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...destroy insects that are rapidly wiggling down the screen. "I feel like I have more control," said one woman, comparing it with the Anthology version. On the downside, Flashback has more than 75% fewer games than Anthology, and its cheap-feeling joystick was hard to maneuver. Even in Breakout, where you just hit a ball with a paddle in order to demolish a brick wall, it was impossible to glide the paddle smoothly from one side of the screen to the other. More problematic was Flashback's rendition of Adventure, in which you must find a golden chalice and take...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Joystick Nostalgia | 1/16/2005 | See Source »

...downside, Flashback has more than 75% fewer games than Anthology, and its cheap-feeling joystick was hard to maneuver. Even in Breakout, where you just hit a ball with a paddle in order to demolish a brick wall, it was impossible to glide the paddle smoothly from one side of the screen to the other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tech Watch: Joystick Nostalgia | 1/16/2005 | See Source »

...when Bryan does an ER episode and forgets cast member Deezer D's name. ("You probably thought I was Mekhi Phifer," says the peeved African-American actor.) Best is the relationship between Krista and her son Jake (Allen's adorable real son Jake Moritt, 7, the show's breakout), who gets cast in a movie Krista tries out for. Soon she's going to kiddie auditions--at one a show-biz mom advises her to get his ears surgically tucked--and finding her answering machine filled with acting offers for Jake, while she gets pitches from Playboy. Earlier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The Roles of Their Lives | 1/2/2005 | See Source »

...downside, Flashback has more than 75% fewer games than Anthology, and its cheap-feeling joystick was often hard to maneuver. Even in Breakout, where all you do is hit a ball with a paddle in order to demolish a wall of bricks, I found it impossible to glide the paddle smoothly from one side of the screen to the other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tech: Joystick Nostalgia | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

...OWLY (VOL2): JUST A LITTLE BLUE By Andy Runton The second volume in the breakout, all-ages series, where Owly learns that sometimes you have to make sacrifices for things that are important, especially friendship. (February...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Telescoping | 12/10/2004 | See Source »

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