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Jul
22

Pixar Short Film Collection 720p (PS3/360/PC READY!)

Posted under Animation, Funny, interesting

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Pixar Short Films Collection is a series of home video releases compiling Pixar’s short film library. The first volume released on November 6, 2007 to DVD and Blu-ray.

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Jul
15

Devil May Cry 4

Posted under Games

Devil May Cry 4 is the fourth installment of the Devil May Cry series. Chronologically, the game’s events are third in the series, between Devil May Cry and Devil May Cry 2. It was announced in March 2007 that the game would be released simultaneously for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC.

In the game, the player controls Nero, the game’s protagonist, and Dante, the series’ title character, and fights enemies in close combat using firearms, swords, and other weapons. The characters Lady and Trish from previous games in the series make appearances, along with new characters Kyrie, Credo, Gloria, and Agnus.

The game received generally favorable reviews, receiving an 84% overall rating from Metacritic. GameSpy commented on the gameplay and said that “DMC4 succeeds on many levels with its entertaining gameplay,” and commented on the graphics, saying “visually, DMC4 is a dynamo.”

Gamespot Review

Developer: Capcom
Release Date: 07/2008
Genre: Hack and slash, action
System requirements:

* Windows XP/Windows Vista
* Intel Pentium 4 3 GHz, Core 2 Duo or AMD equivalent
* 512 MB RAM / Windows Vista 1 GB RAM
* 8.0 GB free space (PS3) / 7.0 GB free space (PC)
* GeForce 6600 with 256 MB of VRAM (SM3 Required)
* DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card

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Jul
11

Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom

Posted under Games

Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom
Games of Chinese but use language :English

Emperor is a fun and satisfying management game, but it is primarily the same fun and satisfying management game as those that have preceded it.
Each entry in Impressions’ city-building series has been an incremental upgrade to the previous one. The series improved dramatically with Pharaoh, the first game to leave the Roman confines of the Caesar games. The series improved even more significantly with Zeus, which added more-creative mission goals and downplayed the military element, which had previously been a problem with the series because of the cumbersome combat interface. Zeus had a few of its own problems, but it introduced so many great ideas and features to the series that it seemed like a promise of even greater things to come. Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom breaks this promise. Instead of improving on Zeus, Emperor plays it safe by returning to the earlier games in the series. Developed not by Impressions but by BreakAway Games (whose previous work includes the Cleopatra expansion for Pharaoh), Emperor is much like Pharaoh, with a few of Zeus’ additions thrown in for good measure. Though it includes some improvements of its own, it also brings back a few frustrating issues from earlier games. And some of these problems–such as the combat interface and the aimless wandering of your workers–aren’t as easily overlooked as they once were.
Rice is one of the new agricultural commodities. It’s not a major criticism to say that Emperor plays much like its predecessors. Impressions’ city-building games have always been formulaic, but it’s a solid and addictive formula. With the last three city-building games, most of the major changes have been cosmetic. The gods, buildings, and commodities available are specific to the setting, but the basic gameplay remains almost identical. You lay down residential areas, set up trade with other cities, provide food and commodities for your residents, and occasionally fight to defend your city or send your troops out to conquer another.

Emperor follows this formula to the letter, though instead of being in ancient Rome, Egypt, or Greece, you are now in ancient China. With Zeus, the setting lent itself to more-exciting mission goals: You would often need to attract mythological figures and send them out on quests, or build huge sanctuaries to the gods who would then bestow considerable bonuses to your city. The mission goals in Emperor return to the basic quantitative goals of Caesar III and Pharaoh. You’ll be required to produce a certain quantity of a commodity in a year, save up an amount of money, conquer a number of cities, or reach a target population. Occasionally you will be required to build a monument, but these monuments are goals in and of themselves and don’t bestow any benefit to your city apart from satisfying an objective.

Code:

Pentium® II 400MHz
Windows®‚ 98/2000/ME/XP
64 MB RAM
800 MB HD space
4 MB video card (16-bit color @ 800 x 600)
4x CD-ROM
Online play requires 56K or faster connection and internet service provider.

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Jul
09

Dreamfall - The Longest Journey

Posted under Games

Ages ago reality was split into two halves: science and magic, and the Balance was preserved. The Twin Worlds are hidden and only visible to each other by the way of dreams, and the Divide is unpassable to most humans.

 

In the world of science, a journalist disappeared when he was investigating a corporation that is on the brink of unveiling a revolutionary technology. Before he disappeared, he left clues for a close friend, Zoë Castillo, who would be swept up in a journey across different worlds to uncovered interconnected conspiracies that threaten to rip apart the fabric of reality.

 Description:
Get ready for an exciting journey through the twin worlds of science and magic - and beyond! Embark on an epic adventure across continents, and visit exotic locations in an action-packed and emotional storyline.

Dreamfall is a third-person action-adventure set in The Longest Journey universe and featuring three playable characters, dozens of locations spanning three worlds, exciting set-pieces with multiple outcomes, action-packed adventure gameplay, and an epic and emotional storyline. Spanning three worlds, Dreamfall features dozens of exotic locations, from a futuristic Casablanca in Stark, to a magic metropolis in Arcadia; from a strange city at sea, to vast subterranean caverns, and a dark necropolis; from the high-tech halls of a Japanese corporation, to the frightening realm of the Winter. Dreamfall is the sequel to 1999’s The Longest Journey and the first part of a duology. The story begins ten years after April Ryan (the main character in the first game) “crossed over” and vanished from her home world.

 

Developer: Funcom
Publisher: Aspyr Media, Micro Application
Released: April 17, 2006
Platform: PC, Xbox
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-fi
Mode: Single player, 3rd-person

Related Sites:

DreamFall: The Longest Journey

Dreamfall: The Longest Journey Wiki

Dreamfall: The Longest Journey - Final Trailer

The Longest Journey

 Size:
3.5GB

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