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SCRABBLE
Expand your vocabulary and have an amazing time doing it - there are few things in life that can deliver on that promise, but this is one of them. No, no, no, it's not reading the dictionary - it's playing SCRABBLE!
With your selection of seven letters, make the best words that will score the most points and turn you into a SCRABBLE champion!
Now you can bring one of the most beloved board games ever right to your computer screen. It's the same excellent game SCRABBLE fans love, only with great new features and extras!
Multiple Ways to Play to Keep You Entertained
For lovers of the traditional Scrabble board game, Classic SCRABBLE delivers the exact same experience you get from playing the board game -- same rules, same scoring, same everything.
But now this version of SCRABBLE gives you more - it also includes Speed SCRABBLE, which in itself includes three types of games:
- With Blitz mode, every move is a frantic race against the clock!
- Tournament-style Speed SCRABBLE has fixed rules, and those games determines your personalized rating.
- In Custom Tournament mode, you can adjust time and word assistance options.
There are so many different ways to enjoy SCRABBLE and keep playing the same game you love while improving your skills and growing your vocabulary!
Play a Satisfying Game of SCRABBLE Whenever You Want!
No more waiting for friends to come over or family to get home - now you can play anytime. Practice your skills and you'll really show 'em how it's done when they finally get up the courage to play you!
SCRABBLE offers a variety of player options for you - go up against a friend, the computer, or simply play solitaire SCRABBLE by yourself and try to beat your high score!
Saturday, February 09, 2008
Call Of Duty 4 Cheat Codes
Cheats are unlocked not by inserting passwords, but by acquiring the thirty Intel Pieces strewn throughout the game. The more of them you collect, the more cheats you can access. On the left are the number of Intel Pieces collected, and on the right are the cheats that are unlocked, with an explanation of what each does.
2 - "CoD Noir" Play the game in black and white.
4 - "Photo-Negative" Game colors become inverted.
6 - "Super Contrast" Game's contrast increases.
8 - "Ragtime Warfare" The game feels like an old silent movie.
10 - "Cluster Bombs" One frag grenade thrown equals five in explosion.
15 - "A Bad Year" Enemies explode into tires when shot.
20 - "Slow-Mo Ability" Game plays at 40% normal speed.
30 - "Infinite Ammo" Just what it says.
Unlockable: Arcade Mode
To unlock Arcade Mode, beat the game once through on any difficulty level. Arcade Mode itself is split into two options - Full Challenge or Level Challenge - that add extra replayability to the game.
Unlockable: Prestige Mode
To unlock Prestige Mode, which is a multiplayer-only mode, you must reach experience level fifty-five. Instead of capping out at level fifty-five, which is the highest level, Prestige Mode allows you to start again from level one. This can be done a total of ten times, giving you ten different icons in in-game lobbies to show your extreme achievement.
Unlockable: New Mission
To play an all-new mission, which is an extra mission after the main quest is completed, beat the game and view the ending credits thereafter. After they've run their course, you will then be given the opportunity to play one last single player mission before all is said and done.
Unlockable: Multiplayer Weapons
To unlock the following weapons in multiplayer mode, reach the numbered rank listed.
Assault Rifle (G3) - Rank 25
Assault Rifle (G36C) - Rank 37
Assault Rifle (M14) - Rank 46
Assault Rifle (M4) - Rank 10
Assault Rifle (MP44) - Rank 52
LMG (M60E4) - Rank 19
Pistol (Desert Eagle) - Rank 43
Pistol (Golden Desert Eagle) - Rank 55
Pistol (M1911) - Rank 16
Shotgun (M1014) - Rank 31
SMG (AK-74U) - Rank 28
SMG (Mini Uzi) - Rank 13
SMG (P90) - Rank 40
Sniper Rifle (Barret) - Rank 49
Sniper Rifle (Dragunov) - Rank 22
Sniper Rifle (M40) - Rank 04
Sniper Rifle (R700) - Rank 34
Unlockable: Golden Weapons
To unlock the following "Golden" weapons, fulfill the requirement listed.
AK-47 - Complete all Assault Rifle challenges
Desert Eagle - Attain Level 55
Dragonuv - Complete all Sniper Rifle challenges
M1014 - Complete all Shotgun challenges
M60 - Complete all LMG challenges
Mini-Uzi - Complete all SMG challenges
Hint: Intel Pieces
Below is the level distribution list for Intel Pieces, which are enemy laptops full of information strewn throughout the game. There are thirty of them total. The left column is the level in question, while the right column is how many Intel Pieces can be found on that level. Levels with no Intel Pieces are excluded completely.
Level 2 - 2
Level 4 - 2
Level 5 - 3
Level 6 - 2
Level 7 - 2
Level 9 - 3
Level 10 - 2
Level 12 - 2
Level 13 - 3
Level 14 - 2
Level 16 - 2
Level 17 - 1
Level 18 - 2
Level 19 - 2
2 - "CoD Noir" Play the game in black and white.
4 - "Photo-Negative" Game colors become inverted.
6 - "Super Contrast" Game's contrast increases.
8 - "Ragtime Warfare" The game feels like an old silent movie.
10 - "Cluster Bombs" One frag grenade thrown equals five in explosion.
15 - "A Bad Year" Enemies explode into tires when shot.
20 - "Slow-Mo Ability" Game plays at 40% normal speed.
30 - "Infinite Ammo" Just what it says.
