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Cheer Up Demonstration at CT GamerCon 2018 March 29, 2018Posted by Maniac in Previews, Site Videos.
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We had a blast talking to Chris Rio and the whole gang responsible for the adult card game Cheer Up this past weekend at CT GamerCon. Hot on the heels from a successful Kickstarter, Cheer Up is now available at retail and we got to play a hand with its creators. Just be aware, this is an adult game and it features mature content.
How did we do? If you want to know more about the game or pick up a copy for yourself you can order it or play a sample game on its official website.
Cheer Up! Card Game Preview April 4, 2017Posted by Maniac in Previews.
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This past weekend, I was lucky enough to meet the guys from Cheer Up Games at CT GamerCon 2017 to do a live preview of their upcoming card game, Cheer Up!
You can download the game's official rules here, but here's a brief retelling of how the game is played: One player picks a question card, which, before being read, will tell players to draw two cards from each specified deck. So if a question card says A+B, it means players have to draw two cards from deck A and two from deck B. If a question card says C+C, it means players have to draw four cards from deck C. Once each player has their cards, the question card is read aloud, and the players have to pick which of the cards in their hands they want to use to answer the question card. Before the cards are read, a rule card is drawn. This rule card adds a random modifier to the question, such as a requirement to answer the question with a heavy accent.
Once each player gives their answer, the person who drew the question card chooses which answer they liked best, and that player wins the round.
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A question card could be drawn that says "What's the worst thing you could be caught doing without pants on?" The players won't know the question at first, but they will be told C+C, so each player will draw four cards from the deck C.
Once everyone has their cards in hand, the question is read and after the initial laughs subside, the players then select which two cards from their hand they want to use to answer the question.
When the extra cards are discarded, the player who drew the question card will then draw a rule card. In this case, the players are told they have to give their responses in a heavy Rastafarian accent.
At this point, each player has a turn reading their responses. I'm sure you could just imagine hearing your friends say, "I wouldn't want to be caught fishing and starting a tickle fight without pants on!" in a heavy Rastafarian accent. The player who drew the question card picks the player with the best response.
Of course that is just one example of how a single round of the game will go, there are literally hundreds of other kinds of questions, rules and answers you'll be able to play in this game!
Cheer Up! is a great icebreaker for getting to know new people, and a hilarious activity for long-term friends. I will not accept any responsibility for players who end up single after playing the game with their significant others, but I will say that I am willing to play this game with my own girlfriend later this week. I will make sure to update you all if I end up becoming single afterwards.
So why am I telling you guys all about the game now? Because starting at 10am today, Cheer Up! is going to be seeking crowdfunding through Kickstarter.
If you want to give the game a look for yourselves before checking out the Kickstarter page, you can try out the game by visiting its official website.
Based on the cards I've previewed, I can say the game's content is currently suitable for mature audiences, however the developers have told me they are including an even more adults-only expansion pack they're calling be Not Safe for Grandma version to Kickstarter backers!
We may have more coverage of Cheer Up! as the game continues its Kickstarter campaign so stay tuned to the site for more information.
Let's Play Mirror's Edge Catalyst Closed Beta April 22, 2016Posted by Maniac in Let's Play, Previews, Site Videos.
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Just a few minutes ago I promised you guys a preview of Mirror's Edge Catalyst and that is what you all are getting now. EA has started running a closed beta test of the new title, and we were fortunate enough to be picked.
This is the first fifty minutes of our gameplay as we explore the new City of Glass with our candid reactions through live video commentary. We are previewing the game on the PlayStation 4.
Please post a comment if you would like to see us stream more of the game!
Mirror's Edge Catalyst is coming June 7th to PC, PS4 and the Xbox One.
The Legend of Zelda Tri-Force Heroes Preview July 5, 2015Posted by Maniac in Previews, Site Videos.
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A few weeks ago, I managed to get some hands-on time with The Legend of Zelda: Tri-Force Heroes on the Nintendo 3DS while waiting in line at Best Buy to demo Super Mario Maker. The game had been announced just a day earlier during Nintendo's E3 2015 Press Event, so it was quite a shock to be able to get some hands on time with such a new game, but I'm happy that I was lucky enough to preview it, because as a die-hard 3DS enthusiast, I'm always glad to see whenever Nintendo decides to innovate on my favorite handheld platform.
Just be aware, this is a preview of the game's multiplayer mode. Tri-Force Heroes can be played either alone or in a three-player cooperative mode, and Nintendo had three demo units of the game playable during the event. Given how the demo units were set up, I couldn't tell if the games were being played in a true local wireless multiplayer mode, online, or through some wired connection intended for 3DS development kits, but there was absolutely no latency during gameplay, and trust me, that's a very good thing.
When you boot up the game, you are asked to pick a costume which would determine your weapon and item loadout. I don't know if costumes get unlocked as you play the game, or you will be able to choose any costume you wish from the first moment you start to play when the finished game hits shelves, but there was a lot of costume variety available to us in the demo. I chose to wear the default Link garb, but one of my teammates chose an outfit which allowed for them to fire three arrows at once from their bow. After choosing their outfits, all three players vote on which level you want to play, and the game selects the level based on the votes. About ten levels were playable for the E3 demo, and my team chose to play the forest level.
When you first start the game, you'll immediately notice how similar the game's art style is to other Zelda titles. I heard a pretty direct comparison of Tri-Force Heroes' art style to the 3DS game The Legend of Zelda : A Link Between Worlds, but honestly the game reminded me a lot of The Legend of Zelda: Four Sword Adventures on the GameCube. Given that this is a cooperative multiplayer game, that might have been what Nintendo was inspired by when designing this title, but that's just my opinion. I would try to describe the game's art style for you, but I thought it would be a lot more appropriate to show you some footage of actual gameplay. So, take a look and see for yourselves, and apologies in advance for the glare.
True to Zelda's roots, levels would not be restricted to just a focus on combat, some sections of the game were puzzle oriented. A particular puzzle required all three players to stack on top of each other like a totem pole to hit a target. In this totem mode, only the player on the bottom could walk and only the player on the top could attack. When each section was completed, all three players would stand on opposite sides of a glowing triforce to signify they were done, and then the next part of the level would load. Many puzzles required the three teammates to be in perfect sync, so communication among my group was essential to completing the level. This is fine for games played in local wireless mode, but I have no idea how communication will work for games played online. To complete some puzzles, complex commands have to be given in short order. It would be nice if Nintendo would allow voice chat with the 3DS microphone during online games, but Nintendo might be against that decision for privacy reasons.
Each level in the demo made up of several short sections and the ones we played were pretty short. On average, my team was completing each section in less than a minute, and then moved on to the next one. I would say it took us no longer than five to ten minutes to complete the entire forest level, but it might take longer for less seasoned players to complete it. This was probably due to the fact that this game was designed to be played while on the go, so they decided to offer lots of levels, but with each level presenting a short experience. All three players share a single health bar, so if one of your teammates gets injured or falls of a cliff, you better start looking for hearts while they respawn. If the group health bar completely depletes, you'll have to replay the entire section of the level until you get it right.
All in all I had fun playing this game, and I'm glad Nintendo decided to let people preview it during their Best Buy E3 event. My group was made up of a seasoned Zelda veteran, a player who has only completed the original NES classic on their 3DS, and a person with no Zelda experience whatsoever, and we were able to get through our level without losing all of our lives. I can't wait to see if Nintendo decides to offer a demo for this game on the Nintendo eShop, because I would download it in a heartbeat.
So those are my thoughts based on the time I was able to spend playing the game. Apologies for not having this on the site sooner, but the Fourth of July weekend had put me behind by a few days of work. Don't forget, you can watch our preview of Super Mario Maker here.
BEYOND: Two Souls Tribeca Film Festival Preview Part 2 April 30, 2013Posted by Maniac in Previews.
