12. February 2008 by Costas Taliadoros.

Current Status

Job: At. Madrid manager
Age: 31
Nationality: Cypriot
Favourite Club: Arsenal

At. Madrid 2008/09 (until January 2009): Primera Division: 3rd, Spanish Cup: Quarter finals - playing Valencia, UEFA Cup: First Knock out round - playing Udinese

At. Madrid 2007/8: Primera Division: 6th, Spanish Cup Finalist, UEFA Cup semi final

Fiercest rival: Real Madrid
Other Rivals: Seville, Barcelona

Dislikes: El Rey Kokanza (R. Madrid manager)

Biggest Transfers:
In: D’Alessandro GBP 14million, Jean II Makoun GBP 13.5million, Fabricio Coloccini GBP 8.75million
Out: Maxi Rodriguez GBP 20million, Sergio Aguero GBP 25.5million, Jose Antonio Reyes GBP 26.5million

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8. February 2008 by Costas Taliadoros.

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6. February 2008 by Costas Taliadoros.

It seems that i have missed a very important PS3 title coming out this month. Sorry about that people.

22/2/2008

Unreal Tournament III

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6. February 2008 by Costas Taliadoros.

We are already on the 6th day of February and the release schedule is starting to get really busy.

Easily my personal favourite release is Patapon on the PSP. I have written in earlier posts about Patapon which can give you an idea of what the game is about. Here are the links in case you missed them.

Link 1
Link 2

Of the remaining games i list below I have only played the demos of The Club and DMC4. The Club really feels like a third person shooter based on Project Gotham Racing’s gameplay principles. It is an original idea but having to replay levels over and over again in order to get higher scores is not my cup of tea. For Bizarre Creations’ sake i hope it does relatively well in terms of sales as they are at least trying to do something new.

DMC4 on the other hand looks like a solid addition to the franchise but from what i have played of the game and from what i have been reading it’s not the next gen leap everyone was hoping for. That is one of the issues franchises have when the developers run out of ideas.

8/2/2008
The Club - (360 and PS3)
Devil May Cry 4 - (360 and PS3)
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords (Wii)

15/2/2008
Battalion Wars 2 - (Wii)
Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles (PSP)

22/2/2008
Patapon - (PSP)

Not bad for February right? Not bad at all.

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5. February 2008 by Costas Taliadoros.

It is not easy to find people to play board games anymore in our ever busy adult schedules. One of the problems that board games, like Risk have, is that they require a big investment of time on any single day which actually makes it almost impossible to be played on a weekday. That leaves weekends where football and going out (so i hear) take priority.

Hasbro, the maker of Risk, however is preparing to launch a new version called Risk: Black Ops. It will introduce a new resource based system on Capitals and Cities which will affect troop additions. But the version will also introduce an Objectives System and will be streamlined. The primary effect is that individual game sessions will be reduced to around 50 minutes making frequent sessions possible. Risk is adapting to us.

There is a post at Gamers with Jobs from Lara Crigger, who managed to have a go at the Risk: Black Ops version, and details her impressions. LINK

Also N’Gai Croal goes one step further to explain how the collaboration between EA and Hasbro can bring board games such as Risk: Black Ops to the XBLA and PSN. LINK

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