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...wildly realistic touch that makes NBA 2K6 a Kobe-size leap forward. And it translates into game play. You get more control of your player on the floort -- he way he jukes and jives to break free of a defender or shadow an attacker. You're not just triggering preset animations; you're also right there in the game. And that's where you want...
...story that make a game work. Consider a military fighting game like Call of Duty: Finest Hour, in which players take part in the major battles of World War II. In the old version, you're constantly bumping into invisible barriers that force you from place to place down preset trails, accomplishing a predetermined chain of tasks. Don't look too closely at the extras: they're not particularly detailed, or all that smart...
...proliferation of gift cards has already sparked an outcry from consumer groups concerned about their lack of regulation. In the mid-1990s a few big specialty retailers and major department stores began issuing cards with magnetic strips and a preset or unlimited value as cheaper, more secure alternatives to paper gift certificates, which are easy to counterfeit. Card sales grew between 15% and 35% annually from 1997 to 2004, and while the issuing stores waited for the redemptions, they locked in enormous future revenues and racked up hefty interest income. Until now, regulators have trod lightly because they recognized...
Those strategies have their problems. For one, picking highs and lows based on recent trends works only until the trends change, and that can happen at any time. The surest way to maximize returns in a dull market is to rebalance your portfolio once a year to preset levels of bonds, cash, real estate and large-cap, small-cap and foreign stocks. You automatically sell what has done best (while it's up) and buy what has done worst (while it's down). But even rebalancing falls short when nothing moves higher...
Finally, the new “Auto Refill” ability allows students and their parents to charge a credit card automatically to replenish a Crimson Cash account once the balance falls below a preset level...