Vol. 67, No. 6
8515 Old Mount Vernon Rd., Alexandria, VA 22309
December 2008
Entertainment Highlights

Cries for Far Cry 2?
He is walking in a little village in the middle of many heavily armed guards. So how are you going to kill him? Take the sniper rifle and try to take him out from a far? Or take the machine gun and run into them?...As you see – there are a lot of weapons and a lot of possibilities, which is the great thing about Far Cry 2! 

Noodles No Longer on the Side
After seeing a movie, what could be better than finishing off a great night with a trip to Noodles and Company? The menu consists of American, Asian, and Mediterranean pastas.  It is a popular, inexpensive restaurant that is growing in numbers because of high demand...

Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe: Worlds Collide
Imagine a game where your favorite DC comic book superheroes have been pulled into a battle that challenges their superior strength with unlikely foes and villains from a world of ultimate inferior combat. Well, your wildest imaginations have been brought to life in this mind blowing game where good and evil has no limits...

A Desperate Housewife
The amazing and original Next to Normal is now playing at the Arena Stage in Crystal City November 21, 2008 all the way to January 11, 2009, and it's is guaranteed to change your perspective of the "normal life" and leave you breathless...

  Cries for Far Cry 2?

By Max Rudat
Staff Writer

Far Cry 2's breathtaking scenery is overwhelming.

There are three main elements of Far Cry 2: The hot desert of Africa, Rusty weapons, and a lot of realism. Now take that and try to kill somebody. One of the tasks in the first person action game was to kill a special person. Why? Nobody really knows. The important thing – you get diamonds. Now the person is marked on your map. He is walking in a little village in the middle of many heavily armed guards. So how are you going to kill him? Take the sniper rifle and try to take him out from a far? Or take the machine gun and run into them? Or take the machete? Be silent at night or try to do it in the glaring sunshine? As you see – there are a lot of weapons and a lot of possibilities, which is the great thing about Far Cry 2! 

The plot is simple and that is just how I like it. Far Cry 2 takes place in a fictional area in central Africa, where a civil war between two warlords has been tearing apart the land for years. The main character is a mercenary and he is assigned to kill "The Jackal", a powerful weapon dealer and there is a lot of money for you if you kill him. To get to him, the protagonist has to make friends with the two warlords and take care of jobs they give him. So now you are supposed to fight through Africa, doing the dirty work of these two men.

First of all the landscape is beautiful. Many animals are running through it and it all is alive. There is always sense of movement in the graphically stunning world. The day and night change influences the action of the enemies. In the night, almost everyone in a village is asleep, so it's easier to move on silently.

A very good and useful element in the game is the fire. If you throw a grenade or take the flamethrower, there is always fire. And it moves on. The dry ground is extra flammable, so it doesn't take much time until everything is set ablaze. The actual action is intense. There are a lot of explosive things to shoot at and a lot of machineguns.

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Noodles No Longer on the Side


By Allie Schray and Maddie Zeigler
Staff Writers

After seeing a movie, what could be better than finishing off a great night with a trip to Noodles and Company? The menu consists of American, Asian, and Mediterranean pastas.  It is a popular, inexpensive restaurant that is growing in numbers because of high demand.  There are Noodles and Company restaurants in 18 states, which are mostly located on the west coast. However, recently this popular chain is spreading to the east. The restaurant attracts people of many ethnicities because of the variety of food on the menu. Noodles and Company is quickly becoming the Five Guys of noodle restaurants.

The American section of the menu is quite popular. It starts off with the Wisconsin Mac & Cheese, continuing with Mushroom Stroganoff, Buttered Noodles, House Marinara, Chicken Noodle Soup, and ends with a common American Caesar salad. The American side of the menu is a great place to order classic foods...

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