Alliance Leveling - Cataclysm Leveling Tips For Alliance

If you play Alliance, you've come to the right place, because in this post I will share a few nice tips for Alliance leveling. Cataclysm will be a bit easier for you if you read this. I hope this helps.

1. In case you don't have too much gold, don't struggle to invest in your Master Riding yet. You will be needing gold to train your skills and some gear, and you don't really need 310% speed, to level up from 80 to 85. If you already have the Artisan Riding skill and 280% flying speed, it should be enough to get you through the Cataclysm zones pretty fast. However, make sure you buy your Flight Master's License. It doesn't cost that much. Being able to fly in Azeroth is important.

2. Make sure your gathering skills are at least level 425 when you pass to Mt. Hyjal or Vashj'ir. To mine Obsidium or to gather Azshara's Veil you will be needing at least 425 in mining or herbalism. Gathering really makes the difference when leveling up. For example, from 80 to 81 you will get about 2200 Exp. from a herb node or a mineral node. Adding that to quests and other Exp. bonuses, over time you will earn a nice amount of Exp. and reach the level cap more quickly.

3. Unlocking the quartermasters of various factions is also an important aspect for Alliance leveling. Cataclysm has brought in quite a few factions and most of them sell helmet enchantments that you will be needing later on. There are guilds or exigent raid leader that won't let you take part to their raids if you don't have your helmet enchantment. So, when you pass through a zone where there's a faction, you should at least unlock the quartermaster there, and obtain at least Friendly standing with that faction, to be able to buy the tabard. The most important factions to unlock while leveling are: Guardians of Hyjal, Earthen Ring, Therazane, Ramkahen and Wildhammer Clan.

4. Especially if you're using an Alliance leveling guide, you shouldn't waste your time with the Crucible of Carnage quest. And this stands pretty much for any elite quest. Unless there's a group ready to go, waiting just for you, that quest is a waste of time. While waiting for people to join for the quest, or trying without healer or DPS and failing, you will be gaining more XP by completing solo quests. You will change the weapon from this quest in one or two days anyway, so why bother?

I'm sure these tips will help you at least a little while leveling in Cataclysm. However, if you want to level up as fast as possible, I can only recommend you to follow an Alliance leveling guide. Following a condensed and optimized quest path, I managed to hit level 85 in less than four days with my last character.

Alliance Leveling Areas - Cataclysm Quest Hubs for Alliance in Hyjal and Vashj'Ir

Are you leveling your first Alliance character in World of Warcraft? In that case, working with an Alliance leveling guide would be the best, because it's the only way you won't miss any of the Alliance leveling areas Cataclysm has brought to the game.

Anyway, in this post I'm going to point out a few quest hubs in the Cataclysm zones that you shouldn't skip when leveling up an Alliance character.

<b>Mt. Hyjal.</b> This is the area that you should choose for starting the 80-85 content. The first camp where you should be questing is Nordrassil, then you will be sent to Shrine of Goldrinn (no flight master there), next Shrine of Aviana, Grove of Aessina (plenty of quests here), Sanctuary of Malorne (first phase), Scorched Plain (no flight master here either), Forge of Supplication and then Gates of Sothann.

It's really important to start from Nordrassil and follow the directions the quest givers provide if you're not using a leveling guide, because otherwise you might miss some of the small quest hubs between these major locations in Hyjal. Also, keep in mind that there's a lot of phasing in and out between the zones of Mount Hyjal, and some of the areas will change after you complete certain series of quests there.

I usually remain here until I finish all the quests in this zone, to become revered with the Guardians of Hyjal. This way I'm eligible for buying some nice level 333 items, usable at level 83.

<b>Vashj'ir.</b> Now, usually in this zone I come only to get the Sea Horse mount, just to have it and after that, I simply move to Deepholm. Anyway, if you complete all the quests in Hyjal and some of the quests in Vashj'ir, until you get the water mount, you should be close to level 73, ready for Deepholm.

Anyway here are the quest hubs that you should visit in Vashj'ir. The Vashj'ir Alliance leveling areas Cataclysm has brought to the game are: Legion's Fate and Smuggler's Scar in Kelp'thar Forest and Silver Tide Hollow in Shimmering Expanse, to unlock the Earthen Ring camp. You might need access to the Earthen Ring quartermaster, at least for the tanking head enchantment, and that's why it's best to quest in Vashj'ir until you reach this area.

Once you unlock the zone at Silver Tide Hollow and get the travel point you should move a bit north, to Sandy Beach and also discover that travel point there. Who knows when it might be useful.

Anyway, to know exactly which camp to go to, which quests to do and which to skip, and to know exactly how to complete each and every objective, can only be achieved by following the leveling path of an Alliance leveling guide.

How To Play Frogger

What is Frogger?

The term Frogger is used to refer to an arcade game, which is licensed for worldwide distribution and play. It came into the limelight in 1981 as a development by Konami. The main objective is for the player to try and direct frogs into their homes one after the other. To be able to successfully complete this task, the frogs must be directed such that they are not hit by cars as they cross busy roads and also not bruised by other hazards some of which are inside the rivers that the frogs cross on their way home. Some people have over the years devised various methods and tricks on how to play Frogger; however it is simple and does not require so many skills. For those with great skills, there are numerous bonuses that they are able to win as the game advances.

How to play Frogger?

Just as in any other games, this video sport has rules to which players have to adhere to in order to get the most out of their efforts. There are a few steps that the players have to undertake to perfectly understand how to play the sport. Below are the steps.

1. Get the correct version of Frogger that is legal. In going about this, you need to look for the names Konami or Sega and any statements that allow for the reprinting of the game to avoid any infringement on copyright.

2. Turn on the sound to listen for any sounds of Frogger since every version has lighthearted music and hopping sounds every time the directional keys are touched.

3. This pastime sport does not necessarily require the use of player buttons while playing thus much attention has to be paid to the up, down, left and right arrows.

4. As it progresses through different levels, the speed of the cars and other hazards like turtles and logs along the way increase gradually and this calls for the player to be very cautious. In case one moves from a solid object onto a sunken turtle shell, the game will need to be restarted.

5. Much caution has to be taken with the blue lady frog. Contact with the blue lady frog can be made by sending the player's frog to land on top of her. The safe escort is one way of adding on more and more points.

In the quest on how to play Frogger, it is important that one searches online for communities that allow for chances of playing, while at the same time documenting the scores.

4 Things I Like About the Alliance Leveling Addon I Use

Almost every World of Warcraft player wants to reach level 85 as fast as possible these days, to be able to start arena or raiding with their friends. Leveling is just a big, fat obstacle between level one and the end game tons of fun. That's why I've always been using an Alliance leveling addon (yup, I play only Alliance, you got me), and here are for aspects that I like about it.

