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World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Expansion Pack

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from: Blizzard Entertainment

November 13, 2008
i've been reading a couple of these reviews and agree with most of them fully. I've been playing this expansion for a while now and have come to these conclusions:
-The new content including the new land, is very interesting and very unique. The game looks a whole lot better than it did before.
-The new class: the death knight, regardless of what some say made me actually care about the history of the character because the first couple quests gave you an in depth background.
-MORE OF THE SAME, yes many have said it, once you get past the ooooh aaaah, of this is new (which would probably be after a day or so of playing) you get the feeling that everything you did in the endgame before these two expansions was pointless. But ... Read More:

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Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007

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from: Microsoft Software

January 30, 2007
Word does not work well with Outlook. Is very cumbersome and doesn't work well with Outlook when making envelopes from my contact list. I guess I'll have to address all my christmas cards buy hand.

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Fallout 3

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from: Bethesda Softworks

October 28, 2008
If you look around your going to see a very hyped rating of this game. Put it this way, your going to spend the game talking to an endless amount of boring NPCs....you rarely shoot anything and the world you "live" in is full of random quests that are even more boring than the game.

If your like me and see all kinds of flaws like "If its been 200 years, how are able to eat anything you find and how is it not dust?" don't bother going any further.

The defenders of this game will say its a "Action RPG!"

Leave out the "Action" and replace with "Boring" and your 100% correct.

Fallout 3 isn't worth the hype or the price because it is a shallow game with a weak story.

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Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Home & Student Edition

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from: Microsoft Software

January 15, 2008
I read reviews and checked out the mactopia site so I knew what I was getting. I was trying to decide between iWork and MS office because of the better pricing on iWork. At my office I use office 2007 on a pc and I needed to be able to continue working on Word documents at home. Office 2008 for Mac allows me to do this but because it lacks support for VBA some functions do not work on the mac product. It is a minor annoyance that I work around and the same goes for Excel. In the end it allows me to easily create study notes and write great looking documents that are easy to read. iWork says that it is compatible with Office but after trying the demo and using it to open word documents it could not carry over a good amount of formatting. MS office for Mac gets the ... Read More:

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Left 4 Dead

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from: Electronic Arts

November 17, 2008
This game is to action what Portal was to puzzles. Straightforward, simple, yet addictive.

The only piece of advice I have is not to buy it expecting to be blown away by Single Player mode. The online co-op and versus modes are the heart of the game, and you really need to experience those to appreciate all five stars.

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Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Special Media Edition

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from: Microsoft Software

January 15, 2008
I had read mixed reviews about MS Office for the Mac and was reluctant to install it on my MacBook Pro. As it turns out, my fears were unfounded. It does have a different look than the Windows version and takes a little getting used to . I am pleasantly surprised with the speed of the applications as I had read that it was a bit sluggish. Not the case at all. It is very zippy and the few docs and spreadsheets that I've experimented with have migrated back and forth between my Mac and PC with no problems, so far. I'm not sure that it is worth buying, however, if you already have IWorks on your Mac, since you can export all of your files to a PC from the iWork applications. In the end, I'll probably use the Office suite for my work applications and iWork for my personal ... Read More:

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Spore

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from: Electronic Arts

September 07, 2008
The game starts off very fun: creating, growing, surviving. The game takes you through different gameplay styles from 3rd person action adventure to RTS style gameplay. However, the missions remain the same and as you progress through the game it gets tedious and boring. 3 Stars for the game. 1 Star overall for the use of SecuRom.

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Far Cry 2

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from: Ubisoft

October 21, 2008
I played this game a few weeks ago, then I looked at the reviews here and I am surprised at the bad response. (currently there are about 87 1 star)

The game has a lot of good points. There are flaws in the execution of the game, but for a rating, it must be compared to other recent games. It does not deserve a '1' star rating. I play a lot of PC games, I can say that while Far Cry 2 is not perfect, it is better than a lot of other games. It plays out something like the GTA series. The missions can be frustrating when you have to fight your way forward and back through the same locations you have already cleared, but that is the way the game was designed.

The game should not really have the 'Far Cry' name as you may expect the same story line or characters. It has nothing ... Read More:

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Adobe Photoshop Elements 7

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from: Adobe

October 13, 2008
I ordered this product as an upgrade for my Adobe Photoshop Elements 2 program. This is an improvement over the older program and one I would recommend to anyone who is starting out with digital photography.

I like the more eye-friendly editing page. Icons are easier to read. More room is used for the actual work space for editing.

There are some pitfalls, if they can be seen as pitfalls.

Elements 7 requires more memory. Elements 7 takes up 383MB whereas my Elements 2 takes up only 88MB. People with older computers should take this into consideration; for owners of newer systems this should not be a problem. (Microsoft Vista, for instance, takes over 4000MB).

I enjoy the added features listed in the quick-fix pulldowns: sky editing, erase features ... Read More:

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World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Collector's Edition

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from: Blizzard

November 13, 2008
Hey everyone. I have been playing the regular version for a while now and while it disturbs me that I saw a level 80 on my server almost 2 days after the game came out it does say a lot for the game. It is fun in almost all respects. I have played to 71 right now and am about to split my account in half so I can get myself a death knight or whatever they are. I have eq and wow on my mind. Anyway it is a good time. If you dont have it yet, get it.

As to the lag issue. If you have dsl, you will lag on occasion and have a 200 to 2000 ms latency, if you have hughsnet like myself because of the boonies I live in you can count on 1000 to 2500 latency at the moment. If you have my brothers Alien computer on a connection that downloads at 1000 kps then you will have a 0 to 100 ms latency and not ... Read More: