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The Raiders (4-6, 3-3 NACC) have now won three of their last four games, putting together a strong offensive performance to down the Cougars (2-7, 1-5 NACC).
Seubert topped 30 points for the second time in his career after a 30-point game at Marian last season. He shot 10-for-17 on the day, including 5-of-9 from three-point range, and added a 10-for-11 clip at the free throw line. He added to his stat line with nine rebounds and four assists.
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Thursday, December 30, 2010
Flower Power
I marvel at how humans manage to pack so many meanings into a single word. A friend (the most excellent Miss P.) recently found a copy of Kate Greenaway's Language of Flowers at a used book store. I know she is a truly splendiferous friend because she was somehow able to give the book to me instead of keeping it for herself! Some of the meanings attached to specific flowers are hilarious. For example, if one were to give another a currant, the flower would signify "thy frown will kill me." One of my personal favorites is Rose Unique, which signifies "Call me not beautiful."
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The NCA Chairs' Summer Institute provides an opportunity for
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Bedspread depicting Archduke Albert and Isabella
Bedspread depicting Archduke Albert and Isabella
Brabant (Belgium)
About 1599
Lace ; 133 x 173 cm
This bobbin-lace bedspread was probably presented to Archduke Albert and Isabella in 1599 on the occasion of their marriage and installation as the Duke and Duchess of Brabant. Some of the 120 squares portray the couple and the ruling families related to them. Others depict subjects drawn from the Ommegang, a sacred and profane pageant whose floats represented a summary of popular life in the Duchy of Brabant. At that time, the lace industry, still in its infancy, was limited to braided geometric patterns. The variety of themes represented here - and the technical innovations that consequently had to be implemented - make this bedspread an exceptional piece. It foreshadows the perfection and originality of a regional industry whose reputation remained strong until the dawn of the 20th century.
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One of our women who just graduated and used to post here from time to time said it best "our chapter's just a baby!" We were a local sorority, Phi Beta Chi, until 1998. So we don't have much in the way of a long-standing tradition of being or doing something in particular as Kappas. However, like Cat said, we have an awfully bright new member class this past spring! Best out of 6 sororities!
About me:
I, like Kristi, am a military brat, so I've been all over. Born in WA state, lived in Virginia, Germany, Pennsylvania (where I am now), and I've been to school in Ohio and now Indiana. I enjoy singing, dancing, acting, reading, and writing. I'm going into my senior year of college and I'm so very excited for it, as I've been ready to get out ever since I did the Walt Disney World College Program and got a taste of "real" life. So that brings me to my other "about me", which is that I'm a Disney freak and constantly sucking up info about its parks, resorts, movies, etc. I am an English major, but my love lies in my minor, which is communications. I enjoy graphic design and do a little web work, and if Cat wasn't such a fantastic webmaster, I would've stepped in and freshened up our chapter website myself. I hope to graduate on schedule and return to Orlando, Florida and take up a career with Walt Disney World.
You may also recognize me on the Kappa LJ community, as my name on LJ is also RiaLucia. Actually, that's my name pretty much everywhere.
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The current bureaucratic corporations have a several levels of hierarchy, which implies that the principal-agent problem has multiplied several times throughout its hierarchy. Its three-tier hierarchy, from the CEO to the board of directors, and to the shareholders and the consumers implies the monopolization of corporations by the state.
The cooperative, unlike an employer paying an employee, does not have any hierarchy. Employers do not exist in any cooperative firm, but the workers themselves sell their products, and form a partnership with other workers to increase scale effiencies.
The labor theory of value
In a free society, workers would also gain wealth approximately to their proportional amount of labor, but not according to the labor theory of value as in mutualism. This difference seems minor, and largely theoretical. Many people have different interpretations of the labor theory of value. Benjamin Tucker, appearently, interpreted the labor theory of value as the workers get wages approximately proportional to their amount of labor. Therefore, we see Tucker's definitions of the LTV as exactly compatible with our view of a free society.
