Sci-fi samurai game lacks style

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Sci-fi samurai lacks style

Sci-fi samurai lacks style 05/04/2004 07:51 AM
The slashfest Seven Samurai 20XX is a pale reflection of the classic film is it based on.

A Samurai With Style

A Samurai With Style 03/17/2005 03:16 AM
Square Enix's cartoon-shaded samurai RPG is slickly rendered, but the gameplay isn't nearly as polished. Chris Kohler reviews Musashi: Samurai Legend.

Ill. gov. seeks violent video game ban
Review: E-mail program lacks 'wow'
factor Apple fights back a

Ill. gov. seeks violent video game ban
Review: E-mail program lacks 'wow'
factor Apple fights back a 12/19/2004 03:28 PM
Seattletimes.nwsource.com - Thu Dec 16, 05:23 pm GMT

Lemonade Tycoon 2: New York Edition: Sim
Game Offers Trump-Style Challenge

Lemonade Tycoon 2: New York Edition: Sim
Game Offers Trump-Style Challenge 04/14/2005 04:36 AM

The game's graphics engine certainly won't set the world on fire. But the game itself is a satisfying challenge that will appeal to casual gamers. By Peter Cohen, Macworld

Sugar Games announces Edges, a Not
Another Lines-Style Puzzle Game, to
Become a Wish List Hit This Summer!

Sugar Games announces Edges, a Not
Another Lines-Style Puzzle Game, to
Become a Wish List Hit This Summer! 06/29/2004 08:54 AM
Edges is a totally new and highly addictive logic puzzle for players who want to enjoy a fresh exciting gameplay and bored with playing another Lines-style puzzle. [PRWEB Jun 29, 2004]

Clickgamer Launches Free "High Noon
Drifter – Dead Man’s Gulch,"
Western-style “Shoot ‘em up” Game for
Windows Mobile Pocket PC Handhelds

Clickgamer Launches Free "High Noon
Drifter – Dead Man’s Gulch,"
Western-style “Shoot ‘em up” Game for
Windows Mobile Pocket PC Handhelds 04/05/2005 02:21 AM
Game offered for free in celebration of newly redesigned Web sites [PRWEB Apr 5, 2005]

THE BEST
GAME IN THE WORLD

THE BEST
GAME IN THE WORLD 02/19/2004 12:47 PM

I've always been a game player -- cards, pool, board games, and outdoor games and sports. For me, it's not about competition, or winning. It's about playing. The attributes of the best games are: Simplicity -- I don't want to have a degree to learn the rules, and I like games that children can play on an equal footing with adults. Speed -- A game should keep moving, and have a natural flow to it. Strategy -- I like to think, and a good game should provide some exercise for the mind. Sociability -- A good game deepens relationships and allows social discourse, and laughter, as it proceeds. Artistry -- Aesthetics, elegance, good design, all add a dimension to a game. Here's my list of favourite games, and why I like them. Five years ago I'd probably have come up with a very different list, and I have yet to discover the best game in the world: Dealer's Choice Poker -- Not that silly game they play in casinos where you only get two cards every hand, but the social Friday Night neighbourhood game where stakes are low, bluffing is key, and someone introduces a new variation every time you get together. Favourite variations: Pass the Trash and Do Ya. Chase the Ace -- An elegantly simple game that children as young as five can play, and win, but which also enthrals the most demanding adults. Connect / Rivers Roads & Rails / Metro -- These are the simplest tile-playing games, essentially extensions of dominoes. Easy to learn, elegant, and often producing a work of art in the final tableau. Our kids and grandkids love these games, and even many of our adult friends like them. I've been told I should try a more sophisticated tile-playing game called Carcassonne, and after looking at these lovely tiles I'm inclined to try it. Beach Volleyball -- The world's simplest ball game, one of the few where physical strength, size and finesse are only a minor advantage. Fun for all ages, relatively safe, and good exercise. I prefer the 6-players-per-side game. Personal Preference -- An innocuous commercial game that rewards you for knowing what your partner's personal preferences are. A great game for couples getting to know each other couples, and a great conversation starter. Acquire -- One of the most popular and enduring commercial games, this one about building and investing in hotel chains. Educational, elegant, hard to master, and still easy to learn. Kids figure out the strategy of this game maddeningly quickly. Joker Rummy -- The Joker variant of Rummy requires collection of runs and sets totalling at least 40 points before laying down. Until you have laid down, you cannot pick up the previous player's discard, and a joker (which carries a 100 point penalty if not laid down) cannot be used as part of the initial lay-down. For that reason, this two-deck Dutch variant is sometimes called Aggravation Rummy. Still, it's a great, easy to learn game. If anyone can find the rules online (maybe in Dutch?) please let me know. Contract Rummy isn't a bad alternative. Balderdash -- The only word game on my list, simply because it's really a bluffing game, not a word game. Since I'm a serious cruciverbalist, no one in my local social circles will play word games with me. But any serious bullshitter can win at Balderdash. Nine-Ball -- My favourite pool game. Also elegantly simple, it uses only the first 9 numbered balls, which must be struck (but not necessarily sunk) in order. But the twist is that only the nine-ball counts -- and wins the entire game. That means that defensive play can trump aggressive play, and strategy can trump skill. Curling -- The token Canadian entry on the list. It's the consummate game of strategy, and old geezers like me can beat young athletes. When I was a kid we used to play on outdoor rinks with 'jam-pails' -- one gallon cans filled with cement with a coloured plastic handle on top. With properly pebbled indoor ice and smooth stones you need the 'free guard zone' rule to keep the game interesting. So what are your favourite games (to play, not to watch)? What do you think is the world's best undiscovered or underrated game? And why is playing games so important to people all over the world, even as adults, an essential social activity?

