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...Bill Donovan, a retired union-worker and a dedicated Romney volunteer, last night was the sweet victory for the hours he had spent stumping for Romney. He sported 13 pins and stickers and a hard hat— “It keeps Democrats from hitting me on the head," he said...
...more, you have the freedom to choose how to solve those problems, or even whether to solve them at all. GTA3 is a novel written with a joystick, with branching story lines that twist and turn depending on the choices you make. "People play so differently," says Terry Donovan, COO of Rockstar, the British company that makes the game. "I watched my sister play Vice City, and she just drove a moped around for an entire day." This kind of interactivity gets fans emotionally involved in ways no other game ever has. Search the Net, and you will find GTA3...
...should it? Studies show the average American gamer is well into his 20s--old enough to have Wang Chunged before--yet while his tastes have matured, video games haven't been allowed to grow up with him. "There has been a demographic shift in who's playing," Donovan argues. "You're telling a 25-year-old that he's supposed to play with a hedgehog...
...both isolating and a challenge to the ego. That can cause emotional and perhaps even physical problems. One recent study sponsored by the National Institutes of Health found that househusbands are 82% more likely to die of heart disease than husbands who stay in traditional roles. Donovan Simons, a father of four in Nashville, Tenn., says his adjustment was not helped by observers who "looked at me like 'Oh, so you wear the dress...
...unsatisfying. Robert, RFK muses, feared that he "caused" his brother's murder by antagonizing the Mob or the Cubans, even that he subconsciously wished for his brother's death. (All this is hashed out in overwrought "debates"--which take place in R.F.K.'s head--between Roache and Martin Donovan as the ghost of J.F.K.) Did Robert want the presidency for himself? For his family? The standard answer, given here, is that, moved by Vietnam and urban unrest, he grew to want it for all of us. But his transformation feels mechanical, dictated by the needs of the movie. Roache does...