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Games, Gadgets and Geeks

Editor Damen Nel

Assistant Editor Zante Fouche Contributing Editor Michelle Yssel

CONTENTS 6 9

EDITORS NOTE TRUE GAMER CHICK REVIEWS

12 14

BLACKGAURDS MIGHT AND MAGIC HEROES VI PREVIEWS

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BlazBlue Chronophantasma Citizens of Earth Smite NINJA GAIDEN Z THIEF TITANFALL A PIECE OF THE PUZZLE

Art and comic Damen Nel Zante Fouche Contrubuting writer Darryl Linington Photography Damen Nel Michelle Yssel Zante Fouche

AWAKENING: THE DREAMLESS CASTLE GADGETS

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ADORA RAZER HEADPHONES STRATUS WIRELESS GAME CONTROLLER PANONO ANIME SERIES

FAIRITAIL MOVIES

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THE BOOK THIEF CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2

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o with a new year comes new possibilities. But first let’s start at the beginning, yes where everything begun.... If you look back let’s say 45000 years back, we see the first ever board-game Senet! The game was originally made my the Egyptians. And to me that’s where Gamers was born for the first time! As the year’s went by more and more boardgames was being thought of and developed. To name but just a few: Mehen: Also founded in Egypt Go: Originated in China Patoll: Played by the ancient Aztec’s And Royal Game Of Ur. Truly in my heart I feel that from all these ancient board games the most beautiful passion grew, the passion to be a called a Gamer!! In 1972 out of the ashes rouse the Magnavox Odyssey, the first video game console. Also to follow in his footsteps in 1977 Color TV games was released but with no surprise only in Japan. 6

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Some other consoles was also developed namely: Ping-O-Tonic in 1974 Telstar in 1976 and the APF TV Fun in 1976. And so the gaming Genre went into their second Generation of consoles seeing the release of the Intellivision and Vectrex. By the time I was born in 1992, we where in our Fourth Generation of gaming consoles. I can still remember my first ever gaming console the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. To be honest I still have all of the games. LOL

So all that I can say as we approach our Eighth generation of consoles is; Well done gamers!!! With our community growing each and every day, and demands exceeding everyone’s expectations, we can only look back over the years and thank the Egyptians for starting it all. -Damen Nel

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ust a brief introduction into Metal gear Rising: Revengence. This action hack slash game is almost similar to the new Ninja Gaiden game. The game was developed by Platinum Games and produced by Kojima Productions. This is the ninth canonical entry in the series. The storyline is set four years after the events of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. In the game the player uses a blade and multiple sub-weapons to perform combos and counter attacks. By activating Blade mode, Raiden can dismember cyborgs in slow motion and steal parts stored in their bodies. What I can say is that Metal Gear Rising is not your normal Metal Gear game in the series. This game eliminates the stealth part of the title entirely; adding combo and counter, heavy action, over the tippy toeing and Mullet-rocking. This game is truly a great title to be added to the Metal Gear series. The game is heavy story driven, with lots of cut scenes and of course…action all the way! The visuals of the game is exactly made and designed and the movement is flawless. Slicing and dicing your way through enemies and objects.

Developers Platinum Games Publisher Konami Platforms PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 Microsoft Windows Release Date Microsoft Windows January 9, 2014 Genre Action, hack and slash

10 out of 10

-Damen Nel

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4.5 out of 10

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lackgaurds is a typical turn based RPG game. The first chapter in the game is said to be 9-10 hours long. Also the game is based on a popular role playing game in Germany; so I’ve heard. So once the game starts off, you get to pick out of three professions namely Warrior, Mage and Hunter. Alongside it you can choose the gender and look of your character. But the downside to me is the fact that one can only change your look to preset faces. Finally you can select your character’s name. Once you clicked ok, a short cut scene will start, showing a wolf standing at a body of a woman. At that instance the game starts with a tutorial, the menu allows you to deactivate the tutorial. The battle system gives you that Xcom feel and the camera angle can be manipulate to give you a top down view. On the right hand side of the screen is a battle log option; this once clicked on, will open up a

menu and give you the breakdown on what’s happen on the battlefield. After battle ends, you then discover that the woman who was killed by the wolf was actually a princess! Guards quickly appear and accuse you of murder. This game truly has a dark storyline. What I forgot to mention was after battles you get AP points and loot, you can decide witch loot you want to keep or discard. At the character sheet, you can upgrade characters and attributes with the AP points, also hovering over the attributes you can see which base value it effects by that specific attributes. My thoughts on the game is that with Skyrim still in full bloom, “my opinion” and RPG Games like Might and Magic. I really feel that Blackgaurds still has a very long way to go. Personally the game has too much loading screens, talking and buying. Over all the game feels like a RPG, but with slow and poor storytelling.

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- Damen Nel

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thought sins my Editor’s Note was based on board games and consoles, why not throw both into one and write about Dungeons and Dragons. The game takes place in Eberran. The single-player campaign follows the struggle of three competing factions to gain control of a magical artefact know as the Heart of Siberye. You can also play the game in multilayer mode to share the journey with a friend or 2! The game combines aspects of real-time strategy and role-playing games. This game takes place on duel level maps divided into the surface world of Eberron. Although Dragonshard is billed by Atari as “the first Dungeon and Dragons strategy experience.” Stronghold before him precedes it by over a decade. The units can travel between the surface and the underground through gateways that are fixed on each map.

