"the kill was fun and fast, even though all that blood took forever to clean up..."
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Dawn Cano is one hell of a short story writer, and that ladies and gentlemen is why you need to read this. "Cash Out," along with her other stories, are pleasantly disturbing and beautifully written. If you like anything close to horror, and also like your stories to have other elements other than just standing in the shadows with a bloody knife, you have it all right here.
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Out of all of the "Killing" books, this one was the best.
3326679
Great read!  I had to wipe the blood splatter off my face when I was done.
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Kingpin: Life of crime.  I had heard alot about this new game by Xatrix where you played as a thick necked overweight thug trying to make it to the top in a gritty dark world where gangs rule the streets. I had also heard  alot about the language and how obusive it was.  Well I got the game, and  thirty minutes later I was the one cussing like crazy because the game was  still installing ist sinful 570 MB.  When this little ordeal was over and  the game started, I had to sit and wait five more minutes for the game to  load the first episode, which seemed surprisingly small for such a long  loading time.  When it finally loaded, I was forced to watch a lame intro  movie with which the F word was gratuitously overused. The Enviroments are  highly detailed however and the gamelay is exceptionally good.  The AI is  superb.  Enemies run and duck and jump - even through windows to the  streets and alleys below if it means staying alive! You can meet other  local drunks and thugs, hire em for money and they'll follow you anywhere,  wasting those that get in your way.  You can command them to wait in a  place and regain health when they're severely injured. You can talk to  people however you want from "smack to cool." However as you get  farther and farther into the game it seems more and more rushed, and the  boss at the end of the game, the Kingpin and his woman is a very unreal  fight.  You can deal absolutly no damage to his b*tch and he himself is not  hard to kill. But overall the games only real weakness is loading, loading  and loading.  Other then that, its great.  Definately a buy if you got at  least a pentium 233.  Though the game did slow down even on a p-3 with 450  mghz, when there was alot of stuff going on on the screen.
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Was so much fun that I ended up in the ICU...had to get some anti-fun IV infusion. It was sick!
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The honor of my house was questioned one day by a spineless worm and the duel to the death was scheduled for 5 - 7 business days from that disgraceful encounter. I needed to arm myself immediately (taking into account time my weapon to ship) so I scoured amazon for a trusty weapon to annihilate my dishonorable foe. It arrived 2 days ahead of schedule so I took to a strict but condensed training routine. When the day for combat came it was a truly glorious fight worthy of preservation in the songs of the common folk for thousands of years to come. I ultimately dispatched my cretanous enemy, stripping his family of their nobility and banishing them forever into exile as traitors from the Klingon Empire. It was not until I pulled the blade out of of the dispatched combatant that I was able to truly admire its craftmanship. Truly a weapon befitting of a champion of honor and loyalty, a Klingon soldier; the edges glistened in the fading throes of evening sunlight and the fresh blood of the disgraced deceased. Forged with lethal intent, I eagerly anticipate the glory that awaits me with my trusty bat leth in my hands. Jem Heddar, Klingon, Romulan, Founders....or any other race that a dishonorable creature may belong to, my blade of justice will quickly dispatch of you one at a time or all at once IT DOES NOT MATTER. LONG LIVE THE EMPIRE.
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My buddy loves the GTA games, so when this game out he had to get. He didn't like it that much, so he bought it over to my house. At first I hated the game to, but after playing it some more I loved it. The controls seem bad the first you pick them, but like most games if you give them time there fine. The missions are not as good as GTA, but when it comes to just joy riding True Crime is much more fun. And as always the slow-mo dive rocks. If your sick of cops coming after you every time you hit some one, you'll have a hell of a time with this game. Give True Crime a chance and you well like it. Can you handle True Crime? Come on get up let me see your bruises.
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4.5 *
I received a copy from the publisher, Necro Publications. This does not affec my opinion in any way.

The author mentioned in his acknowledgements that Blood Savages is not meant to be groundbreaking or to plumb at some deeper truth, it is just supposed to be a lot of fun.and it was!