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At some point yesterday morning my younger cousin gave birth to a seven pound baby boy who just so happens to share my name. As I looked at the pictures of the healthy baby boy I was emailed by my mother I was reminded of everything I had witnessed this weekend at the Tribeca Film Festival.
BEYOND: Two Souls follows the life of Jodie, played by Academy Award nominated actress Ellen Page. She was born with a deep spiritual connection to a ghost she refers to as Aiden.
This is Part 2 of a Two-Part preview from the Tribeca Film Festival. If you haven't read Part 1 yet, you can read it here.
Jodie and the homeless man who saved her life desperately run out to the supermarket to try to get the things they need to help their friend who is in labor. However, it's the middle of the night and the supermarket is locked up tight. With no money and the market closed, the leader then admits he doesn't actually have a plan and has no idea what to do. In a truly sentimental moment, he exclaims to Jodie that he just wants the baby to have nice things like any other baby would expect to have.
Jodie says she has an idea and the player switches over to control Aiden. Since Aiden is a ghost, he is able to pass right through the market's walls, and manipulate some of the objects inside. Jodie says there must be some kind of lock or switch that will open up the security gate, and the player focused on an alarm panel on one of the walls. Aiden breaks the security panel and allows the two homeless people into the supermarket.
However, before they enter, Jodie gets a very bad feeling and asks Aiden to check the supermarket again. Sure enough, after switching back to Aiden, we notice the security camera inside is still functioning, and the player makes Aiden destroy it. With the security disabled and the camera destroyed, Jodie and her homeless friend take only what they need for the baby and are out of the market quick as a flash. The older homeless man who was staying with them rushes into the scene to say that they were able to break into the abandoned building and everyone else is now over there waiting for them. The scene fades as they follow him.
As the scene fades back in, the group has gotten back together in the abandoned building and the pregnant woman is deep into labor. The baby is close and the woman could give birth any moment now. She asks the men to leave and that Jodie stay with her. Jodie admits she's never delivered a baby before, but she was going to try her best.
At this point, it looked like the player had control of Jodie back, and we start to investigate the room. Jodie turns on the heater so the room could warm up and make the woman more comfortable. Then she walks over to the pregnant woman and a dialog begins as the woman enters her contractions. Three dialog options present themselves, and now I know if I'm ever expected to play midwife in an emergency situation, my dialog options are to reassure the woman, then tell her to breathe, and then tell her to push. In what has to be the first ever live birth scene in a video game, Jodie holds the homeless woman's hand and talks her through it. After some very tense moments, a healthy baby girl is born, and the new mother says she's going to name her baby girl Zoey. If you didn't know you were looking at a video game at that very moment, you would think you were watching a baby show on Discovery Channel.
The two women and baby invite all the males back into the room, and none of them can hold back their excitement. The baby is just perfect. It's a cute scene, and a really good payoff after all of the worries we've had in the previous scenes. After all of that excitement, they all realize just how late it is, and decide to sleep in the building for the night, and the scene fades out.
Jodie wakes up in the middle of the night to the sight of her nightmares made real. The building is on fire, and we have no idea why. With Aiden's help, she breaks the door down, and checks the other rooms if any of the other homeless people are trapped. The player controls Jodie as she investigates the floor, and in the distance we hear cries for someone's help.
The first person Jodie runs into is the leader, who is suffering from some smoke inhalation but is otherwise okay. He says that someone else is on that floor, but more people, including the baby are up on the second floor. He offers to go with her but Jodie says that she will get them all by herself and to get out of the building as fast as he can. She checks the other end of the floor first before going upstairs. The fire is raging hard, and the walls, ceilings, and floors are breaking all around her. She checks another barricaded door and Jodie screams for Aiden to bust it down. We see a controller shake prompt on the screen, and a wave of energy hits the door, breaking it. The older man is on the other side of the room, and he tells Jodie that there are still others on the floor above them. Jodie says that she will handle it and tells the man to get outside.
The staircase is barely together as Jodie climbs it to get to the next floor. As she enters the room where the younger man is staying, we can see that there is a huge gap in the floor of the room between the door and the corner he is huddled in. Jodie screams at him to jump the wide gap. An Olympic jumper may be able to make this jump but he's convinced he sure can't, and he's not going to try. Jodie realizes he's not going to move, and so she's going to have to make him move. The player switches control to Aiden, and at first we assume that Aiden is simply going to push the young man across the ledge. Instead, Aiden takes over the man's body. A prompt comes up on the screen for the player to perform another controller shake very much in the same style interface as Heavy Rain, and the possessed man successfully jumps the gap over to Jodie.
No longer under Aiden's possession, the young man then tells Jodie that the mother and her baby are in the next room, but the only way to get to them is through the window and across the ledge. Jodie tells him to get outside and she'll get them out safe. Climbing out unto the ledge through the window, Jodie hangs on tight as she tries to get into the next room's window. Down below, we see the other members of the group are safe outside of the building, and they can only watch as Jodie enters the window for the room that the mother is trapped in with her baby.
Jodie gets into the room through the window to find the mother and her baby okay but completely trapped. A jump from the window would be suicide and the only door out of the room is on fire, along with most of the floor around it. Jodie tells the mother to trust her and to stay close. Suddenly, a barrier of protection rose up to surround the three of them. Now invulnerable, they are able to literally walk through the fire together. It's likely that Aiden possessed the ability to protect Jodie and anyone else in close enough proximity to her, and can make them invulnerable to harm for a short time.
Even though they're able to make it through the fire into a safer area on the floor, they find themselves still backed into a corner. With no way out, Jodie instructs Aiden to break the wall down. We switch over to Aiden's perspective and he does exactly that, punching a clear hole into the wall. It's not very big, but it's big enough for the mother and her baby to escape. Sadly, the building is becoming more and more unstable with every second, and Jodie is unable to follow. With no other options, she heads for the window. The jump would be fatal to any normal person, but Jodie can only hope that Aiden can somehow help her survive the fall.
For the second time in this preview, Jodie jumps. Aiden's power surrounds her, and her fall is slowed to help her to a soft landing. At this point there is no missing or mistaking it, the homeless people saw firsthand that Jodie's abilities are anything but natural. However, they're extremely grateful to be saved, and thank her. As they shake off the smoke, one of the group members asks how the fire could have started. Almost as if on cue, we find out. The three college-aged jerks start beating on the group without any provocation. One of them is holding a torch, saying that he said he would be back for them after the beating Jodie gave them earlier. Too weak to fight back, Jodie is knocked to the ground just as the ambulance and paramedics arrive.
The camera pans up over Josie's body as we hear the paramedics shouting orders at each other, the other homeless people huddled around her. It's almost as if we're watching this scene from Aiden's perspective. The paramedic's shout at each other they're not getting a pulse, and the further up the camera pans, the brighter the screen turns, until finally the screen becomes completely white.
The screen then fades to black and the words To Be Continued… faded into the bottom of the screen.
And there you have it guys, thirty-five minutes of the game BEYOND: Two Souls, broken into two parts. That's nothing though. The final version of the game promises to tell a complete story of Jodie's life from when she is a very young girl up to when she becomes an adult. David Cage confirmed the full game will be about ten hours in length, and the accompanied trailer announced an exclusive edition of the game will be available through GameStop, as well as exclusive DLC.
BEYOND: Two Souls is coming October 8th, 2013 exclusive to the Playstation 3.
BEYOND: Two Souls Tribeca Film Festival Preview Part 1 April 29, 2013Posted by Maniac in Previews.
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At some point this morning my younger cousin gave birth to a seven pound baby boy who just so happens to share my name. As I looked at the pictures of the healthy baby boy I was emailed this morning by my mother I was reminded of everything I had witnessed this weekend at the Tribeca Film Festival.
