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...oddly compelling. In the same way that Myst and Riven create places you can get lost in, the hunting titles I tried nicely evoke the great outdoors: wind blowing through the pines, boots crunching through crusty snow, the howl of a coyote in the distance. Hunting is an atavistic thrill: staking out a spot in the virtual woods and waiting quietly for a buck; centering it in the crosshairs and shooting it were satisfying in a primal, I-eat-meat kind of way. I preferred the GT titles. Deer Hunter II was more straightforward and easier to play...
...ease my fears of the future by telling myself there will always be people who acquire skills for purely intrinsic reasons: perhaps for the love of learning, the thrill of the challenge, that sort of crap. Surely, I say to myself, people can't be so shallow that they work only for money. I am highly persuaded by my own arguments until I talk to any other human being...
...aristocrats (namely Alfredo's father, Giorgio Germont, played by Vasquez) of mid-century Paris how endearing and tender this supposed easy woman can be. The whore with a heart of gold? It's been done, you say. But not to the music of Giuseppe Verdi: the passion and the thrill of his music will make every Mira Sorvino '89/Elisabeth Shue '88/Kim Basinger poseur-hooker seem like a mean-hearted trollop in relation to the radiant and self-sacrificing Violetta...
Looking at what Boston Lyric can do with their first show in a new venue, it's understandable that they are one of the fastest-growing opera companies in the world. If this sumptuous and thrilling production of La Traviata is any indication of what this not-so-little "company that could" can do on a first try, Bostonians--blue-bloods and musical thrill-seekers alike--have a lot to look forward...
Larkworthy recalls the thrill of her team's stunning victory over Stanford in the NCAA tournament last year, which she enjoyed despite ankle problems that confined her to the sidelines...