World’s Coolest Games

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We are going to present a list with the top world's coolest games so that people will know what new or old game should they buy to have a very entertaining gaming experience.
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Civilization by Sid Meier and Mircroprose which is one of the best addictive and coolest games invented having a sustained level of game play satisfaction and rich composure. Being augmented from the quintessential research and from the developing model also blends exploration with conquests and economics and also diplomacy. You will become excited more and more as you discover the gun powder or erect the Pyramids or even colonize spacecraft to the Alpha Centauri. What is very exciting about his game is the fact that when you think that you have it all out of control and that all is in your favor , you discover new technologies that you may not posses or new lands that have to be conquered and you keep telling yourself 'just one hour more'. But we all know that never is the case.

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The Red Baron from Sierra brought in 1990 has all the realistic features turned on. The rotary aircraft , machine guns everywhere, everything is just like it supposed to be. With the astonishing campaigns and the interesting missions tossed in together it is very unlikely that you will find a better experience for flying. It is selling on the market in spite of the old graphics for VGA. If you want the more modern option you could choose to buy the Red Baron II. For a flight fan, this is the best experience.

In 1993 appeared the best action game of all times, DOOM. It was an explosion on the market changing the PC into a very fast gaming machine although DOOM was not 3D.
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When you think of the fact that Sim City from Maxis almost never got published on the grounds that the game will not satisfy the needs of the users it almost makes you laugh. You can build you city from scratch, continue the next day to ruin it or just discover all the new things and features that this game has to offer. You will evaluate your performances as you enjoy the game. Now, what would you like more from a game?

Interplay launched in 1991 Wasteland, an impressive story that is set in the post nuclear world with technology that disintegrates and a society full of mutant organisms that became dysfunctional. This was the first game that was every played with a party of members that were like real people and which replaced the old cabinets of inventory that had names and automatic skills from the start. If you ask to a party member to give you some ammo or to split the cash you will be surprised as you may get the 'Hell-No!' answer.
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The first, coolest game that offered a realistic flying experience was the Falcon 3.0 introducing the first flight sim campaign. It is one of the top five games of the time that supported the feature of multi players and a testament to its design and quality is the fact that many people purchase it even today, so we recommended it too.
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Psygnosis brought to you Lemmings, which is a diabolical puzzle game that starts with many simple challenges and works you firmly towards conundrums that will require your mouse to do split second timing. At its first release the version fro the PC had a very poor imitation of the Amiga predecessor but the 95 Windows updates included the Lemmings Paintball.
Zork that appeared in 1981 starts with a latter in the mailbox outside a white house and you start a magical journey from here into the the wonderful land of Frobozz. It has cute descriptive prose, combined challenges with puzzles with a bit of humor to make a rich and astonishing universe that will exist in your head not only in the SVGA graphics. All the users will spend all their time glued to the monitor trying to own the universe and protect it from dark Zork Nemesis. Beware, it's a very addictive and cool game.
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In 1988 Tetris appears on the market and we think that this was the last attempt of the Soviet Union to destroy America and the productivity from its market and it would have succeeded if personal computers would have been more common back then. It would become an obsessive game the simple task of matching falling blocks, that bad ,that users would even dream about it.

One of the best war games was Panzer General from SSI that appeared in 1994 and most of the gamers wanted to be Lee or Patton or even Rommel just for one day and this game was made with this exact purpose, giving the user exciting and touch scenarios and campaigns. But do keep in mind that this is a hard game and a very realistic one, so not anyone should play it. It kind of lack of historical facts but in makes up on the variety of the challenges. This game made war games to be more fun and very good on the market.

The haunting tale from the insightful Ann Rice of games, Jane Jensen mixes the supernatural element with the psychological one having a very good game adventure interface and equipped with motion video, Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within is one of those addictive games that will scare you and make you stay up nights in a row.

Sid Meier made another addictive and cool game named 'Pirates!' in 1987, by Micropose. This is the better version of Amiga, with role playing and very smooth and combat ship control and the fastest sword playing that was ever on the market in those days.

If you are on the market for a good game and do not know what to buy do remember that one of the oldest games are the funniest and the most addictive. Enjoy!