As one can tell from playing the game, the surface map has that traditional RTS game-play feel to it. What also stands-out is that the player can select all the units that are available at the beginning of the game. The three Player-controllable factions in the game are: Order of the Flame The Lizardfolk and The Umbragen. I will quickly mention the unit types that can be added to your army: Champion Juggernauts Captains and Soldiers. Dragonshard has three resources: Gold, Dragonshards and Experience points. The game truly brings the original board-game feeling to life right in front of you! I will be rating this game 9/10. -Damen Nel

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Developers Liquid Entertainment Publisher Atari Platforms Windows XP Release Date USA September 21, 2005 WW April 27, 2011 Genre Real-Time Strategy Role-playing video game

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he game follows the event of Might and Magic Heroes VI and is set in the world of Ashan. In the game the players can choose between four races to play with (humans, Orcs, Elves and Dwarves) each of these races has twelve classes namely each has a promotional quest and skill system ranging from expert- master- grandmaster. The battle system is turn-based. In the new game menu you get to choose if you want to make your own party. You can create them manually or select default to select a party or let the game select them

8 out of 10

randomly. If you select manually, you can decide on four different heroes for your party, each class has their own racial abilities, so if you design your part- design it carefully! Skill points you earn goes towards the upgrading of your character abilities. But the catch is that you need to visit a trainer in the world in order to level up your skills. The camera is a first-person view position and you can actually see your characters. This game is worth buying if you are a fan of old schools RPG games as well as love the Might and Magic series! - Damen Nel

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his is a team-based,

Rmultiplayer EVIE WS online

shooter focused game. As the player, you can decide to join one of two teams; the US Marines or their adversaries the Insurgents. Each team has about 16 maximum players per team, but with limited player classes. The maps are mostly focused on urban warfare, but with some Suburban and outdoor settings. The graphics is not up to scratch with the latest shooter games like COD etc. But still provides some detail to the weapons and environments. In the game you get that real war feeling as you must use the guns Iron Sights to accurately aim the weapon. Freefire is also possible but with much more difficulty, because sometimes itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a bit difficult to shoot without a on-screen crosshair.... But my personal opinion is that if your use to playing COD and that sort of First-Person shooter titles online, then probably you will find the game to bore you after 2 minutes. -Damen Nel

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et’s face it, the PlayStation 4 console is a major powerhouse when it comes to gaming; however, the DualShock 4 seems to be getting a lot of criticism lately. The battery life is shocking, the analogue sticks can’t seem to handle vigorous gaming sessions, and the L1 & R1 buttons tend to feel like they have a piece of bubble gum slotted in behind them. Added to the list is the fact that the Light Bar is an additional killer of the battery. Granted, it’s a great feature, but surely there must be a way to turn the damn thing off. Yes there are many ways to limit killing your battery too quickly, for instance setting it to switch off if not used… but surely there must be an alternate way to improve not only the battery life, but also the entire quality and strength of the entire controller.

Additionally, a newer version of the controller should feature an on/off function for the Light Bar (An actual switch would be nice) as well as a battery that can actually handle more than 4-5 hours of gaming. The DualShock 3 is a perfect example of a great controller. I honestly only had to charge my DualShock 3 once or twice a week… and not twice a day. Anyway, enough of my ramblings… Let us know in the comments section below if you think the DualShock 4 needs a quality and design revision.

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Truthfully, I feel that Sony should start considering to design an alternative version of the DualShock 4 (Let’s call it the DualShock 4 2.0) to go along with its rather impressive PlayStation 4 console. A controller that looks the same, feels the same, but just improves on the quality of the analogue sticks, and the L1 & R1 buttons as well as the wear and tear capabilities of the controller. -Darryl Linington

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As the third game in the BlazBlue series, the new BlazBlue Chronophantasma takes place after the events of BlazBlue: Continuum Shift.

ith all new mechanics such as Overdrive and Crush trigger, the game can’t disappoint. Overdrive allows the character the ability to enhance strength and gives them access to new moves unique to the character. This lasts for 5 seconds, but when the characters health is at a low it can last up to 15 seconds while freezing the timer. Like any other game the overdrive bar fills up over time and can be used when it is full. The overdrive replaces the neutral stance Break Burst from the previous game and what helps a lot-it has the same command (A+B+C+D) and empties the bar used for Burst. The Crush trigger acts as a replacement to the Guard Crush mechanics in the previous game (Guard Libra and Guard Primers). When a character sacrifices 25% heat or in Hakumen’s case two mega, tama, and then pressing A+B, it will allow a player to crush his opponents guard during some moves. This doesn’t work on the Barrier Guard but the Crush trigger can be delayed/charged to inflict more damage to the barrier gauge. Because of this the heat gauge is split up into 4 sections rather than two as in the previous games.

The game features three main storylines, that will feature boss battles and they will all come together to complete the end. I’m sure you will be happy to know that in character select, when selecting a character palette for a character, you can see how the players look instead of guessing from the three colour swatches given.

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Developers JP Arc System Works Publisher JP Arc System Works NA Aksys Games Platforms Playstation 3 Playstation Vita Release Date Arcade- Nov 21 PS3- JP Oct 24,2013 NA March 25,2014 PS Vita- JP April 24,2014 Genre Figting game,Visual Novel

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You are the Vise President of the world and you are assigned to better the world with the much needed help of fellow family, friends, collogues and random individuals.

Apparently being the Vise President of the world is challenging after just one day, saying that a quick break at your mother’s house has the most effective and calming reaction on a red headed, buff shouldered, tux wearing individual as yourself. The game starts with your mother waking you up at a rather “past the morning time of day”. The game has humorous occurrences and is an PRG on its own. Not like we would know it in today’s games. No swords, potions or enchanting story. You are the Vise President of the world and you are assigned to better the world with the much needed help of fellow family, friends, collogues and random individuals. So to get starting, change your name from VP

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to whatever you wish and go meet with your brother. Moving around is a breeze, the normal W, A, S, D buttons on your keyboard can be used or if you wish you can right click to where you want to go. I personally think the keyboard buttons works the best. When talking to your brother, he tells you of a present he got you, Yay! Presents-just a way to start the day. Your mother and brother is your first two party members, they assist you in fighting off angry paparazzi slash rights activists. The phone our brother gave you as a present can be uses to equip items and skills. It also shows your status, team and goals. Interacting with some items, recruiting party members and completing objectives gives you skill points.

