Left 4 Dead

Set in a modern day survival-horror universe, the co-operative gameplay of Left 4 Dead (L4D) casts four “Survivors” in an epic struggle against hordes of swarming zombies and terrifying “Boss Infected” mutants. Developed by Turtle Rock Studios and Valve, creators of the Counter-Strike and Half-Life games, the latest AI technology allows for multiplayer games of one to eight players.

A new and highly virulent strain of the rabies virus emerges and spreads through the human population with frightening speed. The pandemic’s victims become grotesquely disfigured widely violent psychopaths, attacking the uninfected on sight. As one of the “lucky” few apparently immune to the sickness, you, unfortunately, are also trapped in a city crawling with thousands of the bloodthirsty Infected. Alone, you’re dead. But together with a handful of fellow survivors, you might just fight your way to safety.

Players can play as a Survivor or as one of four types of Boss Infected, each of whom possess a unique mutant ability, such as a 50-foot tongue lasso or a giant belly full of explosive methane gas. The gameplay of L4D is set across four massive campaigns. The zombie population of each mission is choreographed by an AI Director that monitors the human players’ actions and creates a unique and dramatic experience for them on the fly.

User Ratings and Reviews

1 Star FAIL
LAGGY, many MANY glitches and exploits, yet another game milking the tired Source Engine, dedicated servers fail, the lobby fails. Campaign mode gets boring and lacks challenge, granted you’re with competent players. Versus mode is a bust, you’re either on a terrible team which rotates due to ‘ragequitting’ so there’s no chance for even a good player to get anywhere when there’s no cohesion, or you’re on a good team in which there is no CHALLENGE from the other team for just that reason above. The game is a mess and they need to update update update.

Spend your money elsewhere. Perhaps on a game which was put together with a little more effort, thought and love. This game lacks originality and probably cost less to produce than the price you would otherwise be paying for a copy. Better yet, if you own a game that runs on the Source Engine just download one of the NUMEROUS zombie mods that are equally playable and entertaining.

4 Stars Great Game - Fast Paced - Steam still Terrible
Left 4 Dead

Great game if you like to mow down a zombie hoard with your choice of weapon (machine gun, shotgun, rifle and double handguns). The story line is broken down into sections. The action is almost non stop - if you pause to catch a breath the zombie hoard will find you and your teammates. The AI in single player mode is excellent. I found the 3 computer players to be pretty effective - however they almost always follow you through the choke points so you will bear the brunt of the surprizes (generally a good thing but I did jump a lot from these surprizes). The story line is okay - you are working to get to safety from the zombies - however, like certain movies the plot line really only gets in way of the action.

Frankly I appreciated the relative durability of the players from attacks - there are sections where an extreme number of zombies attack and on some it took me six or more tries to get through alive - that was great. Also there is a fair amount of replayability in the team mode - especially if you get on with one or more friends and create your own ways of defeating a playing a level - we often played wasteland which had the goal of killing everything before moving on (the computer does keep generating new zombies and new hoards if you stay in any place too long).

My only complaint is the Steam authentication system. I play my games on a laptop, often not connected to the internet. Too often Steam gives me some error message that locks out all steam games. This is unacceptable. I spent $50 to buy a game and Steam prevents me from using the game! I wish game developers would bag steam and go to the disk-based authentication - I have never been locked out of one of those games. To make it worse, Steam has the FAQ help section that is completely useless - all the solutions are “problems with my machine.” Steam Sucks!

Left 4 Dead - Great Game!

5 Stars Left 4 Dead Review
Great game, not disappointed. To play online, make sure you have at least 1.5Mbps down speed/256Kbps up speed. It’s what I have and it does get quite laggy at times.

5 Stars Amazing game
I can’t stop playing this game. I had gotten out of playing a lot of video games, but decided to try this one, noe I’m hooked. The only problems I’ve had were having to put in the code for the window size that the game launches in so my monitor would display it and Steam’s servers like to kick you and sometimes kill the mic mid-game. This only happens in multiplayer campaign for some reason.

5 Stars Fast paced team based excitement and fun
I followed this game since announced and after a year of waiting finally had my opportunity to play. I was not disappointed. There are 3 types of play available from single player campaign, multiplayer campaign, multiplayer team vs team.

The game plays as a horror movie with scares of hordes of zombies attacking and a quiet period before the next strike. In the single and multiplayer campaign modes you follow a scripted series of maps and contend with zombies and boss monsters. Boss monsters are zombies with specific special attacks adding more excitement to your run from point A to point B in each map.

The Team vs Team mode allows players to take on the role of a boss monster to attempt to stop the “survivors” from making it to point B. Team speak is enabled for those with a microphone making coordinated attacks and defending against monsters easier to perform.