Unlockable: Arcade Mode
To unlock Arcade Mode, beat the game once through on any difficulty level. Arcade Mode itself is split into two options - Full Challenge or Level Challenge - that add extra replayability to the game.
Unlockable: Prestige Mode
To unlock Prestige Mode, which is a multiplayer-only mode, you must reach experience level fifty-five. Instead of capping out at level fifty-five, which is the highest level, Prestige Mode allows you to start again from level one. This can be done a total of ten times, giving you ten different icons in in-game lobbies to show your extreme achievement.
Unlockable: New Mission
To play an all-new mission, which is an extra mission after the main quest is completed, beat the game and view the ending credits thereafter. After they've run their course, you will then be given the opportunity to play one last single player mission before all is said and done.
Unlockable: Multiplayer Weapons
To unlock the following weapons in multiplayer mode, reach the numbered rank listed.
Assault Rifle (G3) - Rank 25
Assault Rifle (G36C) - Rank 37
Assault Rifle (M14) - Rank 46
Assault Rifle (M4) - Rank 10
Assault Rifle (MP44) - Rank 52
LMG (M60E4) - Rank 19
Pistol (Desert Eagle) - Rank 43
Pistol (Golden Desert Eagle) - Rank 55
Pistol (M1911) - Rank 16
Shotgun (M1014) - Rank 31
SMG (AK-74U) - Rank 28
SMG (Mini Uzi) - Rank 13
SMG (P90) - Rank 40
Sniper Rifle (Barret) - Rank 49
Sniper Rifle (Dragunov) - Rank 22
Sniper Rifle (M40) - Rank 04
Sniper Rifle (R700) - Rank 34
Unlockable: Golden Weapons
To unlock the following "Golden" weapons, fulfill the requirement listed.
AK-47 - Complete all Assault Rifle challenges
Desert Eagle - Attain Level 55
Dragonuv - Complete all Sniper Rifle challenges
M1014 - Complete all Shotgun challenges
M60 - Complete all LMG challenges
Mini-Uzi - Complete all SMG challenges
Hint: Intel Pieces
Below is the level distribution list for Intel Pieces, which are enemy laptops full of information strewn throughout the game. There are thirty of them total. The left column is the level in question, while the right column is how many Intel Pieces can be found on that level. Levels with no Intel Pieces are excluded completely.
Level 2 - 2
Level 4 - 2
Level 5 - 3
Level 6 - 2
Level 7 - 2
Level 9 - 3
Level 10 - 2
Level 12 - 2
Level 13 - 3
Level 14 - 2
Level 16 - 2
Level 17 - 1
Level 18 - 2
Level 19 - 2
Monday, January 14, 2008
Call Of Duty 4 Demo
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is a first-person shooter developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision for PC, Nintendo DS, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. It is the fourth installment in the Call of Duty video game series (excluding expansions), the first not to be set during World War II, and the first game in the series to be rated Mature. It was announced on April 25, 2007. It was released on November 6, 2007 in North America, on November 7, 2007 in Australia, and on November 9, 2007 in Europe. The game also became available on Steam on November 6, 2007 for pre-purchase and was available to play as of November 12, 2007.The game moves away from the standard three country-specific campaign style, and allows the plot to play through more like a cinematic plot with interlaced story lines from the perspective of members of the British Special Air Service and United States Marine Corps Force Recon.
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare focuses on the variation of modern warfare as an infantry soldier by allowing the player to control soldiers in a vast number of different scenarios, straying away from the constant straight forward action of previous Call of Duty titles and allowing for both high-intensity fire fights and slower-paced drama. The series' move to modern warfare has also introduced a variety of new modern weapons and technology to the Call of Duty franchise. Such showcased weapons and attachments include M203 grenade launcher, M4A1 carbine, and the AN/PEQ-2 Target Pointer for use in conjunction with night vision goggles, MP5SD submachine guns, and the FGM-148 Javelin portable anti-tank guided missile among many others.
Download Demo Here: This Ones Huge 1.37 GB
Saturday, January 12, 2008
BMW M3 Challenge Free Full Game
The freeware game BMW M3 Challenge allows you to take BMW's 420 horsepower beast for a few spins around the Nurburgring.
BMW M3 Challenge and its four different playing modes will provide plenty of opportunity for determined practice for the soon starting worldwide online competition where talented drivers can already register on the official homepage. Up to 1000 drivers will compete against each other to prove their racing skills. The candidates will participate in more than 100 races according to the “shoot-out” method, which sends the best of them to the next race, and on to the next, etc., which become progressively more difficult. The length of the races will vary between 5 and 25 rounds. The thrilling live finale will then crown the best of 14 finalists as the vic tor. Exciting prizes await the "M3 Challenge World Champion".
Monday, January 07, 2008
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Grand Master Chess Online v2.6
Grand Master Chess cannot possibly leave any professional or amateur chess player indifferent to all the new possibilities. The game features multi-playing; a new sound effects algorithm lets you choose your own mp3 directory. Computer intellect adjustment is capable of selecting preset installations. The scaling algorithm is so remarkable that you can actually see all the small details of the chess figures. Some sets feature real figures, such as antique Iranian chess, provided be Geogiy Ivanov.
While the design varies from traditional to futuristic, flexible settings allow the levels to vary for people with different skills. There is a three-level hint (showing whether the move is available, showing all possible moves and giving advice.) Grand Master Chess supports network gaming, so you can communicate with your opponent, as well as enjoy a network chat. Network gaming lets you choose your own partners, according to your preferences or manually.
