Playing the ?Liar? Card Game

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Everyone should know that it is a sin to tell a lie, but what can we do? Most of us poor humans have fallible characters and we are often tempted to tell an untruth. Here is a way to satisfy the urge to lie and for it to not be a sin, but merely part of the game, and you might win to boot. (To boot) is Australian for (as well). For more Aussie Slang see my article, http://www.ehow.com/how_4594612_speak-strine.html

 The aim of the game is to be the first to get rid of all your cards. This is done by placing them face down on the table and nominating what they are.

 The deck is dealt until all the cards are finished, and then the designated player, usually to the left of the dealer begins. he/she will select as many cards of one kind as possible and place them face down on the table, and nominate what they are.

 For instance, he/she might say, “Four kings” and place the cards down. The other players can then do the same with their cards, by putting down as many as they wish. At the point when a player tables cards the other players have the opportunity to accuse them of being a ‘Liar’ At this point the cards that he/she put down are checked and if the lie is proved then all the cards are picked up, if however, it was not a lie, then the accuser must pick up all the cards.

 The game continues in this vein until there is a winner. Players must keep an eye on every other player in case they place all their cards down in one turn and win the game.

 In keeping with the name of the game ‘Liar’ one can put down as many cards as one thinks one can get away with. For example he/she can say, “Four Aces,” but also slip another couple of cards in as well. Players should be wary that this doesn’t happen.Playing the ‘Liar’ Card Game

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The Best Video Game Series

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10. Grand Theft Auto

“Grand Theft Auto” (commonly abbreviated “GTA”) is a video game series created in the United Kingdom by Dave Jones, then later by brothers Dan Houser and Sam Houser, and game designer Zachary Clarke. It is primarily developed by Rockstar North (formerly DMA Design) and published by Rockstar Games. The name of the series and its games are derived from grand theft auto, a term referring to motor vehicle theft. The series is set in fictional locales heavily modeled after American cities, while an expansion for the original was based in London.

Gameplay focuses on an open world where the player can choose missions to progress an overall story, as well as engaging in side activities; all consisting action, adventure, driving, occasional role-playing, stealth and racing elements. While the subject of the games is usually a comedic satire of American culture, the series has gained controversy for its adult nature and violent themes. The series focuses around many different protagonists who attempt to rise through the ranks of the criminal underworld, although their motives for doing so vary in each game. The antagonists are commonly characters who have betrayed the protagonist or their organization, or who has the most impact impeding their progress. -Wikipedia.org

9. Metal Gear Solid

Metal Gear Solid​ is a videogame by Hideo Kojima. The game was developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan and first published by Konami in 1998 for the PlayStation video game console. It is the sequel to Kojima’s early MSX2 computer games Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake. The game featured cinematic cutscenes rendered using the in-game engine and graphics, as well as voice acting in numerous codec sequences.

Metal Gear Solid follows Solid Snake, a soldier who infiltrates a nuclear weapons facility to neutralize the terrorist threat from FOXHOUND, a renegade special forces unit. Snake must liberate two hostages, the head of DARPA and the president of a major arms manufacturer, confront the terrorists, and stop them from launching a nuclear strike. -Wikipedia.org

8. Resident Evil

Resident Evil made its 1996 debut on the Sony PlayStation and later on the Sega Saturn. It was a critical and commercial success, leading to the production of two sequels, Resident Evil 2 in 1998 and Resident Evil 3: Nemesis in 1999, both for the PlayStation. A port of Resident Evil 2 was released for the Nintendo 64. In addition, ports of all three were released for Windows. The fourth game in the series, Resident Evil Code: Veronica, was developed for the Sega Dreamcast and released in 2000, followed by ports of 2 and 3. Resident Evil Code: Veronica was later re-released for Dreamcast in Japan in an updated form as Code: Veronica Complete, which included slight changes, many of which revolved around story cut scenes.

This updated version was later ported to PlayStation 2 and Nintendo GameCube under the title Code: Veronica X. Despite earlier announcements that the next game in the series would be released for the PlayStation 2, which resulted in the creation of an unrelated game titled Devil May Cry, series’ creator and producer Shinji Mikami decided to make the series exclusively for the Nintendo GameCube.

The next three games in the series—a remake of the original Resident Evil and the prequel Resident Evil Zero, both released in 2002, as well as Resident Evil 4—were all released initially as GameCube exclusives. Resident Evil 4 was later released for Windows, PS2 and Wii. In addition, the GameCube received ports of the previous Resident Evil sequels. Despite this exclusivity agreement between Capcom and Nintendo, Capcom released several Resident Evil titles for the PS2 that were not considered direct sequels. -Wikipedia.org

7. Mario

The Mario series is a series of highly popular and acclaimed video games by Nintendo, featuring Nintendo’s mascot Mario and, in many games, his brother Luigi. Gameplay in the series often centers around jumping on and defeating enemies. The games usually feature simple plots; the most common theme is that of Bowser, the main antagonist, kidnapping Princess Peach, whom Mario saves.

Despite the plots usually being very simple, the Mario role-playing games tend to have deeper plots, often involving enemies other than Bowser (many of which involve Bowser actually teaming up with Mario), with aspirations for world domination. Mario has been featured in 200 games, and the Mario series has sold over 200 million copies total, making it the best-selling video game series of all time. -Wikipedia.org

6. Pokemon

Pokémon is a media franchise published and owned by the video game company Nintendo and created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1996. Originally released as a pair of interlinkable Game Boy role-playing video games, Pokémon has since become the second most successful and lucrative video game-based media franchise in the world, behind only Nintendo’s own Mario series. Pokémon properties have since been merchandised into anime, manga, trading cards, toys, books, and other media. The franchise celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2006, and as of 28 May 2010 (2010 -05-28), cumulative sales of the video games (including home console versions, such as the “Pikachu” Nintendo 64) have reached more than 200 million copies.

The name Pokémon is the romanized contraction of the Japanese brand Pocket Monsters, as such contractions are quite common in Japan. The term “Pokémon”, in addition to referring to the Pokémon franchise itself, also collectively refers to the 649 fictional species that have made appearances in Pokémon media as of the release of the Pokémon role-playing game (RPG) for the Nintendo DS, Pokémon Black and White.

Like the words deer and sheep, the word “Pokémon” is identical in both the singular and plural, as is each individual species name; in short, it is grammatically correct to say both “one Pokémon” and “many Pokémon” as well as “one Pikachu” and “many Pikachu”. In November 2005, 4Kids Entertainment, which had managed the non-game related licensing of Pokémon, announced that it had agreed not to renew the Pokémon representation agreement. Pokémon USA Inc. (now The Pokémon Company International), a subsidiary of Japan’s Pokémon Co., now oversees all Pokémon licensing outside of Asia. -Wikipedia.org

5. Halo

‘Halo’ is a video game series created by Bungie and published by Microsoft. The series centers on the interstellar war between humanity and a theocratic alliance of aliens known as the Covenant. The Covenant worship an ancient civilization known as the Forerunners, who perished in combat with the parasitical Flood. The main trilogy of games center on the experiences of the Master Chief, a cybernetically-enhanced human super-soldier, and his artificial intelligence (AI) companion, Cortana. In this setting, the term “Halo” refers to Halo megastructures: large, habitable ringed structures, similar to the Orbitals in Iain M Banks’ Culture novels, or to smaller versions of Larry Niven’s Ringworld.

The series has been praised as being among the best first-person shooters on a video game console, and are considered the Microsoft Xbox’s “killer app”. This has led to the term “Halo killer” being used to describe console games that aspire, or are considered, to be better than Halo. Fueled by the success of Halo: Combat Evolved, and immense marketing campaigns from publisher Microsoft, its sequels went on to break various sales records. Halo 3 sold more than US0 million worth of copies in the first twenty-four hours of release, breaking the record set by Halo 2 three years prior. Halo: Reach, in turn, broke the record set by Halo 3, selling 0 million USD worth of copies on its first day. The games have sold over 34 million copies worldwide, and all Halo merchandise has grossed more than .7 billion. -Wikipedia.org

4. Call of Duty

Call of Duty is a first-person and third-person shooter video game series franchise, created by Ben Chichoski. The series began on the PC, and later expanded to consoles and handhelds, and several spin-off games have also been released alongside the main series. The majority of the games in the series have been set primarily in World War II, with the exception of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 which are set in modern times, and Call of Duty: Black Ops which is set in the Cold War era.

