Forza Motorsport 3

This game is made by Turn 10 and is a really good game to play.

The object of the game is to buy or select a car and enter several world championships. The idea is to win as many races as you can and win money which helps you buy more powerful cars. You are given cars every time you complete a driver level. These start at one and end at fifty, but this doesn’t mean that the game ends; you can carry on and race for as long as you like.  

Turn 10 has tried to make the game as realistic as possible by introducing assists to help. These are traction control, anti lock brakes, etc. In the game you start with a low powered vehicle to race and end up with a high powered super car. You get a variety of cars from manufacturers such as Ferrari, Lamborghini, Land Rover and Vauxhall. These cars are fully upgradable. The graphics are also awesome both on the game itself and the packaging.

I recommend Forza Motorsport 3 because anyone who likes cars will love this realistic and challenging game.

By Charlotte Lapsley

Cheryl Cole is a singer and the X factor presenter. Ashley Cole a famous football player.

They have been married together for 3 and half years, as Cheryl Cole did her song fight for this love at the brits award. While her husband nursed a fractured ankle in the surrey home. As she was busy doing her work, her husband was busy cheating on her.

On Monday she was pictured in LA with the US dancer Derek Hough, 24, who she met while re cording her album 3 Words. A spokesman later said the pair was friends and part of a large group.
Speculation about the possibility that Cole would leave the UK for the US was heightened by reports she had viewed several properties in Los Angeles in the past week.
“Cheryl Cole is separating from her husband, Ashley Cole,” it said. “Cheryl asks the media to respect her privacy during this difficult time. We have no further comment to make.”
 
By Jemma West

This moment. The moment we were both waiting for. It had finally come. The moment where the autumn sun had gone down, leaving the moon to shine so brightly over us. This was our moon, the one that ends autumn just in time for winter. This was what we had been waiting for. It made it even better that we were together. It was magical how the moon changed everything in the forest, after the liveliness of the sun; everything had silenced to watch this event. The only thing I could hear were the quiet rustling of the trees as the wind swept through them inaudibly. It felt good laying next to you in the opening, your tail wagged with mine in synchronisation, your shoulder felt warm against mine, our paws were almost touching, it was electric. I felt the urge to place mine on top of yours, to nuzzle your cheek, to lay my head across your neck. I knew you were thinking exactly what I was thinking; I could see your paw edging towards mine, willing me to do exactly that. So I did. Your purring was silky and soft, it was the purr of a she-wolf, angelic in a way, it was individual, no other she-wolf could purr in that way. Your eyes sparkled in the moonlight, a silver-blue, your eyes could always take my breath away, but not like now, this was something else. I thought back on today, the blue sky, the green grass, the orange, yellow and red of the leaves that floated gracefully to the ground. We had spent the whole day together, running, dancing, swimming in rivers, watching clouds. It had been the last day of autumn; it only came once a year, only to be seen once until the next. Now it was time, the moon was up completely, the sun was nowhere to be seen until the morning, only a few seconds until midnight. Three. Two. One. Waiting over. We rose to our feet, and started singing to our moon; we caressed it with the song of the wolf, it was so beautiful. I felt something cold touch my nose, I looked up to the midnight sky, the stars had been covered with wisps of cloud, and it was snowing. You were already dancing and twirling in the gentle drops of white. I joined in; we danced and twirled together, still singing our song. I looked out to the frosty opening, the snow had settled and stopped. As we looked out at our moon once more, I whispered one thing to you, “I love you”.

by Amy Gibbs

 Like in previous Phantasy Star games, you are able to choose from a variety of characters, each with their own strengths and weaknesses, and are able to go online and fight alongside other players. After choosing your character you can customise him/her to you own liking, although there is not many customisation options which result in you sometimes “running into yourself” when online.
You can choose from 3 different classes and races. The races are: Human, Casts (robots) and newmans. After deciding on a race you then decide on a class, he 3 classes are: Hunter, this class is for the people that like to do close combat with swords, daggers, ect.; Ranger, this class are for people who like to stay back and shoot their enemies with bazookas, machine guns, ect.; Forces, these are basically magicians, so if you enjoy electrocuting or freezing your enemies then this is the class for you.       

 The game has fairly good graphics, which allow you to see your character and enemies in full 3D, but with little detail. Sega have remembered the old saying: “If it is not broke then don’t fix it” by keeping battle system the same from the previous Phantasy Star online series. The battle system is heavily based on timing, pressing on button after the other in (almost) rapid succession to achieve a chain (which is 3 attacks in one go); although it becomes quite easy to chain your attacks after some practice. One of the main advantages of this game is its online mode, where you will be able to fight enemies with players from around the world.

The disadvantages of the game are: The cut scenes have too much dialogue and you will often get bored reading it if you decide not to skip it. The NPCs (non-playable-characters) have rubbish AI and only become useful for healing and for distracting enemies.  

Overall Phantasy Star Zero is a great game that will keep you occupied for a long time with the amount of different weapons and secrets to find, but might become boring for some people with its repetitive game play.

This drama centres around 5 teenagers on community service. The series starts off when the teens get caught in a strange storm which they then find out they have received superpowers. Think skins meets heroes and you get Misfits. 

The 4^th episode is airing Thursday 3^rd December. You can catch up on any episodes by logging on to www.channel4.com/programmes/misfits/4od.

The second episode centred around Nathan and an O.A.P’s tea-dance, as part of their community service. Things take a good turn for Nathan as he befriends a beautiful young volunteer.

The link for this episode is:  http://www.channel4.com/programmes/misfits/4od#3010165

Misfits is said to be the number one UK teen drama of the year. Will Misfits be more popular than skins?

Mr Oake a local farmer had some Jack Russel puppies he needed to sell. He painted a large sign advertising the pups and set about nailing it to a post on the edge of his drive. As he was driving the last nail into the post, he felt a tug on his overalls. He looked down into the eyes of a little boy called Tim.