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What Programs Make Up College Basketball's Mt. Rushmore
Now with the UCONN Huskies bringing home their fourth National Championship in 16 years I must ask the question: Are they among the MT. Rushmore of College Basketball? I am putting this together using the current college basketball landscape with a strong mix of history and success through the years.
Lets breakdown the list of the teams that are making our mountain.
There is an argument to be made either way for UCLA and the only reason I say that is because a majority of their National Championships came in the John Wooden Era (10 out of the 11 to be exact). The last banner that UCLA got to hang dates back to 1995 and the Jim Harrick days. But for me they make the mountain just because of the history. What Wooden did will never be repeated because of the modern era which is college basketball and college athletics. Kids coming out of High school have so many more options and with the NBA pulling guys away from college; the senior laden teams are more of a blip on the radar. But its good to look back at this history and admire what this program was able to accomplish.
Next I argue the case of Kentucky. This school is second all-time with 8 National Championships. I understand that half of these date back before the 60's; but this is a program that has found a way to continue their legacy into the millennium. Through several different head coaches over the past decade; Kentucky has continued its proud tradition of being a "blue blood" college basketball school. They make the mountain and continue to cement themselves into the bed rock.
Now it starts to get a little tougher as we narrow the list to the remaining two spots. Let's first take a look at the ones that are being considered:
North Carolina
I must take Indiana off the list for the simple fact that the Hoosiers have lacked National Championship talk in decades.
The last National Championship that the Hoosiers brought home was back in 1987.The years of Bobby Knight and the red sweater are foggy memories in the mind of many people. I understand they rank in a tie for third all-time with 5 banners but the fact remains that Indiana continues to be a "think back program". This could change in the future if and when the program continues to grow and improve.
I have to carve out the North Carolina "Tarheel" onto the mountain with the other two schools. This program is third all-time with 5 National Championships (57′,82′, 93′, 05′, 09′) and continues to be a program that last throughout the years. From Frank McGuire, Dean Smith to Roy Williams the level of success has remained a staple of bringing home National Championships. Its more then just numbers for this school; its how the program has done it. This goes to show you that a program can continue to be relevant throughout the years.
The last spot really has turned into a debate and I say this because of the current path set by UCONN. If this was just based on coaching then K would be up there without argument; but the spans in which the National Championships can be both an argument for and against the program.
In my opinion Duke has come up short a few times over the past 10-15 years. Connecticut on the other hand has set a pace with 4 National Championships in the past 16 years. For UCONN the era of basketball was greatly changed in 1986′ when they hired Jim Calhoun and he continued to grow the program through the 90's. Finally in 99′ the Huskies broke through by beating top ranked Duke and continued the success for banners in 04′, 11′, and 2014.
With all this being said and the pros and cons put out on the table I would have to say Duke gets my vote. The history and the continued success prove to be a mark in college basketball. But UCONN has proven to be a beast in the modern era of college basketball; no more should it surprise people to hear them in the National Championship talk. The mountain that is college basketball could and most likely will change as society and college athletics continue to change.
Congrats to UCONN Huskies on your 4th National Championship. If you are making a modern era only Mt. Rushmore or at the least the last 10 years, the UCONN Huskies would be #1 no debate about that!
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Photon, leading provider of Cloud-to-Consumer User Experiences today announced record financial results for CY2012. The company achieved a 65 percent year-over-year increase in sales growth during this period.
Highlights of 2012 also include the opening of the Photon Minneapolis office and additional hiring, bringing the total number of trained mobile engineers to over 1600. Total employee count is now 2200 reflecting a 70% year on year hiring growth. Photon now has offices in Netherlands, Silicon valley, New York, New Jersey, Chicago, Chennai, Minneapolis, Bangalore, and Jakarta.
Earlier this year, Photon announced the launch of its Microsoft Windows practice alongside its significant Apple iOS and Android practices. Photon scaled up its Windows practice to over 200 trained engineers and has already delivered highly rated apps to the Windows app gallery.
"This has been another strong year in Photon's evolution, with acquisition of many new Fortune 100 customers and strong revenue growth," said Srinivas Balasubramanian, CEO for Photon. "Our performance for 2012 demonstrates the underlying strength of our business and our growth validates the differentiated position of C2C-UX in the market."
Cloud-to-Consumer User Experiences is a unique service offering that combines the design skills of a creative agency with the Cloud IT delivery capability of a global service provider. Photon leverages the skills of 72 Pixels, its award-winning in-house creative agency, with a strong global technological delivery capabilities to build exciting and engaging C2C UX for our customers' customers. With Photon's one stop shop approach, organizations are able to avoid finger pointing between IT/Marketing/multiple vendors and create compelling experiences for their consumers. Photon's understanding of marketing and advertising as well as cloud based IT and new age technologies makes Photon a unique leader in the Post-PC era.
"Leading global brands are recognizing the unique combination of the IT capability and creative skills of Photon and we are betting on huge customer wins in 2013. With over 1600 trained mobile engineers, Photon holds strong expertise in leading technologies and frameworks, and creates more than 60 million digital touch points on a daily basis through its cloud to consumer user experiences," said Mukund Balasubramanian, CTO of Photon Infotech.
Photon's customers include some of the largest healthcare retailers, largest retail banks, the largest electronics retailers and the largest specialty retailers in the country, with Photon being Innovation Partners for most of them.
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Photon is the largest provider of C2C-UX in market share with over 25% of the Fortune 100 served, largest in dedicated mobile engineers with over 1600 across US, India and Indonesia, and largest in consumer touchpoints with over 60 million. Photon is growing aggressively with sales growth (from March 2009 to today) of 65% year over year and a Customer Base exceeding 700 customers.
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From the left and right, secular and pious, Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood is facing harsh criticism for revoking its pledge to offer no candidate in presidential elections next month.

The turnaround comes as relations between the Brotherhood and Egypt's ruling military leaders have soured publicly and a range of political groups, led by liberals and secularists, have withdrawn from the Islamist-dominated committee charged with writing a new constitution.

