Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
Grand Theft Auto Vice City good, you know this. The question is how good? Luckily for you, I have the answer. Grand Theft Auto Vice City isn’t just good, but it’s amazing. It takes everything Grand Theft Auto 3 did well and improves on it. The game is like a prime example of style over [...]
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Monday, June 9th, 2008
“Are you ready?” shouts Josh Ball, manager of GameStop No. 1,782 in Euless, Texas, near Dallas. He’s standing before more than 100 fidgety young men and women lined up in the strip-mall parking lot outside his store. They’ve been here for hours in the warm spring air, waiting for midnight when the latest version of [...]
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Maybe you’ve heard, but there’s this game called “Grand Theft Auto IV” that just came out. Really, you hadn’t heard? Well, I hope that excursion to Siberia was worth it.
Honestly, what more needs to be said than, “Hey, the new ‘GTA’ is out. We’ve got to play it!” That’s really all you need. But if [...]
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Saturday, May 17th, 2008
Vikkita Stratford told WPBF-TV in Palm Beach, Fla., that her grandson beat her up Monday after he ordered chicken wings without her permission at a Lake Park Wal-Mart.
“”He just started hitting me — just started hitting me in front of the whole Wal-Mart,” she told the station. “Everyone in there was upset.”
Last month, the child [...]
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Saturday, May 17th, 2008
Sumo wrestlers were the main inspiration behind Wii Fit, Nintendo’s latest attempt at getting you off the couch when you play video games.
Because they are so huge, sumo wrestlers need two scales to weigh themselves. Wii Fit’s balance board works kind of like two scales fused together, which, as its designers found, makes it instantly [...]
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Saturday, May 17th, 2008
Two years after she avoided jail time for smothering her 2-month-old baby during a drug-induced haze, Melanie Hayward, 25, stabbed a Wal-Mart security guard with a pen when he tried to stop her from using stolen credit cards, according to deputies.
Hayward, who is listed as a prostitute in police records, is charged with aggravated battery, [...]
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Last week, I looked at the meaty solo campaign Grand Theft Auto IV offers gamers. This week, I’ll wrap up my thoughts on the solo mode’s main new additions, as well as look at the game’s online multiplayer modes - a significant addition to the GTA franchise that shows great promise.
OK, so let’s talk additions [...]
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
“Grand Theft Auto IV” digs even deeper into the gritty realism that has defined the “GTA” video game series for years. New features include a more advanced combat interface, improved opponent artificial intelligence, and ways of getting around town that don’t involve carjacking — though stealing cars is still an option, of course.
With the long-anticipated [...]
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
While instantly familiar – I was surprised by how little the general gameplay and mission structure differed from the previous game in the series, GTA III: San Andreas – it refines every element of the game and tells an engrossing story.
While lacking the scope of San Andreas (there’s only one city, no countryside, no jetpacks [...]
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
Auto Trade man in a stolen Chevrolet Impala was arrested Tuesday morning after he nearly hit a deputy on Capital Circle Northwest, said Tony Drzewiecki, spokesman for the Leon County Sheriff’s Office. The man, Shawn Cromartie, was sitting in the Impala when the deputy approached. Cromartie almost struck the deputy with the car, then drove [...]
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