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Keep in mind that following these tips will not completely ensure your survival to a high level of Nazi Zombies. The main purpose is to give you, the player, inspiration to come up with great ways to survive against the zombie hoard and to give you a little push in the right direction.

1. Try to knife enemies and use your pistol at the beguinning as much as possible.

Using your knife and pistol gives you more points than a bolt action rifle that you will want to use early to reach better places to hold off against the waves of zombies. For the first level you should be able to knife through most of the level and most of the second as well.

2. Keep letting windows get destroyed so that you can repair them (only as long as you get points!!)

Repairing windows gives you lots of points that can be used to buy good weapons and get access to more places.

3. Remember that you can move and shoot while repairing windows!

This is vital to any game! You need to repair windows but that does not mean that you are helpless. Sure your friends should be covering you but that doesn’t mean that you can’t help out too!

4. Remember where valuable assets are!

It is important that you memorize where the mystery box is and how to find it, where perk machines are, where the various traps are located, and where various guns can be bought all over the level. This will help you when you need to reload because you will not need to buy a whole new gun, just the ammo.

5. Learn the zombie animations

Once you learn how the different zombies move it will be easier to line up a headshot.

6. Keep the bombs around for when you need them the most.

There is no sence killing lots of zombies and not getting any points for it unless it keeps you or a teammate from dying.

7. Reload your guns before picking up a max ammo pack.

Think about it!

8. Avoid using fire unless you have a full party or your glitching.

Fire only slightly hurts zombies and will not help if you are only playing with a few people. Sure it might save your friend a bullet or two but then again so will just shooting at the zombies. One upside to the flamethrower is that it doesn’t run out of ammo. So for those of you that glitch fire might be a good weapon for you.

A new Red Faction Guerilla review should be coming to you fairly soon faithful followers!

The newest installment in the total war franchise, Empire: Total War, has improved an already great formula with the addition of multiplayer battles and new battle concepts.This game is perfectly shaped to entertain the strategic side of your mind and entertain you for hours.

The addition of multiplayer is a great decision for Empire. Steam compatibility makes online play run simply seamless and what little lagging there is between computers can be used as extra time to plan out your moves. There are several new types of battle like naval battles, which I will talk about later, as well as old classics like siege and classic  land battle. What units you are able to use are determined by the cash flow that you have to spend. At first I, and all of my friends assumed that this was just an addition that was last minute that was really bad.

Soldiers do an impressive job in battle

They have really spiced up the battles in this game too. Ranged attacks have gotten the biggest improvement. In older games of the franchise, you really could not tell how far your archers could shoot. Now there is a icon sensor that shows how far your forces can shoot. It really comes in handy and occasionally when you miss a bullet can sometimes fly two or three times it’s range and hit a soldier standing behind the other forces. This is purely chance however, and it should never be completely relied on.

Infantry is now the most used force in the game and with forces up to 150 per battalion, it’s not any wonder. At close range, normal infantry actually do pretty well with plug, ring, or screw bayonets that can cause some serious damage to anything in their way.

Cavalry has been toned down quite a bit in this game. Sure, if they fight any unsuspecting infantry unit close up they will do very well. But if they ever stray into an open firing range in the middle of a field, you can say good bye to that unit. Even the dragoons, horsemen equipped with guns, do poorly against infantry mainly just because of them being bigger targets. All and all, I found that infantry are best used just to back up infantry that are in close range combat.

Naval battles are definitely the focus of Empire. There are gigantic ships with many cannons to battle with and the water effect is very realistic. The physics of the ships getting damaged is simply spectacular. The explosions or sinking of destroyed ships is awesome and it almost makes you want to loose another ship just to see another pretty light show. I found boarding enemy ships kind of awkward and hard to do effectively but with a little practice it shouldn’t be too hard. All and all this was the kind of battle that I loved the most about the entire game. I am already looking forward to my next battle!

Battle look so real that you flinch whenever someone fires a bullet

This campaign was more enjoyable than any other campaign that I had ever played. Now you collect resources that are located in each province and which can be built up to be better at whatever they produce. They can also be fortified with star forts to defend against any attackers who would like to stop you from having resources and take them for their country.You can build some of these in your territory to add to the wealth of your nation.

There are also a wider selection of agents that can be used in the game. Not needing diplomats to negotiate peace treaties and trade alliances is a weight off of my chest. The addition of gentlemen has added a strange aspect to the way the game works as well. You can use diplomats to take advantages of your assets, like your schools and other resources at your disposal, or you can use them to duel with other gentlemen to fight for territory or technology. Spies are a major part of this game as well and they work the same as they have always. Generals can be recruited in any town that your troops are in. I find this much better than having to wait around for your great niece to have a kid that you can force into the military to be your new prized general.

One of the coolest additions that I liked was that you have a very cool setup for your government. Your people can rebel for change and if you want to go along with the rebelion you will become whatever government type that your people want. You also have a cabinet at your fingertips that are used to get bonuses like presteige, lower recruitment costs, and more resources. This system is by far one of the major determining factors of the game and can cripple your country so watch out!

I cannot get enough of this game and still want to play more of it. If you’re looking for a game with great replayability value and a great value for you buck, this is the game!!

If you are going to get serious about gaming you are going to need some skills at solving technical problems and hardware issues. Here are some items to help you on your way!

