| Kimberly's Blog updated 4/20
This is the first chance I've had to blog this week, as you can imagine. As we've been saying during our newscasts and special reports, our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone who lost a family member, friend or other loved one in the terrible tragedy Monday at Virginia Tech. So much attention this week has been focused on the gunman, Cho Seung Hui. And yes, investigators need to sort through many disturbing pieces of that puzzle, as well as determine how well the response was in the hours that followed the first shooting spree. However, it's the victims that we need to remember most. We've tried our best to show respect to them and their families as we tell their stories. Each time a new name is released, and we see pictures of that person alive and happy and vibrant, it just breaks my heart.
PSP Review: Call of Duty: Roads to Victory
Handheld first-person shooters usually do not get my attention or respect. Perhaps this is an unfair bias on my part that is used to playing such games in the wide-open expanse of a television screen, but it is something I’m fairly settled upon. That’s why I’ve been surprised as hell at the fun I’ve had playing Activision’s Call of Duty: Roads to Victory for the Playstation Portable (PSP). Even more surprising, though, is the fact this is an enjoyable game, despite one seriously hefty flaw. The biggest problem the game has, by far, is the controls. Even though you’re given the choice of four preset configurations, only the first one (where the analog stick moves you and the four face buttons are there to aim you in the right direction) comes anywhere close to getting the job done.
The Fast and the Furious for the PSP Drives Home New Features
Leading video games publisher and developer NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. announced today that its newest racing title, The Fast & the Furious has new features for the PSP. The video game is developed through a licensing agreement with Universal Studios Consumer Products. The Fast & the Furious on the PSP will allow players to feel an unparalleled sense of power as they drift race their way through beautiful visuals and new modes exclusive to the PSP. Wirelessly trade your customized rides in the Swap Meet, tune your car and give it an oil change in the Tuner Shop for a temporary performance boost, challenge up to 3 friends in multiplayer drift battles in the Road Sweeper mode or visit the Extras menu to view tricked out rides from the movie and real world. The Fast & the Furious for the PSP follows on the red hot heels of last year’s hit PlayStation 2.
At 40, Vizquel not even close to slowing down
Perhaps their best defender at the position was a guy scorned by fans because he was such a poor hitter. Johnnie LeMaster once responded to fan abuse by replacing "LEMASTER" on his jersey with "BOO." The Giants have had some nice shortstops since moving to San Francisco in 1958, including Jose Pagan, Chris Speier, Jose Uribe, Royce Clayton and Rich Aurilia. But Vizquel is a different breed. Still, when Vizquel joined the Giants in 2005, they were second-guessed for giving him a three-year contract. He was 37 and hadn't won a Gold Glove since 2001, and he was moving to the National League after spending his first 16 seasons with Seattle and Cleveland. .
ArenaNet challenges fellow developers not to be WoW copycats
Given how well their Guild Wars MMORPG is holding even when compared to the likes of Blizzard's World Warcraft, game developer ArenaNet challenges fellow MMO developers to blaze their own innovation trails.
"We kind of hope that we won't continue to see a bunch of World of Warcraft clones or Ultima Online clones year after year," said ArenaNet founder Jeff Strain in light of his studio's take on other developers, and of his studio's own stance on keeping themselves unique.
"Hopefully, the success of Guild Wars, both in terms of its design and its business model, will inspire other companies to go take some chances and do some different things," Strain further said. It will be remembered that in a similar interview conducted by Eurogamer, Arena Net's Ben Miller was quizzed on the possibility of the Guild Wars franchise hitting the console scene any time soon.
PS3 Updated to PSOne (1.70)
Sure, a variety of features are still missing from the PS3 operating system, but at least we can now play PSOne (Playstation One) titles on our $600 PS3. Sony rolled out firmware update 1.70 today which will allow gamers to play old favorites on the next-gen system, soon. The PlayStation Store on the PlayStation Network already has a dozen PSOne games available for download, but they are only able to be played on the PS3. Soon, those 12 games will be reprogrammed to allow the PS3 to run them. This also allows game saves to be transferred between the PS3 and PSP (with the 3.40 firmware update) for seamless gaming between home and on the go. If youre already bought the PSOne retro games for your PSP, dont worry, youll be given the option to re-download it free of charge to be able to play it on the PS3.
Wisconsin inland fishing season opens May 5
MADISON, Wis. -- Spring's rollercoaster weather has been sending Wisconsin fish mixed signals, but it's clear that the May 5 opening day of the regular inland fishing season should be another great time on the water, the state's top fisheries official says. "There's a tradition to opening day that you just can't beat, even though you can find great fishing at any time of the year in Wisconsin," says Mike Staggs, Wisconsin's fisheries director. "Opening day is as much about being with friends and families and their traditions as it is about catching fish. This year's a good year to take someone fishing who's never been, or who hasn't been fishing for a long time." Staggs, who was introduced to fishing by his father and grandfather when he was two, now continues the tradition by taking family and friends out on the water, particularly waters near his home by Poynette.
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