Thursday, December 06, 2007
Xmas Blox | 6 MB
Fill your X-mas games collection with Xmas bloX! From the first view at this game you realize that the festive mood will not leave you for the whole Christmas period! The game field turns into a skating rink, decorated with christmas-tree set, present boxes and iced elements (cubes). You have to put at least three cubs of the same color together so that they burst and disappear. Win this Xmas fight with the ice cubes!
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
Skipping waiting time and bypassing download limits of Rapidshare and Megaupload
Rapidshare has been an excellent tool for sharing large files. Recently users have discovered ways of bypassing the download limits and skipping the waiting time. Here are a description of these methods.
Rapidshare traces the users IP address to limit each user to a certain amount of downloading per day. To get around this, you need to show the rapidshare server a different IP address. Here are some methods for doing this:
1. Short-Out the JavaScript:
1. Goto the page you want to download
2. Select FREE button
3. In the address bar put the following: javascript:alert(c=0)
4. Click OK
5. Click OK to the pop-up box
6. Enter the captcha
7. Download Your File
2. Request a new IP address from your ISP server.
Here's how to do it in windows:
1. Click Start
2. Click run
3. In the run box type cmd.exe and click OK
4. When the command prompt opens type the following. ENTER after each new line.
ipconfig /flushdns ipconfig /release ipconfig /renew exit
5. Erase your cookies in whatever browser you are using.
6. Try the rapidshare download again. Frequently you will be assigned a new IP address when this happens. Sometime you will, sometimes you will not. If you are on a fixed IP address, this method will not work. To be honest, I do not know how to do this in linux/unix/etc. If this works for you, you may want to save the above commands into a batch file, and just run it when you need it.
3. Use a proxy with SwitchProxy and Firefox:
1. Download and install Firefox if you have not already
2. Download and install SwitchProxy
3. Google for free proxies
4. When you hit your download limit, clean your cookies and change your proxy
4. Use an anonymous service:
Running your system through the tor network should in theory work; however, it is difficult to use and setup. Plus, you allow others to run their evil deeds through your system as well by using this system. Anonymizer 2005 is inexpensive, easy to use, but not free. Other pay services would likely work as well.5. You can use a bookmarklet to stop your wait times:
1. Open IE
2. Right Click On This Link
3. Select Add to Favorites
4. Select Yes to the warning that the bookmark may be unsafe.
5. Name it "RapidShare No Wait"
6. Click on the Links folder (if you want to display it in your IE toolbar)
7. Click OK
8. You may need to close and reopen IE to see it
9. Goto rapidshare and click the bookmarklet when you are forced to wait
Rapidshare traces the users IP address to limit each user to a certain amount of downloading per day. To get around this, you need to show the rapidshare server a different IP address. Here are some methods for doing this:
1. Short-Out the JavaScript:
1. Goto the page you want to download
2. Select FREE button
3. In the address bar put the following: javascript:alert(c=0)
4. Click OK
5. Click OK to the pop-up box
6. Enter the captcha
7. Download Your File
2. Request a new IP address from your ISP server.
Here's how to do it in windows:
1. Click Start
2. Click run
3. In the run box type cmd.exe and click OK
4. When the command prompt opens type the following. ENTER after each new line.
ipconfig /flushdns ipconfig /release ipconfig /renew exit
5. Erase your cookies in whatever browser you are using.
6. Try the rapidshare download again. Frequently you will be assigned a new IP address when this happens. Sometime you will, sometimes you will not. If you are on a fixed IP address, this method will not work. To be honest, I do not know how to do this in linux/unix/etc. If this works for you, you may want to save the above commands into a batch file, and just run it when you need it.
3. Use a proxy with SwitchProxy and Firefox:
1. Download and install Firefox if you have not already
2. Download and install SwitchProxy
3. Google for free proxies
4. When you hit your download limit, clean your cookies and change your proxy
4. Use an anonymous service:
Running your system through the tor network should in theory work; however, it is difficult to use and setup. Plus, you allow others to run their evil deeds through your system as well by using this system. Anonymizer 2005 is inexpensive, easy to use, but not free. Other pay services would likely work as well.5. You can use a bookmarklet to stop your wait times:
1. Open IE
2. Right Click On This Link
3. Select Add to Favorites
4. Select Yes to the warning that the bookmark may be unsafe.
5. Name it "RapidShare No Wait"
6. Click on the Links folder (if you want to display it in your IE toolbar)
7. Click OK
8. You may need to close and reopen IE to see it
9. Goto rapidshare and click the bookmarklet when you are forced to wait
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Friday, November 16, 2007
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2006
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2006JPG
411 Pictures
~ 460 x 600
35 MbAll 25 Models + Maria Sharapova + Cover
Depositfiles: Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2006
Rapidshare: Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2006
Password (if required): www.AvaxHome.ru
Wolf 3D
This is Wolfenstein 3D and Spear of Destiny running with the openGL port NewWolf. The Wall and Door textures are all high-resolution. The user-made episodes that are included in this collection use the original Wolf/Spear Graphics. The HUD is high-res and numerous object sprites are 3D-models. The bad-guys and dogs remain sprites. Mouse and keyboard controls are some whatimproved compared to what you get running the original Games in DOSBox or VDMSound.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Mandira Bedi - Maxim Magazine April 2007
Mandira Bedi is an Indian Bollywood actress, who shot to international fame first as television star in the soap Shanti and then as a television presenter during the 2003 Cricket World Cup and also in 2007 Cricket World Cup. Although she doesn't quite contribute to the cricket talk shows in sense of knowledge but she does contribute to the X-factor leading to increased TRPs of the show. Bedi created a stir in Bangladesh over her unwarranted criticism of the Bangladeshi Cricket Team following their defeat of India in the World Cup 2007 group stages. She also reportedly loves wearing off-shoulder tops. She recently posed for the magazine Maxim. She was born and brought up in Bombay, and is married to an Indian movie director Raj Kaushal and lives in Bandra, Mumbai. She received national acclaim through her debut television serial Shanti (1995).
