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Sound farfetched? In fact, primitive versions of these self-created environments--known as role-playing games--have been a staple of the geeky sci-fi set since the heyday of Dungeons & Dragons in the 1970s. Computer networks make it easier for D&D enthusiasts to find one another and to create game sites that can support hundreds of players at once. The single most popular content area on the Games Channel, says Schick, is a role-playing game called Gemstone...
That day, however, is still a distant sci-fi dream--or nightmare, if one cares to dwell on the social and economic impact of such a development. In the meantime, little can be done for those who refuse to do for themselves. Dr. Lewis Lipsitz, chief of geriatrics at Boston's Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for the Aged, pointedly warns, "Geriatric medicine starts in the 40s." And the NIA's Sprott cautions that "the difference comes in life-style changes, not in the pills you take." Health and biomedical researchers all agree that for now, the best offense against the ravages...
Star Trek: Voyager (UPN) The network's sci-fi line-up angles for male viewers...
...college-student comedy Pearl for Wednesdays. "Our main goal is women 25 to 54." The WB is chasing younger men and women, in their late teens and early 20s--tough, given that Fox serves up the adolescent-friendly Beverly Hills, 90210 and Party of Five on Wednesdays. With its sci-fi lineup, UPN is courting older male viewers--but, notes senior executive VP Len Grossi, "not 50-plus CBS older...
Besides, by late last month Bill Bennett's name was rising fast on Dole's ever changing short list. While preparing for his July 30 speech praising the values of the sci-fi blockbuster Independence Day--a subject, and a movie, that Bennett had urged upon Dole--the two men spent several days on the road together. The night before the speech, Dole invited Bennett to a meeting at the Hotel Sofitel in Los Angeles. With his press secretary Nelson Warfield and California campaign chief Ken Kachigian also in the room, Dole talked mainly about his upcoming tax-cut proposals...