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The game plays like a cross between Diablo 2 and Gauntlet: Dark Legacy. The character has an invento ry and skill selection screen, and the main play screen is a slanted, overhead view. The controls are easy to learn and give extensive control of the character. There is a button for attacking, jumping, drink ing health potions and a button for casting the currently selected spell. Replay value is enhanced by a choice of three characters— a dwarf fighter, human archer or self sorceress. You also have many choices in how your character develops in terms of his or her skills and spells. The game has a linear format, completing the same quests each time. The amount of time needed to complete the game is short. Overall, Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance is a must-play for true D&D fans, but not a must-own. (Grade: B-) Innovative and spectacular, the first Final Fantasy for Playstation 2 meets and exceeds all expectations. The visual and audio effects of Fina Fantasy are stunning. With voice acting and realistic, changing facial expres sions, the game feels more like a movie, completely immersing the player. Final Fantasy veterans will note a few changes. Com:: has returned to the turn-based system of earlier fin: Fantasies, and allows characters to switch in and outolr combat. Character advancement is has no levels but use* grid that gives players numerous options on how eachir: vidual grows. Players can specialize characters for ea combat role or focus on a more balanced mix of abilities The story is as excellent as game the series, with several plot tw scenes. The only complaint is the of game time being sufficient to b< numerous secrets and side-quests go hack and play it again. (Grade: A+) have come to expectfr: its and countless cinr ame is too short, 45 ho. it the game. Howevervy there is always a reason Reviews by Mike Whitlow I After a wi iexas Tech l lethal I team o. 21 Missi The stum more lames. In th loints per go I Eight of leeci Arena. I “We’re v lead coach landscape ol I UCLA — id get a wi _ Now the Missouri's K I Rush, a I Ihilc Gilbei (■ame to gf PEOPLE IN THE NEWS Aniston in good condition after accident Cage’s stolen Porsche found lake sell the collector's item at auctic ANISTON LOS ANGELES (AP) -| Jennifer Aniston was slightly injured in a car crash Tuesday as she drove through a Hollywood residential area. The "Friends" co-star, and wife of actor Brad Pitt, was driving her Jaguar northbound near Sunset Boulevard when a vehicle backing out of a drive way broadsided her car, Officer Ed Funes said. Aniston apparently was alone in the car at the time of the 10:30 a.m. accident. There was only minor damage to the vehicles. Funes said the 32-year-old actress complained of pain, but had no details. An ambulance was called to the crash scene, but Aniston declined treatment. "It was her prerogative not to go (to the hospital)," the police officer said. "She was seeking her own medical attention." There was no information about the driver whose vehicle backed into Aniston's car. On Sunday, Aniston won the People's Choice Award for best television actress and NBC's "Friends" was chosen top comedy series. Aniston was at the Sundance Film Festival last week pro moting her new movie, Miguel Arteta's The Good Girl. CAMDENTON, Mo. (AP)-Police believe they've located actor Nicolas Cage's stolen Porsche — and it's extremely wet. A 1989 Porsche Sportster was found Thursday submerged in the Lake of the Ozarks. An anonymous tip led police to the black convertible submerged in 12 feet of water. The $100,000 car was in a transport trailer on its way from California to Pennsylvania when it was stolen Christmas Day from a parking lot in Arnold, south of St. Louis. Michael J. Grambling, 19, of Arnold, was charged with first-degree auto tampering in connection with the heist and was being held on $10,000 bond in the Jefferson County jail. Arnold Police Detective Robert Streckfuss said authorities had not been able to reach Cage, who recently starred in the car-heist film Gone in Sixty Seconds. The car's serial number matches Cage's roadster, Camden County deputies said. Streckfuss said the com pany that was transporting the vehicle when it was stolen also verified the owner's identity. But Cage's publicist, Annett Wolf, could not verify Monday that the Porsche was Cage's. She said Cage had planned to Conan’s former sidekick Richter gets own sitcom ■unches in t ■ "You’ve w’atkins sail Hoak them a ■art to that i si ots, espec I While the ■lissouri sav a ■itring of th I Iowa and ■ins over th< I Missouri i Be Tigers' tl ■pn higher t Bmiblings ar “The exp B'J not sho against the B CACtF. PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Forir Conan O'Brien sidekick Andy Rid' could not believe some of the idf he was pitched when he decidedi^i h (at the come to Hollywood and get invo expectations in a sitcom. Bquires path At least two or three times, an i®walking aroi sounded awfully familiar. harder, becat "They say, 'OK, here's my idea. You:; | Last Wed guy who for a number of years was a 5 kick on a late-night talk show. You de to branch out. You leave the talk sh: and you move to Hollywood,'" he said "It's like, what do I need you lc| Richter said. "I just need a camcorde 1 He finally accepted one pitch, 5 modestly titled "Andy Richter Conti the Universe," which is due to appej- on Fox in a few months. He plays: title character, of course, in a sen about an average guy with an ac fantasy life. He joked to reporters about havinj'j name in the title of a sitcom. "I don't know whether you know but much like Xerox or Kleenex, A:: Richter equals hilarity," he said, name means comedy to people.#: they're having a bad day, they're 'Man, I could use some Andy Richter On Jan. 22nd 8:30pm MSC 201, Find out how you can he a part of... 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