The Call of Duty video games are published and owned by Activision and published for Macs by Aspyr Media and have been developed primarily by Infinity Ward and Treyarch, with other games being developed by Gray Matter Interactive, Spark Unlimited, Pi Studios, Amaze Entertainment, Rebellion Developments, and n-Space, using a variety of game engines including the id Tech 3, the Treyarch NGL, and the IW 4.0. Other products in the ranchise include a line of action figures designed by Plan-B Toys, a card game created by Upper Deck, and a comic book mini-series published by WildStorm. -Wikipedia.org

3. The Legend of Zelda

The Legend of Zelda incorporates elements of action, adventure, role-playing, and puzzle games. The player controls Link from a flip-screen overhead perspective as he travels in the overworld, a large outdoor map with varied environments. Link begins the game armed with a small shield, but a sword becomes available to Link after he ventures into a cave that is accessible from the game’s first map screen. Throughout the game, merchants, fairies, townspeople, and others guide Link with cryptic clues. These people are scattered across the overworld and hidden in caves, shrubbery, or behind walls or waterfalls. Barring Link’s progress are creatures he must battle to locate the entrances to nine underground dungeons. Each dungeon is a unique, maze-like collection of rooms connected by doors and secret passages, and guarded by monsters different from those found on the overworld. Dungeons also hide useful tools which Link can add to his arsenal, such as a boomerang for retrieving distant items and stunning enemies, and a recorder with magical properties. -Wikipedia.org

2. Final Fantasy

Final Fantasy​ is a media franchise created by Hironobu Sakaguchi, and is developed and owned by Square Enix (formerly Square). The franchise centers on a series of fantasy and science-fantasy console role-playing games (RPGs), but includes motion pictures, anime, printed media, and other merchandise. The series began in 1987 as an eponymous video game developed to save Square from bankruptcy; the game was a success and spawned sequels.

The video game series has since branched into other genres such as tactical role-playing, action role-playing, massively multiplayer online role-playing, and racing. Although most Final Fantasy installments are supposedly independent stories with various different settings and main characters, they feature identical elements that define the franchise. Recurring elements include plot themes, character names, and game mechanics. Plots center on a group of heroes battling a great evil while exploring the characters’ internal struggles and relationships. Character names are often derived from the history, languages, and mythologies of cultures worldwide.-Wikipedia.org

1. Gran Turismo

Gran Turismo (Italian for “Grand Tourer” or “Grand Touring”, often abbreviated to GT) is a very popular and critically acclaimed series of racing simulation video games produced for the Sony PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Portable gaming systems. All of the games are said to simulate the appearance and performance of a large selection of vehicles, nearly all of which are licensed reproductions of real-world automobiles.

Since the franchise’s first entry in December 1997, over 61 million units have been sold worldwide for the PlayStation, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation 3. Gran Turismo can trace back its origins to 1992, when Kazunori Yamauchi set out with a group of seven to develop the original Gran Turismo, which took a whole five years to complete. -Wikipedia.org

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10. Grand Theft Auto

“Grand Theft Auto” (commonly abbreviated “GTA”) is a video game series created in the United Kingdom by Dave Jones, then later by brothers Dan Houser and Sam Houser, and game designer Zachary Clarke. It is primarily developed by Rockstar North (formerly DMA Design) and published by Rockstar Games. The name of the series and its games are derived from grand theft auto, a term referring to motor vehicle theft. The series is set in fictional locales heavily modeled after American cities, while an expansion for the original was based in London.

Gameplay focuses on an open world where the player can choose missions to progress an overall story, as well as engaging in side activities; all consisting action, adventure, driving, occasional role-playing, stealth and racing elements. While the subject of the games is usually a comedic satire of American culture, the series has gained controversy for its adult nature and violent themes. The series focuses around many different protagonists who attempt to rise through the ranks of the criminal underworld, although their motives for doing so vary in each game. The antagonists are commonly characters who have betrayed the protagonist or their organization, or who has the most impact impeding their progress. -Wikipedia.org

9. Metal Gear Solid

Metal Gear Solid​ is a videogame by Hideo Kojima. The game was developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan and first published by Konami in 1998 for the PlayStation video game console. It is the sequel to Kojima’s early MSX2 computer games Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake. The game featured cinematic cutscenes rendered using the in-game engine and graphics, as well as voice acting in numerous codec sequences.

Metal Gear Solid follows Solid Snake, a soldier who infiltrates a nuclear weapons facility to neutralize the terrorist threat from FOXHOUND, a renegade special forces unit. Snake must liberate two hostages, the head of DARPA and the president of a major arms manufacturer, confront the terrorists, and stop them from launching a nuclear strike. -Wikipedia.org

8. Resident Evil

Resident Evil made its 1996 debut on the Sony PlayStation and later on the Sega Saturn. It was a critical and commercial success, leading to the production of two sequels, Resident Evil 2 in 1998 and Resident Evil 3: Nemesis in 1999, both for the PlayStation. A port of Resident Evil 2 was released for the Nintendo 64. In addition, ports of all three were released for Windows. The fourth game in the series, Resident Evil Code: Veronica, was developed for the Sega Dreamcast and released in 2000, followed by ports of 2 and 3. Resident Evil Code: Veronica was later re-released for Dreamcast in Japan in an updated form as Code: Veronica Complete, which included slight changes, many of which revolved around story cut scenes.

This updated version was later ported to PlayStation 2 and Nintendo GameCube under the title Code: Veronica X. Despite earlier announcements that the next game in the series would be released for the PlayStation 2, which resulted in the creation of an unrelated game titled Devil May Cry, series’ creator and producer Shinji Mikami decided to make the series exclusively for the Nintendo GameCube.

The next three games in the series—a remake of the original Resident Evil and the prequel Resident Evil Zero, both released in 2002, as well as Resident Evil 4—were all released initially as GameCube exclusives. Resident Evil 4 was later released for Windows, PS2 and Wii. In addition, the GameCube received ports of the previous Resident Evil sequels. Despite this exclusivity agreement between Capcom and Nintendo, Capcom released several Resident Evil titles for the PS2 that were not considered direct sequels. -Wikipedia.org

7. Mario

The Mario series is a series of highly popular and acclaimed video games by Nintendo, featuring Nintendo’s mascot Mario and, in many games, his brother Luigi. Gameplay in the series often centers around jumping on and defeating enemies. The games usually feature simple plots; the most common theme is that of Bowser, the main antagonist, kidnapping Princess Peach, whom Mario saves.

Despite the plots usually being very simple, the Mario role-playing games tend to have deeper plots, often involving enemies other than Bowser (many of which involve Bowser actually teaming up with Mario), with aspirations for world domination. Mario has been featured in 200 games, and the Mario series has sold over 200 million copies total, making it the best-selling video game series of all time. -Wikipedia.org

6. Pokemon

Pokémon is a media franchise published and owned by the video game company Nintendo and created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1996. Originally released as a pair of interlinkable Game Boy role-playing video games, Pokémon has since become the second most successful and lucrative video game-based media franchise in the world, behind only Nintendo’s own Mario series. Pokémon properties have since been merchandised into anime, manga, trading cards, toys, books, and other media. The franchise celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2006, and as of 28 May 2010 (2010 -05-28), cumulative sales of the video games (including home console versions, such as the “Pikachu” Nintendo 64) have reached more than 200 million copies.

The name Pokémon is the romanized contraction of the Japanese brand Pocket Monsters, as such contractions are quite common in Japan. The term “Pokémon”, in addition to referring to the Pokémon franchise itself, also collectively refers to the 649 fictional species that have made appearances in Pokémon media as of the release of the Pokémon role-playing game (RPG) for the Nintendo DS, Pokémon Black and White.

Like the words deer and sheep, the word “Pokémon” is identical in both the singular and plural, as is each individual species name; in short, it is grammatically correct to say both “one Pokémon” and “many Pokémon” as well as “one Pikachu” and “many Pikachu”. In November 2005, 4Kids Entertainment, which had managed the non-game related licensing of Pokémon, announced that it had agreed not to renew the Pokémon representation agreement. Pokémon USA Inc. (now The Pokémon Company International), a subsidiary of Japan’s Pokémon Co., now oversees all Pokémon licensing outside of Asia. -Wikipedia.org

5. Halo

‘Halo’ is a video game series created by Bungie and published by Microsoft. The series centers on the interstellar war between humanity and a theocratic alliance of aliens known as the Covenant. The Covenant worship an ancient civilization known as the Forerunners, who perished in combat with the parasitical Flood. The main trilogy of games center on the experiences of the Master Chief, a cybernetically-enhanced human super-soldier, and his artificial intelligence (AI) companion, Cortana. In this setting, the term “Halo” refers to Halo megastructures: large, habitable ringed structures, similar to the Orbitals in Iain M Banks’ Culture novels, or to smaller versions of Larry Niven’s Ringworld.