Battle Mode At first you wouldn’t expect a game like this to have battles, if you can call it that, but when entering it seems perfectly normal to “protect” yourself against angry people with “NO” signs. For the first few battles until you recruit more party members, you can play with your mother and brother, you then assist by humorously commenting from the sideline on every move the players make. Your mother has three abilities at this stage. Nag, encourage and motherly advise. Nag an

enemy to inflict damage and lower their self-confidence. Encourage is more for the party and supplies you with power, hug heals negative status as well as health, so be sure to use that to your advantage. Your brother has Roughhouse, pummel and items. Items can be used when needed. Roughhouse is to play rough with the enemies; it generates power with offence-based attacks. Pummel allows you to crack some heads, you consume power to deal heavy damage. Zante Fouche Developers Eden Industries Platforms Wii U PC Release Date Mar 14, 2014 Genre Role-Playing

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n SMITE players take on the form of a mythological god and take part in arena combat. You can use powers and team tactics against other players who is player-controlled gods and non-player controlled minions. This game is a third person multiplayer battle arena video game. The gameplay consists out of two teams formed from either three/five players on each team. The two teams are spawned an opposing sides of the map. Players are granted 1,500 gold to buy starting items. Items consist out of special abilities and enhance the players control gods. There are three lanes running from each side of the map, each lane has a few defensive towers and is also defended by a phoenix. These towers as well as the phoenix deal a large amount of damage to enemies who would dare to come too close. Minions are spawned every thirty seconds and accompany you to attack the opposition. These minions can attack structures as well as phoenixes and the titan. Players choose a god to play with; this is similar to League of Legends or Heroes of Newerth and Dota. You are able to select between 48 gods, from seven different pantheons- Chinese, Egyptian, Greek, Hindu, Roman, Mayan and Norse mythology. 26

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Two players arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t allowed to select the same character, only in specialty matches witch will rotate daily. You control the character in a third-person perspective; which is actually cool, because most online multiplayer games are from a top-down perspective.

Game Modes:

There are four main groups namely; Practice, normal, League and custom. Practice contains the main tutorial, offline solo and co-op versions of Joust, Arena, Arena escort and Assault along with a practice exclusive, Jungle practice that allows players to test characters and build on them. Normal mode contains arena, conquest, assault, joust (3 vs. 3), match of the day and conquest premade. League contains the league version of arena, conquest and joust (1 vs. 1). Custom contains the challenge versions of arena conquest, assault, joust and domination.

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Developers

Hi-Rez Studios Publisher Hi-Rez Studios(WW) Tencent Holding Ltd.(CH) Platforms Microsoft Windows Release Date March 25, 2014

“Smite includes deities inspired from a diverse and ever expanding set of pantheons including Greek, Chinese, Egyptian, and Norse. Hinduism, being one of the world’s oldest, largest and most diverse traditions, also provides inspiration toward deities in our game.” Todd Harris, CEO of Hi-Rez

Genre Multiplayer online battle arena

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All the great warriors of my culture, celebrate death! They welcome it, dying in battle is considered an honour.... Well I think it's a load of s++t!!

his awesome upcoming third-person combat game, is one of many Ninja Guiden games to be added to the franchise by Tecmo Koei. The good news is that Keiji Inafune is involved with this new project. Let me tell you a bit more about 38 year old Keiji: He was born on the 8th of may 1965. He was also the former head of Research and Development, as well as online Business and Global Head of Production at Capcom. Most of you will probably know him for his work as the Illustrator and Co-Designer of the Mega Man Character. 32

In most of his game Credits, he uses the name “INAFKING”. But now he is currently at his own company, Comcept USA. They are responsible for mighty No.9 and various other projects.

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Some of his other work Include: Onimusha Dead Rising: Video game Series Street Fighter Rockman Rockman X Biohazard/Resident Evil Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers DuckTales Lost Planet And loads more!

ut back to Ninja Gaiden Z. The game is said to be in development for the PC, Xbox 360 and the PS 3. This hack and slash video game features elements similar to previous titles in the series. The players can Run, Jump, Block and Attack their enemies using Yaiba’s blade. On the right-hand side of the screen, a score Multiplier accumulates the players hit-count on the enemy.

The star of the games full name is Yaiba Kamikaze. Once part of a clan that tested their abilities of the ninja by putting them up against a highly skilled member of the clan. Now with that said the highly skilled member can only be the one and only Yaiba himself! But like all great “Warriors” he grew tired of his weak apprentices and decides to massacre his clan and leaving the survivors to their deaths.

Yaiba by crushing his left arm and eye. Yaiba is later discovered by a mysterious orginazation who then restores his lost body parts with mechanized duplicates. He then sets out the get his revenge on Ryu for the damage he coused. This is truely a game worth waiting for if your a fan of the ninja Gaiden Series! -Damen Nel

Developers Team Ninja Spark Unlimited Comcept Publisher The ultimate Technique mode used in other titles has been replaced by a brand new mode called Bloodlust. The new mode allows Yaiba when activated, to decimate multiple enemies around him in quick succession.

As the game continues, Yaiba meets the guy who started it all! Ryu Hayabusa. Yaiba decides to challenge him, and in the proces claims that Ryu is one of the weakest foes he had encountered thus far. In the battle Ryu almost kills

Tecmo Koei Platforms PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, iOS Release Date P March 6, 2014 NA March 18, 2014 AU March 20, 2014 EU March 21, 2014 Genre Action, hack and slash

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Developers Eidos Montreal Publisher Square Enix Platforms Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One Release Date NA February 25, 2014[5] AU February 27, 2014[6] EU February 28, 2014[5] Genre Stealth 36

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his awesomely made game by Eidos Montreal and Published by Squire Enix is the reboot of the cult classic Thief Series of Stealth games. If one knows the games, then one can say this is the forth instalment in the series. If you think back, the game was initially announced in 2009 under the name Thief 4! But it was officially revealed in march 2013. The game will be released on all the major gaming platforms namely: Microsoft Windows Xbox 360 Xbox One Playstation 3 and Playstasion 4

As in previous titles of the game, the p[layer must use stealth in order to overcome challenges. The player must guide Garret a master thief, as he intends to steal from the rich.

