Well, this will be my last post as a civilian as I emback on a magical journey into the clothing of the black and green. Wish me well, people, and I'll see you all soon again.

Cheers!

Yo guys! I wanna share something good with you all and hope that everyone will benefit for it.
If you have been surfing the Internet long enough, chances are that you've probably known about money-making opportunities simply be surfing the net and raking in the cash. As much as it sounds easy, most of the time it is.

A rough idea of what it exactly is:
Normally, such services such as the once-popular allAdvantage.com, requires you to have a registered account with them for free, a valid email account, and a to install a program which they will provide for you. You simple activate the software while surfing the net.
What the program does is that it detects whether you are really surfing and at the same time, it displays advertisements for companies that pays the company that you're surfing with, which in this example, allAdvantage.com, in which this is how you're being paid.

However, as much as it sounds like a joke, it isn't. Imagine my surprise when allAdvantage.com sends me my first and last cheque... of a US$1?!?!?! Well, I don't blame them. I only stuck with for a while before I quit. Nonetheless, it proves that they were really serious about it.

Now, allAdvantage.com is no longer around, yet there are other companies that's trying to follow it's method with little or no success, though there are people who managed to gain big bucks.

Now, why am I sharing this with you? You might have probably guessed it.

That's right, I'm onto another program like this but with a difference. This company which I joined recently is a local company and it has a solid backing with local sponsers as well, so after consulting my past experiences I concluded that it does worth my time afterall.

Thus, allow me to explain this program in more detail.

The company is called EmailCashPro, a company that emails you ads from local companies and events, like promotions and stuff.
Already, one good point: No programs. Why? Because you don't have to risk getting your computer being flooded with spywares and adwares, whereas installing these third-party softwares most of the time comes with it.
So, anyway, you recieve the ads according to your preferences, which you declare during registration, and you'll ONLY recieve ads according to what you want to see. Simple, eh? Then, when you recieve the ads, which should comes in every so few days, you click on the link below and it directs you to the a new window displaying the ad while it also records it onto your account.
Now, as much as it sounds like easy money, which I mentioned before, it isn't.

Nothing is ever that easy, especially when it comes to money, but neither am I saying that it is hideous difficult too. Because each add you visit just isn't going to add up fast enough to see any real cash. So, what's next? Referring to people, which is exactly I'm doing!

Now, I want to be honest to you and everyone else who's reading this. Right now, I'm introducing to you this opportunity and if you wish to join, you simply click on the links in this post and it redirects you to the registration page, noting the system that I refered you this program. Why am I doing this? Simple. EmailCashPro somewhat follows the system in which you start off solo, which happens to everyone who starts off for the first time. But earning by yourself isn't going to be easy. So, you work with others to multiply your earnings! To be more precise, you're in my team and I'm in your team! You earn cash, so do I.

So, if you're interested in working with me and your friends, whom you might introduce this to, click here and get yourself started! =)

P.S. For the advanced IT users of the 20th century, you might have already noticed that the links are not the simple links. Rather they're links with actual information, which are mine. Reason? It is to identify me as your referrer and thus, we'll be in the same team. If you're going to go solo and just simple enter EmailCashPro alone, simply enough you're started off alone. So, help me to help you. Click on the links and don't change the link address.
Thanks and good luck!

The crocodile hunter, Steve Irwin from Australia, was announced dead yesterday...

Man, imagine my shock when I heard and read the news. I mean, CRANKY! Personally, I love his personality as he just lights up the entire show as he gets his stuff going. Crocodiles, snakes, etc.
But to think that a stingray pierced his heart... man, I pray that God will look after him.

My condolences to Steve's family and friends, as I know that they have lost a good husband, father, and friend. Additionally, looks like Steve's documentaries are gone for good... Sigh...

May God bless his soul. Amen.

The Government Calls!

You heard it right! Or rather, you read it right! Soon the obligation to serve the country via military means will be upon my shining head, literally, and within the services for the next 2 years of my youth.
I admit it, I'm a little nervous, even afraid, of this phase of life. But I've decided to meet it head on and get on with it anyway.

Thus, you'll probably won't be able to get much posts in the blog.

HOWEVER, that doesn't mean I'm stopping. No, no. I'm still going strong and will continue to pursue my best in producing accurate and informative game reviews as much as I can. So stay tune, faithful worshippers!

Folks, looks like I've missed out a rather important function in the previous game review for Tenchu Dark Secret(DS).
Remember that I mentioned that there's only the Wifi-function of trading items only in the virtual marketplace? Apparently, I was wrong and it was all thanks to a close friend to whom have brought it to my attention.