At the same time, the Brotherhood is confronted with a strong challenge by the popular Salafist -- or ultra-fundamentalist -- candidate for president, Hazem Abu Ismail. His massive postering campaign became the subject of mockery among his detractors in the social media (@randatawil Tweeted : "Now when you want to describe an address to someone, you better say, keep going in the street with Abu-Ismail posters, then you will find a crossroad. Leave the first poster and the second poster and with the third one, turn to the left."), but his candidacy is no joke.

The leadership council of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's leading Islamist group, was divided on making deputy chairman and chief financier Khairat ash-Shater its official candidate for the presidency, breaking a promise the leaders made just before former President Hosni Mubarak was ousted early last year. The vote was 56 to 52. Wrote the Palestinian-owned, London-based Al Quds al-Arabi in an editorial:

It is inappropriate for a candidate in the Egyptian presidential elections to win by half the votes of his own party. In other words, he does not enjoy a vast majority inside this party, which makes it more difficult for him to convince voters from outside the party circle.

The newspaper added that by throwing aside its potential role as a kingmaker that remains above the fray, the Brotherhood has squandered a great opportunity to achieve some stability for Egypt. Echoing a widely expressed view among commentators critical of Shater's candidacy, the editorial concluded:

It is not logical for the president of the republic, the prime minister, the parliament speaker and the head of the committee drafting the constitution to all be from the Muslim Brotherhood. This is the epitome of dictatorship, even if it came via the ballot boxes.

Of course, the Brotherhood knew it would be widely criticized if it broke its pledge and understands it will face serious internal and external problems if it wins the presidency, wrote columnist Imad Eddin Hussein in the Egyptian Shourouk News. Shater will likely have to spend his term clashing with the Americans as well as some Gulf States worried about the rise of the Brotherhood in the region, "negotiating with the protesters from all sectors and removing the posters for Sheikh Hazem from the street," he quipped. "So what would push the Brotherhood to engage in this venture?"

Hussein surmised that the group's leaders figured any non-Brotherhood president would end up clashing with them sooner or later. The 47 percent of parliamentary seats the Brotherhood currently holds, or the future government it may or may not be able to appoint, "will be useless if the non-MB president of the republic retains numerous prerogatives through the constitution." All of which left the Brotherhood with only one choice: Go for the top post now before it's too late.

Another seemingly more popular explanation, however, was that the Brotherhood simply struck a deal with the transitional military government and the acrimony of the past weeks between the two sides was just political theatre designed to cover up a mutually beneficial arrangement for the two most powerful forces in the country.

In the Saudi-based Al-Watan, a daily supportive of that country's monarchical system based on Islamic law, columnist Issa Sawadi wrote that the Brotherhood's arguments that it had decided to run a candidate because of the military's attempts to thwart the revolution "did not dupe anyone." The question now, he concluded, is whether Egypt will become a state like Iran, in which clerics rule. "If Shater were to win the presidential elections, who will govern Egypt, him or the group's Guide," a reference to the Brotherhood's spiritual leader, currently Dr. Mohamed Badi?

Columnist Mshari al-Zaydi, also writing in a Saudi-owned daily, Asharq al-Awsat, compared the Brotherhood to another of Saudi Arabia's bitter opponents: Hezbollah. Pointing to a speech by Dr. Badi just after the candidacy announcement, where he claimed the Brotherhood "was not seeking positions," Zaydi wrote, "This kind of discourse is reminiscent of that of Hezbollah of Lebanon. It has always said that it was neither interested in power nor politics and that its sole aim was to mount resistance." However, in the end, Hezbollah, like the Brotherhood, "proved that it was indeed not interested in 'limited' positions, but rather in consuming power as a whole."

An entirely different point of view was offered by columnist Hisham al-Sabahi, writing for the Egyptian news website Elgornal. For Sabahi, the intense, negative reactions to the Brotherhood's recent maneuvers were overblown. Sabahi, an Egyptian, said that in parliamentary elections last year he had voted for the Brotherhood candidate, Yosri Hani, in his district and had fought for the Brotherhood to gain its freedom of association.

Now, when it comes to the presidency, "I want them to give it a try, to test their strength and to see whether or not the people are still with them. I can assure you, for example, that I will not elect Yosri Hani next time just because he is from the Muslim Brotherhood."

Having finally gained a measure of real freedom, Sabahi concluded, Egyptians are not going to be simply herded into blindly supporting anyone next month.

Given that, for the parties that resent the Brotherhood's entrance into the presidential race, a better strategy than complaining might be to get busy convincing voters they offer a better vision for Egypt's future.

