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WORLD of WARCRAFT ONLINE
November and WoW has really stepped up a gear. It now has its own voice enabled chat, just plug in a microphone and select voice activated and you can talk to your team mates - no more long winded typing. It has also introduced several new and neat ideas, such as colour coded character classes in your Friends/Guild menu, easier levelling to 60 by upping the amount of XP received. Then there is the new 10-man dungeon Zul'Aman which is going to be tough but fun - hopefully I'll be in there soon i hope.

WoW is the game to be on atm if you want online fun and adventure.

 

 

RICHARD GARRIOT'S TABULA RASA
This is a brand new MMO with an interesting cross between the Terminator and Starship Troopers, at least that's how the opening introduction shows it. It is a futuristic sci-fi adventure where Earth has been virtually over taken by aliens and only a small handful (as many players as there are plus some NPC's) can save our once Green and Glorious Land.

It plays like an offline game, or at least that's how it looks and feels - my impression after 4 straight hours of running round killing things. At the lower levels it is easy to kill the aliens without them likely to kill you - as long as you don't go near or attack the higher level creatures. First (or would this be second ?) impression is that the aliens aren't too bright, though again this may just be the low level get you into the game type aliens.

I spent 4 hours running round gaining new equipment and weapons plus I killed 103 of the 200 aliens one quest requires - I'll get round to the others later no doubt. - so it holds interest.

 

BOUNTY BAY ONLINE
This adventurous swashbuckling game of exploration, trading and naval war is set in the days of the pirates when gold and cannon were all a hero needed. Currently running in Beta there are still spaces available for you to sign up and register for free. Create a Captain in Athens and begin the game with a ship, either a Trading Ship, an Explorer or a Battle Ship, and make money, fame and fortune as you sail the Meditterranean before heading off to the seven seas. Mini Review

www.bbo.yusho.de/en/Beta_Registration

 

 

DISQUALIFIED (£24.99 + £5.00 postage from Tucker Enterprises)
From independent games designer Andrew Tucker this is a boardgame that simulates driving on the roads of Britain. With different speed limits on each of the road sections and a Police car or Speed Camera never too far away the players have to complete two times round the track and be home in bed before they cop 12 points on their Driving License. Comes complete with die-cast metal cars - 4 Mini Cooper's and a Jaguar S-Type Police car.

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