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Concerts

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On-base activities

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Off-base festivities

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Vita racing: Handheld car games run out of gas

Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Do you have the urge to exercise your lead foot in the virtual world? If so, you’ll want to take note of the racing lineup for the PlayStation Vita. It’s pretty diverse for such a young system: there are futuristic, Formula 1, free remote control and an upcoming off-road racer.

'Prototype 2': Mutant mayhem not for the squeemish

Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Sometimes a second prototype is needed to address problems with the original. That appears to be the case in “Prototype 2,” an action role-playing game developed by Radical Entertainment for Activision.

Director Peter Berg took command of 'Battleship' action

Mon, 14 May 2012 13:07:20 -0400

Peter Berg, 50, has spent a good chunk of his life around the military, first as the son of a Marine who was an avid Naval historian, then while embedded with Navy SEALs in Iraq to research a film, and most recently as the director of the naval board game-inspired action movie “Battleship,” which opens in U.S. theaters May 18.

Frankfurt: Exhibit features replicas of items from King Tut's tomb

Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

A mummy, a chariot, numerous carvings and statues are among the items spotlighted in the "Tutankhamun - His Tomb and His Treasures" exhibit in Frankfurt, Germany. The items are replicas of the artifacts discovered in King Tut's tomb 90 years ago.

Star Fox 64 3-D: How not to remake

Fri, 11 May 2012 17:00:19 -0400

"Starfox 64 3D” is a game that suffers from lack of determination.

'World of Tanks': Grin, aim and fire

Fri, 11 May 2012 16:42:00 -0400

If you’ve ever found yourself sitting in a field aiming the barrel of a real tank — or even just dreaming of doing so — this game is for you.

‘Kid Icarus: Uprising’: A hand-cramping control scheme

Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

When a game gets so many things right, it’s usually forgivable to get one or two things wrong. But try telling that to the fingers I couldn’t move after my first play session.

House panel votes to hike drug co-pays, require prescription refills by mail

Thu, 10 May 2012 09:42:00 -0400

The House Armed Services Committee has voted to raise drug co-payments for Tricare beneficiaries who have brand-name prescriptions filled at retail pharmacies or through the Tricare mail order program.

Zweibrücken: Garden of earthly delights

Mon, 7 May 2012 00:01:00 -0400

The Rose Garden in Zweibrücken, Germany, boasts about 45,000 roses, with about 1,500 species, from Europe, China and the United States, among other places, said Heiko Hübscher, who manages the garden’s roses and 900 other varieties of plants

After Hours: Vegi Voodoo King, Stuttgart, Germany

Mon, 7 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Back in 2008, nothing sounded more American to the workers at Vegi Voodoo King in downtown Stuttgart, Germany, than the name Obama. And one of the hottest items on the menu at the time was the Obama falafel, created as an ode to the newly elected president.

Dressed to thrill: Clothes are important at weddings in Japan

Wed, 2 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

When my son, Mike, who lives in Japan, announced he was getting married to his Japanese girlfriend, Tomoko, my first question for him was: Will you dress up like a Samurai for the wedding?

Veterans advise Ubisoft on new 'Ghost Recon' game

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Hitting a target requires perfectly balancing human, technical and environmental elements. If one thing’s amiss, the bullet won’t find its mark. The same concept applies to combat games, according to a panel of advisers for Ubisoft’s upcoming shooter “Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier.”

'Dear Esther': Dreamy game challenges convention

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400

What constitutes a video game? What’s necessary and what’s optional for our most interactive of entertainment mediums? “Dear Esther,” a narrative-based, first-person game that fits squarely into the artsy/indie genre, jettisons nearly all basic actions. In its attempt to surround the player in a surreal dreamscape, there are no guns, no picking things up, no jumping and no running. It’s at once provocative and pretentious, and, most of all, beautiful.