BEYOND: Two Souls follows the life of Jodie, played by Academy Award nominated actress Ellen Page. She was born with a deep spiritual connection to a ghost she refers to as Aiden.
The section of gameplay that we saw was called "Homeless." At this point in the game, Jodie has lost everything. She has no family, no money, no food, and she is now forced to live on the streets. As the scene opened, the audience saw a familiar environment very similar to what was outside of the theater. An unnamed urban landscape covered in snow came up on the screen. A lone police car drove the snow covered streets as more snow fell from the sky. Personally, this opening reminded me of the environment to Quantic Dream's 2005 hit, Indigo Prophecy (Faherenheit) more than anything. Alone, Jodie shambled through the cold, trying desperately to stay warm. From her appearance, she looked like she didn't have much time left before she froze to death. Her movements were slow, as she desperately tried to hold on to her life.
She makes her way to a lone payphone on the sidewalk, picks up the receiver and began to dial. She never says who she is calling, but it is quite clear that Willem Dafoe's voice was on the other end. Previous material announced Willem Dafoe plays Nathan Dawkins, the scientist who has followed Jodie's mysterious case since she was a small girl. Jodie says very little on the phone, but mentions that she didn't have much time left. On the other end we can hear Nathan pleading for Jodie to tell him where she is so he could go get her and bring her somewhere safe. She hangs up the phone and collapses a few seconds later.
The player then took control of Aiden, and started to investigate the area around Jodie. In an alleyway near where Jodie collapsed, a single homeless man was investigating a dumpster for food and supplies. Suddenly, the player made Aiden blast some of the adjacent trash cans, getting the homeless man's attention. The homeless man then started to investigate the area to see what could have knocked the trash cans over, and as he walked out of the alley he saw Jodie's lifeless body. Immediately he rushes to pick her up and the scene fades out.
As the scene fades back in, we see brief flashes of Jodie's nightmares. We see fire, and hear someone in the distance screaming for her to jump! We don't know if these could simply be some of Jodie's fears of perhaps visions of the future. As she wakes up, the homeless man who saved her offers her some coffee he made. He explains that she had passed out and he had brought her to his shelter. He seems like a genuinely nice person who looks out for other homeless people like himself. He asks her some questions, and the player can choose to answer or evade them however they wish.
After the conversation, Jodie looks free to investigate the area. In the distance, there look to be other homeless people seeking shelter there as well, but the player doesn't instruct Jodie to talk to them right now. Instead, Jodie sees a blinding light coming from outside, and walks over to investigate it.
The player walks Jodie out from under the bridge and into the blinding light outside. We see that the shelter is located under a bridge several stories above a busy highway. If she were to fall, it would be quite deadly, if not from the drop, then from the cars that surely would not be able to stop or get out of the way in time. The player is then prompted to either jump or to back away from the ledge. The player chose to jump.
Jodie leans forward, but as she starts to drop an invisible force stops her fall. It is obvious that Aiden does not want her to die. In a scene that Ellen Page should win this year's Academy Award for, Jodie pleads with Aiden to let her die. She says she has nothing, no food, no money, no family, and as she bursts into tears she says all she wants is to end it. As she backs away from the ledge, the homeless man who saved her steps outside to inform her that they ran out of food. We don't know if he saw what happened on the ledge or not, but it is highly unlikely that he did. He then asks her to go with him so "she can see how things work around here". With nothing else to do, Jodie goes with him.
As Jodie and the homeless group's leader start to walk the streets, he explains to her that they need to make five dollars. That would be enough money to buy food and whatever else they would need for now. He sits down on a spot on the corner next to a cup, and Jodie sits next to him. It looks like they're going to panhandle for money. Jodie asks how long it normally takes to make five dollars and he says depending on people's charity it could be a few hours or a week. You can talk with him more if you like, but the player decided to get up and try panhandling from a different spot.
Jodie walks down the street a bit more, and we are presented with different options Jodie has to make money. As she walks past an alleyway, a very sleazy looking guy offers her ten dollars for her company. The player is presented with the option to accept his offer, but the player turned him down, and Jodie walked away from the disgusting offer. Jodie walks past another possible panhandling spot, this one near an ATM station, but the player chose to keep going further down the road.
Down the block, another homeless guy is also trying to panhandle, only he happens to be doing it with a guitar by his side. She asks him if he can play, and he says that sadly its far too cold and his hands are too numb to play. She asks if she can borrow his guitar for a bit, and he says that's fine. She picks up the guitar, and starts to play. In one of the most beautiful scenes I've ever seen in a video game, Jodie plays the guitar and sings a beautiful song by Beck as onlookers pass by. As the song continues, the day fades into night, showing time is passing by in the background but the song continues uninterrupted. The song finishes, and Jodie's made fifteen dollars. During the Q&A session after the demo, David Cage was asked about this scene, and he said that it was just something that he had come up with when talking to Ellen. They motion captured her playing David Cage's own guitar while singing all in one take.
Fifteen dollars in hand, the homeless group's leader heads into the supermarket to buy food. As he goes in, Jodie stands across the street to keep watch. As he comes out, we can hear some pretty nasty voices taunting him. Not wanting any harm to come to him, Jodie rushes across the street to investigate. Three college aged men, one of them holding a video camera, are beating the homeless man and videotaping themselves doing it. She warns them to back off, but they're not intimidated by this young girl and attempt to attack her.
We quickly find out that Jodie is no pushover. It may be combat training, the assistance of Aiden, or some other kind of supernatural or purely explainable reason, but Jodie kicks their asses. As each of the young men attacked Jodie, the screen slowly turned to black and white and slowed down for a brief second. This was not explained in the preview, but looked to be some kind of player prompt to intervene. From the looks of it, if the prompt was responded to quickly enough, Jodie would deflect, block or counterattack. If the player missed, the screen flashed red for a brief second, indicating Jodie may be taking some damage. While the game's interface looked very similar to Heavy Rain's in a lot of ways, this kind of combat sequence was not used in Heavy Rain, and as such I cannot fully explain how I think it works.
The college boys run off, taking their video camera with them. Jodie picks up her friend, who has a few bruises on his face, but is alive. They pick up their food and head back to the bridge, where the homeless group enjoys their food together. This is the first time we're introduced to some of the other people staying under the bridge with them. One of them is a young man who has been staying with them for a few months. Another is an older gentleman, who has been homeless for several years. Finally, we meet a young pregnant woman. Her boyfriend would beat her, and she ran away from him because she was concerned for the life of her baby. They ask Jodie about her life, and the player chooses that Jodie will tell them about her gift. She doesn't go into specifics, except to say that she's special, but that she really feels like a freak. The group doesn't read too much into it, thinking that maybe she may have had a bit too much to drink.
The pregnant woman says she should be due any day now, but she's concerned because the baby hasn't been kicking in a few days. Jodie says that she can check on the baby if she'd like, and the player switches over the Aiden to investigate the woman's tummy. As Aiden investigates, we can hear what sounds like the echo of the baby's heartbeat. The player switches back to Jodie and she tells the pregnant woman that her baby is fine. The group goes to bed.
Jodie wakes up to the sounds of screaming, the woman is in labor. Waking up, the group checks on the woman, and quickly realize that they don't have the facilities for her to give birth in. They have no blankets, diapers or even hot water. One of the group members says they should take her to a hospital, but the pregnant woman screams out, "No, no hospital. I'm afraid they're going to take my baby from me." The leader tells the young man that there is an abandoned building not far from there, and to break into it however he can. He then says that he has a plan and he asks Jodie to come with him.
And that wraps up Part 1 of this preview of BEYOND: Two Souls. Stay tuned to the site for Part 2!
BEYOND: Two Souls is coming October 8th, 2013 exclusive to the Playstation 3.
