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I'm buying some Playstation 2 games for the troops in Iraq. I know nothing about which ones are good. Anyone who has played these games, please give advice on what to avoid and what to get. ************** Posting list of some that are currently available on a auction website, but please also advise if most recommended not on the list. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Playstation 2 Game PS2 $6.99 MLB SlugFest: Loaded Playstation 2 Game PS2 $16.99 True Crime: Streets of LA Playstation 2 Game PS2 $5.99 Cabela's Big Game Hunter Playstation 2 Game PS2 $12.99 SSX Tricky Playstation 2...

Earlier this year, Devin Moore, now 20, was on trial for the 2003 triple homicide of three Alabama policemen. While in detention for stealing a car, Moore grabbed the pistol of one officer and used it to fatally shoot a total of three of them. The defense mounted a case based on a childhood full of mental and physical abuse, as well as an affinity for violent games. One game in particular, Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto III, was singled out, because gamers can steal cars and kill cops in it. Moore had said he was inspired by the PlayStation...

The swallows come back to San Juan Capistrano every year, the Olympics happen every four years, and old video game consoles get junked every five years. Which means that the game industry is due for a shake-up any quarter now. The current crop of consoles--Sony's PlayStation 2, Microsoft's Xbox and Nintendo's GameCube--all have been on the market for about four years. Each manufacturer wants to squeeze as much market life as possible out of the current machines, so they won't spill too many details about future consoles for fear of making the current ones look outdated. But information on next-generation...

<p>QUINCY -- William J. Quarterone did not go back to sleep yesterday morning, too troubled after watching a bleeding man collapse in front of his home in the early hours. Minutes before, police said, the man had stolen some Play Station 2 video games, and was fatally wounded as he fled.</p>

PS2 modder defeats mighty Sony Aussie court allows console DVD mod By INQUIRER staff: Monday 29 July 2002, 17:43 EDDY STEVENS is the man who took on Sony and won. Sony had Eddy up in front of the beak in a Sydney court claiming that his fiddling with PS2s was illegal. But in a victory for modders everywhere - except maybe in the UK -- Stevens got off with fitting a mod chip to the console. Stevens' modding antics allowed his customers to view mutlti-region DVDs on their PS2s and Johnson argued that his action would allow users to play...