PC Accelerator

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March,2000 cover of PC Accelerator showing developer Stevie Case.
March,2000 cover of PC Accelerator showing developer Stevie Case.

PC Accelerator (PCXL) was a personal computer game magazine that was published by Imagine Media (now a subsidiary of Future Publishing). It was known for its Maxim-like humor and photography, and its last issue was dated June 2000. After the split up of the magazine editor-in-chief Mike Salmon went on to start the Official Xbox Magazine while some of the staff was sent to PC Gamer; others went on to work for Daily Radar.

Contents

[edit] Format

Games were reviewed on a scale of 0-10. Half-Life was the only game to receive an 11.

[edit] Staff

  • Mike Salmon: Editor in Chief and writer
  • Rob Smith: Executive Editor who went on to helm PC Gamer.
  • Ed Lee: Writer who eventually left to enter law school.
  • Chuck Osborn: A native of Austin, Texas. Chuck now works for PC Gamer.
  • Dan Egger: A junior editor for the magazine.
  • Carrie Shepherd: The managing editor for the publication.
  • Quinton Doroquez aka "Q": Artist who designed the layout for the magazine.
  • Kyle LeBoeuf: Asst. Artist.
  • Erik Piller: Marketing Manager / Webmaster
  • Caroline Simpson-Bint: Publisher

There were more editors and artists that followed.

[edit] Characters

  • "Hector the Scarecrow - Crafted from a coatrack and gas mask. Hector was dangled from the sprinkler system to appear more lifelike and eventually made a fire inspector very, very angry. Hector appeared in six issues.
  • "Gia DeCarlo" - A figment of PCXL's imaginations.
  • "Limey the Lima Bean" - Says "Screw you" to everyone.
  • "Quake Guy" - Frequent hero of Ed Lee Comic Strips
  • "Laura"
  • "Future Guy" - Future Guy lived one year in the future and knew a year in advance that PCXL was going to get canned.

[edit] Easter Eggs

There was a game reviewed in the magazine that never existed... and was completely fabricated including screenshots, developer interviews, company website and a developer company front.

[edit] PC Gamer Versus PCXL matches

Every night, the staffs of PC Gamer and PCXL would challenge each other to massive team on team Rainbow Six battles. The PCXL staff rarely won a single match.

[edit] External links

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