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Tuesday, February 06, 2007

By Billy O'Keefe
McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)

DIDDY KONG RACING DS
For: Nintendo DS
From: Rare/Nintendo
ESRB Rating: Everyone (Mild Cartoon Violence)


Roughly a billion kart racers have come, gone and been forgotten since "Super Mario Kart" invented the genre more than 14 years ago, with only one — "Diddy Kong Racing" — being good enough and loved enough to endure the tests of both Mario and time.




By Heather Newman
Detroit Free Press (MCT)



"A screenshot from World of Warcraft:
The Burning Crusade'
The "World of Warcraft" PC game is so good it should come with a warning label: Danger! Product inside is habit-forming. Do not take without strictly monitoring the progress of your life in the real, non-virtual world!

The recently released "World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade" is the extra stream of honey that makes that addictive shot go down smoo-oo-th.

But what is an online world game?

By Heather Newman
Detroit Free Press (MCT)


Online games such as the World of
Warcraft have their own vernacular.
Online world video games carry their own abbreviations, slang and shorthand for communicating what's going on.

You don't need to know them to get through the game, but using them lets other players know you're familiar with the genre. Here are some specific terms to get you started: