Word: splatter
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...Foxx, to Lolita and Lady Chatterley's Lover--and took a heroic leap into the enthralling unknown, the flourishing of art, the liberation of race and gender. Yet it can also be argued that the opening of those emotional pores brought a more debased culture: drug epidemics, teen pregnancy, splatter movies, penis-size jokes on every sitcom, Marilyn Manson and Monica Lewinsky. Perhaps the four-letterization of America was not an unalloyed blessing, and the handing of artistic freedom to an infantile culture was not a wise gift...
...Cambridge resident reports that another car nearly hit her vehicle. The driver of the other car exited the vehicle and said, "Get your ass out of the fucking car or I'll splatter blood...
...wife wasn't exactly surprised when I said I thought "our kids" might need a video-game deck for the holidays. Given my penchant for computer-based shoot-'em-ups, simulators and splatter games of any kind, how long would it be before I graduated to the hard stuff? Did I say "I"? Ha-ha. Slip of the tongue. My kids, I mean. "It'll be educational for the girls," I assured...
...mess with a winning formula? Ever since it released Wolfenstein 3D (1992) and Doom II (1994), ID Software has been a leader in "splatter games" that tap into the killer instincts of the adolescent boy in all of us. So it's no surprise that Quake II, due out this week, bears a striking resemblance to last year's best seller, Quake. "Quake II is an entirely new game," insists ID's Barrett Alexander, pointing to a new setting, new weapons and updated storyline. Judge for yourself...
...TIME's Dean Fischer reports: "These two rival factions are trying to maneuver against each other, and one may be manipulating the facts in an attempt to win over the Khmer Rouge rebels. This seems to be just a case of political maneuvering." Meanwhile, as gunfire continued to splatter throughout Pnomh Penh, Cambodians can only hope that with or without Pol Pot's capture, the bloodshed may finally...