Halo 4 Preview May 11, 2012Posted by Maniac in Previews, Site Videos.
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diskreader117 has been following the progress on Halo 4 pretty closely and joined by Maniac, they discuss Halo 4 for the Xbox 360.
Sit back and enjoy the conversation we have about the game's single player, multiplayer, and a whole new co-operative campaign that are on the way. We also talk about the history of Halo, the game's backstory, and just what plot threads might get explored that have been left by previous Halo games.
Halo 4 is coming November 6th, 2012 exclusive to the Xbox 360.
Aliens: Colonial Marines PAX East 2012 Preview April 11, 2012Posted by Maniac in Previews.
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It has been seventeen weeks since the nuclear reactor on LV-426 went critical. The Sulaco was officially considered destroyed in orbit above the planet. Your job is to find out what went wrong.
Aliens: Colonial Marines is the unofficial third installment of the Alien series. The game follows the story of the second movie, Aliens, and tells the story of just what happened after Ellen Ripley, Dwayne Hicks, and Newt defeated the alien queen and took off into much worse movies.
You play as a marine selected as part of the team to investigate what happened to the marine squad who were at LV-426. They were not expecting to see the Sulaco, a ship they expected to have been destroyed, still intact and orbiting the planet, almost like a ghost ship. With no protection, you cross the glass-enclosed umbilical connected to the Sulco's docking port. Since it's fully enclosed you can really see the detail of the damage on the ship and the fear the vacuum of space can break through any moment.
Upon entering the Sulaco the player is greeted by several marines in triage, all with major injuries and with only one medic to attend to them. For the brief moments we were in this room, I asked myself, where had I seen it before? Then I realized this was a recreation of the cargo bay Ripley had fought the alien queen in, in the climax of Aliens. How could I tell this room was where the alien queen battle had taken place? The lower half of Bishop was still on the ground.
The player is then tasked with investigating the ship and find the ship's logs, which might shed some light on just what happened on board. Of course on the way through this ghost ship, you torch through a previously sealed door and find yourself face to face with alien resin all over the walls. Yes, you are not alone on that ship. Eggs are all over the floor, opened. Hugger corpses are as well, and if you have seen any of the alien movies you know that if the huggers are dead that means they had…hugged someone.
You find someone alive embedded in the wall, and with the tap of a button you start to break him out of his prison with your plasma torch. As you start the process, an alien comes out of nowhere and leaps out at you! You give chase through the tight cocoon corridors, not knowing just what else is in there waiting for you. After defeating the alien, you go back to free the cocooned man. As you break him out, your superiors inform you over radio to get out of there and just forget the log book, but you won't have any of it. You go further into the transformed section of the ship, eventually coming across the log inside one of the ship's computers.
With the log secured and your freed companion in tow you decide to leave the ship via the umbilical you came through on. As you cross the halfway point your companion starts to act funny and begins coughing up blood. It looks like a hugger had indeed gotten to him. As the alien begins to burst out of his chest he pulls a grenade out of his pocket and detonates it, blowing himself up and severely damaging the umbilical, making the atmosphere vent out into space! Holding on for dear life, your only hope for survival is to crawl your way back into the Sulaco inch by inch!
We also got to play the game's multiplayer component against the developers. The game features team deathmatch and pits a team of aliens against a squad of marines. As we played the marine squad we got access to all the firepower you'd recognise from the movie in the loadout options including pulse rifles (with grenade attachment), shotguns, and of course there was a minigun you could find on the map. Marines also had access to motion trackers, which could be brought up by tapping on a bumper, at the cost of lowering your weapon.
Upon seeing both of the multiplayer factions in action, I want to mention that it seemed the sides were imbalanced in multiplayer. The alien team was far too powerful. While they did not have any long-range firepower, the level design, their ability to climb to walls, and their ability to see enemies through walls made them powerful as hell to begin with. Couple that with their increased speed, heavy damage attacks, special attacks, and what seemed to be more resilience to damage and it didn't make for a very balanced game. That having been said, it would seem that reducing the maximum health for the alien team would balance it out and make the teams more even.
Aliens: Colonial Marines is coming to PC, PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii U.
Fable Heroes PAX East 2012 Preview April 10, 2012Posted by Maniac in Previews.
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While at PAX East this year, I was fortunate enough to be checking out the Xbox booth while a game of Fable Heroes was being set up. The people demoing the game were in need of four players, and I was more than happy to take a controller and give it a look. I had never played a Fable game before, but I was quite familiar with the game series. In fact, I even previewed Fable: Legends at E3 last year, and I was excited to see just what was in store with this new game.
I have to admit, this game was a lot of fun to play. We set up a four player game with four controllers on the same Xbox 360, but the technician promised us that four player multiplayer would also be available through Xbox Live.
At the beginning of our game, all four of us chose from a preset selection of characters. The appearance reminded me a lot of handmade puppets, which gave the game a fun aesthetic charm. The level design reminded me of bright sets, not dissimilar to what you would see in a puppet show.
The controls were as follows. The game featured a light attack, heavy attack which was slower but did more damage, and a powerful area attack, which was great for if you ever got swarmed, but cost you life. There was also a dedicated button which changed the expression on your character's face.
The level loaded up and we suddenly were a bunch of puppets inside of a giant puppet stage. With enemies swarming all around us, the other players and I hacked and slashed our way through. With the area attack button costing life, it added some strategy to the typical fight. Enemies would drop gold and hearts, and the game did keep the scores of all the players to be tallied at the end of the level.
As we progressed through the level we reached some chests. The chests offered some pretty awesome power ups which gave a jolt to the gameplay. The first power up I received was one that made my character enormous, which allowed me to do much more damaging attacks (and be much bigger than the other players) at a cost of speed. I also saw someone get the opposite power up of that, which made them very small, but the developer assured them that their attacks and movement was now much faster than normal, but their attacks were not as damaging. However, not all chests are full of rewards. Chests can also turn on you and become an enemy when you activate them, so be cautious.
As the level ended we reached a fork in our path and the technician told us that one path lead to a minigame, and the other lead to a boss fight. Well, didn't have to tell us twice, we were doing to do the boss fight. The boss was pretty big, and only vulnerable at certain times, while quite capable of devastating attacks. My fellow players died on several occasions during this fight. In death, your character does not truly die, but becomes a ghost which can be revived upon collecting a heart piece. As we defeated the boss, the level came to an end.
The technician promised me that Fable Heroes was going to make use of some exciting new features. It would have some integration with the upcoming Fable game for the Kinect, Fable Legends. It's also going to be the first Xbox Live Arcade game to offer 400 Achievement Points, double what a current Xbox Live Arcade game currently offers.
Fable Heroes is expected to release exclusive to Xbox Live Arcade for the price of 800 Microsoft Points.
Ms. Splosion Man iPad Preview April 8, 2012Posted by Maniac in Previews.
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As I'm sure you can tell from the video I took of Chainsaw's live performance, I spent a lot of time at PAX 2012 at the Twisted Pixel booth. Let me tell you, I had a blast.
Twisted Pixel was showing off a lot of their classic games to the PAX crowd in exchange for prizes and praise by the developers. However, they did a lot more than just promote games that have already been released, they were also allowing demos of their latest project, Ms. Splosion Man for the iPad.
Ms. Splosion Man was a sequel to Splosion Man, which were both Xbox Live Arcade exclusive releases.
iPad in hand, I was given the chance to experiment with the controls. The game had a dynamic thumbstick, there were only two directions that Ms. Splosion Man could go, left or right, and moving your finger in the appropriate direction from wherever you felt comfortable holding the device seemed to work pretty well. Ms. Splosion Man does not jump, she explodes, and that is accomplished by tapping on the screen. Up to three explosions can be done before she runs out of juice and you'll have to run around a bit in order for her to fully recharge.
