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SPORTS GAMES Pick any fast-moving sport, and there's a popular, highly realistic, multiplayer console game to go with it: NFL BLITZ, NCAA FINAL FOUR, FIFA '99 soccer. The teams, the players, the camera angles and even the commentary are exactly the same as the ones you see on TV. What's the harm in a little added interactivity...
...without Pete and the National Football League having anything to do with it. And by "football," I don't mean that strange, local game popular among inhabitants of North America! I'm talking about true world football--what you call soccer. How on earth did you manage to overlook FIFA, the governing body of world football? PAUL ERIK NORTON Oslo...
...Costanzo did have RSI, it probably wouldn't affect his devotion to FIFA. "It doesn't matter if it's a win if it's not a quality win," Costanzo says while playing. Still, excuses play an important role in conversation during the game. Blaming the game controllers is fairly common, as it blaming the partner or referee. When someone scores, it is met by cheers, groans, high fives, insults and compliments...
Though dedication to the game takes up a lot of their time, the FIFA junkies do find time for other important aspects of life. They take breaks for lunch and dinner, for example. Several are involved in long-term romantic relationships, though one was discovered by his gown-clad girlfriend just five minutes before the Radcliffe Senior Soiree. He was still in his jeans, his gaze locked on the screen during an intense game of Mario Kart. Although he lost that game, their relationship somehow survived. Perhaps women just can't resist them--Anna M. Harr '99 claims that "Nintendo...
...Even ping pong," adds Lalli. The group cheered at the suggestion of an N64 FIFA intramural. But, according to Reiss, "No one on campus is as good as us. But if they want to, come play us at Moors 404. We'll be here...