Electronic Arts' swashbuckling Xbox and PS2 title features a buxom buccaneer.
Technology is no longer a barrier to ultrarealistic games.
Even in the recent past, gamers had to suspend belief as they played on PCs and console systems. But today's computers and the supercharged next generation of console game systems from Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft are tearing through the envelope. The biggest splash came from Microsoft's Xbox system, but attendees also got to test-drive hundreds of new games for personal computers, Sony's PlayStation 2 and Nintendo's GameCube and handheld Game Boy Advance. More than 700 games were being shown for the first time. The graphics are so amazing.