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Laurel Shadrach is in her second semester of her senior year and things seem to be falling into place. She's dating a Christian guy and her friendships are back on track. But right around the corner lurks the temptation of drugs and alcohol. As she witnesses their destruction on those around her, Laurel realizes that alcohol and drugs only bring temporary relief. To be totally free, you must turn your life over to Christ and rest in Him.
In Zoo Tycoon: Marine Mania, you add a whole new level of fun to your zoo by building a water park with sea animals!Good news animal lovers! Microsoft's Zoo Tycoon gets another expansion pack, this time it's all wet with Marine Mania. First it was zoo animals, then dinosaurs (the Dinosaur Digs expansion pack, which is also included in this package), and now it's marine life. Marine Mania lets you build a water park like SeaWorld, complete with dancing penguins, bottle-nosed dolphins, or your own version of Shamu the Killer Whale.
The expansion pack fits right into the existing core gameplay of Zoo Tycoon. You manage your park, listen to your customers, plan the layout, listen to your "specialists" (zoo keepers) for the right mix of exhibit size and food for your various critters, and watch everyone enjoy the park. Add an amphitheater to any pen and you've got ample seating for a show. There are 20 marine animals (from jellyfish and sperm whales to orcas and great white sharks) and some animals (dolphins, orcas, etc.) double as terrific entertainers. Once again, you can always mix animals, and of course the only violence comes from mixing carnivores with the gentler fishes. But Marine Mania is as kid friendly as ever, so the best you get is some thrashing during a great-white feeding frenzy, rather than red-tinted waters. Drop a human in the pool and they simply swim out. Darn. Keeping with the kid-friendly theme, the game also features an encyclopedia entry on each critter, which makes the gameplay almost as educational as a trip to a real water park.
The only problems are the game engine and graphics. Microsoft targeted low-end computers, which is fine, but as time goes on each expansion pack looks more and more behind the times. The animation in Marine Mania is simple and quickly becomes boring, and that's something that should never be said about a shark feeding frenzy or trick-performing dolphins. Still, the expansion pack is an absolute must for fans of the original game, particularly those who skipped Dinosaur Digs since Marine Mania generously includes that earlier expansion pack. Parents should strongly consider this series a fun learning tool as well. And naturally, fans of water parks, marine life, and the Zoo Tycoon series can't go wrong here. --Andrew S. Bub
Pros:
Kid friendly
Educational
Hidden animals and wacky "Easter eggs" revealed on Zoo Tycoon Web site
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Child, Only, Brother
My Brother Is an Only Child
The violent political unrest of 1960s Italy brings simmering tensions between two feuding brothers to the boiling point in this critically acclaimed film. Eager to distance themselves from each other, Accio (Elio Germano, Do You Like Hitchock?, Respiro: Grazia's Island) and older brother, Manrico (Riccardo Scamarcio, Romanzo Criminale, Three Steps Over Heaven), join opposing political parties but are tied together by their dysfunctional working-class family... and a beautiful girl named Francesca. As the turbulent decade comes to a close, the brothers slowly discover they're more alike than they thought, but that realization might come too late.My Brother is an Only Child, a black comedy from talented director Daniele Luchetti (Little Teachers, The Yes Man), digs deep in its examination of family, connections, and brotherly love. It manages to be touching, edgy, hilarious, disturbing and vexing--sometimes all in the same scene. At the heart of My Brother are two of Italy's hottest young screen stars, Elio Germano, who plays younger brother Accio, and heartthrob Riccardo Scamarcio, who plays older brother Manrico, both wrestling with the political changes sweeping their country in the '60s. Their fractious but loving family is completed by their compassionate dad, fretful mother, and sweet sister, who spends most of the film dodging the blows, literal and figurative, between her two brothers.
Yet blood is thicker than water, politics, and just about everything else, especially in Italy. The family becomes a crucible when Accio becomes enamored with the neo-Fascists, while Manrico becomes a leader in the local Communist Party. It's a brave director (and actor) who can play Fascism for laughs, and both Luchetti and Germano manage to pull it off, though the viewer will be squirming at young Accio's pontifications and salutes to Mussolini. "A Fascist in the family is always handy," he deadpans during one jackbooted brawl attended by Manrico's commie pals. There's a sense of foreboding through the slapstick, and hearts are broken along the way. But My Brother is an Only Child provokes both thought and emotion, crystallizing both a key moment in Italian cultural history, and the ancient truth of brotherly connection.--A.T. Hurley
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