DVI to HDMI Cable- When you are working for long hours on a large monitor things start to go a little blurry with a simple PCI setup but with this cable you can easily get a great picture in hi def that all of your friends will envy. In case you don’t know what VGA, HDMI, or DVI inputs are VGA is usually a blue connector, HDMI is a small plug that is rectangular and DVI is a large tan rectangle with little squares on the inside.

Books are a good way to learn about programming in general and they can help make it easier to understand how to do it. I have chosen these books because they not only describe what to do in a easy manner they also have pictures to help you.

Everyone either knows a gamer or has one in the family. Now is the perfect time to show that you really appreciated all of the free tech support that he has given you over the years. Here are some great games that will surely make every gamer feel appreciated:

****Left 4 Dead: The zombie apocalypse is here! In order to survive it you will need plenty of ammo and great allies to help you survive. This game has great co-op and multiplayer with 4 human players being the survivors and 4 players being the infected. There are only 5 different levels but the experience is always different and each time you play through it zombies will not always be in the same place.

*****Medieval 2 Total War: Kingdoms: The Crusades never looked and felt so real. This is a great expansion pack to an excellent game. This game has great graphics and good controls. This is deffinately a good buy for anyone who you know likes RTS (Real Time Strategy) games and who already have the first game. If they don’t have the first game then here is a link to the gold version of the game: Medieval 2 Total War: Gold Edidion. It is a really good game and I enjoy playing it a lot.

******World in Conflict: The cold war never ended. Russia has envaded western Europe and the US has decided to send all of their troops over to fight in europe. What they didn’t expect was for the Russians to invade the western US. This game is a great game with good visuals and excelent gameplay. In this game you aren’t building up bases or recruting units on the feild. Instead everything is brought to you via plane drops. This makes for very interesting play. With the collectors edition you get special dvds and also you get your very own piece of the berlin wall.

*****Too Human: Norse mythology is really cool and this game is based off of it but with a twist. It’s in the future! This is a great RPG (Role Playing Game) with great control schemes and good visuals. There is also a wide veriety of equiment to equipt your character with. This is a great game for anyone who likes a good classic norse story.

*****Rock Band 2: The game that started the whole multi instrument band thing is back and is better than ever! With many new songs and all of the original songs to play over and over again this game has great replayability value. This time around you can go online with your friends and play in a world were you are an incoming band that is looking to get it’s paws on some fame. All and all this is a great game to enjoy with the whole family.

*****EndWar: We thought that WMD sheilds would make world peace a reality but instead it just made wars worse. Now three empires fight for global dominance. This is an awesome game that I love to play the demo of. It encorporates voice controll and it has great graphics. It also already has new extra content on xbox live to download.

Peter Molyneux’s long awaited game Fable 2 has finally been released. The game features good graqhics, wonderfully colored landscapes, easy to master controll scheme, and a great storyline with lots of twists and turns with many references to the original Fable game.

The game starts out much like the original Fable did with your character being a little kid running around the world doing missions and quests for money to buy a magic box. This is a great way to start out a game that is now being used in most games to get you trained with the control scheme before you get right into the game. It’s fun and it shapes you as a person and how your world will look in the future so choose your actions carefully.

Having the world and your characters appearance evolve because of your characters actions is the main focus of the game and it is pulled off very well in Fable 2. I don’t see a lot of difference in the characters appearance than the first game except that you can get fat faster. It is fun however to see how Bowerstone has changed because of your actions as a small child as well as other choices in the game that effect villages and cults.

Magic is much more effective in this game, there is more variety, and it is also way more fun to use. You can build up your magic attacks before you release them and deal more damage to your enemy. Also there is only a meter that shows the max amount of magic that you can use instead of the quickly depleating magic meter from the original Fable.

The aspect of Fable 2 that you have probably heard the most about is the dog. He is your loving companion and your best friend in the world of Albion. As you get to be a hero or a villain he will evolve with you. You can also buy collars to put on him to give him special bonuses. He can also help you out by finding spots for you to dig and you can upgrade his abilities by reading books on treasure hunting and fighting. All and all he is probably your most valued asset.

Fighting with a sword is also improved in Fable 2 and you can now charge up your sword swings for more powerful slashes. Bows and Guns are actually much the same in that you can charge up and aim your attacks the same as always. Combat is occasionally slowed during battle to show your character doing an amazing move to kill the last enemy on the battle field. Its really cool when you whip around, pull out your pistol, and bust a cap in an enemys skull.

Houses are another part of the game that has been improved there are now specific items that you can go to Bowerstone and buy for your house. You can buy every house in the game and you can rent out the houses that your aren’t using or move in your family. But be warned you might be in for a divorce if those two special women/men in your life find out about each other. You can also buy every business in the game and eventually roll in enough dough to last you forever.

About the only two things that I didn’t like about this game were that the game was very short and that it was too easy to play through the game. I wish that Lionhead studios had added on a feature to let you change the difficulty for those of us who would like a bit more of a challenge. However, overall Fable 2 is a great buy and you will enjoy playing through the game multiple times. I have found innumerable new scenes and voice overs every time I play the game.

There is going to be a new expansion pack released for this game called Knothole island some time in mid-December so now is a great time to buy the game. The expansion pack will feature new dungeons, new weapons, new clothes and armor, new areas to explore, a leader board, new augments to add to your weapons, and new ways to wack out your characters appearance.