Thursday, March 18, 2010

Is Divorce Sandra Bullock's Next Act?

Was Sandra Bullock blindsided?!? Well, yes, considering she won a Best Actress Oscar for her role in the inspirational flick, The Blind Side, but we’re talking about her love life.

Like Kate Winslet earlier this week, it seems that Sandy has been affected by the Oscar curse — a running belief (of many, anyway) that once a woman wins top honors at the Academy Awards, her relationship will soon crumble.

Some of the biggest names in Hollywood are linked to this plague, including Julia Roberts, Reese Witherspoon and Halle Berry.

Bullock is married to motorcycle/car enthusiast, Jesse James. He’s twice married before, but she tied the knot with the TV personality in 2005 and they seemed like a couple deeply in love.

Then came In Touch Weekly’s exposé on James. The tabloid linked Jesse to tattoo model (and rumored stripper) Michelle “Bombshell” McGee. They apparently met through MySpace, were following each other on Twitter and — worst of all — engaged in “relations” while Sandy was filming her tearjerker.

Bullock has since moved out of the home she shares with Jesse and canceled her appearance at an overseas premiere of The Blind Side. Coincidentally or not, James has closed his Twitter account.

Though he hasn’t admitted anything just yet, “sources” close to the pair aren’t denying something went down between Jesse and the tattooed bombshell, who claims to have text messages from James confirming the flirtation and more.

Predicto ponders: with this story — and Sandy’s life — unraveling, will she file for divorce from Jesse? 55% of voting Predicto players say yes!

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The Cores! The Cores! [Defense Grid: The Awakening]

I feel like I should do a little bit of an introduction. My name’s Michael and I’m doing my level best to pursue Charlie Brooker’s career path like Wylie E. Coyote might pursue some mad-looking but cunning blue bird. I’ll be using this vicious streak to bring you reviews and previews of games on both PS3 and PC. It’s a pleasure to be here and I hope you’ll enjoy reading my stuff; or at the very least I hope I annoy you so much that you leave loads of comments and tell your friends.

The first game I want to look at is something that I came across on Steam recently in their Festive Sale. Games are often so overthought and contrived by their very nature however there are some games from smaller developers that are creating some of the most beautifully simple but addictive games by building upon the Tower Defence genre. Even the charming cartoon-world of Popcap’s ‘Plants Vs. Zombies‘ was a subtle corruption of the genre and the games, which were the mainstay of sites like Miniclip for years, have been coming on in leaps and bounds.

However, one of my personal favourites is Hidden Path’s ‘Defense Grid: The Awakening‘ which is available on Steam for the relatively low price of £6.99 (although it was previously £1.75- but just ignore that). The basic premise of the game is that after a vicious and bloody war, “the aliens” as they’re imaginatively called are obsessed with stealing power cores that your people use to power a smug, RAF-officer-like A.I. computer. The Aliens have given up on actually shooting at you in favour of just blindly running wave after wave of infantry and armour at your defenses in the hope of smashing through long enough to take your power cores back to their base.

As long as you can see your way past the idea that these aliens have no interest in weaponry or direct confrontation with your giant, furious towers- you’ll begin to have a great deal of fun with this game. The strategising element of tower placement had myself and a friend drawing out mazes on old envelopes and really discussing the problem as if we were generals ourselves. For such a simple game it’s a hugely immersive experience but you’ll rarely find yourself wrestling with the moral quandry of blowing away thousands of unarmed aliens. You’re defending the planet, after all!

With plenty of places to plop your strategically placed towers the only concern left are the graphics are a joke then your tower defense game could be blown apart. The graphics in Defense Grid are actually incredibly impressive for a game which is technically lacking in any form of genuine artificial intelligence. At a high setting, zooming in on elements of the map reveal an impressive level of detail and you soon begin to get lost in the massive fire-fights taking place across the map. The learning curve is not particularly steep and the game eases you into the unrelenting slaughter of aliens with a few small-step missions.

As is the case with a lot of these games, the difficulty kicks up about fifty notches very quickly and you’ll no doubt spend a couple of attempts at the later missions tearing your hair out before gluing on a moustache, hiring some WRENs and creating a complicated mapping system in order to solve the problem.

The really amazing thing about Defense Grid is the variety that you feel you’re getting despite the very samey gameplay and charging, despicably thick AI. The aliens will force their way through if you block their path and you’ll find yourself using the plentiful turret placement opportunities to guide them on a merry dance of death- definitely one for the sadists and let’s face it; we’re all a bit sadistic, aren’t we?

Summary: If you fancy something to lose yourself in for a few hours, testing your abilities at strategy and defence then I’m quite sure that you’ll find few better, more addictive or cheaper games which allow you to create so much havok. The storyline is preposterous but fundamentally unimportant as the gameplay more than makes up for it.