The series has been praised as being among the best first-person shooters on a video game console, and are considered the Microsoft Xbox’s “killer app”. This has led to the term “Halo killer” being used to describe console games that aspire, or are considered, to be better than Halo. Fueled by the success of Halo: Combat Evolved, and immense marketing campaigns from publisher Microsoft, its sequels went on to break various sales records. Halo 3 sold more than US0 million worth of copies in the first twenty-four hours of release, breaking the record set by Halo 2 three years prior. Halo: Reach, in turn, broke the record set by Halo 3, selling 0 million USD worth of copies on its first day. The games have sold over 34 million copies worldwide, and all Halo merchandise has grossed more than .7 billion. -Wikipedia.org

4. Call of Duty

Call of Duty is a first-person and third-person shooter video game series franchise, created by Ben Chichoski. The series began on the PC, and later expanded to consoles and handhelds, and several spin-off games have also been released alongside the main series. The majority of the games in the series have been set primarily in World War II, with the exception of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 which are set in modern times, and Call of Duty: Black Ops which is set in the Cold War era.

The Call of Duty video games are published and owned by Activision and published for Macs by Aspyr Media and have been developed primarily by Infinity Ward and Treyarch, with other games being developed by Gray Matter Interactive, Spark Unlimited, Pi Studios, Amaze Entertainment, Rebellion Developments, and n-Space, using a variety of game engines including the id Tech 3, the Treyarch NGL, and the IW 4.0. Other products in the ranchise include a line of action figures designed by Plan-B Toys, a card game created by Upper Deck, and a comic book mini-series published by WildStorm. -Wikipedia.org

3. The Legend of Zelda

The Legend of Zelda incorporates elements of action, adventure, role-playing, and puzzle games. The player controls Link from a flip-screen overhead perspective as he travels in the overworld, a large outdoor map with varied environments. Link begins the game armed with a small shield, but a sword becomes available to Link after he ventures into a cave that is accessible from the game’s first map screen. Throughout the game, merchants, fairies, townspeople, and others guide Link with cryptic clues. These people are scattered across the overworld and hidden in caves, shrubbery, or behind walls or waterfalls. Barring Link’s progress are creatures he must battle to locate the entrances to nine underground dungeons. Each dungeon is a unique, maze-like collection of rooms connected by doors and secret passages, and guarded by monsters different from those found on the overworld. Dungeons also hide useful tools which Link can add to his arsenal, such as a boomerang for retrieving distant items and stunning enemies, and a recorder with magical properties. -Wikipedia.org

2. Final Fantasy

Final Fantasy​ is a media franchise created by Hironobu Sakaguchi, and is developed and owned by Square Enix (formerly Square). The franchise centers on a series of fantasy and science-fantasy console role-playing games (RPGs), but includes motion pictures, anime, printed media, and other merchandise. The series began in 1987 as an eponymous video game developed to save Square from bankruptcy; the game was a success and spawned sequels.

The video game series has since branched into other genres such as tactical role-playing, action role-playing, massively multiplayer online role-playing, and racing. Although most Final Fantasy installments are supposedly independent stories with various different settings and main characters, they feature identical elements that define the franchise. Recurring elements include plot themes, character names, and game mechanics. Plots center on a group of heroes battling a great evil while exploring the characters’ internal struggles and relationships. Character names are often derived from the history, languages, and mythologies of cultures worldwide.-Wikipedia.org

1. Gran Turismo

Gran Turismo (Italian for “Grand Tourer” or “Grand Touring”, often abbreviated to GT) is a very popular and critically acclaimed series of racing simulation video games produced for the Sony PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Portable gaming systems. All of the games are said to simulate the appearance and performance of a large selection of vehicles, nearly all of which are licensed reproductions of real-world automobiles.

Since the franchise’s first entry in December 1997, over 61 million units have been sold worldwide for the PlayStation, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation 3. Gran Turismo can trace back its origins to 1992, when Kazunori Yamauchi set out with a group of seven to develop the original Gran Turismo, which took a whole five years to complete. -Wikipedia.org

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10. Mortal Kombat Armageddon

Throughout the Mortal Kombat universe, the warriors were growing too strong and numerous for the realms to handle. The warriors’ powers threaten to utterly destroy the fabric of the MK universe. Upon this scene, the Elder Gods demanded a safeguard to be put in place to absorb the kombatants’ insatiable bloodlust. In an enormous crater in Edenia, these warriors clashed in a single battle royale between the Forces of Light and Darkness that would threaten to rip apart reality and bring about the Apocalypse.

Without warning, a mysterious pyramid rises from the ground, and the tip bursts into flames, attracting the warriors’ curiosity to see what it was. The kombatants fought one another to get to the top, while Blaze, the gods’ firespawn revealed himself to them. The firespawn was created by Delia, a powerful Edenian sorceress, and the mother of the main character in “Konquest” mode to destroy each fighter that would threaten him in order to save the realms from Armageddon. This would be the warriors’ last battle, their last chance to prove that they are worthy of surviving, while many others will die. This will be the final battle for Mortal Kombat, the battle that will determine the fate of the realms. -Wikipedia.org

9. Manhunt

Manhunt is a third-person stealth horror game. The game consists of twenty levels, and four bonus levels that can be unlocked; the levels are referred to as “Scenes”. Players survive the Scenes by dispatching enemy gang members known as “Hunters”, occasionally with firearms but primarily by stealthily executing them in gruesome, over-the-top ways.

The player is rated from one to five stars at the end of each level which is largely affected by the gruesomeness of the killings and the speed of completion. Executions are preferred in order to gain a higher score, thus encouraging players to play as viscerally as possible. The game’s locales are full of “dark spots” and shadows where the player can hide while being chased by the Hunters; hiding in these dark areas makes the player invisible to opponents. -Wikipedia.org

8. Fatal Frame 2

Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly, known in Japan as Zero: Akai Chō and in Europe as Project Zero II: Crimson Butterfly, is a survival horror video game developed by Tecmo. It is the second installment in the Fatal Frame series and is considered by some gaming magazines as one of the scariest video games ever created (see Reception). It was originally released in 2003 for the PlayStation 2, and a “director’s cut” version was released for the Xbox in 2004 with better graphics and some additional features. There has also been a confirmation that there is a 2011 remake set to release on the Wii in Japan, but no confirmation if it will ever release in the US or Europe. -Wikipedia.org

7. Condemned 2: Bloodshot

Condemned 2: Bloodshot takes place 11 months after Condemned: Criminal Origins. The game features a darker, grungier Ethan Thomas, whose life has descended into alcoholism and homelessness following the events of the first game. The game’s plot features Ethan being recruited back into the SCU to investigate a call for help from his old mentor Malcolm Vanhorn, and delves more deeply into explaining the mysterious phenomena causing city-wide violence and mass hysteria. -Wikipedia.org

6. F.E.A.R.

F.E.A.R. simulates combat from a first person perspective. The protagonist’s body is fully present, allowing the player to see his or her character’s torso and feet while looking down. Within scripted sequences, when rising from a lying position or fast-roping from a helicopter for example, or climbing ladders, the hands and legs of the protagonist can be seen performing the relevant actions. A prominent gameplay element is “reflex time”, which slows down the game world while still allowing the player to aim and react at normal speeds. As the player progresses through the game they will be able to pick up shots that will increase the amount of health, and reflex time they have.

Reflex time is used to simulate the character’s superhuman reflexes. Reflex time is represented by stylized visual effects, such as bullets in flight that cause air distortion or interact with the game’s particle effects. F.E.A.R. lead designer Craig Hubbard stated that Monolith Productions’ primary goal was “to make combat as intense as the tea house shootout at the beginning of John Woo’s Hard-Boiled.” He continued on to say that “defeat[ing] … enemies … with style” was crucial to this goal and that reflex time plays a large role in “mak[ing] the player feel like they are an action movie hero.” -Wikipedia.org

5. Doom 3

Doom 3 is a science fiction horror video game developed by id Software and published by Activision. An example of the first-person shooter genre, Doom 3 was first released for Microsoft Windows on August 3, 2004. The game was later adapted for Linux, as well as being ported by Aspyr Media for Mac OS X. Developer Vicarious Visions ported the game to the Xbox console, releasing it on April 3, 2005. British developers Splash Damage also assisted in design for the multiplayer elements of the game.

The game is a reboot of the Doom franchise, disregarding the storylines of the previous Doom video games. Doom 3 is set in 2145 on Mars, where a military-industrial conglomerate has set up a scientific research facility to develop fields such as teleportation, biological research and advanced weapons design. However, the teleportation experiments inadvertently open a gateway to Hell, resulting in a catastrophic invasion by demons. The player, an anonymous space marine, must fight through the base and find a way to stop demons from Hell attacking Earth. Doom 3 features an award-winning game engine, id Tech 4, which has since been licensed out to other developers. -Wikipedia.org

4. BioShock

BioShock is a first-person shooter video game developed by Irrational Games—then under the name 2K Boston/2K Australia—and designed by Ken Levine. It was released for the Windows operating system and Xbox 360 video game console on August 21, 2007 in North America, and three days later in Europe and Australia. A PlayStation 3 version of the game, which was developed by 2K Marin, was released internationally on October 17, 2008 and in North America on October 21, 2008 with some additional features. It became available on Steam on August 21, 2007. The game was also released for the Mac OS X operating system on October 7, 2009. A version of the game for mobile platforms is currently being developed by IG Fun. A sequel, BioShock 2, was released on February 9, 2010.

