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Steven L. Kent
Japan Times
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Aug 15, 2002
Don't mess with the Maori
You may not know it, but Sony Computer Entertainment has an American game arm -- aptly known as Sony Computer Entertainment America.
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
Aug 8, 2002
American football at its best
My pal Nathan played American football for Brigham Young University before going to graduate school to earn an MBA.
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
Aug 1, 2002
Prepare to enter the real pod race
In "Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace," little Anakin Skywalker, a preteen slave on Tatooine, entered a futuristic sport called pod racing.
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
Jul 25, 2002
Long 'Neverwinter Nights'
Many role-playing games are long, in-depth, and intricate. The most popular settings for these contests seem to be medieval worlds populated with wizards, noble kings, and dragons.
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
Jul 18, 2002
'Wrestlemania X8': stone-cold fun
In America, every demographic has its own form of entertainment. For cultured people, there is opera and polo. For the teaming masses, there is World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), an entire league of behemoth men and scantily clad women brawling on a nightly basis to thrill and titillate the beer-and-pork...
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LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
Jul 11, 2002
Undead moving into town
Time is short and the enemy grows ever stronger. You have a small encampment outside of a large medieval city. The residents of the city would be your natural allies; but the Undead Scourge gave them poisoned grain, and now they are dying to join your enemy.
LIFE / Digital
Jul 4, 2002
The Simpsons on DVD -- hi-fi Americana
Fox Home Video has just released "The Simpsons Season Two DVD Collection." If you have not heard of the Simpsons, you have a little catching up to do.
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
Jul 4, 2002
Summertime fun to seek, avoid
It's been more than a year since Nintendo released Game Boy Advance -- a much, much more powerful Game Boy with a bigger, color screen and several times more processing power.
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Jun 27, 2002
Nintendo tries survival horror
Survival horror is a style of game that first appeared in 1993 when Infogrames released a classic PC game called "Alone in the Dark."
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
Jun 20, 2002
'Morrowind' ups RPG ante
"Elders Scrolls III: Morrowind" is a role-playing game (RPG) for PC and Xbox in which players roam a seemingly endless countryside enlisting in minor quests as they fulfill a greater destiny.
LIFE / Digital
Jun 13, 2002
Hoofs, heroes, horrors on the siege
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien began publishing his "Lord of the Rings" trilogy in 1954, and people have been trying to escape into his fantasy ever since.
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
Jun 13, 2002
Genius collides in 3-D matchup
In the red corner, weighing in with "Beach Spikers Volleyball," Sega's living legend, Yu Suzuki.
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
Jun 6, 2002
Lessons learned from E3 gathering
Few people could have been happier to see the end to this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) than Douglas Lowenstein, president of the Interactive Digital Software Association (IDSA).
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
May 30, 2002
Rebuilding over restoration
Art, architecture, and classic cars should be restored, just about everything else deserves rebuilding.
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May 23, 2002
Flying with the Force
"Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter," ("Jedi Starfighter") a new game for PlayStation 2 and Xbox from LucasArts, does not have any familiar Star Wars characters.
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
May 16, 2002
Put your Spidey skills to the test
This summer, Spider-Man is the luckiest superhero alive. Not only does he have a hit movie that has left critics and audiences impressed, he's also in a very good new game for GameCube, PlayStation 2, and especially Xbox.
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
May 9, 2002
Big guns duel on the courts
Not since the time of "Pong" have two prominent powers like Sega and Namco gone head to head on the lowly sport of tennis. Sega and Namco, the two biggest names in the arcade business, are serving up tennis on PlayStation2.
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
May 2, 2002
Don't cast out 'Outcast'
"Star Wars: Attack of the Clones" will be released in the United States next month and a lot of movie goers have clearly got Jedi fever.
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
Apr 25, 2002
Crash livin' large on Advance
The Crash Bandicoot games may only have been best sellers in Japan, but in the United States these were the games that defined the Sony PlayStation.
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
Apr 18, 2002
Konami brings back the classics
Konami, one of the longtime superpowers of the video game world, has just released "Konami Collector's Series: Arcade Advanced," a collection of six classic Konami arcade games from the 1980s.
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Bloodied Trump survives assassination attempt at political rally
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is surrounded and evacuated by Secret Service agents at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Trump was rushed off stage at the rally after shots rang out.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
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