The game requires Steam which is an online game purchasing client. Steam receives high ratings for keeping all your Steam enabled games up to date with the latest patches automatically. Although the game does not require internet access to play it is required for the Steam client and multiplayer game modes.

I rate this game 5 of 5. An enjoyable game that suspends the user in a movie until the climatic end fight and escape.

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World of Warcraft 60 Day Pre Paid Time Card

The World Of Warcraft 60 Day Time Card lets gamers enter the world of Azeroth for 60 days of real-time combat in an incredible fantasy setting.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Good, easy gift for anyone who plays WoW
At Christmas, I got this same thing for five people who play Warcraft, and they all loved it. For four of them, I wrapped up the box it came in and gave it to them. The fifth lives out of town, so I simply emailed her the number off the back of the card, which is all she needed. It’s about the only good gift that can be emailed.

4 Stars Gift for Christmas
I was not aware that my son would need to purchase anything extra to use this card but it does not work with the downloaded version of the game so we had to spend an extra $80 in order to use the card! Obviously not a problem that had to do with Amazon at all but just thought I’d let other parents know before they purchase the card.

4 Stars Loved it
Purchased this for my 15 year old for christmas…he loves WOW and loved this gift

5 Stars Good service, but there are better options
I ordered a card from here once. I got it about 3 days later, which is okay, but I found out that you can go and order from places like [...] and have your code right then and there. So yeah buying from here is great an all, but there are better choices.

3 Stars Good, but wasteful
My wife and I use these to keep our playing habit under control. We have to make a conscious decision every 60 days to keep going, and we get to keep our credit card information to ourselves.

As others have mentioned, however, this is extraordinarily wasteful. They are overpackaged and the entire package and everything in it hits the landfill the second the code is entered.

Ideally Amazon could just show us the code on their site; they’re doing a lot of other digital delivery these days.

Hence three stars: five, minus two for the sickening inefficiency.

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The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Game of the Year Edition

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition (GotY) for Windows is a compilation of this classic RPG game. Oblivion GotY will include the original version of the award-winning RPG Oblivion along with the official expansion, The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles, and the downloadable content, Knights of the Nine. This new product allows players who have never played the 2006 Game of the Year to experience Oblivion for the first time with additional content. In addition, gamers can continue their existing games of Oblivion and experience the new quests and areas offered by the expansion and downloadable content.
Oblivion features a powerful combination of free-form gameplay, unprecedented graphics, cutting edge AI, character voices by acting legends Patrick Stewart, Sean Bean, Terrance Stamp, and Lynda Carter, and an award-winning soundtrack. Gamers can choose to unravel Oblivion’s epic narrative at their own pace or explore the vast world in search of their own unique challenges.
With more than 30 hours of new gameplay, Shivering Isles allows you to explore an entirely new plane of Oblivion - the realm of Sheogorath, the Daedric Prince of Madness. Shivering Isles features a bizarre landscape split between the two sides - Mania and Dementia -filled with vast, twisting dungeons mirroring the roots of the trees they are buried within. Sheogorath himself looks to you to be his champion and defend his realm and its inhabitants from destruction as you discover all new items, ingredients, spells, and much more. The Shivering Isles features a bizarre landscape split between the two sides - Mania and Dementia -filled with vast, twisting dungeons mirroring the roots of the trees they are buried within. You’ll encounter more than a dozen new creatures including hideous insects, Flesh Atronachs, skeletal Shambles, amphibious Grummites. Throughout your adventure, you will discover all new items.
Knight

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars What can I say?
This game is incredible! The depth of gameplay, the graphics, the voice acting, the music, it’s all top notch and adds up to a very fun and satisfying experience. Although I have come across a few minor bugs and crashes playing this game on my Vista 64-bit machine, overall it is pretty solid.

5 Stars great PC game
This game is awesome. Unfortunately, on my machine it has to run on relatively low graphics, but it still looks good and is tons of fun. Strangely, the only time I’ve seen it crash is after I’ve chosen to quit.

5 Stars Stopped Working after 1 month
This is a great game but unfortunately within a month the pc keeps telling me “please insert Cd”. It isnt working anymore though other CDs work in my pc. This one does not work in other people’s CD drive either- what a waste of my money!

5 Stars Oblivion pc
Awesome Game. And you can download Mods for it at planet elderscrolls that add tons of hours to the game as if it wasn’t big enough or something.

5 Stars Great buy
I purchased this game a couple of days before I had to be back to college. I received it the day before i left, and was very pleased. The game play has been great, easily being one of the best games I have played in a long time. If you enjoy these kind of games, I would recommend this one. I have put well over 70 hours into it, and am still around half way done with the main quest line, with many other side quests to accomplish, along with 2 expansion packs in which I have not even started yet. This game is worth every penny you put into it.