The labor theory of value presumes that in a free society, the all goods and services will cost approximately the amount of labor it took to produce, plus the value of all the the raw materials the product composes. This generally seems correct, since workers will compete with each other so the amount of labor evens out. This evening-out process makes workers get compensated approximately proportional to their labor, so the products that the workers made generally reflect the cost of raw materials plus the amount of labor. Contrary to some Austrian propaganda, the labor theory of value appears roughly correct in a static economy, meaning an economy with no growth, except a minor glitch in its labor valuation of natural resource extraction.
The original definition of LTV has an inaccurate theory on the pricing of natural resources. A famous example involves the diamond-water paradox. The LTV says that, in a free society, diamonds price more expensive than water because it takes more labor to drill a diamond than get water. However, it does not explain why some rare minerals cost very cheap.
The Austrian School believes in the marginal theory of value (MTV), a theory of prices based on supply and demand. Both the labor theory of value and the marginal theory of value, however, function as abstractions. The MTV also does not apply to the real world, but only an approximation. Since the marginal theory bases on rational choice theory, where the agent orders his preferences which does not change throughout time, it does not accurately explain some things such as how assymetrical information influences prices, just like how the LTV does not accurately explain the prices of some rare minerals.
We should not, however, see LTV and and the MTV as two competing theories of value. We should see these as different explanations of valuation. The LTV describes the optimal price allocation in a static economy, while the MTV describes the physics of how the prices of goods and services adjust in responce to the abundance or the scarcity of natural resources.
Mutualism, an economic system, can exist in a free society. We can disregard the theoretical tics---the labor theory of value, and the theory of rent and interest---from mutualism, because these have no application in real life and these function as predictions, not implementations. With regards to the possession theory of property---yes, some jurisdictions may actually enforce these rules, and may actually benefit some. But we accept the mutualistic prediction that self-employment and workers' cooperatives would predominate in a free society.


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unless otherwise stated.
Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius.
Bishops and Confessors.
Feast Day 7 July.
White Vestments.
English: "Saints Cyril and Methodius holding The Cyrillic Alphabet,",
a mural by Bulgarian iconographer Z. Zograf, 1848, Troyan Monastery, Bulgaria.
Deutsch: Die beiden Hl. Kyrill und Method.
Artist: Zahari Zograf (1810–1853)
Date: 1848.
Current location: Troyan Monastery, Bulgaria.
Source/Photographer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File: Cyril-methodius-small.jpg
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Still filled with a Holy Love for her Apostles, whose Octave she has concluded, The Church celebrates today The Feast of Saint Cyril and of Saint Methodius, "who both promised, under oath, to persevere in The Faith of Blessed Peter and of The Roman Pontiffs," [Fifth Lesson at Matins] and brought innumerable recruits, to Peter, from among the Bulgarians, Moravians and Bohemians [Hymn at First Vespers].
Brothers by blood,, they were born in the 9th-Century A.D., at Salonica, Greece, and distinguished themselves by their progress in The Sciences at Constantinople.
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Minimum Per Person Price: 578 US Dollar (USD)
Maximum Per Person Price: 1594 US Dollar (USD)
Day 1: Drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park. Miles after miles drive early morning towards the west from Kampala through Mubende. You will have a combination of wonderful views of beautiful hills, valleys, extensive savannah vegetations, the Nakayima tree, etc. En route to Fort portal for lunch and after, proceed to Queen Elizabeth National Park through Kasese following the mystical Rwenzori Mountain range reaching late afternoon. Game viewing is one opportunity to seeing "the Big Five" i.e. the elephants, lions, hippopotamus, buffaloes and leopards or hyenas among others. In the afternoon, go sightseeing in the crater regions - it is a marvel! Visit the katwe salt works for a glimpse into traditional salt mining. Dinner and overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge or Jacana Safari Lodge or Institute of ecology (full board).
