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Show The Emery County Review, Tuesday, July 29, 2008 VOICES B1 Celebrating the People and Lifestyle of the San Rafael Swell Area WEDDINGS Briana Thomas Timothy Lake Photos by Kathy Ockey Kerry and Elaine Lake announce the marriage of their son, Timothy, to Briana Thomas, daughter of Craig and Janet Thomas of Draper, on July 31, at the Mount Timpanogos LDS temple. A reception will be held in their honor on July 31, from 7-9 p.m. at Le Jardin at the Rose Shop, 1910 East 10600 South in Sandy, Utah Horse ‘n’ Buggy Days Elmo celebrated Horse ‘n’ Buggy Days July 24-26 and town residents welcomed visitors to take part. During the three days of festivities, the town offered everything from an ATV ride to breakfast in the park and a parade down Main Street. A family dance on July 26 followed by fireworks at dusk closed the Horse ‘n’ Buggy Days celebration. Kendra Peacock Brandon Rigby Kevin and Charlene Peacock of Orangeville announce the marriage of their daughter Kendra to Brandon Rigby, son of Kevin and Tammy Rigby of Lake Point. The couple will be married Aug. 8 and will be honored at a reception that evening from 7-9 p.m. at the Orangeville LDS Ward House. Grandparents of the bride are Perry and Olive McArthur and Paul and Karen Peacock. Grandparents of the groom are Jerry and Sharon Rigby and Jim and Barbra Spencer. BIRTHS Tacey Ann Funk Tiffany, Ty and Trace Funk are excited to announce their baby sister is finally here. Tacey Ann Funk was born July 1, 2008, at CastleView Hospital in Price. She was 6 pounds, 13 ounces and 20 inches long. Her proud parents, Greg and Jessica Funk, still live in Clawson. Tacey’s paternal grandparents, Bruce and TedAnn Funk, live in Clawson and her maternal grandparents, Russell and Kathy Larsen live in Castle Dale. Gordon Perry Cloward Perry D. and Loraine L. Cloward of Castle Dale are very pleased to announce the birth of their son Gordon Perry Cloward. He arrived May 29, 2008, 12:01 p.m. at UVRMC, in Provo . He weighed 6 lbs. 7 oz. and was 18 inches long. He was welcomed home by his big sister Kaleena Mouritsen, and his big brother Gabrel Mouritsen. Other siblings excited about his arrival are six other brothers and three other sisters. CASEY’S POCKETS The Portable Console Wars Casey Wood As video games make their way into our lives you have undoubtedly found yourself diving into the debates of the console wars, wondering whether to purchase Wii, PlayStation 3, or Xbox 360. In an earlier article I addressed the pros and cons of each of these systems, but as portable gaming devices become a more influential piece of the gaming puzzle, it seems necessary to share the pros and cons of the major portable gaming devices, the Nintendo DS, which officially stands for Developers’ System, but is also considered to mean Duel Screen, and the Sony PSP, meaning PlayStation Portable. The Nintendo DS was released first in November of 2004. The system released prior to the Nintendo Wii and started the snowballing of innovation Nintendo is currently using for video games. The DS folds in half like a notebook. When opened it portrays two screens, one on the top portion of the console and one on the bottom portion. The bottom screen is an LCD touch screen which allows the user to become more involved in the games. The system comes with both a stylus and a curved plastic tab attached to the wrist strap if the user prefers not to use their fingers on the touch screen. The DS offers two game ports, one with the ability to play Game Boy Advance games while the other plays Nintendo DS video games. In June 2006 Nintendo released a redesign of the Nintendo DS called the Nintendo DS Lite, which is smaller and sleeker, has a longer stylus, gives four different brightness options for the screens and has different button placement to maximize game play. The Nintendo DS offers many accessories and a lot of purchasable hardware to increase the enjoyment of game play and give new functions to users. The DS also uses Wi-Fi and to provide the ability to play games online wirelessly against competitors worldwide. Nintendo has released multiple titles on the Nintendo DS for both hardcore gaming fans and casual gamers, and for gamers young and old. Some of the released titles are the Brain Age games, Nintendogs, Mario Kart DS, Metroid Prime Hunters, New Super Mario Brothers, and Guitar Hero: On Tour. While the Nintendo DS focuses on innovation the Sony PSP focuses on, more than anything, graphics. The PSP was released in March of 2005. The console gives the feel of a home gaming console with its cutting edge graphics and video capabilities which are superior to that of the Nintendo DS. PSP looks and feels similar to a PlayStation 2 controller without a second analog stick and with a screen in the middle. The PSP can be used for gaming, movies, music and using the internet. The PSP uses UMD (universal media disk) disks as the game cartridges, which are small CDs enclosed in a plastic covering for safety. Sony released a redesigned PSP, the PSP Slim & Lite, in September 2007. The main differences in the design are in the size. The PSP Slim & Lite is reduced both in weight and size. Other changes made are the repositioning of buttons and speakers, and the addition of a TV output port so that you can attach your PSP to your television and play on a full sized screen. Due to the decreased weight and size the battery life for the Slim & Lite is cut down by one-third. The two biggest flaws of the PSP are its way of recording data and its lack of quality games. PSP requires the use of a Memory Stick Duo flash card to save data. The PSP has released many games for teenage and adult players, but few for younger gamers. Some of the titles released for the PSP are Daxter, Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core, ATV Offroad Fury games, Need For Speed games, Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops, Sporting games such as NFL and NBA, and SOCOM U.S. Navy Seals games. My final verdict is if you want something for everyone to play in a new and intuitive way, get the Nintendo DS, but if you want something for more than just gaming ,with graphics rivaling that of the PS2, get a Sony PSP. |
