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Survivor
Game: Survivor Platform: PC Studio: Infogrames Rating: 4/10 You’ve seen the show and always wanted to join in. Here is your chance, sort of. Look: The graphics are just plain bad. Feel: The challenges are occasionally good. Many are bad. Worst of all is that sometimes the challenges take forever or seem impossible to finish.…
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Half-Life
Game: Half-Life Platform: Playstation 2 Studio: Sierra Rating: 9.5/10 When Half-Life was released on the PC a few years ago, it was a major craze. Look: This version is better than the PC version and that says a lot. The attention to detail is off the charts. Feel: This game is pretty smart, even sophisticated.…
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Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon
Game: Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Platform: PC Studio: Ubi Soft Rating: 9/10 Ghost Recon is the latest in the Tom Clancy franchise of shoot ’em up games. Look: The animations are top notch. If you have the time to actually look at the scenery, you’ll see just how far pc games have been advancing. Feel:…
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Method Man – Interview
finding out how high with method man and redman! “Damn Johnny, you blinging today,” an over-excited Redman directs at his partner. Sporting a Gucci sweatsuit and matching Gucci-custom made boots, Johnny (one of Method Man’s many aliases-short for Johnny Blaze) sits patiently in the trailer, waiting to shoot the next scene in the duo’s “Part…
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Destiny’s Child – 8 Days of Christmas
Artist: Destiny’s Child Title: 8 Days of Christmas Label: Columbia Rating: 3/10 This is only one of the times I’ve had to re-listen to this mess of a Christmas album Destiny’s Child has brought us this season. First off, most of the new songs are written by, with the help of others, Beyonce Knowles. I…
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Jon Secada – The Gift
Artist: Jon Secada Title: The Gift Label: Epic Rating: 7/10 Jon Secada has a great voice, so to get a chance to hear him sing some great Christmas songs is a treat. On the opener, “Cradle In Bethlehem”, with orchestra in tow, Secada gives his mild and lovely voice a chance to lay in between…
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Hoobastank – Hoobastank
Artist: Hoobastank Title: Hoobastank Label: Island Rating: 5/10 Hoobastank is a four-piece rock band from Agoura Hills, California, and they have a sound close to fellow Agoura natives, Incubus. “Remember Me” is watered down melodrama. “Running Away” is just a huge dose of more of the same. They lock on a chorus and just never…
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Ghostface Killah – Bulletproof Wallets
Artist: Ghostface Killah Title: Bulletproof Wallets Label: Epic Rating: 6/10 Ghostface Killah is releasing his third solo album, Bulletproof Wallets. It seems with the Wu in all sorts of transitional periods, the crew keeps doing it solo, and at this pace they may run low on all kinds of material. There are a few tracks…
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Sense Field – Interview
Were you bitter at the industry now that you’ve sort of been dumped, but now picked up again? That’s an excellent question. It’s definitely a scary industry to be a part of. We were pretty jaded about our experience with Warner Bros. But once things were settled with them and we could move forward, it…
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Ludacris – Interview [2001]
Talking the talk with Ludacris! What are you up to? Shit, just mastering my album in Atlanta. Word Of Mouf is coming hard. How long have you been working on the album? Probably since March, off and on, because I’ve been touring and performing. I’ve been doing so many spot dates that I’ve been writing…
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