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...woman's dream?). In Animal Crossing, you take up residence in a tiny cartoon town where you plant flowers and go fishing and design shirts. You can visit other players' towns and trade shirts with them. The reaction from traditional gamers tends to be 'Fine, but who do I shoot at?' But Animal Crossing is a hit, and Nintendogs has sold 6 million copies. (Incidentally, Miyamoto points out that Animal Crossing wasn't originally designed for girls. "Many female schoolchildren are purchasing and enjoying it," he says, cracking himself up. "Also ladies in their 20s. But the fact...
...about to shoot at a legless cartoon soldier-a black shape in the middle of a yellow square 200 m away. But first I need to center him in my rifle's sights. I've managed to get the ring of the front sight to sit just inside the slightly larger ring of the rear sight. Now I shift my stance, trying to make the the thin black post in the front sight touch the center of the soldier's belt. The rifle is heavy, and the sight picture-the relationship of rings, aiming post and target-won't stay...
...Golf has targets just as small and distant-and makes people just as obsessive. The difference with shooting is that, well, you do it with guns. And bullets. Which were invented for one purpose: war. Beyond the shooting range's black-and-yellow targets hover ghosts. My club, Sydney's Royal Australian Naval Reserve Rifle Club, has its origins in the military. Most of the 170 members are civilians, but every Saturday, builders, bankers, surgeons, ex-servicemen, chiropractors, chefs and electricians-men and women, from teenagers to 80-year-olds-compete in honor of some milestone in military history: last...
...Jude Law, Miller is actually more of an organic-cotton blond, and the film is weighty material. Interview is one of three movies by Dutch director Theo van Gogh, who was murdered by Muslim extremists in 2004, that are being remade in English. Buscemi, who's directing, tried to shoot as Van Gogh did, in just nine days. He also plays a grizzled war reporter who resents having to interview an actress. "They end up having some intimate, father-daughtery, lovery moments," says Miller. Lovery? With Miller? Buscemi must have had to work hard at that...
...meeting Prince William is faked...’ “‘...and we’ll tell every single man you ever date from now on that all you’re after is a rock on your finger!’ Lissy finishes. I shoot a grateful glance at her. “‘OK!’ says Jemima, practically in tears. ‘OK! I promise I’ll forget all about it. I promise! Just please don’t mention the discount warehouse shop. Please...