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Ivana A. | Diary of Difference (1171 KP) rated the Xbox One version of Rocket League in Video Games

Dec 6, 2018  
Rocket League
Rocket League
2017 | Massively Multiplayer, Racing, Sports
cars and football (0 more)
new update with almost no loot :( (0 more)
I love this game a lot.

A car and football, blended together. I play it on PC with my X-Box Controller and I am so happy.
The most exciting moments for me were when each game would end, I would receive a certain loot.

And now, they implemented a new update - with Tiers, same as hmmm... FORTNITE!
If you can buy it, you'll get loot. If not - you have to wait until you level up.

Now I am not so eager to play anymore. My rating was 9/10. Now it's dropped down to a 4/10.
Sad...

P.S - when choosing platform, you can't choose PC :(
  
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Smashbomb (4683 KP) created a post in Smashbomb Council

Jan 8, 2020  
SMASHBOMB UPDATE

Hey Influencers - we just wanted to share our recent updates to Smashbomb with you, since you all mean a lot to us :)

We've now updated our User Mentioning System so that the most relevant users and items will appear to you when you mention them on Smashbomb - so no more scrolling for people mentioning @Sarah ;)

And @Merissa - you can now add the ASIN numbers for AudioBooks - so we want to see all your faves on the platform!

We are always open to feedback and ideas so feel free to comment and let us know what you want to see next :)

The Smashbomb Team
  
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LeftSideCut (3778 KP) Jan 8, 2020

Cheers guys. I would still love to be able to add DLC to video game items, similar to adding seasons to TV items :)

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Merissa (11765 KP) Jan 9, 2020

Excellent news! Thank you so much.

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ClareR (5589 KP) rated Love Bites in Books

Apr 6, 2018  
Love Bites
Love Bites
Elena Kaufman | 2018 | Fiction & Poetry
8
9.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
This is a collection of short stories that follow various people who are not where they started out. They are immigrants, eccentrics and those who really don't want to be where they are. Themes include loss, isolation/ loneliness and difference.
Stories that particularly stood out for me, were the story about a girl who loses her leg, the elderly woman trying to escaper her old people's home if only she could remember what she's supposed to be doing, and the woman who goes to see a 'Sheikh' for family relationship advice.
All of the stories made me stop and think - mainly about what I would have done in their circumstances. Very thought provoking.
This was another book read on 'The Pigeonhole' social reading platform.
  
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Ashley Wold (5 KP) rated Instagram in Apps

Jan 31, 2018  
Instagram
Instagram
Communication, Photo & Video, Social Networking
9
8.2 (362 Ratings)
App Rating
Great features, with more added regularly (2 more)
Instagram community is awesome
Cool filters and editing functions
Text field can be wonky at times (0 more)
This is my favourite social media platform! I love sharing (mostly) nature photos with my followers. I love the photo editing tools, and the filters (though I don't use those as often).

Considering a huge bulk of my followers are internet strangers, the community is generally friendly and supportive. I love Instagram to microblog; it is so easy to engage with followers.

One issue I've been having is that the text field is hit or miss on my posts; when I try to space out my descriptions sometimes it just throws everything close together as if I didn't hit enter.
  
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens, Robert Ingpen | 1843 | Children
10
8.6 (84 Ratings)
Book Rating
This is a story that will never get old
The first time I read this, I only gave it 3.5/ 5, and I really don't know why! I think that reading it in the serialised, Pigeonhole platform really helped, to be honest. It gave me time to think about what I'd read, and the comments from fellow readers really helped me to understand those parts (historical, mainly) that I'd previously struggled with. It's a great story of a mans transformation and his realisation that he really isn't a nice person. To live as he does, is to live a lonely, unfulfilling life. The ghosts show him his potential, both in the past and in the future, and hold his present up to him to confront.
  
Yoshi's Crafted World
Yoshi's Crafted World
2019 | Action
Fun graphics (2 more)
Variety of worlds
Yoshi !
Frustrating at times (0 more)
Love It!!
I initially tried the demo for this game and loved it instantly so bought it that day. Never played a Yoshi game before.

Theres a large range of levels which are variable in styles of worlds, but tend to be of a crafted paper nature. Each level has a usual level and then a flip side playing the level end.

Controls are the usual Mario style of jumping and bouncing off heads of enemies. You collect coins, red and gold, and also flowers.


You can chose a coloured Yoshi and you can use your collected gold coins to buy outfits for Yoshi.


This is a fab game for the traditional platform gamers.
  
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Lee (2222 KP) rated Cloak & Dagger in TV

Aug 10, 2018  
Cloak & Dagger
Cloak & Dagger
2018 | Action, Adventure, Drama
While I'm a massive fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, I never really seem to get on so well with the Marvel TV shows. I get bored, frustrated or just run out of patience with the TV format, with Luke Cage being my longest run so far at 8 episodes. I decided to give Cloak and Dagger a shot, knowing absolutely nothing about about it, and with low expectations after reading the synopsis. I was pleasantly surprised.