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April 23, 2014
Mardi Gras: New Orleans Jazz
This jubilant, toe-tapping tribute takes you to the city where jazz was born—New Orleans—when it's at its most vibrant and colourful: Mardi Gras!
Come for: Byron Stripling's blazing horn and winning personality take centre stage for a spicy gumbo of classic jazz favourites.
And more: Party time!
Pops concerts add an orchestral flair to popular tunes from screen, stage, and more. Prepare for dazzling show-stopping artistry at each performance!
For tickets or details: www.roythomsonhall.com
Venue: Roy Thomson Hall — 60 Simcoe Street
Toronto Blue Jays vs. Baltimore Orioles
The best in Major League Baseball!!!
Game times: April 22 @ 7:07pm; April 23 @ 7:07pm; and April 24 @ 7:07pm.
For tickets: www.bluejays.com
Venue: Rogers Centre — 1 Blue Jays Way
Mary Pratt
Mary Pratt has become one of Canada's most distinguished artists, celebrated for her work with familiar subject matter and domestic still lifes. The deceptively simple bliss of these scenes reveals a sophisticated approach to everyday life. Her works are skillfully executed and present nuances of tone, brushstroke, angle and choice of subject that leave viewers of Pratt's images with a sense of wonder and occasional unease. These substantial artworks have multi-layered meanings for the artist, and for the viewers who encounter the range, subtlety and power of this remarkable painter. At once highly contemporary and deeply rooted in the traditions of art history, Pratt's work reveals the breadth of emotion, skill and maturity that she brings to her practice.
The exhibition Mary Pratt is not a retrospective in the customary sense of the word. Concentrating on Pratt's oils and mixed media paintings, the exhibition juxtaposes more than sixty works from different times in Pratt's career. It mirrors the manner in which she approaches her subject—as an interwoven conversation of themes. Despite describing herself as "consistently inconsistent," Pratt has enduring preoccupations. Her time is not dictated by clocks but rather numbered by daily rituals and the act of making ready. Pratt dwells on her surroundings, allowing a sideways autobiography through the objects and individuals that encompass her.
Touring nationally, the exhibition allows visitors across the country to view widely recognized as well as rarely seen works from the past five decades, gathered from private and public collections. It showcases Pratt's "tougher" paintings (to use her own description of them) alongside allusive works, all embodying the intensity and compassion with which she views her world.
For more details: www.mcmichael.com/marypratt/
Location: McMichael Canadian Art Collection — 10365 Islington Avenue, Kleinburg, Ontario
Peter Sellars returns to direct a dream cast in his acclaimed production of Handel's timeless and poignant tragedy.
The ancient Greek tragedian Sophocles was also a war general who knew first-hand the devastating psychological traumas that imperilled returning veterans. With Hercules – Handel's take on Sophocles' play – Sellars creates a healing work in which the untold horrors of war and the unspoken complications of reunion find their voice.
Performance time is approximately three hours, 15 minutes including one intermission.
Sung in English with English SURTITLES™.
For tickets: www.coc.ca
Venue: Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts — 145 Queen Street West
Uptown Abbey & Speakeasy
Come and join the fun, and see if Lieutenant Carumbo can solve the case before everything is turned Upside Downton, in this classic Drawing Room Mystery!
A hilarious spoof of the popular British TV Drama.
Opening April 11th: Speakeasy! A roaring 20′s Murder Mystery:
Flappers and Gangsters and Guns… Oh, my!
Come and join the fun and participate in the solving of a hilarious whodunit?!
For more details: www.MysteriouslyYours.com or toll-free 1-800-NOT-DEAD.
Venue: Mysteriously Yours… Mystery Dinner Theatre — 2026 Yonge Street
Light My Fire: Some Propositions about Portraits and Photography
In 1977, the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) purchased its first photograph: Arnold Newman's collage portrait of Henry Moore, a fitting complement to the 1974 gift of Moore's plasters to the gallery. This purchase marked the initial focus for collecting photography at the gallery: portraits of artists. The photography holdings have since grown to number more than 50,000 works. Though the collection now spans the wide reach and long history of the medium, portraits remain one of its strongest threads.
In Part II of Light My Fire: Some Propositions about Portraits and Photography – a show that Toronto Star art critic Murray Whyte called "utterly beguiling" – discover a fresh selection of more than 120 portraits from the AGO's permanent collection, along with select loans from local private collections. Organized under two new propositions, these works showcase the descriptive power of the medium but also its malleability.
"We are Not Ourselves" highlights the ways artists have manipulated photographic materials to create or reveal strange states of being. Through collage, long exposure, darkroom doubling and retouching, among other techniques, each of these photographs lead us from the realm of the familiar and recognizable to other more mysterious planes of existence.
For more details: www.ago.net
Location: Art Gallery of Ontario — 317 Dundas Street West
What's So Funny? Recent Acquisitions of Humorous Art
December 21, 2013 – May 2014.
In 1976 the Trier-Fodor Foundation gave the Art Gallery of Ontario more than 1100 works by the humorist and illustrator Walter Trier. The gift was accompanied by an endowment to support the acquisition and exhibition of humorous, satirical and illustrative graphic art. More than 500 prints and drawings, representing highlights in the history of caricature, have been purchased with this fund. This installation features works that have been acquired in the past five years, which date from the late 1700s to the early 1800s.
Organized by the Art Gallery of Ontario.
For more details: www.ago.net
Location: Art Gallery of Ontario — 317 Dundas Street West
A darkly truthful parable of a generation struggling under the pressures of success and entitlement.
A Company Theatre production in association with Canadian Stage.
Americans Zack and Abby appear to have it all: an apartment in a promising neighbourhood in Paris, an affectionate marriage, and Zack's admirable mission to eradicate pediatric AIDS through his work with Doctors Without Borders. But when Abby finds Zack at home one day when he's supposed to be at work, the revelations that follow rock their seemingly idyllic life.
The Company Theatre, our Berkeley Street Partners who presented 2012's Speaking in Tongues and 2011's The Test, return with a suspenseful, Hitchcockian play that shines a light on the darker side of our personal relationships.
"A perceptive drama… and a nail-biting psychological thriller." – New York Times.
"When it comes to theatre, to be in the company of The Company Theatre is to be in good company indeed." – Toronto Sun.
For more details: www.canadianstage.com
Venue: Berkeley Street Theatre — 26 Berkeley Street
Beatrice and Virgil
Horrific truths, buried in layers of history are unearthed through fact, art and imagination when Henry visits a taxidermist. An innovative stage adaptation of Martel's controversial but critically acclaimed novel, this powerful and provocative piece will enthrall audiences with its fragile beauty and ugly truths.
For tickets: www.factorytheatre.ca
Venue: Factory Theatre — 125 Bathurst Street
ARRABAL, an exciting World Premiere, is an explosive story told entirely through dance and the music of multiple Academy Award® winner Gustavo Santaolalla (Brokeback Mountain, Babel) and his band Bajofondo.
Using a modern tango dance vocabulary never seen before, director Sergio Trujillo (Jersey Boys, Memphis) and choreographer Julio Zurita create a dramatic vision that is emotional, sexual and powerful. With a book written by Tony Award® nominee John Weidman (Contact), follow Arrabal, our heroine, in this coming of age story as she enters the underground world of Buenos Aires' tango clubs and discovers the violent history that took her father and disrupted a nation. ARRABAL is based on the true story of the political violence that threatened to destroy Argentina in the 1970's. With a live band and performers direct from Buenos Aires, experience the sensual beauty and political intrigue that is ARRABAL.
For tickets: www.Mirvish.com
Venue: Panasonic Theatre — 651 Yonge Street


