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Huntley Class of '79 313B South College Ave. College Station, TX 77840 (409) 846-8916 A = instant classic B = a cut above D = don't buy it F = burn in effigy C = average Kingpin Developer: Interplay Genre: action Windows PC Kingpin, South Central Los Angeles’ an swer to the already-glutted first-person shooter market, is a slap in the face to the “reduce violence in video games” crowd. In the tradition of such irreverent titles as Duke Nuke ‘Em, Kingpin is a tongue-in-cheek ac tion version of Dolemite, but with more curs ing, shooting and unfortunate stereotypes. As a pure action game. Kingpin is not all bad. The requisite 3-D bad guys, while fair ly generic, are presentable enough to fill with lead. The environments are truly en grossing and beautifully rendered (pasty white suburbanites may finally understand what the ghetto looks like) and the levels hold just enough surprises to keep a jaded gunslinger going. And going and going. The fighting in Kingpin is intense, and deaths are not pretty. Shoot a bad guy in the arm, and he drops his gun. Blast away at point-blank range into his face with a submachine gun, and prepare to make a case against the media’s role in school violence. Unfortunately, Kingpin promises more than it delivers. Interplay offers the option of hiring thugs to reduce the “player versus the world” mentality common to shooter games, but the computer-controlled helpers are not smart enough to avoid stepping straight into streams of flying lead or bright enough to grasp the concept of walking through a door. Then there are the stereotypes. A stroll through the Kingpin world quickly devolves into a chant of “Pimps, whores and crack- heads — Oh my!” from the player. While the mean streets are not known for their tol erant attitude or clean language, Kingpin is as over-the-top with its character presenta tions as it is with its violence. No matter — the player’s character rarely interacts with other characters without the aid of a gun or blunt instrument. Kingpin is a fine shooter, but there al ready are plenty of those around. While the action aspect of the game is a decent effort, it is overshadowed by the games sophomoric depiction of the underworld. (Grade: C) — Stephen Wells Army Men: Sarge's Heroes Developer: 3DO Genre: Action Nintendo 64 This game has one of the best concepts to come around in a long time — commanding little green Army men and waging war all over the house. The developers must have worked hard to make Surge's Heroes one of the most frustrat ing games to play, a game which otherwise could have been one of the all time greats. The game control, which is seriously lack ing, is one of the most annoying things about the game. At times it seems as though the character is not even reacting to the buttons being pushed, making it easy to walk into a bathtub full of water and drown instead of jumping onto a toy boat and staying afloat. Game control aside, this game is subpar. Sadly, it is the little things that make this game unbearable. For one, the camera angle given to the players is weak, at best. If a player is being chased by a pyromani- ac with a flamethrower and runs around the corner of a couch, the camera is slow in catching up, and the player inevitably is melted into a smoldering pool of plastic. Another problem is the game can accom modate up to four players only in battle mode. This means a group of friends can only fight each other, which is great at first but wears thin after a few hours. This also means they cannot play together and tear through the evil tan army to try and save the day. The game levels become increasingly more difficult as they progress and require patience and vast amounts of time — some thing not everyone who is expecting lots of explosions has. The game’s redeeming qualities are its graphics and reality factor, at least as realis tic as it could be when dealing wi, men. For example, if somethingetfi is not immediately near the charaa: will get hurt — making the useofil shells extremely fun. This game cot great, but it’s only mediocre. (Grade Resident Evil 3: Nen Developer: Capcom Genre: Adventure Playstation Those zany, flesh-eating zombies J again in the latest installment of theii Evil series. This game takes unorigiiiii heights as nothing has changed orbel dated since the series’ last installnr For fans of the series, this should:! problem. The game is still fullofzocfl killing fun, but after the innovatior f Crisis, it is odd for Capcom tofallbaJ the old style for Resident Evil 3. Dino Crisis has polygon backgro[|| enable it to use camera movement til en the intensity of the game, male: more fun. Resident Evil reverts bad | styles of still-picture backgrounds a: camera movement. Nothing is new for the plot eithe: episode takes place a month afterti Resident Evil and a few months bei dent Evil 2. One would think the he idents of the town would move out first time all their neighbors turnedinta^ flesh-eating zombies. One or two useful moves ate placed the gameplay, like the ability to pushz hies away whey they try to grab the pli and a quick 180 to run away faster. The end of Resident Evil 3 coincide: the beginning of Resident Evil 2, show the continuity between the two install: Resident Evil 3 is not much morel expansion of the previous two titles, still fun — even if it is the same old it (Grade: C) Bonfire long sleeve t-shirts and sweatshirts are on sale in the MSC this week between 10 and 3 Long sleeve $14 Come on Baby Light my Fire Sweatshirts $20 From Trash to Tradition Brought to you by Traditions Council e Red Bandana Open T HANKSGIVl Day Turkey & Dressing Buffet with all the fixings LUNCH & DINNER BUFFETS DAID We Also Serve From Our Menu Daily fo Go Orders Welcome • Catering AvailS. 778-0077 CORNER OF HWY 21 AND HWY 6 (EAST BYPAj WILEY LECTURE SERIES Memorial Student Center India a Pakistan A Chance for Peace? November 17,1999 7:90 p.m. Memorial Student Center 206 FREE ADMISSION nr This program is presented for educational purposes only and does not represent an endorsement of perspective. The views and opinions presented in this program do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of the Memorial Student Center, MSC Wiley Lecture Series or Texas A&M University. 1 4 DOMINICA ' 4 Have you always wanted to travel to the Breezy Tropical Caribbean? Welcome to m IP Spend your first summer session in the rainforest of the "NATURE ISLAND" while earning TAMU credit! Informational Meetings on Tuesday, November 16 Wednesday, November 17 Tuesday, November 23 Wednesday, November 24 All Meetings will be held in 154 Bizzell Hall West beginning at 11:00am For More Information Contact: Study Abroad Programs 161 Bizzell Hall West 845-0544 4