How To Be The Coolest Goth

how-to-be-the-coolest-goth-sOne of the most thriving and legendary subcultures is the Goth one, which has followers all around the world. If you are interested in this culture and want to be part of it then you should read this article, I can assure you that it will help you in the future.You would want firstly to do your research just to better understand its past and listen to gothic music. The most elderly persons in the group will surely appreciate the fact that a person took time to search the roots of the culture and its meanings. The majority of the Goths listen to a variety of musical sub genders known as Goth Music: Bat cave era, Post-Punk bands, Death rock, Second Wave Gothic Rock, Dark wave and Ethereal. There are many Goths as well that will listen to industrial music but that is a whole new separate music gender.



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A very good place to start in this research is the internet but don't forget that if you really do not like it and enjoy other types of music you should listen to them. It is not an enforcement of all the features of the culture. You may like just the music and not the clothes, or viceversa but either way around you do not have to be forced into liking something just because it would be cool. In my opinion, how to be the coolest Goth regards freedom of choice on any grounds.


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In this culture, the clothes do matter because fashion style is a very big part of a Goth's life. You may want to let other Gothic followers that you like the style and embrace it but remember that if you do not want to dress up all the time it is not that bad. You should do a little research on this topic as well and you shall find a lot of sites and do keep in mind that dressing Goth is not all about dressing in black. There are many styles of fashion to the Goth subculture but the main ones are the Victorian Romantic Goth style and the Bat cave Death rock 80s style.


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A more popular style that made its place into the Goth fashion culture is the Gothic Lolita. You do not want to use a face paint costume mix of you want a white complexion but a mix of a lighter foundation with the regular foundation that will match your true skin color, because it will look awful. The white skin feature is not a must because you can rock this style any color of skin that you mat have. Try to make your own look and do not copy others, make it personal and unique combining elements that you may see in different image styles. If one day your all miss sunshine and the next day you will be the great Goth queen, people may think that you are doing this only fro the trend and that you are not genuine so a good advice is to ease into such a new look.


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You may find a lot of articles on the how to dress Goth or how to be the coolest Goth but remember as long as you don't feel comfortable in what you are doing or wearing means that you are doing it only for the trend and that this culture is not for you. You do not have to force yourself into linking something. If you are interested it will be easy to learn facts about the history of the Goth culture and if you do not know something you should not feel embarrassed because no one knows them all. There are many suggested authors for the literature part like Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, Mary Shelley, Lord Byron, William Faulkner, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Anne Rice, Christopher Marlowe, Ellen Schreiber, Storm Constantine, The Bronte Sisters and Melissa Marr.


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You do not have to limit yourself to these authors because there are many wonderful books out there. These are merely the top authors for the Goth subculture and be sure that the coolest Goth has a collection of them back home. Another style, that suite this culture, is the sci-fi or the fantasy literature, and one of my personal favorites. But do keep in mind the fact that of you do read these books and do not like them it would not make you Goth. This is a feeling, a style and a nature.


The attitude is another main feature to this culture and remember that there are many judgmental people out there. Try to be polite and considerate towards other people and of you think that violence or being depressed will make you a cool Goth then think again. Try to accept the differences that may appear between you and others and be very accepting. If you do your research right you will find out that many artists, musicians, writers are Goths because individuality and creativity are a very big part of this culture.


If you do like the music then try a club but be prepared to have different experiences like in the normal clubs. These places are where Goth followers come and share their emotions and opinions about many subjects like the modern society for example. Many topics are considered taboo so do not be ashamed or think that they are inappropriate, just try to think freely and nonjudgmental and if you still do not have a great time, it's ok. It just means that this scene is not for you. You may want to try the magazines that you can buy and read in the comfort if your home. Morbid Outlook, Asleep by Dawn. Drop Dead, or Gothic Beauty are the main themed magazines that you will find on news stands or can subscribe online.


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Remember that the main thing that we are trying to stress out in this article is the fact that if your interest is genuine these things will come natural. You will become the coolest Goth and be into Goth music, because there are many good bands out there, or get confident in your style and the new way you like to dress, live and think. You will meet many people which will be Goth if you are opened up and you will do what you believe in not be forced by the pressures of the group or the culture.


Although many people consider a Goth instantly a freak it has been shown that the majorities of the followers are very respectful towards others and really does not care about what other judgmental people think, because this is a narrow and limited way of thinking. This style also encourages academically performances, Goths liking very much to read and many of the important figures in the world were Goths. This culture is not about being cooler, or being a rebel that will curse excessively. It's a way of life and thinking that is very liberating and I really hope that people in the future will embrace at least the way of thinking, this changing a lot in the world.


