Forrest at Myth.bungie.org is reporting that Zandervix has posted some portions of the Myth III manual in their Asylum. If, like Forrest, you're on a Macintosh and haven't had any opportunity to play Myth III yet, this might be the only way to get your fix right now.

GameSpot has reviewed Myth III and gave it a positive 8.4 out of 10 rating. Overall, they were impressed, but the scores were affected by bugs and missing features:

Rumor is that Myth III is infected with the recent nimda virus. SunStyle's post at MWA informs and warns:

Kudos to Myrgard for spotting a post by Conner at Marius.net that states that Marius.net will soon expand to support Myth II as well as Myth TFL. Here's how it will work:

IGN PC has reviewed Myth III and gave it a score of 8.7 out of 10. To put things in perspective, IGN gave Myth II a score of 8.9 out of 10 back in 1999.

Bugs didn't play too big of a role in the review, though some were mentioned. I was particularly disturbed by the apparent lack of veterans in the single player mission:

Total Codex at the Ministry Of Security has been pondering what the move to GameSpy for Myth III's online play will mean for the Myth community. He points out a number of differences in the way that system works compared to the old Bungie.net:

MWA has posted one of the bonus maps included with the EBGames pre-order package. Pepper Heights is a Gimble In The Wabe-like map for Myth III. MWA is having some server troubles, so be patient and keep trying the link.

The celebration for the 4th anniversary of Myth: The Fallen Lord's release will be held on Marius.net tonight. No time is specified, but showing up at around 6:30 PST would be a good bet.

Lophan at Myth.bungie.org noticed a recent update at the Marathon Open Source page that hosts the Aleph One project-- namely, that someone's put a Soulless 3d model in, taking advantage of the recently added model support. The result is interesting, to say the least.

Blambi at MythVillage spotted a review of Green Berets, the Myth 2 engine RTS game, over at The Mushroom. They found it to be more or less an exercise in frustration, citing the computer's unwavering accuracy, constant respawning of enemies, and the need for micromanagement:

IMG has posted a news item that answers a few questions about the Mac version of Myth III, as said by MacSoft's Nate Birkholz in the IMG forum. His post:

Isolder and TychoMax posted that they have made a Myth III spoof movie that's a little less than 2 minutes long and 70MB in size. It's available at their hotline server here: hotline://65.15.6.141 in the root folder.

Yuri Bushen of Freelancer has posted a Myth III review that has loads of new screenshots and is a positive review, scoring an overall 8.06 out of 10. Notable complaints are the incompatibilities with Windows XP and the AI. However, they were very impressed with the graphics and artwork. Bushen on the multiplayer mode: