New video games by Jim Bun The Dallas Morning News TRIBES 2 Maker: Sierra Attractions Rating: 3 stars System: PC CD-ROM System requirements: Windows 95 or higher, Pentium II 300 MHz, 64M8 RAM, 531M8 free disk space Suggested price: $29.95 Number of players: Up to 64 via LAN or Internet Tribes 2 is a great sequel to Sierra's groundbreaking multiplayer action game Tribes. This version provides more weapons and vehicles, plus larger environments. Tribes 2 has a straightforward story line with few twists like those found in other games such as Half-Life. The setting is the 40th century. and a war is being fought over new worlds. You must side with a tribe and choose your armor. Three armor types arc available, each with different capabilities, but all come with a jetpack. Master jumping with the jetpack - the speed can save your life. r - I 44w Not long ago, 1 visited the lovely state of California. While in the town of Beverly I fills, I decided to go on a bus tour. Something cool happened. During the tour, the bus came to a screeching halt The passengers and I witnessed a man in a trench coat standing on the sidewalk, cornering a beautiful blonde woman. The man reached into his trench coat and pulled out a hair dryer. which he aimed at the woman. lie hissed, - Frceze...er...l mean hot. Give me your money or I'll turn this baby on and I'll give you split ends!" The woman screamed and began to nin. The man joLtged behind her, mocking, "There's no escape because I have lots of extension cord The newspapers stated the woman as found later that day, crawling to a beauty parlor, barely alive, her hair resembling a dying Chia Pet. Luke Perry and Jason Priestley have been assigned to the case Crossword ACROSS 1 "Lohengrin" lady 5 Fall mo. 8 Legal claims 14 Birdbrain 15 "William Wilson" writer 16 Imaginary 17 "Suspicion" Oscar-winner Joan 19 Sparse 20 Currier's partner 21 Tim or Beryl 22 Ice cream havoc 25 Thurman of "Pulp Fiction" 27 Overcrowded 31 First name in mysteries 32 Drooling 34 Ogle 36 Fruitless 37 Gear tooth 38 Fire-safety device 41 Consumed 42 Critic Rex 43 Participated in recycling 45 Highly critical 48 Soggy ground 49 City on the Ruhr 50 Blast letters 51 Degrade 52 Thatcher, e.g. 54 Shopping center 56 Abhor 59 Earl of "Police Woman" 63 Select a channel 64 "Born in the " 65 Fourth piggy's fare 66 Plant fungus 67 UFO pilots 68 Lady's guy DOWN 1 Santa's helper 2 London W.C. 3 Male heir 4 Offbeat main character 5 Mayberry boy 6 Foreign representative Kool Karl's Krazy Korner! e 2002 Tribune Media Services. Inc AN rights reserved. Solutions 7 Golfer's gadget 8 Deception 9 Frequency of occurrence 10 Evaluator 11 Coop denizen 12 Make lace 13 Shifty 18 Ms. Gardner 21 City near Casablanca 22 Actor Gibson 23 Electra's brother 24 Pitcher Roger 26 Progressed 28 Capital of Cyprus 29 Noisy sleepers 30 Easter item 32 Direct 33 Funeral stands 35 "Rubber capital of the world' 39 Supernatural being 40 Gymnastic rolls 41 High card 44 SCOtligh rivr'r 46 Hunting dog 47 Maximum 51 Everything 53 Cloth tear 55 Unfortunately! 56 Inc. in Ik4-1,1, 11, I r Tribes 2 is designed for Online play and offers eight multiplayer Internet games with their own objectives. Off line, you can go solo on five training missions and fight computer players. The real strength of this se quel is the graphics. From a misty. earthlike setting in broad daylight to a rocky planet in space, you will be impressed by the details, texture, and horizon. Controls can he hard to learn because there are so many. Fortunately, not all of the key hoard controls are needed for ev- cry game Rated for ages 13 and up NASCAR THUNDER 2002 Maker: EA Sports Rating: 3 stars System: Sony Play Station 2 Suggested price: $49.99 Number of players: I to 4 Past NASCAR games always came up short because of licensing problems, hardware limi tations, or sloppy programming. Luckily, NASCAR Thunder 2002 may have the com plete package. Finally, there is a console NASCAR simu lator that features all 43 cars in a race, more than 50 real drivers and every track on the cir cuit. Realistic car damage is also part of .the game. along with features such as Create-a car and a Career mode, in which you obtain sponsors. meet their requirements and earn cash to build a better car. The controls are easy to handle. The infor mative display on the track, stability control, and automatic speed adjustments around cor ners help even rookie drivers get up to speed. With improved graphics and blurred-out jagged lines on the cars and tracks, this game would have been awesome. Nevertheless, NASCAR Thunder 2002 is still the best NASCAR simulation for the PS2. Rated for ;ill ages. Split Ends 57 Royal pronoun 58 Even one 59 Shade 60 Skier Tommy 61 Blyth of film nr-ii profit C lio di .1. : ® + \`ƒ r; t‘.;: J 17.17 I ' X, , ~.. , i Friday, January 11, 2002 Here's what awaits pop and rock music in 2002 I thought it might he prudent to predict what's going to happen in music in 2002. This way, you'll know what's going on before it actually happens, which will save you the trouble of keeping up with what's current. Mr friends, I give you the future of rock: • I predict the teen pop sensation will officially end. However, it will not end because it's unpopular; people will still buy more teen pop than anything else. But every media outlet will incessantly declare that "teen pop is dead," and all the record labels will assume those media outlets are