1. Complete leveling guide. This means it has a full, step-by-step quest path, from level 1 to 85. Even if I level up a twink for low level battleground PvP fun, I would never resort to the basic WoW quest helper. A player made Alliance leveling addon is always ten times more explicit that the WoW quest helper, giving you tips and tricks on how to solve the difficult quests, and also tells you the exact location of all quest items, mobs and objectives.

2. Easy to install and update. The Alliance leveling addon I've been using can easily be installed, and it's easy operate just as easily as any other World of Warcraft addon. It works perfectly with the game interface, and even if you use an outdated version, you basically don't get any LUA errors. Updates are free, but you have to update your version manually. At least that's the only way it works for me.

3. Slick interface. This is actually the feature that I like the most about the leveling addon I've been working with. Doesn't occupy a big chunk of screen, and it's adjustable. You can choose to view more than one step from the guide, which helps, because sometimes having a better overview of the actions you must complete in an area will allow you to finish all the quests more quickly.

4. Automatic step tracking. The leveling path is step-by-step created as I said, and each time you complete a step in the guide's leveling path, the guide will automatically update, displaying the next objective that you should complete. Of course, in case you want to skip certain steps, you can scroll forward. Also, if you want to start another zone, all you have to do is access the quest path for that particular zone. It covers most of the zones in the game.

Now, if you want to reach the WoW level cap in the shortest time possible, I can only recommend you a player-made Alliance leveling addon. I'm saying this because using one, it took me only 3 days and 22 hours to level up my last ally character.

Alliance Leveling Areas That Must Be in Your Leveling Plan

I started World of Warcraft as an Alliance player, then I moved on Horde for a long while and after the release of Cataclysm, I re-rolled Alliance once more. But things had changed, the Alliance leveling areas were not the same, therefore I realized I had to follow a totally different leveling path. Thank God I have a WoW leveling guide installed and it always pointed me to the right area for leveling.

Since many players are returning to Alliance now, and others are starting fresh, I want to point out a few Alliance leveling areas that you must put in your leveling path. That's because leveling in those areas is easier, there are more quests and you will be able to keep up a high XP rate.

1. Elwynn Forest. This might seem obvious, but this zone has to be on the list. No matter which Alliance class you're starting or which race, Elwynn Forest is the closest zone to Stormwind City, the main Alliance capital, where you can find any NPC or trainer, and there's also an Auction House. Plus, the zone is really accessible, there are plenty of quests, and even without any Heirlooms you will ding level 10 in no time.

2. Eastern Plaguelands. Back in the day, before the release of Cataclysm, this zone wasn't very popular due to its harsh accessibility and the strong creatures. The level of this Alliance leveling area, or should I say, contested WoW territory, was brought down by 10 levels or so, there are many flight masters here which makes it pretty much accessible now, and each flight master is surrounded by a number of NPC quest givers - pretty nice quest hubs if you ask me. So

3. Nagrand. I believe every player, Alliance or Horde, loves this "warm" area. There are over 150 quests here, and with a few Heirlooms, you can level up in this area from 65 to 68, and then jump directly to Netherstorm, and ding 70 there. Nagrand is pretty much an open land, offering plenty of visibility especially if you have a flying mount already.

4. Borean Tundra. You can also start the Northrend content with Howling Fjord, but Borean Tundra is much more accessible, you will move faster throughout this zone and reach level 73 much easier and quicker. Plus, if you're a skinner, you will find tons of beasts here to increase your skinning skill.

5. Mt. Hyjal. It's much better to start the Cataclysm content leveling in Hyjal, than in Vashj'ir. In the sunken world of Vashj'ir you won't start with a mount, and you will have to work your way up to the quest that grants you a Sea Horse. Plus, completing all the Hyjal quests you will become revered with Guardians of Hyjal and get access to the caster helm enchantment.

The SWTOR Mercenary Guide

One of the many classes of the Sith forces in Star Wars: The Old Republic is the SWTOR Mercenary. In fact, the mercenary is an advanced class of the Bounty Hunter and it is a damage-dealing class, which focuses heavily on dual wielding and the wrist-mounted rocket launcher. The SWTOR Mercenary can also be seen as a mirror class of the Jedi Trooper, since it also has a similar skill tree as well.

The 3 skills trees of the SWTOR Mercenary are:

Bodyguard - This is a healing class that uses probes to quickly heal your character or your allies with kolto injections

Arsenal - This is a DPS class that uses advanced rocketry to damage enemies and lower their armor

Pyrotech - This is a shared skill tree that uses heat and elemental based abilities for attacking and for self-preservation

Just for your information, the pyrotech skill tree is shared with the Powertech advanced class of the SWTOR bounty hunter.

The SWTOR Mercenary advanced class is known for heavy fire power, heat seeking missiles and overall, powerful defense. There are many abilities that you can acquire as you level up your SWTOR mercenary character. Here's a list of some of the skills you expect for each of the 3 skill trees of the mercenary:

Arsenal skills

Level 20 - Tracer missile: A missile that deals kinetic damage and reduces armor strength of an enemy by using heat

Level 30 - Riddle: An ability that increases damage by 30%

Level 40 - Heat seeking missiles: Missiles that do massive damage to units with heat signatures, and damage dealt is also increased by 3%

Bodyguard skills

Level 20 - Kolto missile: An ability that heals friendly targets within a radius

Level 30 - Kolto shell: An ability that creates a shell around a target. When the target is attacked, the shell takes the damage and the target is also healed

Level 40 - Emergency scan: An ability that heals allies instantly

Pyrotech skills

Level 25 - Incendiary missile: A missile that deals damage over time

Level 30 - Prototype particle accelerator: This ability gives a 30% chance for the Rail Shot skill to complete itself and reduces the skill's heat cost

Level 40 - Thermal detonator: A detonator that sticks to an enemy target that deals damage over time and has knock back effects

The thermal detonator is probably the most flashiest ability of the above list. You can also equip your SWTOR mercenary with jetpacks and other flashy objects to create a powerful, missile-shooting flying machine!

The Puzzle Game

Puzzle game is one of the pastime sports that most people think is very easy to play. However, it requires so much critical thinking that those who have played it can confirm that it truly entails a lot of logical skills for one to be able to successfully play it. Apart from just the fun that players are able to get from playing, there is much more that one stands to learn. For instance, it offers various benefits to the players, most education experts have thus recommended them to children as a source of better mental exercise. In fact, currently, most education systems have adapted it as means of mental exercise in their curriculum. However, this does not mean that it is only meant for children, adults too are encouraged to take part in playing it. This game is one of the surest ways of boosting work efficiency in adults.