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OTHER TOPICSSuperintendent: No ban on homework
Contrary to some television, newspaper and Web site reports, "neither the district nor Oak Knoll School has banned homework,"...Original post made on Oct. 23, 2008
Last comment by none of yours, on Oct 23, 2008 at 10:28 am | 1 comment | 1568 Views
OTHER TOPICSSuperintendent: No ban on homework
Contrary to some television, newspaper and Web site reports, "neither the district nor Oak Knoll School has banned homework,"...Original post made on Oct. 23, 2008
Last comment by none of yours, on Oct 23, 2008 at 10:28 am | 1 comment | 1704 Views
AROUND TOWNLetter: Equality is key issue in Proposition 8 vote
No one in America should be a second class citizen. Denying gay and lesbian couples the same right to marry as heterosexual...Original post made on Oct. 22, 2008
Last comment by What a Dunce, on Oct 23, 2008 at 12:23 am | 2 comments | 1814 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDSMenlo-Atherton High School Academy Program Searching for Mentors
The Menlo-Atherton High School Academy Program is looking for mentors for our 11th grade students. We are in need of...Original post made by Kelly Todd on Oct. 22, 2008
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SCHOOLS & KIDSRock On at Menlo-Atherton's Fashion Show
Come and support "Rock On" - the Menlo-Atherton High School Fashion Show! Gather some friends and rock and roll on Saturday,...Original post made by Kelly Todd on Oct. 22, 2008
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ATHERTONMcKeithen leads in campaign fundraising
In the race for two seats on the Atherton City Council, incumbent Kathy McKeithen edged out her challengers as the fundraising...Original post made on Oct. 22, 2008
Last comment by Andrea Gemmet, on Oct 22, 2008 at 11:19 am | 1 comment | 2243 Views
AROUND TOWNBoard recommends NorCal over Allied Waste for garbage collection
A major fight is brewing over garbage franchises in central and south San Mateo County. NorCal Waste Systems of San Mateo...Original post made on Sep. 9, 2008
Last comment by Jim Elliot, on Oct 22, 2008 at 10:06 am | 7 comments | 2505 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDSLehman-related financial losses for schools larger than first thought
Financial losses have risen for school districts as a result of the county treasurer's reassessment of the local impact of...Original post made on Oct. 21, 2008
Last comment by a neighbor, on Oct 22, 2008 at 7:20 am | 7 comments | 2188 Views
AROUND TOWNMountain lion alert issued in Portola Valley
The carcass of a partially consumed deer found in the front yard of a Portola Valley home Saturday morning prompted the San...Original post made on Oct. 21, 2008
Last comment by 30-06, on Oct 21, 2008 at 5:39 pm | 1 comment | 1881 Views
MENLO PARKWHS teacher assault: Teen faces gang allegations
A preliminary hearing for a San Mateo teen charged with punching a Woodside High School teacher in the face in November was...Original post made on Oct. 21, 2008
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SPORTSKenny Diekroeger signs to play baseball for Stanford By Colin Becht
This winter, when many high school seniors will be scrambling to finish their college applications, Kenny Diekroeger will...Original post made on Oct. 21, 2008
Last comment by Steve Widtfeldt & Family, on Oct 21, 2008 at 4:45 pm | 1 comment | 2643 Views
PORTOLA VALLEYPellet gun use may be restricted in Portola Valley
The Portola Valley Town Council has scheduled a discussion and possible action on an amendment that would add pellet guns...Original post made by David Boyce on Oct. 20, 2008
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PORTOLA VALLEYNoise from the neighbors: Let's talk, says town
Noise from the neighbors and what to do about it will be the focus of one or more community workshops, perhaps a series of...Original post made on Oct. 5, 2008
Last comment by Maggie, on Oct 19, 2008 at 10:06 pm | 2 comments | 2829 Views
AROUND TOWNThe Almanac returns to mail delivery
Beginning with the Oct. 22 edition, residents will once more receive the print edition of The Almanac in the mailbox, rather...Original post made on Oct. 16, 2008
Last comment by Also hates litter, on Oct 18, 2008 at 1:31 pm | 4 comments | 1930 Views
AROUND TOWNFergusson top fundraiser in Menlo Park council race
Trade unions and local government officials are making donations large and small to the re-election campaigns of Menlo Park...Original post made on Oct. 10, 2008
Last comment by another petitioner, on Oct 18, 2008 at 9:20 am | 26 comments | 2506 Views
ATHERTONAtherton: Ex-official seeks $1 million from town
John Johns, Atherton's former finance director, is seeking $1 million in damages from the town for "malicious prosecution." Read...Original post made on Oct. 14, 2008
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AROUND TOWNLetter: McCain-Palin signs don't last on Westridge
What ever happened to free speech? I started the campaign season with one McCain/Palin sign near my mailbox. It was stolen...Original post made on Oct. 15, 2008
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SCHOOLS & KIDSSchool district expects 'significant' loss
The Menlo Park City School District expects a "significant" loss in its funds that are deposited in the San Mateo County...Original post made on Sep. 30, 2008
Last comment by MPCSD Parent, on Oct 17, 2008 at 11:42 am | 11 comments | 2438 Views
MENLO PARKHow to find out campaign contributions for council candidates?
A question, not an opinion (I know, shocking in these forums!): how does one find out the amounts and names of contributors...Original post made by Information, we need information on Oct. 16, 2008
Last comment by Information, we need information, on Oct 16, 2008 at 5:47 pm | 3 comments | 1817 Views
MENLO PARKNew date for MP candidates forum: Oct. 22
The League of Women Voters has changed the date of its Menlo Park City Council candidates forum to Wednesday, Oct. 22, at...Original post made on Oct. 3, 2008
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- Publisher: LucasArts
- Release Date: Nov 6, 2007
- Also On: iPhone/iPad, PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
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Mixed or average reviews- based on 40 Ratings
User score distribution:
Positive: 21 out of 40
Mixed: 2 out of 40
Negative: 17 out of 40
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May 19, 2011I am calling SHENANNIGANS on the user review score...Ahem, lookie lookie at the dates of all the "0" scores...yep, all the 0's came on only ONE DAY, Sep 24th 2008. A bunch of spoiled rotten brat kids got together to make US think something is wrong. Look how utterly STUPID their reviews sound--worst error of her life (not mistake, but "error")--"this game should never have been created--hated it from the moment I played--3 of them got it for their Bday and happened to complain and give it 0's on the same day as 7 others...ALL ON THE SAME DAY, and all within 10 minutes of eachother. Well, for me, I thought it was fun and LOOONG. This game does not have all the glitches and flaws like the 1st Original Trilogy did and I give it a solid 8.25 of 10 but to try to get a more appropriate and fair score away from being manipulated DOWN by a bunch of stupid children I rated it a ten. Thank you.… Expand
Dec 16, 2012Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga is a fun game but nothing truly great. Graphics are okay, and the whole Lego thing makes the game a lot of fun visually. Combat and the occasional puzzles are fun but simple and clearly designed for little children. Hunting for collectibles and unlocking all the characters and other bonus content provides a fair bit of fun. Replayability is pretty good because each stage has a total of 11 different collectibles (10 Lego canisters and one red power brick) to hunt down. Lego Star Wars includes numerous minigames that are unlocked by collecting red power bricks, and a few of these minigames are really fun. All in all, Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga is a fun but fairly mediocre game that would have gotten a seven. However, I am giving it a ten in an effort to rebalance the user score. Some total a$$hole decided to give six totally useless and childishly written reviews, all accompanied by scores of 0(see reviews by JackB, MadisonC, TessL, JamesH, anonymous, and CameronZ, all posted on September 24, 2008). All these reviews were posted on the same date by users with the same username styles, leaving me with no doubt that they were all posted by the same person, who probably never even played the game and just decided it looked dumb. Also, there is no telling how many bad rating this a$$hole gave the game without writing reviews. As I am writing this review, Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga has a user score of 4.8, but know that in reality, consumer reception has been significantly more positive- just how positive it really has been is impossible to say. A$$holes really messed this one up.… Expand
The console version is the more impressive product, but Traveller's Tales handheld team pulled off a vastly improved version of the design for the Nintendo DS.
A brilliant game for Star Wars fans and DS fans alike, The Complete Saga combines childlike simplicity with fiendishly hidden depth, providing an involving experience you'll find difficult to beat.
Built from the ground up by a new developer, the DS has finally got a Lego Star Wars game to be proud of. Whether you're a Star Wars fanatic or DS owner looking for a polished, fun time, you could do a lot worse.