Now, I'm ashamed to admit it but I went into playing this game on the iPad having never played the game (or its predecessor) on the Xbox 360. Because of that I paid very close attention to the instructions that the technician told me, but there were still several things I had to find out for myself, like wall bouncing.
The level I played was a very difficult challenge map. I have no idea if it was exclusive to the iPad version or if it had previously appeared in the Xbox 360 version (UPDATE: It was level 1-6 on the Xbox 360 version). The developer told me that this was one of their harder challenge maps (but not the hardest) and I was being timed and hopefully would complete it in under three minutes.
Having no familiarity with the Splosion Man control system, it took me a very short while to become accustomed to the way the game controls, but had I played the Xbox 360 version I probably would not have needed that time. In fact, since playing this demo on the iPad I went back and played through the trial of Splosion Man on Xbox Live Arcade and found I had the game's controls down pat already.
I was able to complete the level, deaths and all, in about ten minutes, but that was not having any previous knowledge of the control system or how to navigate the level. Had I known the solutions to the puzzles before reaching them my time probably would have been a bit shorter. The solutions to the puzzles are not laid out for the player, but the level design does its best to hint to the player the solution on how to progress, of which there was only one (at least in the level that I played). The fact that I was able to complete the level cold was quite impressive.
Framerate was pretty solid, and there were plenty of great effects used. It wasn't the smoothest game I ever played on a handheld device, but there were no hitches, slowdowns or framerate drops.
I don't know which version iPad I demoed the game on but Twisted Pixel promised me that they would be releasing the game for iPhone, Windows Phone 7, PC (through STEAM) as well as iPad. No price point or release date was announced, but they said they were aiming for the summer. They also didn't know if the game would support Apple Game Center integration for achievements.
I also asked if Twisted Pixel was planning on bringing any more of their already released games to multiple platforms following the release of Ms. Splosion Man (like for example, Comic Jumper: The Adventures of Captain Smiley), and while they made it clear to me that only Ms. Splosion Man was officially announced for the multiplatform re-release, that didn't exclude the possibility that other games may get ports further down the road.


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I'm a writer in San Francisco. I like tight copy, good design, Springsteen, wordplay, and the Oxford comma.
I grew up 90 miles east of the city, where there isn't much to do except tipping cows — and even that's just an urban legend. Life got more interesting when an AOL CD-ROM landed in our mailbox in 1996. Now I can say I've been using the Internet almost as long as I've been able to ride a bike.


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I have an italian greyhound who is a little over a year old. From what i have heard and read they are hard dogs to house train, which has been proving to be true. right now she hasn't had an accident in a couple of weeks which is great, but at night she wakes up about every 2 hours. she sleeps on her pillow in my bedroom or in bed with me depending on what her preference is that night. When i first brought her home i started to crate train her, problem is she had seperation anxiety and even with the crate in my room she would mess in it even if she had done both before bed, cry (and she never crys), and shake violently. when i let her sleep with me this stoped, she would wake me up by licking me or standing on the bed wagging her tail to let me know she needed out. well recently in the past month she has started waking up every 2 hours. at first i thought she had to go to the bathroom so i would take her out but half the time she just wants to sit in the yard and stare off into space. she does go out and i make sure she does both eliminations before bed. I'v thought of ignoring her but because she isn't fully house trained i'm afraid she'll have an accident in the house and it will ruine the progress we are making. do you think i should ignore her or take her out? any other suggestions? will having an accident destroy the progress we have made?
sorry so long but thought you might need the whole story.
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The 1958 Tangerine Bowl between Buffalo and Florida State. It's been called the greatest game never played. A book was written about it. A documentary made. And an unknown artist created this ceramic buffalo—signed by 30 team members—to commemorate it.
Though formed in 1894, UB's football team didn't taste true success until the 1958 season, when they went 8-1, scored the Lambert Cup and got invited to the Tangerine Bowl in Orlando. UB in a televised game in front of the entire country: It was a dream come true. Until it wasn't.
Because of a clause in the stadium's lease that prohibited interracial games, Bowl officials alerted UB that the team's two African-American players—starting halfback Willie Evans (EdB '60) and reserve defensive end Mike Wilson (BS '59)—wouldn't be able to take the field. The coach decided to let the team vote on whether or not to go.
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At the end of the television season last year, I took you all on a journey. A meaningful, touching, emotional journey full of fake-gayness and hair gel. A journey through Chad Michael Murray's hair choices on One Tree Hill. Well, thank god our long, dry, CMM-less summer/fall is over, because OTH is back, and dudes, the hair is WORSE THAN EVER (for the menfolk. The girls actually look kind of great). And, yet, the show is so good/bad. People are fake-paralyzed! Daphne Zuniga is there, and she is a full-on, Dr. Kimberly Shaw-style mega bitch, because she can be! And there were Important Statements about how Anorexia Is an Illness, Not a Style Choice! And there's a cute kid in a cape! And sexual harassment of the weakest of sauces! And Sophia Bush's character not only runs an incredibly successful fashion line, SHE HAS HER OWN MAGAZINE! At 22! But, like the character in the Britney Spears' song "Lucky," she cries, cries, cries in her lonely heart, because if there is nothing missing in her life, why doooo the tears come at night? (Apparently, it is because success is hollow without love, or something.) Oh, it's so bad/fantastic. And, speaking of Britney, K-Fed is going to guest star in a couple of weeks! Like things could not get better.
One thing that could get better, though, would be the grammatical construction of Sophia Bush's clothing line's name:
For serious? I get that TECHNICALLY her clothing line COULD be called "Clothes Over Brothers," and TECHNICALLY "bro's" is a contraction thereof, but that's a lie. It's apostrophe misuse and I object.
You know what else I object to?
And now for the side view (as if this were a mug shot, which in many ways it is, for this hair is criminal):
That is some bad f'ing hair on James Lafferty. Sure, his character is suddenly a faux-paralyzed rageaholic drunk (he can walk, he just kinda doesn't want to, because he's so BUMMED about stuff), but is that any reason to make him look like the truly unholy combination of Christ on a bender and Charles Manson? Or is this terrible downturn (complete with patchy, ill-seeded facial hair) the result of a mid-hiatus memo from CMM along the lines of, "Dear Producers, I am tired of having the worst hair on this show and I won't stand for it any longer! F WITH SOMEONE ELSE OR I TAKE MY CHILD BRIDE AND I WALK!"?
I guess he didn't walk, as his rage was soothed by:
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Swaragini and Sanskar FF: You are my Day, I am your Night, We are Swaragini (Introduction)
Hi all. I think some may know me. Yes, I am RANDOMFAN aka Fatarajo, and I have written fan fictions in the past also. I have written fan fictions on other shows like Tashan-e-Ishq, Manmarziyan, Thapki Pyaar Ki, Meri Aashiqui Tumse Hi, Kuch Rang Pyaar Ke Aise bhi etc. Now this time, I am going to write a fan fiction on Swaragini. I have got some people requesting me to write FFs on Swaragini while I was writing my other ffs. I hope you all will love the introduction and support me.
As you all know the title, Swaragini and Sanskar FF: You are my day, I am your Night We are Swaragini. Well, the main pair of my fan fiction is Swasan and JaiRa. I think most Tejaswi fans know this pair, yes its Jai-Dhara pair from Sanskar Dharon Apno Ki.Yes, Ragini and Jai is a pair in my fan fiction. Actually more than Ragsan or Raglak, I like JaiRa pair more that's why I made them a pair here. I used to watch that show Sanskar-Dharon Apno Ki only for JaiRa(jai-Dhara)pair. I hope you all like the pairs. Sorry Swalak, Ragsan and Raglak fans. And my fav pair of Swaragini is Swasan. And yes, this fan fiction is for Swaragini and Sanskar fans not only Sanskar, but also Jai. And coincidentally, Tejaswi's previous show name was Sanskar too. So, yes this fan fiction maybe on Swaragini and Sanskar show or Swaragini and Sanskar 😛 but only Swaragini show characters are in this fan fiction. Well I do watch Swaragini and I only like swasan and raglak (my fav after swasan in swaragini). I have written this intro like a month ago but I was confused if I should publish it or not and finally I published it today.
