Julia Sherred's Geeky Pleasures http://juliasherred.com Pieces of Me Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:00:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Skewed And Reviewed On Gaming With The BJ Shea Morning Experience http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JuliaSherred/~3/TyMq6XOfhv4/ http://juliasherred.com/2010/03/skewed-and-reviewed-on-gaming-with-the-bj-shea-morning-experience/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:00:44 +0000 Jules http://juliasherred.com/?p=1485 In preparation for Emerald City Comic Con this weekend, yesterday Skewed and Reviewed’s Gareth Von Kallenbach was on the the BJ Shea Morning Experience (KISW.com) talking about video games. The interview is available for download (right click, save as) and I recommend you listen to it. It is actually quite funny.

A couple reminders, if you are attending ECCC this weekend I recommend you attend Gareth’s panel on video games. His panel will be the first event at ECCC and there is nothing else scheduled at that time so you do not have to worry about missing anything. You will be able to purchase the 2nd edition of Skewed and Reviewed Magazine at that time. Each issue is $3 USD or you can subscribe to this quarterly magazine for a year at $10 USD. Partial proceeds go to Child’s Play. For more information, click here. And finally, do you not forget you can download the 1st edition for FREE. More information can be found here.

You can follow Gareth on Twitter @SKNRGareth and find him on Facebook here. If you are interested in subscribing and will not be at ECCC, have inquiries about ad rates or story submissions, email Gareth at gareth@nwlink.com

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To experience Dragon Master Evan and to see what’s new in MapleStory, visit http://maplestory.nexon.net.

Facebook: www.facebook.com/maplestory.

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Dungeon Fighters who have undergone intensive training as one of four character subclasses can reach a state of awareness called “Awakening” in Dungeon Fighter Online. From March 10-31, players who have advanced to level 48 can Awaken and acquire powerful new skills. To celebrate this new addition to Dungeon Fighter Online, Nexon America has released a new gameplay video, is hosting multiple events and has new avatar sets available for players.

Dungeon Fighter Online Awakening Video (I am still having an issue with embedding video, so please click the link to view video.)

Slayers who have chosen the path of Blade Master can Awaken and become Grand Masters. Fighters who developed into Grapplers are able to Awaken and emerge as a Dervish. Gunners who chose the path of Ranger can further single themselves out as a Desperado. And Mage class characters who elected the path of Summoners can Awaken as a Gaia.

Grand Masters will get a chance to master a new Active Skill called “Sword Storm,” which disperses a ring of many swords – half of which float in the air, while the other half thrust into the ground. One-by-one, use each sword on enemies to cause immobility and damage.

Those who Awaken as a Dervish can use the Giant Twister skill, which enables Dervishes to grab an enemy and then spin rapidly to create a powerful twister. Enemies in the twister’s path are sucked in and receive damage.

Desperados activate the Scud Genocide skill, which launches nearby enemies into the air, then shoots several rounds of bullets in all directions, and finishes with an aerial spin.

Summon the Conqueror Kasijas with the Hired Summon skill if a Gaia. The fourth apostle, Conqueror Kasijas, attacks the enemy with a sword, among other weapons. Press the skill button again and we’ll perform “Critical Sword 1,000.” If Kasijas dies or disappears, a multitude of swords will be summoned to fall from the sky and continue the assault.

Dungeon Fighters who create new characters will receive 10 life tokens, which is five more than normal. Players who advance to one of the subclasses eligible for Awakening will receive a class advancement gift. Players who complete the Awakening quest series will receive an exclusive title and will be eligible to win a new item, the Kaleido Box.

Share/Bookmark]]> http://juliasherred.com/2010/03/rise-of-the-awakening-offers-new-super-classes-for-select-character-classes-in-dungeon-fighter-online/feed/ 0 http://juliasherred.com/2010/03/rise-of-the-awakening-offers-new-super-classes-for-select-character-classes-in-dungeon-fighter-online/ Midweek Cute Break – Puppies And Robots http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JuliaSherred/~3/2olROHT66EA/ http://juliasherred.com/2010/03/midweek-cute-break-puppies-and-robots/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:00:43 +0000 Jules http://juliasherred.com/?p=1482 This post serves no other reason than to make you go awwwwww. Thank you @leighdf for sending this to me. You can buy the robot here.

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Well those wonderful songsmiths have done it yet again and submitted another round of really good music. It always impresses me how these people are able to write and produce a song in under a week. For the third round, the challenge was to write a song about a recipe. And yet again, it was very difficult for me to pick out just 5 songs as there are so many worthy of your and my vote.

However, when it came down the picking them, 4 of them obviously spoke to my not so inner geek (my geek is completely out of the closet). And the final song I chose spoke to my rumoured heart. There is one song, if you have paid any attention to the things I love, that is an obvious favourite. I present to you songs about Transformers, robot monkeys, ninja (or as we have decided in TMA ninjii), undead and broken boys.

Inverse T. Clown – Devastator

Boffo Yux Dudes – A Recipe For Love

Edric Haleen – Robot Monkey 7.2

Governing Dynamics – Broken Boy

Caleb Hines – Secret Recipe Ninja

And of course I have to mention one of the shadow entries. Yet again, Joe “Covenant” Lamb made a song for this round even so he can no longer compete as he won Song Fu 5. I have to say, this is probably one of Joe’s best songs ever! It is bloody brilliant!

Joe “Covenant” Lamb – Devil’s Fu Cake

This round is like the semi-final round. After the voting is closed on this round, the top two Fusters (all votes from each round will be tallied and the two with the most cumulative votes) will advance to the final round where they will battle it out for the covenanted title of “Master of Song Fu”. Those who do not advance to the final round will be allowed to shadow.

So I tell you to head on over to A Site Called Fred NOW, listen to all the entries and cast your votes. And as always, you can download all the entries as a handy dandy  ZIP file. Voting ends Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 11:59 PM EST. The round 4 challenge and challengers will be revealed Monday, March 15, 2010.

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Gamers looking to participate in online water balloon action longer can now enjoy continuous play in PopTag!’s “Revival Mode.”  Players face off against each other, similar to regular PvP Mode in frenzied water balloon battles.  Rather than being eliminated, a player’s death is logged as points for the opponent.  Players are re-spawned into the game and can continue playing until time is up.  The winner is determined by whichever player, or whatever team, has the most kills when the timer reaches zero.  In this third game mode, players will be rewarded with plentiful drops and experience points.

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Even though you will be helping fund a great charity and getting content not available on the Skewed and Reviewed site, you may be saying to yourself, “I’m still not convinced.” Well then Skewed and Reviewed has something for you. You can now download the first issue of Skewed and Reviewed Magazine as a free PDF. This is a gift from Skewed and Reviewed to the readers of Geeky Pleasures and anyone who may be interested in reading the magazine. So please pass this on to your friends and download the first issue, free.

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