A puzzle game has so much to do with problem solving, which is one of the greatest features of mathematics. The problem solving aspect in this pastime sport is carried out through four basic operations that are all associated to mathematics, such as subtraction, addition, multiplication and even division. For anyone to be able to successfully play any version of this game, he or she needs to have a few basic mathematical skills. Playing the game requires innovative solutions for every movement. Players should understand that in playing puzzles, there are no pre-recorded or profound solutions and everyone needs to invent their own ways of making moves.

Composition of the game
It involves much of arithmetic and simple calculus. Learning it is quite easy and does not require so much effort apart from just critical thinking. In arithmetic puzzle, that is one of the famous forms, the solution is wholly dependent on the proper use of optimal methods. However, getting the optimal methods is one the tasks that lies ahead of the players and the basis of playing. There are also algebraic types that require algebraic playing methods and theorems for the players to be able to come up with solutions. For great fun in playing any of the types, modern algebra and Boolean algebra is also included.

Playing a puzzle game is one of the sports that people can use in sharpening their arithmetic skills. Today, the puzzle game has even been made so accessible since it is available even online from where those interested are able to play at their convenience.

Playing Motocross Games Online

What are Motocross games?
These are categories of games that are played with the basis of the real extreme sport. They involve racing and bike riding on different platforms. The motorbikes that are used in the racing are shown in side view. In the event of playing, there are basic controls that are used in directing the motorbikes. Among the controls are the Up and Down controls that are used in directing the movements of the bike, the Left and Right keys that are used in controlling the spin movements in the air while riding. However, the controls might be different depending on the version of the sport that one is playing. This therefore requires that players check the instructions before beginning to play any of the motocross games online. Playing is fun and involves so many movements and timing of the gravity to ensure safe landing.

Playing motocross games online
Mastering the art of playing over the internet is very easy and can be grasped within just a few minutes. Learning and becoming a pro is very easy, however playing demands a lot of attention. Another technique that a player will require in playing is that one needs to be very swift with their hands in controlling the bike. The computer keyboard can be used in playing; the controls are factored in the arrow keys making it very easy for one to be able to control the motorbike. However, to be able to play the game online, one must have a reliable network connection on their computer and the computer must have a flash player. The best way to begin playing is to try a single one and with just that, one will be good to go since it is very simple and does not require much skill.

Types
There are several kinds of motocross games online that one can choose from. This variety has made it possible for children and even adults to be able to play the online sport. Some of the types include Moto Trial Fest 2, Motocross Country Fever, Urban Fever, Moto-X Freestyle, Mini Dirt Bike, Bike Mania Arena, Extreme Trial, Trails, Motorama, Champion, Nuclear Bike and so many more.

One of the main advantages of playing motocross games online is that one is able to play at any time that they need and from their own comfort. Numerous gaming sites offer motocross games online free to people who are interested in playing.

The WoW Gold Guide: Newbies Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places

If you are new to the World of Warcraft game you may be unfamiliar with what a WoW Gold Guide is. Although you will soon become sick of seeing them all over the internet the longer you play WoW. I can not even begin to tell you just how many WoW Gold Guides there are online. Just about every Tom, Dick and Harry have written one hoping to cash in. They will promise you riches beyond your dreams and the ability to level at lightening speed. So what is wrong with that you may be asking? Well for the most part a good number of these WoW gold guides are just rehashed information from other guides. They may have added some pictures, maps and even a little more information. If you are really lucky they have found some new locations to farm for gold, but don't hold your breath.

The thing that really angers me about these so called "guides" is they never really give you any useful information. It is always the same old methods and techniques. I want these guys to get off their rears and actually show me something I can use. But I guess that is just asking too much and I should just throw away my twenty or thirty dollars. So with so many WoW gold guide scams out there I want you newbies to know what to look for and what to ask yourself before you buy one of these WoW Gold Guides.

Since you are just starting out in WoW you want to be looking for a step by step WoW gold guide, this is going to be important for you as you are still feeling your way through the game. if they have video tutorials that are step by step, even better! make sure it is just not a list of places to farm for gold, because if it is more than likely it is dated and worthless. Along those same lines make sure the guide that you purchase is up to date with all patches and expansions. Nothing is worse than finding a guide that has not been updated since Vanilla.

Is there a money back guarantee available for the WoW gold guide you purchase. If you see known, just stay away from it. You can also do some research and look for refund rats for many WoW gold guides and if you see the rate to be pretty high that is a good indication that the guide is junk. Also check to see if they have support available to you. You can usually find this on their sales page in the form of e-mail, phone or even via their web page.

Don't let any of this discourage you because there are some very good guides out there, and they actually do what they promise. You just have to be on the look out for these fly by night operations that are just out to make a quick dollar. Basically if you stick with the bigger well known guys you are going to get a quality product, but you may pay more. And you can find some guys selling WoW gold guides on various forums that are pretty good as well. But you are really going to have to look into those. I say just pay the few extra dollars and get good quality product that will help you enjoy the game more.

So make sure you do your homework and you will find the Wow gold guide that is going to be the right fit for you. And if you are planning on spending a lot of time playing WoW these guides do help you immensely.

Cataclysm Farming - Farming Embersilk

In late 2010 the 3rd expansion, Cataclysm, to World of Warcraft was released. It caused devastation to the entire world, leaving huge scars through old zones, and creating new zones and adventures for players. In the Cataclysm the World of Warcraft economy is still driven by rare trade goods like Embersilk, Pyrite, Twilight Jasmine and Savage Leather. Players spend hours farming these items just to sell them and make a profit.

Most players no longer enjoy farming in these zones though. Even though they are easy to get to, Mt. Hyjal, Vashj'ir and Twilight Highlands are mostly ghost-towns. However, farmers remain, flying above the landscape looking carefully for herbs, mineral nodes, beasts, elementals and humanoids to kill.

Farming in Cataclysm

Farming in Cataclysm isn't much different than farming in the other expansion continents and worlds. The big difference, I would say, is the way that the new zones are laid out. Instead of having a new continent like in Mists of Pandaria or Wrath of the Lich King there are several new zones scattered throughout the area. Including Uldum which is found on the south tip of Kalimdor, or Twilight Highlands, found in northern Eastern Kingdoms. These zones are accessible to just about anyone, although low level characters will be killed on sight.

If you're level 80 or higher you have the opportunity to utilize the resources found in these zones to strengthen the gold in your bank account. Skinners will gather Savage Leather, Herbalists will gather Twilight Jasmine and miners will farm Pyrite, Obsidium and Elementium Ores.

Farming Embersilk Cloth

Farming Embersilk is among the more profitable ways to make gold in Cataclysm. It involves tracking down and killing humanoids between level 80 and 85. They drop Embersilk and you sell it on the auction house.

