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...might expect, there are clear game-playing divisions along the fault lines of sex and age. Consoles like the Xbox and PlayStation 2 are predominantly the territory of twentysomething men, who prefer to picture themselves as sports stars (like Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005) and racing drivers (Gran Turismo 4). Men 50 and older prefer martial games like Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six. Teenage girls are much more likely than boys to play games on their phone, while older women make up the majority of people playing card games such as Hearts online...
When it comes to auto-racing games, nothing can touch Sony's Gran Turismo 4, a realistic new entry for PlayStation consoles...
...money. To make the debt disappear, Parmalat transferred the liabilities to off-book subsidi-aries, also based in offshore havens. Bondi, the bankruptcy commissioner, says the system was a lethal brew. "In an attempt to hide its state of insolvency," he said in a report, Parmalat "entangled itself in gran-diose financial operations that were ever more costly." "OFFENSIVE AND RIDICULOUS" By the end of the '90s, the first red flags began popping up. In late 1999, Esteban Pedro Villar, a partner in the Buenos Aires offices of accountants Deloitte & Touche, filed an internal "early warning report" expressing serious concerns...
...Lost and yearning to return home, they find themselves trapped in a secret valley full of dragons, talking animals and scary rat creatures. Humans live here too, including Thorn, a pretty farm girl whose parents have died, leaving her in the care of her apple-cheeked yet oddly strong Gran'ma Ben. As the Bone's lives become more entwined with Thorn's it becomes clear that she has a secret past that her Gran'ma has been keeping from her. Meanwhile an evil, unseen entity known as the Lord of the Locusts has been gathering armies, including...
...when Fone's hat spontaneously combusts upon catching Thorn preparing for a bath. Smith also puts together clever set pieces, such as the Great Cow Race, where Phoney introduces a "mystery cow" - actually Smiley in a costume - convincing the locals to go for this sucker bet over the favorite: Gran'ma Ben(!). The final race turns into a raucously funny slapstick worthy of a classic Chuck Jones cartoon. "Bone" keeps the comic in comix, without being juvenile, in a smart but universally funny way that has become all too rare in the form...