STAYING CONNECTED HAVEN FOR THE CRASH-HAPPY.Byline: Redmond Carolipio Staff Writer IN THE WORLD of fairy tales This is a list of fairy tales, the dates of their earliest known printed version, the author and, if known, the collection of tales in which it was published. It should be noted, however, that not all stories listed below would be categorized as fairy tales by a strict definition , slow and steady helped the tortoise beat the hare. But if this were in the world of ``Burnout Revenge,'' the tortoise would have slammed the hare into a building. Aggression is the theme of Electronic Arts' follow-up to the wildly popular ``Burnout Burnout Depletion of a tax shelter's benefits. In the context of mortgage backed securities it refers to the percentage of the pool that has prepaid their mortgage. 3: Takedown Takedown 1. The price at which underwriters obtain securities to be offered to the public. 2. The portion of securities that each investment banker will distribute in a secondary or initial pubic offering. Notes: 1. ,'' a game that mixed in a heavy dose of road rage along with the slick and speedy racing elements you'd find in more ``refined'' race titles. Where most racing games demanded their players to be precise with their movements, ``Takedown'' granted you the chance to annihilate an·ni·hi·late v. an·ni·hi·lat·ed, an·ni·hi·lat·ing, an·ni·hi·lates v.tr. 1. a. To destroy completely: The naval force was annihilated during the attack. opposing drivers, often resulting in violently spectacular crashes. This took the experience to a new level, making ``Takedown'' what I still call the people's racing game. Enter ``Revenge,'' which separates itself from its predecessor by adding a little more thug to its personality. The last game had attitude; this one is just plain nasty. The game's layout is relatively the same. You have your choices of single-player and multiplayer modes with online capability. But there is an even greater emphasis on vehicular destruction, whether it's in a grand prix-style race or the series' signature feature, the ``crash event.'' The crash event essentially consists of you hurtling your car into a busy intersection or freeway, trying to cause a spectacular slam dance of destruction. The higher the monetary damage, the better your score. If you want, you can even make your car explode to add the element of flying metal. In the ``Revenge'' crash events, EA has changed the acceleration process. Instead of simply hitting the gas and touching speed boost icons en route to the crash, there's now a ``Madden''-style kickoff timing meter. Do it right and you're off to a good start. Mess up and you could accidentally blow up your car. This adds more flair to what would normally be a mundane task, but accidentally detonating det·o·nate intr. & tr.v. det·o·nat·ed, det·o·nat·ing, det·o·nates To explode or cause to explode. [Latin d your ride before the race could get irritating, especially for those playing for the first time. But generally, I like it. Perhaps the game's best attribute is the ability to use traffic as a weapon. During races, you can send cars careening The careening of a sailing vessel is laying her up on a calm beach at high tide in order to expose one side or another of the ship's hull for maintenance below the water line when the tide goes out. into other vehicles, like a psychotic game of billiards billiards, any one of a number of games played with a tapered, leather-tipped stick called a cue and various numbers of balls on a rectangular, cloth-covered slate table with raised and cushioned edges. . The payoff comes when you take out a competitor this way, resulting in extra points and nifty slow-motion replay. There's also a mode called ``Traffic Attack,'' in which your only goal is to bust up as many vehicles as possible within a given time limit. The more cars you hit, the more time you get. While all this talk of awesome crashes may sound horrible to some, it should be noted that there are no people to be seen anywhere in the game. Both ``Takedown'' and ``Revenge'' are bloodless blood·less adj. 1. Deficient in or lacking blood. 2. Pale and anemic in color: smiled with bloodless lips. 3. titles, and one only needs to look at everyday gridlock Gridlock A government, business or institution's inability to function at a normal level due either to complex or conflicting procedures within the administrative framework or to impending change in the business. for an example of society's constant fascination with wrecked metal. ``Revenge'' capitalizes on that fixation, giving frustrated drivers everywhere the chance to, well, get their revenge. And when it comes to that, slow and steady just doesn't cut it. BURNOUT REVENGE - Three and one half stars Platform: Xbox, PS2. Price: $49.99. Rated: E for Everyone 10 and older (E10+). In a nutshell: Cool crashes and more. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: no caption (video game: ``Burnout Revenge'') |
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