Day 2: Game drive and game viewing and launch cruise. After breakfast, meet with your game ranger for a short brief and then go for a game drive. It is an excellent opportunity to view variety of wildlife early morning. You will be able to see have lions, leopards, giant forest hogs, cape buffaloes, elephants, defassa water bucks, the Uganda kobs, topis and bushbucks, etc. Return to the lodge/camp for lunch. In the afternoon, go for launch cruise on the Kazinga channel and into lake Edward. The trip continues through possibly the highest concentration of hippos, crocodiles and many other animals may be seen drinking at the water edge. The launch cruise is also an excellent plat form for photography, birding and game viewing. It's an ideal place for Uganda's most valuable safaris. Birding is colorful, return to the lodge, thereafter, to relax at own leisure activity. Dinner and overnight at white house hotel in Kasese or Mweya safari lodge or Jacana safari lodge (full board).
Day 3: Return to Kampala. Early morning after breakfast, go for Nature walks in the Maramagambo forest before embarking on your return journey to Kampala. You will lookout for pythons, bats, primates, forest birds, etc. There will be brief stop at the equator for photography. Thereafter, to en route to Kampala arriving late evening. Our driver will then drop you off home. End of trip.
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
- Up market:
* 1 passenger (pax) - USD 1594
* 2 pax - USD 1499
* 3 pax - USD 1379
* 4 pax - USD 1150
* 5 pax plus - USD 946
* Single Supplement (S.S.) - USD 65
- Mid range:
* 1 pax - USD 1450
* 2 pax - USD 1365
* 3 pax - USD 976
* 4 pax - USD 832
* 5 pax plus - USD 710
- Budget:
* 1 pax - USD 1312
* 2 pax - USD 1230
* 3 pax - USD 820
* 4 pax - USD 640
* 5 pax plus - USD 578
Note: All the prices are fixed in per person payment policy.
Price Includes:
- Full board accommodation in lodges
- Entry fee to the park
- All stated activities
- Transport and fuel
- Services of a full time safari guide/driver guide
- Transfers to and from the airport.
Price Excludes:
- Personal expenses
- Tips
- Air tickets
- Extra activities
- Accommodation for the first night prior to the morning of the trip, the last night after the trip.
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At the beginning of each New Year you can depend on a few things in the city skyline, a few more gym membership billboards and a few less alcoholic drinks billboards after the holiday party season. Here's a cool collection of January 2018's lifestyle billboards trying to grab attention in L.A.'s streets and skies this month.
Health and fitness billboards
Equinox health club billboards.
Recreational drugs billboards
Food and drinks billboards
This pink billboard from the new ad campaign is a lot of fun and certainly taps into that need for food when you feeling tipsy, or have the munchies.
Technology billboards
Florist billboards
Theme park billboards
Performing Arts billboards
As you can see there's been an eclectic mix of lifestyle billboards in La La Land's skies this January, so be sure to compare these outdoor ads to years past, like these 2017 lifestyle billboards and these 2016 billboards.
Plus stay tuned in the coming days for roundups of all the latest TV, movie, music and fashion billboards turning heads in L.A.'s New Year skies...


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If you're a Viva Glam girl, odds are you own a lot of dresses.
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Hello ~ I searched online and found this image of SS Waffen ID card.
Does this type of passport ( with no internal papers but simply a folded thick card ) have a name ?
Hello ~ I searched online and found this image of SS Waffen ID card.
Does this type of passport ( with no internal papers but simply a folded thick card ) have a name ?
Yes, it has a name. Unfortunately, that name is "Idiotic fantasy piece".
"ID documents" of this style can be found for many famous/infamous SS outfits.
What they all have in common is an overabundance of markings/stamps, completely nonsensical text with countless errors and a complete lack of even the slightest resemblance to any real SS paper items.
HPL2008... I think it is a Id10t error or perhaps a flaw in the photograph... JK G
I'd rather be A "RaD Man than a Mad Man "
Welcome to the forum. The image above shows a common modern fantasy item - see the reasons highlighted above, by our learned member HPL.
Experienced guide and published author leading detailed study trips to the former KZ sites of Nazi Germany. Contact for further details.
"maka akaŋl oyate maŋi pi ki le, tuweŋi wíyópeya oki hi sni"
Sorry but it's utter garbage!.....