From the very first paragraph, the reader is thrust into a tension filled, nail-biting, fast-paced. action-packed plot that will have you on the edge of your seat, rooting for these unlikely heroes, as you cheer them on, fear for them and laugh out loud at the often hilarious dialogue and moments. I had to laugh out loud at what Danny thought an alpha vampire might keep in the trunkboy was he off the mark! Fun is here to be had in spades and the characters are well-formed and memorable. They are who they are meant to be.; they play their roles well and I loved them because of it. Theyre so real, they practically leap off the pages. This banged up crew is far from ordinary, for they have been chosen by the General because of their special abilities, and they're all that stand between the vamps, clueless cops and the rest of civilization.

The story is tightly woven with a more complex plot than is initially apparent. The author tempers the violence with emotional moments and the gory scenes are done tastefully and add to the overall storyline instead of being there purely for shock effect. or mindless fun, There is no lag in its momentum as it hurtles to a stunning conclusion with surprising revelations and intriguing layers on the way.

If this was meant to be just fun, I would love to see what the author comes up with if he sets out to plumb at some deeper truth! Needless to say, another winner from Necro Publications and the author, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I hope there are more adventures to come with this unlikely band of heroes.

With vivid descriptions, and a  fast-paced, action-packed and most importantly, fun, and compelling plot, Blood Savages is a must read for anyone who likes horror written tastefully.
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Even with some noticeable game bugs (floating cars anyone?), It's really hard not to like "The Saboteur".  This is probably the most fun I've had with a sand box game ever.  There's nothing quite as satisfying as spending a little time in Paris circa the 1940's making life completely miserable for the Nazis.  Even long after I had completed all of the main story missions and tackled the easier side missions-I still wanted to keep playing.  This really is a darn fun game.  Luckily, there are over 1000 "bonus" targets players can tackle during and after the main story, as well as "perks" you can work on as well.

One of the few downsides to the game for me was the combat.  I know it's not wholly necessary to spend a lot of time on combat, but this is one element that could have and should have been implemented better.  It's clunky at best.  Also, the ability to disguise yourself as a Nazi and sneak into Nazi strongholds is a good idea in theory, but about 90% of the time you get about three feet inside the perimeter, the jig is up for no apparent reason, the alarm is sounded and all bets are off.  After a while  when I finally discovered that being cautious just didn't pay, I would just run like hell-popping Nazi's off before they could kill me.  The sloppier I played, the faster I seemed to advance.  Go figure.  I think however that one mission in particular REQUIRES the Nazi disguise-as I could not complete it any other way.

Regardless of a few minor flaws, this game is not to be missed.  With it being bargain priced and a lot of bang for your buck, there's no reason not to pick this up.  I had a lot more fun with this than Call of Duty World at War.
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They killed my deer fast! kill shot and recovery video below

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If Blood and gore is your game, this is it [not an over kill, just so].
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Until now, I haven't played into the whole zombie and undead trend. It seemed boring and tacky. I finally decided to give in, and my first take at a zombie novel, and I couldn't be more pleased! There was the perfect amount of blood, gore, and just a bit of suspense to leave you captivated and guessing at what would happen next. The chapters flow together well, and it makes for a nice, quick read.
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There is plenty of blood and carnage but  oddly enough very little foul language and sex in this book. This fact made the book less boring.  Some books with TOO  much cursing makes you wonder what the author`s vocabulary would be like if we erased the "f word" and other such tasteless word choices from his/her vocabulary.
We do not have to discuss and / or mention sex because there were no instances of said activity.
I liked the book because it kept my interest.  There were a few awkward spots in the book but not awkward enough to distract me.
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Oh yeah, this definitely had a storyline, blood and great action.  I had a great time playing this game.  Then I increased the difficulty and am having a harder time winning, which makes the game more fun since it does not simply end after winnning the first time.  The stop-motion, slow-time action is quite revolutionary in games and was a needed game for the XBox, since many others games lacked this action so early in XBox's life.  This game is far better and much more fun than HALO, except here you do not get to drive a car around, but that is why we are given drivers license, not semio-automatic weaponry.
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This game was a lot of fun. You play as Garcia Hotspur and your a demon hunter with a side kick (your gun) Johnson. With that said, there is a lot of mature content in the game that leads to dick jokes and such. It gets overboard but in a good way in a time when games are taken too much the serious route. Your whole objective is trying to save your girl Paula will gets mutilated throughout the game as you try to save her.