Set in an alternate history 1960, the game places the player in the role of a plane crash survivor named Jack, who must explore the underwater city of Rapture, and survive attacks by the mutated beings and mechanical drones that populate it. The game incorporates elements found in role-playing and survival games, and is described by the developers and Levine as a “spiritual successor” to their previous titles in the System Shock series. The game received overwhelmingly positive reviews, which praised its “morality-based” storyline, immersive environment and Ayn Rand-inspired dystopian back-story. -Wikipedia.org

3. Silent Hill: Homecoming

Silent Hill Homecoming is the sixth installment in the Silent Hill survival horror video game series, developed by Double Helix Games. The game was announced on July 11, 2007 by Konami at their E3 press conference, and was originally entitled Silent Hill V. This entry follows the journey of Alex Shepherd, a soldier returning from war, to his hometown of Shepherd’s Glen, where he finds the town in disarray, and his younger brother missing. As he continues on his search to find his younger brother, he discovers more about the Order—the cult of Silent Hill—as well as the town’s history, and his own past.

The game was released on September 30, 2008 in North America for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, and the Microsoft Windows version was released for North, Central and South America on November 6, 2008 exclusively through Valve’s Steam digital content delivery service. All versions were simultaneously released in Europe, including a retail Windows version, on February 27, 2009. The Japanese version was cancelled. The game received mixed but generally good reviews from critics, with positive reaction to the graphics, audio and environments, and less favorable reaction to the game’s plot and scenario, and some of the gameplay and horror elements; however, overall, reviewers were largely appreciative of the development of a main, home console installment of the franchise by an external Western developer. -Wikipedia.org

2. Dead Space

Dead Space is a survival horror third-person shooter video game, developed by EA Redwood Shores for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows released in October 2008. The game was made available on Steam on October 20, 2008. The player takes on the role of an engineer named Isaac Clarke, who battles a polymorphic, virus-like, alien infestation which turns humans into grotesque alien monsters called “Necromorphs”, onboard a stricken interstellar mining ship named the USG Ishimura. -Wikipedia.org

1. Resident Evil 4

Resident Evil 4, known in Japan as Biohazard 4, is a survival horror third-person shooter video game developed by Capcom’s Production Studio 4 and published by multiple publishers, including Capcom, Ubisoft, Nintendo Australia, Red Ant Enterprises and THQ Asia Pacific. The game was originally released on January 11, 2005 in North America, and on January 27 in Japan.

First hinted at in early December 1999, Resident Evil 4 underwent a long development time during which four proposed versions of the game were discarded. Initially developed for the PlayStation 2, the first attempt was directed by Hideki Kamiya after producer Shinji Mikami requested him to create a new entry in the Resident Evil series. Nevertheless, it was decided to start development over again. The game was intended to be a Nintendo GameCube exclusive, but a PlayStation 2 version was announced before the game was released for the GameCube. Resident Evil 4 was subsequently released in full for PC (Microsoft Windows) and Wii, and in heavily condensed versions for other platforms, including the iOS, Mobile phones, and Zeebo.

Resident Evil 4 has garnered great critical acclaim, averaging a score of 96 on Metacritic. It has received stellar reviews from various video game magazines and websites. The game was considered by most critics as a top contender for 2005′s Game of the Year, and was seen as a successful crossover hit; the new gameplay alterations and immersive style appealed to many not previously familiar with the series. -Wikipedia.org

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The Mental Game of Golf – Achieving Peak Performance

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Peak performance in golf is a combination of 4 factors – technical, physical, tactical and mental preparation. Weakness in any of the four minimizes the golfer’s chance of success. This is especially true in competitions where little separates the winner from the also ran. In competitions, it is usually the mental strength of the golfer that determines the outcome.

PEAK PERFORMANCE

Although there are several areas linked to training golfers for peak performance, the fundamental area to develop is the golfer’s focus – in particular his ability to “stay in the now” and to “think process.”

“Staying in the Now”.  To perform to his potential a golfer must mentally stay in the here and now of his performance. Time traveling is frequently the cause of poor performance during competitions. This occurs when the golfer shifts his focus from the present to either the past or the future. Golfers periodically lose their focus and travel to the past where they relive a mistake and begin to second-guess their ability; or to the future where they think about the consequence of not sinking the next put.  Either way, the end result is that the golfer’s focus is no longer in the now and this prevents him from “automatically” responding to the cues in the environment. In the short term, these distractions will result in the golfer under performing. In the longer term, it may lower the golfer’s self-confidence and send him into a slump.

“Thinking Process”.  As the name implies, being process-focused means focusing on the technique of executing the shot i.e. the grip, the stance and the swing. By focusing on the process, the golfer frees his mind from worrying about the outcome. As the outcome of the shot is beyond his control, focusing on such uncontrollable is futile. It is far better to focus on what we can control (the process) and let the outcome take care of itself. The golfer must trust that if he executes the process “perfectly,” he will get the outcome he wants.

MENTAL TRAINING

Training the mind of the golfer involves two steps. The first step is the awareness of the problems associated with losing focus and the acceptance of the beliefs that it is the “now” that truly matters and that the outcome is determined by the process.

Inevitably a golfer’s focus may drift. In step two, the golfer must be taught to recognize that his focus has drifted and to refocus. This is done by via the following drill:

– Step 1: Recognize that his focus has shifted
– Step 2: Tell himself to “STOP”
– Step 3: Center him by taking a few deep breadths
– Step 4: Re-focus on the process

“Choking” or getting the “yips” when the stakes are high is a well-known occurrence in competition. This is often the direct result of future traveling i.e. where the competitor focuses on the outcome and its consequences. As the outcome of any event is beyond the golfer’s control, focusing on such uncontrollable is useless. The golfer can eliminate the “yips” by bringing his mind to the present and becoming process-focused once again.

CONCLUSION

The inclusion of proper mental training in golf, complements the golfers physical, technical and tactical training. This fourth dimension gives them the additional edge needed in competitions.

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Playing the ?Switch? Card Game

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Before there was a card game called Uno, there was a great game called Switch which families have enjoyed for generations. The Uno game utilizes the Switch rules and has created purpose designed cards but originally the game was played with an ordinary deck of 52playing cards plus the 2 Jokers. Below is a run down of what the different cards represent in the game.

 The aim of the game is to be the first to get rid of all their cards. Players are dealt 7 cards each and the remainder are placed in a deck in the middle of the table. Players play their cards onto the table next to the deck by following suit or number/value of the preceding card. To make the game interesting certain cards have special properties as listed below.

 Joker: Will cause the next person to take up 5 cards from the pack, and enable the person playing it to select the suit to continue in the game. Should the next person play a Two of the correct suit or another Joker, the sum of the two cards is passed on to the next player. Ace: By placing an ace on the table it will change the suit tabled to the suit of that ace.

 Jack: By placing a Jack on the table it will cause the next person to skip their turn. The Jack can only be placed on the correct suit or another Jack. Eight: By placing an Eight on the table the direction of play is reversed. The Eight can only be played on the correct suit or another Eight.

 Two: This will cause the next person to take up two cards from the pack, unless he/she plays another two or a Joker, whereupon the next person will take up the sum of the two cards, in this case 7 cards. However, if the next person has a 2 then it follows on. Some games play the Three card also. These cards must be played on the correct suits, except for the Joker, after which the new suit is nominated at the same time.

 When one player has gotten rid of all their cards and has just one left they are required to knock loudly on the table to let the other players know. If they don’t notify others like this they cannot play their last card and win.

 Scoring: this can be done in various ways but they usually involve a penalty for the value of cards left in hand. Cards are worth their face value except for the above cards which have a higher value of demerit if they are still in hand. Joker-50, Ace-20, Jack-15, Eight-10, Three-35, Two-30. Winner of the game gets 100. Players can set a total to reach to win the series of games.

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Board Games, Rules And Instructions: Batavia Board Game

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Board Games, Rules And Instructions: Batavia Board Game

While playing the board game Batavia, you will take on the role of a merchant visiting trading posts throughout Asia. Batavia players are seeking passage on the company’s ship which requires different commodities that are given at various trading posts. Collect the most commodities in a warehouse and you’ll be awarded the most gold coins at the end of the game.