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Age of Empires Collectors Edition Jewel Case

Age Of Empires Collectors Edition brings you the critically-acclaimed stretgy game. Control 10,000 years of human history and rewrite it to suit you. Players are the guiding spirit in the evolution of small stone age tribes. Starting with minimal resources, players are challenged to build their tribes into great civilizations. Choose a nation and guide it to world domination!

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Great game; great price!
I have played these games ever since they came out and I truly enjoy The Conquerors, however, I play them all at different times. I like to create landscapes, and I prefer these landscapes to any of the followings Empire games. This package is a terrific purchase. In a move I lost Age of Empires II, so I was glad to see this offer.

4 Stars Great game, print your own manual
Here’s a helpful note on the packaging: This set doesn’t include the manual or technology tree fold-out. That’s probaably why it costs less than the AoE 2 Gold Edition. If you like to have the tech tree (building and unit upgrades reference sheet) next to you when you play, you’ll need to print your own. Just search online for “Age of Empires II manual” without the quotes and you’ll find the PDF to download from Microsoft or you can look for a one-sheet PDF tech tree by someone named Nethog. Or you can fork out double the amount for the Gold edition, which has less software but printed manuals included.

Other reviewers have said everything that needs to be said about the game itself. It’s a pleasantly addictive sequel to Age of Empires.

5 Stars Game Review
the game is excellent, a lot fun, one of the best games ever,

i would have liked a better more protective case for the cds, the case is very thin

i would have liked to receive the manuals for the games, they used to come with the cds before, like the one age of empires 3 now

4 Stars Awesome
The game is exactly as I expected. I was scared at first to buy it because I have Vista on my computer but it turned out it was compatable. Nothing funky to do with it, just put it in and there you go.

5 Stars A Classic Strategy
A great game and a true classic. The only flaw to the experience was that the jewel case was damaged in shipping.

Worth your time if you missed this one.

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The Sims 3 Collectors Edition

Enjoy the freedom of creating unique Sims and immersing them in a living, open neighborhood where they can pursue short- and long-term wishes to reap rewards. Customize your Sims’ appearances and choose individual personality traits to make them truly distinct. With unlimited design options, you can build everything from the ultimate dream home to a quaint beach cottage. The Sims 3 Collector’s Edition will amuse you with unexpected moments of surprise and mischief; get you all these exclusive extras:

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Neverwinter Nights 2 Storm of Zehir Expansion

Neverwinter Nights 2 (NWN2) is a computer role-playing game set in the fantasy world of the Forgotten Realms, one of the popular campaign settings of Dungeons and Dragons. It takes the player from the tiniest of villages into a sweeping tale of danger and war, chronicling their rise from a peasant to a full-fledged hero of the Realms, defending it against one of the greatest threats of the age. Build a character that suits your style of play - good or evil, chaotic or lawful, with any number of skills, feats and professions available at the click of a button. Whether lobbing fireballs and researching forgotten spells as a powerful Wizard, hacking a trail through legions of orcs as a Fighter armed only with a battle axe and your courage, or taking on the role of a Rogue that can slip into the shadows at a moment’s notice, the choice is yours. Choose your alignment, your allies, your companions, and how you want your character to develop… design the character you want, role-play the way you want, and carry the battle to the enemy.

User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars Hard core fans will love it.
For those who thought Neverwinter Nights had ended…you will be pleasantly surprised. This is the second expansion in the NWN series. There aren’t many changes but it does get you back playing the game. As the world recovers from the damages of the last campaign, a sect arises that worships the god Zehir. You start on a boat with a massive storm approaching…which is always a good way to start a quest…but most hardcore fans will see what’s coming a mile away. Once the ship wrecks it is up to you and your mates to navigate this new land with lengthy quests that will help make a name for you and your crew.

One of the biggest changes is your ability to fully customize every aspect of your party…they do include pre made designs…but trust me, take the time and build the party you want. But the most talked about addition is the 3-d map (overland map) that you use to move from point-to-point. It also shows you the location of all the enemies, allowing the user to decide whether to avoid confrontations…or to attack with swords blazing. Long time fans will also be introduced to two new races and three new classes.

Another less significant addition is the trading system, this is the users’ commerce, but it is really lack luster in Storm of Zehir…which you’ll find yourself avoiding whenever possible. The graphics haven’t improved much, but the sound is top notch…it does an excellent job conveying the emotions and scenes of the game. Despite the short comings this is a good addition to the Neverwinter Night series that gives you plenty to explore and plunder. Over all there is plenty to justify the second expansion and fans of the series will find themselves in similar places as they begin playing again.

