The Link 10 Interview

 INTERVIEW CONDUCTED BY GIORGIO ARMANI
            22TH MARCH, 1993

ok dudes, now to my favourite column,
INTERVIEW. this is the place for you to
get to know about other sceners. i have
decided to interview MEGAZZAP/PLX for
obvious reasons - he's a friend!!!

yep, we worked our ass off to make the
new format for LINK. megazzap has done
a superb job for the graphics. just look
at the menu screen.

ok we better roll on...
Q) please tell our readers a little
   about your self?

A) well as you know my handle is
   MEGAZZAP! my real name is greg newton
   i'm 16 years old, my height is about
   6'1, i have blond hair with blue eyes
   and i take a shoe size 12!
   well i think that explains everything
   about me!

Q) how long have you been on the SCENE?

A) well i have nearly been on the scene
   for a year now!
Q) in your opinion what can the scene do
   to keep it's head above the water?

A) well for a start! all these girlie
   wars have to stop and all the back
   biters can fuck off!
   we also need to stop producing so
   many mags and start doing more
   QUALITY demo's!

0) what jobs do you do in your group and
   what have you been working on?

A) well for PARALAX i am main
   graphician for the group and i also
   do swapping!
   and as you can see i have done this
   issue of the link's graphix. i have
   just finished the first issue of
   PARALAX'S new mag CLASSIC graphix and
   also i have many projects to be
   finished that i have started for our
   demo's

Q) where did you get your handle from?
   and what inspired you to choose this
   one!

A) well i first got the name ZZAP from
   the euro paper mag, but then i found
   out that someone else used the name
   zzap! so i put mega in front to make
   it: MEGAZZAP!

Q) tell us about what you do in real
   life?

A) what's that! (only kidding)

   well school also takes up heaps of
   time these dayz, i play basketball
   and like to draw in my spare time!

Q) what groups have you been in?

A) i first started off in a group called
   GENIUS australia, then about three
   months down the track i left and
   because i accepted an offer to
   join PARALAX instead.

   then PARALAX joined force with TSR
   for about a month when just recently
   PARALAX went back to normal!

Q) what future do you see in your group
   PARALAX?

A) well our group is going to
   concentrate in doing demo's and not
   so much cracking!
   paralax in my opinion will go a long
   way if we all stick together!
   (right guyz!)

Q) give us paralax's full member status?

A) o.k hear goes:

   PINK PANTHER...........HQ,LEADER,SWAP
   GOP..........CO-LEADER,SWAP,MUSIC,GFX
   QUETZAL.......MAIN CODER,CRACKER,SWAP
   MEGAZZAP..(ME)...MAIN GRAPHICIAN,SWAP
   GIORGIO ARMANI...CODER,SWAP,MUSIC,GFX
   TBL......................MEGA.SWAPPER
   SPECTRE.................CODER,SWAPPER
   ANTHRAX.......................SWAPPER
   PHANTOM.......................SWAPPER

Q) how many AUSTRALIAN and EUROPEAN
   scene members have you met?

A) well i haven't had the chance to meet
   any euro sceners but i have met ozzy
   sceners include:

   GIORGIO ARMANI/PLX'TSR (best pal)
   GOP/PLX
   LOGIC/FURY
   ERRATIC/PLX  (AMIGA)
   UPTONOGOOD/TSR
   STEVE/TSR
   T.B.H/MSR
   MORBID/BODYCOUNT

   hopefully i would love to meet more
   sceners at the AUSTRALIAN SCENE PARTY
   on the 17TH and 18TH of JULY 1993.
   so i hope all sceners reading this
   will be there as it is going to be
   a weekend to remember!

Q) tell us your favourite things (food,
   drink, hobby!)

A) food: kentucky (i work there!)
         chinese food!
         anything goes!

   drink: well after new years eve i
          don't touch alcohol anymore, i
          think i'll stick with soft
          drink (COKE)

   hobby: well my 64 and amiga ofcourse,
          but as i said, i love playing
          basketball, i like to draw and
          meeting new people and also
          talking on the phone!

Q) tell us your favourite in the scene?

A) GROUPS:  flash-inc - oxyron - triad
   CRACKING:illusion, legend, epic
   GRAPHIX: decoy design, d'arc, caine,
            metro, deadbone
   MUSICIAN:moon, guy shavitt, jeroen t.
   SWAPPERS:cruel/bronx, web/mayhem/p7p
            dave/climax, rogue/tsr
            deadbone/hype, giorgio
            armani/tsr&plx, gop/plx

Q) what displeases you the most about
   the scene?

A) for a start, to many disk mags, not
   enough demos, to many budgit games,
   not enough quality games.

Q) list us your favourite demos, tools,
   mag and game!

A) demos: promethius unbound/flash inc
          red storm/triad
          problem child/topaz

   games: turrican 2, l. ninja series,
          first samurai.

   tools: topaz a-fli ed., a.art studio.
   mags: earth shake, brutal, script.

Q) who are some of your favourite
   sceners?

A) GIORGIO ARMANI/PLX'TSR
   GOP/PLX
   LOGIC/FURY
   WEB/MAYHEM/P7P
   CRUEL/BRONX
   UPTONOGOOD/TSR
   STEVE/TSR
   DEADBONE/HYPE
   AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST
   CAINE/HYPE
Q) any greetz or messages you would like
   to say, greg?

A) well first i would like to thank
   GIORGIO ARMANI for the interview!

   and many greetz to all my cool
   contacts and friends!
   bye!

          SIGNED: megazapp/plx
                  giorgio armani/tsr&plx
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