Classic Fragfest: Quake III Arena
As graphics technology improves in leaps and bounds for the next pc generation, more and more gamers expect, and more or less demand, new and innovating concepts to blow their minds. However, there are some games out there that simply stand the test of time for pure entertainment.One of these games is Quake III Arena from ID Software. This game still remains, after half a decade, as one of those games that never seems to fade in appeal when it comes to going one-on-one against a fellow gamer over the age of fourteen. (The graphic nature of the game is not suitable for children.)Whereas there is the impending release of Quake 4, which will go more towards a storyline, Quake III Arena remains simple: Deathmatch - Hunt down and kill your opponent. This is your only task.The game is a First-Person Shooter that takes place in a futuristic world, with gameplay featured on a couple dozen core maps.
Your weapons, ranging from real to fantasy, deal out devastating damage. Powerups throughout these maps give you more speed, damage, etc; and each map is usually multi-levelled and reachable by various bounce pads, stairs, and elevators. You just have to watch around the corners, as you never know who's going to be camping there waiting to blow you away.Now, whether your opponent be your best friend, your neighbor, your teenage kid, or your wife; the joy of chasing them down and eliminating their ability to exist as a whole entity will continue to bring a smile to your face over and over again; and if no-one wants to play against you anymore because you're too much of a savage, you can always play against bots.The engine this game runs on is good enough to enable a relatively intense dispersal of body parts from the shot gun blast you administor to your victim, and yes, produces blood splatter on walls and screams of agony. A midrange system can handle all that the game offers.The extra staying power of the game revolves around the creation of new maps and bot models by gamers themselves; which can be found for download at places like LvLWorld and Polycount. Thousands of maps and hundreds of bots can bring a whole new dimension to the game, and the creations continue to this day.
Take on Homer Simpson, Darth Vader, or the creature from Aliens in maps ranging from being inside a computer tower , where you are about two inches tall; to rampaging through a city, where you can leap from the top of each building in a single bouncepad ... all the while trying to evade a plasma gun, rocket launcher, or flamethrower..
Austin Culley is an avid gamer whose wife continues in her effort to take his Quake 3 Arena Title away from him at least once a week.He can be reached at http://www.oil-net.comPermanent Cosmetics
Through a procedure called intradermal pigmentation, it is now possible to have pigments set under the skin almost like a tattoo. These pigments come in two forms - iron oxide that may fade away and the more permanent organic pigments that are also less likely to lead to an allergy. If you can endure the little bit of pain from a local anesthetic you can permanently enjoy a set of luscious full lips with lip liner, eyeliner, as well as arched eyebrows. There are some precautions prescribed for those who wish to undergo permanent cosmetics procedures. You should not take blood-thinning medications for 48 hours before the procedure and you should stop the use of products that contain substances like Retin-A, Alpha or Beta Hydroxy.
The procedure itself takes about two to three hours, and it could take between three to five days for recovery, depending on the procedure so as to assuage any swelling or plasma seepage. Of course, because it's an intradermal procedure,...
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Where Do You Find Time for a Home Based Business?
I am very often asked this question by affiliates in my home business network, and almost every time it happens, I just shake my head in pity and disbelief. They just don't get it...Where DO you find the time to run, manage and promote your home based business? I honestly don't know. I know one thing for sure; you can never really "find" time; you must "make time".Many who are new to the concept of running a home based business suffer what I like to call the "Indecision Syndrome". They have not made up their minds that they WANT or NEED a home based business, and my friend let me tell you, until you have made a decision you will never have time on your side. You will never be able to devote even 1 hour to building a business for yourself if you don't have the sense of urgency, and if you don't understand what a home based business can do for your life and your family in the long term.Here's what the people who claim they can't "find" time do; they put the least priority on their business....
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World’s Largest, Giant Boxing Gloves Ready for Las Vegas.
