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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 Final 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. Combi has returned to the turn-based system of earlier fir,. Fantasies, and allows characters to switch in and out of; combat. Character advancement is has no levels but use<j grid that gives players numerous options on how each in;;, vidual grows. Players can specialize characters for ear, combat role or focus on a more balanced mix of abilities The story is as excellent as gamers have come to expectfrc the series, with several plot twists and countless cine'- scenes. The only complaint is the game is too short, 45 he.- of game time being sufficient to beat the game. Howeverw numerous secrets and side-quests, there is always a reason After a wi [exas Tech l (etball team lo. 21 Missi The stum :ored more lames. In th Joints per ga Eight of leed Arena. ‘We’re v lead coach go back and play it again (Grade: A+) Reviews by Mike Whitlow Indscape ol ■t U 1 \ Bid get a wi I Now the Blissouri's K I Rush, a I while Gilber EHame to gu PEOPLE IN THE NEWS Aniston in good condition after accident Cage’s stolen Porsche found lake sell the collector's item at auction. LOS ANGELES (AP) -| Jennifer Aniston was ANISTON 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 Fori lunches in t I "You’ve 1/atkins sail ■oak them i nrt to that i shots, espec I While tlit ■lissmil i sav a string of tli I Iowa and ■ ins over th< I Missouri i ■e Tigers' tl ”B)n higher t rAGF. PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Conan O'Brien sidekick Andy RichBmblincs ar could not believe some of the ideap “The exp he was pitched when he decided (at t j lc come to Hollywood and get invoi expectations in a sitcom. Bcjiiires path At least two or three times, an wBaIking aroi sounded awfully familiar. harder, becai "They say, 'OK, here's my idea. You'i; jl Last Wed guy who for a number of years was as hkl not she kick on a late-night talk show. You dec: a $ ; nnst the B to branch out. You leave the talk sty and you move to Hollywood,'" he said 'It's like, what do I need you fcj Richter said. "I just need a camcorde He finally accepted one pitch, £ modestly titled "Andy Richter Contra the Universe," which is due to apps on Fox in a few months. He plays"' title character, of course, in a senj about an average guy with an act* fantasy life. He joked to reporters about havinf name in the title of a sitcom. "I don't know whether you knov\ but much like Xerox or Kleenex, An! 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