Verdict: 8/10

Available for: Windows PC & XBox 360 (Marketplace)

Windows System Requirements: 1.8 GHz Processor, 512 MB RAM, DirectX 9.0c and Shader 2 compatible video card, 1 GB HD space, Windows XP or more recent operating system

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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Updates

Hello Cazmos, Friday Planet Cazmo updated!

St. Patrick’s Day is tomorrow so the snow has melted and decorations have arrived!

New hot deals mainly consisting of St. Patrick’s day clothing items. The weather in the newspaper has changed to “Warming Up” too.

You can now throw water balloons on cazmo instead of snowballs!

While waiting for concerts to start videos now play.

Sorry I didnt take pictures of the Concert this past weekend, I was on vacation. If you have been checking Planet Cazmo’s Twitter lately you would know that at the next Ginormous Ridonkulous show our host will have a voice instead of a chat bubble! Also be sure to enter the t-shirt contest, its ending soon!

-AgentCazmo

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game time!

Thanks to Julie Warren for today’s idea of the day!

This  “game”/technique  called “Knowing when NOT to speak” is just so marvelous  especially during the FCAT craze that takes ordinary children and turns them into an entirely different creature…They are crazy about this game and everyone is totally involved , listening is the focus, rhythms are practiced…etc etc…

Just incase you’re unfamiliar or interested…

My procedure has been: (I teach only grades 2 and 3)

1. (FOCUS is on the WORD RHYTHM )- everyone writes it on their dry erase board. and a quick definition (long and short…)

2. class echoes a few silly words  to get their full attention ( “apples and banana’s, “ice-cream sandwiches”  etc)

3. Tchr continues with a neutral syllable (I usually use “BUM”, everyone feel comfortable saying it.) Practice a few patterns as the children echo and the process is comfortable.

4. Then explain about a “SPECIAL MESSAGE” or “SPECIAL PATTERN”–over emphasize “SPECIAL” and at first do a pattern that really sticks out ( I use a 4 beat long syncopated pattern of dotted 8th and 16th) as being VERY different from the others we practiced in a standard beat.

5. Practice the “SPECIAL MESSAGE” so everyone is fully aware of it and can imitate it verbally.

6. NOW THE RULES CHANGE…. ” DO YOU KNOW WHAT NOT TO SAY” …Don’t say the “special Message!” If you repeat the special message …you’re OUT and sit down. The games continues until you have a winner ( or a few) still standing. I reward them and then everyone gets back in the game again.  WOW! Everyone is listening  more closely now! Repeat the game again if desired now that everyone is catching on…

7 THEN I change the “speaking” to playing “rhythm sticks”.. Same game—” I play, they play”…DON’T PLAY THE SPECIAL MESSAGE and it’s even more fun…and easier to find the “goofs”…

Thanks Julie!

I call this game “poison.”  I write a “poisoned” rhythm on the board.  The students are to “be my echo.”  If I clap (or whatever) the poisoned rhythm and they echo it I get a point, if they DON’T echo it they get a point!

Super fun!

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Sunday, March 14, 2010

New Cazmo Of The Week A Day As Jimbercane Series & Ginormous Ridonkulous Will Be Coming Back!

Hey guys this is Jimbercane posting. The title of this post basically says what you are about to read today, so lets get started. First off all though, I would like to apologize for posting the following news a little late: There is a new Cazmo Of The Week and her name is nehco! Congratulations nehco!

Next, I have completed my ‘A Day As Jimbercane Series’! It’s all about what I do almost everyday just to be in the position that I am today and rank up my status! The series has 5 parts, and it could have had more of showing me with my fans online, but I decided not to show that since you all mostly see me online; The series shows the things that you don’t see me doing. Here are the parts! Click on them to watch them!:

Part 1.

Part 2.

Part 3.

Part 4.

Part 5. (Last part.)

Finally, I was on Planet Cazmo’s Twitter Profile, and I noticed that on their newest tweet they said that Ginormous Ridonkulous will be coming back on Planet Cazmo soon with a new guest, and this time he will have a voice!

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Cara main dan Hack Game Windows (Minesweeper, Freecell, Hearts, dll)

Operating system Windows tidak disangkal merupakan OS yang sangat digandrungi di Indonesia, bahkan di dunia. Beribu tutorialpun telah muncul, mulai dari hacking sampai tweaking. Nah tidak sadarkah anda, bahwa windows mempunyai beberapa game kecil yang saya tidak tau alasanya mengapa keberadaanya tetap dipertahankan oleh windows. Seperti Minesweeper, Freecell, Heart, dll. Tapi ntah mungkin karena Cuma game kecil atau apa masyarakat sangat jarang memainkannya, sampai-sampai tidak tau cara memainkannya.

