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Chris Ledenican - Monday, June 20th, 2011 Like ShareFuturemark's latest 3DMark 2011 is designed for testing DirectX 11 hardware running on Windows 7 and Windows Vista the benchmark includes six all new benchmark tests that make extensive use of all the new features in DirectX 11 including tessellation, compute shaders and multi-threading.
The performance of both the HD 6670 and HD 6770 in 3DMark 11 is similar to that of Vantage. The HD 6770 is the more powerful of the two and as such is able to achieve a substantially higher score than the GTS 450. The HD 6670, however, can't match the GTS 450 even after we overclocked the core and memory.
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serkis Nov 16, 12
Hello I'd used Catalyst Control Centre for overclock it. I made my core 900Mhz and memory: 1300 Mhz. and I want ask you there is Fan Speed option there with a tick for manualy % raising. I have't tick that and is default. It's ok or I must made it manualy? and what speed I must raising it? Like yours 35%? But when I playing ultra setting havy games
It will be ok with the manualy 35% or better use untick options that give you auto raising a think? Thank you
It will be ok with the manualy 35% or better use untick options that give you auto raising a think? Thank you


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text: [[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/TalesOfXillia2_3283.jpg]]->''"Everything rides upon this one choice. Not just your life... but the fate of the entire world."''The direct sequel to Namco Bandai's ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia''. {{Late Arrival Spoiler}}s abound!One year after the fall of the Schism, Rieze Maxia and Elympios are enjoying peace. Research into the newly-developed [[GreenAesop Spyrite technology]] promises to one day end Elympios' dependence on the environmentally-degrading Spyrix, allowing the barren land to recover. But not all is well...On his way to start his new job as a cook at a train station, [[SilentProtagonist Ludger Kresnik]] encounters a young MysteriousWaif named Elle Marta whose father is in trouble. In order to help him, she's trying to board a train that she hopes will help her get to Canaan, a mythical land that can supposedly grant wishes. In the process of saving her during a terrorist attack, Ludger racks up a staggering twenty million gald medical bill with [[MegaCorp Spirius Corporation]], where his brother Julius works as one of their top agents. But Julius has gone missing, and is now the top suspect in the attack. And thus, Ludger, aided by Elle, [[TeamPet his cat Rollo]], and the returning cast from ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia'', set out on a journey to find Julius, pay off his debt, and search for Canaan.Making things even more complicated, [[AlternateUniverse fractured dimensions]] have begun opening up and leeching off the prime dimension, threatening to destroy it. Ludger's [[InTheBlood bloodline]] gives him an ability called Chromatus, allowing him to transform into [[OneWingedAngel powerful, monstrous warrior]] capable of entering fractured dimensions and destroying the [[ForWantOfANail divergence catalysts]] that created them, eliminating them from the inside. Spirius Corp's CEO, Bisley Bakur, makes Ludger a deal: take a job destroying divergence catalysts, and he'll be able to pay off his debt virtually overnight. But the fractured dimensions seem to have some sort of connection to Elle, Julius, and their mysterious pocketwatches...All of the main characters from ''Xillia'' return, including some characters that were killed and make appearances in fractured dimensions. The combat system (''Cross Double Raid Linear Motion Battle System'') lets Ludger swap weapons and fighting styles on the fly, switching between [[DualWielding twin blades]], [[GunsAkimbo twin pistols]] and [[DropTheHammer a hammer]]. Link Artes have been split into Unique Artes and Common Artes, the latter of which can be performed between any two characters that have the appropriate move. Furthermore, Ludger now has a special LimitBreak gauge that activates his powerful Chromatus form, teleporting the battlefield into a parallel world where he gains incredible power for a short time.The game places a huge emphasis on choice, with many cutscenes allowing the player to make multiple-choice decisions affecting the course of the plot. The game received a Western release in August 2014.