The Last Samurai

The Last Samurai 12/07/2003 03:47 AM

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Samurai epic is a cut above

Samurai epic is a cut above 07/13/2004 05:12 AM
Onimusha 3: Demon Siege is a good old-fashioned hack'n'slash video game adventure.

Twilight Samurai

Twilight Samurai 03/19/2005 02:50 AM

Twilight Samurai on DVD recommended.  It's a beautiful film to watch although I thought the storyline was a bit too simple.  It has only two fighting scenes with little bloodshed.  The first fighting scene, which takes place by a stream, was more enjoyable than the second which was just two samurais fumbling around inside a dark house.

Samurai Fiction

Samurai Fiction 04/17/2005 06:15 AM

After an unusually busy Saturday morning, putting out a fire related to load balancing for a client and trying out an integration test for a milestone due Monday, I watched Samurai Fiction.  Boy, what a stupid boring movie.  It's only enjoyable spot was the aging ninja.

Slice Your Own Samurai Adventure

Slice Your Own Samurai Adventure 07/22/2004 06:17 AM
Way of the Samurai 2 puts you in control of your own samurai movie, with nonlinear gameplay and divergent story paths. But repetitive action and confusing goals hurt the overall experience. By Chris Kohler.

Black Ships and Samurai

Black Ships and Samurai 04/09/2004 04:08 PM
Black Ships and Samurai :: an on-line exhibit, using primary sources to document a little-known but dramatic encounter betwen the US and Japan in the summer of 1853.

Reiner Knizia's Samurai 1.5.3

Reiner Knizia's Samurai 1.5.3 12/04/2003 04:45 PM
A turn-based strategy game of balance and conquest.

Sony's Sudden Samurai

Sony's Sudden Samurai 03/14/2005 04:01 PM
Business Week’s opinion about what Sir Howard needs to do to fix the company… “It wasn’t as far-fetched as, say, a geeky high school student morphing overnight into your web-spinning, friendly, neighborhood Spider-Man. But the Mar. 7 announcement that Sir Howard Stringer would take over management control of Sony (SNE), a $68 billion consumer-electronics and entertainment colossus, came pretty close to defying belief in Japan. Sure, Sony is a much-diminished force. But was it so…

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SAMURAI WARRIORS (Xbox)

SAMURAI WARRIORS (Xbox) 07/16/2004 10:27 PM
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Samurai sword attacker sentenced

Samurai sword attacker sentenced 07/16/2004 06:30 AM
A 17-year-old who admitted killing his father with two Samurai swords is given five years in detention.

Scythe Samurai Intel-AMD HSF Review

Scythe Samurai Intel-AMD HSF Review 06/01/2004 02:08 PM

Pickup Games, Vol. 2 - Knizia's Samurai

Pickup Games, Vol. 2 - Knizia's Samurai 06/15/2004 07:44 PM

MATT GALLANT -- Today's pickup game just barely qualifies, as games can take more than a few minutes, but I included it because it's turn-based and easy to get back into in case you do have to stop mid-game. It's Reiner Knizia's Samurai, a computerized version of the popular board game, and it even has an OS X version.

The Last Samurai and the Japanese code
of honor

The Last Samurai and the Japanese code
of honor 04/09/2004 03:56 PM

I just finished watching The Last Samurai. I'm not going to comment on the acting or the historical accuracy, but rather on this notion of a code of honor. Several people told me to watch it because they were impressed with the code of honor in the film. I think there is something comforting about codes of honor and people get goose bumps when they see movies where heros die for honor. Some people identify with the heros as they reflect on the unfairness and loneliness in their own lives. A friend of mine manages the rights to Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa, which is one of Japan's most famous heros. He used to get calls almost every year from CEOs of companies wanting to make the film because they realized that THEY were Musashi.

The most honorable person I've ever known is my mom. She didn't talk about or whine about honor. She was just honorable. In my experience, the more people talk about honor, the less they know about it and are either using it as a way to try to convince you to trust them or trying to convince themselves or something. Some of the stupidest mistakes I've made in friendship and business have been when I have assumed that people spouting off about codes of honor would actually adhere to them. "Don't you trust me?" "Just trust me." Bah.

So I'm quite skeptical about Japanese honor. Sure, I bet there were a lot of honorable people though the history of the Samurai, but I see honor every day and they don't make movies about it. So stop making movies about Japanese honor or we might start believing it.

