Bob the Builder
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Its that time of the year when your cousins are coming down to spend the vacations. It would be snowing or raining outside, so obviously going out ain't an option. No problem! Don't worry, there are fun indoor party games a dime a dozen. Beat the weather with these fabulous games at any social gathering. So get set and get ready with a frenzy to win exciting prizes.
Sock Wars
Forget the loony Star Wars. Get ready for the wild and incredible Sock Wars! Everyone should get 3 pairs of socks with their names clearly mentioned on them. Divide the room in half with a rope. Make teams and divide them on either sides. Roll up the socks in baseball shapes and on the count of three begin throwing the socks at the opposing team. Have a 45 seconds round, which will make them move faster. While on the move, throw in three beach balls which will have double the points. At the end of the first round, the team with minimum socks and maximum beach balls will be declared as the winner! Compliment the winner with a beach hat!
commonly referred to as WOW
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World of Warcraft, also commonly referred to as WOW, is a video game that is sweeping the world. In fact, it is such a popular game that there is a large chance that you have played the game before. If you are playing the game how are you doing? If your response is "not that well," or something similar do you know that there is an easy way for you possibly improve your performance? That way includes the use of wow gold.
In the World of Warcraft the wow gold is considered one of the greatest things. The currency can be used to buy items from other players or vendors. It can be used to both sell and purchase items. Different items, including weapons, are obtainable for a set number of wow gold pieces. Weapons and other items can be purchased starting at one wow gold coin and up. There are many individuals, maybe yourself included, who are constantly defeated due the lack of weapons which are only obtainable with the right amount of wow gold.
It is possible to obtain wow gold throughout the game, but the easiest way to obtain it is to buy it. Cheap wow gold can be purchased from a number of online websites. Right about now you may be wondering how and why you would go about buying cheap wow gold online. The process is a fairly easy one that can maximize the excitement of playing the World of Warcraft. In addition to adding to the excitement of the game, it is likely that your World of Warcraft game performance will dramatically increase.
The process of purchasing cheap wow gold online will all depend on where the cheap wow gold is being purchased from. Once payment for the cheap wow gold has been purchased, the majority of online websites will transfer the gold via the internet in an agreed upon meeting place. Other websites offer instant delivery into the mailbox for your game. Once the transfer has occurred you should receive the wow gold that you purchased for a cheap price.
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If you are an active video gamer or just a player of World of Warcraft then purchasing wow gold may be the way to go. As previously mentioned, there are ways to play the game on your own, but why spend hours, weeks, even months trying when the process can be so much easier? With a small amount of money and the need to succeed you can be on your way to victory with the World of Warcraft. What are you waiting for, find cheap wow gold and purchase it today!
save money to build more attractions
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Video computer games have become as much a pillar of our entertainment universe as books and movies. Why is it that so many of us are drawn to the computer monitor or TV screen like flies? A bit of history might help explain the phenomenon.
Originally computers were all work and no play, being outrageously expensive to build and operate. But computer engineers and designers, being overgrown kids after all, soon began to get comfortable with their big room-filling machines. In their idle hours it occured to them that it might be kind of cool to have the computer show some spaceships and planets cruising around the galaxy. An in the 1960s a group of fun-loving computer geniuses created SpaceWar, the father of the famous arcade game Astroids.
These games were well received by geniuses and regular folks alike, which motivated the geniuses to design some more fun stuff. They could have used the computers for a lot of diversions, but somehow the visual element of the games activated the imagination. Over time we got Pong, PacMan and a continually evolving string of games, including software that eventually could beat chess masters at their own game.
By the late 1980s computer games software was getting quite sophisticated, with the invention of Sim City. This product expanded on what was going on through all the previous games; the players were being drawn into an imaginary world. Not unlike books and movies, these video games were very satisfying mentally. Sim City actually allowed the user to create amazing cities and even worlds.
Also in the 1980s, a group of computer programmers began creating software that would show moving images all generated by computer. The images started out very simple, almost like stick figures but they could dance in time to a music track. No skin, no facial features but it was very exciting to think what might come with more powerful computers. The computing power grew exponentially and, over 20 years, we now have not only some fabulout computer generated movie effects and whole characters, but the realism of video games has taken a quantum leap forward.
