Doubleshot Reviews $0.02....
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Okay, let's start off with my biggest complaint about Trinkets, Treasures, and Other Bloody Magic, I need chocolate during and after reading it. No, not want...NEED! Jade thinks, dreams and lives chocolate and baking. When a magical person is around her Jade tends smells various bakery items...like marshmellows and vanilla, or chocolate with hints of cinnamon. All magic to her has a smell...and yes, evil magic smells bad. Thus, reading through this book makes you seriously CRAVE a nice cupcake or square of chocolate, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it is when you don't have chocolate in the house.

 Trinkets, Treasures, and Other Bloody Magic continues three month after the death of Jade's sister Sienna. Jade is coming to terms with her death, as well as, learning more about her own magic and where it may come from and training to use it more effectively. While on this journey of learning, of course, Jade find herself in trouble and the cause of this trouble is highly disturbing. Now Jade, her mother and her vampire and shapeshifter companions are pulled into a situation that is, to their knowledge, way above the skill level of any of them.

As with all that I have read by Meghan Ciana Doidge,  Trinkets, Treasures, and Other Bloody Magic, is well written with wonderful detail and fun/entertaining dialogue. I adore the interactions Jade has with Ket (vampire), Kandy (werewolf), Desmond (mountain lion) and even her mother. The communication is very realistic and, as I have mentioned before, I love characters that, even though they are supernatural beings, are believable. While there are definitely some serious aspects to the storyline, there is also a lightheartedness that I find refreshing. Plus, while not a romance novel there is a bit of a budding romance that I find very enticing and hope book 3 goes into more detail (hint hint...cause that was HOT).

Ultimately,  Trinkets, Treasures, and Other Bloody Magic is a must read from this reader, especially if you like supernatural/fantasy tales. Book one  Trinkets, Treasures, and Other Deadly Magic can be found on Amazon (HERE) if you have not already read it. Otherwise, click the cover image above and head over to grab book two, but may I also suggest having a nice fluffy cupcake or a few squares of fine chocolate on hand before reading...trust me, you'll thank me for the suggestion.
3974370
I played this and beat it in like 2 hours, and then I wondered why I paid $30 for a demo :/
Do a rental before you purchase this.
3487144
I would look around some other sites. I picked this game up for $15 shipped about a week ago. Try some of the videogame forums and search around. this guy is out of his mind.
4501263
Well, I seen the bad reviews about the amazon download.. I also noticed it was unavailable..
Then I noticed a few hours later it was available.. so I tried it.. worked fine! good price!
BTW, the key will not work through steam.. Amazon Download was pretty quick though..and 10 bucks cheaper!

As for the game..it's a port..no more and maybe less..
I enjoy the game now.. but I have to keep my Saitek x52pro unplugged while playing or the guy keeps running.. sigh.
Tried to turn off in game no luck.. even did a disable in device manager no luck.. un pluggin it was only solution.
No, it works fine plugged in in all other games and the system I have.. it's in the game period. biggest problem..
I keep it plugged into the back of computer so I won't be playing this game as often as I would like..

PC port..it's ok..you get all the DLC.. the city looks nice..
it's going to come down to if you like this type game and have no saitek x52 you leave plugged into you computer..

UPDATE: Their support is totally lacking with idiots in charge.. their response is unplug the joystick.. which is what I explained was the only solution I could find in the original request.. they would have served better with "we are working on it".. this is a program fault..not a joystick fault.. last rockstar game for me.. I hate tech support groups like this.. lacking intelligence and common sense.
887142
I really cant tell you much about the game.........it's a console cash cow that got little to no attention in it's port to PC........there's deep core performance issues plaguing all PC users with no fix in sight and not even an acknowledgment to the issue from the development team........no, I'm not crazy and I'm not a noob or  exaggerating, I'm also running a steller top of the line trifire rig that gets 16k in 3dmark11...........do a quick google search on "farcry 3 microstutter" you will be greeted with page after page of results, hundreds of youtube videos and thousands of pissed of gamers. There's a 48 page thread in the official ubisoft forums that still hasn't even been acknowledged by the development team and they put out 3 patches already.