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November 28, 2014
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A longtime employee of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation has been tapped to the head the agency at an annual salary of $139,000.
After meeting in executive session for about an hour on Monday, the Transportation Commission voted to hire Deputy Director and Chief Financial Officer Mike Patterson as its new director.
Patterson will succeed current Director Gary Ridley, who is retiring at the end of March. Ridley has said he plans to continue serving as Gov. Mary Fallin's Secretary of Transportation.
A native of Oklahoma City, Patterson began working full-time for the agency in 1980 as a deputy comptroller. He was named assistant director of finance and administration in 1999 and held that post for 10 years.
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ALBANY— Even as Gov. Andrew Cuomo talks about tax cuts and surpluses, potential state budget challenges loom on the horizon.
Cuomo's budget plan claims the state can rack up a $2 billion surplus by 2017 as long as the governor and state lawmakers agree to keep spending growth under 2 percent over that time.
There are several big-ticket financial challenges in the years ahead as the governor and the Legislature make those future budgets.
Statewide universal prekindergarten could eventually cost roughly $1.6 billion a year.
Cuomo also proposed a broad range of tax cuts, freezes and repeals. The costs for the coming fiscal year would be $657 million, but they would more than triple the next year to $2.1 billion.


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Crazy for doowop? Are you a fan of acapella rock? You won't want to miss this live performance by Millennium Forte, a 12 member local teen acappella group formed by Jon Ilcisko and Eli Forbes. Enjoy a fun evening of pop songs of the decades, from The Beach Boys to Bruno Mars.
Join us as the Bethany Concert Band returns to the library with a medley of Christmas and Hanukkah tunes. This 30-piece band recalls the big-band era with style. Registration for this free concert begins Nov. 11. This program will be held in the Stow-Munroe Falls Room and is cosponsored by Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library and the Friends of the Library.
Explore King Tut's tomb and its treasures as M. J. Albacete presents The Tomb of Tutankhamun. Dr. Albacete's presentation includes many vivid photographs that document the exploration and tell the story of the finding of King Tutankhamun's tomb. King Tut was one of the most famous leaders of an ancient civilization who came into power at a young age. The discovery of his tomb has made him a very popular figure of ancient Egypt. Dr. Albacete is the executive director of the Canton Museum of Art.
Learn all about vegan nutrition during this informative program at the library. Anya Todd, a licensed dietitian specializing in vegan nutrition will be discussing the basics of vegan nutrition, explaining the components of a balanced diet; the health benefits of a vegan diet; debunking common nutrition myths; and identifying nutrients you may need to supplement.
Meet Stow Sentry Editor, Marsha McKenna
Whether you write fiction, nonfiction, essays, poems, blogs or haven't found your medium yet, come join our small, friendly, critique group. Amanda Stovicek will lead this writers' group. Meetings will be held in the Stow Room. Call (330) 688-3295 ext 4 to register.
Join Lisa MacKay and share ideas, patterns and techniques during this informal gathering of knitting enthusiasts of all skill levels. This program will be held in the Munroe Falls Room. No registration necessary.
We invite craft project enthusiasts to the library to learn how to make a jewelry set with Belinda Richardson. Supplies are provided by the library but are limited in number, so registration is required starting Aug. 19. This program is cosponsored by Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library and the Friends of the Library.
Join us at the library for a free demonstration on pet CPR and first aid with Dr. Eric Brooks from the Stow Kent Animal Hospital. Dr. Brooks will be available after the demonstration to answer your questions. Registration begins Aug. 26. This program is sponsored by the Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library.
Come join Matt Lerner from the Spiritual Life Society and Yoga Center of Hudson for 90 minutes of beginning meditation. This class is suitable for those with no experience in meditation, and for those who wish to renew their practice and understanding. This program is cosponsored by Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library and the Friends of the Library.


