Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Reckless Racing 2



Reckless Racing 2 doesn’t do much to change the formula in terms of the basics, but it does add a much-needed career mode where you’ll race through various cup circuits earning money and burning rubber in the process. Each of the 12 cups have about 4-6 races where your individual finishes count toward an overall standing. Most of the races are pretty basic, but you’ll also encounter variants where the car in last place after each lap is eliminated. In the end, there can be only one. Finish in the overall top 3 and you can advance on to the next cup. Arcade mode features 40 different challenges that each increase in difficulty. You can also race a single event or in online multiplayer. This game will keep you busy for quite a long time.
Each circuit has a “P.I.” range that your car must meet. The more suped-up and fancier your car, the higher the P.I. Balancing when to upgrade your parts or buy a whole new car is something that I always find incredibly fun, and have on enjoyed my phone ever since I first experienced it in Drag Racing. The parts you can buy will increase your car’s speed, handling or acceleration. Earning the scratch to buy the upgrades or new cars didn’t seem to be too hard, as long as you race well. Collecting and customizing cars is, by far, my favorite part of Reckless Racing 2.



The game features five different customizable control schemes, so you’re guaranteed to find one that you enjoy. Button placement and steering sensitivity can be adjusted for each one to really fine tune your preference. I found each one to be nice and responsive, so I never felt like I was fighting with the game or searching for the little tricks to get it to do what I wanted. Racing lines and other assists are available to really tweak your preferred experience. It’s a fantastic feature set for any game, let alone one built for the mobile platform.
I’d be remiss to not mention how unbelievably beautiful this game looks and runs. If I were to run my phone’s video output to my TV you’d think I was playing something on the Xbox 360 or PS3, it’s that good. Dust kicks up from the tires, fences brake, and orange cones fly all over the track while the game never skips a frame. It’s very impressive stuff that developer Pixelbite has pulled off here.



Some folks might balk at the game’s initial launch price when browsing the market. Please don’t. On multiple occasions I’ve paid three or four times as much for games that have far less to offer and aren’t nearly as fun as Reckless Racing 2. It bears repeating that this game can stand proudly side-by-side with almost any arcade racer on any other platform. The fact that you can carry it around with you at all times just gets me giddy. Do yourself a favor and slam it into high gear, get this game now.

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Monday, June 11, 2012

MineBuilder



We have been checking out a game called MineBuilder for awhile now which is essentially a Minecraft-style game that is actually very similar to actual Minecraft. This game has been out for about 2 months and through quite a few updates MineBuilder has come a long way from it's inception.
MineBuilder brings the flavor of Minecraft to Android while we all wait for the official Minecraft game to be launched. While the official game will be exclusive to the Xperia Play for a short period of time when it's launched, the rest of the Android world will have to wait. MineBuilder is looking more and more promising as an alternative while you wait for the official Minecraft Pocket Edition to come to your device.
Controls are a couple of on-screen buttons and a virtual joystick which actually works fairly well. It comes with a lot of the features that you would expect to find in Minecraft or a game similar to it such as crafting, building structures, cave system (work in progress), monsters, texture packs and of course mining and minerals. One really great feature though is that you can actually import your Minecraft map into MineBuilder. Current unsupported blocks will just be replaced by air.

Features:

  • Import Minecraft maps (unsupported blocks will be replaced by air)
  • Place/Remove blocks
  • Crafting
  • Monsters
  • Texture packs
The developer has big plans for MineBuilder as well. Things already planned for the 1.8 version include elevators and even multiplayer which will be interesting to see how that get implemented. There are bugs that show up in the game but considering it's still being developed that is to be expected of course. There is a slew of information available including a recipe book with all the current recipes included in game should you need any help.
So if you are looking to get your fix of mobile Minecraft until the official Pocket Edition is launched for your device, you may want to check MineBuilder out. You can pick this up off the Android Market for $1.41. Now that the game is more polished and less raw like it was when it first came out, Minecraft fans should enjoy it.

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Sunday, June 10, 2012

Skype for Android




Skype is a proprietary voice-over-Internet Protocol service and software application originally created by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis in 2003, and owned by Microsoft since 2011.

The service allows users to communicate with peers by voice, video, and instant messaging over the Internet. Phone calls may be placed to recipients on the traditional telephone networks. Calls to other users within the Skype service are free of charge, while calls to landline telephones and mobile phones are charged via a debit-based user account system. Skype has also become popular for its additional features, including file transfer, and videoconferencing. Competitors include SIP and H.323-based services, such as Empathy, Linphone, Ekiga as well as the Google Talk service.

Skype has 663 million registered users as of September 2011. The network is operated by Microsoft, which has its Skype division headquarters in Luxembourg. Most of the development team and 44% of the overall employees of the division are situated in the offices of Tallinn and Tartu, Estonia.

Unlike most VoIP services, Skype is a hybrid peer-to-peer and client–server system. It makes use of background processing on computers running Skype software. Skype's original proposed name (Sky Peer-to-Peer) reflects this fact.

