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Santa Monica, California
History
Main article: History of Santa Monica, California
Attractions and cultural resources
Santa Monica Pier entrance
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, designed by Welton Becket in 1958. Home of the Oscars ceremony in 1961 to 1968.
La Monica on 2nd Street, remains a very popular art house / theater independent film.
Hippodrome Santa Monica (carousel) is a National Historic Landmark. He sits on the Santa Monica Pier, which was built in 1909. The La Monica Ballroom on the pier was once the most Grand Ballroom in the United States, and the source of emissions of many New Year's Eve national network. The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium has been a major concert hall for several decades and hosted the Oscars in the 1960s. McCabe's Guitar Shop is still a performance space leading acoustics and retail. Bergamot Station is a city-owned art gallery compound that includes the Santa Monica Museum of Art. The city also The Santa Monica Heritage Museum.
Santa Monica is the home of the Third Street Promenade, a major shopping district outdoor pedestrian-oriented stretching three blocks between Wilshire Blvd. and Broadway (Broadway not the same in downtown and south Los Angeles). Third Street was closed for three blocks and converted into a pedestrian only section to allow people to congregate, shop and enjoy street performers. Santa Monica Place, the mall Interior designed by Frank Gehry, is located just south. It was closed for redevelopment, and is expected to reopen in spring 2010, a complex, sophisticated computer games with more outdoor space.
Santa Monica hosts the annual film festival in Santa Monica.
Theatre the oldest cinema in the city is the Majestic. Also known as the Mayfair Theatre, the theater opened in 1912 has been closed since the earthquake Northridge in 1994. The Aero Theater (now operated by the American Cinematheque) and Criterion Theatre was built in the years 1930 and still show movies. The Santa Monica Promenade alone supports more than a dozen movie screens.
Palisades Park stretches along cliffs overlooking the Pacific and the ruin is a favorite place to walk to view the ocean. It features a camera obscura. For 48 years local churches and the Association Police assembled a 12-story Christmas table in Palisades Park. The warehouses are open on the side of the street, protected by chain link fences Chain (For years there was no fencing because vandalism is not yet a big problem). Inside were dioramas of the Holy Family from store mannequins; critics have argued that many of them do not resemble real people, were damaged, or were otherwise inappropriate. In 2001, the city decided to temporarily end the practice of allowing private groups to display the poster in urban parks, but in 2004 the Christmas displays returned.
The Santa Monica steps, a long steep staircase that leads north from San Vicente Santa Monica Canyon, is a popular place for all workouts outdoors natural. Some area residents have complained that the stairs have become too popular, and attract exercisers too much for the wealthy neighborhood of several million dollars of property.
Aboriginal people and tourists have benefited the Santa Monica Rugby Club since 1972. The club has enjoyed great success since its conception, most recently winning back-to-back national championships in 2005 and 2006. Santa Monica defeated the Boston Irish Wolfhounds 57-19 in the Division 1 final, convincingly claiming its second consecutive U.S. title in June 4, 2006, to San Diego. They offer men, women and children's growing programs. The club recently joined the Rugby Super League.
Each fall, the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce hosts The Taste of Santa Monica Santa Monica Pier. Visitors foods and beverages can sample restaurant in Santa Monica. Other Events include annual business and consumer Expo, Sustainable Quality Awards in Santa Monica Cares Health and Wellness Festival, and the State of the City.
Santa Monica is a Mecca of international skateboarding culture. [Citation needed]
Santa Monica has two hospitals: Saint John's Health Center and Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center. Its cemetery is Woodlawn Memorial.
Santa Monica has several newspapers and magazines, including: Santa Monica Daily Press, the Santa Monica Mirror, the The Observer Santa Monica, Santa Monica Magazine, and the sun of Santa Monica.