Batavia is a strategy board game that is uniquely designed and well themed. Make sure you read through all the Batavia game rules and instructions before you begin. Try playing Batavia with your friends.

Object of Batavia:
The Batavia player who manages to travel to the trading posts with the most lucrative commodities and collect the most commodities in a warehouse is awarded gold coins at the end of the game.

Contents of Batavia:
Batavia has 35 trading posts, 1 target counter, 1 die, 75 promissory notes, 60 commodities, 5 merchant figures, 5 counting pieces, 110 ship cards, 1 ship, 1 cannon, 5 ship cubes, 5 company seals, and the Batavia board game rules and instructions.

Batavia Board Game Rules:
The official Batavia board game rules and instructions may vary from version to version. Below are a few (if more than one set of rules apply) of the official Batavia game rules. These instructions will best explain the exact rules on how to play Batavia.

Average Price: .00

Ages: 10+

Playing Time: 60 min.

Players: 3 – 5

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Board Games, Rules And Instructions: Batavia Board Game

While playing the board game Batavia, you will take on the role of a merchant visiting trading posts throughout Asia. Batavia players are seeking passage on the company’s ship which requires different commodities that are given at various trading posts. Collect the most commodities in a warehouse and you’ll be awarded the most gold coins at the end of the game.

Batavia is a strategy board game that is uniquely designed and well themed. Make sure you read through all the Batavia game rules and instructions before you begin. Try playing Batavia with your friends.

Object of Batavia:
The Batavia player who manages to travel to the trading posts with the most lucrative commodities and collect the most commodities in a warehouse is awarded gold coins at the end of the game.

Contents of Batavia:
Batavia has 35 trading posts, 1 target counter, 1 die, 75 promissory notes, 60 commodities, 5 merchant figures, 5 counting pieces, 110 ship cards, 1 ship, 1 cannon, 5 ship cubes, 5 company seals, and the Batavia board game rules and instructions.

Batavia Board Game Rules:
The official Batavia board game rules and instructions may vary from version to version. Below are a few (if more than one set of rules apply) of the official Batavia game rules. These instructions will best explain the exact rules on how to play Batavia.

Average Price: .00

Ages: 10+

Playing Time: 60 min.

Players: 3 – 5

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Board Games, Rules And Instructions: Battleship Board Game

Battleship is a classic two player game where players try to sink their opponent’s navy ships. Most Battleship games come with two self contained storage units or “game boards.” The game also includes five ships and multiple hit and miss pegs. Set up is quick and game play doesn’t take too long. Battleship is an easy game for all ages.

The basic object of the game of Battleship is to hide your five ship fleet somewhere on your ocean and by calling out basic coordinates, find your opponent’s fleet before they find yours. Battleship is an old favorite Navy Game and is great for passing a few extra minutes and is perfect as a travel game.

Object of Battleship:
To become the winner of Battleship you must be able to find (sink) all five ships in your opponent’s fleet before they sink yours.

Contents of Battleship:
Two Battleship target/ocean grid containers, two carriers, two battleships, two cruisers, two submarines, and two destroyers. Battleship also comes with 84 white “miss” pegs, 42 red “hit” pegs and the official Battleship rules and instructions.

Game Preparation:
The easiest way to set up the game of Battleship is to sit facing your opponent with each target/ocean field facing away from each other. You should not be able to see your opponent’s hidden fleet. The Battleship rules state that each player should hide all five ships secretly somewhere on their ocean. Each ship has two anchoring pegs that must be pushed through the holes on the ocean grid. All holes on the ships must align over the holes of the ocean board. It is against the rules to place any ship diagonally on your ocean. Once all ships have been placed and each player announces that they are ready, the game of Battleship begins. Changing the position of your ships during the game is also against the rules.

Game Play:
The basic Battleship rules and instructions for playing the game are each player calls out one shot (or coordinate) each turn in attempt to hit one of their opponent’s ships. To “hit” one of your opponent’s ships, you must call out a letter and a number of where you think one of their ships is located. The instructions state that once a shot is called, the opponent must immediately call out “hit” or “miss.” If one of your ships gets hit, place a red peg over the hole location on your ships that was called out. If calling a shot (or trying to hit your opponent’s ships), mark a red peg (if a hit was made) or a white peg (a miss) on your target grid located on the lid or the vertical divider between you and your opponent. This will help you keep track of your hits and misses in your hunt to find their ships.

Once all holes on a ship have been filled with red pegs, your ship has sunk and must be removed from the ocean. You then announce which ship has sunk. The Battleship rules on successfully sinking a ship are as follows: Carrier – 5 hits, Battleship – 4 hits, Cruiser – 3 hits, Submarine – 3 hits, Destroyer – 2 hits. It is considered cheating and against the Battleship rules to be dishonest on the location of your ships.

Different Battleship rules and instructions are available or can be made before player. One popular version of Battleship is called Salvo.

Salvo Rules: Most Battleship rules apply but with few variations: Each player calls out five shots at a time. Once all five shots have been fired, the opponent then announces where and on what ships the hits were made (if any). This rules change, however, when a ship has been sunken by eliminating one shot in your turn for every ship you sink.

Advanced Salvo Rules: After all shots have been fired, the opponent only announces the number of hits that were made. They do not announce on which ship the hit was made or where it was hit. Keeping track of where you think your hits are can be a bit tricky and might be advisable to have a piece of paper near by.

Average Price: .00 Ages: 7+ Playing Time: 15 – 30 min. Players: 2

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Xbox Game Repair Removes All Error of Console

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Modern and current game consoles are different from old consoles. Xbox 360 is the most advanced game console. But as the technology is high, you have to face technical errors according to that technology. Xbox Game Repair is required, whenever Xbox360 caused any error. Most common errors of the Xbox 360 are red rings of death, system freeze ups and over heating etc. Manufacturers of Xbox 360 are doing efforts, to solve out all the basic problems and draw backs of the Xbox game console.

Although, Microsoft is providing its service for Xbox game repairs, however, it has many weakness and insufficiency in its services. Microsoft will repair your damaged console, but you have to pay 150Usd as its repairing cost, if you have lost your warranty. Along with it, Microsoft takes too long time in repairing. So, before sending back your Xbox to Microsoft, you must check out that either still warranty is valid or not. If warranty of Xbox has expired, you should repair your Xbox console by your own. Because, it will be wastage of money and time, if your warranty has expired and you sent back your console to Microsoft for Xbox game repairs.

In order to save your 150 USD and precious time, you just need to follow below steps. These steps will teach you, that how to repair your console at home. 

Step 1:

Switch off your console and restart it for some times. It can fix the problem of console.

Step 2:

Your Xbox console would be very warm. Error of the Xbox will heat up the entire system. You must do unplug the power off of the system for almost an hour, so that it could cool, then play again. It is necessary to place your Xbox in a cool place for Xbox game repairs and in order to extract its heat.

Step 3:

Remove the hard drive, from console and turn on your Xbox 360. By doing this, if it fixes the errors then insert hard drive in console and restart your Xbox system. If it doesn’t fix the problem, then for Xbox game repairs, you will need Xbox repair guide. You must follow Xbox repair manual, to fix your console staying at home.

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Board Games, Rules And Instructions: Backgammon Board Game

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Board Games, Rules And Instructions: Backgammon Board Game

Backgammon is a one of the oldest board games still around today with some of it origins dating back as far as 3000 BC. Some improvements have been made to create the game we know now.

Backgammon is typically a two player game where you try to move your men from point to point around the board until you have brought all of them to your inner table and eliminated them from the game. This can also be achieve by playing in teams with one player as the team captain moving and rolling the dice.

Object of Backgammon:
The object of the game of Backgammon is to move your men from point to point around the board until you have brought all of them to your inner table and eliminated them from the game.

Contents of Backgammon:
Backgammon should include the Backgammon game board, 15 men each of two colors, 2 dice, and the official Backgammon rules and instructions.

Backgammon Game Rules:
The official Backgammon game rules and instructions may vary from version to version. Below are a few (if more than one set of rules apply) of the official Backgammon game rules. These instructions will best explain the exact rules on how to play Backgammon.

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Board Games, Rules And Instructions: Backgammon Board Game

Backgammon is a one of the oldest board games still around today with some of it origins dating back as far as 3000 BC. Some improvements have been made to create the game we know now.

Backgammon is typically a two player game where you try to move your men from point to point around the board until you have brought all of them to your inner table and eliminated them from the game. This can also be achieve by playing in teams with one player as the team captain moving and rolling the dice.

Object of Backgammon:
The object of the game of Backgammon is to move your men from point to point around the board until you have brought all of them to your inner table and eliminated them from the game.