I'm not bashing the notion of codes of honor in organizations since I think it's often necessary to try to aspire to and enforce higher level conduct in these organizations, but having a code doesn't mean everyone will adhere to it and such codes probably cause these organizations to be more trusted than they should.

Raidmax Samurai 908 Gaming Case Review

Raidmax Samurai 908 Gaming Case Review 01/02/2005 06:58 AM

SIGNATURE STYLE Goody Steinberg Letting
in the light Silicon Valley homes
exhibit modern style tailored to fit

SIGNATURE STYLE Goody Steinberg Letting
in the light Silicon Valley homes
exhibit modern style tailored to fit 05/01/2004 06:27 AM
San Francisco Chronicle May 1 2004 10:24AM GMT

Microsoft lacks .Net for bCentral

Microsoft lacks .Net for bCentral 03/14/2003 03:58 AM

Your manager lacks vision

Your manager lacks vision 08/20/2002 10:53 PM
CNET Aug 20 2002 10:13PM ET

Data jail lacks key

Data jail lacks key 05/24/2004 08:12 PM
ZDNet May 24 2004 11:40PM GMT

G5 Lacks The G-Whizz Factor

G5 Lacks The G-Whizz Factor 09/05/2004 06:13 PM
If it's an attractive home computer you're after, one that youc an be proud to have on display, snap up the remaining swivel-arm machines. By Adrian Weckler, Sunday Business Post (via MyAppleMenu)

Because it lacks automatic update
notification, it ...

Because it lacks automatic update
notification, it ... 03/13/2003 10:22 AM

Because it lacks automatic update notification, it's easy to miss new versions of LaunchBar< /a>. So, if you're a Launchbar user, consider this a public service announcement: Version 3.2.9 is out. Notable changes since 3.2.7 include faster scanning, better localization support, and some new presets for scanning developer docs. If you only recently arrived on Planet OS X and are a keyboard-oriented sort, check it out. For me, LaunchBar is an essential tool that sidesteps many of OS X's persistent (and perhaps permanent) UI deficiencies. Discuss

10:14 AM | Paul Bissex

Macromedia Lacks Common Sense

Macromedia Lacks Common Sense 03/13/2003 10:21 AM
The new design of Macromedia's Web site has more fundamental problems than its incompatibility with Apple Computer's Safari browser. (CNET News.com via MyAppleMenu)

Desktop video lacks pioneers

Desktop video lacks pioneers 11/13/2003 04:16 AM
vnunet.com Nov 13 2003 3:23AM ET

Linux lacks testing methodologies

Linux lacks testing methodologies 04/29/2004 03:01 PM
How can potential buyers judge the differences in performance among applications running on various Linux distributions? Linux kernel stability and reliability testing is quite sophisticated, thanks mainly to efforts such as the Linux Test Project, but measuring application performance on Linux is more difficult. The Open Source Development Labs is calling for application vendors to put their products to the test for scalability, security and clustering. In keeping with the open source approach, the lab is also calling on vendors to share their testing and results.

U.S. Lacks Records for Iraq Spending
(AP)

U.S. Lacks Records for Iraq Spending
(AP) 07/29/2004 05:12 PM
AP - U.S. civilian authorities in Baghdad failed to keep good track of nearly $1 billion in Iraqi money spent for reconstruction projects and can't produce records to show whether they got some services and products they paid for, anew audit concludes.

Lindenhurst lacks graphics bite

Lindenhurst lacks graphics bite 08/02/2004 06:42 AM
vnunet.com Aug 2 2004 11:10AM GMT

Your manager lacks vision--so what's the
problem?

Your manager lacks vision--so what's the
problem? 08/23/2002 11:12 PM
CNET Aug 23 2002 10:07PM ET

eBay's music foray lacks volume

eBay's music foray lacks volume 08/03/2004 04:05 PM
eBay's tentative entrance into music download business speaks volumes; can retailers make money off this?

Asian Population Lacks Political Clout
(AP)

Asian Population Lacks Political Clout
(AP) 07/19/2004 06:21 AM
AP - Asian Americans are the country's second fastest-growing minority behind Hispanics. But unlike Latinos, they have virtually no national political clout.

Myopic Congress lacks spyware focus

Myopic Congress lacks spyware focus 09/14/2004 05:18 AM
Analysis I (don't) SPY with my little eye

Witness Protection Program Lacks
Marshals (AP)

Witness Protection Program Lacks
Marshals (AP) 03/14/2005 05:35 PM
AP - The federal witness protection program, immortalized in crime movies, has granted new identities to more than 17,000 people. But as that number grows, the Marshals Service that provides protection is cutting the staff assigned to the program.

CNN.com - Kerry's inner circle lacks
color - Apr 15, 2004

CNN.com - Kerry's inner circle lacks
color - Apr 15, 2004 04/16/2004 06:11 AM
CNN: Kerry's inner circle lacks color .. LACK OF DIVERSITY:

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In search of breakthrough, 3G lacks
simple standards

In search of breakthrough, 3G lacks
simple standards 02/07/2005 01:59 AM
International Herald Tribune Feb 6 2005 11:35PM GMT
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