We've got a real mixed bag of demos for you this week. Sega Rally 2 proves that your £1,000 PC can look as good as Sega's £200 Dreamcast, which is great... we think. Nerf ArenaBlast is, indeed, a blast in an Unreal-Tournament-for-kids kind of way. Latest additions to the Hints and Tips database include X-Files: The Game on PC, Metal Gear Solid Integral on PlayStation, NFL Quarterback Club 2000 on N64 and House of the Dead 2 on Dreamcast. We've also got patches and updates for all the latest games. By the way, we've also got a playable demo of Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation for anyone that's interested...

The Future Gamer Chat Forum has been pretty hectic of late, with rabid discussion/speculation on all the next gen consoles. However, as soon as the Dreamcast hit UK shelves, everyone went quiet. Maybe they're all having a rest before the big Christmas rush. As such, this week has consisted mainly of quarrels and sly digs at each other, coming to a head over the review of Homeworld. American claimed that the British were stupid for thinking Homeworld was too hard. Oh dear! The discussion soon turned into a slagging match, with some claiming that the US didn't help us enough in the war and others stating that our beef is deadly. There was further feuding over the trivial matter of whether to get a SCART or S-Video cable for the Dreamcast, resulting in a 24-post thread comprised mainly of insults. Still, from a safe distance it's quite amusing to see people rip each other's heads off over two pieces of cable!

In other less heated debates, Chris celebrated completing Speed Freaks, Mr Kevin got even more excited about the Final Fantasy VIII release, which has been brought forward to October 27, and John Tweedie asked everyone for memories of their first game - Out Run and Breakout seemed to be the most common. And finally, we must all say congratulations to regular Mikfoz, who's adopting two rugrats soon. Rumours that one is to be called [FGC]_MiniFoz have been categorically denied.

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