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The game will mostly be choice-driven, with the player having a number of possible paths and approaches in a given Level. You also have the ability to use the environment to your advantage, and also to Pickpocket other characters. Attempting to steal in a given level, guards and non-player characters, â&#x20AC;&#x153;that is if they see youâ&#x20AC;? will try to flush you out and kill you! Damen Nel gameragers844.wix.com/game-ragers February 2014

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We left everything behind, hell getting here was just the begening. You said it would be though to start over, but I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t lissen.

o to kick-of the month of Feb, we take a look at a long awaited and trust me, anticipated game. YES! Titanfall. This upcoming first-person shooter will be developed exclusively for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 and the Xbox One. Titanfall features an online Multilayer game-mode. Players fight in this mode, only matches set on a war-torn planet as new-style Titans and their pilots. The action in the game is fast-paced, this means that you can run on walls, hijack meches and also extended periods between player deaths. The game will be using Microsoftâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cloud computing services to offload non- player activity to

servers and optimize the home computer for graphical performance. Many reviewers predicted Titanfall to be the next step for the first-person shooter Genre. -Damen nel

Developers Respawn Entertainment Publisher Electronic Arts Platforms Microsoft Windows Xbox 360 Xbox One Release Date NA March 11, 2014 EU March 13, 2014 AU March 13, 2014 UK March 14, 2014 NZ March 14, 2014 Genre First-person shooter

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Awakening: The Dreamless Castle debuted as the #3 game on the Big Fish Gam quickly rising to #1 for all formats.

Jour na l Developers Boomzap Entertainment Publisher Big Fish Games Platforms Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, iPhone, iPad Release Date February 14, 2010 Genre Adventure/hidden object casual game set in a light fantasy setting.

The journal holds vital information for solving mini-games,it has interesting tidbits about the story and information found on notes in various parts of the castle will be in the journal.Remember to check your journal often, especially if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re having a hard time figuring out a puzzle.You can view the journal can at anytime by clicking on it in the lower left corner of each scene.Click on the arrows at the bottom of the journal to scroll through all available pages. Each page in the journal has a title above it for easy reference and each time an entry gets added to your journal, it will start flashing.

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mes Top 100 downloads list,

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General Tips

Awakening: The Dream Castle is a Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure game that consists of 10 chapters. The game is not timed; however the game will keep track of your overall playing time. Skipping mini-games adds 10 minutes to your overall time. When you see a magnifying glass appear in scene it means it is an area of interest. You can click on that item for a closer look or to obtain clues regarding the game. A single sparkle in a scene symbolizes an area of interest. A cluster of floating stars indicates a Hidden Object Scene.

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A single sparkle in a scene symbolizes an area of interest.

THE GAME Initially the game is pretty impressive, not only can it be mind boggling at some times, but at times I find myself sitting and wondering what to do next. But this is what’s exciting about hidden objects games. The mystery and the satisfaction of finding answers! The interface is really good. When you are in a certain room, there are endless possibilities and sometimes the answers to certain puzzling puzzles are in a previous area. As the story unravels you discover more and more of what you need to know to escape the mysterious castle you had woken up in. It is needless to say this game is captivating until the very end and I would recommend it to young as well as old. This game is for the entire family and

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I believe when the little ones play the game they will at some time need an adults help and so the mysterious, captivating story of Awakening: The Dreamless Castle is brought to the entire family, capturing the “being together”, playing amazing games and just chill’n in front of the game.

Mini Games There are over 10 assorted mini-games in this game, some of them repeat themselves but they may be variations of the same puzzle. All puzzles and mini-games can be skipped once the skip button becomes available, after several minutes.Some puzzles offer a Restart button in the upper right which allows you to reset the puzzle. You can also reset any puzzle or mini-game by exiting out of it.Skipping puzzles will add 10 minutes to your overall playing time.

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Awakening has also been released in German, Spanish, French, and Japanese - a ranked at #1 in every language. Inventory Inventory items can be picked up in Hidden Object Scenes or in any of the scenes in the game.Inventory items found in a Hidden Object Scene will not be revealed to you until you complete that round.The inventory items will be stored in the tray at the bottom of each scene. You can use the arrows on the left and right side of the inventory tray to sort through the available items.To use an inventory item, pick it up and click it onto the area you wish to use it in.Some items in your inventory will be stackable, meaning you can find several pieces of the same item but they will remain in one box in the tray. These items will have a counter at the bottom letting you know how many pieces youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve found and how many are left to find. Zante Fouche 48

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Ado ra Razer range of headphones

Razer targeted a different audience in its new range called the Adaro headphones range. Razer targeted a different audience in its new range called the Adaro headphones range. This range is being expanded past the video-game related hardware, which is Razer best known field of production. These headphones can obviously still be used for gaming, but Razerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s initial target for this range is the larger headphone market that is currently being dominated by Scullcandy, Beats, Sol Republic among others. 56

Razerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new lifestyle brand with a sleek and compact design is called the Adora in ears. The Adora stereo has an over the ears look that has custom-tuned 40mm dynamic drivers with faux-leather ear cushions. The Adora stereo has the wireless version of the headphones, which has up to 20 hours of playback over a 4.0 connection with advanced aptX codes. The Adora DJ headphones

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targets music lovers and offers 50mm dynamic drivers with noise isolation ear cushions that can be rotated on both sides. Zante Fouche

Stratus Wireless game Controller This Stratus is a stand-alone controller that connects via Bluetooth and is compatible with iOS devises. The stratus has the typical video game controller appearance with the usual buttons that includes a D-Pad, two thumbsticks, four shoulder buttons and four action buttons. The controller runs on a lithium-ion battery and SteelSeries says it will last for up to 10 hours on a full charge. There is a USB cable for charging as well as a lid for protection. The controller is compatible with iOS devises but not all iOS apps. The Stratus is compact and can fit on the palm of your hand. The size also helps with portability, but it’s rather complicating to hold both the Stratus as well as the iOS devise. So it’s better to place your mobile on your lap or a table when playing. All in all, the controller is durable and you won’t have difficulty to press buttons.