Well, here introduction and when you will read it you will get it. And as for Laksh fans dont worry, there is Laksh in this fan fiction.
And my storyline, will focus on more of the bonding of Swaragini. And also there will be scenes for the pairs.
I have made some slight changes to the characters from the show and added some new characters too.
Swara Gadodia (Helly Shah)
Here Swara is a modern girl and she is chirpy, bubbly and happy going girl. She is not the actual daughter of Sharmista and Shehkar here, she lost her mom when she was young. But she calls Sharmista maa and Shehkar dad. She is very talkative and she have a passion for rock music. She loves Ragini a lot and is closest with her, she can do anything for her. She is a foodie.
Ragini Bose (Tejaswi Prakash)
Here I have made Ragini a Bengali character instead. Ragini is the biological daughter of Sharmistha and Shehkar here. She is a traditional Bengali girl. She loves to play the sitar and also have passion for music too. She and Swara are of the same age. She loves Swara a lot and is closest with her, she can do anything for her. She loves to cook.
Sanskar Maheswari (Varun Kapoor)
Sanskar is the eldest son in the Maheswari family. He is an arrogant businessman and hates his family a lot. He feels that his family is the reason behind his breakup with Kavitha. He hates everyone, except for his younger brother. He doesn't believe in love at all, and he tries to create problems whenever he sees them romancing. Sometimes people think he is crazy. Sanskar is only close to his best friend.
Jai Karla (Assume Jay Soni as Jai Karla) (New Character)
Jai Karla is the best friend of He knows Sanskar since childhood and is the only one who can cool Sanskar down. He is also from a rich family. He is an IPS officer. He knows Swaragini as they are his sister's best friend. He is also their friend from childhood. He have a soft corner for Ragini.
Here are the other characters.
Parallel Lead
Laksh Maheswari (Namish Taneja)
Sorry for making Laksh a parallel lead here, I am not really a Laksh fan but I like Raglak pair after Swasan pair. Laksh is the younger brother of Sanskar here. He is a positive character, but his character have some grey shades and mystery too. He is a flirt, and he have a soft corner for Swara. He likes girls of his types, he doesnt care when he hurts any girl. But he loves his brother, Sanskar a lot.
Kavitha Roy (Assume Shiny Doshi as Kavitha here not Nikita Sharma)
Kavitha is the ex-girlfriend of Sanskar. She left Sanskar due to his family, but she still loves him a lot. She wants Sanskar to be happy. youShe is kind-hearted. She doesnt want to get married as she still loves Sanskar. She is only in contact with Laksh so that she can know about Sanskar's wellbeing.
Kavitha's character will make entry in the upcoming episodes.
New Characters
Sakshi Karla (Assume Digangana Suryavanshi as Sakshi)
Sakshi is the best friend of Swaragini. She have a very special bonding with her. She is a sweet friend who tries to help Swaragini out. She is a bookworm and she loves to read books. She is close to Ragini for reading books and Swara for her fashion sense. She is the sister of Jai.
Sahil Gupta (Anuj Sachdeva)
I have made some changes to Sahil's character here, Sahil is a boxer, who is the rival of Laksh and hates him a lot. He and Laksh always compete with each other and he also have problems with Sanskar as he is the son of a rich businessman who is Sanskar's rival. He is the enemy of Sanlak. Initially his character will be negative, but later it will be positive.
Well I am not sure which actor and actress should play the role of Rohan and Sakshi. Well, Rohan and Kavitha will be a pair and Sakshi and Laksh will be a pair.
Here are the options:
For Rohan: Mohit Sehgal or Aham Sharma
For Sakshi: Digangana Surywanshi or Ketki Kadam
(I had more in mind, but dont know their actual name)
So, in my fan fiction Swasan and JaiRa will be the main pair and Lakshi and Rovitha will be the supporting pair.
Other characters
Bose family
Well, I have transformed Gadodia family to Bose family here.
Sharmistha Bose
She is the mother of Ragini and she have adopted Swara. She loves Swaragini equally and never discriminates between them. She gives them equal love and she wants them to follow their passion and also study well.
Shehkar Bose
He is the father of Ragini. He also loves Swaragini equally. He wants his daughters to complete their education well and also help him in the family business. He doenst mind them continuing with music too. He is very protective over both his daughters.
She is the grandmother of Ragini. She is a positive and funny character here. She wants her grand-daughters to get married in a good family soon and always is behind them for their marriage. She is closer to Ragini as Ragini always helps her in her household, but she loves Swara too.
He is the grandfather of Ragini. He is also a positive and funny character here. He is a foodie like Swara. He is closer to Swara and he loves Ragini too. He is the one who always prevents Swara from getting scolded.
Janki Gadodia (Daljeet Kaur)
Janki is the biological mother of Swara here. She passed away in an accident when Swara was very young, and she was Sharmistha's best friend. Well, there is a mystery behind her character which will be revealed in the upcoming episodes.
Maheswari Family
DurgaPrasad Maheswari
He is the father of Sanlak here. He is a strict person and his traditions, rules and customs are very valuable to him. He hates it when someone disrespects it. He used to run a business later he gave his business to Sanskar. He is sad that Sanskar hates him, but he doesnt feels bad that Kavitha left Laksh.
Sujata Maheswari
She is the mother of Sanlak here. She is a funny person here. She wants her sons to get married in a good family and wants a perfect Marwari girl. She doesnt wants any other girl from different culture. She is always worried about Sanskar and Laksh. She hates Kavitha.
Karla family
Annapurna Karla
She is the mother of Jai and Sakshi here. She is a nice and kind-hearted person. She is very religious and she also prays for the wellbeing for her children. She is a single mother and have been raising Jai and Sakshi alone.
In order to avoid confusion let me brief the character belongs to which family in short.
Bose: Swara, Ragini, Sharmistha, Shehkar, Dadaji, Dadiji
Maheswari: Sanskar, Laksh, Durgaprasad, Sujata
Karla: Jai, Sakshi, Annapurna
Well, that's all for the introduction. And as I said, the main focus of my fan fiction is Swaragini bond not the pairs, but there willl be some scenes for the pairs too.
Promo 1: A girl is seen doing aarti and taking care of the household. She is none other than Ragini. Ragini wakes Swara up, who is still sleeping. Ragini says Swara wake up. Swara says let me sleep more. Ragini is runing here and there for her work, and Ragini introduces herself that I am Ragini, Swara comes and hugs her and says who is busy all the day. On the other hand, it's night time and as Swaragini plays their favourite instruments, later it's late and Swaragini goes to bed. Ragini is sleeping, and later she sees Swara watching a romantic movie in late night. Ragini says that Swara you must sleep now, its 2am. Ragini again sleep. Swara listens to music and does stuff and is about to sleep, Swara says I am Swara and Ragini wakes up and says who is busy all night. Swara smiles and Ragini tells her sweet dreams. Swara sleeps and smiles while sleeping as she is dreaming.
Promo 2: Swaragini are seeing the stars, and they are talking about it and smiles. Ragini says the stars is shining so nicely, Swara says that mom must be one of them. Swara is teary-eyed and Ragini wipes them, Ragini says we are sisters, I can never see my sister cry. Later, Swara says that I wish my dream man comes, my Prince Charming who is dashing, full of life, and gentle and friendly and most importantly believes in love.Here a guy is seen scolding others and he is loner who hates to enjoy and is a workaholic and says love have no place for me. The guy is Sanskar and he puts the picture of Kavitha away. Swara asks Ragini what kind of guy she wants, Ragini thinks of Laksh and smiles saying any will do. Next day, Laksh is seen a flirt, and all girls are crazy about him Ragini eyes Laksh and as she was about to go to him, she slips and Laksh doenst sees it, a guy holds her and he is none other than Jai.