1 Star Unforgivable
Based on the synopsis, I was rather pessimistic about this game, but I enjoy the Neverwinter franchise, and was eager to find myself mistaken.

I can forgive the endless loads. I can forgive the dozens of tedious encounters, all of which involved killing mindless monsters and none of which involved imagination. I can forgive the error-prone controls. I never actually finished the game because, even though I was a couple of levels higher than the game recommended, the last fight was impossible. Even that I can forgive.

Someday I may forgive the wretched voice acting. I might even be able to forgive that fact that the Neverwinter franchise is too cheap to hire the original actors when reintroducing characters from the original NWN2 campaign (using Dave Walsh instead of Asa Siegel for Bishop in MOTB made me want to drop-kick my computer . . . when they hired someone else to play Khelgar in SOZ, I had had it).

As I said, the synopsis I was given made little sense, and I suspected that the story wouldn’t either. I was wrong. There was no story at all. The half-hearted attempts at plot exposition and character development were turgid and purile. It had the sophistication and intrigue of a second grade school play (no offense to second-graders). There was no character interaction; it was like a party full of mannequins.

Before anyone accuses me have lacking the imagination to make up my own story, let me defend myself: There is a reason why I read, a reason why I play table-top D&D and a reason why I play video games. Table-top games allow me to invent my own characters and plots; video games and books allow me immerse myself in someone else’s inventions. If I wanted to immerse myself in something like SoZ, I’d reread “Jane and Dick.”

4 Stars Great Game! Like the Party Sytstem!
I really liked having multiple of my own custom builds in the party while still being able to have a cohort minority in the party. The game still has a biased protagonist leader (the character you loaded into the module) like Baldur’s Gate II (you have to hack through multiplayer, join with a single client and take control of some or all the slots), but unlike Baldur’s gate II, the the leading protagonist isn’t treated as anything special in the plot and all party members get the most of the epithet feats. The teamwork feats are cool and all current party members get those too upon grant.

The dungeons are much smaller, which is a bummer. I generally like the random roaving overland encounters (Ultima Exodus was like this) but I know other people don’t. But it is your 2nd biggest source of experience (quest rewards are 1st). Also the in-party dialog is a lot less, and the game doesn’t have companion influence, and very few things alter your alignment like in the original campaign. The Merchant company, if you really develop it, will make you filthy rich and you cannot even come up with a way to spend all the money. This requires most or all caravan routes setup, fully upgraded, with you helping out with the security by ‘joining’ the battles at the wagon trains as you see them get attacked going from point a to b (caravans do not get attacked or suffer damage off-screen), which can get very tedious. The new crafting system is much easier to use, but you have to have the recipe to craft. Can’t just look it up online and craft without a recipe like in the OC.

The plot is a lot less demonic (not in praising them or having them win, just in glorfying their strength, power, and numbers) than the OC or MoTB. It is more like playing regular-old D&D. There is still a lot of statue/idol worshipping and one statue-idol that actually does stuff, for the christians. Also the Forgotten Realms god of commerce, Waukeen, appears to have taken over all religious worship within the game, which signals that the love of money is being promoted big-time.

The party conversation is a sinch to put in your own modules. The player-creaed party system isn’t too bad, just have to set up a campaign with the built-in toolset plugin. Your own module scan have whatever party size limits you want, and there is a separate player-created party size limit (set through a campaign property), and a larger total party limit (set through script). The overland map is not as easy as it requires a lot of scripting to get things to work right.

1 Star Worst of the NWN2 games
There were two things that most people disliked about NWN2…the horrible faces of the characters and the awful load time. So what did they do? NOTHING about the first and a horrific INCREASE IN THE AMOUNTS OF LOADING. You have to load to go from the map to the towns/caves/towers and even load to fight. So what used to be 5 mins of loading (where one or more players got stuck and lost connectivity)with 30 or so mins of action is now 5 mins of loading x 2 mins of fighting x 10 times! To say I got bored is an understatement…and I tried several times to give it a chance.

And only one of the players get to move across the map leaving the others to watch and then to wait for saves, and wait for the fight/area to load.

This expansion is also very anti-spell caster as sleep to renew spells is not allowed in any area other than an inn (that you pay to rent a room) or the map (where you may run into trouble.) This is ironic because Resurrection is NOT automatic so you need a cleric; unfortunately, a cleric needs to be able to sleep to renew spells to heal and to resurrect.

I have no idea who rewrote the engine and this expansion but they should be fired for not giving a rat’s butt about what the people who went out and upgraded their pcs just to play the awesome graphics and put up with the lousy load times were saying about NWN2…Not MORE loading, LESS time loading.

Geez. How hard is that to get?