In order to farm Embersilk Cloth effectively you need to be a level 400 tailor and have Northrend Cloth Scavenging, which can be found at any Tailoring trainer once you're level 325. As long as you have this skill and you're level 400 you will also find more Embersilk from humanoids in the new Cataclysm zones.

To improve your harvest, you can also use Potion of Treasure Find which will increase the chance you find goodies from the monsters you farm. If you're an alchemist you can make this yourself or if you have some extra gold you can buy this off the auction house.

There are three really great places to farm Embersilk. The first is in Deepholme at Verok's Stand. The little trogs drop tons of Embersilk and found all over this area. The second place to find it is in Tol'Barad in the Restless Front (south west part of the zone). You'll find Restless Heroes who drop Embersilk like no tomorrow. You will have to defend yourself from PvP encounters though.

The third place to farm Embersilk is in Twilight Highlands from the Glopgut Ogres. This is found in the north west part of the zone to the right of Vermillio's Redoubt on the minimap.

Embersilk sells really fast during the Cataclysm expansion but in Mists of Pandaria it sells much slower. Check the prices on your auction house before you farm too much of this stuff.

A Quick Look At The Many World Of Warcraft Guides: How To Figure Out What You Need

If you have just entered the game known as World of Warcraft, I can usually guess one thing about you. You are as confused and bewildered by the game as the last person who just started playing. Don't feel too bad, World of Warcraft or WoW is a complex game. as you continue playing you will more than likely come to the conclusion that you need a guide to help you a long. Well I hate to say his but choosing a guide is a complicated as the game is, I guess it stands to reason.

Choosing a guide is all going to depend on what you are looking to accomplish. Do you want more gold? Do You want to level up fast? You need to think about what you are wanting. The reasoning for this is there are some WoW guides which are an all around good general guide and then you have very specific goal oriented guides that are going to concentrate on just one thing.

I think regardless of what you are looking for these guides all do share one thing in common, even some of the bad ones. They are going to cut down the learning curve of WoW, especially for a new player. There are a lot of them that do wonders when it comes to solo character leveling as well as gold accumulation. There are tons of guides out there all dedicated to WoW, I don't even think I have read all of them. The trick is picking the best one out, and not wasting your money on the garbage. SO here is a quick run down of what you can expect with the various WoW gold guides.

Leveling Guides

If you are wanting to level a character, check and see what type of proof they offer. There should be some verifiable social proof that they actually can level a character as fast as they say they can. Some of the guides out there for leveling are so unrealistic, there is no way you could do it. However, there are many players out there how do hold records for leveling and those are the types of guides you want. They have the respect and credentials to invest in a guide from them. These players will be the ones who can take your character and help you level at a very fast rate.

Gold Guides

Now if you are looking to make some gold, you need to be sure the way it teaches is in a legal way. You do not want to get your account banned because of some sleazy method on gold buying. And please don't use any bots,cheats or hacks to get gold you are just asking for trouble. There are some very good gold guides available and they do teach you real ways to accumulate large amounts of gold the right way.

Profession Guides

And lastly you can find WoW guides based solely on professions in the game. There are guides for blacksmiths, miners, skinners, etc. I really like the profession guides, it is usually good solid information to help you in your primary or secondary profession.

So don't think you are cheating or giving up when you invest in a WoW guide, you are just taking the game to the next level. And as WoW continues to evolve and expand you are going to need these guides all the more. I know this was no truer than when Cataclysm was released and set the whole WoW universe on its ear!

The Mystic Artisan Removed From Diablo 3

The much anticipated Diablo 3 was announced over 2 years ago. The third edition to the Diablo franchise promised to bring players back into the world of Diablo with high quality graphics and gaming experience. They certainly didn't disappoint. The public beta started letting players join in during October of 2011 when the release date was slated for Q4 of 2011. Later, the date was pushed back to Q1 of 2012 and now players are beginning to fear another push back.

One of the most promising aspects of the third edition of Diablo was the artisan game mechanic. This system is somewhat similar to the professions in World of Warcraft, but instead of professions being available for in-game characters to learn, the artisans are in-game NPCs you interact with. As you work with these Artisans you have the opportunity to train them which, after much gold and investment, will advance their level from tier 1, Apprentice, to tier 10, Exalted. Once Exalted, your Artisan will be able to do just about everything they were created to do.

Three artisans were designed and implemented into the pre-release version of the game. These included the Blacksmith who crafts and repairs armor and salvages through junk for reusable material, the Jeweler, who inserts and removes sockets from gear as well as combining certain types of gems to make superior gems and finally the Mystic, who enhances and identifies equipment.

Why Was The Mystic Removed?

On January 19th, 2012, when most players were hoping for a release date instead they received a list of major system changes. One of those changes included the removal of the Mystic artisan. Developers at Blizzard said that they just didn't think the Mystic offered the unique feel they had hoped for. They mentioned it was too similar to the existing gem mechanic.

This reduced the number of artisans to 2 and left many players wondering if there was enough variety to draw players to use artisans at all. Considering every character can max both artisans once and utilize them from any character, it will just be a matter of time when the bulk of Diablo players have trained both of their artisans to exalted. This also removes the enhancement mechanic completely, limiting players to gems if they want to improve the quality of their gear.

I will certainly miss the Mystic and look for it in future content patches of Diablo 3. Hopefully Blizzard will figure out how to make it work in the Diablo franchise once again.

Aeon Game - SWTOR Strategy Guide and Tips - How to Play Like a PRO

"Aeon The Game": Star Wars: the Old Republic game was launched on 20th December 2011 where it allows players to adopt the characters from the iconic film series. Many aspects of the game involve moral choices that push players towards the light and the dark sides of the force.

The SWTOR - Old Republic is a multi-player online game which asks players to go adventuring to turn their weak starting character into a super hero. Players can choose to be human, Sith Pureblood, Twi'lek and Cyborg. They must also choose to be part of the Galactic Republic or Sith Empire.

Most people playing this game will start out and enjoy the adventure. However, serious gamers may become a little frustrated as it is certainly a major challenge. If you fall into the latter category, then I would certainly recommend one of the professional aeon guides out there which can save you many wasted hours of play and credits. They will also help you when you reach level 10 when you are presented with a huge talent tree with many spells and abilities - as the game itself provides no direction as to what to do with them.

When you begin, commit to choosing the Light or Dark side - remaining neutral does not make the game anywhere near as enjoyable and some of the best specialty items from commendations have a Light or Dark side requirement. Many players claim that being on "the Dark Side" is more fun - but that's up to your own character preference.