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This Throwable Camera Ball Snaps 360-Degree Aerial Photos Panono is a ball that has 36 three-megapixel cameras built into it. The one Pfeil is holding in the picture is a working prototype version, and it’s about the size of a volleyball.To operate Panono, you simply throw it in the air. The ball has a sensor inside that recognizes when it has reached the apex of its airborne journey. At this point, it automatically fires all the shutters at once, capturing a megapixel, degree panoramic photograph. After the ball takes its mega-photo, it sends the images to Panono’s image-stitching cloud service wirelessly. From there, the shot is converted into a navigable animated image. You can view it in a browser or the Panono app.Here’s the design model for the smaller Panono ball that will start shipping by year’s end. The final version will be made of a harder GoPro-like rugged plastic. You can also trigger all the shutters by touching a button built into the ball or by remote-controlling them with Panono’s app. 58

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Oculus Rift

Crystal Cove is the latest prototype in the Oculus Rift line up. Unlike those before it, this is a much closer to retail device, with proper fit and finish and none of the exposed wires and cabling seen on previous instalments. The Crystal Cove prototype offers full 1080p video for each eye, an upgrade from the 720p video displayed by the Oculus Rift development kit. A slight problem with the previous Oculus Rift was the motion blur, but the Oculus Crystal Cove prototype. Blur results partly from the video data the Rift shows, and the motion data it processes being slightly out of sync, with the motion sensors getting polled less often than the screen refreshes. Since the display has no motion data to work with during those refreshes, the frames appear blurry. Thus Oculus VR has been experimenting on how

to reduce this motion blurriness and they found a unique solution. The CC prototype refreshes only when the motion sensors ate polled. The video still appears smooth (though slightly darker), and since it only refreshes when it can sync with motion data, blur is almost completely eliminated. The new Oculus Rift features enhanced motion tracking. While the development kit we tested last year used accelerometers and internal motion sensors to track movement, the Crystal Cove prototype adds infrared LED sand a camera to the mix. gameragers844.wix.com/game-ragers February 2014

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Alias: Princess Race: Human Gender: Female Age: 17 Weight: 47 kg (103 lbs)

Personality Lucy is the main female protagonist of the series. As a celestial Spirit Mage, she is a member of fairy tail as well as team Natsu. Lucy has a pink fairy tail stamp on the back of her right hand. Lucy doesn’t wear the same outfit; she has a variety of clothes as well as a belt that accompanies each outfit. This belt holds her Celestial Spirit keys and her whip with a heart shaped edge. Lucy is a member of the heartafilia family, once one of the wealthiest familiesin the country of Fiore. With

her estranged relationship with her father, Lucy decides to leave the comforts of a rich girls live and seeks her own path of independence. Lucy has a lot of pride in her appearance and is very confident. Lucy is a clever, kind and caring person. She also has a love for literature and throughout the series you would often see her writing about her Fairytail adventures. She also loves shopping, cooking and assertive men.

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elestial Spirits are often misused by their owners, they are used as shields in battle and no respect is offered them by some wizards. Butin Lucy’s case, she refuses to use them as shields and rather treat them as friends than her property. Lucy goes to great lengths to make them happy and refuses to let them call her an owner and prefers them calling her their friend. Lucy’s powers aren’t normally as overflowing as teammates, but she would gladly stand up against evil to protect her

friends and guild even at the cost of injury. Lucy tends to use her cleverness to her advantage and thinks out of the box in battle situations. Lucy has a stubbornness equal to Natsu’s, in that she never gives up no matter how the odds are stacked against her. Lucy isn’t as frantic about fighting as her guild mates and usually freaks out at their antics.

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Abilities Lucy practices Celestial Spirit Magic which grants her the ability to summon celestial spirits from the spirit world. Her keys opens to the celestial spirit world, when using the keys it creates a soft, golden light. Lucy has to make contracts with the relevant celestial spirits and once a contract has been made, Lucy will be able to summon celestial spirits on certain days to fight along her side and perform several tasks. Her celestial spirits has varying levels of power and so some celestial spirits re more suited for certain tasks than other, not necessarily related top battle.

Unique Abilities Force Gate Closure Lucy can force a celestial spirit gate to close against the will of the celestial spirit. When a certain celestial spirit unwillingly turns against Lucy its effective to remove them from the battle without harming them. It is remarkable for a Celestial spirit mage to have this kind of ability. Multiple Summons: Lucy has gained the advanced ability to summon more than one Celestial Spirits at once. She summoned all of her gold Keys (5 of them) and one of her silver keys (Nikora) while Loke and the Celestial spirit king were watching., due to the large amount of Magic Power required for such feat, she was able to keep it active for just a handful of seconds.

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She later gains a greater control over this ability as seen during her fight with Flare. Combination Attacks: After receiving a boost in power, Lucy is now capable of using multiple summons nearly effortlessly. This gives her greater flexibility as she is able to combine the Spiritsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; attacks to form new and more powerful ones, in a similar manner to Unison Raid. She can also use her own Magic in combination with another Spirit to increase the power of an attack.

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Natsu is carefree and reckless in nature, and, despite his consistent brawls with the other members of Fairy Tail, he is a fiercely loyal and protective friend. Natsu tends to tackle situations with a hand on approach.Natsu rarely ever reciprocates the feelings, and often forgoes grudge-holding. He did, however, for a short time, hold a grudge against Jellal Fernandes, but eventually forgave him and considered him an ally. He shows compaction for his enemies and doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t exhibit any perversities towards the opposite sex. Natsu always tries to prove his strength to others and at different points in time, he has challenged Erza,Laxus, Mirajane, and even Gildarts (in short, all of Fairy Tailâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current S-Class Mages), to fight him, even if he was beaten every single time he never holds a grudge against them and considers Fairytail to be his family. Natsu even defended Laxus when he was kicked out of the guild, when he tried to take over the guild. Natsuâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s love of fighting has allowed him to develop a rather strategic mind; it helped him in different situations to find his opponents weaknesses and use it to his advantage in defeating them. Natsu has also defeated his opponents with pure wit, rather than brute strength. Natsu never backs out of a fight.

atsu has a slightly tan skin tone, black eyes, and spiky pink-colored hair. He is of average height and has a scar on the right side of his neck, hidden by his scarf. After his battle with the Rogue Cheney of the future, Natsu gains a cross-shaped scar on the left side of his abdomen, a result of the two fatal wounds the man dealt to him during their several altercations. His red guild mark is located just below his right shoulder. Natsu suffers from motion sickness as a Dragon Slayer. Natsu literally becomes sick from riding on any form of transportation, even if the

transportation happens to be other people, as shown when he was carried by Lucy. Natsu was very close to Lisanna. Because of this, after her supposed death, no one in Fairy Tail mentioned her out of respect for his feelings. But that soon changed when Lisanna returns to Fairytail in Earth Land from Edolas. Natsu can become sick from looking at, or simply thinking about, any form of transportation.

