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Now available
“Sid Meier’s Civilization IV Pre-sell Edition”
“Nintendo DS – Nintendogs Best Friends Version”
“PSP Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories”
“Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix”
“Call of Duty 2”
“Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None [CD-ROM]”
“PS2 Rachet Deadlocked”
“PS2 Soul Calibur III”
Available Tuesday
“Star Wars Battlefront II” (PS2, PSP, XB, CD-ROM)
“City of Villains” (CD)
“PS2 Castlevania Curse of Darkness”
“PS2 James Bond 007: From Russia with Love”
Insider tidbit
Nintendo has inked a deal
with McDonald’s to place
Wi-Fi stations in almost
6,000 locations, all designed
to give gamers free network
access to play Nintendo DS
games online. “Mario Kart
DS” and “Tony Hawk’s
American Sk8land” are the
first games to use the online
service, scheduled to launch
on Nov. 14. The Wi-Fi service
at Mickey D’s will be free of
charge.
– Chicago Tribune
Web Watch
This week’s site:
Animation for adults
The Cartoon Network’s Adult
Swim block of adult-themed
animation has enjoyed plenty
of success, and one of its
latest offerings, “Robot
Chicken,” should continue the
tradition. Created by Seth
Green (yes, that Seth Green)
and Matthew Senreich, the
show focuses on nonsense
and silliness acted out in
stop-motion by action
figures. Since the show
debuted, perhaps the funniest
sequences involved a
dance-off between nostalgic
‘80s robot Voltron and a
green space monster. If you
haven’t seen this gem (or
don’t watch the show), check
it out at
voltron.wmv to get an idea of
what you’ve been missing.
– Joshua Gillin,
Knight Ridder