Berikut tutorial cara memainkan game-game asli windows tersebut

  1. Minesweeper (Jebakan bom/ranjau)

  • Buka Minesweeper
  • Aturan mainnya adalah membuka seluruh kotak kecuali bom, dan kalau kena bom akan game over, dimana letak bom ditunjukkan oleh angka-angka yang muncul
  • Langkah pertama klik sembarang tempat (hal ini tidak bisa dihindarkan, mutlak 100% keberuntungan)
  • Seteleh lumayan terbuka seperti gambar diatas, lihat baik-baik angka yang tertera, jumlah tiap angka yang tertera mengindikasikan berapa jumlah bomb disebelahnya, Jadi kalau angkanya 1, maka disamping angka itu hanya ada 1 bomb, (disampingnya = kiri, kiri atas, kiri bawah, kanan, kanan atas, kanan bawah, atas, dan bawah = 8 kotak)
  • Dan dari angka-angka tersebut dapat dikombinasikan sehingga tahu dimana tempat bomb/ranjau berada
  • Jika menemukan kotak yang anda kira itu bomb, klik kanan kotak tersebut hingga ada gambar bendera, sehingga tidak lupa tempat dimana bom tersebut berada, dan kalau tidak sengaja di klik tidak akan meledak, cara gantinya klik kanan lagi, dan kalu tandanya berubah jadi “tanda tanya” itu berarti untuk kotak yang anda kurang yakin isinya bom atau bukan

Hack Minesweeper :

  • Minimize atau tutup semua program yang aktif
  • Buka dan jalankan minesweeper
  • kemudian langsung ketikan “xyzzy” tanpa tanda kutip.
  • kemudian tekan tombol “shift” pada keyboard.
  • Kemudian arahkan mouse ke kotak yang ingin kita buka. Tetapi sebelum membuka kotak tersebut perhatikan titik berwarna putih yang ada di pojok kiri monitor. Bila berwarna putih berarti kotak tersebut berisi angka. Namun bila tidak muncul pada pojok kiri monitor berarti kotak tersebut berisi ranjau.
  • Dan kamu pun sekarang bisa memenangkan minesweeper dengan sangat mudah dan berlaga jago di depan teman-teman anda

  • Buka dan jalankan Minesweeper
  • Kemudian mainkan minesweeper dan saat penghitung waktunya mulai berjalan tekan ”Windows key + D” tanpa tanda kutip untuk kembali ke desktop dan minesweeper akan menjadi minimize.
  • Jalankan kembali minesweeper dari taskbar dan waktupun akan berhenti.
  • Dan yang terpenting ajaklah teman anda untuk bertanding melawan waktu dan pastilah anda pemenangnya.
  1. Freecell

  • Sistem mainya adalah menyusun kartu sesuai urutan, mulai as sampai King dan ditempatkan di samping kanan atas
  • Tapi karena awalnya kartu tidak berurutan, maka disediakan 4 tempat kartu kosong untuk transit dan mengolah kartu-kartu tersebut hingga tersusu sesuai urutan yang letaknya di kiri atas
  • Kartu dapat ditaruh diatas kartu lainya dengan syarat kartu itu berbuah sama dan berurutan, misal 3 hati bisa ditaruhkan diatas 4 hati, queen diatas king, dll kecuali di tempat transit, 1 tempat hanya boleh diisi oleh 1 kartu
  • Kartu bisa dipindah lebih dari 1 secara langsung asalkan dalam sederet kartu itu sudah berurutan
  • Jika tempat transit sudah penuh dan dibawah sudah tidak ada kartu yang cocok, maka game over
  • JARANG ADA ORANG YANG SELALU BISA MENYELESAIKAN PERMAINAN INI.

Hack Freecell :

  • Menang secara instan :
    • Buka dan mainkan freecell seperti biasa, yaitu dengan mengklik ”Game” dan ”New Game”.
    • Kemudian tekan dan tahan ”Ctrl + Shift + F10”.
    • Lalu akan ada pilihan untuk “abort”, “retry” dan “ignore”.
    • Pilih “abort” untuk menang
      • apabila anda memilih “retry” maka anda akan langsung kalah dan apabila memilih ignore” maka permainan akan dilanjutkan kembali.