Cool Summer Recipes

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When summer comes nobody is in the mood to cook or to stay in the kitchen for hours just to get a decent mail. You get to the point that you want to throw away all your utensils and go out and eat. But there is no need for that or to spend tons of money when going out because we have decided to share with you some cool summer recipes that will make you stay fit and enjoy your summer and make you fall in love with cooking again.
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For the Barbecue section we have for you a very delicious treat that will leave you wanting more: The Argentinean Grilled Flank Steak. For this recipe you will need the following ingredients: 2 jalapenos, roughly chopped; ¼ cup distilled white vinegar; 4 bay leaves; 4 cloves of garlic; ½ cup of freshly chopped cilantro; ½ cup of freshly chopped Italian parsley; salt and pepper; 1/3 cup of extra virgin olive oil and 1 or 1 and ½ pound flank steak. Before you start preparing the meat remember to preheat the broiler or grill to high.

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Combine the vinegar, jalapeno, bay leaves and garlic into a blender until you get a smooth paste. Put it into a bowl and the throw in the herbs and then blend it with olive oil and salt and pepper. You stir well all this mix together and then you take the stake and season it with the mix you just got. If you want to be a professional you could leave it in this paste in the fridge 24 h so that all the smells and condiments will get into the steak. After that you grill it depending on how you want it, for medium rare you should leave it on for 5 minutes each side depending of course on the power of your grill. Then slice the steak and you could serve it with chimichurri sauce. Enjoy!

If you prefer beef we have a cool summer recipe for you too. It's called Steak and Tomato Basil Pasta . You should go out and buy for this one the following ingredients: 1 pound uncooked penne or mostaccioli pasta; 6 beef tenderloin steaks or 3 boneless beef top loin steaks cut 1 inches thick; ¼ cup of freshly grated Romano or Parmesan cheese; 1/3 cup of thinly sliced fresh basil or two teaspoons dried basil leaves; 1/8 teaspoon pepper; ¼ teaspoon salt; 1 cup of chopped onion; 1 table spoon olive oil; 6 cups of chopped plum tomatoes (3 ¾ pounds); 3 large cloves of garlic, crushed; ¾ teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon granulated sugar. First you should take the pasta and cook it according to the directions that are on the box and after that put them into a closed bowl so that they will be kept warm.
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During that, into a Dutch oven or a large saucepan heat some extra virgin oil to the medium heat level adding the garlic and the onions until they get all tender. You should now take all your sauce remaining ingredients, stir them into the pan and bring them to the boiling point. When it reached it you should get the heat at the lower level and leave it like this for about 10 minutes or so, occasionally stirring. On a medium grind you should place the beefsteaks with ash covered coals. You should leave them on, depending on the capacity of your grill, for about 13-15 minutes on each side to get the medium rare effect. Season them with salt and pepper before you put them into the grill so that they would have an interesting aroma when you get them out of there. After this, depending on the preferences, you could trim the fat off form the steaks. Combine the tomato sauce with cheese, basil and the pasta, tossing them to coat and when, you serve the steak you will serve it with pasta. Bon appetite!

One of our favorite salads is the Caesar Salad, because it is very easy and yummy to make. Today we will teach you how to do it and you will be amazed of how fast you will be done. You will need the next ingredients: garlic croutons, 1 small head of Romaine lettuce that you will torn into small bits, 1 tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce, 3 large cloves of garlic, ¼ cup of olive oil, 1 tablespoon of lemon juice, 1 egg yolk, ¼ cup of parmesan cheese and 2 filets of anchovies.
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You pun into the blender all the ingredients except for the croutons and the lettuce and you will blend them until they get to an even consistency. In a large salad bowl you will combine the croutons and the lettuce, adding bits of bacon if you prefer. Add now the dressing and mix them well all together and add as well salt and pepper to give it the proper personal touch. Ta-da! C'est fini! Wasn't that easy?!

For all you 'fishy' persons out there, you brought a special cool summer recipe: The Macadamia Nut Crusted Mahi Mahi. It's a delight and you will clean every finger after eating this dish. To prepare this, you will need to purchase the following ingredients: ½ cup panko - Japanese bread crumbs; 5 ounces (1 ¼ cups ) coarsely ground, roasted macadamia nuts; 2 tablespoons flour; vegetable oil for the brushing foil; ¼ cup melted butter; 2 tablespoons coconut milk and kosher pepper and salt.
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You should start by preheating the oven up to 42.5 degrees F (220 C degrees). Stir all together the nuts, butter and flower in a medium bowl and then set them aside. On a baking sheet you should place a piece of aluminum foil and brush it with vegetable oil. Place now the mahi mahi on the foil and season them with pepper and salt on both sides, and bake them for 6-7 minutes. After this, you should remove them from the oven and with the coconut milk, brush every fillet and divide the first nuts, butter and flower mixture that you made between the tops of the fillets, trying to get it to adhere. Put them back in the oven to bake for 5-10 minutes or until you see a golden crust on the fillets. Remove them from the oven and after 10 minutes of cooling it will be ready to serve. Enjoy!