Here are the two promos for Swaragini and Sanskar FF: You are my day, I am your Night, We are Swaragini. I hope you all liked it.
The first episode will be published on next Sunday, 3rd June. Well, currently I write 6FFs which is due to holidays, I wrote as much as I could. And after two weeks, I will end two of my fan fictions and then if possible will try to update more regularly I have already written half of first episode by now. And I have a common test next week due to which I can't submit before Sunday. Well I don't know if I should continue with this fan fiction, because I hope I didn't make Swaragini or Swalak/Ragsan/Raglak fans feel angry.
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Gelato is better than Ice Cream
I believe that gelato is better than ice cream. I live in a small college town where the dating scene is alive and well. I would say it's a place that's got a lot of pride but not too much culture to brag about. It's also a place that boasts an ice cream shop on nearly every corner to accommodate the lively dating life.
One Wednesday night, I got an unwanted phone call. I knew that David was calling to ask me on another date. I had my answer ready: I had plans both Friday and Saturday nights. I always hated this part–the I have to be mean to someone nice–part. So when he asked what I was doing Thursday night, I had no response ready. "Sure," I said, "Thursday will be fine."
So Thursday night came. I figured that this date would lead to the local creamery, so when David told me that we would be going to the new gelato place on Center Street, my spirits lifted. That shop had caught my eye many times and I had longed to go inside. It reminded me so much of home where gelato is not so hard to find. To me it represented a little bit of culture sitting right in the middle of the Wild West.
When we were deciding on a flavor, I tried every one–grapefruit, hazelnut, pistachio, mint, chocolate raspberry and peach. They were all so exotic! The intensity of each flavor was a rich painting- each unique and with a completely different color scheme. The hazelnut transported me directly to a gelato shop near my home where you can sit on the green iron bench over the cobblestone ground watching Christmas shoppers hurry from store to store.
As I savored every mouthful, my date said to me, "you know, I think I like ice cream better than gelato." I threw down my spoon and I looked at him in shock. How could that be possible? Each flavor of ice cream is the same, they should all be labeled, "High fructose corn-syrup." And then you can add more of that disgusting sugar with their candy bar toppings. It is all sickly sweet, in your face, high speed, super-sized, instantly gratifying but only instantly. It leaves you with a stomach ache and nothing to gain from it.
How different this is from the deep, rich, and savory- made with fresh ingredients gelato that was in front of me. Gelato is a higher art form from ice cream- it is the sophisticated version. I am an advocate for this dessert wherever I go, and I discourage many ice cream- eaters to never settle for something less than the best.
I explained all of this to my date who politely disagreed. He hasn't called since, but that's just fine with me. I can find the gelato place on my own now and appreciate its many pleasures without interruption.
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Conventional vs. Natural Treatments for Cushing's Disease in Dogs
on November 14, 2011
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Cushing's Disease or Hyperadrenocorticism is a common endocrine disease in older dogs. The adrenal gland is located at the top of the kidney and is one of the major glands of body. The adrenal gland produces hormones like cortisol, and adrenalin. It is this gland this responsible for the "automatic" fight or flight response that all mammals feel when stressed. It is also responsible for producing our own natural cortisone. The adrenal gland is under the control of the pituitary gland, a small gland that resides in the base of the brain. A tumor in the pituitary gland or the adrenal gland can cause the gland to produce too much cortisol and then the animal suffers the same effect as if he or she were taking too much cortisone. If the animals suffers from the tumor in the pituitary gland the condition is called Pituitary Dependent Hyperadrenocorticism (PDHA). If the tumor is in the adrenal gland itself it is called Non Pituitary Dependent Hyperadrenocorticism. It is important to differentiate between the two conditions as the treatment for each is different.
Clinical signs for both types are the same: excess drinking and excess urination, excess eating, swollen abdomen and thin skin with loss of undercoat, excess panting, lethargy, hairloss on body but not on legs or head, poor wound healing, and increased susceptibility to infections. Some dogs will show many of these signs and others only one. Cushing's disease may be suspected with routine blood work but actual diagnosis is difficult and involves a lot of different tests to determine if it truly is Cushing's disease and if so which type.
Conventional treatment of Cushing's Disease is dependent on the type. If your dog has an Adrenal tumor then the treatment is surgical removal. This is a dangerous surgery and should only be done by a Board Certified Veterinary Surgeon who has had experience with it. PDHA is treated with drugs that have been used for chemotherapy. The 2 most common treatments are Lysodren (OPDDD) and Trilostane. Both of these drugs have side effects. Lysodren has been around for a number of years and works by killing off the adrenal cells that produce the cortisone. These cells grow back and so after the initial treatment a weekly dose of Lysodren is needed for the animals lifetime. This drug can cause inappetence, vomiting, diarrhea and weakness. Dogs on this medication need to be closely monitored. Trilostane has fewer side effects but is quite expensive.
Natural treatments for Cushing's disease include Chinese herbs, acupuncture and sometimes some Western herbs. However, you need to see a TCVM practitioner–a veterinarian trained in this, holistic medicine or homeopathy as each case is individual and without the proper diagnosis you will not see the proper result. That said you can use some herbs and over the counter medications that may work or support the adrenal glands. In actual fact Western medications just control the disease not cure it and this is the same with herbs. PetWellBeing has a product called Supraglan which works in many cases and is worth a try. Remember your dog should not be treated for Cushing's Disease unless he is having symptoms–no one should be treating a lab test.
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Getting a part-time job during college years pursuing your degree in education is not a piece of cake, but the advantages are typically larger than the wages paid. When the doom and gloom becomes a bitter reality, an overwhelming number of students start looking for part-time job opportunities. In actuality, the ballpark number of those who live in a classes-workplace mode is one-third. Almost half of the working student toll claims that their first job greatly helped their future career to take a wing.
You can earn money for fun and entertainment. You can raise money for tuition. However, gaining an actual working experience is what goes an extra mile for you. The studies proved that education students who have a 30-hour working week do just as well on their studies as those who don't have a job. This is indeed a huge asset of being occupied with work and studies at the same time – you learn right time management and don't fritter away precious time.
As well as maintaining self-discipline, working part-time is also a great way to learn how to spend the money wisely. There's a slim chance that you would spend the money on something you don't really need when you know what it is worth to earn them. The satisfaction at being financially independent is barely comparable to anything else. There are still some things to be aware of while searching for a balance between job and classes.
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- Job and classes combined isn't something for the weak-nerved. Yet don't let the work get the best of you. You will have to admit that it is better to take less working hours, but get a decent sleeping time. With deadlines hanging over your head, be careful not to throw your academic career into question.


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Jack believes that the female suspect has Tony in custody. Michelle sends Curtis as well as LAPD backup.
Audrey explains to Novick that she hasn't found the missile on the satellite.
Michelle scrambles to find units to send to Jack, and Buchanan must calm her down. Michelle realizes that she is losing focus and she promises not to lose sight of the big picture. They must apprehend this woman alive and nothing else matters, including Tony.
Tony is bound and gagged in a vacant apartment. He's stripped of his shirt. Mandy researches Tony's background on a laptop. She sees a story on the web about his dismissal from CTU and his connection to Michelle.
Marwan calls Mandy and tells her not to be late for their meeting. Mandy asks Tony if Michelle would commit treason to save his life, like he did for her two years ago.