It's a wasted trip baby. Nobody said nothing about locking horns with no Tigers.
I'm Spartacus, not really i'm Paul!...
yes, those "creations" still pop up on various Facebook groups.
Looking for following WWII German items:
- anything dealing with Allenstein (Olsztyn) and Wehrkreis I in East Prussia,
- entrenching tool carrier (straight and folding),
- forestry and hunting items,
Polish Militaria 1914-1945 - https://www.facebook.com/groups/124584324789966/
GTA Militaria - Discussions and Sales - https://www.facebook.com/groups/890720157646923/
Not much point in including a pic that blows up to a whopping 2x3" on my screen. I guess for the others here who have seen it all ( or nearly all ;-), one look is all it takes.
For your viewing displeasure, larger images of related abominations may be found here:
German documents? what are these? fake?
Passes Ahnenerbe vergeltungswaffe
Reichssicherheitshauptamt ID document
These were being peddled extensively on E Bay about 2 years by an out and out conman and Thief from the UK as part of anumber of scams he has been carrying out for years, unbelieveably some of them were selling for 700-800 euros even though there actual value was nil . This creep was active on WAF although i don't think he has ever ventured here !!
The gates of hell were opened and we accepted the invitation to enter" 26/880 Lance Sgt, Edward Dyke. 26th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers , ( 3rd Tyneside Irish )
1st July 1916
Thought shall be the harder , heart the keener,
Courage the greater as our strength faileth.
Here lies our leader ,in the dust of his greatness.
Who leaves him now , be damned forever.
We who are old now shall not leave this Battle,
But lie at his feet , in the dust with our leader
House Carles at the Battle of Hastings
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Campus activities inspire career path
Recent graduate Devon O'Dowd '14 of Methuen, Mass., lists her professors and international travel among the highlights of her college career, but it was her participation on MCLA's Student Activities Council (SAC) that proved life-changing.
O'Dowd, a history major, joined SAC at the start of her freshman year, but it wasn't until her junior year that she realized she could "have a career in having fun" through student activities. As a result, she'd like to find a "dream job" in student development.
"I took me a long time to decide on a career, but when I was a student working in student development, I realized that was where I belonged," O'Dowd said.
As a senior during this past academic year, she served as SAC's Saturday Night Spotlight chair. In charge of planning weekend activities, her programming included events such as Bingo, bowling and outdoor movies.
"I have never seen people have so much fun at the spring concert! I am so proud to be part of the SAC family," she said. "I really have loved my time here at MCLA."
Looking back, she said MCLA's professors are "really top-notch."
"My professors really cared about me, not only academically but on a personal level. I have never felt like a number, and even in classes where I felt like I didn't stand out, they still remember my name a few semesters or even years later," she explained.
"I recently ran into a professor I had freshmen year and we had a lengthy conversation about my future plans. When it ended, I was shocked how much she remembered about me and my plans as a freshman," O'Dowd added.
"Everyone who works here wants you to succeed, and they will try to make sure that you do. I have never felt like a number, or felt that I could not reach out for help," she said. "No matter how many times I heard that on campus tours, at open houses and at the Accepted Student's Day that I came to as a high school senior, it was when I came here as a freshmen that I saw those points were actually true, and not just lines that people were saying to get my money."
O'Dowd participated in a number of high impact activities at MCLA. In addition to her work with SAC, she was a residence advisor and an orientation leader, participated in the Undergraduate Research Conference held yearly on campus, and volunteered for the annual Committee Day of Service.
Last year, she and other students traveled with history professor Dr. Anthony Daly to Ireland as part of a travel course. "I loved every minute I spent in Ireland, traveling from Belfast to Derry in Northern Ireland and then down to Dublin," O'Dowd said.
O'Dowd plans to work for a year, before starting graduate school.
"Looking back, MCLA really was "My College, Right from the Start," she added. "This small campus is a wonderful place to be, full of people who want to help you to be the best you that you can be. There is a clique here for everyone, and the students that go here help to create one of the most diverse and open-minded places I have ever been to."