Actually, there IS a multiplayer feature within Tenchu DS that allows up to 4 local players to pit themselves against each other, in 4 different terrains namely "Mountains", "Bamboo Forest", "Crags", and "Shoreline", and in 3 modes of gameplay.

1. Annilhilator - "The last warrior standing is the victor. When time runs out, standings are determined by players' remaining health."

2. Glutton - "The warrior who collects the most dumplings winds. Attack rivals to steal their dumplings."

3. Sneak - "The warrior who ends the game with a star wins. If you attack the player with a star, you will take it for yourself."

I have tested this function and comfirmed its existance. However, be prepared for a spoiler now. It seems that in multiplayer mode, it does not fulfill the criteria of an exact stealth game as you can still see traps set by your opponent/s in full view, not to mention being able to see your enemies as well on the map. Disappointing as it is, the gameplay was extremely smooth, like all other DS multiplayer games. The developer could have done something about not allowing the other players to see the traps set by you but apparently, they weren't thinking it far enough.

Nevertheless, this changes the entire scoring of the game and in which I truly apologize. With the new-found feature, I now rate the Tenchu DS 8.5/10.

Why? Because despite having the multiplayer feature, having able to see your opponents' traps just doesn't make the mark of a stealth game. Then again, it could have been worse.

It's Sunday, people, and like the name of the day there's alot of Sun today.

And naturally, I feel good too! Well, let's cut to the chase and get down to business! Today's game review is not for the faint-hearted, but then again, it's not exactly what it looks like. Title?

Freedom Wings

Freedom Wings is a flying simulation game that puts you in the position of a rookie who's gonna take out nasty sky pirates that's terrorizing the airspace above. Sounds poetic? Not really.
There are three types of people and they are classified as:

1. Sky Junkies - Idiots that wanna be pilots but their just to fat to get off the couch and start burning those fats up to meet the harsh demands of a fighter pilot. Thus, comes the alternative of simulation flight.
2. Sky Sissies - Also, idiots that can easily get freaked out just by being on a third storey and am already pissing in their pants. Reason? Who cares?
3. Sky... erm..., well... - Help?

If you fulfill any of the conditions above, it doesn't mean that you should or shouldn't get the game. In other words, it holds no meaning.

Anyway, back to the juice. Freedom wings has the package of having both fluency and gameplay value. Why do I say that? Simple. Despite the rough, and maybe disgusting, drawings of characters within the game, storyline and character development is hardly the issue and should not throw you off the game. The 3D models of the planes and terrains, however, speaks otherwise as the physics and sound effects plays their part well to try to imitate the genuine environment of getting into the dogfight, despite the limitations of the DS hardware. The soundtrack isn't the greatest but it isn't all that bad either.

Now, the controls. The game allows you two methods of playing. The AI or Artificial Intelligence mode, which gives the computer, or should I say the DS, most of the controls over the manuevering of the plane though you can still press B or X for the primary and secondary weapons respectively.
The other mode is the manual mode, which is, to my opinion, extremely difficult to master and makes you prone to even motion-sickness if prolonged playing. The controls are mostly done by using the directional controls, which unfortunately isn't the stylus. This in turn makes the controls a little too sensitive and confusing too. Press left and the plane goes into a left roll-barrel roll and renders you unsure of your direction. The map located at the top screen, if you using manual, does little to inform you of your elevation and direction in which the plane is moving.
Thus, most of the time, you should be more comfortable with the AI mode.

Multiplayer isn't it strongest factor either, but it still does well to allow a maximum of four players to pit their precious metal machines against one another. You won't get any special items of anything but still, the adrenaline rush you experience when you shoot an enemy or a friend down is still uncomparable.

I'll give this game, a 8/10. Though it seems pretty high, but the replay value does make a valuable companion to your DS title collection, not to mention the multiplayer function.

Well, greetings once again, fellow humans! We have arrived to another heartwarming moment with your host, Conquer001.

You might have already been very familier with the fact that most of my posts consists of reviews of sorts, but so far, on gaming devices and gaming titles. Well, I'll be doing just that. However, being a human for a couple of weeks without any form of venting methods is both mentally, physically, and psychologically damaging, which will lead us to the 2nd posting of expressing hatred and disgust to my family members and life itself.

Therefore, if your purpose here is to read the reviews, I ask that to just stay with for the next few moments while I savagely type away the building frustrations before getting to the meat of the post.

Now, first of all, as you all might have already know if you have been diligently reading my previous posts, I have quite a grudge against the very blood-kin. You might think that it's because of petty disagreements and stuff. Think again, my meat-bag friend. (That's a joke. Please don't take it seriously.)