Download Link
Monday, November 12, 2007
El Dorado Quest v1.0 | Arcade | 21 Mb
Link: Download Here
Air Shark 2 | 11 MB
The ultimate helicopter game with great graphics and gorgeous effects awaits you! Today, you got a chance to fly the most advanced helicopters on the planet. All its power is under your control. Bring the enemies to justice now! Varying landscapes, the darkness of night, and mighty enemies lie ahead. But, prove your worth and you'll be rewarded! Crush them!*
Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista*
500MHz*
128 MB RAM
Link: Download Here
Saturday, November 03, 2007
Review WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2007
Man invented sports so he could stop fighting and start competing as a method to show off his skills. We went back to fighting in no time and so we have the violent sports we've come to know and appreciate: K1, wrestling, boxing, street fighting and many more. Well, some of them go beyond the "sport" concept and others are even illegal. Wrestling has become a phenomenon that's more important than American football in some regions of the USA. Keep a man at the office in a WWE night and you're bound to see strikes and people quitting their jobs. Once you've watched a wrestling show for the first time, it's in your blood and you'll want more and more each time. Stuck while playing the game? Check out the cheats section if you want to unlock new characters and moves.
Story
The only stories you'll hear in WWE SmackDown vs RAW 2007 are the rivalries between the hundreds of fighters and the reasons for those animosities. Basically, they don't even know each other, that's a reason good enough to smash someone's head with a chair and claim his championship belt.
Concept
In this title, producers seem to have forgotten that we gamers are called that way because we transformed the noun "game" into a verb - "to game", creating the new noun "gamer" immediately afterwards. And what does that say? We love playing games, enjoying the graphics, analyzing gameplay, sharing experiences, listening to the soundtrack and watching cutscenes. In WWE 2007, we must take a patience test, because of the never-ending customization process. Here's the best example for that: the locker room mode. You'll be able to customize the fighter's chill out place, where he prepares for the great fight. Setup the room lighting, the wall pattern, choose a set of stairs, select some new furniture, just a lot of options that will give you nothing more than headaches. Leaving the customization-related frustrations aside, you can select the Exhibition mode from the main menu if you're in a hurry and need to play a violent match badly.
Story
The only stories you'll hear in WWE SmackDown vs RAW 2007 are the rivalries between the hundreds of fighters and the reasons for those animosities. Basically, they don't even know each other, that's a reason good enough to smash someone's head with a chair and claim his championship belt.
Concept
In this title, producers seem to have forgotten that we gamers are called that way because we transformed the noun "game" into a verb - "to game", creating the new noun "gamer" immediately afterwards. And what does that say? We love playing games, enjoying the graphics, analyzing gameplay, sharing experiences, listening to the soundtrack and watching cutscenes. In WWE 2007, we must take a patience test, because of the never-ending customization process. Here's the best example for that: the locker room mode. You'll be able to customize the fighter's chill out place, where he prepares for the great fight. Setup the room lighting, the wall pattern, choose a set of stairs, select some new furniture, just a lot of options that will give you nothing more than headaches. Leaving the customization-related frustrations aside, you can select the Exhibition mode from the main menu if you're in a hurry and need to play a violent match badly.
In this mode, you'll also have the option of picking one of the many sub-modes: Single, Tag Team, Triple Threat, Fatal 4 Way, Royal Rumble, Main Events or Title Match. You can select a manager or manage a fighter yourself, perhaps you'd like a certain player number 2 to be your manager by inserting a second joystick in the PS2 port. The many sub-modes you saw earlier are also divided into other sub-sub-modes, making a rushed gamer angry with all this choosing. You can play some sort of a versus match with the CPU, or make a party and start a three-on-three match or a 4-way fight. Also, if you're in for some tough challenges, choose a handicap to let the opponent start the fight with an advantage.
Royal Rumble is a massive battle that involves all the players available in WWE and it's practically a quick way to gather 30 people in a small perimeter and make them go berserk, throwing chairs at each other and breaking their bones. There's also a way to fight inside a steel cage and let me tell you that there's no escape once you enter that deadly trap. Prepare to be dismembered and I'm not using a metaphor as guys like Hulk Hogan will almost rip you apart by dragging your fainted body around and slamming it to the walls. There's no discrimination in WWE or RAW, as both sports allow men and women to compete, but in their separate categories, according to their weight or experience.
Back to the infernal main menu, you aren't safe yet as many options are to be customized and game modes to be selected. If you're a cerebral gamer (is there any such thing?) you might want to check out the season mode or the general manager mode. Seriously speaking, what's so fascinating about getting sponsors, making contracts and watching your fighter do his job. The messages will be delivered on a mobile phone screen and you'll be able to create rivalries through pre-match declarations and taunts. If your guy gets the golden belt, you're loaded! Thank God there's no manager room customizing, since this is no house decorating simulator.
