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04.02.10

It also takes itself too earnestly. After each Olympic event comes a celebratory podium go out, where the winner's national anthem is blasted out in full patriotic show off. The idea is obviously to show how, with any luck, your chosen nation has finished above the twenty-three others represented by the profession, but seeing as how you're only ever pitted against a random shuffling of three nations it feels about as epic as a 50cc Mario Kart championship. Was the all-inclusive public ever expected to watch these scenes? Their only comfort is that they're comfortable to skip, and they also provide a golden opportunity to visit the making up.

I'm also prepared to hazard a guess and say a decent Olympic soundtrack is anything but the stagger, vacant pop-punk assortment Sega have provided. It's emo enough to fetch even a stroppy fifteen-year-old roll their eyes.

There's no structured fasten on player mode, simply a screen where you pick whatever incident tickles your fancy and then compete for a medal. If you desire anything higher than mellifluous, though, the game forces you to relentlessly repeat the same courses over and over again, difficult you perfect your route and poise to a frustratingly high ideal. It lulls you into an environment where failure at the last minute - usually more than enough to send you rocketing to the back of the end - evokes a wrath unseen since the exciting bits from the Old Testament. While it regularly feels annoying and unfair, the game never once manages to conjure up anything Olympian.

Source: Play.tm

Sports Bulletin

03.02.10

Motley

Assiniboine Masters Swim Club for all ages Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 6 to 7 a.m. at St. James Centennial Consortium.

Ball Hockey Referees needed. Call James at 799-7591 or Dave at 996-1146.

Brick Gym an Olympic Weightlifting union with a rich history of international competition is recruiting female athletes (age-old 12 and up) who want to try out the sport. Call Denis, 489-4443 or dvanlaeken@shaw.ca.

Buhler Leisure activity Park accepting softball, baseball, athletic clearing and company picnic bookings for

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GROWING OLDER - Feb. 3

03.02.10

Grown-up Leisure Group presents Jill Brandes Accompanied by Matthew Leibl, Feb. 8, noonday, Shaarey Zedek Synagogue, 561 Wellington Cres. Exhibit: 452-3711 by Feb. 3. Walk-in not accepted. www.shaareyzedek.mb.ca.

Age & Break Inc. ABC's of Fraud, seldom does a day go by that you don't hear of a fraud or scam being done to an older full-grown victim. Trained ABC's volunteers do presentations on what to watch for and what to do if you are a chump. To book a presentation for your group call Dianne, 956-6440.

Age & Opportunity St. Quickening/St Boniface Senior Centre located at 254 Lakewood Blvd. offers the following; (P.A.C.E.) People with Arthritis Can Burden, yoga, total body workout, walk "n" weights, steadiness & fall prevention, cardio and muscle toning, inflexible & flex, zumba, ballroom

Source: Winnipeg Free Press