| First English Version of Granado Espada Ready in May
The First English Version of Hakkyu Kim's Latest Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game, Granado Espada, Will Be available for Gamers in South East Asia, Australia and New Zealand on May 17th. Since April 2006, Infocomm Asia Holdings (IAH), the operator for the game, has been hard at work localizing the hit Korean game. While the commercial release of the game is slated for later this year, IAH has decided to have a Pre-Open Beta Test where the game will be free to play for all avid online gamers. Details on how to get the game client and accounts are available at IAH's website, http://ge.iahgames.com. The Singaporean company has pulled out all stops in their effort to localize Kim's latest vision, which won the top prize in the 2006 Korean Game Awards, the Presidential Award for the Best Game of 2006, as well as clinching a prize for Best Graphics.
The Number-One Ninja is Back in the PS2 Sequel “Naruto: Ultimate ...
"One of the features of the game that's pretty interesting is that you can learn moves from other characters." Last summer’s hit anime fighting game, Naruto: Ultimate Ninja, boasted Smash Bros.-inspired combat, outstanding cel-shaded effects, and months of replay value, courtesy of the game’s addictive multiplayer battles. You’ll get the chance to be addicted once more in this year’s sequel, Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2. Developed by CyberConnect 2, the studio responsible for the hit .hack series, Ultimate Ninja 2 continues the series with more of what you crave: 32 Playable Characters (including several favorites from the first) A New RPG Mode Chunin Exams New Mini-Games During a recent conference call, Andrew Davis (Localization Specialist) told us about the secret techniques in the game.
Online Casino Gambling Portal Launch Video Poker Strategy Training ...
The online casino gambling guide 'Online-Casinos.com' is now offering a video poker training tool. This free game allows casino players to play as many video poker hands as they like in order to become confident enough to take the next step and play for money. If a player makes a strategic mistake, the poker machine will correct the player. The game is made in Flash and is completely free. No registration or download is required. (PRWeb) April 13, 2007 -- Video poker can be a intimidating game for a player not familiar with the best playing strategies. Therefore, in order to allow casino players to get more comfortable with this entertaining game, Online-Casinos.com is offering a free, no-download required, video poker training tool. This free game allows players to play as many video poker hands as they like in order to become confident enough to take the next step and play for money.
Things to do this week and beyond
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VIOLIN CONCERT Gerald Elias will give a free violin concert at 7:30 p.m. at the Midvale Performing Arts Center, 695 W. Center St. (7720 South). For information, call 801-567-7200.
"ROCKIN' INN ON ROUTE 66" AUDITIONS Midvale Copperview Theatre Arts Youth Program will conduct auditions for this late June production from 7-9 p.m.
Violent Video Games Are Mass-Murder Simulators
Lt. Col. David Grossman is the author of Stop Teaching Our Kids To Kill: A Call To Action Against TV, Movie & Video Game Violence, which he co-authored with Gloria DeGaetano, and On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society. The following is his speech to the founding meeting of the Commission Against the New Violence, on May 20, 2000. It is reprinted from EIR, June 2, 2000.
I'd like to talk to you about violent crime and the causations of violent crime. And what I want you to realize is, we have to think of violence like we would think of heart disease. It really is a soul-disease, if you will. And many things cause heart disease. There's obesity, overweightdoes that cause heart disease? Yes. Does a high-cholesterol diet, or stress, or lack of exercise, or geneticsdo all those things cause heart disease? Yes, we know they do.
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