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Ben was born and raised in Webster City and began working with CFR as a Prevention Specialist in October 2017. He attended Iowa State University, where he majored in Exercise Science with a minor in Business. Ben currently lives in Webster City and enjoys traveling, spending time with his family, and playing sports. He is also a coach for the Webster City High School varsity football team and an assistant 7th grade boys basketball coach.
Corey D. began working at Community and Family Resources as a Prevention Specialist in October 2015. After growing up in the Chicago suburbs, Corey completed her Bachelor's Degree in Social Work at the University of Iowa with a minor in Psychology and specialization in Sociology. She returned to the Chicago area after college and spent four years working with the homeless.
In her free time Corey enjoys traveling, spending time with friends and family, and going on long hikes with her husky dog, Rocky. She is looking forward to working with her prevention team and the entire staff at CFR.
Katie T. is a 2005 graduate of Buena Vista University with a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology and a concentration in Criminal Justice. Katie has worked periodically with CFR since 2007 as an Addiction Counselor, working with individuals with substance use and gambling disorders. Katie also has experience in working in the prevention field beginning in 2005 as an AmeriCorps Program Volunteer, working in the areas of coalitions and youth development. Katie began as a Prevention Specialist with CFR in May 2016. Katie is also a Certified Prime for Life Instructor and is currently working on her Master's Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy.
Mickie S. began working at CFR in July 2013 as the SPF SIG (Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant) Coordinator and is now the Coordinator for the Webster
County Iowa Partnerships for Success (IPFS) grant. She has also been employed at The Dance Connection as a tumbling instructor since 2008.
Mickie was born and raised in Webster City. After working at Electrolux for one month shy of 12 years, she decided to make the most of the opportunity to go back to college.
Mickie graduated Summa Cum Laude from Buena Vista University in June 2013. She has bachelor's degrees in Criminal Justice and Human Services, along with a minor in Psychology.
When not at work, Mickie loves spending time with her two daughters. She enjoys sharing the love of dance and tumbling with her girls.
Shelly Z. has worked for Community and Family Resources' Prevention Department in a variety of roles; most recently supervising the Prevention Department. Shelly has an undergraduate degree in Elementary Education from Buena Vista University, a Master of Public Health degree from Des Moines University, and maintains certification as a Certified Prevention Specialist. Shelly enjoys spending time with family and friends and reading in her free time.
Yvonne graduated from Iowa Central Community College in May 2013 with an Associate of Science degree. She then completed her Bachelor of Arts degree from Buena Vista University in August 2014, with a major in Criminal Justice and a minor in Psychology. She previously worked for Electrolux for over 25 years; when the company left the U.S., she was able to attain her education in a field that was familiar and interesting to her.
Yvonne has been with her husband for 34 years; they have three beautiful grown children and six wonderful grandchildren. Her interests include spending time with her family, crocheting, and taking care of the many animals on their acreage.


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How to watch iPhone 8 launching live-stream on your iPad, iPhone, Apple TV and Mac
(Photo: Apple Inc.)
We've been adapting preferably more about tomorrow's occasion than Apple might want on account of iOS 11 GM firmware spilled to us on Friday evening. Information we could gather from the code extended from new backdrops to the evident names of the current year's iPhones.
Apple will be launching iPhone 8 and other product through live-streaming the occasion from the new Steve Jobs Theater tomorrow at the accompanying circumstances:
- 10am PDT
- 1pm EDT
- 6pm UK
- 7pm Europe
- 10pm India
From an iPad, Mac or iPhone simply makes a beeline for the Apple Special Event page. On an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, you'll be utilizing Safari on a gadget running iOS 9.0 or later. On a Mac, you'll have to utilize Safari on a machine running macOS 10.11 or later. You can likewise watch it on a PC running Windows 10, where you'll have to utilize the Microsoft Edge program.
On an Apple TV, you'll discover the occasion in the Apple Events application. In the event that you have a fourth era box, you're good to go. In the event that you have the second or third era demonstrate, you'll have to ensure it's running programming 6.2 or later.
