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Psycho Bonkers, Volume 1: Full Throttle

Vince Hernandez and Adam Archer

7.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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Crack the speed barrier wide open in this thrilling new adventure that redefines what it means to go...

Bad Blood (The Naturals #4)

Jennifer Lynn Barnes

10.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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New victims. New betrayals. New secrets. When Cassie Hobbes joined the FBI’s Naturals program,...

Tropical Depression

C. Michele Dorsey

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Sabrina Salter returns home to St. John in the Virgin Islands after a disastrous vacation in New...

Gareth von Kallenbach (977 KP) rated Obliteracers in Video Games

Jun 19, 2019

So many games today take older ideas and look to infuse a new wrinkle into them in order to great something fresh. One such game is Obliteracers which looks to take a page from the classic character-based racing games such as Mario Kart and infuse new life into a genre which too many had become fairly stale in recent years. The game puts less emphasis on racing as finishing first or last doesn’t really matter for the most part as the goal is to obliterate your opponents as you race around the track. There are a variety of tracks such as a futuristic city, tropical beach, oil tanker, and so on, many which will seem familiar to people who spent a lot of time in the genre.

By using weapons such as missiles, oil slicks, flamethrowers, mines, machine guns, and such, the strategy is to take out as many of them before they get you. When the field of opponents is reduced to one, the match starts over and continues until a champion has been reached based on a point system from the earlier matches. This at this point players can then move on to another locale and start the battle all over. There are variations in the gameplay mode where in addition to wiping out your opponents, factors such as staying in the lead, endurance, and such do help you increase your score which will ultimately lead to your overall championship. After a brief introduction to the game, I found myself able to win my earlier matches without too much difficulty and ultimately advance through the rankings fairly quickly.

There is a multiplayer mode for the game and matchmaking at me racing against another player in no time however it was a simple two player match and not nearly as exciting as having a field of players to race against. I hope in time that will be more customization options for vehicles, tracks, characters, and so on as the game is an amusing if albeit fleeting diversion. For value priced software it does hold a solid amount of entertainment if you’re willing to overlook some of the shortcomings and things such as random clipping issues were my car became part of the track at various times during the race.

Obliteracers gave me a couple of hours of pleasant distraction, and as such might be worth your time if this is something that would interest you.

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TruckSimulation 16

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In TruckSimulation 16 you will take true-to-life control of one of nine real trucks. Start out with...

Car Demolition Simulator

Games and Entertainment

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Race, drive to survive, smash and crash all the cars! Yours and opponent's - doesn't matter as long...

Mad Skills BMX

Games and Sports

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CLEAR YOUR SCHEDULE: MAD SKILLS BMX IS OUT! Updated to make full use of the iPhone 5 screen. The...

Zuky the BookBum (15 KP) rated The Long Drop in Books

Mar 15, 2018

The Long Drop

Denise Mina | 2017 | Crime

8.0

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This is the first book I've read by Denise Mina, but it won't be the last! I found this novel instantly exciting and by the time I got to 30% I was hooked and couldn't put it down, finally finishing it at 1:30 in the morning. This novel drips with menace and chills you to the bone in some parts, it's really a fantastic and quick thriller read.

This book tells the story of Peter Manuel, real life Scottish serial killer. Like with so many other books on the market nowadays, this is a non-fic-fiction novel. It's based its contents on real events but the author has weaved a story around it too.

What's so striking about this novel is Mina's ability to tell a story. The story flowed brilliantly and it never lost my interest, even when we started getting into some of the more in-depth and historic facts about Glasgow. The writing style is short and snappy, so you really feel yourself racing through this.

Characters. Oh wow, the characters. Somehow, you feel simultaneously angry and empathetic for everyone in this book, even Peter Manuel, the serial killer. Mina's character development is superb and you find yourself getting drawn into each person's story so quickly. We follow Peter Manuel and William Watt throughout most of this novel, but there are small scenes popped in that introduce characters we only meet once throughout the entire book, yet I still felt like I knew them and I still invested myself in their stories, no matter how short.

Overall, this book was really superb and if you're looking for something dark, but quick to read, this is the book for you. At only 240 pages, you'll find yourself racing through this! I can't wait to read more of Mina's work, if it's all as good as this one.