Education
Primary and secondary
The Santa Monica, Malibu Unified School District provides public education at primary and secondary. Private schools in the city are the Crossroads School, New Roads School, Concord High School, Pacifica Christian High, St. Anne Catholic School, Lighthouse Christian Academy and Saint Monica Catholic High School. Notable schools include Primary School Carlthorp and Santa Monica Montessori School.
Post-secondary
Santa Monica College is a community college founded in 1929. Many graduates transfer MSC University of California. It occupies 35 acres (14 hectares) and welcomes 30,000 students each year. The RAND Frederick S. Pardee Graduate School, Associate at the RAND Corporation, is the first U.S. producer of public policy holders of a doctorate from the Art Institute of California in Los Angeles is also located in Santa Monica near Santa Monica, even though many are misled to believe that the institute is the city of Los Angeles because of his name.
Universities and colleges within a radius of 15-mile (24 km) from Santa Monica include Los Angeles City College Los Angeles Southwest College Los Angeles Valley College University, Loyola Marymount, Mount St. Mary's College, Pepperdine University, California State University, Northridge, California State University, Los Angeles, UCLA, USC, West Los Angeles College and West Valley Occupational Center.
Transport
The Santa Monica Freeway (Interstate 10) begins Santa Monica, near the Pacific Ocean and heads east. The Santa Monica Freeway between Santa Monica and Los Angeles has the distinction of being one the busiest highways throughout North America. After passing through Los Angeles County, I-10 crosses seven more states, ending in Jacksonville, Florida. In Santa Monica, there is a sign designating this route as the Christopher Columbus Transcontinental Highway. State Route 2 (Santa Monica Boulevard) begins in Santa Monica, barely grazing State Route 1 Lincoln Boulevard, north-east and continues across the county of Los Angeles by Angeles National Forest, crossing the mountains of San Gabriel as Angeles Crest Highway, ending in Wrightwood. Santa Monica is also the west (Pacific) terminus Historic Route 66. Near the eastern border of Santa Monica, Sepulveda Boulevard reaches of Long Beach in the south, the north end of the valley San Fernando. Just east of Santa Monica is Interstate 405, the San Diego Freeway, a major north-south to Los Angeles and Orange County, California.
On the other hand, the city of Santa Monica ZeroTruck bought the first all-electric medium duty truck. The vehicle will be equipped with a Scelzi utility agency, it is based on the chassis of Isuzu N-Series, an advanced QUM PowerPhase 100 electric motor and is the only U.S. built electric truck available for sale in the United States in 2009.
Bus
The city of Santa Monica runs its own bus service, the Big Blue Bus, which serves as much of West Los Angeles and the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). A Big Blue Bus was featured prominently in the action movie Speed.
The city of Santa Monica is also served by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation bus lines of the Authority. Metro also complements IBM service, as when Big Blue routes are not operational during the night, Metro buses make many stops Big Blue Bus, in addition to MTA stops. He currently no rail service but Metro is working on putting light rail in Santa Monica, in the form of online exhibition. Since the mid-1980s, various proposals were made to extend the Purple Line subway to Santa Monica under Wilshire Boulevard. However, to date, no plan to complete the subway the sea "are imminent because of the difficulty of financing the estimated $ 5 billion project. In the past, Santa Monica had rail service operated by the Pacific Railway electric until it was dismantled in the 1960s.
Airport and ports
Ville owns and operates a general aviation airport, the airport of Santa Monica, which was the site of several significant achievements aviation. Commercial flights are available for residents of Los Angeles International Airport, a few miles south of Santa Monica.
As Other cities in the county of Los Angeles, Santa Monica depends on the port of Long Beach and the Port of Los Angeles for international cargo by ship. In the 1890s, Santa Monica was once in competition with Wilmington, California, San Pedro and recognition that the "Port of Los Angeles" (see History of Santa Monica, California).
Medical services
Two major hospitals are within the city of Santa Monica, Santa Monica UCLA Hospital and St. John's Hospital. There are five fire stations to provide medical aid and fire response-fire units 121-125. Santa Monica Fire used to be shipped from the city. However, the MSDS is now part of the expedition Operation Command (TOC) system of Los Angeles City Fire Department. ambulance is provided by ambulance Gerber.