4 Stars Big plus, some minuses
The big plus here is FINALLY being able to control your party to the same level as Baldur’s Gate and some of the older D&D games. You can create every member of your 4 person team from scratch and control how they level up. There is also room for 1 or 2 other pre-created people in the party. Unlike some other reviewers, I don’t really miss all the bickering and cut scenes you get with pre-created party in NWN2:MOB, for example.

The new world map is overall a bit of a minus. There are just too many wandering monsters and the fights all take place about the same way - the monsters running at you in group from medium distance. Blast them with area spells, clean up and you are done - gets a little monotonous. Can’t say I really like the whole trading thing either - just a distraction.

The story line seems pretty standard stuff so far - I am not really that far into it. Lots of doing various favors and errands for people. And haven’t we had the Yuan-Ti as the bad guys before?

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Logitech Cordless Rumblepad 2 with Vibration Feedback Black

Experience the freedom and eliminate the clutter with the Logitech Cordless Rumblepad 2. Logitech developed 2.4 GHz Cordless Freedom technology specifically for gaming… 30 feet of freedom with no lag! With its two vibration feedback motors, you’ll experience every turn, bump, dip, and crash. And it feels great in your hands with its familiar button layout and all the controls you need to dominate.

User Ratings and Reviews

1 Star Does not work with most games
Every game I tried with this controller did not let me use it. This made me very upset. I did extensive research to see which controller was best to buy, and this one seemed to be it, and little did I know that the games I play don’t work with tis controller. I would give it no stars if I could for compatibility.

5 Stars awesomeee
This is an awesome controller. IT works perfectly and gaming is quite a breeze with it..

3 Stars not that great, just comfortable….
This rumblepad is a nice game controller except that it is not as functional as it looks, it is comfortable because its weight and anatomic shape, also, is cordless (cordless means the rumble pad is not connected DIRECTLY to a cable, but you have to connect a receiver to a usb port to catch the controllers signal, so it is just more comfortable beacause you can move better, and it looks nicer) but the vibration isnt that great, not all games are compatible with it!! its not like a PS controller that all games vibrate!!!

1 Star wing type controllers worthless art racing games
Anyone with real experience racing vehicles will tell you quickly that only steering wheel controllers of the integrated types such as Logitech’s G25 are the only worthwhile controller. An accelerator, brake, and steering wheel set is the bare minimum.

F1 2002, Indianapolis 500 and such games require at least the minimum. And last but not least, make sure the controller works with your chosen game. Only Logitech posts such. The others are unknowledgeable, probably by intent.

5 Stars excelente opcion!!!
Bueno chicos no tengo ni que decirlo… nuevemante Logitech da en el clavo!!!! este pad es ademas de funcional muy facil de configurar, lo unico malo que podria decir es que una buena cantidad de juegos no son compatibles con este pad, ni con su antecesor, (unicamente con la …ierda del control del XBOX360), pero aun asi sigue siendo una buena opcion para accesorios para juegos!!!

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Fallout 3

For 200 years, Vault 101, a fallout shelter, has served the surviving residents of Washington DC and its environs, now known as the Capital Wasteland. Though the global atomic war of 2077 left the US all but destroyed, the residents of Vault 101 enjoy a life free from Giant Insects, Raiders, Slavers, and yes, even Super Mutants. Yet one morning, you awake to find that your father has left the comfort and security afforded by Vault 101 for reasons unknown. Leaving the only home you’ve ever known, you emerge from the Vault into the harsh Wasteland sun to search for your father. Fallout 3 is a singleplayer action role-playing game (RPG) that combines the horrific insanity of the Cold War era theory of mutually assured destruction gone terribly wrong with the kitschy naivety of American 1950s nuclear propaganda.

Mind-Blowing Artificial Intelligence - Radiant AI, America’s First Choice in Human Interaction Simulation. Facial expressions, gestures, unique dialog, and lifelike behavior are brought together with stunning results Eye-Popping Prettiness - Witness the harsh realities of nuclear fallout rendered like never before in modern super-deluxe HD graphics

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars A “Blast” of Fun!
Fallout 3 was a lot of fun! I spent about 100 hours and never truly got bored. Bethesda did a great job of providing a sense of freedom in a world that was graphically stunning, logical, darkly charming, and for the first several game sessions downright scary. Even the soundtrack/music/radio options provided logical and humorous choices! Much better than Oblivion. This is the best “solo” FPS/RPG that I have ever played and my only complaint is that I am already done and I will miss the world of Fallout 3.

I have never bothered to write a review before, but Fallout 3 deserves the praise. Please don’t be fooled by the average of “three stars” - that average is brought down by technical glitches. When you read through those “one star” reviews you will see that even most of those disgruntled by the technical glitches loved this game.

