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Entertainment Editor (1988 KP) rated Ora et Labora in Tabletop Games

Mar 7, 2018

Ora et Labora

2011 | Business / Industrial, City Building, Economic, Medieval, Religious

7.5

(6 Ratings)

Tabletop Game Rating

Ora et Labora

Who woulda thought? In 2007 (way before I was gaming) amongst the many new games released at Spiel, one stuck out especially. A game where you try to build a well-balanced farm consisting of crops, pastures and growing your family. No, I am not talking about Farmville! (I get that question over and over from newbies….ugh), I’m talking about Agricola. A game that has now conjured up a slew of awards from “Best complex game” by the Spiel des Jahres to even dethroning Puerto Rico’s 5 year running of highest rated game on the Geek. Uwe Rosenberg, the designer of the now much loved Agricola, has recently released “Ora et Labora” – A hot-off-the-press / sold-out almost everywhere game that I have very quickly formed an extreme love/hate relationship with.
So the good is the game rocks!

Reviewer: Admin
See the full review here: http://boardofplaying.com/archives/1597

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Charlie Miller (882 KP) rated Goodreads: Book Reviews in Apps

Feb 17, 2018

Goodreads: Book Reviews

Book, Social Networking

8.8

(453 Ratings)

App Rating

Great for discovering books (2 more)

Good for keeping track of your books, read and want to read

Lists and good choice awards allows you to see what other readers are reading

In the app it doesn't show if a book is part of a series (0 more)

I loved goodreads as soon as I discovered it online. I have used it religiously since for updating my books and for looking my next book. So using the app was an extension of the website but without having to get out the laptop. However one thing stops me from giving full marks. That is when using the mobile app as opposed to the website it doesn't inform you as it does on the website whether a book is part of a series. Still OK for using on the go however before starting a new book I always have to check on the website rather than the app to make sure it's not part of a series.

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KatyShubo (75 KP) rated Netflix in Apps

Jan 5, 2019

Netflix

Entertainment, Lifestyle

8.7

(589 Ratings)

App Rating

What’s not to love about thousands of choices that cost less than a cinema ticket (0 more)

Sometimes even with all the choices there’s still nothing to watch (0 more)

Sometimes too much choice

Netflix is great, it’s introduced me to lots of great tv shows (Hells Kitchen USA, Kimmy Schmidt, Shark Tank) it lets me binge Drag Race over and over and over.

BUT Netflix I have one GIANT question why do you introduce me to a show I love and then not give me every season there is? It’s like saying here is a million pounds but you can only spend £1.27

Netflix is great but sometimes too much choice isn’t great, I can’t be the only one who watches the same thing over and over and over again?

Netflix is responsible for creating some truly great drama and comedy but is that ruining tv as we know it?
Is Netflix classed as tv? Should Netflix shows be considered for tv awards?

Truly 21st Century problems ?

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Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated Just Mercy (2019) in Movies

Jan 30, 2020 (Updated Jan 31, 2020)

Just Mercy (2019)

2019 | Drama

8.3

(7 Ratings)

Movie Rating

Freedom and Justice

Why is this film not nominated for any awards at the oscars? Why is this film, not being talked about, why is no one talking about this film.

It is a powerful movie, a emotional movie, a film that will make you cry, a overall excellent and phenomenal movie.

The Plot: After graduating from Harvard, Bryan Stevenson heads to Alabama to defend those wrongly condemned or those not afforded proper representation. One of his first cases is that of Walter McMillian, who is sentenced to die in 1987 for the murder of an 18-year-old girl, despite evidence proving his innocence. In the years that follow, Stevenson encounters racism and legal and political maneuverings as he tirelessly fights for McMillian's life.

Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, Brie Larson and Tim Blake Nelson are all excellent and shouls have been nominated.

If you havent watched or heard about this film than go look it up and see it, cause it will make you cry.