Geography
Beach Santa Monica Pier and saw the end of the pier in Santa Monica. Note that the bluff is the most high at the north end to the left of the image
Santa Monica is located at 341'19 "North, 11828'53" West (34.022059, -118.481336).
The city rests on a mostly flat slope that angles down towards Ocean Avenue and south. cliffs separating the north side of the city beaches.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 41.2 km (15.9 mi) 21.4 km (8.3 mi) of land. Its borders extend three nautical miles (5.6 km) offshore, and thus 19.8 km (7.7 mi) of water, it is for a total area is 48.08% water.
Climate
Palm trees line Ocean Avenue
Santa Monica Downtown at dusk
Santa Monica enjoys an average of 310 days of sunshine year. Due to its location, nestled on the vast, open the Santa Monica Bay, the morning fog is a common phenomenon in May, June and early July (caused by variations in temperature and ocean currents). Locals have a particular terminology for this phenomenon: the "May Gray" and "June Gloom. "Overcast sky is common for June mornings, but usually the strong sun burns the fog out of noon. However, it will sometimes stay cloudy and cool all day during June, as well as other parts of the Los Angeles area to enjoy sunny skies and warmer temperatures. At times The sun shines east of 20th St., while the beach is covered.
In general, the temperature range is 5 to 10 degrees Fahrenheit (3 to 5.5 degrees Celsius) cooler than it is inside. A typical spring day (mid-April) is sunny, pleasant and about 68 F (20 C). During the summer, which extends from May to late October, temperatures can reach the mid 80 degrees Fahrenheit (about 30 C) to the beach. The average temperature in August is 71 F (21 C). September is the warmest month of the year in Santa Monica, with an average of 73.2 F (22 C). It is also in September that high temperature records tend to be broken. In early September 2004, 92 F (33 C) to 98 F (33 C to 37 C) were recorded.
In early November, it is about 68 F (20 C). At the end of January, temperatures are around 63 F (17 C). This winter, however, when the hot dry winds of the Santa Anas are most common. In mid-December 2004, temperatures climbed to 84 F (28 C) in Santa Monica for a few days straight, with perfectly sunny skies. In contrast, temperatures above 10 degrees below the average are rare.
The rainy season from late October to late March. Winter storms usually approach from the north-west and move quickly through the Southland. There is very little rain during the rest of the year. The total annual rainfall is unpredictable, because wet years are often followed by droughts.
Santa Monica usually enjoys a cool breeze from the ocean, keeping the air fresh and clean. Therefore, smog is less a problem for Santa Monica than elsewhere around Los Angeles. However, in the autumn months from September to November, the Santa Ana winds often blow from the east, bringing domestic air smog on beaches.
Climate data for Santa Monica
Month
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Year
Record high C (F)
29
(84)
32
(90)
32
(90)
37
(99)
31
(88)
33
(91)
33
(91)
35
(95)
40
(104)
37
(99)
38
(100)
32
(90)
40
(104)
Average high C (F)
18
(64)
17
(63)
17
(63)
17
(63)
18
(64)
19
(66)
21
(70)
21
(70)
22
(72)
21
(70)
19
(66)
19
(66)
22
(72)
Average low C (F)
10
(50)
11
(52)
11
(52)
12
(54)
13
(55)
15
(59)
17
(63)
17
(63)
17
(63)
15
(59)
12
(54)
11
(52)
10
(50)
Record low C (F)
1
(34)
2
(36)
1
(34)
4
(39)
6
(43)
7
(45)
11
(52)
11
(52)
7
(45)
6
(43)
3
(37)
1
(34)
1
(34)
Precipitation mm (inches)
77.7
(03/06)
83.6
(03/29)
65.0
(2.56)
13.5
(0.53)
6.4
(0.25)
1.0
(0.04)
0.3
(0.01)
3.3
(0.13)
4.3
(0.17)
9.1
(0.36)
25.9
(1.2)
47.9
(1.89)
338
(13.31)
Source:
Environment
The city is well known as one of the largest cities sustainable in all the United States. [Who?] Three-quarters of the population of the city works vehicles run on other fuel, which makes it among the largest such fleets in the country. All public buildings use renewable energy. Over the past 15 years the city has reduced emissions of greenhouse gases by nearly 10 percent, a feat in car-mad California South. City officials and residents have been cleaning under the Santa Monica Bay a priority of an urban runoff facility catches 3.5 million gallons of water each week otherwise flow into the bay. Other environmental features include miles of beaches, extensive curbside recycling, farmers' markets, community gardens, and the bus system of the city.
