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Age of Conan - Hyborian Adventures Visit Report
2008-02-11 00:12:00
Norway is renowned for its scenic panoramas, but much of its terrain is rugged, consisting of mountains, lakes and fjords. As a result, early communities tended to be in coastal areas rather than inland, with trade and war conducted by boat. Around 800 AD, the development of longships made it possible to travel much greater distances. Powered by sail and oars, they were seaworthy enough to cross open waters. In addition, they had broad, flat bottoms, which meant they could navigate fairly shallow rivers to penetrate inland, which saved the warriors from having to walk as far in search of places to attack, or back with their plunder. The Viking Age that ensued would last until about 1100. During this period, the Norsemen ranged across most of Europe. They also found North America hundreds of years before Christopher Columbus did. Within the massively multiplayer sector, Funcom is a pioneer in its own right, having launched Anarchy Online in mid-2001. Located in the picturesque Norweg...
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Pc Games Enemy Territory Quake Wars
2008-02-10 23:54:00
With Enemy Territory: Quake Wars , developer Splash Damage is finally following up on Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, one of the finest team-based Nazi killing shooters you could play. This time, they've taken id's gorgeous Doom 3 engine and used it to create vast intricate playgrounds for fast and frantic battles between humans and cybernetic alien invaders. Quake Wars are on!As far as team-based shooters go, this is one of the more frenetic. Don't get too attached to any given situation. It's going to change. Like Quake itself, Quake Wars is hyperkinetic, deadly, and nimble. There's always a vehicle to hop into, the respawns come every thirty seconds, and the location of the fighting is liable to shift in the blink of an eye. This is a game that barely gives you time to breathe. Don't even think about trying to scratch your nose, much less get up and grab a drink from the kitchen. That's not to say there isn't a lot of strategy in Quake Wars. Each class has a variety of funct...
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Video Game Myths
2008-02-10 13:20:00
Mikey and the Pop Rocks. The Kidney Thieves. Richard Gere and the Gerbil. In addition to being great band names, they're all urban legends, modern day folklore that somehow transcend their obvious fallacies to become curious facts. From hook-handed serial killers to microwaved poodles, tall tales of outrageous acts are as entertaining as they are exaggerated.As it turns out, video games enjoy their fair share of mythical events and lost legends, some of which are, startlingly enough, actually true. Read on to find out if the following famous video game myths are facts or fictions. Nintendo's classic arcade game Donkey Kong was actually a mistranslation. It should have been called Monkey Kong. We're the first to admit that the 'Donkey' in Donkey Kong is one of the more mystifying title choices in video game history (right behind the 'Final' in Final Fantasy), but it was just that - a choice, not a mistranslation. It was also the brainchild of legendary Nintendo designer Shiger...
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pc games Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Review
2008-02-08 16:16:00
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Time to kick some shell.It's been a while since we've been able to kick some shell with four giant, ninjitsu wielding, turtles. Spawned in 1984 by a healthy dose of green ooze and two hardworking artists, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, the Mutant Ninja Turtles started a nationwide craze. These rat educated turtles popularized words like "cowabunga," "radical," and "totally tubular." Everything from animated series, toys, comics, and lunchboxes to live action movies possessed some form of Turtle power. However, out of the slew of licensed memorabilia, the one product that stands out is (at least in my mind) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles : Arcade. Countless hours and quarters were sucked into Dimension X thanks to the addictive power of this brawler. It's doubtful whether this arcade classic would hold the same level of appeal if it weren't TMNT, but the combination of fast paced action and turtle power had a magical hold on those who played it. Now that ...
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pc games Pirates of the Burning Sea Review
2008-02-08 15:57:00
Pirates of the Burning Sea Review The world of massively-multiplayer games is depressingly uniform. Peruse the MMO rack of your local game emporium, and all you'll see is box after box of tired old pseudo-Tolkien prattle, with the odd sci-fi space epic thrown in for good measure. And given that we're pretty much obliged to play them all, we've reached the point where if we have to kill another goblin or collect another rat skull, we're going to collectively hurl ourselves into Yahoo!'s Crack of Doom (tm). Which is the main reason we like Pirates of the Burning Sea so much. There's nary an elf, mage, or hey-nonny-nonny to be seen. Instead, Pirates takes place in an idealized, Errol Flynn version of the 1720s Caribbean, and boy, does it make the most of it. We challenge any new player, upon logging into the game for the first time, not to head for the chat box and start rolling out the pirate talk cliches. It looks the part, it definitely sounds the part, and the atmosphere is l...
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pc games The Sims 2 astaway review
2008-02-08 15:47:00
The Sims 2 astaway Trailer What is it? Help your Sims survive and thrive on an uncharted island in The Sims 2 Castaway. Players will begin their journey by helping their Sims build a life from scratch after washing ashore on a deserted tropical island. Become the ultimate survivor and overcome the forces of nature while helping your Sims discover clues that will lead them back to civilization! By discovering the many useful treasures and ancient mysteries hidden deep within a diverse jungle, your Sims will discover all the things that island life offers including plants, fruits, wildlife and more! From tattered clothing to sunburned skin, your Sims will change as they take on the many challenges of tropical island life and learn to survive in style. Create a new life for your Sims on an uncharted island in The Sims 2 Castaway!
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pc games turox review
2008-02-08 15:33:00
Turok Brings Dinosaurs Back from Extinction Touchstone's epic, re-imagined sci-fi first person shooter is now available for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.Dinosaurs walked the earth millions of years ago but humankind wasn't in existence to experience these creatures in their splendor - or their terror. Turok, the epic, sci-fi first person shooter, provides an opportunity to interact with dinosaurs like never before. Turok is now available in North America for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system. Published by Touchstone and developed by Propaganda Games , Turok is a unique and gritty first person shooter that immerses players into a world of dinosaurs. Almost three years in development, Turok transports players to a dark, mysterious planet in the future. Players take on the role of Joseph Turok, a former black ops commando, now part of an elite special forces squad, known as Whiskey Company, which is on a missi...
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