The James Logan Courier

By Billy O'Keefe
McClatchy-Tribune (MCT)

The bad vibes rush in almost instantly, too, during the breakdown of what should be a good idea. "X-Men Destiny's" premise drops you into the shoes of your own custom-designed mutant — except it doesn't, because outside of a few choices regarding attack strategy, you're not allowed to design your character at all. "Destiny" provides three rather bland character designs from which to choose, quickly punting away whatever point there was to playing as an unknown mutant instead of the powered-up X-Men who adorn the box. Even a pitifully rudimentary character creator would have done wonders for this game getting off on the right foot.

Then again, once the action commences, those issues start feeling small compared to what follows.

"Destiny's" quest structure is pretty straightforward: Numerous recognizable X-Men show up to poke fun at your inexperience and hand out objectives during an attack by an anti-mutant force known as The Purifiers, and a stock morality system allows you to fight alongside or turn against the X-Men.

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By Kayleen Garingan, Courier Staff Writer

Logan students and staff show their school pride during the traditional Spirit Week, which leads up to the big homecoming game on Friday night. Spirit Week kicked off this Monday with a pretty exciting turn out of students dressing up according to their class themes.

From wikipedia:
Thomas Love Peacock (18 October 1785 – 23 January 1866) was an English satirist and author.

Peacock was a close friend of Percy Bysshe Shelley and they influenced each other's work. He wrote satirical novels, each with the same basic setting — characters at a table discussing and criticising the philosophical opinions of the day.

He worked for the British East India Company.

Read more about Thomas Love Peacock, and read his books, free from the Thomas Love Peacock Society.