Las Vegas, NV (ContentDesk) February 22, 2006 -- Big, is what Las Vegas is all about and boxing. After all Las Vegas is the Boxing Capitol of the world and the city of Jumbo shrimp. So, why not a Boxing monument and interactive museum dedicated to boxing and in of all places Las Vegas. Artist / designer Paul-Felix Montez has created both in his new series of monumental sculptural artworks The Las Vegas monuments. In this series his boxing museum and sculpture The Gloves, of two boxing gloves, one cast stainless steel, the other cast bronze, stacked vertically and standing 70 feet tall, will bring a new pop, urbane asthetic to the city. These would also be the worlds most expensive boxing gloves ever, considering thier size and thats pure Vegas, too. Vegas now lives for "Bling" and upscale style with high end condos, designer stores, status shopping and five star dinning now regular fixtures on the New Vegas strip.
These 21st century art works, coupled with mini interactive...
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Microboards to Distribute Pioneer Displays
Chanhassen, MN (ContentDesk) October 2, 2005 -- Microboards announced today that they now distribute Pioneer's line of high-end plasma displays. Pioneer Plasma screens are the display of choice for thousands of professional facilities, boardrooms, retail, and recreational installations. "Pioneer's plasma screens are ahead of their time," said Mitch Ackmann, Microboards President and COO. "Pioneer's dedication to innovation is even more apparent in their displays, noted worldwide for their stunning visual clarity and contrast.""Microboards and Pioneer have been partners for a long time, and Microboards has been a leader in the CD/DVD industry for content distribution solutions," said Dee Sproule of Pioneer. "With the stunning acceptance of DVD video and Microboards role in content distribution on DVD, it makes sense that Microboards would be successful with high-quality display devices as well." Microboards, best known for their history as an innovator in DVD/CD duplicators and publishers,...
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Ergotron Introduces Industry Changing ?Constant Force?? Technology
Ergotron, Inc., the experts in display mounting solutions,
today introduced Constant Force?(CF) lift and pivot technology and announced CF will be included in all new products going forward. CF? uses a low-cost and reliable conventional spring that converts the spring's linear force curve into a flat, constant force, throughout the entire range of lifting or pivoting motion. This force conversion means that users exert very little effort to adjust their display, and they experience a quiet fluidity to the motion, which was previously unattainable at any cost from any manufacturer."This patented technology is the culmination of many years of intense engineering development and understanding our customers' and the markets' needs," says Harry Sweere, Ergotron's Chairman and Chief Scientist.
"The breakthrough design of CF leapfrogs over conventional gas spring technology commonly used today, at a fraction of the cost.
CF based products eliminate the complexities...
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Three Requirements of Good Golf
First, how well does the player handle his weight; what is his sense of balance; does he know how to work his feet and legs in order to establish the proper sense of balance so that the body can be established as the motivating factor in swinging the club?Secondly, how well does the player use his body; does he understand that a golf swing is a double-handed, ambidextrous motion in which there is an upswing as well as a downswing?an upswing that is made with the right side of the body and a downswing...
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SEVRAR Offers PocketSurfer to its 8,500 Members
Montreal, Quebec (ContentDesk) July 29, 2005 ?- Based in Mesa, Arizona, the SouthEast Valley Regional Association of Realtors (SEVRAR) and Montreal based DataWind Net Access Corporation officially announced the availability of the PocketSurfer? Web viewer to SEVRAR members. Real estate information access has become truly ubiquitous and more convenient for REALTORS? with the PocketSurfer? Web viewer, a first-of-its-kind dedicated wireless Web viewer that provides fast, affordable, full wireless...
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CruiseCritic.com Launches ?Last Minute Cruise Sails? - Delivers Cruise Travel Bargains to Consumers
In response to a marked increase in consumer interest in "last minute" cruise offerings, Cruise Critic, the Internet's leading online cruise travel site is expanding its range with the debut of "Last Minute Cruise Sails," focusing on
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