Choosing your character is also an experience; many choose some of the lesser known members from the Film as they have certain unique characteristics. Whichever you choose, as you play, constantly look out for your damage status and how much time is available - you will be surprised at how quickly the time disappears.

A few tips to help you along:

Set up your character earn credits and greys by turning on AoE Looting (settings)

View your character's complete story line.

Play in pairs or trios to achieve more success

Check out the preferential treatments section before you truly begin

If you are concerned about winning in war-zones become a healer in PvP

If strong take players out - if weak guard a node

Always follow the golden road on your map

Don't skip quests and combine with some PvP

To preserve credits avoid wasting them on medpacs and stims when you level.

Dismiss your companion if at low health and then re-summon it. It will be at full health.

I could write more than 200 tips for this giant of a game, but then this article will be too long. However, if you have purchased this game, have fun and if you are competitive, research the best guides as I have done.

Always remember to keep your companions well equipped with gear and search and seek commendations.

There are 50 levels to this game and you will no-doubt have months, if not years of fun playing it.

The Three Essential AddOns For World Of Warcraft

If you are unfamiliar with addons for World of Warcraft, don't feel bad there was a time I was just like you. In fact I was dead set against using them. To this day I really am not sure why. Maybe I thought of it as some type of unfair advantage or I just thought my account would be banned. Over time I got to the point that I understood the importance of addons and how they can help you have so much more fun and time in the game.

Basically an addon is a small application that helps you in tedious tasks to just make game play much more enjoyable. Don't be like I was a wait a few years to start using addons, because all you are doing is missing out on valuable game time. If you feel you are working more than you are playing in World of Warcraft, that is why you need addons.

I wanted to walk you through three basic but essential addons to make your WoW life a lot easier. So get ready to lose the headaches you have associated with WoW and plan on much easier game play. Now first off, if you have never experienced an addon before I would suggest you become familiar with the Curse Client, this is a simple application that is going to manage, download and install all of your addons.

OK let's take a look at these addons that are going to simplify your online gaming life.

Do you try to watch for the lows and highs that come with the many items in WoW. If not you should be because it is a good way to get rich, however it is a very time-consuming task. But if you want to make that gold you really need to be aware of all the prices at any given time. This is why I love the addon, Market Watcher! By using Market Watcher you can track any number of prices as well as display over graphs. This way you can see the actual value of items and not their prices at any given time.

An addon that I use all of time to this day is the Auctionator, now forget the corny name and let's focus on the power of this bad boy. If you are in the game to make gold, you need this essential addon. Not only is this addon easy to use, but it is very simple to learn. You take the user friendly interface and scan past and present auction prices. Plus you can post your auctions, check in on them and even buy items all with the click of a button. The Auctioneer is really an addon you should not be without...unless of course, you are not looking to stack up large amounts of gold!

Last but not least, we have the Auctioneer, and as the name implies it is another highly useful auction addon. If you are looking for an easier life as well as a more profitable one in the Auction House this addon is a must have. When you start to use the Auctioneer to post and buy for you, you are going to have so much more time to do other more important things in-game. Plus, have you ever wanted to know the true value of anything, well you can with the Auctioneer. Everything from recipes to items found in various quests. If you love the Auction House, but hate all the time associated with it, I would become familiar with Auctioneer real fast!

I hope that you find these three addons to be useful and make your gaming life a little easier, I know they all helped me. With World of Warcraft constantly updating and expanding we all need a little extra help! So use these addons to level up quick and keep gaining that gold!

Video Game Streaming - The New Frontier!

Video gaming has always been a competitive sport. Arcade boxes earlier had their pixelated high score charts, and every kid wanted to be the one with the top scores in his neighborhood. With the internet explosion and the release of iconic first person shooter games like Doom and Counter Strike, players from all over the world began to come together. In 1997, one of the first e-sports organizations, Cyberathelete Professional League was established. Since then the gaming world has leaped forward to online gaming and streaming. Let us take a closer look at the phenomenon.

The Rise of Online Gaming and Streaming

In the past four decades, online gaming has become one of the world's biggest entertainment industries. According to reports from PricewaterhouseCoopers, the global online gaming industry in 2010 was worth around $56 billion! This is bigger than both the magazine or the music industry and about two-thirds the film industry's size. According to a 2011 report by Entertainment Software Association, the average age of a gamer in the United States is 37 and 42 percent of these gamers are female.

One of the biggest trends today, in live streaming is not music (as you might have previously assumed), but competitive gaming. e-sports today, attracts thousands of viewers. A number of sites today, catering specifically to gamers and their fans stream e-sport events. Several e-sport websites have exploded all over the internet as live webcasts take competitive video gaming to a completely new level, transforming it into a sport that is viewed by millions from one which was limited to just insiders.

Video Game Streaming: The Big Players

Among the big players in video game streaming today are Own3D.tv and TwitchTV. Own3D.tv began online video game streaming in 2010, and at present, the website gets over four million unique viewers a month for video game live streams. In March 2011, Electronic Sports League (ESL), the world's largest gaming league, broadcasted the Intel Extreme Masters event, which is among the most popular gaming tournaments of the year, through Own3D. With $400,000 as prize money, the gaming tournament drew 75,000 simultaneous live viewers on single event days, while the overall audience reached several million gamers. June 2011 saw over 200,000 concurrent viewers watching a Dreamhack contest (which is based around League of Legends, another popular game) on Own3D, with about 250 GBps of traffic through the event.

And live video streaming vendor Justin.tv witnessed e-sports video streaming grow at such a rapid rate that they dedicated an entire website to it. In June 2011, they launched TwitchTV after video game streaming reached around 3.2million monthly unique views on its main website. TwitchTV now engages over 12 million unique viewers each month. Also it has had a steady month over month growth rate of 11 percent since it was launched. Besides that, TwitchTV has over 1,000 premium partners. It has also received over 80,000 downloads of its iPhone mobile app in less than a month of the app's launch. Between October 10th and October 16th the website received massive traffic as can be seen from the following figures:

Total Hours Watched: 6,737,250

Weekly Unique Viewers: 4,214,057

Total Hours Watched per Unique Viewer: 1.6

Weekly Unique Chatters: 309,220

Peak Concurrent Viewers on a Single Stream: 125,862

Peak Concurrent Viewers on all Gaming Content: 165,250

Video Game Streaming: Popular Genres

Here are some of the most popular genres in live online video game streaming:

Adventure (Assassin's Creed II, Lego, Lost Planet)
Strategy (StarCraft II, Total War, Worms)
Sport Games (FIFA, NBA 2K10, MLB 2K10)
Shooter (Modern Warfare 3, Bad Company 2, Left 4 Dead 2)
Role-Playing (Mass Effect 2, Dragon Age)
Racing (Need for Speed: The Run Playthrough Part 1!, GP2 Asia Series 2011)
Simulation (The Sims)
Massively multiplayer online role-playing game - MMORPG (World of Warcraft, Hydra 9)

Streaming Games Online: The Legal Side

By now you might know or at least heard about the new bill related to anti-streaming video - S.978. At present, it is not illegal to stream, for instance a walk-through of Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 online as it is considered to be a public performance. However, a bill like this would make such videos illegal. This bill might seem like a great thing at first glance as it helps curb piracy, but as parts of the bill are quite vague, it could lead to a few issues for members of the media/gaming enthusiast communities.