Audrey tells Palmer and Novick that having the satellite make another pass may take hours and will probably be too late to find the missile. Palmer asks her to compile disaster scenarios for all the urban cities within the missile's range. That includes twenty of the largest cities in America.
Michelle instructs Edgar to alert their teams that the objective is to capture the suspect and proceed as if there is no hostage. Michelle gets a call from Mandy, who sends a photo message of Tony to prove that he's alive. Mandy wants Michelle to help her escape. Michelle stalls, but Mandy demands that one of the exits be cleared or else Tony will be killed.
Michelle admits to Buchanan that she can't sacrifice the lives of millions of people. She tells him about the call from the woman holding Tony hostage.
Buchanan immediately radios Jack and gives him the news. Jack asks Michelle to let the woman think she is cooperating. He promises to do everything he can to save Tony. Michelle confesses to Buchanan that she was ready to do whatever the woman wanted for Tony
Curtis arrives on the scene and Jack briefs him on the plan. They are going to proceed as if Michelle had not betrayed the hostile.
Buchanan radios Jack that the woman has not yet called Michelle back. There are no fingerprints anywhere in the apartment and there is no voiceprint from the call. This woman must be a professional mercenary.
Mandy watches through binoculars as the police vehicles move out from the area that she had cleared with Michelle. She then tasers Tony and he passes out. Mandy applies lipstick and goes outside the apartment.
Mandy knocks on a neighbor's door. She shoots one of the roommates, and tells the other two to keep quiet.
President Logan informs Palmer that the Chinese are determined to blame America for the raid on the Consulate. Palmer assures him that CTU is having the agent in the photo removed from their site. Logan becomes agitated and worried that the missile is targeted at the White House."We will prevent the warhead from going off,"Palmer says emphatically. He advises Logan to remain presidential.
Bern, the agent in the surveillance photo at the Chinese Consulate, calls Buchanan to let him know that he's arrived in San Diego. He is to fabricate an alibi with the local CTU office. The accompanying agent leads Bern to a car, but Cheng, the head of security for the Consulate, is inside. Bern struggles and the men hold him at gunpoint. The real CTU agents are tied up outside the hangar.
Cheng demands that Bern answer questions about the raid on the Consulate because the Chinese government insists that someone take responsibility for the death of the Consul. Cheng wants to know who gave the orders. When Bern refuses to answer, Cheng says he will convince him to change his mind.
Mandy calls Michelle, who confirms that the teams have been deployed. Mandy threatens to blow Tony's brains out if she thinks this is a trap. When she hangs up, Michelle snaps at Edgar. Buchanan and Chloe notice Michelle's growing anxiety.
The CTU teams hide in the area near the apartment exit. As the rain falls, Jack spots a woman and a man walking under an umbrella.
Mandy calls Michelle and says that she has Tony at gunpoint. Michelle confirms that her agents are cleared out.
Jack thinks it's strange that the woman is in the open and risking her exposure. Mandy tells Michelle that she will give her Tony's location once she's out.
As the couple approaches a parked car, Mandy spots the agents who are about to descend upon them. She chastises Michelle for selling her out. Suddenly, the car explodes. Michelle watches from the video monitors and screams in horror. Jack runs out to the flaming wreck and radios back that the woman blew herself up with Tony.
Buchanan calls the President and Palmer to explain that their only lead killed herself with Tony. He says that CTU has no expectation of locating the missile. Palmer thinks they must alert the agencies and military to prepare for the aftermath of martial law. They have Buchanan redirect CTU's priority to disaster management.
Logan blames Palmer for allowing the worst disaster in American history. Palmer is stunned at Logan's ingratitude.
Buchanan consoles Michelle. He says that the woman would have probably killed Tony anyway, and that she made the right decision to not give in to her demands. Despite her insistence that she keep working, Buchanan orders Michelle to go home.
Jack replays the last phone call, trying to find an answer. He tells Buchanan that it doesn't make sense that this woman would blow herself up when she was a professional and not a fanatic. Buchanan thinks Jack is only blaming himself for Tony's death and gives him a direct order from the White House to move out.
Jack listens to the call on a headset and realizes that it wasn't made from outside where it is raining. The woman was calling from indoors with a view to the car. Jack has Curtis alert the teams to move in.
From inside the apartment, Mandy tells Tony that the agents are coming back in. Her neighbors had been blown up for nothing. She has him take off the handcuffs, and dress in another outfit. Mandy leads him out at gunpoint. Tony sees broken glass on the floor. He purposefully steps on it and grinds his bare feet in. As he walks, he leaves a trail of blood.
As Jack and Curtis look through every hall in the complex, another agent radios that he found fresh blood outside a door. They run to that apartment and Jack sees the blood trail on the ground. He leads the team to follow it.
Mandy takes Tony to an underground parking garage. He ducks under her gun and slams her into a column. She fights back, but Tony manages to kick and head butt her with his cuffed hands. Mandy regains her weapon and Tony gives in.
Jack appears and trains his weapon on Mandy. Tony encourages Jack to do whatever is necessary to take her down."Do you really have what it takes to let me kill him while you're looking him in the eye?"Mandy asks. Without hesitation, Jack answers yes. She is about to call his bluff, when Jack sees Curtis come from behind. He calls to Tony, who ducks as Curtis grabs Mandy. She is apprehended. Tony asks if Michelle knows that he's alive. Jack calls CTU to tell Buchanan what has transpired. Buchanan says he will find Michelle on her cell.
Michelle is sitting in her car in the CTU parking lot when her cell phone rings. It is Tony, who explains that the woman had someone else wear his clothes. He says he's coming back to CTU to see her."I love you,"he says. Michelle is in tears.
Jack grabs Mandy by the throat and asks where Marwan is. He knows she is a professional hitwoman and that they are running out of time to torture her. Jack offers to grant her a Presidential pardon for past and present crimes in return for Marwan's location."You are either gonna help me now, or I will kill you,"he threatens. Mandy asks to see the deal.
Bern is held in a warehouse by Chinese henchmen. Cheng shows Bern the surveillance photo of him and demands to know who lead the mission. Cheng offers to ship him to a labor camp in Siberia without telling the U.S. government. There will be no chance of rescue or escape. Bern finally relents and tells Cheng who commanded the raid."His name is Jack Bauer,"he says.


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Will Americans fifty years from now be whistling the tuens of today and marveling at what fun people managed to have during the hard times of 1980? The question comes to mind as Broadway crowds stand in line to be exhilarated by the echoes of the songs and dances of the 1930s' depression in the new/old musical " 42nd Street." If this is the kind of plain delight brought about when things are bad, it's almost enough -- almostm -- to make us worry about what gloom might descend if those economists are right who way the recession is over. And we sonder if Ronald Reagan may be onto something other than politics when he calls the recession of a depression -- that Americans have proved in a depression they can keep their sunny sides up.
But what help they had in 1933 from the talents in their midst! That was the year when the movies included not only Ruby Keeler in "42nd Street," which has now taken to the stage with additional material from the period, but Ginger Rogers in "Sitting Pretty," Joan Crawford in "Dancing Lady," Bing Crosby in "Going Hollywood" -- all musicals in which show business itself was part of the story. "42nd Street" is the quintessential fable of the talented unknown who replaces the star at the last minute and justifies the labors of all who have had faith in her.
The plot, to be sure, is little but a device to display a few basic human attitudes: shyness overcome by spunk, despair overcome by action, jealousy overcome by justice. And to wrap it all in music and dancing -- especially, for some reason, tap dancing. Was it because almost anybody could tap dance a little -- as a spectator did during the intermission of last Saturday's matinee -- and thus the audiences could almost feel in their bones the magic of the experts on screen and stage? At any rate, when "42nd Street" opens on a crowded stage resounding with simple tap steps, a 1980 audience welcomes it with the open arms that the fun of the depression days somehow invites.
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