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...June and arrayed on U.S. store shelves in September--represents a multimillion-dollar gamble by the company that practically owned the hearts and minds of the video game-playing world for much of the 1980s--until they were stolen in 1991 by Sega and a speedy blue hedgehog named Sonic...
Nintendo's competitors, of course, are hardly disappearing. The Sony Playstation has acquired a fervent following, and in Los Angeles this week Sega will be trumpeting the arrival of a 32-bit version of Sonic the Hedgehog, a soaring game called Nights, and a Net Link telephone hookup that will allow Sega Saturn owners to use their systems as on ramps to the Information Highway...
...plans right now except to wink and say, as Lincoln does, that it "will be making announcements in the near future." But it's not hard to imagine tens of millions of Americans a few years from now surfing the World Wide Web through their video-game players with Sonic and Mario at their side...
...scenes. These pauses in the narrative slow the film down and thwart the efforts of audience members to gauge the pace or predict the plot. The moments of blankness, which Jarmusch describes as "respiration," also serve to showcase Neil Young's virtuoso soundtrack. Young has created a raw, wiry sonic complement to the film, as compelling as the visual elements and the plot. Jarmusch described Young's goal as creating a "melody" to go along with the rhythm of the movie itself. Relying predominantly on guitar with very little accompaniment, Young's composition is like the voice of another character...
...engagingly sweet-sounding songs, Sad Caper, Tucker's Town and She Crawls Away. Hootie's core sound hasn't changed a whole lot; this isn't their Sgt. Pepper's. But the lyrics are more enigmatic, and the songs have ebb and flow instead of the straight-ahead sonic attack that characterized Cracked Rear View. When I'm Lonely, the last song on Fairweather Johnson, is pure, classic pop--wistful, mature and well crafted. Rucker's voice has never sounded better...