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...controller, then aiming a bow and arrow, then using it as a fishing rod, reeling in a stubborn virtual fish. The third game, and probably the most fun, is also the simplest: tennis. The controller becomes a racket, and I'm smacking forehands and stroking backhands. The sensors are fine enough that you can scoop under the ball to lob it, or slice it for spin. At the end, I don't so much put the controller down as have it pried from my hands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Game For All Ages | 5/8/2006 | See Source »

...tiny singing microbes (surely every woman's dream?). In Animal Crossing, you take up residence in a tiny cartoon town where you plant flowers and go fishing and design shirts. You can visit other players' towns and trade shirts with them. The reaction from traditional gamers tends to be 'Fine, but who do I shoot at?' But Animal Crossing is a hit, and Nintendogs has sold 6 million copies. (Incidentally, Miyamoto points out that Animal Crossing wasn't originally designed for girls. "Many female schoolchildren are purchasing and enjoying it," he says, cracking himself up. "Also ladies in their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Game For All Ages | 5/8/2006 | See Source »

...There is a fine line between a healthy love of country?which is 'patriotism'?and narrow-minded 'nationalism' that breeds hatred." TARO ASO, Japan's Foreign Minister, in a speech in the U.S. urging Asian governments to keep rising nationalist sentiments in check...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 5/8/2006 | See Source »

...abrupt cries in the air of history. All are tackled by the scholars ... At one end of the room, the fragments are prepared for mounting. Those too brittle to be uncurled are placed in a humidifier ... Then they are cleaned of sand, mold and marl (a clayey sediment) with fine camel's-hair brushes ... Some are so delicate that special brushes of only a few hairs must be used; and these fragments bear warnings?Don't Touch or, occasionally, DON'T BREATHE!" Read more at timearchive.com...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 5/8/2006 | See Source »

...would be fine with that, if the Mexican government were using this as capital to end corruption and kickstart its economy. One Mexican academic has determined that of the 16 Mexican states with the highest migration rates, not one has made economic development a priority. Rather than more Mexicans going to work, more are quitting their jobs because they can live off the remittances. In five Mexican states, remittances now equal more than 100% of local salaries. In one state, Michoacan, it's 182%. Mexican academics are calling their country's relationship to the U.S. "parasitic"-they insist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blame Mexico: the Mess Starts at Home | 5/8/2006 | See Source »

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