Word: graphics
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...Xbox 360 console leading into the Christmas rush—just as the wildly popular shoot-em-up “Halo” was the game that drove sales of the original Xbox—“Gears” is a violent tactical shooter, with photorealistic graphics and elegant gameplay.But you’d be hard-pressed to deduce any of this from watching the TV spot.The ad opens with a post-apocalyptic scene of wreckage, as a lone armor-clad space marine type runs through desolate streets, pumping rounds into foreboding alien-infested shadows...
...indicative of something terribly rotten and depraved in our culture that moviegoers will ante up $10 to see graphic representations of victims being tortured and mutilated. What does it say about us as human beings when this type of film is seen as a pleasurable cinematic experience? Why should we then be surprised that so much of life in our cities and towns has become increasingly rude and violent...
...will power seeps away. Rendered with a high degree of realism, Ito's drawings and storytelling more closely resemble Western comics than other Japanese imports. This makes them easier to read, in spite of being printed right to left like the other Dark Horse manga books. Full of satisfyingly graphic violence and ectoplasmic f/x, Ito delivers not just the required amount of gore but smartly expands on such commonplace terrors as the fear of losing oneself in a relationship. Though the mostly unconnected stories lack the satisfying arc of a novel, acquiring at least one of the two volumes...
...what have we become politically? One of the graphics in this issue's special report beautifully illustrates how we are less a Red and Blue nation than a United States of Purple. I've long believed that political polarization in America is much exaggerated and that the great mass of Americans are pragmatic moderates who tune out the high-decibel battles of the parties and the pundits. I agree with political scientist Morris Fiorina's thesis that as a nation we are closely divided, not deeply divided, and that graphic shows...
ENLIGHTENED READING If the typical graphic novel is too action packed for you, here's something a bit more Zen: the fourth volume of Buddha--a 10-part series--tells the story of the epic figure's life and journey toward Nirvana...