Frustrated by all these modes and options? Create your own competition, name it, pick an arena, the number of matches and the guys to do the commentary. There’s also an option called Create modes which allows you to make your own superstar, your own move set, championship and stable. You won't be able to create a Hulk Hogan right from the start, but you can use some of the samples that the producers offer you. You start out with a guy in his underwear and you'll tweak and customize every muscle of his body, inputing his name, nickname and introduction. Pick a home town, the gender, weight class, match tactic, voice type, so many options really remind me of Mortal Kombat Armageddon's Kreate a Fighter Mode or the endless customizing sessions that the latest FIFA games offered us. Even if the newborn fighter is a fat lady with spikes on her leather jacket or a slim guy with a red mask and horns, it all comes down to the fighting techniques.
Royal Rumble is a massive battle that involves all the players available in WWE and it's practically a quick way to gather 30 people in a small perimeter and make them go berserk, throwing chairs at each other and breaking their bones. There's also a way to fight inside a steel cage and let me tell you that there's no escape once you enter that deadly trap. Prepare to be dismembered and I'm not using a metaphor as guys like Hulk Hogan will almost rip you apart by dragging your fainted body around and slamming it to the walls. There's no discrimination in WWE or RAW, as both sports allow men and women to compete, but in their separate categories, according to their weight or experience.
Back to the infernal main menu, you aren't safe yet as many options are to be customized and game modes to be selected. If you're a cerebral gamer (is there any such thing?) you might want to check out the season mode or the general manager mode. Seriously speaking, what's so fascinating about getting sponsors, making contracts and watching your fighter do his job. The messages will be delivered on a mobile phone screen and you'll be able to create rivalries through pre-match declarations and taunts. If your guy gets the golden belt, you're loaded! Thank God there's no manager room customizing, since this is no house decorating simulator.
Frustrated by all these modes and options? Create your own competition, name it, pick an arena, the number of matches and the guys to do the commentary. There’s also an option called Create modes which allows you to make your own superstar, your own move set, championship and stable. You won't be able to create a Hulk Hogan right from the start, but you can use some of the samples that the producers offer you. You start out with a guy in his underwear and you'll tweak and customize every muscle of his body, inputing his name, nickname and introduction. Pick a home town, the gender, weight class, match tactic, voice type, so many options really remind me of Mortal Kombat Armageddon's Kreate a Fighter Mode or the endless customizing sessions that the latest FIFA games offered us. Even if the newborn fighter is a fat lady with spikes on her leather jacket or a slim guy with a red mask and horns, it all comes down to the fighting techniques.
Speaking of which, you should remember to create a move set, by using dashes, rope diving skills or special moves. The combos you make are the combos you'll do throughout the game with the character of your choice. 40% of a wrestling match you see on TV is the entrance of the fighter and his introduction. "Coming from Hell, this huge beast will rock this place with his cruelty and devastating blows!", that's how it all sounds accompanied by rock tunes and fireworks. You'll be able to create that special atmosphere that makes the arenas in the US get filled with fans. Setup fireworks, choose the lighting angle, set the music and the cameras, place a ramp and preview the whole thing to see the introduction of your fighter.
When you're playing a game that offers you tons of options and customizable aspects big loading times are exactly what you don't need. Well...guess what? Those loading times are pretty big and you'll get angry while mashing the buttons to skip the many entrances in a tag fight. Take it slow and watch the tutorial movies a bit before going into a real fight. You'll learn new strategies, combat moves and see the new features of the 2007 installment of the best wrestling game on the market. WWE vs RAW 2007 offers some famous playgrounds for all of your wrestling fans out there: Velocity, Heat, Judgment Day or Armageddon being only the tip of the iceberg. Those names aren't only for fun, I can tell you that!
Gameplay
Nobody cares about the game's many options when the lights are on and the show begins. Listen to the rock tunes, listen to the crowd screaming for blood and pain and you'll enjoy an experience that surpasses the adrenaline burst of televised WWE match. Enter the ring and smack your opponent, drag him on the floor and hold him down for 3 seconds to win. It's magnificent when the crowd, commentator and referee count to the end of the round, but your foe might get up at any time and kick you till you're down and getting a countdown. The analog sticks are extremely useful in WWE vs RAW 2007 since you won't be able to make a single combo without those two.
Pressing the left analog stick together with the triangle button, while you're near the edge of the ring will make your fighter jump on the opponent by using the ropes as support. Although there are game modes that don't allow you to descend from the ring and most of the times you'll get penalties for that, any fighter can do it with the sole purpose of finding objects to smash the other title contenders. There are hundreds of moves to perform in the game and some of them are so dirty that there's no reason to even think about a fair fight. Grab a wrestler's foot, while you're out of the ring, kick him below the belt or when he's down.... everything's allowed.
The referee is only a clown dressed in dark colors and he won't interfere much as he fears the enraged beasts called wrestling fighters. In WWE vs RAW 2007, the players can perform some of the strongest grapples I've seen and I must tell you that I've watched a lot of WWE on TV. Wrestling is based mostly on attacking and there's no point in defending since WWE is not some arcade fighting title. There’s no parry concept and the only thing you can do is dodge the other fighter's killer moves. While doing this, keep your eye on the stamina meter and if you toss some overweight guy around, you'll be huffing and puffing worse than the wolf that destroyed the 3 piglets' houses. You can regain stamina by tapping the circle button and usually that will be a bad thing, because it will make your character stand still while he's being pounded by other wrestlers.