Contents of Backgammon:
Backgammon should include the Backgammon game board, 15 men each of two colors, 2 dice, and the official Backgammon rules and instructions.

Backgammon Game Rules:
The official Backgammon game rules and instructions may vary from version to version. Below are a few (if more than one set of rules apply) of the official Backgammon game rules. These instructions will best explain the exact rules on how to play Backgammon.

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Board Games, Rules And Instructions: Balderdash Board Game

Balderdash is a game full of bluffing and laughing. The Balderdash game has several categories including: people, words, initials, movies, and laughable laws. Players make up phony answers and read the phony answer along with the real answers and players are supposed to guess which answer is real.

Balderdash includes real, but unbelievable content about each of the categories. Players gain points when they outsmart other players. Try playing the game Balderdash today!

Object of Balderdash:
Balderdash is not a test of one’s knowledge. In fact, players are not expected to know the real answers to any of the questions in the game. The main object of Balderdash is to make up answers that will bluff other players. Points are awarded for fooling other players as well as for choosing the real and often unbelievable answer.

Contents of Balderdash:
Deck of Balderdash cards, game board, 6 tokens, 1 die, bluffing pads, and the official Balderdash rules and instructions.

Balderdash Game Rules:
The official Balderdash game rules and instructions may vary from version to version.

Average Price: .00

Ages: 12+

Playing Time: 30 – 60 min.

Players: 2+

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The Best Selling Video Game Franchises

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10. The Legend of Zelda
59 million copies sold
15 official games

The Legend of Zelda​ is a high fantasy action-adventure video game series created by Japanese game designers Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka and developed and published by Nintendo with some portable installments such as The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap developed by Flagship/Capcom. The gameplay consists of a mixture of action, adventure, puzzle solving, and role-playing. The series centers on Link, the main playable character and protagonist. Link is often given the task of rescuing Princess Zelda and the most common setting of the series, Hyrule, from Ganondorf, also known as Ganon who is the primary antagonist of the series. However, other settings and antagonists have appeared throughout the games, with Vaati having recently become the series’ secondary antagonist. The story commonly involves a relic known as the Triforce, a set of three golden triangles of omnipotence. The protagonist in each game is usually not the same incarnation of Link, but a few exceptions do exist. -wikipedia.org

9. FIFA
65 million copiessold
17 official games

FIFA, also known as FIFA Football or FIFA Soccer, is a series of Association football video games, released annually by Electronic Arts under the EA Sports label. While there was no major competition when EA released the first titles in their Madden NFL and NHL series, football video games such as Sensible Soccer, Kick Off and Matchday Soccer had been developed since the late eighties and were already competitive in the games market when EA announced a football game as the next addition to their EA Sports label. -wikipedia.org

8. Grand Theft Auto
70 million copies sold
9 official games

Grand Theft Auto (commonly abbreviated to GTA) is a video game series created by Scottish game programmer Dave Jones, then later by English brothers Dan Houser and Sam Houser, and game designer Zachary Clarke and primarily developed by Rockstar North (formerly DMA Design) and published by Rockstar Games.  The gameplay consists of a mixture of action, adventure, driving, and occasional role-playing, stealth and racing elements and has gained controversy for its adult nature and violent themes. The series focuses around many different protagonists who attempt to rise through the ranks of the criminal underworld, although their motives for doing so vary in each game. The antagonists are commonly characters who have betrayed the protagonist or their organization, or who has the most impact impeding their progress. -wikipedia.org

7. Madden NFL
75 million copies sold
20 official games

Madden NFL is an American football video game series developed by Electronic Arts Tiburon for EA Sports. The game is named after Pro Football Hall of Famer John Madden, a well-known former Super Bowl-winning coach of the Oakland Raiders and color commentator. The games have consistently been a best seller, and has even spawned TV shows where players compete. EA Sports has announced that the video game series will continue despite Madden’s retirement as a broadcaster in 2009. -wikipedia.org

6. Final Fantasy
92 million copies sold
13 official games

Final Fantasy​ is a media franchise created by Hironobu Sakaguchi, and is developed and owned by Square Enix (formerly Squaresoft). The franchise centers on a series of fantasy and science-fantasy console role-playing games (RPGs), but includes motion pictures, anime, printed media, and other merchandise. The series began in 1987 as an eponymous video game developed to save Square from bankruptcy; the game was a success and spawned sequels. The video game series has since branched into other genres such as tactical role-playing, action role-playing, massively multiplayer online role-playing, and racing. -wikipedia.org

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5. Need for Speed
100 million copies sold
14 official games

Need for Speed (NFS) is a series of racing video games published by Electronic Arts and developed by several studios including Canadian based company EA Black Box. It is the most successful racing video game series of all time, and one of the most successful overall. As of October 2009, over 100 million copies of games in the Need for Speed series have been sold. -wikipedia.org

4. The Sims
125 million copies sold
3 official games (15 expansion packs)

The Sims is a video game series developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. It is one of the most successful video games series of all time. As of April 16, 2008, the franchise has sold more than 100 million copies worldwide, and as of March 19, 2008, is the best-selling PC franchise in history. The games in The Sims series lack any defined goals. The player creates virtual people called “Sims” and places them in houses and helps direct their moods and satisfy their desires. Players can either place their Sims in pre-constructed homes or build them themselves. Each successive expansion pack and game in the series augmented what the player could do with their Sims. -wikipedia.org

3. Tetris
125 million copies sold

Tetris is a puzzle video game originally designed and programmed by Alexey Pazhitnov. It was created on June 6, 1984,while he was working for the Dorodnicyn Computing Centre of the Academy of Science of the USSR in Moscow. He derived its name from the Greek numerical prefix “tetra- (all of the game’s pieces, known as Tetrominoes, contain four segments) and tennis, Pajitnov’s favorite sport. -wikipedia.org

2. Pokemon
193 million copies sold
over 39 official games

Pokémon is a media franchise published and owned by the video game company Nintendo and created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1996. Originally released as a pair of interlinkable Game Boy role-playing video games, Pokémon has since become the second most successful and lucrative video game-based media franchise in the world, behind only Nintendo’s own Mario series. Pokémon properties have since been merchandised into anime, manga, trading cards, toys, books, and other media. The franchise celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2006, and as of 23 April 2008 (2008 -04-23)[update], cumulative sales of the video games (including home console versions, such as the “Pikachu” Nintendo 64) have reached more than 186 million copies. -wikipedia.org

1. Mario
222 million copies sold
15 official games

The Mario series is a series of highly popular and acclaimed video games by Nintendo, featuring Nintendo’s mascot Mario and, in many games, his brother Luigi. Gameplay in the series often centers around jumping and defeating enemies. The games usually feature simple plots; the most common theme is that of Bowser, the main antagonist, kidnapping Princess Peach, whom Mario saves. -wikipedia.org

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10. The Legend of Zelda
59 million copies sold
15 official games

The Legend of Zelda​ is a high fantasy action-adventure video game series created by Japanese game designers Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka and developed and published by Nintendo with some portable installments such as The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap developed by Flagship/Capcom. The gameplay consists of a mixture of action, adventure, puzzle solving, and role-playing. The series centers on Link, the main playable character and protagonist. Link is often given the task of rescuing Princess Zelda and the most common setting of the series, Hyrule, from Ganondorf, also known as Ganon who is the primary antagonist of the series. However, other settings and antagonists have appeared throughout the games, with Vaati having recently become the series’ secondary antagonist. The story commonly involves a relic known as the Triforce, a set of three golden triangles of omnipotence. The protagonist in each game is usually not the same incarnation of Link, but a few exceptions do exist. -wikipedia.org

9. FIFA
65 million copiessold
17 official games

FIFA, also known as FIFA Football or FIFA Soccer, is a series of Association football video games, released annually by Electronic Arts under the EA Sports label. While there was no major competition when EA released the first titles in their Madden NFL and NHL series, football video games such as Sensible Soccer, Kick Off and Matchday Soccer had been developed since the late eighties and were already competitive in the games market when EA announced a football game as the next addition to their EA Sports label. -wikipedia.org

8. Grand Theft Auto
70 million copies sold
9 official games

Grand Theft Auto (commonly abbreviated to GTA) is a video game series created by Scottish game programmer Dave Jones, then later by English brothers Dan Houser and Sam Houser, and game designer Zachary Clarke and primarily developed by Rockstar North (formerly DMA Design) and published by Rockstar Games.  The gameplay consists of a mixture of action, adventure, driving, and occasional role-playing, stealth and racing elements and has gained controversy for its adult nature and violent themes. The series focuses around many different protagonists who attempt to rise through the ranks of the criminal underworld, although their motives for doing so vary in each game. The antagonists are commonly characters who have betrayed the protagonist or their organization, or who has the most impact impeding their progress. -wikipedia.org

