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Article: What's in a game, you ask? More than you think; Meet the 'Monitor'video game critic
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- Concord Monitor
- Article date:
- March 24, 2006
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A few weeks ago, Ben Adamski was into boxing. Before that, it was
zombies. Right now it's all about the music, guitar music, played
with buttons on a toy guitar and filtered through his PlayStation 2
and the speakers on his television. It's hard to explain but easy to
pick up, Adamski says, like so many of the games that make up his
addiction.
"A lot of exciting, innovative things are happening right
now,"said Adamski, 17. "And that's what I really look for in games.
Something new and different. Twists on old stuff."
Guitar Hero, a sort of musical, strumming version of Dance Dance
Revolution, is the latest craze in the gaming community, said
Adamski. By following patterns of buttons to push, ...