However, it is also possible that game developers and publishers may decide not to prosecute streaming gamers, thereby leaving things quite the same way as they are now. Given the huge number of such videos available on the web, it would be rather optimistic to actually think that game developers and publishers will have the time and money to pursue users every time they break this would-be law. Besides online video game streaming has generated a win-win scenario for all parties involved.

Game Streaming: A Win-Win Situation for Everyone

Websites like Own3D.tv and TwitchTV witness most of their traffic around gaming events. However, these websites feature live video feeds of gamers playing popular video games any time, as well. Some of these gamers are just amateurs who like to show their gaming skills to other gamers while some actually belong to professional gaming teams, and are preparing for the next tournament.

Besides, gamers today are increasingly monetizing matches as live video game streaming offers them another way of earning money and making a living. Live video game streaming websites like Own3D.tv and TwitchTV have revenue sharing deals with professional gaming partners. The most common types of monetization include ads, subscriptions and pay per views.

TwitchTV for instance, has a revenue sharing plan where they sell ads on the gamer's stream and the profits earned are split between them. TwitchTV also includes automatic transcoding, where viewers can flip between a variety of quality settings, based on their connection. Besides that partners also get early access to latest technology from Twitch as well as the ability to test out new features.

The companies are also on the winning side. Zvetan Dragulev, Own3D.tv CEO explained that they get 90 percent of their video views from pro-gaming teams and events that pull in higher CPM rates as compared to traditional user generated live video streams. Besides that, advertisers also love the fact that they are catering to a well defined audience. So everyone's happy - well, no one's happier than the gamers would be my guess!

Learning From the Diablo 3 Beta!

First, in order to know how to effectively make beta bucks, you always need to assess the market situation. Beta is pretty much meant for you to craft your own gear and make your own way through the game and maybe try out the auction house because you have free currency. Currently, the market is flooded with cheap, craftable items and the really good items are very expensive. When taking advantage of the market, the first thing I do is look at the prices of materials. The material prices for subtle essence and common scrap are 1 beta buck each. The only mat worth looking at is the fallen tooth, which goes from about 1.5 beta bucks to about 8 beta bucks. There is one yellow craftable item that can be created, which is the apprentice slingcock (one handed crossbow) for demon hunters. There is an excess of this item as well as some of the trash yellow, which aren't for levels 10 and higher (the level cap is 13). On a last side-note, you also can't search for gear that your character can't use, so in order to be able to search for everything, you need to make a character for every class so that you can search for that certain kind of equipment.

The current crafting situation is that you can't craft items for profit, because the beta is so short people will only pay for the best items around, which in most cases you cannot craft. The only viable yellow item that can be crafted is a one-handed bow (apprentice slingcock). But, the mats are too expensive for it to be worth it (about 50 beta bucks) and each bow sells for about 25 beta bucks on average. Most other items you craft are basically obsolete for endgame beta players. Overall, right now crafting isn't a big beta buck-maker.

There are a couple things you can do to make beta bucks in the Beta. First, you can go through and bid on or buy yellow items below the price of the fallen tooth (or if you can find regular or magic items below 1 beta buck). Alas, you will often be outbid on items, so try to shoot for buyouts instead. Afterwards, convert the equipment back into materials and sell them. Farming is another profitable way to make beta bucks in game, just by either selling the gold or the mats that you receive (and sometimes a really, really good item). This is a great way to make beta bucks if you have time to spare. Also, if you have extra, selling your gold from the auction house is another good way to make some beta bucks.

Obviously, there will be more ways to make money in the real game, as you are restricted to levels 1-13. But, we can observe patterns that happen now that will give us insight into what kind of trends might appear later.

So, knowing what we know from the beta, how can we prepare for the coming of the actual game? Well, knowing what people are going to want to do is a good start.

The fact that there are tons of craftable items on the AH solidifies the fact that people are very dedicated to leveling their professions. Also, people are even crafting items that no one can even use in the beta (even up to level 24!). The only reason that people are even buying gold off the AH is to level their professions. There are basically no other gold sinks right now, as there is not even a gold auction house.

Also, the fact that people are dumping gear for such low prices shows the average player's ability to determine the actual value of items when it is something they don't need. We will be able to take advantage of this, and convert the equipment back into materials for a profit. A quick profit without the problem of The 72-hour re-listing cooldown.

In addition, the fact that most of the mats are selling for 1 beta buck demonstrates the willingness to dump items when they are of no value. You can just ride the wave of cheap materials in this manner to level up your professions.

Although the beta can tell us some things about what the average player will do in the Diablo 3, the beta can tell us only so much. To some degree it will sort of be a guessing game, but I will be working to eliminate this game of chance as much as possible at my site which can be seen by clicking on the reference box below.

The Best Way To Play Jigsaw Puzzle Games Online

Just as with most of the other online games, Jigsaw puzzle provides players with fun and lots of entertainment. This has made them extremely popular especially among the online community. However, much as playing it offline is fun; it may require a lot of space and materials such as tables and pieces. That is why you need to consider the possibility of playing it online. This is the best way to have fun and entertainment without experiencing any inconveniences. However, playing the Jigsaw game has become quite complicated nowadays simply because it keeps changing. It is therefore important for you to learn how to play this pastime online so that your gaming sessions can become more exciting.

How To Play Jigsaw Puzzle Games Online

Since it acquires new features every now and then, it is not very easy for a player to master one special technique of playing it. The reality is that there are various important steps that you have to follow if at all your gaming session can be enjoying it. This passage seeks to provide you with some of these steps. You can have a look at them.

* Select the best online site: Once you have chosen your favorite gaming site, you need to check the requirements specified in the gaming system so that it can load and work properly. However, if the requirements are too much for you, then you can always look for another site providing the same puzzle. It is also important for you to ensure that you do not infringe on any copyrights. You can also look for sites that offer the jigsaw puzzle free. This will enable you to continue enjoying the game without worrying about the cost. The good thing is that there are numerous sites that offer it for free.

* Choose the best Jigsaw: The secret to enjoying your gaming sessions is to choose the best. This should not be problematic since there are a variety of pieces to choose from. You need to choose the one that interests you more.

