| Europe Gets New DS Fashion Game
Milton Keynes - 505 Games today unveils is slinky new number for November, Fashion Designer: Style Icon, for Nintendo DS. The game sits in 505 Games' burgeoning portfolio of ‘lifestyle simulations' and allows fledgling fashionistas the opportunity to conquer the world of fashion via Nintendo DS stylus. Players take the role of a young designer eager to dominate the catwalk and follows their career from fashion training school, through graduation and beyond. After graduating, players can start a workshop, accept private design contracts, supply small boutiques and set up mail order companies. Design the best fashion creations and players can even supply outfits to the stars and VIP clients. The comprehensive simulation gameplay is mission based and offers players the chance to present their creations in catalogues and movie posters, and even gives designers the freedom to select which supermodels, hairstyles and creations will strut their stuff on the catwalk.
Pilot safe after landing experimental aircraft without power
Peter Hebert, 48, left the Allen Home Airstrip in South Hero at about 1 p.m. Saturday on his way to the Stowe-Morrisville airport when the engine on his Kitfox single engine airplane failed while flying at about 3,000 feet, state police said. "In the four minutes that followed, Mr. Hebert sought and located a field in which he could put his aircraft down," said a state police news release. The only damage to the aircraft was to its left landing gear. The reason for the engine failure is undetermined. The Federal Aviation Administration has been notified, police said. .
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