----!!Trope associated with this game so far: * AllThereInTheManual: A lot of information on the backstories of [[spoiler:Ludger, Julius, and Bisley]] is only in supplementary material, [[spoiler:most notably the fate of Ludger's mother]].* AmplifierArtifact: The pocket watches. Using two watches to transform instead of one temporarily increases the power of your Chromatus by one level. [[spoiler:A bigger example is Elle herself, who unwittingly becomes Ludger's AmplifierArtifact as a Key of Kresnik and pays the price for his use of Chromatus]].* AntiMagic: Rideaux and Spirius Corporation create [[spoiler:a portable version of the Spear of Kresnik from ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia'', which they equip their shocktroopers with like rifles]].* ArbitraryHeadcountLimit: For any given chapter, you will only have access to at most four members (including Ludger, who can't leave). If there are more than four in the beginning of the chapter, you can count on them leaving for some arbitrary reason, like splitting up to gather information, or washing dishes. And in the final chapter, when you have all 9 members ready to take on the final boss, [[spoiler:miasma blocks your way through, and the Four Great Spirits can only protect, you guessed it, four (and Rollo)]].* ArtificialBrilliance: Using a healing arte with an area of effect will result in characters directly moving into it, and even popping their own little area-of-effect healing arte to make sure everyone's back to full health. However...* ArtificialStupidity: ... If the AI initiates a Link Arte, there is a 90% chance that they will initiate in a way that will make sure that zero enemies will get hit by it. It wouldn't be so bad if it didn't stop you from using a Link Arte at the same time, potentially screwing up a carefully set-up combo.* BackToBackBadasses: Jude and Milla in the opening video.* BadassAndChildDuo: Ludger and Elle by the looks of things.* BadassBeard: Alvin has been growing one lately.* BadassLongcoat: Julius has one.* BagOfSpilling: The entire Xillia cast are weaker than a year ago. Justified as Lilium Orbs have lost their power.* BigBrotherMentor: The relationship between Ludger and Elle is set to be a familial one. Given that there's a twelve-year age gap between them and [[spoiler:they're father and daughter]], it's for the best. Ludger also has his own in the form of Julius.* BigOlEyebrows: Bisley is definitely giving [[VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss Van]] a run for his money with those things.* [[spoiler:BigScrewedUpFamily: According to the World Guidance Book, the Kresnik Clan and its offshoot family of the Bakurs, ''full stop''. Affairs, incest, children born out of wedlock, and casualties ahoy.]]** Let's not forget that [[spoiler: Bisley had his first child, [[LukeIAmYourFather Julius]], when the mother was 22. Pretty good, right? Well, [[{{Squick}} he was 15]]. And after his wife died, he ended up in bed with her sister, which produced Ludger]].* BilingualBonus:Ludger and Julius live in a place called the 'Fr�res apartment'. Fr�re is French for 'brother'.* {{Bishounen}}: Almost all of the male characters so far. Especially the Kresnik brothers. Looks like good looks run in the the family.* [[spoiler:BittersweetEnding: The parallel worlds are erased and the world is saved from being consumed by Canaan, but either Ludger or Elle sacrifice themselves to save the other. And if Elle sacrifices herself, there's an implication that [[StableTimeLoop the events of the game may repeat themselves]]]].** [[spoiler:Then there's the Julius Ending, where Ludger refuses to kill Julius, but in defending him [[KillEmAll must kill the rest of the party]] and doom the world. And even though the brothers find solace in each other, Julius is still infected by his divergence catalyst and has no hope of a cure]].*** There are good news and bad news. The good news is that [[spoiler: if Julius can hold on long enough, Bisley will most likely lose Elle during the inevitable fight with Chronos, thus turning her into the 1 millionth catalyst and saving Julius. The bad news is that Elle will die instead.]]* BleakLevel: Chapter 11. The atmosphere right from the start hammers in that things are about to get ''very'' bad. Even the gameplay reflects this, where you're suddenly given a time limit to rescuse NPCs who will die if you take too long. Adding to the sense that the chapter is not going to end well is the dungeon itself, which is a replica of the first game's BleakLevel, right down to the background music. [[spoiler: The chapter ends with Alternate Mila's death.]]