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ABILITIES Natsu uses Fire Dragon Slayer Magic that is adept with his Dragon Slayer Magic and he makes use of it in many different ways in combat. As with all Dragon Slayers, he can consume his respective element, with the exception of that which he has created, to replenish his energy reserves. The heat of his fire can increase in temperature, which is determined by Natsu’s emotional state. Natsu subconsciously used this against Erigor, the more he got enraged, the hotter the fire got. This is also called the Flame of Emotion. He incorporates the flames he ignites into his fighting style, greatly increasing the damage of his blows. Natsu’s ability to eat flames gives him immunity to most types of flames.

Fire Dragon’s Roar Natsu’s signature Dragon’s Roar in which he quickly gathers and releases a large quantity of flames from his mouth at his target. Fire Dragon’s Claw ignites his feet in flames, thereby increasing the power of his kicks. The flames can also be used for jet-propulsion purposes. Fire Dragon’s Iron Fist Natsu engulfs his fists in flames and punches the target. Fire Dragon’s Wing Attack Natsu rushes towards his target and grabs them, before subsequently setting hands ablaze, sending them flying. Fire Dragon’s Sword Horn Natsu lights his entire body ablaze and head butts the target at a high speed.Fire Dragon’s

Brilliant Flame Natsu ignites both his hands in flames and then brings them together, creating a fiery explosion. Natsu creates a large fireball to throw at his enemies. Fire Dragon’s Flame Elbow Natsu creates a stream of fire from his elbow; propelling him Fire Dragon’s Crushing Fang With his hand lit ablaze, Natsu swipes at the target in a claw-like fashion, burning them. Fire Dragon’s Grip Strike Grabbing his enemy and supporting his arm with his other, Natsu blasts the foe at a close range. Crimson Lotus: Fire Dragon’s Fist Natsu rapidly punches his target, with his hands lit ablaze, creating a fiery explosion after each subsequent contact.

Happy Personality Happy is very loyal to his teammates and fellow guild members and has a fairly significant amount of knowledge of the Magic world, despite his small stature and eccentric appearance. Happy is quick-witted and cheeky, especially to Lucy Heartafilia.He loves fish and he doesn’t like dogs (except for Plue).He has a catchphrase that wouldn’t be the same if he didn’t do it, that is: “Aye!” or “Aye Sir!” He holds a strange attraction to Exceed like himself and drools on Loke’s shoulder when he finds out that Loke is a lion. Happy has also developed a strong affection towards Carla, another Exceed who at first blows him off, but then begins to like and respect him.

appy is usually seen carrying around a green backpack, where he keeps food and items that can be used in battle. This backpack also covers his green Guild Mark that is on his back. When using his Magic, he can grow a pair of large, feathered, angel-like wings that allow him to fly around and carry others. Happy has no thumbs but he is able to hold on to things. Happy’s body is rectangular, and being an Exceed, it has a structure that allows him to walk erect unlike normal cats. .He has a long, white-tipped tail; and the other parts of his tail are blue. Additionally, Happy is able to use his tail to hold onto objects.

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ABILITIES Aera Happy is able to sprout angelic wings that give him the ability to fly and carry objects or people for a specific amount of time.Max Speed Happy utilizes a considerable amount of Magic Power to fly as fast as he can. This speed can be used to dodge incoming attacks or to attack the enemy. A disadvantage of this technique would be rapid loss of Magic Power, in relation to how long Happy uses this technique. Max Speed Attack While using Max Speed,Happy flies as fast as he can, and then strikes the opponent with his own head.

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“Aye Sir!” This attack was powerful enough to destroy a Thunder Palace Lacrima, which was about two or more times the size of Happy.Anima Breakthrough: Aera allows Happy to break through Anima to get to Edolas. Transformation Mirajane taught Happy, Natsu and Lucy basic spells of Transformation. However, Happy is only able to transform into a super deformed version of Lucy. Unfortunately, his

attempt was a failure and in Lucy’s words, “creepy”. Secret Attack: Lucy Fire While he was controlling Mr. Cursey and after Natsu had ignited Lucy, Happy used Max Speed to make Lucy’s whole body catch on fire, and had her deliver a brutal kick to Kain Hikaru. When Happy was just an egg, he was taken away from his parents, Lucky and Marl, by the queen of Extalia, Shagotte, to carry out the Dragon Slayer assassination plan. In actuality, sending him to Earth Land, along with all the other Exceed eggs, was done to allow him to escape a future disaster in Edolas.

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Erza Scarlet (Titania)

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Personality Erza often criticizes the bad behavior and habits of the other guild members,because she is a very strict person. Doing this most of them apologize to her, fearing that they might invoke her wrath. Due to her social awkwardness many of her guild mates avoids her as she has a tragic childhood, she also has a great sense of justice and pride in being a member of Fairy Tail. According to Lucy in the letter she wrote for her mother Erza is “cool and beautiful, warm and full of passion”, while to Erza Knightwalker she stated that Erza is strong, cool and a little scary but relied on by everyone, even so she can be really girly and liked sweet things and cute clothes.When Rob tried to shield Erza from destruction, and when Jellal was captured because he saved her and was brainwashed by “Zeref ” she wasn’t able to protect them, because of that she describes herself as someone who was always crying, who wasn’t able to protect those dear to her. Erza has stated that she feels uncomfortable and insecure when she’s not wearing armor. However, when Erza encounters Ikaruga, she overcomes her fear and defeats her without her armor.

rza is a young woman with long, scarlet hair and brown eyes. She also has an artificial right eye made by Porlyusica, which replaced the one she lost as a child in chains at the tower of Heaven after she and a few of her friends tried to escape. She has a slender figure that Lucy describes as amazing. Her normal attire consists of custom-made armour by Heart Kreuz smiths, a blue skirt, and black boots. Her Fairytail stamp is blue and located on the middle of her left upper arm.

