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...only one who had trouble memorizing all the buttons on video-game controllers and figuring out which one to push when. Now I know better. How else to explain the success of EyeToy games for PlayStation 2? EyeToy games replace the handheld game pad with a video camera that translates your body movements into onscreen action. Since the first EyeToy game went on sale last year, Sony has sold more than 4 million units worldwide (including 1 million in the U.S.). To put that number into context, it is about as many units sold as the single best-selling video...
...best of the bunch is the new EyeToy: AntiGrav, on sale Nov. 9 ($50, camera included). In this fast-paced fantasy racing game, you play as a hover-board rider who flies over gorgeous terrain, performing skateboard-style tricks, flips, grinds and spins. You can jump off ramps and slide along rails. You can fly through multicolored rings in the sky. Along the way, you hit targets with your hands to rack up points and earn speed bursts. With five levels to master, it could take weeks or months before you tire of AntiGrav...
...have to admit that it felt funny jumping around in front of my TV--it was a little like doing an aerobics workout video--so I closed the blinds to keep the neighbors from staring at me. Also, I got a little frustrated when the camera didn't always register my maneuvers. When I tried backflips, the camera too often thought I was doing a one-armed roll to the right instead. But moving my body made me feel more immersed in the game than if I had just been pressing buttons on a controller...
When Kerry got to the House on the Rock resort outside Madison, he found his advance staff had transformed an old machine shed into a near perfect replica of the first debate site, figuring in everything from the lectern specs to the camera angles, even the color of the carpet and the walls...
...while he was in the service. But there was the whiff of truth in the documents. They could be real. Bush and his staff weren't sure, but they had to come up with a reaction quickly. 60 Minutes had just sent the documents over that morning, and the camera crews were arriving in three hours...