We'll obviously likewise be bringing you live update of the occasion.


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Review: Yakuza: Dead Souls
A gangster game trying its hand at a zombie outbreak? It's the definition of a mash-up but is this a beautiful harmony or a mismatched screw-up?
Quick Rating
- Worth The Time?Not even if you're a member of the living dead
- Things LovedQuirky bits of humour, good variety of zombies and mutants, side missions, decent upgrade system and not much else.
- Things HatedFrequent and unnecessary load times, hideous gunplay, lack of originality, most of the dialogue is presented in text form, all playable characters handle the same, frame-rate chugs at the slightest provocation, schizophrenic camera, environments can feel claustrophobic with plenty of back-tracking, plot is tiresome and resolves nothing.
- RecommendationIf you're looking for a zombie shooter fix, there are better ways to go. If you're looking for an action/adventure title there are plenty of titles that are far more worthwhile.
- Name: Yakuza: Dead Souls
- Genre: Action/Adventure
- Players: 1
- Multiplayer: N/A
- Platforms: PS3
- Developer: Sega
- Publisher: Sega
- Price: R505.00
- Reviewed On: PS3
Typically, when one mentions Yakuza your mind thinks of an under-appreciated Japanese take on GTA or possibly that shady group of Asians who will just never be quite as badass or influential as the Triads. You'd be forgiven for thinking that Yakuza (either definition) doesn't really mix well with Dead Rising/Resident Evil type zombie action and you'd be right. But that didn't stop Sega from trying. Come to think of it, there's very little that could get in Sega's way when they put their minds to it. The developer is a bit like that kid in primary school who always won the perseverance award, mostly because they couldn't win any of the others. Anyway, we've ended up with Yakuza: Dead Souls and let me tell you right now it is a confused and oft bipolar mess of shoddy design, obscurity and downright stupidity.
Okay, my job here is done, time to collect my paycheck from Dean (haha) and we can all be on our way. Oh, you're still here? Well, I guess I could give you something to read while you wait for your porn to buffer/download.
Yakuza: Dead Souls takes the familiar city of Kamurocho and throws it into the deep end of a zombie outbreak. However, this being Japan, it is contained so quickly that the zombies are restricted to a small quarter of the city while the rest is free to continue life normally. In fact, the containment seems to have happened so quickly that most of inhabitants of the safe part of Kamurocho either don't know about the vicious and brain-thirsty zombies on the other side of the walls or simply don't care but you never really get the feeling that part of the city is under lock-down because the living dead have taken over it. Maybe it's an Asian thing?
There are four playable characters in YDS (I wanted to call it Dead Souls but that doesn't exactly work now does it) namely Shun Akiyama the loan-shark, "Mad Dog" Goro Majima the psychotic yakuza and construction company owner, Ryuji Goda aka The Dragon of Kansai who has woken from a long slumber and finally Yakuza series mainstay Kazuma Kiryu who is stoic as ever. You'll be familiar with all of them if you've played previous Yakuza titles since they all appeared in at least one at some point during the series.
Each has their own little personal story as well as a contribution to be made to the overarching plot. Or at least that was the idea. In reality, none of the character's stories really get wrapped up properly nor do they tie in to the main plot all that well and while we're at it, the main story itself is so empty and void of any meaningful moments that it ultimately resolves nothing and ends with little more than an anticlimactic *poof*. None of the characters are really tied to each other either so you just hop from one to the next without any real meaning or purpose behind the transition. The story feels like it was designed to be that meaningless since it's non-canon but at least wrap it up nicely if you're never going to revisit it.
Also, with the exception of Goro Majima, the characters are rather flat and dull. Part of this is down to the fact that some dialogue has been recorded, mostly for cutscenes but a lot of the scripted dialogue is simply delivered to you via text boxes at the bottom of the screen which is funny because I didn't know this was a Gameboy Colour port. As a result, you either read through all of it like a moron or skip it and forget about the plot which really is the favourable option given the distinct lack of any plot worth following in this game.