right. They'll start dumping teen musicians from their rosters, and this will cause the stock prices for Jive Records to fall through the floor, and then all the original media outlets who said teen pop was dying will say, "See, we told you teen pop was dead. Just look how much money Jive Records has lost!" In a related story, Britney Spears will stage a comeback tour in late November. • I predict the best album in 2002 will be "Songs for the Deaf' by Queens of the Stones Age, featuring former Nirvana percussionist Dave Grohl on drums. Supposedly, this album title is not ironic: There is going to be one song on the CD that includes a low-frequency drone that can be "felt" by those who can't actually hear it. In a related story, Jive Records will begin aggressively marketing its new roster of artists to the hearing impaired. • I predict the much-awaited Nirvana box set will finally be released in time for Christmas 2002, when Courtney Love and the surviving members of the band inexplicably come to an "amicable agreement," despite spending most of the year declaring how much they hate each other. The previously unreleased single "You Know You're Right" will be roundly declared, "brilliant, but somehow disappointing." In a related story, Love will convince new buddy Winona Ryder that it would be a "good career move" for Winona to murder someone. • I predict the following persons will be in arrested, indicted, or "wrongly convicted" of a crime in 2002: Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, Jay-Z, Master P, Bubba Sparkxxx, Lil' Kim, Lil' Bow Wow, Foxy Brown, DMX and the Ruff Ryders, Sean Combs, Missy Elliot, Nelly, every member of D-12, Flavor Flay, somebody from Jurassic Five, 4/9 of the Wu-Tang Clan, most of Da Liks, most of the Junior M.A.F.1.A., Pink, Tupac Shakur (who will be cleared due to lack of evidence), Allen Iverson, David Austin Green, C-3PO, Tyne Daly, 3rd Bass, and emerging Afghan hip-hop star Da Burga Anyone caught stealing Karl's ideas wilt be at tacked by rabid Yetis and then, offer bens mauled, they wit( be thrown into a dike of manure...face Own. We wetcorie your humorous submissions. Send them to 6ehrcoUseao(.com The Weekly Funnies DITHERED TV/ TS "And here's Tommy as the Folsom Prison Prom Queen. He was such a beautiful boy." by Chuck Klosterman Knight Ridder Newspapers ‘ .4 Recipes for You! Put sugar and milk in pan and hi boil Boil two and a half minutes. Remove from heal And add peanut hotter and vanilla. Stir just until mixed well Pow into Creased pan. Cool and eirt. ~_ r illiw— We want your recipes! ----. Send your submissio,l.: to behrcallseaol. COM . Don't cop out and raid your mom's recipe box. We want recipes from college stu dents, for college students! ______----- _ _--- II Killah of the Kandahar Poy,c In a related story. I NA ill he ;I , ,,;iinate(l liu making this prediction • I predict the Smoke, will nonchalant I‘ release their much anticipated follow-up to - Is I hi, h. - a new album filled with songs about "life on the road - and the perils of There will be approximately I-1,000 about this album before it comes out, most of which will call it hi but ,omehow disappointing." It will sell approximatek 1.4.m00 copies In a related story. 9.5 \ w orica N,\ ill reTond 11‘, , saving. "Now ... who are th(P , C St! ukC .1!':1111 9 AR' IhC \ a rock hand or something? • I predict Bruce Springy \.‘ ill be interviewed in the New Yorker by Nick I Im - fib\ and liime ill indicate plans for a new studio record. Lyrical topic , , \\ dl include: darkness, roads, a Midwestern woman canine a tlogv (led sundress. a disenfranchised landscaper named "Mitcli. - Ilv k road. somebody who owns a denim jacket, a poorly li , Thi , ;(l ~ twei and possibly a cave. In a related story. people 11,1 don't knov, ho the Strokes are will he very excited about thk announcement • I predict Kid Rock and l'aincla Andcrson w ill have a baby, which will he legally named "I m the Bah\ of Kid Rock. - In a related story. !Omni) I.ce II begin dating liritney Spears. (Writer's note: I'm actual, \ sort of serious ahout this one.) • I predict that Metallica w ill ask Paul McCartney to become the hand's new bassist. However. the union will he scrapped when Internet users on metallica-rul/A. mu accuse the hand of "totally selling out for, like, the kajillionth Metallica will respond by suing its entire fan base. In a related story, System of a Dokk 11 will covei • I predict that MTV Nev,. \‘ ill instruct America's youth to improve the planet, einhiace toletance and "stop the hate." This message will precede the ear hottet — FRI. - video. a duet between Eminem and Marilyn Manson titled - Let's Blow Up the School and Sodomiie the Survi‘ots In a related story. Marilyn Manon \\ ill deny he is dating Winona Ryder to make ('otil Inc \ • I predict the 11C‘k trend in pop music w ill he the fusion of rap and country, which w ill he dtihbeil !lop. Sadly, it will spawn another rivalry between the Mlle. Tenn.) and the West (Birmingham. Ala.). rc•siiltimi in the trade shooting of Tohy Keith while making a 1-801)-('Al .1 :\ I'l commercial. In a related story, Radloht ad's I how Yorke will become so despondent Over the loss of I\cifli flidt hr will shave his beard. Peanut Butter Fude Ingredients 1.1,!2,11 1/2 cup milk 3/4 cup peanut huttet 1 vanilla Preparation eat Year The Behrend Beacon Helfer Shelter.- Page
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