A good video game will draw you in to another world and, unlike a book or movie, a computer game will offer an interactive experience. In fact, at least one computer game has become sufficiently popular to become an action movie; think Mario Brothers. But it's funny that sometimes a simple game can be as entertaining as a much more sophisticated game. Some of the most beloved games of all are Tetris (stack those blocks), Pac Man and Pong.
A modern computer will still do a great job of playing state-of-the-art video games. There are hundreds of options, including many that pit you online against other players. Then there are the specialty consoles like PlayStation, Nintendo and XBox360. With tricked-out controllers, guitars and wands, you can really develop some hand-eye coordination by playing many of the current titles.
One of the most fun educational games is Roller Coaster Tycoon, where you build your own amusement park and then operate it with "real" guests making decisions about which rides to take. If a guest loses their lunch on a roller coaster you'd better have a custodian clean it up or the guests will stay away. You must watch income and expenses and save money to build more attractions. This is a great game.
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But the bottom line as to why we're so enamored with computer games software is that it captures our imagination in a variety of interactive ways. Our games are prized possessions and it is wise to treat them carefully to make them last.
J. Michael Key has written widely on a variety of subjects related to computers and entetainment.
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the top 10 games to play at your pc3
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If you just bought yourself a PS3 console, finding some games to play is probably the first thing to do on your list. Below are the best ten games for PS3 that you should look at.
Read on to find out more about the top 10 games for the PS3 console. These games will provide you with the most fun and will allow you to get the full value from the console you just bought.
Metal Gear Solid 4
MGS4 is one of the best games available for the PS3 console. It’s the first one on my list and I’m sure you’ll enjoy it if you give it a shot.
Fallout 3
A role playing game, Fallout 3 is a great experience when played on the PS3. It’s a lot of fun and it offers a player hundreds of hours of gameplay experience.
Rockband
This is a game that can be great fun when you play it together with your friends.
Little Big Planet
This is yet another great game, which allows you to make your own levels, sharing them with other players. You should definitely try this game if you haven’t yet. It can be great fun.
Resistance: Fall of Man
Another great PS3 game, Resistance will offer you a great experience and it’s one of the games I can always recommend to be played.
Burnout Paradise
If you like racing games, Burnout Paradise is one of the best of its kind out of all that are available for the PS3 console.
Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe
If you love the DC Universe or the Mortal Kombat game, you are sure to love this game as well. Any fan of fight games should give it a shot.
Ratchet and Clank Future
These games with Ratchet and Clank are lots of fun, so give Tools of Destruction a try. I can guarantee you that the fun factor is all it should be.
Call of Duty IV
One of the best games to be launched lately, Call of Duty 4 is highly recommended by many players. It has lots of action and the game play quality is high.
Assassin’s Creed
An action game that takes place in the medieval times, in the Orient, Assassin’s Creed lets you assume the role of a dangerous assassin, belonging to an ancient clan of killers.
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The games I’ve just mentioned are highly recommended if you want to test a PS3 console. They’re obviously not the only ones that are good, since PS3 has hundreds of games, but they are some of the best.
EXCLUSIVE: ‘BioShock 2′ Guide – Every Plasmid And Tonic Revealed
"BioShock 2" drops next Tuesday, and I know that feels like a long time, but I've got a juicy exclusive to tide you over: A guide to every plasmid and tonic in the game. Don't worry, no story spoilers here. It's just a lengthy list of all the delightful powers you'll be able to discover in the strange and creepy world of Rapture. And here we go!
PLASMIDS
Plasmids are the equivalent of magic in the world of Rapture. Using "eve," you can unleash all sorts of interesting attacks right from the palm of your hand. Many of the plasmids from the first "BioShock" return in the sequel, but they've all been given interesting enhancements.
Most plasmids can be purchased at the Gatherer's Garden vending machines, while some will be given to you throughout the story.
(Note: These are only the single-player plasmids. There are some multiplayer-exclusive plasmids to unlock, but we'll save those for another time.)
Electro Bolt
Level 1 – Fire lightning from your hand. Shoot water to cause it to become electrified, killing enemies standing in it.
Level 2 – Charge up a lightning attack and release it. Lightning will arc to multiple enemies.