7. Madden NFL
75 million copies sold
20 official games

Madden NFL is an American football video game series developed by Electronic Arts Tiburon for EA Sports. The game is named after Pro Football Hall of Famer John Madden, a well-known former Super Bowl-winning coach of the Oakland Raiders and color commentator. The games have consistently been a best seller, and has even spawned TV shows where players compete. EA Sports has announced that the video game series will continue despite Madden’s retirement as a broadcaster in 2009. -wikipedia.org

6. Final Fantasy
92 million copies sold
13 official games

Final Fantasy​ is a media franchise created by Hironobu Sakaguchi, and is developed and owned by Square Enix (formerly Squaresoft). The franchise centers on a series of fantasy and science-fantasy console role-playing games (RPGs), but includes motion pictures, anime, printed media, and other merchandise. The series began in 1987 as an eponymous video game developed to save Square from bankruptcy; the game was a success and spawned sequels. The video game series has since branched into other genres such as tactical role-playing, action role-playing, massively multiplayer online role-playing, and racing. -wikipedia.org

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5. Need for Speed
100 million copies sold
14 official games

Need for Speed (NFS) is a series of racing video games published by Electronic Arts and developed by several studios including Canadian based company EA Black Box. It is the most successful racing video game series of all time, and one of the most successful overall. As of October 2009, over 100 million copies of games in the Need for Speed series have been sold. -wikipedia.org

4. The Sims
125 million copies sold
3 official games (15 expansion packs)

The Sims is a video game series developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. It is one of the most successful video games series of all time. As of April 16, 2008, the franchise has sold more than 100 million copies worldwide, and as of March 19, 2008, is the best-selling PC franchise in history. The games in The Sims series lack any defined goals. The player creates virtual people called “Sims” and places them in houses and helps direct their moods and satisfy their desires. Players can either place their Sims in pre-constructed homes or build them themselves. Each successive expansion pack and game in the series augmented what the player could do with their Sims. -wikipedia.org

3. Tetris
125 million copies sold

Tetris is a puzzle video game originally designed and programmed by Alexey Pazhitnov. It was created on June 6, 1984,while he was working for the Dorodnicyn Computing Centre of the Academy of Science of the USSR in Moscow. He derived its name from the Greek numerical prefix “tetra- (all of the game’s pieces, known as Tetrominoes, contain four segments) and tennis, Pajitnov’s favorite sport. -wikipedia.org

2. Pokemon
193 million copies sold
over 39 official games

Pokémon is a media franchise published and owned by the video game company Nintendo and created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1996. Originally released as a pair of interlinkable Game Boy role-playing video games, Pokémon has since become the second most successful and lucrative video game-based media franchise in the world, behind only Nintendo’s own Mario series. Pokémon properties have since been merchandised into anime, manga, trading cards, toys, books, and other media. The franchise celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2006, and as of 23 April 2008 (2008 -04-23)[update], cumulative sales of the video games (including home console versions, such as the “Pikachu” Nintendo 64) have reached more than 186 million copies. -wikipedia.org

1. Mario
222 million copies sold
15 official games

The Mario series is a series of highly popular and acclaimed video games by Nintendo, featuring Nintendo’s mascot Mario and, in many games, his brother Luigi. Gameplay in the series often centers around jumping and defeating enemies. The games usually feature simple plots; the most common theme is that of Bowser, the main antagonist, kidnapping Princess Peach, whom Mario saves. -wikipedia.org

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10. Heavy Rain

Heavy Rain is a video game created by Quantic Dream exclusively for the PlayStation 3 gaming system. The game is written and directed by Quantic Dream’s founder and CEO David Cage. Heavy Rain’s story is a dramatic thriller modeled after film noir, featuring four protagonists involved with the mystery of the Origami Killer, a serial killer who uses extended periods of rainfall to drown his victims. Ethan Mars is a father who is trying to save his son from being the next victim, while investigative journalist Madison Paige, FBI profiler Norman Jayden, and private detective Scott Shelby are each trying to track down clues to the Origami Killer’s identity.

The player interacts with the game by performing actions highlighted on screen related to motions on the controller, and in some cases, performing a series of quick time events during fast-paced action sequences. The player’s decisions and actions during the game will affect the narrative; the main characters can be killed, and certain actions may lead to different scenes and endings. A playable demo was released on 11 February 2010. The demo was released prior to this date for people who took part in a Four Day Challenge on 5 February 2010. A patch to allow use of the PlayStation Move controller to perform the quick time events was released in September 2010. It won 2010′s Game of the Year from CNN and Gaming Union. Heavy Rain also won GameSpy and IGN’s ‘Best PS3 Game of 2010′. -Wikipedia.org

9. Lord of The Rings The Return of The King

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is a 2003 cross-platform third-person hack and slash video game based on Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. The game was published by EA Games and developed by EA Redwood Shores and released for the PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, Xbox and PC.

A hack and slash role-playing game version was developed for the Game Boy Advance. The game is very similar to its predecessor The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, but differs by adding multiple storylines, more playable characters and increased interaction with environments. The game follows three separate story arcs loosely based on events in the film. A two-player co-op mode is available for some missions. -Wikipedia.org

8. Gears of War 2

Gears of War 2 is a third-person shooter video game developed by Epic Games with lead design by Cliff Bleszinski, and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox 360. It is the second installment of the Gears of War series. The game was officially released in North America, the United Kingdom, and Australia on November 12, 2008. The game expands technically on the previous game by using a heavily modified Unreal Engine 3 engine. The development team also brought in comic book writer Joshua Ortega to help write the plot for the game.

In Gears of War 2, The COG continues its fight against the Locust horde, who are attempting to sink all of the cities on the planet Sera by using a big riftworm to eat the ground beneath them. Sergeant Marcus Fenix leads Delta Squad into the depths of the planet to try to stop the worm from eating but instead they discover the true intent of the Locust actions. The player controls Fenix in the main mission campaign, with the ability to play cooperatively with a second player controlling Fenix’s best friend and fellow Squad member Dominic “Dom” Santiago.

The game includes several existing and new multiplayer modes including five-on-five battles between human and Locust forces, and a “Horde” mode that challenges up to five players against waves of Locust forces with ever-increasing strength. New weapons and gameplay mechanics such as “hockey fights” and the ability to use downed foes as “meatshields” were added to the game. -Wikipedia.org

7. Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune

Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune is an action-adventure video game developed by Naughty Dog, and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for PlayStation 3. Combining platforming and third-person shooter elements, the game charts the journey of protagonist Nathan Drake, supposed descendant of the explorer Sir Francis Drake, as he seeks the lost treasure of El Dorado, with the help of friend Victor “Sully” Sullivan and journalist Elena Fisher.

Originally announced at E3 2006, the title was developed for about two years before being released at the end of 2007. Seen as a key title for the PlayStation 3 during the holiday season of 2007, the game was well-received by critics, many of whom cited its technical achievements and its high production values, similar to that of summer blockbuster films. The game went on to sell more than one million copies in ten weeks, and become part of the European best-selling Platinum Range of titles. A sequel titled Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, was released in 2009 and a third entry to the series, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception is to be released 2011. -Wikipedia.org

6. Left 4 Dead 2

Left 4 Dead 2 is a cooperative first-person shooter game. It is the sequel to Valve Corporation’s award-winning Left 4 Dead. The game launched on November 17, 2009, for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 in the United States and November 20 in Europe; in 2010, Left 4 Dead 2 was made available to the Steam client for Mac OS X. It builds upon the cooperatively-focused gameplay of the original and uses Valve’s proprietary Source engine, the same game engine used in Left 4 Dead. The game made its world premiere at E3 2009 with a trailer during the Microsoft press event.

Like the original, Left 4 Dead 2 is set during the aftermath of an apocalyptic pandemic, and focuses on four survivors fighting against hordes of the infected. The survivors must fight their way through levels, interspersed with safe houses that act as checkpoints, with the goal of reaching a rescue vehicle at the campaign’s finale. The gameplay is procedurally altered by an artificial intelligence engine dubbed the “Director” that monitors the players’ performance and adjust the scenario to provide a dynamic challenge. Several new features have been introduced: new types of infected, melee weapons, and a story-arc that connects the game’s five campaigns together. -Wikipedia.org

5. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is a stealth action / third-person shooter video game developed by Kojima Productions for the PlayStation 3 console. The game was directed by Hideo Kojima and made its worldwide release on June 12, 2008, ten years after the release of Metal Gear Solid and twenty years after the North American release of Metal Gear.