You can explore both the infected and safe zones of Kamurocho with players being able to enter/exit the infected zone at will unless they're in a mission of course. There are several ways to get in or out but one of the intelligent ways in which this game was designed is that you can go through any of them to explore the infected zone but once in there, you can't access a story mission if you entered through the 'wrong' way in. You then have to finish exploring, go out and then back in through the entrance they want you to. A slow clap for the genius who came up with that.
You'll also notice the jarring juxtaposition between the two areas gives the game a very bipolar outlook. On one hand it's trying to be a Dead Rising style zombie shooter while on the other it is trying very hard to be a normal Yakuza game with lots of side missions and things to do in the living part of Kamurocho. It's a bit like shooting your mother in the face while petting your Siamese cat.
The infected zone also requires lots of back-tracking which becomes tiresome in the relatively claustrophobic environments that you are often presented with. The side missions and extra content are what you'd expect from a Yakuza title with casinos, bars, hostess clubs, Club Sega, bowling alleys, golf courses and more. Of course it all feels more out of place than a prostitute in a mosque where all the men know her name but none will acknowledge that fact. Especially when you were juts gunning down a hoard of zombies 2 minutes ago.
There's a good variety of side missions too but they really shine in their humour, or at least Majima's side-missions do. There's one where you help a group of pervs rescue a woman who is apparently helpless and nude. There's another where you convince a clan leader to dress up as a girl in order to attract zombies due to the rumour that they target couples and it is even complete with some authentic karaoke.
The game even takes pots shots at the hackneyed zombie genre with one side-quest where you have to predict the order in which a bunch of clichéd zombie movie characters will die. There's even a zombie rights activist group that appears in-game. Yes, this game actually has some good moments and humorous ones at that but they are not enough to save this pathetic game.
Maybe talking about the gameplay will calm me down. The first thing you'll notice is the camera which has at least several minds of its own and rarely points where you want it to, especially when you're in the middle of eliminating a group of zombies. The frame-rate chugs every time you tap the analogue too hard even though the game looks well below par. Controls are clunky and awkward, even if they do work on a Rainman sort of level. This isn't fucking calming me down at all, I guess deeper into the ground you go, Yakuza: Dead Souls.
YDS favours gunplay over previous Yakuza titles' bare-knuckle brawling combat style which had a melee focus. There's still melee in this game but it's so ineffective you may as well hurl insults at the zombies for more of an impact. Yo momma's so fat, her combined IQ's pushing 3000. No? Okay.
There's a variety of zombies and mutants for you to shoot at but they're all enemies that you've likely seen in other zombie games. For example, there's a carbon copy of Left 4 Dead's witch and really there's just a complete lack of originality with the zombies. It could also be the fact that every time you're introduced to a new one, there's a 99.76% probability that they will be spammed so hard all over the place that it becomes more than routine to gun them down. The boss monsters are a decent enough challenge but the rest of the game is piss easy which is actually a God send. Why? Because aiming in this game is so temperamental and useless that blind faith would serve you better and that's precisely what Sega seems to have realised so the idea is that you point in the vague general direction of the group of zombies you want to shoot and your character will take them all out. Zombies also have a tendency to wait for you to kill their dinner buddy before trying to attack you which is thoughtful.
The upgrade system isn't bad and allows you to level up a character's melee combat, health, armour, skills etc and the nice thing is that upgrades carry across characters so it doesn't feel like you're starting from scratch each time you move onto another character. However, this generosity of game design seems to have made its own problems since every character plays and handles exactly the same as a result. They didn't have to but that's just the way Sega did it. Thumbs up to those guys, seven thumbs up in actual fact.
Before I forget, let's talk guns. There's a great variety of them in this game and all the kinds you'd expect but you can really get through the game with only a pistol and some small amount of effort given that every character's pistol has unlimited ammo.
What I really love about this game is how Sega tried to avoid criticism from people like me and fans alike by billing the game as a light-hearted title and non-canon. New flash: it didn't work, bitches.