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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...cool thing is, we're the ones who get to decide. Should games be like Hollywood? Or like interactive novels? Or maybe the NBA is the model? China already sponsors a national video-gaming team, and ESPN is covering the launch of Halo 2. So grab a joystick, sink back into the couch, and get in on Level 1. I promise, nobody has to know. Just keep some tissues handy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Art of the Virtual | 11/8/2004 | See Source »

...Island. On the bridge of the 38-m vessel, the skipper accepts the task. He informs crew members of the mission and asks for a chart of the course. Leaning back in his seat, feet plonked on what anyone but a mariner would call the dashboard, Cummins jiggles a joystick in the armrest that operates the boat's flaps and fins, opening up the throttle for a 90-min. dash to the target zone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Hot Pursuit | 7/29/2004 | See Source »

...life as an SF is like a video game, Stern certainly got a chance to hold the joystick. He says his best times in Baghdad involved the detonation of explosives. After the SF’s confiscate Iraqi weapons, they destroy them on an abandoned range. After the SF’s collected a cartload of AK47’s, Stern was allowed to explode the weapons with a remote control bomb. “I’d see a cloud of smoke and then I’d hear the explosion,” Stern says...

Author: By Sarah E.F. Milov, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Bombs over Baghdad | 3/11/2004 | See Source »

Atari 10-in-1 Joystick A nostalgia item for older "kids," this retro joystick with 10 original games from the early '80s, including Pong, Asteroids, Centipede and Missile Command, plugs directly into your TV. jakkstvgames.com...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best Gear 2003: Fun & Games | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

...above the competition. First, there's a feature called Game Face, which lets you--by tweaking everything from eyebrows to teeth to paunch--create a golfer who looks just like you. Second, club control has been simplified and and perfected. You get a very professional swing by yanking the joystick on your controller forward, then back. Tiger Woods 2005 has a tough act to follow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coolest Inventions: Top 10 Video Games: Who's Got Game? | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

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