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which were either jokes or attempts to earn "download points" in exchange for uploading "new files," such as ones which had been edited with a hex editor to look like a new version but which were actually the same as the real current version. The report was published through much of 1992 and 1993, with the help of contributors from around the world. It earned coverage in the 1994 book "Cyberlife!", although the authors of the chapter in which it was featured called it "The 'Hacker' Report."
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of any Bulletin Board System and to anyone else who offered files for download. It was an attempt to help users and sysops alike avoid "fraudulent programs." Malicious files that contained viruses or did harm to a system when executed were of course covered, but the report also covered programs
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in Austin, Texas. He won the prepared pun category twice ("Punniest of Show," 1992 and 1995) and the head-to-head competition once ("High Lies and Low Puns," now called the "Punslingers" category) in 1991. Jackson is also a charter member of Punsters United Nearly Yearly (a.k.a. "P.U.N.Y.), a
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game. The remaining two tracks include an interview conducted by Jake "The Voice" Parr and a reading of special thanks. Of the three new tracks, Track 12, "Spicewood," was dedicated to Jackson's late grandparents, who lived in the community of
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and stayed on during the eventual folding of Metro into Clear Channel's Total Traffic Network subsidiary in 2011. He primarily provided traffic reports on the 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. overnight shift for 1080
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has elicited many spin-offs and remixes over the years by both fans and professional musicians, including an officially sanctioned studio version by the popular
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Producers & Engineers Wing. Jackson celebrated his 15th year anniversary as a member of both organizations in 2012 and his 20th anniversary in 2017.
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to create the instrumental background tracks for the first three episodes of the game. Jackson created all of the tracks for the fourth episode of
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pinball game, released under the Apogee one-off subsidiary Pinball Wizards label. His own voice acting characters include the "Fat Commander" in
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Jackson's voice can also be heard in the music for two games. He incorporated his voice into the music for a level of Apogee's
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Jackson began working a radio producer and on-air traffic and news reporter out of what was the Dallas / Fort Worth market of
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was released, containing a new fifth episode by the original level designers, and containing new original music by Jackson.
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Before and briefly after moving to the Dallas area, Jackson published a monthly report that was distributed through the
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network and the "hack-l" newsgroup of the Internet, called "The Hack Report". This report was distributed for free to
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and played bassoon in the UT Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band. He left the University in 1983 and went to work for the
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website, after being invited by another member of the forums. There, he has authored and contributed several new
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Jackson also did voice acting, direction, and effects for games by Apogee and 3D Realms, as well as for the
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launch party held on June 11, 2011 at the Palladium Ballroom in Dallas, along with his wife and son.
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featured it on the front page of their website and contracted with Kline to use it to promote their
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in Dallas from 2006 until late 2012, when poor health forced him to go on disability status.
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from 1981–1983 as a Music Education major and was initiated into the Alpha Iota chapter of
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organization) based solely on works published with video games. He is also a member of the
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is an American composer. He was the music and sound director for the video game developer
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support group for punsters dedicated to holding the World Championships competition.
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Jackson was one of many former 3D Realms employees who worked on the long-delayed
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In the early-to-mid 1990s, Jackson competed in and won first-place honors in the
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in 2004. He continued his position during the purchase of Metro Networks by
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Jackson was one of the first people to qualify for full voting membership in
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was brought back and used again as the theme song for the 2011 release of
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Assault Commander, "Our Queen is born" alien (Ep. 4 intro cinematic)
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in the fall of 1982. He was also a member of the flag section of the
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On March 30, 2018, Jackson published his debut 14-track solo album,
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Prior to his career with Apogee/3D Realms, Jackson attended the
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to create the two games' instrumental background tracks.
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A series of "Composers Play" interviews published on
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marimba
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tympani
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3D Realms
Duke Nukem 3D
Rise of the Triad
Robert Prince
3D Realms
Shadow Warrior
Apogee Software
Duke Nukem Forever
Balls of Steel
Stargunner
Gearbox Software
YouTube
Doom
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General MIDI
Duke Nukem 3D
Robert Prince

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