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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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Big-Game Hunting | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gene Fool | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Ankur N. Ghosh, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Sumptuous `Traviata' Shines on a Grand Scale | 12/4/1998 | See Source »

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...

Author: By Ankur N. Ghosh, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Sumptuous `Traviata' Shines on a Grand Scale | 12/4/1998 | See Source »

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...

Author: By Chris Pappas, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: PLAYING THE SIDELINES | 11/13/1998 | See Source »

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