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Games Tagged with "adventure+pointandclick"
Jan 2007
Sam & Max - Situation: Comedy is the second installment in the amazingly hilarious episodic adventure games. The follow-up weaves a tale of a loopy talk show host holding her studio audience hostage. To the rescue are Sam and Max, freelance police. In order to gain access to the studio the duo must prove their fame by enduring countless spoofs of modern television.
Dec 2006
Sam & Max - Culture Shock is the first installment in a series of episodic adventure games based on the popular comic book characters. The downloadable episodes are available to PC users via Telltale Games or through GameTap. Set in New York City and starring the anthropomorphic dog Sam and his hyperactive rabbit partner Max, the pair of freelance police investigate crimes in the name of, well, boredom. There's no shortage of wit in this game and you can expect to laugh on more than one occasion.
Nov 2006
In this creepy point-and-click adventure, you take the character of Emily Mason, a real estate agent with a mission to find out why a particular house has been put on the market for an unfeasibly low price. It features sepia-toned location photographs and requires you to explore the house and its environs to discover an unsavoury secret. There are some brief moments of minor gore, so this game will not suit everybody.
Nov 2006
Rabbits are blue and red, seals enjoy sea shells, and foxes make successful hotel owners. Those are just a few of the lessons we learn from BR's Climate Chaos, a gorgeous adventure game set on a group of small islands. The main character is Blue Rabbit, who, like your average rabbit, equipped with a digital camera, sets out on a quest to help the natives of the various islands to solve their problems with the local weather.
Nov 2006
If you haven't yet played Mink's adorably cute animated point-and-click puzzle games at 3Wish.com, you owe it to yourself to check them out. If you have already played them, then there is still a reason for another visit: No. 5 Part 4 is now available to play.
Oct 2006
A short isometric Flash point-and-click adventure game just begging to be played around Halloween time. Trapped inside a haunted house you must hunt for keys to unlock doors that lead outside. The fun part is you get to choose from eighteen different playable characters, each with a unique Halloween costume.
Oct 2006
Eight Days is the latest point-and-click adventure from that fabulous French duo, Anode & Cathode. The 4-part episodic game is scheduled to "go live" today (October 19th) at 10:30PM GMT. And judging from their past successes with The Museum, The Casino, and L'expresso Empoisonné, we are likely in store for another excellent adventure.
Sep 2006
Just launched by the BBC History team along with the design and technical prowess of those amazing Preloaded folks (wasn't I just pining for something new from them?), CDX is a brand new multi-episode adventure game that uses real actors and video segments to spin a tale of mystery and intrigue around an ancient Roman sacrificial blade.
Sep 2006
Out 2: Out of File is the sequel to the room escape game Out File #01 by Isomura Kai of Tonakai Interactive. The story picks up after escaping the room in the first game and walking through a long winding cave. Now you find yourself in an underground complex filled with computers and machinery with no way to make it to the surface.
Sep 2006
Submachine Zero: Ancient Adventure is a spectacularly detailed Flash point-and-click puzzle game from one of the leading designers of the genre, Mateusz Skutnik. This competition entry also placed within a tight group of puzzles that resembled a photo-finish at the horse races. In other words, it was difficult to pass this entry by as a prize winner.
Sep 2006
Dona Room 2 is the second room escape game from Japanese flash designer Noaki Nakashima. The game is every bit as quirky and amusing as the original Dona Room and offers more great point-and-click gameplay. The entire game takes place in your kitchen where a note from your mother says you must find a snack before you can leave. Unfortunately the potato chips and cake are locked away, so you must find items and solve puzzles in order to get to them. The game has a little Japanese text but is completely playable without knowledge of the language.
Aug 2006
An adventure game in the classic sense of the genre, as well as in a more low-tech DHTML implementation, the Mystery of Castle Wildenburg combines original photography of Germany's deep woods with the cartoon drawings of artist Aurèle Mechler, which together produces a unique visual appeal to this engaging and compelling Web-based game by Jörg Jochims.
Aug 2006
Submachine 3 is a point-and-click game of exploration and puzzle solving created by Mateusz Skutnik. As the intro so cleverly notes, there are no items to collect, no diary to keep, no trash bin to check, and no spoon to, er, bend. It's just you, the machine, and an infinite metallic world to explore one screen at a time.
Aug 2006
Artist/developer John Green, in a collaboration with Pinhead Games, has a demo out of his nearly finished Nearly Departed. This humorous graphic adventure game puts the player in control of a nearly cognizant zombie with amnesia that must attempt to unravel the mystery of his own demise. The full-featured, cross-platform compatible demo is a delight even by itself.
Aug 2006
The summer of surreal surprises continues with this Flash adventure game from Slovakia. Haluz is a game of the point-and-click variety that contains several scenes and a variety of simple puzzles that must be solved to advance. What do you do when a very large bird makes off with your rooftop satellite dish? Well, use the resources around you to your best advantage and get it back.
Jul 2006
Gwen is a surprisingly gorgeous surrealistic adventure composed of richly detailed scenes filled with art, animation, sound and interactivity. With an over-arching narrative that borrows from the teachings and beliefs of Buddahism, this point-and-click game has more soul to reveal than most other games of its type. From Taiwan.
Jul 2006
Another Web jewel from Australia's Game On initiative, Chiko: Accidental Alien is an exceptionally gorgeous and well-produced Flash adventure game that will keep you busy for hours. Help Chiko return to Earth after being swept away on a stray rocket shuttle found in a museum's basement. From there Chiko is taken to Squerx, the biggest fun park in the galaxy, where he embarks on a journey that spans three (3) delightful episodes.
Jul 2006
Created by Bernd Mattiebe of Germany, Wogger is a multi-level, point-and-click surrealistic adventure in the same vein as the venerable Samorost. While much of the game is finding the correct click spot to move the story forward, there are a couple of puzzles that will pose a challenge for some.
Jul 2006
L'expresso Empoisonné (The Poisoned Coffee) is a superb point-and-click mystery game created by Anode and Cathode, the authors of The Museum, The Casino and others. Paintings and other artwork have been stolen from a museum gallery. All of the evidence points to Damien Bestieu, one of the featured painters.
