Joe Egan is always on the run, taking rooms in anonymous motels with easy escape routes and always on the look-out for a strange blonde who follows him across America. The cynic might catch a whiff of tendentiousness in McCall Smith's fulsome praise of old African ways and the "traditionally built" Precious Ramotswe, but there is much pleasure to be gained from reading a very straightforward narrative written with wit and exuberance.Ĭhance and travel - two all-American motifs - are bound together blackly in Behm's second novel. Whether it's a case of a disappeared American, Mr Matekoni's troubles with his apprentice car mechanics, a scheming maid, or adopting two orphaned children from the Kalahari, everything finally comes to a happy end. Desai writes delicately of family unhappiness, and in Uma and Arun she creates two marvellous portraits of powerless children trapped by family expectations.īotswana is indeed the land of milk and honey in this second helping of tales from Mme Ramotswe's No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. This game offers a fun playing experience for kids that love sports, especially soccer, that can be played over and over.Uma - slow and bespectacled - is doomed to service and spinsterhood, while Arun is fated to carry the family's academic hopes to America only Aruna escapes to Bombay with a husband. There is also many other achievements to accomplish from hat tricks to goals saved to having the best player in league for different stats. If you so well in your division you move up a division until you reach the premier division and compete for the Cup of all Cups. The game is organized into seasons with tournaments and league play. The game allows you to choose from a variety of kids representing diversity by gender and race, as well as physical disability by having a wheelchair player available. In the game you get to create your team, which involves choosing team name from limited words available, choose uniform colors, draft your team, and determine which players play each position. The controls are rather basic just requiring the use of the mouse. Thia game is a great computer game for kids of all ages. So what are you waiting for? Assimilate your team, kick some hooligan butt and win that overly shiny championship cup! When the game was released, Humongous Entertainment ran a sweepstakes for an all-expense paid trip to meet with Cobi Jones. Additionally, the game tracks statistics and team rankings including goals, penalty kicks and individual player stats. When, or if, you get burnt out on Season mode, there is a head-to-head mode for two-player action.īackyard Soccer MLS Edition features play-by-play and color commentary by Sunny Day and Earl Grey, a wisecracking kid with a weird sense of humor. With the Season mode, Backyard Soccer MLS Edition features the B, A, and Premier divisions, a fourteen game season and the commencing international knockout tournament for the championship: the Astonishingly Shiny Cup of All Cups Cup.ĭepending on how well you do, you and your team may receive an invitation to the Off-the-Wall Indoor Tournament. Additionally, there are power-ups located throughout the playing fields such as an extreme Bowling Ball item that knocks all opponents flat on their butts and scorching Cannonball items. Soccer match-ups are held throughout various playing fields including the Cement Gardens, Dirt Yards, a vacant warehouse, Steele Stadium, and Tin Can Alley, with each field featuring varying surface physics due to terrain.
While controlling the action, you and your players dribble past opponents, trap and pass the ball, and score amazing goals. While some are endowed with power and precise ball handling, others buckle under pressure and lack physical prowess.Īs the general manager, your mission is to assemble a team of capable players-if you don't, the opposition will exploit your weaknesses.
Ranging from Dmitri Petrovich and Cobi Jones to Stephanie Morgan and Briana Scurry, individual players have strengths and weaknesses. Before delving into the action, you choose from twelve teams including DC United, Kansas City Wizards, Tampa Bay Mutiny, Dallas Burn, and Chicago Fire.Īfter choosing the desired team, you select your roster from among thirty Backyard Kids. Designed for younger sports enthusiasts, Humongous Entertainment's Backyard Soccer MLS Edition features officially licensed Major League Soccer teams and logos, various playing fields, actual players, and loads of options.
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