Movie to Watch Out for: Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

Monday, November 3, 2008


Woohoo! Another movie of the Underworld Series. Scheduled for release in January of 2009, this movie is actually a prequel to the first Underworld movie.

Sixteen centuries ago, a man named Alexander Corvinus was the only survivor of a plague that wiped out his village. Somehow, the man's body was able to mutate the virus, mold it to his own benefit and become the first true immortal. Later, he had three sons, one of whom did not inherit his father's immortality and was simply human. The other two were bitten, one by bat and one by wolf, creating the Vampire and Lycan lines. Corvinus' third son also carried the Corvinus Strain, hidden away in his genetic code — an exact duplicate of the original virus, passed along to his human descendants through the centuries. This, according to Singe, is the key to creating a Hybrid.

From: YouTube.com
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The prequel is about how the centuries-old war between the vampires, also known as Death Dealers and the Lycans, who were once their slaves. A Lycan named Lucian evetually rose as the leader of the Lycans and gathers them to fight against the vampires and their king, Viktor who has enslaved them. If you remember the story, Viktor had a daughter, Sonja who became Lucian's lover. She joins the Lycans in their fight for freedom. ^^ Really cool story.


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Rohan Online Philippines

Saturday, November 1, 2008


One of the three new games announced by Level Up! at LIVE 2008. Rohan: Blood Feud is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). The game is a rich and expansive persistent online world, set on the continent of Rohan. A lot of fans have been eagerly anticipating the release of this game here over at our shores. Some key features that sets his game apart:

  • REVENGE/Vengeance System: Players who have been slain in-game by another will have their killers automatically recorded on their “Hit List”. Once resurrected, the slain can teleport to their killers for a chance at revenge.
  • TOWNSHIP BATTLES: In-game groups - called ‘guilds’ - have the opportunity to rule each town within Rohan. Other guilds may wage civil war with the ruling guild, with the chance to gain control of their own. In addition to treasure & riches, the right to tax all commercial exchanges within the town for one week goes to the winner.
  • BUY & SELL SAFELY: There are several ways in which players can buy and sell goods within the game, including a website specially designed for player-to-player transactions.


Official Trailer, Specs, and more after the jump.





Specs:
Recommended Minimum
OS Windows XP SP 2,
Windows 2003 SP 2
Windows 2000 SP 4,
Windows98 SE
CPU Intel Pentium D 915(2.8Ghz),
AMD Athlon64-X2 3800(2.0Ghz) more
Intel Pentium 4 2.4Ghz,
AMD Sempron 2.0Ghz more
Memory 2GB more 512MB
Graphics Geforce 6x00, Radeon x600 more
256MB more
Geforce FX, Radeon 9600 more
128MB more
Sound AC '97 compatible AC '97 compatible
Direct X DirectX 9.0c version or higher DirectX 9.0c version or higher
Hard Disk 6GB 6GB



Apparently PVP is a major part of Rohan. Once players reach level 30 they will have the ability to attack other players and gain riches or experience. In the game, players can wage civil wars with the ruling guild in town. Winning guild of Township Battles gets to govern the town and set taxes for everyone utilizing the town for one week. Winning guilds receive currency, mounts, special badges, etc. The town NPCs and patrols will bear the name of the winning guild for the entire week as well.


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Looking forward to it..


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Movie to Watch Out for: Twilight

Friday, October 31, 2008


ABOUT TWILIGHT: Based on the #1 New York Times Best-Selling series with over 17 million books in print by Stephenie Meyer, TWILIGHT is a cultural phenomenon, with a dedicated fan base that eagerly awaits this movie. There are over 350 fan sites devoted to TWILIGHT, and it has been chosen as the New York Times Editor's Choice, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, Amazon's "Best Book of the Decade...So Far", Teen People's "Hot List" Pick, and The American Library Association's "Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults" and "Top Ten Books for Reluctant Readers," among others. Critically acclaimed director Catherine Hardwicke brings to life this modern, visual, and visceral Romeo & Juliet story of the ultimate forbidden love affair - between vampire and mortal.
From the official website here.

Wow. My girlfriend's currently reading this book right now. Official trailer and more about the story after the jump.




Short info about the movie..

This movie is a modern-day love story between a teenage girl, Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) and a vampire. Her mother re-marries and sends her to live with her father. Then she meets the mysterious and dazzlingly beautiful Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), a boy unlike any she's ever met. Edward is a vampire, but he doesn't have fangs and his family is unique in that they choose not to drink human blood. To Edward, Bella is what he has waited 90 years for - a soul mate. But then a clan of new vampires - James (Cam Gigandet), Laurent (Edi Gathegi) and Victoria (Rachelle Lefevre) - come to town and threaten to disrupt their way of life.

My girlfriend's dyin' to watch it on the big screen. ^^


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Countdown to the most Wonderful Time of the Year!



Halloween's over! Time to move on to the most wonderful time of the year! I've already placed a countdown, maybe I'll change that to one with a more Christmas feel.

We just love Christmas.. The atmosphere, the lights, the trees, and all those toys and neat stuff we all like to have. Heck, even my girlfriend and I started our relationship on the month of December.

I thought I'd share this great website my girlfriend found. It's about how wonderful the internet is but with a Christmas touch to it. Perhaps we could inspire people to get into the Christmas spirit with this amusing site.

Check it out here.

Happy Holidays everyone! hehe


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Amazon Mechanical Turk



w000t. We actually made $3.26 in one day on this thing. Ok that's not really a lot, but all we did was click on a few things and answered some quick surveys. Maybe spent a total of a couple of hours. You have to wait for your work to get approved though.. But hey, we got paid. Something to do if you got a bit of time to spare and you wanna make a quick buck.

They pay you to do HITS (human intelligence tasks), like writing reviews, labeling images, quick surveys, transcriptions, things that require a human. 0_0 And the pay ranges from good $10 per hit to $0.01 per hit. That cent can go a long way if you got the time in your hands.

You can convert the cash you get for Amazon cash certificates you can use to buy stuff on amazon. Or if you got a US bank account, actually withdraw your cash.

For more info, check out the site here.


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