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...Nintendo, and Nintendo blown away by a company that had never before produced a games box: Sony. Indeed, Microsoft execs love to talk about how the PlayStation was seen as a no-hoper--until it caught the imagination of games developers and took off like a particularly speedy Crash Bandicoot. It's no accident that Microsoft is trying to woo developers with Sony's sales pitch: We're an easier platform to write for. Gates has already won over such top games companies as Electronic Arts, Konami and Eidos, makers of Tomb Raider...
...times as many games to choose from, there didn't seem to be a contest. I hadn't seen any evidence that Nintendo's 64-bit processor (twice as fast as the PlayStation's) made a great difference in game play. Besides, Sony-only games like the Crash Bandicoot series--which sold more than 5 million copies--proved to be as good as, if not better than, Nintendo's best. The latest in the series, Crash Bandicoot: Warped ($49) was shipped to stores on Nov. 3, and it's already a big hit in my home. But clever...
...heating vents that we all started to worry. So, naturally, I was a little defensive. "It is educational," I rejoined, nervously surveying the games I had picked out to seed what I hoped might someday grow into an extensive video-game library: SoulBlade, Tekkan 2, Bushido Blade and Crash Bandicoot 2. The Sony PlayStation plays more than 300 games, which is why I bought it. And that's just here. In Japan, PlayStation owners can choose from among 800 games. Which gave me an idea...
...YEAR'S RESOLUTION] Video dweebs are a fickle crowd; better gear up a Crash Bandicoot movie...
Indeed, much of what the author finds in Central Australia is Greek to him. Descendants of the Lizard Man, the Bandicoot Man and the Perenty Man relinquish their secrets grudgingly. Strangers are usually given incomplete or false "dreamings." To sort them out, Chatwin attaches himself to an Australian-born son of Soviet immigrants who maps songlines in an attempt to preserve them from obliteration by mining companies and railroads. Arkady Volchok earned honors in history and philosophy from Adelaide University. He plays Bach on the harpsichord, speaks several aboriginal languages and holds the provocative opinion that his Slavic forebears make...