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7 Wonders: The Board Game

by Jayvee Fernandez
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7 Wonders: The Board Game

This post is just about two years late. Yep. That’s how long it took me to finally grab a copy of 7 Wonders, easily one of the most epic board games in recent history. Released last year, 7 Wonders has already won a Cannes Jury Prize alongside 28 other awards. I’ve been playing this card development game a couple of months after its release but it was only recently I was able to acquire it as I live on the other side of the pond. 7 Wonders is a card development game for 2 to 7 players. It is set in ancient times and each player controls his own civilization Read more »

Review: Gears of War 3

by Robin Parrish
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Review: Gears of War 3

Gears of War 3 is Epic Games at its best. Having nothing to prove, their task this time out was to provide a satisfying finale to their blockbuster game series, and it shows. With all the pressure off — Gears 3 was a guaranteed success before it was even begun — Epic was able to execute the most confident release of their career. Read more »

Grab some popcorn and watch this 1 hour Dragon Age 2 Demo Playthrough

by Jayvee Fernandez
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Grab some popcorn and watch this 1 hour Dragon Age 2 Demo Playthrough

How else can you satiate the anticipation for Dragon Age 2 than to sit back and watch this one hour play-through with commentary. The Dragon Age franchise is this generation’s Baldur’s Gate and I’m a bit disappointed in how its sequel has turned the combat into pretty much a standard hack and slash. Yeah, there is a tactical view and perhaps you can find a good reason to pause the game during combat, but from the initial demo I do have to say that the game’s been made more suitable for arcade-style players, perhaps for the benefit of the console market. In any case, if you’ve got an hour to Read more »

Late Review: Fable III

by Robin Parrish
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Late Review: Fable III

I’m not ashamed to say that I adored Fable II with all my being. It was a giddy, blind love — a wholehearted willingness to look past the game’s blemishes and blunders (multiplayer, I’m glaring at you) and just enjoy all the things it got right. The thrilling fights, the wide-open world with near-infinite possibilities, the visible changes to the avatar based on your moral decisions, the terrific voice work, that beloved canine companion. Fable III ups the stakes by taking everything that worked in II and making it even better, and ditching the stuff that didn’t work at all. The RPG elements are simplified by replacing tedious menus with Read more »

Review: ‘Spartacus Blood & Sand’ Season One Blu-ray

by Satchel Graeme
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Review: ‘Spartacus Blood & Sand’ Season One Blu-ray

The historic, real-life tale of Spartacus is not new to Hollywood. But neither history nor Hollywood have ever seen anything quite like Starz’ Spartacus: Blood & Sand. It is something wholly new, using bits of other well-known formulas in creative and clever new ways that adds up to something far greater than the sum of its parts. At times stubbornly beholden to history, and at others wildly veering from it, Spartacus nonetheless introduces us to the familiar slave who eventually rose to lead an incredible rebellion against the Roman Empire. Read more »

Google makes it easier to review venues on the move

by andy
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Google makes it easier to review venues on the move

I’m sure, esteemed geeks as most of you are, you already check out reviews of restaurants, clubs and other venues online before you leave your speedy home Internet connection behind, or at least via your 3G or Wi-Fi cellphone on the move. Sensible move, though it can be a pain to piece together a decent selection of opinions when the connection is poor. Enter Google — fresh from adding fading effects to the main search page — offering “Favourite Places on Google”. Each chosen venue will now display a QR code in its window, which you can snap a photo of with the camera on your phone and then quickly Read more »

LeapFish Launches Click-Free Search Engine Interface

by Dave Jones
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LeapFish Launches Click-Free Search Engine Interface

LeapFish, a multi-dimensional search engine that combines the best of the web in a single search, recently announced the release of its new click-free search interface that delivers search results as you type. The brand new search engine that captures not just relevancy but also the variety of the web, now offers one of the world’s fastest search services with instantaneous results as each character of a search term is entered. LeapFish is an all-in-one time saver that eliminates clicks and keystrokes coupled with a nimble search application that allows you to modify search characters and get instantaneous results on-the-fly. LeapFish pushes search to 2.0 and states “out with the Read more »