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Meet The Battalion FrVTTTTTFVI SEPTEMBER I3 1 WOLF PEN CREEK AMPHITHEATER Tickets in advance suggested Kroger’s, MSC Box Office, Agkickoff.com Wednesday, Sept. 3 2-4 p.m. Forsyth Galleries, MSC Meet the writers, photographers, artists and editors who produce your campus newspaper. THE BATTALION 4A THE BATTALION NKV vs September: F-Zero CX Nintendo Gamecube Nintendo Race down a straightaway, come across a W degre neck speed, then hit a jump that propels you hundreds ( Now cio all this at over l,(XK> mph. Interested? “F-Zero GX is the latest rendition of Nintendo’s series, newly revived for the Gamecube develope e turn at s )f feet in; Amusement Vision (Super Monkey Ball). i-Zc of the previous installments, with just enough ei to make it stand out from the crowd. The graphics in “F-Zero GX" are detailed a eye-candy. Hie best part, however, is tin* sense duces. Some tracks can propel you more than drop in frame rate . This speed, however, great! ty, as "F-Zero GX” is not a game for rtx>kies. even the most hardened racing game fan pull h tion. But it ’s a good kind of frustrating: The gar you can memorize the tracks and how quick yt •o GX Iras an classic f d with i apturesCc I enhance ; no she .1 thisga m.p.h» ises the i levels a >ut unh about hi ses arc Amusement Vision doesn't garage where you can create yo create custom icons to plaster racer and a new story nuxlc. The story mode shows exc throws the once inactive char in on ti> Be story complete w ith the best reason to o\ Without a doubt, GX.” W'ith nearly blazing speed, F-Zei a race begins. ||-dor |uickh tea without pen Selh h NCAA Football 2004 Playstation 2 EA Sports n keep imss Inc. until kutf even hea (xitb dium 2(X)4", from EA Sports, i in the market and for goo s are real and the players >f the besW n; ihefielt* ion’ realistt .\is. this years cani ila> this edition is on play actions was doomed and was almost gii- ck. Not any more, e even the most hard-core pmff [here is only one problem, he It's the top \shlie rabid ct the only way any “NCAA I annual video are real, the #5*; every edition. In addition to the incredible many game play improvements. The biggest change in game [ es. In previous editions the play teed to result in a quarterback sa The new play action will juk tackling the running back. But I have the ball. The producers of “NCAA ‘04" have also added 165 ness team' year. More than l(X) classic championship teams were added, in ing the 1924 Notre Dame squad, fully equipped with leatherk In addition to the classic teams. 36 l-AA teams give studeni> smaller schools a chance to play with the big boys. But there's more. The crowd is dependent on the team’s play. If you get blow, home, the crowd will decrease until almost no one is left in the v It’s going to hurt the next week too if you arc playing in dynast)" after the student body loses faith in your ability to win games. Sports Illustrated has capitalized on the success of the EA$$ game as well. Instead of just checking stats and schedules thro, menu, this year there is a new cover every week, complete with' about national contenders and the players on their team, adding, touch to a dynasty team that wins it all. The one beef many in the Texas A&M community will si this year is the cheerleaders on the sidelines of Kyle Field. Ho .with almost 300 teams on the game, it’s impossible to get even detail correct. But for the Aggies who love realism, they didaJ Noble Men of Kyle to the game soundtrack. “NCAA ’04" has once again topped last year’s game, bui get too attached. 2005 is guaranteed to top this one. -Dallas |0?l Dont waste your gamebucks. Just play the free demo. Beat it once, then trade t. nnnn Buy t used. Dont stop til your fingers go numt THE BAT 1 pm HCRE'5 Vou SIR. , TCi> /AK\ / \ OAJ noise * f Qo'js! 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