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...that's just the beginning. Some game developers may point out that it's not that hard to make a pretty-looking game when you have enough megahertz and gigabytes to throw at it. The real trick is expanding what is called game play: the ineffable, alchemical mixture of pace and structure and balance and story that make a game work. Consider a military fighting game like Call of Duty: Finest Hour, in which players take part in the major battles of World War II. In the old version, you're constantly bumping into invisible barriers that force you from...
...trick going forward is for Microsoft to walk a delicate line between two opposing principles: openness and, for lack of a better word, closedness. Whoever is king of the living room will control the flow of 1s and 0s that very soon will make up the entire fabric of our living culture. That's a big responsibility, and a big test for any company--it's always tempting to use that kind of power to squeeze out the competition. If Xbox 360 were to take over your media cabinet, would it play DVDs with Sony Pictures movies on them...
...Raphael calls out for his father, Daryl Buckley, who is artistic director of the new-music elision Ensemble, based at the University of Queensland in Brisbane. "You want a Spiderman lolly?" Lim flourishes the dispenser from a knapsack, and the clicking sound of the sweet's release does the trick. Raphael is quiet...
Finally, a clever political trick vanquished any remaining opponents. Republicans wrapped the ID changes into a bill that provides $82 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. That is the same kind of bill that Senator John Kerry voted for and then against in 2003, to his eternal regret. "There may be some things you don't like [in the bill], but you will vote for it," says Republican Representative Tom Davis of Virginia, one of the architects of the changes, explaining why he thinks it will pass. President George W. Bush has vowed to sign the measure, partly...
...great economist or head of state like Kofi Annan? I could rattle off all the Emmy’s he’s won or the good deeds he’s done for the arts on campus, but I don’t think that would do the trick...