DEAD TO RIGHTS II: HELL TO PAY Jack Slate has more ways to kill you than a butcher's got meat: His disarming style, his willingness to take a dive, and his sharp wit/sword come to mind.  He's also a dog lover.  See what Namco has in store for the sequel to the Platinum Hit, Dead to Rights.  Here's a hint: Bigger, better, more. Dead To Rights II Exclusive Artwork Extended Feature: Environmental Interaction

TGS 2003: SQUARE ENIX ROUND-UP If you missed it, forgot about, or got locked in a closet, here's your chance to re-visit our 2003 Tokyo Game Show Square Enix coverage. TGS 2003: Square Enix Round-Up

MY GENERATION This issue featured our Top 50 list of games from this generation, and since readers have been asking, we decided to reprint our Top 100 games of all time, which appeared in the sold out issue #100 Game Informer's Top 100 Games Of All Time

		ALIAS Can't get enough of the lovely Sydney Bristow? Neither can we. Ah, so lovely...Um anyway, we've got new screens and gameplay video of the PS2 version. Alias Screens And Movies

LIFELINE Even if you've never talked to a pretty girl in real life, at least now you have the chance to do it in a game! The first entirely voice-activated action game, you'll help guide Rio through the space hotel from hell. Even if you don't have any friends, at least you'll have "someone" to talk to from now on. You know, besides yourself. New Lifeline screens

AMPED 2 We challenge Microsoft to some online matches via Xbox Live. Amped 2: Xbox Live Vs. Microsoft - The Movies MARIO KART: DOUBLE DASH!! Dual rider action - has it reinvented the genre or is it just a gimmick? Extra Screenshots MIDDLE EARTH ONLINE What are you betting that the inside of "Middle Earth" isn't nougat? Extra Screenshots 16 - Editor's Forum This is the one place that those of us who write this monthly ditty get to have some personal time for a cleansing diatribe.  See what we're talking about this month. 18 - GI Spy The Game Informer paparazzi stalk the video game industry, bringing you candid photos of all the action. 20 - Dear GI First, multiple readers want to know what's on our party cheese plates, and now it's Smurfs?  What's with you people?  Others round out the collection of the obscure, insightful, and insipid. 24 - News With an industry that's growing as quickly as this video game world we're a part of, the ballyhoo that's fit to print just gets more and more interesting.  See what's moving and shaking in this all important pre-holiday season. 92 - Previews Time to start the wish lists, kids and adults alike.  We've got the skinny on more than a few titles to whet your whistle and lust after.  Every taste is covered, and there's tons of new information on highly anticipated games. 132 - Reviews You may be holding out for an appropriate gift-giving occasion, but everyone should make sure that their list is chock full of winners.  This plump batch of reviews exposes what may be the biggest disappointment this year and a few surprisingly excellent picks.  Your gaming systems will thank you. 181 - Charts What's hot? What's not? What's up? What's down? It's not NASDAQ, it's the Retail Sales Data and the GI Editors' Top 10 Games. 188 - Classic GI We talk long and hard with the creator of Marble Madness.  See what it is that makes everyone in this office feel like the most inadequate failures in history.  You will too, unless you were revolutionizing an industry and making mad dough as a teenager. 192 - ETC Looking for some holiday ideas you can take advantage of, and still offer a cheap excuse to get into a video game or toy emporium?  Check out our selection that covers almost any gift need.