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...Columbine had never happened. I came to the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo--the first E3 since the Littleton, Colo., massacre--expecting to find the video- game industry in a defensive crouch. After all, everybody from my wife to the President has made hay out of the fact that the boys who fired 600 rounds at their teachers and fellow students had nurtured their violent revenge fantasies, at least in part, playing splatter games like Doom and Quake. But on the floor of the Los Angeles Convention Center, where Quake III, the newest, bloodiest version, was on display, the only question...
Despite post-Columbine High School sensitivity to virtual violence, few doubt that the splatter game Quake III will be one of the big hits this week at Electronic Entertainment Expo, the big annual trade show where computer- and video-game vendors gather to unveil their whizziest and often most bloodthirsty stuff. But parents hoping to keep guns and guts off their PC and TV screens will have plenty of other choices, judging from the strong lineup of family-friendly fare. Disney will debut its new Tarzan action game for the PC, PlayStation and Nintendo 64. Maxis will present The Sims...
HAIR APPARENT It was heads up at last week's Proud Lady Beauty Show, a trade expo for African-American beauty products in Chicago. Inspired by the unique properties of black hair, stylists went to new heights. You know what they say: It's a curl thing...
Take a day to relax and wander around the Spring Festival at the Bayside Expo Center. Whether you want to buy an early Mother's Day gift, a room decoration, or just want corn on the cob, it could be fun. Bayside Expo Center, 2000 Mt. Vernon St. 474-6000, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. $7 at the door...
...Besides having a super cool website (click on the yin-yang!), the Harvard Tai Chi Tiger Crane Club offers a kick-ass, karate-choppin' good time. The club, Harvard's original martial arts group, runs the February Harvard Martial Arts Expo in Agassiz Theater and organizes the Annual Harvard Conference on Tai Chi and Health. Members of the club can choose to focus on tai chi or kung fu (there are separate practices for each, plus a joint practice on Sundays), and follow the professional leadership of Master Yon Lee. Members also perform at occasional events and make appearances...