Demography
Historical population
Census
Pop.
%
1880
417
1890
1580
278.9%
1900
3057
93.5%
1910
7847
156.7%
1920
15,252
94.4%
1930
37,146
143.5%
1940
53,500
44.0%
1950
71,595
33.8%
1960
83,249
16.3%
1970
88,289
6.1%
1980
88,314
0%
1990
86,905
1.6%
2000
84,084
3.2%
Est. 2008
87,664
4.3%
Santa Monica City Hall, designed by Donald Parkinson, terrazzo mosaics by Stanton MacDonald-Wright
Santa Monica's population increased from 417 in 1880 to 87,664 in 2008. For population statistics by decade, see History of Santa Monica, California.
According to the census 2000, there 84,084 people, 44,497 households and 16,775 families residing in the city. The population density is 3,930.4 / km (10,178.7 / mi). There are 47,863 housing units at an average density of 2,237.3 / km (5,794.0 / km). The racial makeup of the city is 78.29% White, 7.25% Asian, 3.78% African American, Native American 0.47%, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 5.97% from other races, and 4.13% from two or more races. 13.44% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any What breed. There are 44,497 households out of which 15.8% have children under the age of 18, 27.5% are married couples who live together, 7.5% had a female householder with no husband, and 62.3% were non-families. 51.2% of households are made up of individuals and 10.6% of individuals 65 years or more. The average household size is 1.83 and the average family size is 2.80.
The city of Santa Monica is still among the most educated cities in the United States, as measured by the percentage residents hold a graduate degree.
The population is diverse in age, with 14.6% under the age of 18, 6.1% 18-24 years, 40.1% from 25 to 44, 24.8% of 45-64 years, and 14.4% 65 years or more. The median age is 39 years. For every 100 females there were 93.0 males. For 100 women age 18 and over, there are 91.3 males.
According to a 2007 estimate, the median income for a household in the city is $ 71,796, and the median income for a family 100,657 $. Males had a median income of $ 55,689, compared with $ 42.948 for females. The per capita income for the city is $ 42,874. 10.4% of the population and 5.4% families lived below the poverty line. Of the total population, 9.9% of those aged under 18 and 10.2% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
Government and Infrastructure
The Santa Monica City Council, a council form of government management, with seven elected Council members at large, is the governing body of the city. Mayor Ken Genser died January 9, 2010, and Pam O'Connor took the title of mayor temporarily. In the state legislature Santa Monica is located in the 23rd Senate District of California, represented by Democrat Fran Pavley, and in the 41st District of California District of the Assembly, Julia Brownley represented by Democrats. Federally, Santa Monica lies in the district of California in Congress 30 which has a Cook PVI D +20 and was represented by Democrat Henry Waxman.