This is one developer that does not deserve your money as a PC gamer, not at all, they are everything that is wrong with PC developers these days treating us as an afterthought.......they have no interest in fixing what they already sold, I would highly suggest anyone who purchased the PC version from amazon email customer support, link the google results for all the problems, display your displeasure and demands a refund, you will get it because no matter how terrible ubisoft is, amazons customer service is the best out there and unlike ubisoft amazon does value your business and wants you to come back.
107208
This piece of junk is not even worth $199.  Web browser is great but screen is tiny.  Blackberry bridge is an absolute joke.  For Blackberry to come out with a tablet that doesn't have native email support is an embarrassment.  I'm pretty sure the new leapfrog explorer has more apps in it's catalog.  You can't even download Angry Birds lol.  I guess the developers of Angry Birds had realized that this piece of junk is not even going to be around long enough for them to finish porting over the game.  Lets look at rimms stock prices June 16, 2008 $144 now Dec 14, 2011 $14.80, need I say more?  Buy if you have nothing better to do with your $199.
4017460
When I get this game about 2 weeks ago, my computer had P4 3Gz HT, 1GB RAM, ATI 9800 Pro 128 MB AGP and a 19" LCD monitor. I barely ran this with this configuration under 800x600 resolution with minimum graphic setting. After playing for 2 days, I just can't stand for the low resolution so I decided to upgrade my graphic card to ATI X800 XT 256MB AGP. X800XT and XL are on sale now, you can get X800XL around (...)and X800XT All-in-wonder for $270(on Zipzoomfly.com until 12/4). If your computer has PCI-Express interface, don't hesitate to upgrade 7800 or X1800 ((...)). Technically, this game requires a 256MB graphic card to enable most of graphic features, so if you don't have 258MB graphic card, upgrade it before you buy this game.

Based on the new hardware configuration, I used the performance test to determine the graphic setting: 1024x768, maxima graphic setting, and software-shadow off. (Software-shadow will use a lot of resource so it is recommended to turn off). The test result is satisfactory (50% above 40 frames per second). The graphic didn't go smoothly on 1280x1024 so I decided to change it back to 1024x768.

Overall, the best thing about this game is about the visual effects when you are shooting something, you will enjoy the smoke, explosions, bloods, seeing bullets flying in SlowMo. The AI about this game is great. The enemies will try to flank you while you are hiding behind the wall, which is a lot of FUN.

The story-line itself is poor comparing to Half Life2. Half Life 2 is still so far best First Person Shooting game ever to me with good story line (it makes sense to me and you know what you are doing and why you are doing this.) and outstanding graphic.  In FEAR, all I do is shooting and killing the enemies. The little girl and ghosts are supposed to be scary but they are NOT AT ALL. I could only play this game for at most two hours a day because it bores me after killing again and again.
4090077
I paid $25 for this game - it was probably worth waiting for it to go on sale for $10.  It's not "bad" overall, but don't expect any high-flying challenging fun.  It's pretty much a "point the cursor at the screen and click over and over sort of game".  I had read a review that claimed "it was like hanging out in the monkey cage after the zoo is closed." - i disagree.  It'll be some fun with the kids, as a family competition sort of thing, but it regret spending as much as I did on it.
982984
The portal alone is worth a few dollars, with the 1/2 life it should be worth about 15-20 bucks on it's own.  However, the team fortress 2 add on is just useless.  It's pointless to play if you have halo or one of the cod's.  Thus, I'm only rating it decent based on value and the price.  Anything over 20 bucks would be ridiculous though.
4788865
This is a great shooting game. However, the one thing I do not like about it is that you cannot talk to people on the internet during a game. In order to talk, you need to buy the USB Headset which can cost $25-$40. If you have more than one online game, like SOCOMII or Champions of Norram: Realms of Everquest, than it is worth it to buy the USB Headset. If you own one of the other James Bond games, like Nightfire, then this game would be great for you. The multiplayer isn't great, but not bad either. It could use a little work and give you some more locations. Even though it costs $50, it was well worth my money. It will be well worth your money too. Send an email to blitzball18@yahoo.com with questions about James Bond or any other games or accessories.
4238075
Yes, it is true. All the rumours were true about how this would be the greatest FPS game there ever was!!! graphics are perfect, i haven't had one glitch or bug in my gameplay, plot is great, yes true, it seems to be like Half-Life, but it is the sequel to it(duh), overall you'd think it would be THE perfect game!!!