  1. Heart

  • Cara mainya adalah adu kartu, siapa yang paling besar maka dia yang berhak membuang kartu pertama selanjutnya, dan game diawali dengan 2 kriting
  • Langkah pertama adalah menukar kartu, ada 3 kartu yang ditukar dengan pemain lainnya,
  • Tiap “kartu hati (as hati s/d king hati)” mempunyai 1 point, dan “kartu Queen skop” mempunyai 13 point
  • Siapa yang menang dalam 4kartu taruhan (1kali buang) maka 4 kartu tersebut menjadi simpenan yang menang (kartu terbesar) termasuk point-pointnya, jadi kalau dalam sesi tersebut ada 4 kartu hati, maka yang menang dapat 4 point, kalau ada 1 kartu hati dan 1 Queen skop maka yang menang mendapat 13 + 1 = 14 point, dan berwenang untuk melempar kartu pertama selanjutnya
  • Dan pada saat terakhir, siapa yang mempunyai point TERKECIL, maka dialah yang menang
  • Dan dilanjutkan oleh game berikutnya hingga salah satu pemain sampai mendapat akumulasi 100 point dan game over
  • Bila sudah tidak memiliki kartu yang cocok dengan apa yang dibuang musuh, maka bisa menggantinya dengan kartu apa saja
  • Kartu hati tidak bisa dibuang sebagai kartu pertama sebelum ada yang membuang kartu hati duluan, atau kalau sudah tidak ada kartu yang cocok

TIPS :

  • Saat menukar, tukarlah kartu-kartu yang besar, semakin besar kartu anda semakin beresiko untuk mempunya point yang banyak
  • Hati-hatilah saat membuang kartu skop yang nilainya diatas queen, karena kalau sampai anda mendapat queen, maka 13 point akan anda dapat
  • Jika 1 pemain mengumpulkan semua point (as hati s/d king hati & queen skop) maka pemain tersebut tidak mendapat 26 point, melainkan tidak mendapatkan point (0 point) dan semua musuhnya malah mendapat 13 point masing-masing

HACK :

  • Menampilkan semua kartu para pemain :
  • Buka run dan jalankan ”regedit”.
  • Kemudian cari dan edit “KEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Hearts”.
  • Kemudian buat new string value dengan cara klik kanan lalu pilih “new”.
  • Beri nama string value tersebut dengan nama “ZB” dan nilai data value nya “42”.
  • Buka and Jalankan Hearts seperti biasa dan tekan “Ctrl + Alt + Shift + F12” untuk membuka semua kertu pemain.

  1. Pinball
  • Sudah jelas cara mainnya, mempertahankan bola agar tidak jatuh dengan menggerak-gerakkan lengan kiri dan lengan kanan.
  • Untuk mendapatkan point lebih yaitu dengan mengarahkan bola ke tanda panah yang tidak tentu dimanan tempatnya,
  • Tips pada saat start jangan melempar secara penuh, tapi setengah saja, hingga bola jatuh lewat bawah, semakin tepat di tengah semakin banyak bonus,
  • NB : game ini sudah tidak ada di windows 7

HACK :

  • MENDAPATKAN BOLA EXTRA
  • Buka Pinball.
  • Kemudian ketikan “1max” saat game baru mulai.
  • Dan bola anda pun tidak akan berkurang apabila terjatuh.
  • Note : Selain itu saat di awal game, hal ini bisa dilakukan saat game sedang berlangsung
  • MENGAKTIFKAN GRAFITY WELL
  • Cara yang digunakan sama dengan cara untuk mendapat bola ekstra, tetapi yang kita ketikan yaitu ”bmax”. Dan bola pun akan terus kembali muncul apabila terjatuh dan tidak akan Berkurang.
  • MEMPROMOSIKAN ATAU MENAIKKAN RANKING SECARA INSTAN
  • Ketikan ”rmax” dan anda langsung di promosikan menjadi ”cadet”. Apabila anda promosikan terus maka anda dapat menjadi “fleed admiral”.
  • MENGGERAKKAN BOLA SESUKA HATI
  • Ketikan “hidden test” dan saat bola meluncur maka anda dapat menggerakkan bola sesuai  keinginan anda dengan menahan “klik kiri”pada mouse.
  • SCREET DI HIDDENT TEST
  • Saat “hidden test” telah aktif anda dapat menekan:
  • ”H” untuk mendapatkan high score 1.000.000.000
  • “M” untuk menampilkan jumlah system memory
  • “R” untuk menaikan menaikan rangking
  • “Y” untuk merubah tampilan layer pinball
  1. Solitaire

  • Cara main sudah jelas, mengurutkan kartu mulai dari as hingga king dan ditempatkan di tempatnya (kanan atas)
  • Membuka bagian yang masih tertutup dengan mengurutkannya dengan bantuan setumpuk kartu
  • Semakin sedikit rolling kartu bantuan, maka semakin banyak point yang didapat

HACK :

  • MENANG SECARA INSTAN
  • Buka dan jalankan Solitaire
  • Tekan Alt + Shft + 2
  • Menang dengan sekejap

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