Some network administrators have banned Skype on corporate, government, home, and education networks, citing reasons such as inappropriate usage of resources, excessive bandwidth usage, and security concerns.
Skype was founded in 2003 by Janus Friis from Denmark and Niklas Zennström from Sweden. The Skype software was developed by Estonians Ahti Heinla, Priit Kasesalu, and Jaan Tallinn, who together with Janus and Niklas were also behind the peer-to-peer file sharing software Kazaa. In August 2003, the first public beta version was released.

Registered users of Skype are identified by a unique Skype Name, and may be listed in the Skype directory. Skype allows these registered users to communicate through both instant messaging and voice chat. Voice chat allows telephone calls between pairs of users and conference calling, and uses a proprietary audio codec. Skype's text chat client allows group chats, emoticons, storing chat history and editing of previous messages. Offline messages were implemented in a beta of version 5, but removed after a few weeks without notification. The usual features familiar to instant messaging users — user profiles, online status indicators, and so on — are also included.

The Online Number, a.k.a. SkypeIn, service allows Skype users to receive calls on their computers dialed by conventional phone subscribers to a local Skype phone number; local numbers are available for Australia, Belgium, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States. A Skype user can have local numbers in any of these countries, with calls to the number charged at the same rate as calls to fixed lines in the country.

Video conferencing between two users was introduced in January 2006 for the Windows and Mac OS X platform clients. Skype 2.0 for Linux, released on 13 March 2008, also features support for video conferencing. Version 5 beta 1 for Windows, released 13 May 2010, offers free video conferencing with up to five people.

Skype for Windows, starting with version 3.6.0.216, supports "High Quality Video" with quality and features, e.g. full-screen and screen-in-screen modes, similar to those of mid-range videoconferencing systems. Skype audio conferences currently support up to 25 people at a time, including the host.

Skype does not provide the ability to call emergency numbers such as 911 in the United States and Canada, 999 in the United Kingdom and many other countries, 111 in New Zealand, 000 in Australia, or 112 in Europe. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has ruled that, for the purposes of section 255 of the Telecommunications Act, Skype is not an "interconnected VoIP provider". As a result, the U.S. National Emergency Number Association recommends that all VoIP users have an analog line available as a backup.

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Saturday, June 9, 2012

Android's Horloger for Windows 7

  

Horloger is a standalone gadget that puts a great looking clock on your Windows 7 and Windows Vista desktop. it comes in 2 sizes, 4 styles, many different languages and works on both 32- and 64 bit systems. Just double-click the executable, make some adjustment settings to your preferences and you're good to go.

Horloger is an attractive replacement clock that takes the style of an old analogue flip flock by default. There are a number of other skins available, including a miniature version of the main theme, but this is the most impressive looking one. The clock can be configured to start automatically with Windows and you can choose whether minutes, second, or milliseconds should be displayed, and toggle the display and format of the date as well.

To ensure that you can always tell what the time is you can choose to have the clock always appear on top of other open programs and Windows. This may mean that important areas of your screen get covered up, so the option to make the clock slightly transparent is handy. The date bar can also be made transparent or hidden altogether if you would like to reclaim the screen space.

Horloger usually use in HTC Android phone, such as : HTC Desire S, but now Horloger can be installed on your windows 7.

Screenshot :


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Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Empire Defense II



Defence Empire Empire II is a follow-up of Defense, defense game that I reviewed previously. The new games bring a big change from the previous forward and bring a lot of improvement. With all the soldiers and the new game, continue to plot and storyline, graphics and better sound, more and more creative elements of a strategic game.

Features:
GoodTeam developers have made significant progress with their title defense of the empire with the empire of Defense II, which is a much better experience than the original game. The new game has an element of a much more strategic, better graphics and a better platform for challenging tower defense game.
First you see the graphics. Although still not as visually impressive as Sentinel 3: Homeworld, but little is good, and not far from impressive Fieldrunners HD. There are many small and growing animation and just a great step forward for this series. Now there is a story line that is really interesting in which you assume the role of hero Leo, who first held the military command and provide a strong "Blade Chi attack '(to build this power level and is ideal for making tough enemy).
Soldier / unit is better, both graphically and in various. You unlock as you progress, but at first, you will get a slow down enemy units, your archers, and powerful style rocket tower. This adds a more strategic game. You make your way through the map level and a different environment, defeated warlords and mercenaries difficult tricks.
What I like about the game design is how you decide the path through the enemy steps. You earn points for action (to confirm the figure next to the icon horses how many points you have) and you can move progressively Leo in any direction you like. This opens up more space for soldiers and allow you to make strategic decisions about how best to conquer the enemy. This is much better than linear and the formula for a few tower defense games and I really want to see more of this type of game genre.
Defence Empire II is very involved and fun. Various kinds of troops to open a special weapons and involved plot, and a wide range of strategies to contribute to a pleasant experience.
You can buy better equipment through profit and crystal-buying in the game. This is quite generous though and you can get a lot of games without pay. It is, however, a greater variety if you want to spend money in the game.
I feel that the tower defense game is difficult to put in terms of addictiveness. Levels may take several minutes and in a manner not 'casual'. Game that requires commitment and mindset to beat the level and progress. Defence Empire II but get around this issue. You can stop the game at any time and start again from where you left off. Add to this the plot is interesting and diverse, offering a very interesting game to get a little addictive. It is not up there with people like Angry Birds, but still very interesting.

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