5 Stars Fallout 3
There is nothing bad that I can say about Fallout 3, I have the PC and the 360 versions of the game and I love them. I have spent many hours just wandering around and doing whatever I please, that’s what makes is a great game. The free roaming and the battle system and complimented by the level ups that you gain through killing monsters and finishing quests.

1 Star F for Fallout 3
I enjoyed both Fallout and Fallout 2. I’ll pass on Fallout 3. I refuse to believe a game has to be laced with foul language to make it gritty or more realistic.

5 Stars Fallout 3
oh man..bethesda did a great job on this even though this is my first intro into the fallout series, and for all of you vet fallouts it clearly states this doesn’t really follow off of the last chapter. instead another story in the wastes of america and focusing on a certain character. im 8+ hours into the game and have just begun on the 2nd part of main story! last 7 was doing sidequests and getting higher lvl. exploring the wastes of D.C. is insane! was overwhelmed on the options of what to do….and intimidated cause anything above 3 raiders and i was owned xD. im runnin this on a c2d e8XXX proc with a 8600gt 512mb card so i cant really do much pertaining to graphical specs on this game although what ive experienced even for these spec areas is unbelievable! windows xp seems to have a problem loading the client for me to download the latest expansion, liberation anchorage…says i need a hotfix but just forwards me to a troubleshoot page..wtf is up with this? no problems considering bugs as of yet..though had one switching out of my pip-boy one time fighting some mutants..might of been cause i was testing out high settings on my gfx…whether if your an rpg person or just curious this is worth the buy. i seemed to have gotten this while it wes 39.99 ^^. lucky me as well with the super save shipping. refer to other reviews for more thorough input as this is my first take on the fallout happenings. i will say this is well worth the 40bucks unlike some others ive bought which turned out to be 10hr sitdowns…

5 Stars Simply Stunning
Fallout 3 takes you to the future, and lands you in the middle of the Capital Wasteland. This game is absolutely stunning for any RPG fanatic. Best of all, you can play it however you want. Don’t feel like shooting things? Sneak around them or even talk it out. Fallout 3 is THE game of the year for 2008.

The DRM in this game is nothing more than a disk check, but cracks are readily available. Also, it did freeze, but that wasn’t the game’s fault. My computer was overheating. After I fixed the heat problems, I haven’t had a single hiccup. I suggest to the one star reviewers that they actually play the game, or at least make sure they have a reason to complain.

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World of Warcraft Wrath of the Lich King Expansion Pack

Fans of World of Warcraft, prepare for Blizzard Entertainment’s next installment — World of Warcraft: Wrath of King Lich. In this latest expansion, something is afoot in the cold, harsh northlands. The Lich King Arthas has set in motion events that could lead to the extinction of all life on Azeroth. The necromantic power of the plague and legions of undead armies threaten to sweep across the land. Only the mightiest heroes can oppose the Lich King and end his reign of terror.

The tuskarr, a walrus-like race of nomadic fisherman, inhabit the icy Borean Tundra. View larger.

Half-giant warriors, the vrykul, once inhabited the land. View larger.

You’ll enjoy exploring Northrend and all its environments and dungeons. View larger.

Explore Northrend and battle the Lich King with World of Warcraft’s first hero class character — The Death Knight. View larger.

One of many new environments, Dragonblight is an arctic wasteland surrounded by dense forests. View larger.

Many strange and terrifying creatures inhabit this frozen continent. View larger.

Enter the Death Knight
This expansion adds a host of content to the already massive existing game world. Players will achieve soaring levels of power, explore Northrend (the vast icy continent of the Lich King), and battle high-level heroes to determine the ultimate fate of Azeroth. As you face the dangers of the frigid, harsh north, prepare to master the dark necromantic powers of the Death Night — World of Warcraft’s first Hero class. No longer servants of the Lich King, the Death Knights begin their new calling as experienced, formidable adversaries. Each is heavily armed, armored, and in possession of a deadly arsenal of forbidden magic.

If you have a World of Warcraft account with a character of at least level 55, you will be able to create a new level-55 Death Knight of any race (if on a PvP realm, the Death Knight must be the same faction as your existing character). And upon entering the new world, your Death Knight will begin to quest to level 80, gaining potent new abilities and talents along the way. This expansion allows for only one Death Knight per realm, per account.

New Environments in Northrend Await
Journey through the remote, diverse lands of Northrend and explore Dragonblight, Grizzly Hills, Borean Tundra, and Howling Fjord. Named for bones of perished dragons and majestic shrines to the fallen creatures, Dragonblight is an arctic wasteland surrounded by dense forests.

Not everything is frozen in Northrend. The lush mountains of Grizzly Hills are the ancestral home to the furbolgs, who have grown accustomed to relative peace. Although their tranquility is being challenged by trappers, goblins, and ice trolls, Grizzly Hills remains a vast and dangerous wilderness.