Jun 2006
A sequel to Mateusz Skutnik's excellent point-and-click adventure series, Submachine 2 will have you mapping out tunnels as you explore the dark recesses of this classic-style Flash game. The Submachine series is among the best on the Web, so if you love first-person adventures, ala Myst, don't miss this one.
Jun 2006
Pricilla Gone Missing is a Flash point-and-click adventure from Johan Törnkvist, a talented design and technology student at Hyper Island in Kariskrona, Sweden. The game begins with the player learning of the disappearance of Pricilla (Aunt "Prissy") and that warrants an investigation. From there a charming little adventure unfolds in which the player must look for items and clues to progress through the story.
Apr 2006
Escape to Obion is a five-part series of short point-and-click Flash games by Matt Slaybaugh of SkepticTank.net. The games are strongly reminiscent of old-style adventure games such as Myst, complete with the mysterious atmosphere, fiendish puzzles, and an absolutely gripping sense of exploration.
Apr 2006
Flash developer and blogger LUT! has a few unique point-and-click adventure games just begging for your attention. They're short, moderately difficult, and one oozes style while the other tries to scare the ActionScript out of you.
Apr 2006
As an unnamed stick figure stuck in a prison cell, you've got to break out of a remarkably dangerous dungeon armed with nothing more than your reflexes, wits and patience. The rapid fire pace of the rooms in Dungeon Escape can be surprisingly tense, and the depth in certain areas goes beyond any interactive movie I've seen before.
Jan 2006
From Mark Arenz and his Ridiculopathy site full of ridiculousness comes this hilarious new adventure with an old-school dungeon flair. The game is light-hearted and pokes fun at some classic games as well as itself. Good fun and a nice change from the usual point-and-click approach to Flash adventure games.
Jan 2006
If you managed to escape the Archipelago, you may have felt a sense of relief watching the volcanic islands dwindle as you floated away. Well, you may not want to breathe easy just yet, as creator Jonathan May has recently made the sequel, Return to the Archipelago, available to the general public.
Dec 2005
This second game of the Samorost series lives up to the lofty expectations set by the first. It is every bit a sequel that includes all of the best qualities that made the first game remarkable, and then adds more environments, more puzzles, and more sound and music. The result is a game that continues the reputation set by the first as being one of the finest, compelling interactive experiences available on the Web today. It is altogether an exceptional work of interactive art.
Nov 2005
Kafkamesto is an unusual and dark interactive narrative that will at first seem familiar to those acquainted with point-and-click adventures, but beware the futility in store. The over-arching narrative seems to be as much a statement about Kafka's own life as it is the themes he often wrote about.
Oct 2005
Enter Jinx to save the day. This gorgeous and adorable Flash game has kids written all over it, including those who are only kids-at-heart. In his first episode, Jinx comes upon the house on the hill that is all lit up for once on a dark and stormy night. Upon knocking, the door opens and Jinx decides to go in and have a look around.
Oct 2005
The Stone of Anamara is a creepy point-and-click adventure game, created by Gabriel Rodriguez, that spans multiple chapters. In this first chapter, you uncover the story behind the asylum doctor, Alexander Graves, and the mysterious illness of one of his patients.
Oct 2005
Mateusz Skutnik has created an extended version of his recent point-and-click game, Submachine. Boasting twice as many rooms, a new puzzle and an alternate ending, the new version is something of a remix to tide you over until he creates a sequel, which he promises is on the way.
Oct 2005
Aquaria is a Flash adventure game created by So of Japan and featured at so-room.com along with several other Flash animations and fun interactive works. Yes, the game is in Japanese, and yet is filled with beautiful graphics and scenes like the one pictured.
Sep 2005
Submachine is a relatively easy, simple and straight forward point-and-click game of the escape-the-room variety. It will engage your puzzle-solving skills for about 10-15 minutes, and if you haven't played this one already you're in for a treat. So very popular that it spawned a 'remix' and a sequel.
Sep 2005
Two different light-hearted and cute, point-and-click adventure games to offer up today, and both feature the same extraterrestrial main character. And while the first has been available for a couple of months, the second game has just been released.
Sep 2005
NFH Propaganda is a creepy point-and-click adventure game created using a combination of Flash and a series of HTML pages. The result is highly reminiscent of the 99 Rooms, and as equally artistic: just replace all the graffiti with ghoulish animation and weirdness.
Sep 2005
The Goat in the Grey Fedora is a strange and offbeat point-and-click adventure with a black and white film-noir atmosphere. The game's highpoint is definitely its sense of humor. Not only that, but it has an actual plotline, which, as the title implies, has to do with a goat. In a grey fedora.
Aug 2005
One more game to leave you with to sweat it out over the weekend. Mark Arenz over at Ridiculopathy.com, author of the previously reviewed Swinger game, has just released his latest creation and it's a unique combination of point-and-click puzzles with arcade mini-games thrown in for good measure.
Aug 2005
Dr. Stanley's House was created by James Li and is a point-and-click adventure game. It has a mysterious plot with some twists and turns that is very creepy at times. The lush colored graphics provide a striking contrast to the moody atmospheric soundtrack, with several cut scenes that develop the story as you play.
Aug 2005
Anode and Cathode, that very talented French duo responsible for many hours lost inside their previous point-and-click adventures, have done it again. The Casino is the latest of their efforts to put your clicky finger to the test. And while I found this one to be just slightly disorienting as compared to their previous efforts, the quality of workmanship appears to have been left intact.
Jul 2005
For all you point-and-clickers out there: You know who you are! The Wand House is a mysterious graphical, point-and-click adventure game with puzzles so difficult, I was unable to get through it all before posting it here for you to try.
Jul 2005
If you haven't yet played Mink's adorably cute animated point-and-click puzzle games at 3Wish.com, you owe it to yourself to check them out. If you have already played them, now there is a reason for another visit: No. 5 Part 3 is now available to play.
Jul 2005
Hanamushi is an absolutely gorgeous Japanese website filled with beautiful artwork and even a couple of Flash point-and-click adventures to discover. Simply amazing. And yet there is a dark side to the shapes that lurk in the shadows, so watch where you step. For the truly adventurous.