Coolest Car In The World

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When you talk about the coolest car in the world you must take many things into consideration. The first one is: are you talking about technological devices that the car has? You are ranking it for its speed or are you ranking it for the looks? We have chose two cool cars to present which are in our opinion one of the coolest cars in world, but there are different because they came from different time tables.




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From the 50s, the all time best car in the world is considered to be the Pontiac Firebird, which is a very nice car and sleek looking. It was built by Pontiac division from General Motors between the years 1967 and 2002. This model was brought to the market in the same year as the Chevrolet Camaro and the Mercury Cougar. It is powered by V8 engines from different General Motors divisions and although they have revived other cars as well, we won't hear about the new model of Pontiac because of its discontinuation.




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This car has the main feature of a coke bottle and had its bumpers right into the designs of the front end and the rear that was inspired from the Pontiac GTO. Pontiac wanted at first to produce a two seat sports car from its own design based on the first original concept car, Banshee and General Motors feared that such a car will give a hard competition to Chevrolet Corvette so they decided to give the Pontiac a piece of the pony car out on the market and have a shared F body platform with its cousin, the Corvette. Because of this disappointing decision Pontiac wanted to remake the model with its own design and engineering.



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The first model, the Firebird was produced with OHC inline 6 and one single barrel to the carburetor. The next model to come was equipped the four barrel carburetor. The style difference from the '67 model to the '68 one was the new addition that they made, the federally mandate side marker lights. Because of many engineering problems their apparition on the market was delayed until 1970 and Pontiac produced the Firebird until the late 70s.

The difference between the Camaro and the Firebird was the fact that the latter had four round headlamps as the Camaro had two. Same family, better lighting. As a light summary to the engine from the first Pontiac model we give you 1967: OHC 6 & Sprint, 326 CID V8 H.O., 400 CID, 326 CID V8, and 400 CID Ram Air. That was for all the specialists out there. All in all, the first model of the Firebird was a very cool car to have and for sure if you have one know you would turn heads. For many people out there it still remains one of the top cars ever made and I for sure would be as lucky to have one.



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From the modern era we have selected the new Spanish super car 2010 GTA Spano and was already selected to be in the top fastest cars in the world. Being a beginner in production cars, GTA brought the model to the highest performances in the world. This was the dream. To launch one of the fastest and coolest cars in the world. The result was Spano, who for certain will impress you with its hard exterior design or with its interior engine that will purr like a kitty at the press of a button. From where you look at it you will observe that it looks great although it has been said that it got its looks from many other super power cars like for instance Saleen S7 or the new and modern Lamborghini.



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You will be reminded also by the Mustang designs by the rear end that will have louvered flank and a windshield incorporated. From the very famous Bugatti we got to see the C to A pillar section, that if you look at it quite closely you shall find it to be rounded bubble shaped. From the Gallardo, this fine piece of vehicle has stolen the very sharp creased front, that many people may mistake it if its color would be red as a raging bull. Nevertheless all these features brought together shaped a very astonishing car that will take your breath away and it is not for the everyday driver. You must acknowledge the fact that some cars are made for some type of people.



You cannot expect that people that do not like high speed and impressive experiences with cars are going to be fans to this car. It has been also criticized the fact that it is not a safe car because its speed but I do want to state that only professional drivers should drive it, because of its nervous temper. GTA took the Viper V10 and put it together into the new GTA Spano that has an astonishing 840 horsepower when you fuel it up with E90 bio ethanol race fuel. This is plenty of power especially taking into consideration the fact that it has very little weight, the manufacturers wanting it to be the new feather weight super car.


The is car will bring you up to 0-62 km into 2.9 seconds all the way up to the speed of 217 mph, presumably for safety reasons this limit was made. For being the worlds newest model and the fastest car, Spano will have its debut in Europe with a very limited production that will run only 99 units on the market for a very expensive price. This car for sure will become a collector's item. These are our top picks for the coolest car ever.