but guess what?

it sure isn't!!!

but it has absolutely NOTHING to do with the gameplay! it's about BEFORE you play the game, you know, loading the game entirely? you have to sign on-line, not only to first install the game, but for each and EVERY time you want to play the game, and yes, i AM, in fact, talking about SINGLE-PLAYER MODE!!!!! yes, we all understand the whole piracy problems that are going on, but honestly, give us a break Valve!!! first off you had us wait an extra year and a half(at the minimum!) before the game ever became released, and yes, hackers did destroy the game while in the making, but come on!!! do we, even the most trustworthy gamers, need to prove EVERY time that we do, in fact, OWN the game??? here's your kudos...that's why i gave this game an overall score of two stars, and i only put in two stars because the game is perfect.
2745190
OK, I don't think this game merits spending even twenty on, but with its current wide availability for less than ten bucks shipped from a number of Marketplace sellers it's definitely worth a look. There are some nice variations (vertical scrolling, challenges, studio) for RB and GH veterans, and, although all songs are covers, after two hours of play I've discovered three songs unavailable elsewhere that alone may justify the price of admission:

Spirit Of Radio
White Room
Magic Man

I expect to find some others exclusive to this game also. A couple further notes: Calibrate your instruments! My system had massive lag with this game, whereas I play GH and RB with zero lag. Also, I don't believe you can do tour mode with bass only, which is a bit of a bummer for us bass fans. Oh yeah, sound fidelity is pretty awful. But still overall a good value or less than ten bucks. Charting is good, albeit easier than GH or even RB.
3581465
I purchased this as a toysrus exclusive for only 19.99. Buyer beware of the prices here on amazon. They are merely banking on your not knowing the standard price.  As far as the product itself goes, it is a funny replica of a sawed off double barreled shotgun. The not so good thing is that I broke the gun in under ten minutes of gentle use. The cock, lock, and load procedure will get you tagged because of the lengthy time it takes to reload and set. A visual masterpiece, but impractical in use. It doesn't shoot as far as the Maverick or other models, either.
4771110
Love Gamewright games. We just got this one today, and with only one gameplay, l know that we'll pull this one out regularly. I believe they've discontinued Ricochet. $20 is too much to pay. I got mine for $7
4419935
Interesting, that is, as it's dated some 2 weeks before the title is available.  Sorta makes one doubt its accuracy.  Scrabble 1 and 2 have been available for quite a while now (and are [inexpensive] now too); hopefully Scrabble 3 will be an improvement but seeing as I've seen no info whatsoever from Inforgrammes or elsewhere about what differences it has, I'm not holding my breath.  (The one star is only because there has been no info about Scrabble version 3.  Version 2 is certainly fun.
4360690
I purchased this game for my wife thinking , hey not bad for 30 bucks.....wrong!!!! In order to play this game you need to buy a 70 dollar uDraw gametablet just to "draw" on the game. Amazon really needs to make sure ppl are totally well aware that a uDraw is required.....3 stars for incompetency of the advertising.
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I had a real interest in this card, yet I cannot wholeheartedly recommend it. The attached picture is of the price of the card just 2 days before the coming cyber monday sale. As you can see, they raised the price just before cyber monday in order to make their marked off price look bigger than it actually is. This is actually my second time stating this, my first review was taken down just minutes after it was posted. Quite obviously they're a shady seller, and this time I came back with pictures of their practices.

The card itself is not worth the money compared to the gtx 700 series right now. In all reality you'll get maybe 10-15 more frames than your average gtx 700, and for a much, much higher price tag.

EDIT: Once again content from my review was cut and removed. If there is no picture attached to this review then they have removed it once again. It really goes to show what kind of people you're dealing with.