Erza grew up in Rosemary Village. When the Rosemary Village was attacked by a Zeref- cult, Erza managed to save Kagura by hiding her inside a crate, but got caught herself as a result.There they were forced to build the Tower of Heaven a structure developed for the purpose of resurrecting the Dark Mage, Zeref.

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ABILITIES Requip: The Knight Requip is Erza’s signature form of Magic, over which she possesses great mastery. It is a type of Magic that allows her to swap weapons, armor and clothes at will. Her particular form of Requip is called The Knight. She is noted for her ability to Requip extremely fast and is the only sword Mage known to be capable of Requipping weapons and armor while fighting,

something which made her and her immense strength well known the entire Kingdom of Fiore, earning her the epithet “Titania”. Sword Magic In addition to her signature Magic, Requip, Erza is also an extremely talented user of Sword Magic. As the name implies, this is a type of Magic which revolves around the use of swords. Through the use of this Magic, Erza is capable of using her swords to perform different Magical attacks. This is usually done in combination with

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spe cific armors of hers, which can make her deadlier in close melee combat or, when combined with her. It is also shown in the anime that she can also combine different armors with other swords from other armors to either block or attack using deadlier force and mixing different elements together .Telekinesis, allows her to target opponents which are out of her physical range. Demon Blade Crimson Sakura A sword spell where Erza focuses all her Magic Power into the blade for maximum offense. Master Swordsmanship Specialist: Erza possesses great mastery in swordsmanship and her skills in swordsmanship are of the highest caliber. Keen Intellect: Erza has proven herself to be clever and to possess a thorough knowledge of the Magic world Expert Hand to Hand Combatant: Despite favoring the use of her various weapons, Erza has proven herself to be a skilled hand-to-hand combatant. Despite her being bound to a wall, she was able to easily knock Sh么 unconscious with a single kick. Enhanced Strength: In stark contrast with her slim and womanly figure, Erza possesses a very large amount of physical strength, having been repeatedly shown capable of lifting and dragging around objects many times her own size and weight Immense Endurance: Erza has been shown to possess a vast amount of physical endurance. 76

Immense Durability: Erza has also proven herself to have a vast amount of physical durability: with the aid of her Adamantine Armor, she was able to take the brunt of the Magical Convergent Cannon - Jupiter on herself,[36]and then go on to easily defeat Aria, an S-Class Mage,[37] and stand up against Jose Porla, the Phantom Lord Guild Master and a member of the Ten Wizard Saints, after receiving only a very brief amount of time for rest. Immense Reflexes: Erza possesses extremely sharp reflexes, and a high degree agility and speed. Immense Magic Power: As an S-Class Mage of the Fairy Tail Guild, Erza possesses a tremendous amount of Magic Power. Throughout many difficult battles Erza was able to Requip powerful armors in rapid succession without showing any signs of fatigue.

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Personality Gray has a disturbing habit of unconsciously removing his clothes at inappropriate moments. He has a laid-back personality, but will get serious when the time calls for it. He is very concerned about his comrades and is truly loyal towards the guild, but tends to trash talk every now and then. Gray was quite reckless when he was younger, but now he has attained a more cautious attitude towards life, and deals with problems carefully. He and Natsu have a friendly rivalry, and while they can often be seen fighting one another verbally or physically, the two are actually quite concerned about each other.

rey’s member stamp is below his collarbone on his right pectoral muscle and is dark blue in colour. Gray’s most prominent feature is his spiky black-colored hair. He has dark blue eyes, and his body is toned and muscular. Gray was from a village up in the North, but the entire village was destroyed by the Demon Deliora where Gray’s parents were killed during the incident. Gray inherited the unusual habit of stripping unconsciously from Ur. Ur, a powerful ice came investigating Deliora’s destruction, and found Gray alive among the

ruins. Ur took Gray in as her second student and taught him and Lyon Ice-Make Magic. When Gray heard of Deliora’s current location, he decided to challenge it. Gray collapsed from battling Deliora and woke up to see Ur battling it. Ur told him to take Lyon and run, he carried Lyon and saw that Ur had lost her leg and replaced it with ice. Lyon woke up and tried to cast Iced Shell, but Ur stopped him by freezing him. She explained to Gray that Iced Shell was the only thing that would beat Deliora, she made Gray promise to tell Lyon that she died. She then used Iced Shell which caused her body to be destroyed. Before turning into ice, and told him to step into the future. The next day, Lyon woke up and discovered Deliora encased in ice and Ur’s sacrifice. He berated Gray for Ur’s death and the two apprentices parted ways.

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SOME ABILITIES OF GREY Ice-Make A form of Molding Magic that allows the user to create ice at his will and to shape it into objects. Freeze: Ice-Makeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most basic, yet one of its most useful capabilities is that of covering everything Gray comes into contact with in ice. Ice-Make: Lance Gray extends his arms forward, creating long, curved ice lances that he shoots toward his enemy, impaling them. Ice-Make: Freeze Lancer Gray creates larger ice lances that he attacks his enemy with. Ice-Make: Block: The user uses one hand to create a big block of ice that is able

to block incoming attacks. Ice-Make: Shield Gray creates a large shield made of ice in front of him, whose shape is vaguely reminiscent of a flower, which shields everything behind it. IceMake: Hammer Gray creates a large ice hammer that floats above his opponent before dropping on them with great force. The first time Gray used this against Lyon, he was blocked. Ice-Make: Ice Hammer Gray creates a giant spiked hammer made out of ice and hammers it onto the target. Ice-Make: Ice Impact Gray creates an intricately-designed hammer made of ice, which he brought down

