One of my favorite Applelinks Moofie Awards categories is the Lifetime Achievement Award. In May of 2001, we presented this award to Al Lowe, creator of Leisure Suit Larry and all around fantastic guy. I had the opportunity to hold two hiliarous phone conversations with Al, and I'm pleased to be able to post those interviews here again in our new iConversations column.

Applelinks is pleased to announce a new section of our website: iConversations. Here, we'll post interviews conducted with various artists, developers and all around decent folk who use the Macintosh to enrich our lives and, more importantly, to make themselves a little money. To kick off the column, here's a repost of Bill Stiteler's recent interview with rappers Lords of the Rhymes.

What goes into creating the musical score and ambient music that we listen to each time we load up our favorite games? To find out, I chatted with Michael Beckett of Nuclear Kangaroo Music, composer of the music for Pangea Software's Nanosaur and Bugdom.