The game has an interesting use like Alan Wake where you can't kill your enemies unless they are out of the darkness. You will use that same tactic but in the game your shooting a blast of light at the enemy and or at a goat's head that will bring lighten up a room. This has to be done throughout the game but as you do, you come across unique and different enemies. There are plenty of enemies that have their own strategy to defeat but in most cases (especially with bosses)they have an obvious weak spot. I would say my only frustration was when Paula is insane and chases you. It is a nice thing that keeps things fresh but she just needs to catch up with you, kiss you, and then your dead. There are different little moments but there is some great scenes and moments that really make the game standout as being creative and unique.

Before I step further into other details, the shooting mechanic can be a bit challenging. It feels a bit floaty which will unnerve some but my time, you get used to it. The weapons you use will become upgradable by having unique abilities and you can use gems to make them more powerful, faster reload speed, and or hold more ammo. You can also use gems to increase your health bar.

The game looks good but in its own style. I would compliment the music. It is very fitting and upbeat with some rock tunes that highlight your character's cheesy style. I would have to forewarn that there is a lot of cheesy lines in the game. It can be over the top but I think its done in a very entertaining way. As for a negative though, the game feels pretty short and can be beaten in 12 hours. I don't feel there is a lot of incentive to go back through a second time but if you want to get all trophies, they for some reason make you have to beat the game on every difficulty level to do so. You won't get the easy or normal trophy for beating it if you beat it on hard. Its a fun game though and its different than a lot of shooters. It has a lot of unique let gameplay moments that is fun to do. There is even side scrolling where you fly but they are not that great but it does help break things up for something different.
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"Gungrave" casts you as Brandon, a fairly ambiguous undead [killer] whose background is only partially revealed, and, being dead already, he is very hard to [eliminate]. Until you actually play the game, you have no idea just how tough this fellow can be! Bullets seem to bounce off of him, his health replenishes itself with the more carnage he causes, and on top of that he is armed with two heavy-duty pistols that never run out of ammo, and a coffin that also doubles as a rocket launcher. Oh, yeah, and he wants revenge against the Syndicate that used to employ him, and he means to get it without ever uttering a single word. Such is the premise for this anime action game which either bears an eerily coincidental resemblance to Monolith's "Blood" series or borrows from the games liberally. After all, you're an anti-hero resurrected from the grave dressed in semi-Western duds sporting heavy firepower, only in this case the game plays like a cross between "Max Payne" and "Time Crisis." It's good stuff, but good, at best, is all that can be said of it given some of the developers' very significant oversights.
The Pros:
 Excellent cel-shaded graphics bring you into a very creative and memorable world.
 Awesome cut-scenes, and an interesting, if sometimes muddled, storyline. This game is like playing a movie.
 The action is hot and heavy, and never relents.
 Your character really does feel unstoppable, and sometimes it gives you a twisted sense of pleasure to be taking on his in-game persona.
 Great soundtrack and sound effects.
The Cons:
 As I said, this game is like playing a movie - and it will probably take you as long to finish the game as it would to watch a movie. This game is inexcusably short-lived.
 The action is jaw-dropping at first, but prolonged periods with the game will eventually numb your taste for it, as it can get repetitive.
 Yes, it's a rush to feel as unstoppable as Brandon sometimes does, but he is so bloody tough that he is rarely imperiled (with the exception of some later boss battles). Looking for a challenge? Avoid this one.
This game is hard to recommend to everyone given its mechanics and brevity, but for those of you who want an arcade-style experience at home with a better story than most, this is for you. It's not deep, but it has style to spare, and I found it impossible not to enjoy it while it lasted. It just didn't last very long. If you can get it at a low price and you dig the concept, then go for it. Otherwise you might want to pass.
Final Grade: C+ (or 4 stars on a curve)
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I have fun when I play this game.  I also love the fact that I can play multiplayer with friends.  I don't know why people gave this game such a low rating.  This type of game seems like a time killer something to do to have a bit a fun where you don't have to invest a lot of time trying to finish.  I feel like 15 to 30 minutes and it was fun.  Unlike me playing COD or some other game where I have been playing for 2 hours...