Thursday, April 30, 2009

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For all of the features writers, please post your articles for marking period 4 here!

3 comments:

james austin said...

Ok this is the review for the game Mirrors Edge. Mirrors Edge is the first person free running game from the guys at EA and D.I.C.E development staff and studios. Now I know what all the hardcore players are saying “first person free runner, what is that.” Well in the game you play as faith a free runner who in the future is the way that a fraternity of people who are known as runners. What they do is they deliver messages across the city to other runners, and one day the government randomly decides that they want to destroy the runners. So they kidnap your sister. So now that you have some back round to Mirrors Edge lets get to the review.
As soon as you hit the start button on your Xbox 360 or playstation3 you will be immersed in a world of amazing graphics piled on top of a well rounded story. This brings to a surprisingly good game. However the game is short I mean really short. I mean so short it took me longer to watch the Simpsons movie. The game has some extras such as the time trial mode, which allows you to replay some of your favorite levels from earlier in the game. Only against ghosts (Ghosts in this game or in racing games means a person who’s slightly invisible that does all the same moves, slides and turns that you do, in the same amount of time that you do it)which is a really fun addition and works along well. Also the story unlike most of the holiday season blockbuster games (yes even Dead Space) is actually good. Another major flaw in this game is the fact that runners vision (It’s a part of the game where things that you are supposed to jump on and off of, or walk on, turns red) just sometimes doesn’t work right. What I mean is sometimes it just takes you into a dead end and you can’t find your way out and it gets really confuzzeling. I mean it may just be me but come on I am the critic I am always right *recalls critic memories* ok I am almost always right * keeps recalling memories* ok so am almost never right but still I am a critic come on how can you deny this :)=<. So anyway the game is 8 missions long. And the achievements on the 360 edition are challenging, And the games replay value is good because of the fact that you will be looking for all the runners bags that you can find. Lastly the games sounds great from faiths heavy breathing to the clatter of bullets against metal as you are out running the government. So here is the overall review of the game in simple table form for all you simple minders.

Story=8/10
Gameplay= 7/10
Graphics=9.5/10
Sound=9/10
Characters=4/10
Dialogue=6/10
Replay value= Very high
Overall=8.75/10
Summary: This game is genre defining; it will only be about a year before we see games “borrowing” this games formula. I highly recommend this game to anyone who owns a 360 PS3 or PC, BUY THIS GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But be prepared for some frustration in this game.

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Beauty tips for the skin?
Wrinkle Free at 83?
Take a packet of raw sugar, and a few drops of olive oil to make it easier to spread in the creases of your face. It prevents wrinkles when you get older by gently stretching the skin and exfoliating it too, to open the pores and prevent pimples.

Got Black Heads?
Sephora.com has a great tool used to actually and physically remove blackheads. All you do is use steam or hot water to soften the skin. This reduces the chance of redness and pain afterwards. You use the side with the circle on it and press it on your blackhead without hitting it. Make sure you insert the pimple in the center of the circle. Use the pointy side to gently tap the tip of the blackhead. This tool costs 18$ and is not sold in stores.

Make up washing away?
Apply your makeup in the morning, and spray a light mist 4 inches away from your face. This will set your makeup and please your skin for the rest of the day.

Eyes shadow?
Add congealer before applying Eye shadow, this will help the eye shadow last longer.

Ouch, you just cut yourself shaving!
Rub garlic on the cut to make it heal faster.

Want Highlights and you’re a brunette or Red Head?
¼ cup cranberry juice and ¼ cup or water to add natural highlights to you’re hair. Blonds use Lemon Juice instead.

Summer sunburn? ; Olive oil works to sooth and condition the skin. Your skin will thank you.


Be sure for some more tips!

james austin said...

4th artical
Ok so this is a review of the game Farcry 2. Farcry 2 is a game by the guys over at Ubisoft Montreal. In this game you play as one of 8 characters, each following the same story. Now the story of the game is that the character that you chose is a mercenary who is ridden with malaria as soon ass he reaches the country of Africa. Now the reason you are in Africa is you are hunting for a criminal offender who is wanted for “criminal things.” So this game takes you up and down the African coastline looking for the Jackal
the bad guy in the game. Now that you have background info on the game lets get to the review.
Farcry 2 is apparently a sequel the hit game Farcry, even though the game has almost no similarities to the first. Farcry uses the Dunia (proprietary) and the Havok engine, The Havok engine may seem familiar because it was in the games Elder scrolls 4 oblivion, The Saints Row series, Some games in the Sonic series, Super Smash Brothers Brawl and Banjo Kazooie Nuts and Bolts. And let me say it works B-E-A-UTIFULY. The game immerses you in a world of drama and awesomeness to the highest degree. Now in the game the malaria that you contract plays a vital role, because every 40-45 minutes in real-time your character passes out, that is why you need to make sure you have your handy dandy malaria medicine. The controls are average First person shooter, nothing unique here. The game has one of the most in-depth map editors I have ever seen. It relates to that of the games of the Tony Hawks franchise’s map makers. In the map editor you choose from 1 of a few templates then the rest goes to your imagination. The game spans over 50-60 hours with three acts. The biggest upside to the game is its realism such as, weapon degradation, physics, and the look of the African coastline safari, and the way that the people act towards you is kind of like real life too. If you murder some one and continue to do that people will resent you. However there are flaws that will hold this game back. CRASHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This game crashes like cars on I-95. (PC version mostly) The game has some other problems like that enemies will spawn out of nowhere, and on the highest difficulty this game it just gets unbearable to the point I want to break my controller. The games online mode works fairly well, and you can take your beast friends work of art (the map he made In the map editor) and torch it to the ground. One last thing I would have liked is maybe a local/split screen so that way when you have friends over and your playing online against friends you don’t have to take your friend, who’s is really bad at this game, I mean so bad he makes your grandmamma look like a member of the WCG team for Shooters (WCG=world cyber games) so all together here is the summarization of the game.
Graphics=9.5/10
Controls=8/10
Writing=7/10
Gameplay=8/10
Storyline=8.5/10
Playability=High
Characters=Kind of memorable
Overall=8/10
Replay value= Very high (if your up to it)
Summarization= This game has amazing graphics, A good story, And every thing else except the writing and the glitches and the crashes, its just Like a chicken and dumpling thing, Without the dumplings.