Jul 2005
Featuring original and commercial-quality graphics, animation and sound, Mink of 3wish.com has created these cute, point-and-click, cartoon puzzles in Flash. Each episode is rather short in length—just right for some lunchtime fun or a coffee break—and all of them contain humorous and inventive situations and clever puzzles to solve.
May 2005
Also from the Sony Pictures website, this Flash game was created to promote one of this summer's movie releases: The Cave. Featuring sights and sounds from the movie, the game did a good job of scaring the living daylights out of me. While at first it looks to be an innocent point-and-click adventure, a game with a more ambitious goal seems to tak...
Apr 2005
One-half interactive story and one-half game, Survivoo is a quirky Japanese Flash piece that is charming, cute, and bizarre. Although all the text in the game is Japanese, that doesn't spoil the fun this short little adventure has to offer. Most of the animation speaks for itself. It tells the tale of a little Frenchman who is swept away to a far away land of peculiar beasts that make very strange noises.
Mar 2005
You find yourself in a room from which you must escape. Sound familiar? Noob's Room is yet another take on the emerging "escape from the room" genre of point-and-click Flash games. This one was created by Kristjan Luts for Gamershood. Like Escape: The Room before it, Noob's Room features very similar...
Mar 2005
I must have missed this back in 2002 at the theatres, and yet it makes for a spine-tingling, interactive narrative Flash piece now. Ghost Ship was a movie released in October of that year, and it was even made into a Flash game to promote the film. For those of you who love point-and-click adventures, and especially those who didn't care for how T...
Mar 2005
Polyphonic Spree did it with Quest for the Rest, and now a band called Mae is promoting their soon-to-be-released album, The Everglow, with a brand new Flash game. The Everglow mixes original music from the band's new album with several short games to provide an entertaining interactive experience. Included is a...
Mar 2005
You don't know where you are, and you don't know what you're doing there. You just know you have to get out. Such is the scenario that The Doors drops you into when this excellent point-and-click adventure game begins. Truly one of the best of its kind.
Mar 2005
From the creator of Treasure Box—an engaging and clever interactive Flash puzzle that showcases the author's artistic talents—comes another such piece with a clearer objective than its predecessor. It is an imaginative work of art filled with sights and sounds that include various puzzles to solve. The objective is to find all 5 stars and then place them onto the wheel of fortune.
Dec 2004
The Museum is a point-and-click adventure from French design team Anode & Cathode, and is one part mystery and one part figure out what the object of the game is. Your task is to collect the objects you find while exploring the museum and, well, put them back where they belong.
Oct 2004
A very creepy, very scary Flash adventure game from Ben Leffler of Australia. Exmortis begins with you waking up in the woods with a lump on your head and unable to recall how you got there. All you recall are the dreams. Regaining focus, you see a house up ahead and decide that shelter there is better than freezing to death in the woods. Think of the house at the end of Blair Witch and you'll be right at home.
Oct 2004
Garfield.com has another charming haunted house adventure up featuring Garfield as the main character, of course. The object of Scary Scavenger Hunt II: Donuts of Doom is very similar to the first one: escape the haunted house without getting too scared. To escape, simply find and collect all seven (7) packages of donuts.
Oct 2004
Scary Scavenger Hunt is a cute point-and-click adventure set in a haunted house and stars Garfield, from Garfield.com. It is a well-produced adventure with smooth animation, lots of great scary music and sound effects, and plenty of harmless yet frightening situations.
Oct 2004
Your starship awakens you from hypersleep early when it detects an uncharted planet. Your mission is to explore the planet and report your findings back to the Galactic Union. Terrain is a series of interactive Sci-Fi action-adventure games made in Flash by March De Laurentis.
Oct 2004
Kharon4a is a dark and gritty, point-and-click Flash adventure that will challenge the best puzzle fanatics out there. Sporting an unusual interface and enough biotech gadgetry and terminology to open your own laboratory, Kharon4a is a moody sophisticated game to say the least.
Sep 2004
A storm at sea has left you shipwrecked on a strange group of islands filled with mysterious gadgets and devices. Use your wits to solve the puzzles and escape it if you can. Archipelago is a point-and-click first-person puzzle adventure created in Flash by the amazing puzzle master himself, Jon May.
Sep 2004
Steve Hutchins and Patrick Bradford of Specular Arts have produced a magnificent point-and-click adventure with 3D graphics and puzzles very similar to those found in the original game of Myst. The Shockwave game contains beautifully rendered scenes with mechanical levers, buttons, sliding doors, and other contraptions to manipulate, and sound effe...
Sep 2004
The awe-inspiring Flash graphics of Yenz are combined into a creative and original point-and-click adventure that has you solving the mystery of the Secret Garden. You see, the garden is in great danger and it's up to you to solve the mystery and save it, if possible. There are several easy puzzles to solve and several screens of unusual yet fantastic and beautiful art to enjoy while doing so.
Jul 2004
The latest of the point-and-click puzzle adventures to pop onto the Flash game scene is a short little story about a girl who has lost her head... literally. With gameplay very similar to that of Samarost, this game is charming and very enjoyable, the only downside is that it is over way too soon.
Jul 2004
Best Game award winner at the Flash Forward Festival in San Francisco, Chasm is a point-and-click adventure game that stands head-and-shoulders above the rest of the pack. Containing top-notch production values that rivals many commercial products, the animation is excellent with colors and cell shaded graphics that resemble a Warner Bros. Loony-Toons cartoon. Highly recommended.
Jun 2004
Another game from Japan, this adventure game is a bit of a mystery but looks promising in that it appears to be another one of those clicky puzzles like Viridian Room and like Samorost, and yet with a bit more action involved. All the text is in Japanese, so best of luck brave adventurer!
May 2004
A wonderfully bizarre and strangely fun interactive narrative by Jakub Dvorský of Amanita Design. Samorost is the granddaddy of all Web Flash point-and-click adventure games. It is full of clicky puzzles and beautifully rendered scenes mixed with animations and various gadgetry. The number one game in the Best of 2004, and now it even has a sequel.


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