* Choose the right level: Puzzles tend to get more complicated as you proceed to higher levels. It is therefore important for you to choose a level that is a bit easy and simple for you. That way, you will be able to enjoy the game fully. Then you can try out the complicated levels once you have gained enough confidence.

Reasons to Play Wrestling Games Online

The internet is a great source of information to people of all ages. This is enhanced by the availability of online games that have been developed to suit children and adults. The sports come in handy including wrestling games. These are some of the sports that have continued to gain enormous popularity ever since they were introduced. They are fun filled, sensational and interactive sports hence, enables players to experience online sports entertainment.

Fun and entertainment
Wrestling games are some of the sports that have been developed to offer lots of entertainment online. They feature quality graphics therefore, they create an incredible environment and you will always feel like you are in a real wrestling ring. For enthusiasts, this is one of the features that make your gaming experience more exciting. What is more, it offers more fun because every level of the sport, features graphics that are impressive.

Variety
The games comes in a wide range therefore, there is a wide selection to choose from. Some of these sports are offered free and are developed to suit people of all ages. Parents and their children can have play online at the same time because it is a way of bonding as you teach kids how to play online. These games additionally help to enhance your mental caliber. They are quite challenging and with a wide range to explore, you will always get sport that is of great benefit to you.

The best gaming experience
Before wrestling, each player has an opportunity to choose an opponent. There are five major categories to choose from including speed, endurance, technique, balanced and strength. Depending on your gaming skills and experience, you are guaranteed more fun because you can customize a wrestler to your own benefit hence, the best wrestling experience.

For a wrestler, online sports help to enhance your wrestling skills
Wrestling is an interesting sport. There are people who have taken it as professional sport, while some play it as a favorite pastime. Online wrestling sports therefore offers room for players to improve their gaming skills. There are different types to explore and straightforward strategies offered on different sites. Moreover, it is easy to create a tag team online. Such a team will help to enhance your skills because you learn different gaming strategies, visualization techniques and winning moves as you play online. Moreover, as you advance to different levels of the game, you become a better player both in the wrestling ring online and in real wrestling environment.

Have Fun With Free Online Fun Games

People seek entertainment in many ways; however, some of these methods are very expensive. It has therefore become everybody's concern to find better sources of entertainment. This is important because there are so many financial hardships and people cannot afford to spend their hard-earned money on entertainment only. The good thing is that you can now have fun without spending any money. This can be achieved by playing the numerous free fun games that are available online. All you need to have is a functioning personal computer. What's more, they come in a variety of types from which you can choose the ones that best suite your gaming requirements. However, due to increase in the number of these online pastime sports, you will have to have prior knowledge of each of them so that you can be able to choose the ones that are more interesting and funny.

Types Of Online Fun Games

As the online community continues to grow, games that are more complicated also continue to emerge. This is advantageous on one hand and problematic on the other. This is because, as much as having a variety of exciting options to choose from feels great, understanding how to play each of them can be quiet daunting. It is therefore important for you to take your time to learn about the various gaming sessions available online so that when you are choosing the ones to play, you can make an informed choice. This passage seeks to provide you with several types of online fun games that you can participate in whenever you are looking for entertainment. The good thing with playing online is that it is convenient and comes in a wide variety. It goes without saying that it also helps you to save money that you could have otherwise spent purchasing the materials need to play such as tables, pieces, and the like.

The following are some of the common types of online fun games:

* Emperor Revenge: This involves defending the emperor title. You are supposed to take on all the guards and enemies. It is a fun-filled shooter game that every online player should consider having on his or her PCs. By playing it regularly, you will be able to greatly improve your shooting skills. It is also ideal for kids because it brings closer the shooting experience that they normally get from the action movies.

* Kingdom rush: This is also a defense game. Players are required to do everything they can to ensure that the tower is not destroyed by the evil wizards, orcs, and other trolls.

The Basics of Star Wars The Old Republic

Star Wars The Old Republic, nicknamed SWTOR, is an MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) videogame made by Bioware in conjunction with Lucasarts and distributed by EA. The game had been in development for years before finally launching officially on December 20th, 2011.

SWTOR shares a lot of things in common with other MMORPGs like WoW and Rift, but is different in many ways. Perhaps the biggest difference is the amount of work put into the game before launch. The voice acting in the game is amazing with hundreds of different unique voices. Each mission features dialogue with an actor and a wheel the player can select with their responses, allowing them to roleplay.

The companion system is also a huge part of SWTOR. Early on in the game your character can acquire a companion to help them out. These companions can heal, cause damage and act as a tank. The companions each have a different personality and are voiced by a different actor.

Your character can also have his or her own starship. This lets you move about the galaxy as well as have a place for your companions. Many classes get their own ship, although the Jedi classes share a ship, as do the Sith classes. There is also a ship minigame where you can perform space missions.

The different classes allow for a lot of flexibility in play style. The Republic and Empire both have four classes. The Empire has the Sith Warrior, Sith Inquisitor, Bounty Hunter and Imperial Agent. The Republic has the Jedi Knight, Jedi Consular, Smuggler and Trooper. Each class is unique, has it's own mechanics and storyline. Each class has two advanced classes for the player to choose from and sports different talent builds such as healing, tanking or pure damage (DPS or damage per second).

The game also has what are what is called instances in WoW, but in SWTOR they're called flashpoints. This is where a group of players can get together to do group combat and take out tougher enemies.

Of course no MMORPG would be complete without PvP, and SWTOR has this in spades. SWTOR has what is called warzones (rather than battlegrounds in WoW).

As you can see, SWTOR offers a lot of things standard in an MMO. But the depth of gameplay and amount of story in the game is amazing. SWTOR should be the first MMO that actually has staying power. If you haven't already checked it out and you even remotely like the Star Wars universe, give it a shot!

How Much Does It Cost to Play Online Games?

Another significant change the Internet has brought along is how people are able to entertain themselves. In the past, being bored meant that you had to stare out the window and wait for the minutes to slowly tick away. However, thanks to what the Internet is capable of providing, there's no reason that boredom has to lead to wasted time. Instead, this time can be filled with something that's actually fun.

The way that the Internet allows time to be filled is by playing fun games. Previously, you could only play games if you were in front of a game console or at an arcade. But with the Internet, entertaining games are just a click away. Since computers and the Internet are with you throughout the day, you don't have to do any planning to play games. Instead, they are available whenever you want to enjoy them.

While everyone likes to play games, the big question most people have is how much is this type of entertainment going to cost them. Since the economy has continued to struggle over the last few years, just about everyone is keeping a close eye on their discretionary spending. The good news is while there's still a lot of uncertainty about where the economy is going to go, you can enjoy most online games without paying a cent for them. Although it's natural to be skeptical that being able to play games for free sounds too good to be true, it makes sense when you think about the general structure of the Internet.