Finishing moves make the whole thing worthwhile and you'll be able to perform them by building your momentum that brings you enough fame to perform those cool ending combos. Hold the opponent in the air, twist his neck and humiliate him in front of the crowd by rubbing his face on the ropes. After you're done with the humiliation it's time for a kickass finishing move that would even make Bam-Bam Biggelow jealous. I mentioned before the lack of specific ring-out rules, but there is one fight mode that will have you eliminated if you step out: the royal rumble. It seems pretty logical since there are 20 men on a small ring at the same time.
There's a ring out meter that can get depleted if you grapple a fighter and tap any button quickly enough. Eliminate those guys to get points and get rid of them and fill your own ring-out meter. Finishing moves can be stored at any time and they're useful when you want to free yourself from an ultimate control move. With a single press of the start button you'll see (another) complex menu with the option of seeing camera cuts, targeting indicators, match tactics or match rules. Before starting the fight, you'd better select the clean or dirty version of the famous wrestlers if you want to play it tough or play by the unwritten rules of WWE.
Video
The game's menu is very well done and you'll forget about the many options by watching the looping cutscene on the right side of the screen. It will show you some memorable moments from the WWE show or the best fights ever seen on the TV show. Beautiful women catch the eye and they alternate with bloody combos and deadly moves. What's more fascinating, a girl with very short bikini or a man that jumps on his foe's stomach from the top of a ladder? WWE vs RAW 2007 combines these two features into a brutal game with decent graphics and effect.
I have to say that the Xbox 360 is way better in the graphics field, but it's a next-gen console after all and PS2 has a natural handicap because of its age. Don't imagine that you'll see a crowd "a la FIFA", because those guys are more mobile than the fighters, showing banners that say " The Referee is Blind" or cheering for their favorite wrestlers. It's OK to watch the same scenes we see on the wrestling shows in a game, but when 4 fighter presentations precede the actual fight, you start losing your temper. Too many cutscenes can frustrate the gamer whose desire is to break as many bones as possible. If you have the time and patience to watch those fancy fighter presentations, you'll see fireworks and highlights from the wrestler's career. Cool stuff like blood stains on the ring's floor or fighters descending from the ring to grab a chair or an electrical wire to strangle the other wrestler make the gaming experience complete and look exactly like we would want a real fight to do.
Sound
The commentators are pretty good, making jokes all the time and screaming at the top of their lungs when you grapple an opponent or do a finishing move. They're as crazy as the ones on the TV shows, but they can become distracted and talk about other fighters than the two guys battling it out in the ring. They encourage violent behavior and seem to want more blood than the public, so the commentary is rather maniacal and pretty good for such a game. The heavy rock music goes perfectly with the hardcore fights and the crowd fits in perfectly, too. They'll scream your name, ask for more violence or boo if one fighter is trying to escape his doom. Listen to punk, rock or techno while browsing the too complex menus and hear the countdown done directly by the crowd when you or the other guy are down on the floor in agony.
Multiplayer
Up to 6 players can enlist in this deadly competition that awards the winner with a golden belt and the reputation of the best bone-breaker and wrestler in the world. 4 players can try a Tag team battle online and if you don't have an internet connection, you can bring some friends over to your house and turn a WWE-watching night into a WWE vs RAW playing one. Choose a competitive or a team competition and defend your teammate or stall the others as they try to crush him. Deadly trios and 4-way fights, together with total chaos brought by the lack of a proper referee and some standard rules. Twist, grab, grapple, hit, there will be so much violence in those multiplayer matches that any Die Hard movie will seem an episode from the Pokemon series.
Conclusion
I have never seen a fighting game with such depth and atmosphere and the twenty years of violent entertainment called WWE are condensed into one fine PS2 title. Those who have never watched a wrestling match will be shocked and the fans will be screaming for more blood, while playing the game before and after the weekly WWE dose, available in the weekend nights.
When you're playing a game that offers you tons of options and customizable aspects big loading times are exactly what you don't need. Well...guess what? Those loading times are pretty big and you'll get angry while mashing the buttons to skip the many entrances in a tag fight. Take it slow and watch the tutorial movies a bit before going into a real fight. You'll learn new strategies, combat moves and see the new features of the 2007 installment of the best wrestling game on the market. WWE vs RAW 2007 offers some famous playgrounds for all of your wrestling fans out there: Velocity, Heat, Judgment Day or Armageddon being only the tip of the iceberg. Those names aren't only for fun, I can tell you that!
Gameplay
Nobody cares about the game's many options when the lights are on and the show begins. Listen to the rock tunes, listen to the crowd screaming for blood and pain and you'll enjoy an experience that surpasses the adrenaline burst of televised WWE match. Enter the ring and smack your opponent, drag him on the floor and hold him down for 3 seconds to win. It's magnificent when the crowd, commentator and referee count to the end of the round, but your foe might get up at any time and kick you till you're down and getting a countdown. The analog sticks are extremely useful in WWE vs RAW 2007 since you won't be able to make a single combo without those two.
