Word: actioner
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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ROLE PLAYING These games look like movies, except the players direct the action and the dialogue and must solve problems to find their way out of each "scene." The MONKEY ISLAND series (latest: CURSE OF MONKEY ISLAND) is O.K. for all ages; GRIM FANDANGO, with its noir-ish themes, is better for mature teens and adults...
FIGHT SIMULATORS Although they are pure combat, martial-arts programs like TEKKEN 3 and VIRTUA FIGHTER seem less violent and a lot less cowardly than the games that let players hide behind their guns. The TEKKEN series has all the choreographed beauty of a Hong Kong action flick and hardly any virtual blood. There are probably worse ways to let off steam...
...While a clever idea, interesting because it gives the audience the opportunity to see three different actors' interpretations of the same character, this device is, in the end, mostly disjointed. Clarke best unifies the play with his presence, while the first two Richards were somewhat more detached from the action...
...most successful innovation was the set. Cocoa-shell mulch covered the floor in a stadium-style stage, with seating on both sides. While at times it was difficult to see with an actor standing directly in front of the seating and facing the action, overall it was a very effective use of space and an impressive feat for the actors to be able to maintain contact with an audience that was on both sides of them...
...sister, is the legitimate candidate. As she screams in her election speech, "No one cares about this stupid election." She wants people who won't vote anyway to vote for her--to prove that the election is a waste of time, a deluded and prosaic example of democracy in action. In a country where barely over 50 percent of the population votes, Tami's apathy is a way of life...