Economy
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Headquarters Activision
Santa Monica is home to the headquarters of many renowned companies, including Lions Gate Films, a subsidiary of Experian LowerMyBills.com, the RAND Corporation, investment firm Dimensional Fund Advisors, search engine company Business.com, and film / television production company and label the Playtone Company, headed by actor Tom Hanks and producer Gary Goetzman. Large companies with branch offices in Santa Monica include Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Universal, MTV, and Edmunds.com. The Volkswagen Design Center California, formerly located in Simi Valley, moved to the former site of the Museum the flight at the airport of Santa Monica in 2006. Volkswagen Styling Studio only in North America has been responsible for many notable automotive design, including including the New Beetle and the Audi Road Jet concept seen at NAIAS Car. The offices of the Comedy Central show South Park are located in Santa Monica. Supermarine, now Atlantic Aviation is the airport of Santa Monica. [Citation needed]
A number of development studios are based in Santa Monica, what makes a place important for the industry. These include:
Activision
High Impact Games (working with the PSP system and the creators Ratchet: Size Matters)
Insomniac Games (the creators of Spyro the Dragon (19982000), Ratchet & Clank and Resistance franchises)
Naughty Dog (Crash Bandicoot Designers (19961999), Jak & Daxter franchise and Uncharted)
SCE Studios Santa Monica
Studio Santa Monica (an internal studio of the SCE and the creators God of War)
Former Santa Monica businesses include Douglas Aircraft (now merged with Boeing) and MySpace (now headquartered in Beverly Hills). [Edit] In December 1996, GeoCities has its registered office at Third Floor 1918 Main Street in Santa Monica.
Crime
In 2006, crime Santa Monica affected 4.41% of the population, slightly below the national average crime rate this year of 4.48%. The majority of these crimes against property was, affecting 3.74% of the population of Santa Monica in 2006, which was higher than the rate of Los Angeles County (2.76%) and California (3.17%), but lower than the national average (3.91%). The crime rate per capita is calculated on the population of Santa Monica about 85,000 full-time. However, the Santa Monica Police Department has proposed the actual crime rate per capita is much lower, as tourists, workers, and beaches can increase the population of the city during the day to between 250,000 and 450,000 people.
Violent crime affected 0.67% of the population in Santa Monica in 2006, in line with the County of Los Angeles (0.65%), but higher than the average for California (0.53%) and nation (0.55%).
Hate crimes has generally been minimal in Santa Monica, a single incident reported in 2007. However, the city has experienced a surge of anti-Muslim hatred Crime in 2001, after the attacks of September 11. levels of hate crimes back to their minimum levels of 2000 by 2002.
In 2006, Santa Monica voters passed Measure "Y" with a 65% majority, which proposes the issuance of summonses to smoking marijuana at the bottom the list of police priorities. A 2009 study by the Santa Monica Daily Press has shown that since the law took effect in 2007, the Santa Monica police were "not issued citations for offenses involving adult, personal use of marijuana in private homes. "
Gang activity
While gentrification has transformed much of the city, parts of Santa Monica gang activity experience. The city estimates that fewer than 50 gang members in Santa Monica, although some deny that the community organizers. The gang activity has prevailed for decades in the Pico neighborhood, particularly the part of the area running roughly from 14th Street to the east Cloverfield, and between Pico Boulevard and Colorado Ave. This war has sporadically spilled into the halls of Santa Monica High School and the impact daily life for students at Olympic High School (corner of Ocean Park Boulevard and Lincoln Blvd). These various feuds have claimed dozens of lives over more than two decades.
Culver / Pico feud
One of the most violent feuds was between Latino Santa Monica 13 gang and the rival Culver City 13 gang. In 1998, five deaths shootings occurred in a period of two weeks between these two gangs.
In October 1998, Culver City 13 alleged members gang Omar Sevilla, 21, of Culver City was killed. A few hours after the shooting of Sevilla, German tourist Horst Fietz was killed. Several days later Juan Martin Campos, 23, a Santa Monica employer and the former gang member was shot. Police believe this was a killing of retaliation in response to the death of Omar Sevilla. Less than twenty-four hours later, Javier Cruz was wounded outside his home on 17th and Michigan, a violence riddled pocket of the Pico area.