onto the targeted area, creating a great impact. Ice-Make: Floor Gray simply freezes the floor, which makes anyone in the area slip. Gray is also capable of freezing water with this spell, and slide on the resultant floor. Ice-Make: Bow: Gray creates a large bow out of ice, which can be used to shoot powerful ice arrows at his targets.Ice-Make: Arrows: Gray creates one or more arrows out of ice, which are subsequently shot at high speed to enemies through the use of the previously made ice bow.Ice-Make: Super Freeze Arrow: Using Ice-Make: Ice Geyser and standing on top of the resulting ice formation, Gray can rise up to a high point to shoot his arrow; after the shot, the speed of the arrow increases with gravity and air pressure, making this attack much deadlier than usual. The first time Gray used this was to defeat Racer. Ice-Make:BattleAxe Gray creates an axe out of ice for melee combat and swings it around him. The first time he used this was against Juvia, but it was ineffective. Ice-Make: Sword: Gray creates a sword out of ice for melee combat. The sword is very durable, being capable of cutting and parrying other weapons as if it were made of metal. Ice-Make: Cold Excalibur Gray creates a massive great-sword out of ice for melee combat. As with its smaller version, the weapon is very strong and sharp; in addition, its slashes seem capable of leaving behind large wakes of ice which can damage the opponents. Ice-Make: Ice Bringer Gray generates two swords of ice in his hands and rapidly moves them forward in an X motion to slash his opponent. IceMake: Ice Geyser Freezing the ground in front of him, Gray creates a tower of ice spikes that impales opponents, greatly damaging them. The first time Gray used this was to attack Lyon, but he failed.

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Directed by Brian Percival Produced by Ken Blancato Karen Rosenfelt

his American GerDuring the world war II, man war drama film Liesel and Rudy becomes tells the story of the members of the Hitler youth young Liesel Meminger movement and during a Nazi (Sopie Nélisse) who travels book burning ceremony, on a train with her mother upset Liesel grabs a book that and brother when her brothhasn’t been burned in the fire er dies. At his burial she yet. IIse Herman, the mayor’s discovers a book beside his wife, saw her and when Liesel graveside and here the story had to take the laundry to the begins. Liesel arrives at her mayor’s house; Liesel discovfoster parents Hans and Rosa ers it was the mayor’s wife Hubberman because Liesel’s who saw her taking the book. mother is a communist, her Liesel, scared to be found out, life is in danger. Liesel makes is delighted when IIse takes a lasting impression on Rudy her to their library and tells Steiner, the neighbor boy her she could read as much and so Liesel is accompanied as she wants. The fairytale by Rudy to her first day of reading ends when the mayor school. This is where some discovers her reading and schoolmates taunt het about even dismisses Liesel’s stepthe fact that she wrote 3 x’s mother as his laundress. Not on the board when the teachbothered by obstacles, Liesel er asked her to write name, climbs through a window surely announcing toe everyto keep “burrowing” books one that she couldn’t read. from the mayor’s library. They called her “dummkopf ’ The movie takes a turn when and Franz Deutcher challenge one night of violence, Max her to read just one word out Vandenberg and his mothof a book he shows her. Liesel er, who are Jewish are told reacts by beating him up and that only one of them can impresses the neighbor boy escape, after being forced by Rudy even further; they then his mother, Max goes to the eventually become very good Hubbermans’s house, where friends. Liesel and her stepfahe is sheltered by Hans and ther forges a mutual bond for Rosa. Max’s father saved reading after Hans discovers Hans’ life in the World War Liesel couldn’t read. It is here I. Max is granted the permiswhere Liesel’s obsession with sion to stay in Liesel’s room, reading anything she could and soon a friendship get her hands February on developed. 82 2014 gameragers844.wix.com/game-ragers

Based on The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Starring Sophie Nélisse Nico Liersch Emily Watson Geoffrey Rush Distributed by 20th Century Fox Release dates October 3, 2013 (Mill Valley Film Festival) November 8, 2013 (United States) Running time 130 minutes

is formed over their mutual hate for Hitler. Max later moves to the basement for more movement, but gets seriously ill because the basement is colder than the rest of the house. Liesel reads Max through his recovery process. After borrowing yet another book from the mayor’s library, she is followed by Rudy, he then guesses that her family is hiding someone but promises not to say anything. His seriousness about his promise is reflected when he throws the diary Max gave Liesel in the river to keep it from the trouble maker Franz. He dives the journal out of the freezing water and Liesel realizes she can truly trust him. When a local party member comes to inspect their basement, they have to hide Max behind a Nazi flag. Luckily the goal of the inspection was to see if the basement could act as a bomb shelter. Soon after, Hans is sent to war but returns a few days later, injured by a bomb that hit his unit’s truck.

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ruly I think that the visual part of the movie is excellent! Alongside the storyline it all just works fabulous together. The creators stayed true to the stories roots and I can honestly say that it’s a movie worth watching. Some moments in the film has one on the edge of your seat! While in other parts you will be drying the tears away from the laughter. The story goes as follows: After Flint and his friends save the world from the food storm in the first film; Chester V, the CEO of Live Corp is called in to clean their Island from all the leftovers. Chester decides to relocate Flint alongside his friends and the citizens to San Franjose, California. But what Flint doesn’t know is that his invention the FLDSMDFR survived the explosion, and landed in the middle of the island. But mister nice guy Chester is determined the devise. Flint’s big dream comes to a reality

when Mister Chester asks him to join Live Corp. Here he meets Barb, V’s assistant, a talking orangutan with human intelligence. At the company’s promotion ceremony, Flint’s “party in a box” which he invented explodes humiliating him in front of Chester and the whole companies staff members. After the, Mr. V is informed that all the search party on the island have gone missing. Some footage shows them being attacked by monstrous cheese burgers; which are learning to swim. Chester decides to ask Flint to travel back to Swallow Falls and destroy the FLDSMDFR once and for all. Despite the fact that the mission is classified; Flint envites his girlfriend Sam, her camera man Manny , police officer Earl, Steve a monkey and Bret. But without any thought Flint’s dad Tim joins the group and they travel to the island on a fishing boat. Once on the Island they see a jungle like forest has overgrown the island. On their

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travels they see all sorts of different animals made out of food. But Chester is not all happy about Flint’s party and soon everyone will see his true colours! -Damen Nel

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