| Variety of Arcade Classics Now Available With Motion-Based Play as ...
EDISON, N.J., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL) , an innovative provider of video games for the mass market, today announced the release of Furu Furu Park for the Wii(TM) home video game console. Developed by Taito, Furu Furu Park integrates old-school arcade fun with quirky new Japanese-style challenges into 30 fun mini-games. "Motion-based Wii Remote play lets gamers experience beloved classics in an entirely new way," said Gui Karyo, Executive Vice President of Operations, Majesco. "Furu Furu Park's wide variety of games, colorful pallet and memorable characters create a unique experience that players can enjoy for only $19.99." Players can also face off against a friend in three multiplayer modes: Free Battle, Panel Attack and the hilarious Love Challenge, where romantic superhero Afro Love will judge players on their overall compatibility with each other.
An American Unoriginal
Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.' Just words! 'I have a dream.' Just words!" There's no question that what Obama said Saturday was similar (videos of both speeches are here): "Don't tell me words don't matter! 'I have a dream.' Just words. 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.' Just words! [Applause.] 'We have nothing to fear but fear itself.' Just words--just speeches!" But isn't it a bit heavy-handed to accuse Obama of plagiarism? This is a serious charge in academia and journalism, professions in which words are the final product. By contrast, language is a mere instrument for politicians. They hire speechwriters to put words in their mouths, something that would also be frowned upon in academia and journalism.
Kinder drops out of governor's race
View Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder's speech to Republicans. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Republican Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder dropped out of the Missouri governor's race Friday night barely two weeks after he entered it, declaring he instead will seek re-election. .
Book review: Ambition and Survival: Becoming a Poet
"T hen I fell in love. I say it suddenly, and there was certainly an element of radical intrusion and transformation to it, but the sense I have is of color slowly aching into things, the world coming brilliantly, abradingly alive." So Christian Wiman writes in "Love Bade Me Welcome," the essay that concludes Ambition and Survival: Becoming a Poet, providing it with what few such gatherings can boast of: an unexpected ending that hits you like a hard and fast blow to the center of your chest, and that I will not say anything further about. There is nothing flashy about Wiman's style, but the more you become familiar with it — his easy tone, his way with a phrase — the more you become fond of it, and of Wiman himself. One is reminded of Whitman: "Camerado, this is no book, / Who touches this touches a man.
MythBusters: 7 Tech Headaches—and How to Fix Them
That's why, as machines become more complicated, good interface design becomes more essential—you can't just keep adding buttons and menus. The iPhone is a good example. To combine several machines into a pocket-size device, Apple did away with almost all the buttons in favor of a touchscreen that can be reconfigured for each new application. Personally, I have no use for anything fancier than a basic cellphone, but the iPhone is smart technology. Here are some prime examples of technology that's not smart. Instead, it ranges from mildly annoying to knuckle-gnawing infuriating. But since our show, like Popular Mechanics magazine, is about problem solving, we've included the MythBusters fix for some of this misguided machinery. .
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