In 2006, there was a double homicide in the clothing store on Westside Lincoln Boulevard. During the incident, members Culver City gang David "Puppet" Robles and Jesse "Psycho" Garcia entered the store in masks started to open fire, killing Anthony and Michael Juarez. They then ran outside to a getaway vehicle driven by a third member of Culver City gang, who is now also in custody. The clothing store has been growing at a deadlock for local gang members in Santa Monica. The dead included two men from Northern California who had was simply visit the store owner, their cousin, to see if they could open a similar store in their area. According to police, the incident was in retaliation for a shooting committed by days of Santa Monica 13 gang before the Juarez brothers were slaughtered.
Besides the rivalry with the Culver City gang, black and Latino gang members also feud with Pico Venice and West Los Angeles gangs. The main rivals in these areas include Venice 13, and Venice Shoreline Crips gangs located in the Oakwood neighborhood of Venice, California. The gang Sotel 13 located in West Los Angeles has long been the main rival Latino gangs of Santa Monica.
In popular culture
Movies & TV
Hundreds of movies have been filmed in part or together in the city of Santa Monica. One of the oldest outside shots in Santa Monica is Buster Keaton's Spite Marriage (1929) shows a lot of 2nd Street. The comedy It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) included several scenes shot in Santa Monica, especially along the California Street hill, which leads to detect treasure film, "Big W". The Sylvester Stallone movie Rocky III (1982) shows Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed Training to fight against Clubber Lang in running on the beach of Santa Monica, and Stallone's Demolition Man (1993) includes Santa Monica parameters. Henry Jaglom indie Somebody to Love (1987), the last film in which Orson Welles appears, takes place in the venerable Santa Monica Theater Mayfair. Heathers (1989) used Santa Monica John Adams Middle School for many exterior shots. The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996) is fully in Santa Monica, especially the Palisades Park area, and has a station like KCRW radio in Santa Monica College. 17 Again (2009) was shot to Samo high. Other films that show a clear exterior shots include Santa Monica Fletch (1985), Get Shorty (1995) and Ocean's Eleven (2001).
The documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001) and the related drama Lords of Dogtown (2005) on both influential skateboard culture of Santa Monica's Ocean Park neighborhood in the 70s.
The Santa Monica Pier is shown in many films, including including They Shoot Horses, Do not They? (1969), The Sting (1973), Ruthless People (1986), Beverly Hills Cop III (1994), Clean Slate (1994), Forrest Gump (1994), The Love Stinks Net (1995) (1999), Cell (2004) and Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009).
A number of television series have been in Santa Monica, including Baywatch, Three's Company, Pacific Blue, and private practice. In Buffy the Vampire cons, the outside Main entire city of Sunnydale, including the sign of the sun "infamous", was located in Santa Monica in a lot on Olympic Boulevard.
On the film The Doors (1991) and Speed (1994) featuring Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus.
The city of Santa Monica (and especially the airport of Santa Monica) has been presented in Roland Emmerich disaster movie 2012 (2009). An earthquake destroyed the airport and the surrounding area as a group of survivors escape a personal level.
Literature
Raymond's most famous Chandler, the private detective Philip Marlowe is often a part of his adventures in a place called "Bay City", which is modeled on the Depression era of Santa Monica. In the world of Marlowe, Bay City "a city wide open ", where gambling and other crimes to develop because of a massive police force corrupt and inefficient.
Mounting on a certain portion of the book by Mitch Albom the five people I met in heaven, has similarities with the Pacific Pier located along the beach in Santa Monica. In the book, he was named Ruby Pier. Mitch Albom even recognized the pier of the Pacific for its cooperation.
Music
The group "Linkin Park" was Named after Lincoln Park in Santa Monica.
The modern rock band Theory of a Deadman's song titled "Santa Monica" is a first person narrative of a young girl leaving her other important to start a new life in Santa Monica.
The band Everclear released a song titled "Santa Monica" in 1995, which became their first great public success.