The southwestern tip of Northrend is home to the sprawling Borean Tundra. The Horde has established a dominant presence in this icy portion of the continent and has formed a bond with the tuskarr, a walrus-like race of nomadic fisherman. Magical energy is afoot in the region, and it has caused increased tension.

High above the Great Sea at the southeastern tip of Northrend lies the Howling Fjord. Ancient mythology holds that a race of half-giant warriors, the vrykul, once inhabited the land, founding a prosperous civilization. They mysteriously vanished, leaving deserted villages and abandoned temples. In present times, the Alliance and the Horde have come to Howling Fjord to confront the Lich King. Strangely, this has prompted the return of the vrykul, who are attacking the Alliance and Horde settlements. Howling Fjord presents a difficult challenge on two fronts: withstanding the vrykul’s onslaught and battling the evil Lich King.

A Multitude of Monsters
Strange and terrifying creatures inhabit the frozen continent of Northrend, such as Nerubian Viziniers, Plague Eruptors, Shoveltusks and Flesh Giants, to name just a few. Half-spider, half-humanoid, the viziniers utilize sorcery and high intelligence to emerge as the rulers of Nerubians’ underground kingdom. The Plague Eruptors are walking corpses created by the Lich King’s evil experiments to spread horror and chaos across the living world.

Massive curved antlers make it easy to identify the Shoveltusks. These grumpy beasts are very dangerous, territorial, and best left alone. The Flesh Giants are nothing short of nightmarish abominations. Cobbled together from the pieces of giant body parts, the Flesh Giants employ tremendous strength to carry out the Lich King’s wishes.

The World of Warcraft: Wrath of King Lich expansion pack allows you to engage in epic siege warfare. The pack presents the first Hero class and allows you to transform your Death Knight’s look with character customization that even include hairstyles and dances. You’ll enjoy exploring the Northrend and all its environments and dungeons, filled with some of the deadliest creatures — and greatest treasures — on all of Azeroth.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Great Expansion
I love this expansion! It has added so much more depth and more fun elements to this game. I (like many people I’ve talked to) were getting really sick of the Burning Crusade. I actually almost quit playing but held on with hope that Wrath of the Lich King would deliver. All that gear grabbing and trying to get into raids wore very thin. Thankfully Wrath was everthing I needed to jump start my passion for this game. I’m glad that Blizzard made this more of a questing game again and added a lot more story to the quests. A must buy for all.

4 Stars Wrath of Lich King……FINALLY
Like most obssessed WoW’ers I waited and waited for the new expansion to finally hit the shelves. I plotted my midnight run, took time off to install and try to level, and planned on all the new goodies I was going to get for my char. With the new content and so much to see you hardly have time to level before you’re looking at new raids and instances to get up to epic mode again. With any expansion pack there are the good points and the bad. The new content can become a grind to level up, and the new raids are for serious raiders only. Casuals can usually find a good PUG, but if you’re not seriously geared, you’ll have a long time before you’ll find anyone to help out. Also there are the “cons” of the new content. Most of the classes have been nerfed beyond recognition, and if you’re playing a Warlock, you’ll want to immediately start a new char until they get the class repaired. The Death Knight is a nice new hybrid, but with everyone building one, the servers are DK heavy and actual class light. Healers have become almost non existant, so choose wisely Luke (LOL). You’ll want something you can smash through almost all content alone with and be able to pick up some decent trash gear so you can get that coveted invite to a PUG for heroics and raids. There you’ll find the best gear, if you can get an invite. Then you have to deal with master looters, and greedy ninjas. With new professions added and new recipies for all profs, you’ll never run out of things to do. My personal favorite is the new Wintersgrasp BG. Even the casual Pvp’er can get some choice items after only a few battles. Since it’s such a popular event, joining a group for WG is pretty easy, making the points pile up. In fact with only one battle I was topping 2K xp for new armor. The regular arenas and battlegrounds are again under construction, but I have faith that the Blizzard elves are working hard to get it back to where it was. Of course,there’s the constant whine on the forums, but isn’t that why we love the game??

3 Stars Long Time Fan, Let Down
I’ve been playing WoW since the beginning, and so it pains me to have to say that I feel this expansion either isn’t finished, or that Bliz has gotten sloppy.

What’s wrong:

1. They’ve created massive buildings in many of the towns, and if you go upstairs or look around, there’s literally nothing in half of them. They’re totally empty. No chairs, no couches, no fires, no nothing. Floors, walls, and stairs, that’s it. It makes the world feel so much less alive. In one town in particular they made huge buildings, and it’s like they forgot to put things in them. I sent upstairs in one and there was literally about four giant floors to this building and outside of the first floor there was nothing on any of the other floors. Not an NPC, not a chair, not a fire, not a picture. Nothing.