The show begins with two young children, following very different lives. Tandy is returning from a ballet class in the back of her fathers car, Tyrone hanging out with his older brother and a gang of boys looking to steal a car radio. As Tyrone and his brother flee from the cops and Tandy and her father are crossing a bridge, fate leads them down a similar path. A drilling platform off the coast of New Orleans explodes, sending the car crashing into the ocean, and causing one of the cops chasing the boys to panic, shooting Tyrones brother dead while Tyrone escapes into the ocean. Unfortunately, Tandy's father doesn't make it, and both Tandy and Tyrone are suddenly caught in a mysterious wave of energy which ripples out from the collapsing platform.

8 years later and both kids are alive and still leading very different lives. They begin to discover that they have abilities, although it's not clear for much of the season exactly what those abilities are and how well they can be used. Tandy can generate bright white daggers from her hands and Tyrone can teleport randomly. Also, when Tandy touches somebody, she can see their hopes. When Tyrone touches somebody, he can see their fears. It all seems a bit pointless for a while, so luckily for us the rest of the story, along with the supporting cast, is all pretty strong. Tandy is investigating Roxxon, the company responsible for the exploding platform. Her father also worked for Roxxon, who seem determined to tarnish his good name and do anything possible to cover up whatever it is they're up to. Meanwhile Tyrone is out to see the cop who shot his brother, and was never punished for it, finally brought to justice.

Along the way, their paths cross, and it becomes clear that their powers are more effective when they're together. This all comes to a head in episode 7, where they both enter the mind of a man who has been in a comatose state since working on the drilling platform eight years ago. They must repeatedly relive the few minutes before the explosion until they can figure out what happened and how to stop it in order to free the man. It's the kind of plot I absolutely love, and one which gets used a lot in TV shows, most recently in the last season of Star Trek Discovery. I loved it then, and I loved it now.

While the season finale was a bit of a strange mish-mash, it didn't matter for me as I loved the rest of the season so much. A bit of a slow burn at times, but with a good story and characters to keep things moving nicely. Nice to know that season 2 has been given the go ahead too.
  
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Lee (2222 KP) Aug 12, 2018

@NerdGeek Episode 7 was just the stand out episode of the season, but the story picked up well before that. Just my opinion though, it is a bit of a slow burn, so not to everyone's taste.

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NerdGeek (155 KP) Aug 12, 2018

Yeah my fiance can get into anything and even he was a little bored. I've heard from other people that it's good, so mayne I'll give it another try.

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Eve (9 KP) rated Facebook in Apps

Aug 26, 2018  
Facebook
Facebook
Communication, Entertainment, Events, Social Networking
5
7.6 (436 Ratings)
App Rating
Keeping in touch with family afar (0 more)
Lots! Drama, arguments, nastiness, trolling....the list goes on! (0 more)
Time waster
I have been on Facebook for some years now but recently decided to deactivate. Fb is great for networking, promotion and promoting ypur business. If used correctly it can be a great platform to boost your business.
For friendships i dont recommend, you can spend so much time on there talking to people who you wpuld probably just pass in the street, if you wouldn't then you certainly don't need fb to communicate! We have lost the ability to communicate face to face and fb doesn't help.
I see so many relationships and friendships breakdown because of fb so i advise people to happily use the app but to also have a break from time to time!
  
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Rache (174 KP) rated Netflix in Apps

Dec 4, 2018  
Netflix
Netflix
Entertainment, Lifestyle
9
8.7 (589 Ratings)
App Rating
Great shows (2 more)
Simple user interface
Cross-platform synchronicity
Occasional glitches (but usually fairly quickly rectified) (0 more)
Almost...
At the cheapest level, this is a cheap way to watch the kinds of series/films you want to watch without adverts or waiting. Having created the entirely new concept of "binge watching", Netflix have made it easier to watch on your PC, laptop, tablet or mobile phone, moving from one to the next almost seamlessly. As a citizen of the UK, this is a great alternative to having to pay a license fee to not watch 99% of the available programming. Particularly as the license fee is now over double the cheapest Netflix subscription.
The regular addition of new shows means there's always something to watch, although it should be remembered that they do also remove shows, sometimes.
  
We Are Makers: Real Women and Girls Shaping Our World
(0 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"Amy Richards has created the book I searched for growing up, diverse role models all together. It’s called We Are MAKERS: Real Women and Girls Shaping Our World. Based on the PBS series and the online platform MAKERS, this book would have inspired me with ideas of who I might grow up to share the world with, yet it also would have included me as the girl I was. It includes biographies and quotes from a wide variety of women, from Misty Copeland, who broke the color line as a ballerina, to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who broke the sex barrier on the Supreme Court. There are also athletes and tech experts, writers and builders of skyscrapers, plus some encouraging dads. This is a book to help any girl realize her dreams."

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