Coolest Websites

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We have evaluated hundreds of candidates to find the top choices for the coolest websites, many suggested by the readers, other by our friends, all discovered by the endless surfing of the Internet. The main issue was the dynamic offered by the site, which has to be based on information and entertainment at the same time. If you think we have missed some, we will gladly accept your 'criticism' because everybody enjoys a new site.
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On the entertainment section we have thought considerably because you must take into consideration that there are thousands of sites all around the internet based on this. You have a variety from classical music or rock to very famous photography or collage humor or the famous favorite video logs. We picked out Drawn, Sundance Splinks, Jumpcut, Wolfgang's Vault, Podcast Pickle, Photo Muse, The 9, Pandora and YouTube.

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Drawn is a collaborative blog made up for anybody that likes to draw and it was produced for sharing any form or kind of art works or resources. Do no worry if you are not an aspiring Pekar because you will enjoy all the work that is illustrated there with very warm and fun people.

The SunDance festival made up a list of very artsy sites that are very funky like and lets you create your own list of favorites because there are different styles involved here.

A project made by the International Center of Photo in New York City and from Rochester the George Eastman House that will remain sadly a work in progress is Photo Muse. It has a very good start, its goal being to get to 200, 000 images in their data base. You can even search them by photographer. It's a very cool site and you should check it out if you are feeling artsy.

On JumpCut you can edit and upload your very interesting videos that you have captured and share it with all you friends without meddling with all the pesky CD burning or other devices used just to get your video on the computer. Of course users are strongly suggested that they are not allowed to upload files with pornographic content because otherwise they will have their account banned and the video erased form the database.
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To stream live recordings from all your favorite rock bands from the 60s or the 70s: Elvis Costello, Janis Joplin, Aretha Franklin, Bob Marley, Jefferson Airplane, The Doors and many others you may use Wolfgang's Vault. This Radio also sells vintage photographs and posters all for the fans that are dying to have something real from their favorite artists.

The Podcast Pickle is a site that has very good quality of podcasts. Last time that I checked the directory had 150000 of casts. Automatically the site will download any new feeds as they are posted by any type of source. Sportpodcast.com and Churchpodcast.com were recently launched and they are already a hit.

The most popular site to share your videos is by far, YouTube. Many times the video quality is not that good and we keep getting in to watch stupid videos, but somehow you just can't stop to surf on it.

The 9 is a video blog that you can access in any week day morning and you will find the latest biggest and greatest stuff that can be found online. Blog posts, news stories, online discussions, movie trailers, video clips or quick accessing web sites with the song of the day or the photograph of the hour. This is a very interesting site and it is worth it to go online and search for it.
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On Pandora you shall find an endless archive with a streaming radio station. You should just type in the name of your favorite band that you would rather listen and browse through all the songs that Pandora has to offer you. They are organized by albums and time table and also by their importance, because you won't find a bad band on it.

The place to go and to create your very own blog is for sure Blogger, tools being easily used and very ok to handle with. No you can write your stories online and let your friends check them out and rate them. All the movie trailers that you want to see you can find on Apple Movie Trailers and this site for sure will make you to switch to the broadband connection. On Craigslists you can find hundreds of classified ads but they are fit just for 300 in the U.S. You will not find that much across the globe because they are just now expanding.

If you want the latest news then you should check with Drudge Report that only last year got 3.6 billion visits. Ebay is the online powerhouse of auctions, allowing users to sell and buy products from each other and interact at a business level. 'I bought it on Ebay' is a very known phrase already. For all you sports fans the best site for all around sports, with all the sports videos, sports news, sports data galore and sports columns is ESPN. It had only last year 5 million viewers and it keeps growing, becoming a very powerful site.

You may have a public display of all your favorite and personal photographs because Flickr is here. You can make your blog there as well, being more interactive this way with all the images that you are going to include in your posting.

Google is one of the most important and powerful search engines on the Web, having all sorts of free applications like Picasa, Calendar or its on mail, Gmail. If you want to search academic papers you could use Google Scholar or if you want financial aid you could visit Google Finance. If you are looking for something and can't find it, 'google it'.
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Another interesting site is HowStuffWorks, having easy explanations about many things that work to hybrid cars to a human kidney. If you want to know it all but you are tired of all the books and charters or pompous explanations, then this is the site for you.

These are our top picks for the coolest websites.
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