ATLANTA (Reuters) – Two U.S. car thieves failed to make their getaway in a car they had just stolen because they couldn’t figure out how to use its manual transmission, a witness said on Wednesday.
The teenagers armed with a gun approached a man outside a pizza restaurant in Marietta, Georgia, late on Monday. They stole his wallet and the keys to his Honda Accord, got into the car but couldn’t make it start because it had stick shift, according to John Williamson, 18, a restaurant employee.
“The kid was just sitting in the car trying to start it but he had no idea what to do. He looked dumbfounded. The only thing he had going was the radio,” said Williamson who witnessed the scene.
While the thief was trying to start the car, restaurant employees called the police who arrived and caught the teenagers as they tried to escape into nearby woods.
Unlike many parts of the world, the majority of cars in the United States are automatic and many drivers are unused to driving “stick shift” vehicles, in which a clutch pedal must be depressed to change gear.
Being a long time reader of The Darkness, I’ve been looking forward to this game since it was first announced. Having played Starbreeze Studio’s Chronicles of Riddick game I knew it was going to be something great too. They put in such a great effort into detail and gameplay that their titles are solid hits. In the game you play Jackie Estacado, a 21 year old contract killer for the Franchetti Crime family. Only problem is that the crime family you were whacking people for now want you whacked.
One thing you’ll notice right off the bat is how beautiful the game looks. This is a game that strives for reality, the lighting and and gritty realism with dirty bathrooms and flickering lights. The attention to detail is fantastic and it makes the game all the more enjoyable. Instead of loading screens you have running commentaries by Jackie that give you insight into his world. Right from the start a visual style is established that lets you know this is a big production, the credits that come and go for the first section and the smoke that rises from some of the guns, and of course the mass amount of blood.
The game controls are easy to get a hold of and don’t impede on the gameplay. You control everything from firing both guns to your Darklings with a simple press of the button. The easiness of controlling the game doesn’t have you worrying whether you’re going to mess up something along the way, further adding to the games allure.
Having just tried out the multi-player, I must admit that I’m not all that familiar but I did delve into a few different modes. You can play in a six different game types and some allow you to choose to play as a darkling. As with most other 360 games, there are a large number of achievements that are only attainable through multi-player. The multi-player is definitely a fun change of pace and can be even more fun with a group of friends.
The Darkness isn’t just another fps, it’s a lot more and it’s well worth the investment. Starbreeze and Take Two have a hit that that’s sure to stand out in the crowd. Great story, great visuals,and fantastic characters make for a great game.
Finally, a journalist that doesn’t give a flying fuck about Paris Hilton. MSNBC anchor Mika Brzezinski took a stand against the “lead story” during the Morning Joe show. Her producer kept placing the Paris Hilton story as the lead story and she had enough, and rightly so. I wish Paris was in jail for 23 years instead of days… and that she was raped by a gaggle of geese.
Remember the little baby from the album cover of Nirvana’s “Nevermind” album? Well he’s grown up a bit and is about to turn 16. His name?? Spencer Elden. Back in 1991, Nirvana hired a photographer named
Kirk Weddle to take a photo of a naked baby swimming for their album cover. Weddle was friends with Spencer’s parents and he gave them $200 to let him photograph Spencer for the album cover.
