1.   The game begins with an animated sequence showing the Baron stomping around his laboratory, setting up the experiment.

2.   At first, it merely teaches sight reading during a bouncy animated sequence based on the folk tale about the cowboy who tamed a tornado.

3.   But Panasonic has recently released a computer printer with Windows software that prints animated sequences of images from computer files onto lenticular sheets the size of credit cards.

4.   In the last few years, games have included cinematic animated sequences, but Max Payne is the first shooter to integrate those cinematic elements into the game play.

5.   It uses gorgeous animated sequences to further the story, and at times it seemed as if it had been conceived simply as an excuse to create beautiful scenery.

6.   Line the images up, and the program creates an animated sequence, with each creature morphing into the next, all set to music.

7.   The animated sequences featuring superheroes whose activities parallel the lives of Tim, Francis, Margie and Sister Assumpta, fell to McFarlane.

8.   The animated sequences, directed by Piet Kroon and Tom Sito, are lively, imaginative and a whole lot of fun.

9.   The highlights are animated sequences interpreting classic holiday songs.

10.   The Longest Journey is an ostentatiously gorgeous game, the most stunning since Riven, with landscapes and animated sequences that will make you gasp.