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...playing Yu-Gi-Oh, the game that has replaced Pokémon as Japan's No. 1 fad and is expected soon to enter the global lexicon. Yu-Gi-Oh, which means "King of Games," stars a seemingly normal boy named Yugi who gains extraordinary powers when playing a card game. The boom began when it was introduced as a plot twist in the Yu-Gi-Oh manga-comic series, which then spawned an actual card game, as well as Game Boy and PlayStation software, an animated TV show, action figures, pencil boxes and countless other money-sucking doodads. Yu...
Hiroaki, an outspoken eight-year-old, has gathered two other Yu-Gi-Oh freaks at his family's condo in Chiba to challenge me in electronic battle. By wiring our Game Boys together with a cable, we assess one another's "cards" and send our own characters off to war. Each of the 700-some characters has unique traits and powers, which are rated by points. Illusionist No-Face, for instance, is a magician who can instantly shift appearances. His 1,200 points of offensive strength are no match for the 1,400 of the Mecha-Falcon, but the magic...
...Kwan's trek involved some political peril. He was on the mainland to make Lan Yu and I, based on a gay novel published pseudonymously on the Internet. Kwan, a specialist in soft-focus romantic doom (Rouge, Red Rose, White Rose), filmed in secret and without official clearance. The story, about city-man Handong (Hu Jun) and country-boy Lan Yu (Lu Yue), could be a ripe pile of clichE if not handled deftly, but the clarity of Kwan's view gives the affair a somber tang. "You probably don't know it, but I love you," Handong says toward...
Captain Sean Doyle led the charge in the “A” division, teaming with Michelle Yu for most of the two days before Laura Knoll joined Doyle for the final two races. After 16 races, Doyle and Yu/Knoll finished in second place in the top flight; their score of 73 points left them just one away from Dartmouth’s senior trio of Patrick Hogan, Carly Prior, and Leslie Sandberg...
Among coed skippers, Doyle was voted first, Gill fourth, and Clay Bischoff sixth. Bonney garnered sixth place and Yu seventh among the crew...