Pulse
Oregon Daily Emerald
Thursday, April 14, 2005
“I don’t want to achieve immortality
through my work... I want to achieve
it through not dying. ”
Woody Allen I Filmmaker
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Players dance through a
brutal ballet of violence
in 'God of War'
BYANDEW MCCOLLUM
DAILY EMERALD FREELANCE REPORTER
God of War's" Kratos is the most
badass anti-hero everto grace a video game.
Kratos, an enigmatic Spartan captain turned hit
manforthe Gods, tears through ancient Greece
on a mission to kill Ares, the God of War. If Kratos
succeeds, the Gods promise to forgive him for his past
deeds. "God of War" is a game that future action
adventure games will be compared to. It is an instant
classic that will hook players in from the moment they
WAR, page 13
Bret Furtwangler | Graphic artist
BY DUSTIN REESE
SENIOR DESIGNER
Pounding, beating and slapping your way through
waves of enemies sounds like any action video game on
the market, but Nintendo's latest game puts some
rumble in the jungle as "Donkey Kong Jungle Beat"
serves up unique game play and fun adventures. By
using the DK Bongo Controller originally created
for "Donkey Konga," players drum and clap their
way through side-view platform kingdoms
JUNGLE, page 1c
'Jungle Beat'an
entertaining rumble
that ends too soon
■ In my opinion
AMY LICHTY
POP ROCKS
‘Scrubs’ shines through
worthless TV filth
I love television. Many people wouldn't ad
mit this, but it's true, so I won't deny it. I most
likely acquired this adoration and affection of
the boob tube from my mother, who TiVos just
about everything under the sun, from "Every
day Italian" on the Food Network to the dis
gusting but addicting "Dr. 90210" on the E!
Channel. My mother's fixation with television
molded me at an early age. Even as I was living
on a limited budget with no cable TV, I still
managed to find some crap to become capti
vated by, such as the horribly ridiculous soap
opera "Passions," the paternity-test obsessed
"Maury" and the deliciously dramatic "Ameri
ca’s Next Top Model." But I'm remarkably
LICHTY, page 16
PULSEMUSIC PULSEMUSIC
Beck, "Guero": With somber melodies and revealing lyrics, Beck's last album, 2002's
"Sea Change," marked a dramatic shift forthe enigmatic ironist whose cockamamie wordplay
and innovative genre splicing made him one of contemporary music's most inventive musicians.
His demons purged (for now), Beck returns with "Guero," a giddy mish-mash of musical styles
and esoteric lyrics that combine to create his most eclectic album since "Odelay."
On "Girl," he juxtaposes a catchy Beach Boys-like pop tune with lyrics that may (or may not) be
about a serial killer. The album's opening track, "E-Pro," is the most stripped down song on the al
bum (relatively speaking), but the heavy guitar riff captures the same manic amusement as past Beck songs like
"Devil's Haircut.”
While the album's collage of music styles may draw comparisons to "Odelay," the sound is no longer greeted by
critics with the same urgency as that landmark album received when it was released in 1996. Back then, Beck's inspired
fusion was hyped by critics as a glimpse atthe future of pop music, which likely kept the fiercely independent artist from
returning to anything reminiscent of that sound for nearly 10years. Though "Guero" is clearly not a follow-up to
"Odelay," Beck sounds revitalized as he finally explores similar territory.
Josh Lintereur
INSIDE PULSE
The University Theatre pro
duction, "Stop Kiss," opens at
theArenaTheatreon April 20.
Steehead Brewery offers good
food and award-winning beer
fora college crowd.
Check out a list of long-lost
classic literary titles for your
reading enjoyment.
Today
Kelly Joe Phelps w/
Paul Curreri
Cafe Paradiso
8 p.m.,$20
Singer/songwriter
Friday
Deb Cleveland Band
Luna
| 8:30 p.m., $6
Soulful blues
Saturday
The Visible Men
Sam Bond’s Garage
9 p.m., $4
Rock
Sunday
Electric Six and
VHS or Beta
WOW Hall
8:30 p.m., $13 advance,
$15atthedoor
Indie dance music
TOP 5 MOVIES
1:"Sahara"
2: "Sin City"
3: "Fever Pitch"
4: "Guess Who"
5: "Beauty Shop"
NEWYORKTIMES
BEST-SELLERS
1: Dan Brown,
"The Da Vinci Code"
2: Matthew Stover,
"Revenge of the Sith"
3: Rebecca Wells,
"Ya-Yasin Bloom”
4: James Patterson and
Howard Roughan,
"Honeymoon”
5: Ian McKwan,
"Saturday"
BILLBOARDTOP 5
1:50 Cent,
"The Massacre"
2: Beck,
"Guero"
3: Beanie Sigel,
"The B. Coming"
4:112,
"Pleasures Pain”
5: Various Artists,
"Now 18”