2. In Burning Crusade I was changing out lvl 60 purples for new lvl 61 greens. Meaning, my rare gear was being made worthless by common items at lvl 61. That bugged me, but what bugs me more is that from level 70 to level 79 I had only replaced 2 pieces of my level 70 epic items. They went from one extreme to the next, and going through a long leveling process without the fun of upgrading gear made the game a lot less fun for me. I hit level 80 and upgraded all of my gear with auction house rare items, and finally got that upgrade, but it was pretty much one big upgrade, and not a process. Again, not fun. Next time, hopefully the split the difference between BC and LK.

3. No recipes to search for and buy in the world. It seems they did away with having rare recipes be given by various NPC’s in the environment. Everything is trainable now, and the reasons for checking all of the NPC’s are gone. If you need to sell something or get a repair, it’s your only reason to talk to an NPC merchant. This relates again to point one, the world feels dead. Those little hidden items that only certain merchants would sell added something to the game that made it seem a bit more alive and interesting. No longer could I go into a town excited to see what I might find for sale there, because there’s nothing to find of interest anymore.

So those may seem like minor gripes to some, but it made the entire leveling process, which is long, a boring chore.

5 Stars WOW! need I say more
This is a very addicting game. From roleplaying to doing quests and learning professions. You can play in groups or solo. This is a great game I really like the graphics and in general it’s a clean fun game to play. Although blizzard could be more original with some of the buildings it’s fun to play.

3 Stars For better or worse, its WoW with a new difficulty curve
For the most part, this is by far the best incarnation of WoW yet. Northrend is joy to quest in since it looks nice, has excellent lore (at least for the alliance) that involves you like never before, and a new class that is really fun to play. However, after awhile the novelty of all this new stuff wears off and you’re left with the end game content to keep you playing. As someone who can’t raid, I was really looking forward to getting to run the new heroics and things. However, Blizzard’s new philosophy on the “difficulty scaling” of the game has pretty much completely changed the way end game content runs. After less than a month of playing, my friends and I were tearing through the heroics like nothing. Its hard to get psyched for new gear when you can already dominate in what you have. Heroics in TBC were basically hard as heck raids for 5 people, and I miss that. Heroics aren’t the only casualty to the new system: I’ve never seen so many people with the best gear in the game before just running around. My friends that do raid have nothing left to do, and are now just epicly gearing out all their alts. That situation will be fixed with patches, but it stinks to have to just wait for everything. This is basically the first time playing the game I (and my friends) were left with nothing to do except level alts. I can’t really comment on the pvp state of the game since that’s not my thing (bg’s are the most frustrating thing ever… especially on Alliance).

In summary, exploring the new world for the first time is fun, but that’s about it. If you can’t raid and aren’t obsessed with pvp, find an alt you love or be prepared for boredom.

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In one convenient package, Windows Live OneCare helps protect your computer, uses its optimization features to keep your PC running at its speediest, and even regularly backs up your important files: Protection Plus uses antivirus and antispyware scanners, a managed two-way firewall, and integrated anti-phishing technology to protect your computer from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, hackers, phishing, and other threats. It runs continuously, but you can scan individual files and folders for viruses on demand simply by right-clicking them. You can even scan attachments you receive via Windows Live Messenger or MSN Messenger.
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User Ratings and Reviews

3 Stars It Works but painfully
Too much trouble and pain to get confortable with having made the decision to use this product

4 Stars RIP OneCare.
This great product is being put out to pasture by Microsoft. A new offering (code named “Morro”) will provide the anti-malware features of OneCare…free.

OneCare WILL NOT work with the upcoming Windows 7.

If you decide to buy OneCare, MS will support your product for the term of your subscription. The antivirus engine is virtually the same as contained in its admirable enterprise product called ForeFront Client Security. The basic structure of OneCare is solid.

OneCare does a lot more than just protect your computer from malware. It has performance, stability and backup features that are easy and reliable to run.

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Goodbye, OneCare. You were a great product, but I’m guessing that Microsoft has bigger, better plans on the horizon with its Morro project.

5 Stars Windows Live OneCare
Upgraded to Vista and needed a basic AV. Software installed without issue and was easy to configure. I have had no issue with the software in the 3 months installed, abet I do not spent an excessive amount of time surfing the web. Only have the software installed on 1 PC but for the sale price, it is a good deal.

5 Stars The best way of protect your data
That’s right Windows live one care is the best way to protect your data. This software is OEM for Sony laptops and works fine: is not heavy.

5 Stars windows live one care
i like the way this program works with windows vista . notifying users when web sites are accessing my computer . i find it to be a solid anti-virus and spam filter

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