Pressing the left analog stick together with the triangle button, while you're near the edge of the ring will make your fighter jump on the opponent by using the ropes as support. Although there are game modes that don't allow you to descend from the ring and most of the times you'll get penalties for that, any fighter can do it with the sole purpose of finding objects to smash the other title contenders. There are hundreds of moves to perform in the game and some of them are so dirty that there's no reason to even think about a fair fight. Grab a wrestler's foot, while you're out of the ring, kick him below the belt or when he's down.... everything's allowed.
The referee is only a clown dressed in dark colors and he won't interfere much as he fears the enraged beasts called wrestling fighters. In WWE vs RAW 2007, the players can perform some of the strongest grapples I've seen and I must tell you that I've watched a lot of WWE on TV. Wrestling is based mostly on attacking and there's no point in defending since WWE is not some arcade fighting title. There’s no parry concept and the only thing you can do is dodge the other fighter's killer moves. While doing this, keep your eye on the stamina meter and if you toss some overweight guy around, you'll be huffing and puffing worse than the wolf that destroyed the 3 piglets' houses. You can regain stamina by tapping the circle button and usually that will be a bad thing, because it will make your character stand still while he's being pounded by other wrestlers.
Finishing moves make the whole thing worthwhile and you'll be able to perform them by building your momentum that brings you enough fame to perform those cool ending combos. Hold the opponent in the air, twist his neck and humiliate him in front of the crowd by rubbing his face on the ropes. After you're done with the humiliation it's time for a kickass finishing move that would even make Bam-Bam Biggelow jealous. I mentioned before the lack of specific ring-out rules, but there is one fight mode that will have you eliminated if you step out: the royal rumble. It seems pretty logical since there are 20 men on a small ring at the same time.
There's a ring out meter that can get depleted if you grapple a fighter and tap any button quickly enough. Eliminate those guys to get points and get rid of them and fill your own ring-out meter. Finishing moves can be stored at any time and they're useful when you want to free yourself from an ultimate control move. With a single press of the start button you'll see (another) complex menu with the option of seeing camera cuts, targeting indicators, match tactics or match rules. Before starting the fight, you'd better select the clean or dirty version of the famous wrestlers if you want to play it tough or play by the unwritten rules of WWE.
Video
The game's menu is very well done and you'll forget about the many options by watching the looping cutscene on the right side of the screen. It will show you some memorable moments from the WWE show or the best fights ever seen on the TV show. Beautiful women catch the eye and they alternate with bloody combos and deadly moves. What's more fascinating, a girl with very short bikini or a man that jumps on his foe's stomach from the top of a ladder? WWE vs RAW 2007 combines these two features into a brutal game with decent graphics and effect.
I have to say that the Xbox 360 is way better in the graphics field, but it's a next-gen console after all and PS2 has a natural handicap because of its age. Don't imagine that you'll see a crowd "a la FIFA", because those guys are more mobile than the fighters, showing banners that say " The Referee is Blind" or cheering for their favorite wrestlers. It's OK to watch the same scenes we see on the wrestling shows in a game, but when 4 fighter presentations precede the actual fight, you start losing your temper. Too many cutscenes can frustrate the gamer whose desire is to break as many bones as possible. If you have the time and patience to watch those fancy fighter presentations, you'll see fireworks and highlights from the wrestler's career. Cool stuff like blood stains on the ring's floor or fighters descending from the ring to grab a chair or an electrical wire to strangle the other wrestler make the gaming experience complete and look exactly like we would want a real fight to do.
Sound
The commentators are pretty good, making jokes all the time and screaming at the top of their lungs when you grapple an opponent or do a finishing move. They're as crazy as the ones on the TV shows, but they can become distracted and talk about other fighters than the two guys battling it out in the ring. They encourage violent behavior and seem to want more blood than the public, so the commentary is rather maniacal and pretty good for such a game. The heavy rock music goes perfectly with the hardcore fights and the crowd fits in perfectly, too. They'll scream your name, ask for more violence or boo if one fighter is trying to escape his doom. Listen to punk, rock or techno while browsing the too complex menus and hear the countdown done directly by the crowd when you or the other guy are down on the floor in agony.
Multiplayer
Up to 6 players can enlist in this deadly competition that awards the winner with a golden belt and the reputation of the best bone-breaker and wrestler in the world. 4 players can try a Tag team battle online and if you don't have an internet connection, you can bring some friends over to your house and turn a WWE-watching night into a WWE vs RAW playing one. Choose a competitive or a team competition and defend your teammate or stall the others as they try to crush him. Deadly trios and 4-way fights, together with total chaos brought by the lack of a proper referee and some standard rules. Twist, grab, grapple, hit, there will be so much violence in those multiplayer matches that any Die Hard movie will seem an episode from the Pokemon series.
Conclusion
I have never seen a fighting game with such depth and atmosphere and the twenty years of violent entertainment called WWE are condensed into one fine PS2 title. Those who have never watched a wrestling match will be shocked and the fans will be screaming for more blood, while playing the game before and after the weekly WWE dose, available in the weekend nights.
Source: http://www.softpedia.com
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
International Cricket Captain III 7.01
International Cricket Captain is back in 2007 with a brand new edition to take the game to a whole new generation of fans.This truly is the game for cricket fans, where you can test your skills as a captain, selector, and coach in the most testing arena of all. With incredible attention to detail and realism you'll be stunned by this revolution in cricket management games.The game engine has been re-engineered from the bottom up to create an exciting new experience, but retains all the features you know and love. Take charge of a domestic or international team and steer them to victory through every match of the season. You control all aspects of the team's progress; from transfers, team selection and training, to detailed match tactics. Choose your bowlers, plan their line of attack, set their fields and then watch the highlights to see if you get that vital breakthrough. Ask your batsmen to make hay while the sun shines or defend through the fading light.