Guns of the Patriots received widespread critical acclaim, garnering perfect reviews and Game of the Year awards from several major gaming publications, including GameSpot, which claimed that the game is “technically flawless”. The game has been a financial driving force for Konami, helping the Metal Gear franchise reach 5 million units in the financial year of 2009. -Wikipedia.org

4. Dead Rising 2

Dead Rising 2 is an action-adventure video game, developed by Capcom in partnership with Blue Castle Games, and was distributed by Capcom. It was released on September 24, 2010 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles. The Dead Rising staff returned to create the game, including Keiji Inafune.

Originally set to be released in the beginning of 2010, the game’s release was pushed back and it was released on September 28, 2010 in North America. The European and Australian releases were September 24, 2010 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, and 28 September for PC. -Wikipedia.org

3. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Uncharted 2 is an action-adventure game played from a third-person perspective, with the player in control of Nathan Drake. Drake is physically adept and is able to jump, climb, and scale narrow ledges and wall-faces to get between points. Drake can be equipped with up to two firearms – one single-handed and one two-handed – and a limited supply of grenades. Drake can pick up weapons, automatically replacing the existing weapon he was using, and additional ammunition from killed enemies.

The player can direct Drake to take cover behind corners or low walls using either aimed or blind-fire to kill his enemies. The player can also have Drake fire while moving. If Drake is undetected by his enemies, the player can attempt to use stealth to take them out, such as by sneaking up behind them to knock them out with one hit, or by pulling an unsuspecting foe over a ledge from which Drake is hanging. If all of the foes patrolling an area are killed stealthily then other waves that would normally appear do not. Some areas of the game require the player to solve puzzles with the use of Drake’s journal, which provides clues towards the puzzles’ solutions. When enabled, a hint system provides gameplay clues, such as the direction of the next objective. -Wikipedia.org

2. BioShock 2

BioShock 2 is a first-person shooter video game developed by 2K Marin for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 video game consoles, and the Windows operating system. It is the sequel to the 2007 video game BioShock. The game was released worldwide on February 9, 2010. The game is set in the fictional underwater dystopia of Rapture, in a biopunk/dieselpunk 1968, eight years after the events of BioShock. The protagonist and player-controlled character is a Big Daddy, a being that has had its organs and skin grafted into an atmospheric diving suit.

Among the first of its kind, the player-controlled Big Daddy, named Subject Delta, reactivates with no recollection of the past decade’s events, and scours the city in an attempt to relocate the Little Sister that he was paired with. Fearing this reunion will ruin her plans for the city, Sofia Lamb sends out her spliced up followers that she calls The Rapture Family and new Big Sisters in an attempt to deter Delta. -Wikipedia.org

1. Halo 3

Halo 3 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie for Xbox 360. The game is the third title in the Halo franchise and concludes the story arc that began in Halo: Combat Evolved and continued in Halo 2. The game was released on September 25, 2007 in Australia, Brazil, India, New Zealand, North America, and Singapore; September 26, 2007 in Europe; and September 27, 2007 in Japan. On the day before its official release, 4.2 million units of Halo 3 were in retail outlets.

Halo 3′s story centers on the interstellar war between 26th century humanity, led by the United Nations Space Command, and a collection of alien races known as the Covenant. The player assumes the role of the Master Chief, a cybernetically enhanced supersoldier, as he wages war in defense of humanity. The game features vehicles, weapons, and gameplay not present in previous titles of the series, as well as the addition of saved gameplay films, file sharing, and the Forge map editor—a utility which allows the player to perform modifications to multiplayer levels. -Wikipedia.org

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Board Games, Rules And Instructions: Around The World in 80 Days Board Game

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See if you can make it around the world in 80 day with this fun board game. You’ll have to keep an eye on your opponents as the player who returns to London in the fewest number of days becomes the winner.

Around the World in 80 Days utilizes almost all the forms of transportation: trans, boats, elephants, and even a balloon ride. Go ahead and play Around the World in 80 Days with your friends today!

Object of Around The World In 80 Days:
At game end, the player who has returned to London in the fewest number of days is the winner!

Contents of Around the World in 80 Days:
Around the World in 80 Days will come with the game board, 6 game figures, 6 time markers, 6 betting slips, 24 gold coins, 18 bonus chips, 60 travel cards, 15 event cards, 1 die, 1 detective and the Around the World in 80 Days board game rules and instructions.

Around the World in 80 Days Board Game Rules:
The official Around the World in 80 Days board game rules and instructions may vary from version to version. Below are a few (if more than one set of rules apply) of the official Around the World in 80 Days game rules. These instructions will best explain the exact rules on how to play Around the World in 80 Days.

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Board Games, Rules And Instructions: Aggravation Board Game

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Aggravation

Grrr! Getting aggravated yet? Aggravation is the classic marble race around a star shape, from base to home sweet home. It’s always tempting to take a shortcut, but beware! An opponent might be waiting for just such an opportunity to aggravate. By landing on another player’s marble, anyone can send that marble back to its base to start over. And this could be a serious setback, since the object is to get all four marbles back home before the others do. Each player rolls the die and moves a marble around the board, choosing along the way whether to aggravate another player, take a shortcut (or super shortcut!), or just try to quietly slide by (good luck with that approach!). The game includes 24 marbles, 18.5-by-18.5-inch game board, die, and instructions. For two to six players. –Emilie Coulter   Play this classic racing game and take your marbles from Base to Home! Be the first to get all four of your marbles safely Home to cause your fellow players AGGRAVATION!   The race to Home is on. Get your marbles on the move and zip ahead of your opponents. Take a chance on shortcuts and try to get home faster, or zoom around the board and chase after other players. Have fun Aggravating your opponents — and send their marbles back to start. But watch your back, or else they can “aggravate” you, too!

Game includes a brightly colored, updated look for the game board, plus one die, 24 marbles and complete instructions

Object of Aggravation Game:
Be the first to move all four of your marbles around the board from base to home.

Contents of Aggravation:
The game Aggravation comes with the game board, 24 marbles, die, and the official Aggravation game rules and instructions.

Aggravation Game Rules:
The official Aggravation game rules and instructions may vary from version to version. Below are a few (if more than one set of rules apply) of the official Aggravation game rules. These instructions will best explain the exact rules on how to play Aggravation.

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Aggravation

Grrr! Getting aggravated yet? Aggravation is the classic marble race around a star shape, from base to home sweet home. It’s always tempting to take a shortcut, but beware! An opponent might be waiting for just such an opportunity to aggravate. By landing on another player’s marble, anyone can send that marble back to its base to start over. And this could be a serious setback, since the object is to get all four marbles back home before the others do. Each player rolls the die and moves a marble around the board, choosing along the way whether to aggravate another player, take a shortcut (or super shortcut!), or just try to quietly slide by (good luck with that approach!). The game includes 24 marbles, 18.5-by-18.5-inch game board, die, and instructions. For two to six players. –Emilie Coulter   Play this classic racing game and take your marbles from Base to Home! Be the first to get all four of your marbles safely Home to cause your fellow players AGGRAVATION!   The race to Home is on. Get your marbles on the move and zip ahead of your opponents. Take a chance on shortcuts and try to get home faster, or zoom around the board and chase after other players. Have fun Aggravating your opponents — and send their marbles back to start. But watch your back, or else they can “aggravate” you, too!

Game includes a brightly colored, updated look for the game board, plus one die, 24 marbles and complete instructions

Object of Aggravation Game:
Be the first to move all four of your marbles around the board from base to home.

Contents of Aggravation:
The game Aggravation comes with the game board, 24 marbles, die, and the official Aggravation game rules and instructions.

Aggravation Game Rules:
The official Aggravation game rules and instructions may vary from version to version. Below are a few (if more than one set of rules apply) of the official Aggravation game rules. These instructions will best explain the exact rules on how to play Aggravation.

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Board Games, Rules And Instructions: Alexandros Board Game

In the board game Alexandros, Alexander moves with his army back and forth across Asia Minor, conquering the land as he passes. This newly conquered land now needs generals to establish peace and administer over it by applying taxes and competing to have the most productive lands.

Show your worth to Alexander and build up the most productive lands! Alexandros is a great board game to play with you have time to kill. Alexandros will get you thinking as you try to outsmart your competing generals. Try playing Alexandros today!
 

Object of Alexandros:
The player with the most points is the winner by accomplishing one of the two situations: when a player, after moving Alexander, finds there are not enough black boundary walls to place to mark the path or when one or more players have earned 100 points or more.

Contents of Alexandros:
Alexandros comes with a game board, 1 Alexander figure, 16 guard figures, 4 scoring discs, 55 cards, 65 black boundary walls, 10 red boundary walls and the Alexandros board game rules and instructions.

Alexandros Board Game Rules:
The official Alexandros board game rules and instructions may vary from version to version. Below are a few (if more than one set of rules apply) of the official Alexandros game rules. These instructions will best explain the exact rules on how to play Alexandros

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