Level 3 – Charge up to fire an extended beam of lightning (think "Ghostbusters"). Also, every non-charged shot will cause lightning to arc between enemies.
Telekinesis
Level 1 – Pick up objects and dead enemies and use them as projectiles.
Level 2 – Pick up heavier objects and do more damage with thrown projectiles.
Level 3 – Pick up all moveable objects as well as living creatures (!) like splicers.
Security Command
Level 1 – Throw a ball of energy which will cause security cameras, turrets and bots to attack anything targeted.
Level 2 – Charge up to summon up to two friendly security bots.
Level 3 – Charge up to summon boosted security bots.
Incinerate!
Level 1 – Throw a ball of fire, igniting a single targeted enemy. Set oil slicks ablaze, dealing fire damage to anyone standing nearby.
Level 2 – Charge up a fire attack and release it. A fire bomb will be unleashed, igniting multiple enemies at once.
Level 3 – Charge up for a flamethrower attack. Also, every non-charged shot will be an area-effecting fire bomb.
Scout
Level 1 – Become an invisible scout who can move throughout the world without threat of attack. You can fire plasmids, but you'll have to return to your physical body (which remains in place) to progress.
Level 2 – While scouting, you're also able to hack security and vending machines.
Winter Blast
Level 1 – Throw a ball of ice, freezing foes for a brief period.
Level 2 – Charge up and attack to freeze a foe in a solid block of ice. They remain frozen for longer and can be used as a telekenisis projectile.
Level 3 – Charge up for a beam of ice attack. Also, single shots cause enemies to become a solid block of ice.
Hypnotize
Level 1 – Throw a ball at a splicer to enrage it, causing it to attack anything nearby (including you).
Level 2 – Charge up and hit a targeted splicer to make it an ally for a few minutes. The splicer will follow you around and fight for you.
Level 3 – Charge up and hit a Big Daddy to make him friendly for a few minutes.
Cyclone Trap
Level 1 – Set a proximity trap on the ground. Enemies that walk over it will be thrown high in the air and land hard, causing damage.
Level 2 – Traps can now be charged with attack plasmids like fire, ice and electricity, dealing specific kinds of damage.
Level 3 – Traps can be placed on walls and ceilings.
Insect Swarm
Level 1 – Send a swarm of bugs and home in on an enemy, causing damage.
Level 2 – A single swarm can now attack multiple enemies.
Level 3 – Enemies killed by swarms will become proximity swarm bombs. Enemies that walk over the hive corpse will be attacked by the swarm.
Decoy
Level 1 – Create a decoy of yourself, distracting enemies.
Level 2 – Decoy will reflect damage back at enemies.
Level 3 – Decoy will reflect damage and heal the player as it takes damage from enemies.
Secret Plasmid
Sorry, there's one plasmid I'm not allowed to talk about until after the game releases. But trust me, it's worth the wait.
TONICS
Tonics are boosts that you can equip to give your character certain passive abilities. In "BioShock 2" you're able to unlock around two dozen tonic slots by the end of the game, so you're able to mix and match a whole host of different effects at once. Also keep in mind that tonic effects will stack on top of each other. Most tonics can be purchased at the Gatherer's Garden vending machine, while others can be found throughout the world of Rapture or can be unlocked by using the research camera on enemies.
Security Tonics
Hardy Machines – Friendly turrets and bots have more health.
Handyman – Repair damaged bots and turrets with a small eve cost. Also gives random names to friendly bots and turrets.
Deadly Machines – Friendly turrets and bots deal more damage.
Machine Buster – Increased damage against turrets and bots.
Short Circuit – Security is disabled for longer when hit with electricity.
Short Circuit 2 – Security is disabled permanently when hit with electricity.
Shorten Alarms – Shorter alarms (natch).
Shorten Alarms 2 – Even shorter alarms.
Security Evasion – Cameras and turrets take longer to see you.
Vending & Hacking Tonics
Vending Expert – Reduced prices in vending machines.
Vending Expert 2 – Further reduced prices in vending machines.
EZ Hack – Hacking success zones become a little larger.
Careful Hacker – Hacking needle moves slower.
Careful Hacker 2 – Hacking needle moves even slower.
