News Roundup: Dead Sonic Space Chronicle

• Defunct Games looks at back issues of Hardcore Gamer magazine -- they're pretty stoked for Dead Space and revisit the magazine's cover story from issue 33.
• Sonic Chronicle's battle system, while engaging at first, forfeits its novelty through slow repetition.
• The ICY BOX IB-390 Series is an external hard drive that won't hog your precious, precious desk space.
• Lineage II has launched a new preview site for its Gracia Part 2 expansion; elegant and not overly Flash-y.
• Taking something great and making it even better is the eVGA 790i SLI FTW Digital PWM Motherboard.
  
• Warhammer Online is the spot for players that want to kill other players.  But for those that want a compelling, charming, content-filled fantasy world?  It's only "ho-hum."
• I4U has disarmed Crysis Warhead and found that the only bad thing they can say is that it's short.
• The finish is nice.  The fit, not so much.  Tweaknews reviews the Thermaltake V9 Gaming Case.