#rpohon Carlp ^ortno: 2002 6
Gaming Technology
Greyson Manning, Staff Writer
Sinosthebeginnixigof tine, nm has searchad far sources of
aitBrtainiEnt arxdways to spand tiiTE. Ihe earliest games
iicludadgrassbowLiiigandchsss. InEhgland, theyplaied
cridet, arricsirisareplaiedwarQckkfe. tetvestillstdbe fix
new fatms of entErtainiEnt.
Eventually we ctevelcped cxnputers and began an
endless adraiture. Eron ooiputers gaming systems ware
created vdthsinple low iiipact gr^Mcs. Atari, Nintendo,
Siper Nintereb, and Sega vere among the first systats cre
ated. Ecan these inilestaresfystems a new era was initiated
that brou^t about the new systens: Playstatim 2, X-BCK,
and Game Cube.
Pl^Btaticn 2 gires esplosive graphics that boggle
the mind and give the feeling that you are actually in the
gaie. MicrosQft's X-BCK has also amazed gamers, provid
ing extrarely life-like ^niing andpu^iing aninPHbed graphics
to the limit. Nintendo's GctieCLfae, even tiru^not rated as
the most gr^Mc gaming system, gives us a new gaming
reality and paxwicfes hours of rm-stcp play tixiE. Ihese sys
tems are predicted to grow larger and spawi other games.
Ihcucfi we m^ fear their retiraiBnt, there is alvays a guar
anteed rebirth of a reu andntae praiising system.
Greyson Manning, Staff Writer
Eian the ctBaticn of fire and the wheel we have searched for
technology to lessen our wcarklcad. liechnologyhasbeocnE
an endless joum^.
As nan began his fi^t fix survival several break-
throucfis have aierged. Ihe horse and plow have evolved
into huge tra±ocs. Nfessengeis iHve been rqdaaedvri.th tele-
phiEsaxlthelibsmet. IhstEadofli^itingacancileferli^
we flip a switch. War has even changed frangridlrcn trcxp
verfeos to ocrputer gukfadmissiles ocntroLled fccmcxn: cxxn-
try X drip. H.G. Vfells wirte fentastic stcdes of ^pacE e>fib-
ratkn. tkM, spaoediuttles go tpcn a regular basis. Eteple
speid weeks cn a space station. Unmanned prcbes ej?)lDre
cfeqp space.
It seems every:by we becxme more and mare lazy,
and are givei new technology to feed this laziness. Euentur
ally it seams we will hawe nothing to cb but press a h±tcn X
dickancusetosurvire. let us not fixget that it is not the
ocnputer thatci3es the work; it is cur hancte arriraincis that
give tie fincticn and these lifeless tools a pcdnt c£ exisbanos.
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