Quik Hack – Hacking has fewer stages.
Thrifty Hacker – Hacked vending machines have even lower prices.
Hacker's Delight – Earn some health and eve when you hack something.
Hacker's Delight 2 – Earn more health and eve when you hack something.
Hurried Hacker – Landing in the blue bonus zone ends a hack instantly.
Vitality Tonics
Fountain of Youth – Gain health and eve when standing in puddles of water.
Sports Boost – Move slightly faster.
Booze Hound – Drinking alcohol increases eve instead of decreasing it.
Eve Saver – Plamids use less eve.
Eve Saver 2 – Plasmids use even less eve.
Eve Link – Using a first aid pack also gives you some eve.
Extra Nutrition – Get more health from bandages and snacks.
Medical Expert – Carry 1 more first aid kit.
Cure All – Health stations also refill eve when used.
Eve Expert – Carry one more eve hypo.
Defense Tonics
Armored Shell – Reduces physical damage taken.
Armored Shell 2 – Further reduces physical damage taken.
Natural Camouflage – Become invisible when standing still for a few seconds.
Research Tonics
Keen Observer – Bigger research bonus when using the camera.
Keen Observer 2 – Even bigger research bonus when using the camera.
Damage Research – Increased damage for research bonuses.
Extended Reel – Research sessions with the camera last for longer.
Elemental Tonics
Elemental Storm – Emit a random burst of fire, ice or electricity when hit with a melee attack.
Fire Storm – Emit a burst of fire when hit with melee attack.
Electrical Storm – Emit a burst of electricity when hit by melee.
Elemental Vampire – Level 3 plasmid streams (like flamethrower or electric beam) siphons enemy health to you.
Electric Flesh – Take no electricity damage and deal more electricity damage to enemies.
Walking Inferno – Take less damage from fire, inflict more fire damage on enemies.
Ice Storm – Emit burst of ice when hit with melee attack.
Little Sister Tonics
Proud Parent – Little Sisters gather more Adam per corpse.
Damanding Father – Little Sisters gather Adam from corpses faster.
Melee Tonics
Drill Vampire – Gain health and eve when attacking with the drill.
Drill Power – Drill does more damage.
Drill Power 2 – Drill does even more damage.
Freezing Drill – Freeze enemies for longer, drill is able to freeze enemies.
Drill Specialist – Significantly decreases eve cost of plasmids, but you're limited to only using the drill, camera and hack tool as weapons.
Drill Lurker – Quiets footsteps and increases damage on unaware enemies, especially when using the drill.
Projectile Tonics
Headhunter – Headshots do more damage to enemies.
Loot Tonics
Scrounger – When searching for loot, you can search again to find more in the same container.
Arms Race – More ammo found on bodies and containers.
‘Borderlands’ DLC Review – ‘Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot’
The second DLC pack for "Borderlands" (one of my favorite games of 2009) has arrived, offering a pretty unique twist to the original game's experience. But is it worth $10? Let's take a look!
The Basics
Inspired by "Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome," "Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot" consists of 3 large arena maps and a small lobby map. Hoping into one of the arenas via the lobby kicks off a tournament which plays out a lot like "Smash TV" or, more recently, Firefight Mode in "Halo 3: ODST." Waves of different enemies will spawn in and you basically have to survive. Last long enough and the game will be reward you with delightful guns.
The layout of each tournament is as follows:
Small Tournament - 5 waves of enemies per round with five rounds in total. (Estimated length: 45 minutes)
Big Tournament - 5 waves of enemies per round with 20 rounds in total. (Estimated length: 4 hours)
The Highs
Refreshing Rule Sets
The five waves in each round feature different enemy types. For example, the second wave is always the "Gun Wave," where enemies all carry firearms. The fifth wave is always the Boss Wave, where you'll face one of the main game's main baddies.
This keeps things sorta fresh, but rules (known in the dev team as Moxxi Maxims) really help to mix things up. Once you get to the fifth round, a new rule will be added at the beginning of a wave. Rules range from "Beef Cake" (increased enemy health) and "Close Combat" (lower player accuracy but increased damage) to "Low Gravity" (super jumps!) and "Naked" (player has no shield). You basically need to come prepared with a nice array of weapons to be able to handle whatever rules the game throws at you, as your play style will change dramatically depending on the current rules. Here's a full list of them, if you're interested.
