Where Villains Are the Heroes
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By Tim Carpenter  By Tim Carpenter  THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL  MEXICO CITY - Taxi driver Oscar Rene Garcia didn't run with the coyotes until he was caught three times trying to immigrate illegally to the United States.
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Hero splashes love and death in ravishing colors
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Los Angeles -- Hero, director Zhang Yimou&#39;s acclaimed martial-arts epic starring Jet Li, vanquished giant snakes, serial killers and superbabies to debut as the top weekend film, earning $17.
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A buddy of mine who once worked as a New York City assistant DA shared the following insight with me: Most criminals are not very bright. He and I had just seen a heist movie -- something where an evil genius and his sharp-as-tacks cronies had pulled of an inordinately complex scheme to knock over a bank, grabbing millions in the process. In truth, however, most criminals are more "Fargo" than "Oceans 13," and that goes for cyber criminals, as well.
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In which our intrepid gaming reviewer recounts space marauders, evil warlords and ancient zombies that have left the biggest impression on him -- and invites you to weigh in with your bad guys.
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Are the movies running out of  heroes and is this why lovable Kevin Costner, the perfect guy  to play a washed-up baseball player, is now playing a  sympathetic serial killer?
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I haven&#8217;t talked about the PvP comic book for a while and there&#8217;s a reason for that: I&#8217;ve been avoiding the subject. I made a lot of extra work for myself last year what with the animated series, moving into a new office, bringing my store in house, etc. Because of that, I got behind on [...]
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Akasham marks the introduction Harisree Asokan as the hero. The story takes on terrorism in Kerala but lacks conviction.
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Part sci-fi, part  mystery and wholly unique, "Heroes" is one of TV's most  imaginative creations and might, with luck, become this year's  "Lost." Its mix of danger, humor, drama, romance and science  creates a unique and surprising flavor of programming. At the  same time, it fills scene after scene with characters that  wouldn't or couldn't easily fit into any other show.
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Film stars, fashion tycoons and even a murderer -- Wimbledon boasts a fascinating collection of heroes and villains who have coloured its 130-year history.
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What happens when Justice League of America members fall prey to the siren call of performance-enhancing drugs? Superscandal!
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LOS ANGELES  - Part sci-fi, part   mystery and wholly unique, "Heroes" is one of TV's most   imaginative creations and might, with luck, become this year's   "Lost." Its mix of danger, humor, drama, romance and science   creates a unique and surprising flavor of programming. At the   same time, it fills scene after scene with characters that   wouldn't or couldn't easily fit into any other show.
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How many gilded fairy tales do you want? There was the Magnificent 7 in Atlanta in 1996 and the Fantastic 5 in Anaheim last summer. Was anyone really counting on dethroning the Romanians at an overseas Olympics?
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Tycho:   The foe revealed, Armadeaddon is now almost complete.  Monday will see the promised epilogue, so at this point you have very nearly survived the ordeal.  We have endeavored these past weeks to reward the true "enthusiast," that man or woman who, brow heavy, has faced such cruel abuse at our hand for the last seven years.  It is apparently our policy to honor such dedication one every decade.    Since it was announced a couple days ago, the revelation that MS would be actively courting the hardcore boardgame player is something I've thought about almost constantly.  It may be that you weren't aware there was such a thing as a hardcore player of boardgames if your last experience with the context was playing Sorry! with your sister when you were eight.  Things have progressed.   There's a million experiences in this space I could use to lure you in, but one company in particular - Days of Wonder has already decided to make electronic variants of their tabletop crack, so they occupy a twilight space between the worlds.  I hope they see an opportunity to take their (already completed!) games over to the 360, or that Microsoft offers them a locked case containing an unspecified amount of untraceable U.S. Currency, because I'd love to see this prescient move by MS turn into a new era.   Days of Wonder makes a game called Shadows Over Camelot that could quickly become a dangerous obsession, obscuring biological realities with a single-minded focus on grails.  Well, grail I guess.  There's just the one.    But it's a completely cooperative boardgame, so every player is working toward the same goals - fighting back invasions, questing, all of it.  Except there might be a traitor in the group, determined by a hidden draw, who tries to derail the effort.  He's not always there, but the potentiality of that nefarious force can create unbelievable social tension.    The gaming table's fixed coordinate in space is its asset and its obstacle - managing space and time is actually the primary challenge of any gaming group, as opposed to banishing necromancers, though that also ranks up there.  Boardgames are so rich in design that, when one of these gets dropped in front of them on Live, I think many gamers will be shocked at their sophistication.    My thumbs hurt.  (CW)TB out.
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Gabe: The Penny Arcade Battle Academy Will be meeting next Tuesday the 8th at the Comic Stop. We're an official Pokemon TCG league now. Those of you in the Academy who haven't done so already, should register with Go Pokemon.com. Once you have a POP ID you can post it in this thread and Joe will get you added to the roster. As always, new players are welcome. Just grab a starter deck and be at the Comic Stop around 6.PM. There will be plenty of people willing to walk you through the game if it's your first time. For our regulars, if you're looking for a place up north to get cards and boosters I highly recommend the Cardhaus in Lynnwood. He's got some singles in stock but he also has the best price on boosters I've been able to find. Also, Kiko and I picked up some great tips and a few interesting rules that we did not know about while at the tournament. We'll share our "key learnings" with you all on Tuesday. It should be a fun night, hope to see some new faces. -Gabe out
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Tycho:  Today's comic is based on a story we saw at Kotaku, but when I went over there to verify the link the story had been removed altogether.  For those of you playing along at home, what that means is that Kotaku
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In many Latin American cities and towns, tiny villages and little pueblos, there is a central plaza, a square anchored by a church, government buildings, the statue of a hero. It is the design imprint of Spanish colonial rule, a place where prayer, politics and street commerce all converge.