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Citizen Lane, a rock band from Austin, is playing with Jazztop,
la rock band from B-CS, at the Dixie Theatre. 9:30 p.m.
Ciassie & Cedric Ballou, a classic rock and blues band, is
■ playing at Chelsea Street Pub & Grill. 9 p.m.
The Theatre Department is presenting The Madwoman of
\Challiot at 8 p.m. in Rudder Forum.
Michael McAllister, a classical guitarist from B-CS, is playing
at Copasetic Cafe. 9 p.m.
Miranda Zent, an alternative musician from B-CS, is playing
at Sweet Eugene’s House of Java. 9 p.m.
Peeping Tom, an original and cover band is playing at the
Tap. 10:30 p.m.
Sneaky Pete, a sing-along and novelty tunes act from B-CS, is
playing at the Cow Hop. 9:30 p.m.
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Ty & the Semiautomatics, an original rock band from Hous-
I ton, is playing at Fitzwilly’s.
Friday , Nov. 2 2
Alpha Pi Alpha and MSC Town Hall are hosting Alphapalooza,
a lip sync routine. 8 p.m.
Ciassie & Cedric Ballou, a classic rock and blues band, is
playing at Chelsea Street Pub & Grill. 9 p.m.
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Courage Linder Fire is being shown by MSC Film Society at 7
p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
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Geno Delafose, a cajun Zydeco performer from Lafayette, LA,
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Half-Life, a rock band from B-CS is playing at the Cow Hop
with Missile Command, a rock band from Austin and Common
Grove, a rock band from B-CS. 9 p.m.
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The Theatre Department is presenting The Madwoman of
Chaillot at 8 p.m. at Rudder Forum.
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Mother Combo, a jazz band from B-CS, is playing at Java Cor
ner. 9 p.m.
Pushmonkey, a rock band from Austin, is playing with Beef
Jerky, a rock band from Dallas, at the Dixie Theatre. 9:30 p.m..
Gamers have traded in
their Nintendo and Sega
systems for a world of in-
< teractive multi-media.
By John LeBas
The Battalion
esy of Assoff
The Woodies, an original acoustic band from B-CS is playing
at Fitzwilly’s.
Saturday , Nov. 2 3
Big Otis, a Motown/soul band from Houston, is playing at the
3rd Floor Cantina. 9:30 p.m.
Blue Earth, a rock band from B-CS is playing with Common
Groove, a rock band from B-CS and Rhythmfinger, a rock band
from B-CS, at the Cow Hop. 9 p.m.
The Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History will present
“Bird Feeder Building,” a children’s program, from 10:30 a.m. to
11:30 a.m.
Ciassie & Cedric Ballou, a classic rock and blues band, is
playing at Chelsea Street Pub & Grill at 9 p.m.
A fter he takes a tough exam,
sophomore computer science
major Darrell Bishop likes to let
off a little steam.
But he doesn’t take a jog or down a
cold beer. Instead, Bishop prefers to
blow away a few people — from the
comfort of his dorm room.
Bishop is one of Texas A&M’s com
puter game buffs, who find fantasy, re
laxation and entertainment in today’s
hot interactive software.
“Quake,” “Doom” and other games
sit in his computer’s memory, waiting
each day for the decision: Will Bishop
try to conquer the world or get into a
free-for-all shootout?
“After a hard test, I like to come
back and kill some people on
‘Quake,’” Bishop said. “It’s a great
stress reliever.”
Of course, the “victims” are noth
ing more than computer-generated
images, and Bishop’s triggers are a
mouse and keyboard. But modern
games, with their 3-D graphics, multi
player capability and CD-quality
sound effects, are realistic enough to
suck in Bishop and other players for
hours at a time.
screen. Modern games
let players inside the minds of their
characters.
Bishop said this is called “first per
son” gaming. The player watches the
game through the character’s eyes,
making such games that much more
realistic. “Quake,” which lets the player
duke it out with the enemy, is one of
the most popular first person games
now, Bishop said. He said he tries to
"It can get pretty
intense. I've gotten
adrenaline rushes be
fore. It's pretty neat
that a computer
game is fast enough
to do that."
Darrell Bishop
Sophomore computer
science major
to use.
“Quake,” manufactured by ID Soft
ware, is similar to “Doom,” an older
game by ID. The newer game features
the best parts of “Doom” — the shoot
ing and first person perspective — and
adds better lighting effects and multi
player capability, Bishop said..“Multi
player capability” means that up to 16
people at a time, from all over the
world, can access and play in a “Quake”
game via the Internet. Now, players can
form teams and play “capture the flag”
with “Quake” characters, weapons and
settings. Or they can engage in a fierce
gun battle, where it’s every player for
him- or- herself.
“It can get pretty intense,” Bishop
said. “I’ve gotten adrenaline rushes be
fore. It’s pretty neat that a computer
game is fast enough to do that.”
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The Gourds, an alternative bluegrass band from Austin, is
playing at Sweet Eugene’s House of Java. 9 p.m.
The Theatre Department is presenting The Madwoman of
Chaillot: at 8 p.m. in Rudder Forum.
And the world of computer games
is more true-to-life now than ever be
fore. The days of arcade-style games
are gone, the time when players
watched spaceships and Super Marios
as they were maneuvered around the
play the “shoot ’em up” game a couple
of hours a day, if schoolwork allows.
“It’s really addictive because what
you do at one point is a function of
what you’ve already done,” Bishop said.
“For example, once you have a rocket
launcher, you don’t want to quit.” Get
ting the rocket launcher is tough work,
Bishop said, and when he finally he
gets his hands on one, he likes to put it
Don’t
Worry
But shoot ’em up games are not the
only hot games today. Strategy-based
“conquest” games are big among play
ers who are not content to simply
shoot people — they would rather take
over the universe.
Conquest games are turn-based,
which means that like in chess or
checkers, players have as much time as
they need between turns to make deci
sions. This is crucial to the nature of
the game because every move must be
carefully planned and linked to other
moves. Conquest plans can be confus
ing, Bishop said, but after all, keeping
them straight could win a player uni
versal domination.
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