More Co-Op Friendly
While the main game of "Borderlands" was always improved by having friends along for the ride, it was never required. "Mad Moxxi" doesn't require co-op, either, but it's almost mandatory if you want to stand a chance against the harder rounds. It encourages teamwork and allows players to coordinate their layouts to compliment strengths and weaknesses. This was never something people did in the main game, preferring to simply have the best personal loot. It's definitely a nice change of pace.
The Bank
"Mad Moxxi" introduces a much-needed item bank feature to "Borderlands," allowing you to store up to 42 of your favorite weapons. This is capped by your level, and you unlock more slots by purchasing upgrades in the nearby weapon store. Finally I have a place for all those fancy oranges that are basically worthless but fire bullets in a happy face pattern!
The Lows
Big Tournament Length
The small tournament is a perfect 45 minutes, which seems like a pretty common length of time for gamers with other priorities. The big tournament, however, takes at least three and a half hours, which is probably twice as long as it should be. There are spots to take breaks in the midst of that, but if you leave or, god forbid, the host's console shuts down, all your progress will be lost.
Considering the reward for completing all three achievements is a bonus skill point (an extremely valuable asset at level 50), having to start a 3.5 hour journey from scratch would drive me up a wall. At the very least there should've been a checkpoint at Round 10 that allows you to continue on from that point with subsequent play throughs. I realize that the idea was to make this DLC pack more hardcore, but I think Gearbox may have gone a little overboard.
Needs More Maps
Given that you're spending upwards of 15 hours in these maps, it would've been nice to have seen one or two more thrown in there. The three arena maps, while interesting, are likely to get a little stale.
Loot Rewarding
I guess it remains true to tenants of "Borderlands," but I wish there was another way to reward loot at the end of the round. Currently, when you finish a round, random loot rains down from the center of the arena. This is fine if you're playing with friends, but with random folks it just turns into a cash grab and people end up camping at the center point to ensure they get the best stuff.
The game actually keeps track of how many kills each player gets, so it would've been nice if loot was rewarded based on group contribution rather than greed, but in the end I guess it's your own fault for not having real friends to play with. Or for having friends that are jerks.
Final Word
If you found "Borderlands" too easy, "Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot" is refreshingly challenging and well worth your time. I strongly recommend playing it with friends and, if you're going for one of the big tournaments, blocking out a big chunk of a Saturday afternoon to get through it. The gameplay variety and overall aesthetic fits extremely well for the franchise and I wouldn't mind seeing this idea expanded with more maps, modifiers and enemy types.
‘Borderlands’ Second DLC Pack Officially Revealed
After rumors, speculation and an accidentally broken embargo by a site that shall not be named, the second DLC content pack for "Borderlands" has been revealed by 2K Games today. Titled "Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot," the next pack has takes previous Mad Max similarities and cranks them to 11.
Here's the official rundown on what you can expect in the pack, with the important parts bolded by me so you don't have to do nearly as much reading:
Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot is an intense single-player or cooperative experience that expands the mayhem by adding three new Riot Mode arenas where players will endure an onslaught of Pandora’s baddest enemies. Working together, players will fend off the masses as they fight for fame, honor, and more importantly, loot. Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot also adds a new bank feature, which allows players extra storage capacity for when they encounter one of the more than 16 million weapons that Borderlands has to offer; and the ability to acquire two additional skill points as quest rewards, making their characters even more powerful than before.
So this description has me a little worried. There were two PvE arenas in the main game, and the gameplay in each was basically "kill X number of guys as they spawn in." It was fun, but not very involved, and given the creativity that went into the last DLC pack, I was really hoping for an equal amount of scope this time around. I've reached out to Gearbox to see if we can get some clarification on the content itself, and whether the arenas will be more involved than what appeared in the original game.
That being said, the addition of a bank is great news, and the ability to earn two additional skill points is basically the equivalent of Gearbox increasing the level cap without actually doing it.
The pack will be on sale for $9.99, arriving on 360 on December 29th, with the PS3 version coming January 7th. It'll also come to PC, but no date has been set for that.
