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Movin• up Levels with Friends
In 2006, the Nintendo Corporation earned over $4.5 billion dollars in U.S.A. sales alone! They employ over 3,000 employees in their world- wide corporations in Japan, Washington state, British Columbia, Germany, Australia, China, and Korea. That adds up to a huge number of games and an even greater number of opportunities for ftiends to get together and challenge each other. Steve MacDuffie considers himself to be a master at X-Box in the Midnight Club Dub addition. How does he know that he has reached the master level? He claims that he has beaten Emma 0' Gorman, his girlfriend, at the game afleast a million times!
Mr. Berni, an outstanding member of the Special Education department, proudly admits that he was the 1972 Pong Champion at the University of Waterloo. Waitaminute,Mr.Berni, weren't you suppose to be studying? He proudly admits that he was on fast speedPong! Noneofthatmediumor slow speed for him!
Corey Griffin prefers to challenge his friends to a game of Halo 2 while Brandon Lounds likes the realistic NHL game. Jean Webb is a fan of the Mario Brothers and Allison Ford likes Pac Man because it is easy to play. Connor Linton could spend hours playing Grand Theft Auto because it is a great way to spend time with friends as opposed to looking to this game as a teaching tool for a future career! Connor's parents will be most delighted to hear this news! Whatever the game, its an excuse for CCI friends to get together!
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