for all your household needs! Call now and we'll throw in the tool kit for free!

We have to consider what the promulgation of personal, always-on computing tech would do for advertising. I'm thinking that they just don't bother putting any kind of contact info on their adverts since you can just search for it all anyway, and you will most likely.

Random Ideas

White background with a technical-box-thing in the lower-right corner. Blue-black text, centralised, each sentence stacked atop the next: "We made the Matrix. We can make you." Overlaid on the technical-box-thing: "NeoNET."

Armed, threatening metahuman standing in a doorway into dark room, shot from room interior. Large central text: "Thousands of lives are endangered every minute. Is your home safe?" Smaller, corner text: "Weapons World."

Whole body skeletal x-ray, DNA double helix vertically dividing it. Bright white text centered beneath: "Parashield saves millions. Can we save you?"

Solar-eclipse image like that seen in Heroes with semi-transparent overlaid images of general science stuff. Overlaid: "Be new for the new day." Bottom line: "The Singularity Institute is accepting donations."

An unattached cyber hand--
Second Hand Street Sam---We Pawn all second hand cyber, weapons and other hardware. Sorry-no bioware accepted, no exceptions.

(Hey this is a mag for runners!!)

Are you adding artwork to the adds or just the phrases?

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Wow! Talk about willing to risk it all! You don't think about nanites in your magazine. I love it!

My character needs this regularly.

That one goes strait to my heart. That would be awesome.

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So creepy.

What? Man's gotta eat.

...man.

Hey, in Richmond, VA

There is a "Nacho Mama's" they sponsored my flag football teem that was also called "Nacho Mama's"

New date for DH's release yet?

Nope. More problems cropped up. I'm taking a page from CGL's page at the moment, and simply saying "Soon" and "We'll let you know as soon as we know". TRust me, I want this out, and I wanted it out 2 weeks ago. So we're doing everything we can to move it along. Hoefully we get all these kinks, bugs, and problems worked out with this issue, and #2+ will be much smoother sailing.

Good call on that. Also may wanna change the release data thing on the DDH web page.

Yeah, I need to ping Chrome about that. Been kinda distracted/busy with RL stuff this week. Ugh.

So we're getting roughly the same release date as Duke Nukem: Forever?

My group's all time favorite:

Renraku Computer Systems
"We make the crazy."

Quesadilla.

Weapons World

Your choice for Grade A Bang-Bang

Pistols:Pick your flavor

Hunting rifle:What's your game?

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Our consultants are there to help with any need, including security contractors and bodyguards!!

Liscensing available as well!!

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Or for the quick version:

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It really whips the llama's ass

Quesadilla => Krusseduller (Danish) = Doodle, so in our family we eat doodles.

Lars

NeoNet. Building the Matrix that will never die.

McHughs - You're not sure what's in it, but it tastes GOOD!

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Got a big date tonight?

SPARTAN MAN!

Now in troll sizes!

NERPS!
When your Talis Cat just won't stop.

NERPS!
Now in Kids Chewable version! Try the Salsa!

NERPS!
When your regular mailman is 'under the weather'.

NERPS!
When that genetically-modified banapple you bought is just a little too purple.

[Johnson City Trojans]... no... seriously... I coiuldn't make this shit up... It's the town next to where I went to high school...

I figure a lot of advertising would be like the AR version of the video-billboards you see today in NYC or Tokyo (or, for those movie buffs out there, like in the flying-car sequences in Blade Runner).