Found this on the PF summary for the article, added today:
Update (12/7/01): A reader has written us providing several more sources of information about the decision to remove some races from MOO3. They clarify the reasons for doing so, which appear to have nothing to do with the furry fandom. None of them use the word "furries", suggesting that the choice of that word was by the author of the Computer Gaming World piece, not by Bill Fisher. The word choice is still interesting, but it's impossible to say whether it's a deliberate poke at the fandom, or simply evidence the word has begun to enter popular usage.
In light of this, our original conclusion appears to be incorrect. Our original copy is retained below as a matter of honesty.
Found this on the PF summary for the article, added today: