Sunday, December 21, 2008 

Video Game Review - Land Of The Dead - Road To Fiddler's Green

On a remote farm in the country things are peaceful. Everything isn't as it seems though. A stranger appears outside of your home; little do you know that he is one of the many walking dead. In a desperate struggle for survival you make your way to the one city still controlled by the living. The only thing standing between you and your goal are several thousand zombies and one very crappy game brought to you by our friends at Grove Games. This review is based on the PC version of the game, though it is available on the original Xbox as well.

Graphics: 6.5/10

The best way to describe the graphics of this game is "ok". Not great but not terrible. The zombies are well animated and detailed with huge chunks of flesh missing from them. The character movements are fluid and smooth. The weapons though are very bland and plain looking and there are some animation glitches. For example: the shot gun. No matter how many rounds you have left the animation stays the same. If you have 2 rounds left out of four and then you reload, it shows your character putting four shells in the gun.

Sound: 7.0/10

Ah, the sounds of zombies crawling around... beautiful. Too bad all the other sound effects are low quality at best. The voice acting is horrible and at times it even sounds like the actors are half asleep. The greatest disappointment is the weapon sounds. Not all of them are terrible, but most of them are. The sound of a baseball bat connecting with a zombie's skull is music to my ears and the other melee weapons sound equally as cheery. However the guns in the game sound weak and pathetic.

Artificial Intelligence: 5.0/10

Zombies are dumb, that's a fact of life but this is just sad. I'm standing on top of a car shooting at a zombie and it doesn't even react. The zombies around it just stand there even though I am in plan view in front of them. Only when I actually engage the zombies back on the ground do they go into attack mode. Sometimes I even stand on the ground right in front of a zombie and it won't attack me until I shoot it once first.

Multiplayer: 7.0/10

It's hard to connect to a server to play land of the dead. It's even harder to find decent people to play with but once you do and download some "modded" content, this game's online play really shines. Nothing like trying to kill someone while trying not to be eaten by zombies.

Overall Score: 6.5/10

The game is not horrible but it does suffer a lot from its many flaws. If you're a die hard zombie fan then pick up a copy (good luck finding one). If not then don't waste your time. There are a few communities out there dedicated to "modding" and improving the game with better weapons and online maps which makes the game much more enjoyable but not anywhere near perfect.

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Discover the Key Ingredient to Cure Sweating Hands!

The other day I was over at YouTube and I happened upon a clip of a young guy playing the game "Guitar Hero". He had a guitar hooked up to the system and began playing it. However, after mere minutes his hands were sweating profusely, sweat was dripping off his hands and running down onto his guitar. He was suffering from palmar hyperhidrosis, a condition which affects over 6 million people worldwide. It can be difficult dealing with sweating hands. If you are in social situations where you need to shake another person's hand or even worse, dance with someone hand-in-hand! It's for reasons like this that people so desperately seek out a cure for this condition, but is there an effective way of handling this condition?

One of the main ways of dealing with sweating hands is through using "Iontophoresis". What happens in this process is you place your hands in shallow trays filled with water and have an electrical current sent through it. Not too strong that you'll be electrocuted, but strong enough to react with the minerals in the water and cause a protective, hardened layer to form on the outside of your hand, preventing sweat from escaping.

Iontophoresis has a success rate of over 80% and is quite effective in dealing with sweating hands, however it is missing one key ingredient which can make it a far more effective treatment. Hard to believe that things can get much better than 80%? They can, the secret ingredient is an oral anticholinergic! Now usually when you take these orally they result in side effects like blurred vision, memory loss, dry mouth and a host of other issues, however when you break it up into a powder and place that in the water used in Iontophoresis, the electrical current reacts with the minerals in the water plus the anticholinergic. This results in an even more effective barrier to help prevent your sweating hands from getting excessively sweaty. It's something to consider if you currently use Iontophoresis or have ever considered it.

Did you know there is a way to Stop Sweating So Much, easily and in less than two weeks? To learn how to end your embarrassment, visit: Stop Sweating Start Living

Security personnel frisk journalists as they enter the Oberoi's Trident Hotel on the eve of the hotels' re-opening in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2008. The luxury Oberoi and Taj Mahal hotels targeted in the Mumbai terror attacks are preparing to reopen for the first time since the rampages that left them in tatters last month. (AP Photo/Gautam Singh)AP - Doormen in white suits and black turbans greeted visitors to the Oberoi with a bow on the eve of the hotel's reopening three weeks after it was targeted in a militant rampage. Security was noticeably tighter as guards scanned bags and sniffer dogs patrolled the ground outside.

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