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Neverwinter Nights
Neverwinter Nights (NWN) is a computer game set in a huge medieval fantasy world of Dungeons and Dragons. This role-playing game (RPG) puts you at the center of an epic tale of faith, war, and betrayal.
As a player, you are able to choose what skills and abilities you will develop as you voyage though the complex and dangerous fantasy world of Forgotten Realms. Be a deadly and dangerous Rogue moving through the shadows using stealth and secrecy, be a scholarly Wizard and wield powerful magic against your enemies, be a hulking Barbarian whose lust for battle is matched only by his terrible rage, be an armor-clad Paladin who protects the innocent and vanquishes his foes, be a crusading Cleric who heals the sick and defends the helpless… be all this and more.
Neverwinter Nights allows you to create your own worlds. This revolutionary game will come with all the tools needed to construct your own unique lands of adventure. The Neverwinter Nights Aurora Toolset allows even novice users to construct everything from a quiet, misty forest or a dripping cavern of foul evil, to a king’s court. All the monsters, items, set pieces and settings are there for world builders to use. But do not stop there; construct traps, encounters, custom monsters and magic items to make your adventure unique.
But the Neverwinter experience is not just for one person- adventure with all your friends. Neverwinter Nights can be played online with up to 64 friends, all sharing in the adventure. You can organize and run your own adventures through the role of the Dungeon Master and control all the monsters, creatures and characters your friends meet as they journey on their quest. A powerful piece of software that is included with Neverwinter Nights, the DM Client, allows nearly unlimited control for running your own adventures for your friends.
Neverwinter Nights…endless adventure!
As a player, you are able to choose what skills and abilities you will develop as you voyage though the complex and dangerous fantasy world of Forgotten Realms. Be a deadly and dangerous Rogue moving through the shadows using stealth and secrecy, be a scholarly Wizard and wield powerful magic against your enemies, be a hulking Barbarian whose lust for battle is matched only by his terrible rage, be an armor-clad Paladin who protects the innocent and vanquishes his foes, be a crusading Cleric who heals the sick and defends the helpless… be all this and more.
Neverwinter Nights allows you to create your own worlds. This revolutionary game will come with all the tools needed to construct your own unique lands of adventure. The Neverwinter Nights Aurora Toolset allows even novice users to construct everything from a quiet, misty forest or a dripping cavern of foul evil, to a king’s court. All the monsters, items, set pieces and settings are there for world builders to use. But do not stop there; construct traps, encounters, custom monsters and magic items to make your adventure unique.
But the Neverwinter experience is not just for one person- adventure with all your friends. Neverwinter Nights can be played online with up to 64 friends, all sharing in the adventure. You can organize and run your own adventures through the role of the Dungeon Master and control all the monsters, creatures and characters your friends meet as they journey on their quest. A powerful piece of software that is included with Neverwinter Nights, the DM Client, allows nearly unlimited control for running your own adventures for your friends.
Neverwinter Nights…endless adventure!
Download Demo: http://nwn.bioware.com/downloads/demo.html
Wednesday, October 03, 2007
Racer
Download at: http://www.racer.nl/
Racer is a free cross-platform car simulation project (for non-commercial use), using professional car physics to achieve a realistic feeling and an excellent render engine for graphical realism. Cars, tracks and such can be created relatively easy (compared to other, more closed, driving simulations). The 3D, physics and other file formats are documented. Editors and support programs are also available to get a very customizable and expandable simulator. OpenGL is used for rendering.
FEATURES
It's totally free! (for non-commercial use)
Available for multiple platforms; Windows 2000/XP (95/98/ME may work but have some trouble with fonts), Linux and Mac OS X.
6 DOF chassis movement (the car can move around freely); around 15 DOFs in a total car (wheels/engine/clutch etc).
Uses motion formulae from actual engineering documents from SAE for example.
Incredible flexibility; almost everything is customizable through ASCII files.
Commercial-quality rendering engine (with smoke, skidmarks, sparks, sun, flares, vertex-color lit tracks).
Support for Matlab (log files can be converted into Matlab format for further analysis & processing).
Support for Matrox' Surround Gaming. See the corresponding page on Matrox' site.
Lots of addon cars and tracks available on the web (over 100 tracks & cars).
Easy integration of your own cars and tracks that you create in ZModeler, 3D Studio Max(tm), Maya etc.
At least 15 degrees of freedom for a regular car (6 DOF for the car body, 1 for each wheel's vertical motion and 1 for each wheel spinning, and 1 for the engine, several more for the driveline). Depending actually on how many wheels you put on the car.
Real-time internal clock; no physical dependency on framerate. Controller updates are also done independently of the framerate.
Not limited to 4 wheels; anything from 2 to 8 wheel vehicles are currently supported (but mostly untested, and some problems with hardcoded differentials for example may exist (v0.5.0)).
Not much constraints on the track data; surface info is taken from polygon data (VRML tracks), and splines are used to smooth out the track surface (polygons are too harsh for driving on just like that).
Tools to modify the cars & tracks are freely available on this site (though some external utilities like 3D Studio Max are recommended for best results).
Some used algorithms are explained on this site, so this site can be interesting to learn from if you create your own car simulation software. Also, links and references are available.
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