Once everyone realized that the Internet wasn't a fad, they started to grasp it's true power. One of the key traits that savvy people saw was the ability of the Internet to spread content across the globe. Because of the reach of the Internet, people who wanted to share something with others knew that the simplest way to do this was by making it free. Cool online games are one of the things that fall into the category of what many people want to be able to share for free. Since a large percentage of game developers take real pride in what they create, it's very rewarding for them to see as many people as possible enjoying their games.

Now that you know that there aren't any catches and you really can enjoy playing online games for free, the only thing that's left for you to do is start enjoying all of the fun that online games have to offer!

Thanks to the Justice Department and the Obama Administration, Online Gambling Is Almost Legalized

Get ready for the games to begin online, the Justice Department overturned its long-time stance on online gambling. The Justice Department announced at the end of December that the majority of online gambling is now legal. This is in the form of non-sport gambling. Some limitation will still apply but at least this will give states a chance to raise money in other ways.

Many states are scrambling to start new gambling forms. In some states the first form of online gambling will start with the state lottery. This will help the state lottery grow. The lottery is already a multi-billion dollar industry but with citizens having the option to order lottery tickets online, this will only raise more money for states.

The second form of gambling will be online poker. This is huge for people who have a passion for poker. Almost a years ago, the Justice Department shutdown poker sites such as Pokerstars.com and so on. Online poker could bring in millions of extra tax revenue for states. This time around the federal government or states could make up their own guidelines. The states that will rush to carry out this would be Nevada and New Jersey. These are two main casino states and they already has the resources and will to start the process of online poker.

Social networks could also tap into this booming market. Networks like Facebook, MySpace, Google+, etc could create an app for easy access to online gambling. Their software will put them in the prime spot to create users for online gambling. These social network already is linked with many business for easy access. Facebook IPO will really blow up if this is the case.

Then you have the mobile devices. In this country 150+ million people have a mobile phone or device. Talk about a market. With this many people will have access to online gambling the next step will be to protect these people from themselves. The last thing we need is people gambling away their life saving b/c of going all in on pocket threes. Just like alcohol, poker rehab program will me mandatory.

The move made by the Justice Department is huge for cash strapped states. This is a free country so letting people gambling online is a no-brainer. I'm sure after a few years the lobbyist who represent Wall Street will try to stop online gambling in the future. The more people gamble online, the less money that goes into the stock market. Unless Wall Street gets into online gambling, then we're really in deep trouble.

SWTOR Datacron Guide - Why You Need One

A SWTOR Datacron guide is not what you think. Well, maybe not entirely. The term "guide" in the gaming industry means that you will be guided towards a specific goal. Well with a Datacron guide for Star Wars: The Old Republic it isn't really so.

First of all, Datacrons in SWTOR are relics that grant the player a permanent bonus to a specific attribute. There are a minimum of three and a maximum of five on each planet. The bonuses granted can be +2, +3 or +4, depending on which planet you are on. You can also find some that give you a special item instead of an attribute.

The main problem with these is not that players can't find them. The problem is that they can't reach them because they are always set in all sorts of weird places. And that is why you need a guide.

It is pretty hard not to see a Datacron location because they are signaled. You will see a colored light shooting upwards from their locations. Not only that, but their locations do not change. So it is enough to ask a higher level player where he found his. But once you reach the location of the Datacron, you will see that it is up on a hill, or down in a ravine.

In order to get to them, you will have to go around hills and find hidden pathways and elevators in order to get to them. Without guidance, you can circle around a hill for hours and still won't be able to get to it.

A good example for this is a yellow Datacron on Dromund Kaas. It is placed on a rock that you cannot get on normally. There is a hill next to it so it was pretty obvious I had to get on that hill and jump on the rock. After several attempts, I realized that getting on that hill wasn't easy. I tried jumping and going around it and still nothing.

Later, I found out that I had to take an elevator from a completely different part of the area, and move towards the Datacrons like that. And that is when I realized that without knowing where you need to go, you might never get every Datacron.

But now, thanks to the walkthroughs of the SWTOR Datacron guide I used, I have every available one on each planet I visited. Which is also useful at crafting mods. As you can find Datacrons that give you matrix shards. These shards are what you need in order to make the top mods. Combining different color shards will give the item different stats.

How Can Online Mahjong Help Us Understand the News?

CNN is not the first place one thinks of when seeking out a popular browser-based game, yet a new cluster of game links have invaded the index page of cnn.com. CNN has joined the ranks of many popular mainstream web sites and is now offering free, time-consuming, mind-absorbing, browser-based games. CNN has dedicated a whole page for its readers to take breaks from news-reading and dive in to such titles as Mahjong Dimensions, Monkey Gem and Pegland. Like Facebook and Google (Google +,) players can register, log their scores and participate in a game playing community. Will this be a successful move for cnn.com? Is this a good use of bandwidth for the news giant?

A huge chunk of the cyber world has always revolved around free game playing. Even before browsers came along, Dungeons and Dragons aficionados trolled the telnet realms and played together via text. With each new plug-in (like Flash, Java, etc.,) developers and web site creators have found ways to top the last generation of games; a good example being the hugely popular Google Pacman that blasted away many work hours. It was built using the latest HTML, and brought the world a higher quality web version of the game with a small download time.

Until recently, games were contained to their own sector of the web, and giant game publishing sites like pogo, miniclip, and addictinggames soared in popularity. Larger, non game related sites took notice, and as technology increased and it became easier to create multi-player communities, they also started to publish games. It wasn't a far stretch for Facebook to publish games. Will it work for CNN?

How does the addition of a games page to cnn.com affect the overall branding of CNN? In the past, sites like cnn.com have used video games as tools designed to communicate marketing messages to their audiences. For example, CNN has used news quizzes on its site to test readers on information that can be acquired in their articles. This use of a game bolsters the existing product and heightens the overall user experience. With the addition of the new games page, how will a quick game of Mahjong help one understand the results of the Iowa caucuses?

The move to place games on a news site may just be part of a larger media strategy. CNN is owned by Turner Broadcasting which is owned by Time Warner. Ultimately, all websites managed by these empires serve as marketing channels. The implementation of diversified web site entertainment is most likely part of a larger strategy to keep users surfing through the Time Warner network of websites and its partners.

Game publishing sites have always been simple to start because developers are eager to spread their products throughout the World Wide Web. In addition to the large media companies, independent webmasters all around the web have started up their own sites, compiling their own collections of browser-based games. The CNN games page can be accessed by clicking here.

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