Gfxheaven Downtime.

2009 December 7
by Justles

Ok been Having problems, 1st i couldnt get it to work for about a week and the host said they were having trouble and would fix it soon, since other people were getting on i thought ok, just be patient. Well they were wrong and it wasnt till the domain expired warning that i realsised what was happening all along, i new it was due but thought we had plenty time as i hadnt received any mail about it, so anyway after days of tracking the registrar they couldnt help nad just kept pointing me to fasthost who they said was the registrars and they had no account made in my name(and put GH into one of there pools), finally today i got in touch with the place i got the domain and sure as the registered it they still had the details and hadnt over properly to ukreg who i thought were handeling it for us,i got him on msn and he’s doing the process properly now anyway to get to the point its secured and renewing today, so just need to be patient, pass this link on to as many people as possible, hang in guys, yous can shout at me when were back Dodgy

Ive been told it should be sorted by tommorrow, so fingers crossed…..

-CJ

Just trying to help out with giving out the message about one of our fellow friend sites downtime.

Update

Update, the domain is sorted now. And the nameservers have been changed back to the host. So just need to wait on it resolving back to the them and it will be back online…

There back up now :)

SHANOA!!! A Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia Exclusive Review.

2009 December 7
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Alright, so about a week ago,

I picked up this game for really cheap off ebay and i played it in my spare time. I expected the game to be at least decent, and I really liked the fact that the art wasn’t the same anime style (i didn’t mind it, but i preferred the old style) from Dawn of Sorrow and Portrait of Ruin (though those games were still moderate).

I really also liked the new way weapons (or rather, “glyphs”) were handled in this game, it was hard to adjust to but in the end VERY satisfying.

To be completely honest, I’ve played quite a lot of 2D castlevania games (I have only played curse of darkness for the 3D ones) and I always enjoy them, no matter what time they’re from or what storyline. They’re always enjoyable. But this game was the first game that actually caused me a bit of stress.

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I’ve never died so many times unintentionally in a Castlevania game in my entire life! Even the NES Castlevania games weren’t this hard, at least I could get past the first stage without dying. Sheesh. But that all added to the quality of the game.
Dying constantly makes you formulate different strategies and to study your opponents movements, etc.
All in all, this was a very quality game, and its graphics rivaled Symphony of the Night (which I am still debating if this game was better or worse than order of ecclesia, that’s how good this game was).

Only downsides really was the music in this game. Though the QUALITY of the music was superb, I didn’t really enjoy it. It wasn’t as great as Symphony of the Night’s soundtrack. Not to say it’s soundtrack wasn’t bad though, it was still very nice, and I respected the quality of it, due to the fact that the horrid GBA soundtracks sound outdated.

So, to summarize, I think anyone with spare time and a DS or a DS emulator should definitely try this game out. It’s frustrating as hell but it’s VERY satisfying.
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Plants Vs Zombies Review

2009 December 5
Greetings Neighbor to Plants vs Zombies!

Greetings Neighbor to Plants vs Zombies!

Its just something, that one day, someone was going to imagine up. Luckily, Plants Vs Zombies was thought up by the what iv seen, “To have the most addicting games ever”, Popcap Games. There other games like Peggle , Zuma, Bejeweled 2 and others were all amazing successes, how about when Plants Vs Zombies are compared?

First off, If you have ever played “Desktop Tower Defense”, or any kinda of tower defense, then this is just another one with tons of twists. You, as a homeowner, plants plants to help defend against the zombie onslaught. The sun rays is the currency  that you use to pay for the seeds of your plants.  Sounds simple right? Well its is, however from the mass amount of Plants to choose from aswell, at the various zombies that will be attacking you.

At the first few stages the zombies are pretty slow and easy to work at however you too have only a few plants to choose from. The stages work in sets of 10 and in Half-times in the stage, you get to play some mini-games from Walnut bowling to Whack-a-Zombie and more. For beating stages you get new plants, new items, or even letters from the zombies themselves!

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New Affiliations to our blog!

2009 November 30

Id like to welcome some new affiliates to our blog! It would be wonderful if our readers could look into some of these sites and maybe even become apart of them! We are in the process of becoming affiliated with a few other major sites, however lets take a view on the ones we have now.

ImagenSkins Forum Homepage

ImagenSkins is a new site that is dedicated to the Visual Arts and Graphics Arts created my there admin Miraj. They have a small community at this time however, to soon have a bustling community in the near future. They give out CnC (Comments and Criticism), SoTW and more! Like iv said there still a pretty small community, so why not join to have some fun and maybe even learn something!

Sour Grunt Productions Homepage

Sour Grunt Productions is another small community built around Gaming and Machinima. Created by there admin, HomerSPC in the mid july of 2008. Discuss anything about any game, watch and discuss great machinima, or just hang around in the community and get pretty well known, SGP is for you! Check back regularly for fun times and great people.

GFX Heaven Forum Homepage

GfxHeaven is an Graphics Arts community and is growing at an amazing speed. Started by Admin, Manic (Aka Reinspired), gfxheaven grew from a small site to the large site it is today. This may be caused by the great community Reinspired has formed for new and old users alike. Besides the weekly SoTW and LAoTW (which is retired at this time), they also have a nice working marketplace, and a nice collection a tutorials and helpful guides. You wont find anything free here. If you want some new techniques or even some new resources, you’ll have to become an active member.

Plants vs Zombies; Survival Hard Tips

2009 November 29

[Note that this is just the Setup that I made and always use. There are Tons of diffrent ways to play theses. This is just the most effect to me]

Overall Plants used Through Out All Levels:

  • Spikeweed
  • Spike Rock
  • Tall-Nut
  • Pumpkin
  • Magnet-Shroom
  • Coffee Bean
  • Peashooter
  • Repeater
  • Gatling Pea
  • Jalapeno
  • Cherry Bomb
  • Sunflower

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CleanMyMac; The new way to get your Mac uncluttered

2009 November 29

Clean, Elegant, and Simple.

Over time it happens. Mac’s become slower because of junk left behind in application or even updates for it. This junk overall slows down your computer and takes up HDD. CleanMyMac does exactly what it name suggests. This simple to use programs scrubs your Mac of all that junk you don’t need to speed up performance and free up needed space.

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Torchlight: Diablo 3 Clone? Or just simply awesome?

2009 November 28

So just a couple days ago, I downloaded a game called Torchlight, after seeing some reviews and videos on it (if you don’t know what it is, click here).

From what I’ve heard, it was created by some of the developers of Diablo 1 & 2 (and some of the soundtracks is the same as well), except graphically ‘enhanced’ like Diablo 3.
It’s a great game so far, and it’s great for holding me over for D3.
I think the developers released it as a fix for people wanting Diablo 3 that are impatient, and looking for some quick revenue. Or maybe I’m wrong and it’s going to be a full series, or something. Either way, from what I’ve read it’s a full-scale game with over 20 hours gameplay. The graphics are alright, they remind me of WoW kinda, though I’ve never played any warcraft game.

I wanna hear everyone’s thoughts on this game. It’s great, but do you think it’s just some diablo developers trying to be sellouts? Do you think it’s just an awesome alternate game? Don’t care and think something else?

For those looking to buy this game, go here.

It is also available on steam, for steam users, click here.

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~brendles