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There isn't any winning in the Sims. The game ends when your character dies. But that's kind of the point: the Sims' allure has always been that if things don't work out in this life, you can start over. Now I'm starting to weird myself out thinking that we are real Sims playing fake Sims...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sims 3: Getting Real | 6/8/2009 | See Source »

...When I think 'Steven Chu,' I think of someone who has worked hard to solve this particular problem," Dechter said. "I think it would have been almost inappropriate for him to try to give a too general speech...It would have been weird...

Author: By Esther I. Yi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Chu Speaks on Climate Change | 6/6/2009 | See Source »

...frame catastrophe with a certain comedic elegance, but he's hamstrung by another reductive script from Lucas and Moore, whose Four Christmases and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past boasted clever structures and no acuity at all in the character and gag departments. Even Galifianakis's pervy charm, and a deeply weird cameo by Mike Tyson, can't save The Hangover. Whatever the other critics say, this is a bromance so primitive it's practically Bro-Magnon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hangover: A Bro-Magnon Bromance | 6/5/2009 | See Source »

...games begin. I had a chance to play a simple dodgeball-type game called Ricochet, in which you just punch and kick and head balls at a three-dimensional wall. It's weird to be playing a game with nothing in your hands - if you've ever played a theremin, the sensation of playing with Project Natal is not dissimilar. It's spooky. But it's also very immersive. When a ball comes bounding at your head and you butt it back with your forehead, you can almost feel the smack of it against your skin. "It was the most...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Microsoft Whacks the Wii: A First Look | 6/2/2009 | See Source »

...America and he will work as an Edward Jones financial advisor. The couple plans to wed on June 6 of next year, but have yet to decide if they will be married in Massachusetts or in Texas. Donahue said it will likely be a “kind of weird wedding” with multiple flower girls, male bridesmaids, and lots of bright colors. The pair described themselves as very affectionate and recalled one instance in which they were “clingy” while riding the T together. When Mancuso got off before Donahue, both said...

Author: By Lauren D. Kiel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Emily D. Donahue ’09 and Greg J. Mancuso | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

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