The band Savage Garden also released a song entitled "Santa Monica" off their album # 3 U.S. Savage Garden (1997).
The ska / reggae, Bedouin Soundclash has a song titled "Santa Monica".
One of the few songs that musical satirist Tom Lehrer recorded since the 1970s is a tribute to the holidays of the Jewish calendar entitled "I 'm Spending Hanukkah in Santa Monica.
Santa Monica is referenced throughout Jack's Mannequin debut album Everything In Transit.
In 1968, British singer Noel Harrison published a song and album entitled Santa Monica Pier.
In 1948, conductor Kay Kyser released a disc of 78 of the novelty song "When Veronica plays the harmonica (Down to the Santa Monica Pier)."
Gaming
Santa Monica is also video games True Crime: Streets of LA (2003), Vampire: Bloodlines The Masquerade (2004), Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004), Tony Hawk's American Wasteland (2005), and Midnight Club: Los Angeles (2008).
See also
Los Angeles Portal
List of City of Santa Monica designated historic sites
List of persons Santa Monica, California
Muscle Beach
Santa Monica neighborhoods
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Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
$9.99
Let me go on record and say that I was never a fan of the original Crash Bandico Even though Crash was disarmingly cute and fuzzy, and even though the game’s graphics were just about as good as they got in those days, the frustrating design of the game made playing it such a painful experience that I still have flashbacks when I see small marsupials on the Discovery Channel. But just one short yea…
Crash Bandicoot
$14.99
In the tradition of great 3-D action jumping games, Crash Bandicoot is probably the PlayStation equivalent of the groundbreaking Nintendo 64 title Super Mario 64. Now repackaged as one of PlayStation’s Greatest Hits, this top-selling game takes you away on a tropical island adventure that is filled with precarious enemies and challenging levels. Our spiky-haired hero Crash needs no weapons to surv…
Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped
$14.99
Crash Bandicoot, the poster marsupial for PlayStation, is back. In this third installment of the popular action-game series, Dr. N. Trophy has built a time machine to collect the gems and crystals dropped by Dr. Neo Cortex. Joining this dastardly group is Dr. Cortex’s boss Uka Uka, a freaky floating mask that is out to crush Crash. It is up to Crash and his sister, Coco, to conquer this threatenin…
CRASH BANDICOOT 2, TUG (Bradygames Strategy Guide)
$11.99
New, higher-detailed bitmaps litter Crash 2 and provide each level with its own distinct look and personality. The “Crash Bandicoot 2, Totally Unauthorized Strategy Guide” gives players complete walkthroughs for the entire game, plus boss strategies, all the puzzle pieces, and tons of secrets….
Crash: Mind Over Mutant: Prima Official Game Guide (Prima Official Game Guides)
$4.99
Learn the locations of all hidden collectibles and all secret “mutant only” areas. Detailed strategies for obtaining every Xbox 360 achievement. Fastest way to 100% completion secrets. Master every mutant with pro tips and creature breakdowns. Contains 144 pages…
Crash Bandicoot 3: WARPED (Prima’s Official Strategy Guide)
$9.99
Crash Bandicoot, one of the most popular stars in the world of video games, is back for another adventure on the Sony PlayStation, this time with his sister, Coco. With Prima’s guide to the game, you’ll learn each and every one of Crash and Coco’s special moves, along with detailed instructions for fighting and defeating every boss in the game. The book is well written and filled with lots of…
Shadow the Hedgehog ~3 Mini-Figure & Motorbike: Sonic Sega All-Stars Racing Figure & Vehicle Playset
$26.99
Help protect the world from Egghead with this figures from the Jazwares Sonic Sega All-Stars Racing Figure & Vehicle Playset Series. Each playset includes a mini-figure and a vehicle from the Sonic the Hedgehog series. This detailed figure captures the unique characteristics of the character and brings a world of action right to you. To purchase other playsets in this series, search for: • …
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