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Christina Sng retired after a long and illustrious career as a web developer, information architect, site producer, and usability consultant. Retirement, however, is boring! Join her here on her continuing adventures on the web.

Archive for the 'Games' Category

Mobile Game Review: Stranded by glu

Monday, August 25th, 2008

I’ve been a fan of glu since I started playing mobile games back when. Now I can’t remember what game that was nor which ones they are famous for, but I remember they make great games.
Stranded, seems suspiciously reminiscent ofthe TV series Lost (same premise - people stranded on mysterious island) but when you start [...]

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Guild Wars: 2 Good, 2 Bad

Sunday, August 17th, 2008

THE GOOD
1. Hire Your Own Party
One of the perks of playing Guild Wars is you can hire (for shared xp and gold) NPCs to join you in a party and avoid the potential social nightmare of hiring bad players and are guaranteed a skilled player, albeit computer. Of course, you’ll miss the social interaction with [...]

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1. Amazing Graphics
While World of Warcraft boasts a vivid landscape, let’s face it: the graphics are blocky and past the starter levels, most of the regions look depressing and dark (save for Stranglethorn Vale and Feralas - which is simply gloomy really).
Alliance got most of the pretty characters but when I started out, I played [...]

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Not a Day for Online Gaming

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

Today I decided to start playing WoW again. I last left my level 49 human rogue at Feralas and was keen to explore that place again. So I paid for a month via Paypal and waited… and waited… half an hour later I cancelled the subscription and began to look for my old Sacred Gold [...]

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World of Warcraft 10-Day Free Trial

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

So here I am on Day 7 of my free 10-day trial of Burning Crusade feeling rather bored and having done-it-all (see me as a fiery-haired Blood Elf with a hairband on the left).
The thrill died once I wandered into Ghostlands, which looks like another depressing and soulless (excuse the pun) Trisfal Glades, and began [...]

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