Here's a very good example of a case of biaseness within the family; my younger who went to Argentina for the Biology Olympiad, is a very smart kid and has won many favors with the family inside out, including relatives and stuff. My parents would go to the extend of even buying a brand new, I repeat, BRAND NEW Panasonic Lumix Digital Camera, for him because of the trip. However, when I have to go to India for education reasons as well, they didn't even bother. Well, to the people on the sidelines this seems like nothing more than jealousy of the elder brother to the younger one.

But then again, this is just one of the many scenarios. Another one is after this incident, when my friends (Which there a few, by the way. The reason? I'll explain in due time. =) ) came for a visit to my house and I just simply wanted to take a picture of the sunset of my house, which on that specific day was exceptionally beautiful. However, the crappy camera function of my mother's phone failed to do it justice and so, I forced myself to borrow my brother's digital property to take it in a better and clear resolution than I've ever seen. (Well, technically speaking, I've seen better. But I meant that in contrasts to the stuff in my household.) When I finally took it and transfer ONLY the pictures that I've taken to the computer, my friends asked me about the origins of the camera. I explained that it was my brother's, but my brother overheard it and corrected me by saying that it belongs to the family. Do you believe that? Personally, I do not and I avoid borrowing it, not to mention even touching it, if there's ever a situation where the camera would fail and the family would once again point their accusing fingers at me, declaring in an unanimous vote that I'm guilty again.

*Takes a deep breathe and leans back on the chair. Closes eyes for a few minutes.*

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Phew! Thank you for your endurance. Consider yourself to have earn 20 Conquer points for future redemption of my personally crafted, microwaved Cheese Pizza... if I ever knew how to make one.

Anyway, to the juice of the story: Today's Game review would be the recent release of one of Japan's popular gaming titles for the PS2, which this time is for the NDS. The title?

Tenchu: Dark Secret

For the PS2 devouts, if you happen to have the NDS system, you would most likely would have gotten yourself this game, which is english now, by the way. Tenchu: Dark Secret, or Tenchu DS, is a ninja-era game set in ancient Japan, where you control either gender of two ninjas, whose mission is to rescue a princess who is being fought over by 2 warlords. Talk about lust for beauty.

Anyway, Tenchu DS is somewhat similar to the gameplay of Metal Gear, a stealth-based game, which would suit the nature of this game title extremely well. The difference is that you do it all in the view of a third-person or what we would say it as a bird's-eye view. You seek to eliminate the threats towards the princess by navigating around the map, seeking the opponents, killing them either in plain sight or do it ninja-style, from the back without them noticing.

You would most likely be using the directional-controls, the A, B, X, Y buttons, and the shoulder buttons, L and R. Why? Because there's just does not seem to have enough options of touch-screen capability except like selecting items and stuff, which you can easily do so with the controls as well, so the touch-screen function is kinda redundant in this game.

However, as much as it uses these simple controls, it still takes time to master the skills and techniques to successfully kill your enemies. Fortunately, the game offers more than just plain samurai-sword slashing and hacking. You can have numerous options of eliminating your targets with methods such as poisoning, traps, bombs, throwing stars, many more for you to unlock and discover.

Also, the game story proceeds in a style of mission-accomplishing, in which you must fulfill various mission objectives taking place in different locations. However, so far the number of different terrains seems pretty limited and at most of the time, these terrains seems to be used for different mission objectives in the same places.

It could get kinda boring but hey, maybe playing it a little longer might prove otherwise.

The game also comes with basic tools construction, such as making a rice-pack for restoring your health, or constructing a bamboo-trap with the materials you find in the field. You also can purchase such items via shops and you obtain money by selling the bounties, which are the enemies that you've killed, and earn those cash.

Finally, the Wi-Fi feature. I was pretty much looking forward to it as it seems to give me the idea that you could take on a complete stranger over the net and fight him or her, ninja-style. However, reality couldn't have taken a more drastic way to prove me wrong. Apparently, the Wi-Fi feature is for you to set up a virtual store so that people can buy your goods, or you can do it the other way round. In other words, the Wi-Fi function for Tenchu DS has been reduced to a virtual marketplace to sell your wares. Quite disappointing to me, if I might say so myself, and I'm pretty sure this will come as a shock too to the people who have bought the game.

Nonetheless, for Metal Gear addicts, this handheld version of ninja stealth should do well it quenching the thirst of shadow-killing but might dull you after a while.

I'll give this game a 7.5/10, because the mis-treating of the touchscreen and the Wi-Fi function just simply do not do justice to the potential of the game.