TV Fans Find New Ways To Tune In

Thursday, March 1, 2007

TV Fans Find New WaysTo TuneIn (NAPSA)—If you’re like a num- ber of fans, your favorite shows no longer stop when you turn off the From having updates sent to cell phones to collecting merchan- dise from a series, fans across the country have found ways to make TV hit a bit closer to home—and seem a bit morereal. For instance, each night thousands of fans hit the chat roomsto discuss the latest TV happenings, A new video game lets people play forensic detective in a realistic and gritty virtual world. predict plot twists and gossip for analyzing large pieces of evi- fan conventions for programs ranging from “Star Trek” to “The Getting Real The game was designed by Ubisoft to have even more of a about stars from their favorite shows. There are also television Dukes of Hazzard,” live action shows and concerts based on chil- dren’s programs, and even video games that let players “join” the cast from a favorite program. One game, “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Hard Evidence”is based on “CSI: Crime Scene Inves- tigation,” which is consistently one of the top-rated shows on network television, and has won the People’s Choice Award for Favorite Television Drama for four consecutive years. Players join Gil Grissom, Catherine Willows and the rest of the Las Vegas cast to help solve crimes using realistic techniques and lab equipment. The gamefea- tures forensic reconstructions and atmospheric crime scenes taken directly from the television show, including an all-new garage lab dence, improved evidence gathering, lab minigames and more. realistic look and feel than previous versions. That means players sift their way through true-to-life evidence using new types of foren- sic tools such as ballistic lasers that re-create gunfights and new video analysis technology to unlock shockingsecrets. Players also do a little hands- on detective work as they take part in dramatic interrogations, re-create grisly crime re-enactments and more. The game’s edgy characters and plots, combined with the cinematic-style graph- ics, make it seem like you are actually watching a “CSI” episode. For many fans, that’s a great reason to tune in to their Xbox 360 or PC. For more information, visit www.ubi.com.

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