* BlessedWithSuck: On paper the Chromatus sounds like a awesome ability. [[spoiler: However, continued usage risks turning the user into a Divergence Cataclyst, which in turn causes them to turn into a Fractured Dimension. Oh and powering it up to furthur stages does it even faster.]]* BloodierAndGorier: In a significant departure from the usual ''TalesSeries'' policy of BloodlessCarnage, ''Xillia 2'' includes frequent blood splatters and BloodFromTheMouth, mostly when [[spoiler:Ludger stabs someone to destroy their divergence catalyst]]. This was probably a significant factor in the "C" rating[[labelnote:*]]15yrs and up[[/labelnote]] given to the game, as the Japanese rating system is ''much'' harsher on visible blood than other territories.* BrainwashedAndCrazy: The divergence catalysts do this to the characters that they have infected.* ButThouMust: In a rather blatant example, early on Ludger gets tricked into an absolutely massive 20 million Gald debt by the SmugSnake Rideaux simply for healing Ludger and Elle is basically held for ransom if he doesn't agree to take out a loan to pay for it. Despite the choice system in the game at no point is the player or anyone else for that matter allowed to tell Rideaux to shove it, or even attempt it.** Many of the dialog choices themselves are the same idea expressed two different ways.* CallBack: One of the first lines Alt!Milla says to Jude is "you really are a do-gooder, aren't you?" He answers "yeah, I get that a lot." That is, word for word, something the prime dimension Milla said to him.** Due to the [[DarkerAndEdgier nature of the game]], a lot of the callbacks amount to FridgeHorror. For example, the scene in which [[spoiler: a fractured version of Alvin accidentally shoots Presa is disturbingly similar to the scene from the first game where Alvin shot Leia.]]*** And as another call back to that same scene, what's Leia weak to [[spoiler: when you fight her in the bad ending? ''Shot-type artes.'' Thanks, game.]]** The ESS Pelune uses the same design, layout, and background music as the ESS Zenethra from the first game. [[spoiler: And like the first game, it ends with Fractured Milla sacrificing herself.]]* CampGay: Aska in one of the fractured dimensions.* CantDropTheHero: Until you clear the game, Ludger can't be removed from your party.* ChildhoodFriends: Nova and Vera are Ludger's. They went to school together. And apparently Nova [[ChildhoodFriendRomance pursued Ludger]] in the past. * TheCorruption: Divergence catalysts, which empower their hosts but eventually consume them. [[spoiler:It is later revealed that the use of Chromatus causes one to become a divergence catalyst, and the only way to avoid this is for a Key of Kresnik to act as a conduit... in which case, ''they'' become a divergence catalyst instead]].* CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption: What's that? You want the Platinum Trophy? [[spoiler: Be prepared to have to kill off the entire gang from Xillia if you want it that badly.]]* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Xillia 2'' is much less optimistic than the more recent titles in the ''TalesSeries'', leaning more towards a [[WorldHalfEmpty Half-Empty]] CrapsaccharineWorld, complete with [[spoiler:a BittersweetEnding]].* DiabolusExMachina: The discovery that [[spoiler:the party need a Soul Bridge to reach Canaan, and that either Ludger or Julius need to die in order to get it]].* DemotedToExtra: Everyone from the original except Jude and Milla. There's still the Character Episodes, but aside from that, don't have a major involvement in the story arc itself.* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: Elle and Rollo will only appear on the title screen and Kitty Dispatch menu if they're with your party. Whenever one or both of them gets separated from the group, whoever's gone will disappear until they come back. You can still use Kitty Dispatch as normal, though, since the cats you collect are the ones who pull most of the weight during Dispatch anyway.** Elle will also appear and disappear from Ludger's status image depending on whether or not she's accompanying the party at the time. In addition, once Ludger gives Elle her watch back, she'll start wearing it in her status image.** A subversion of the trope occurs if you have one of the Xillia 1 characters in your party wear their outfit from the previous game. Whenever they're wearing the outfit, their status image and mystic arte cut-in will change so that they're instead wearing their old outfit. However, none of their other 2D artwork changes. So skit faces, battle chat images, and even the icon on the bar you click in order to go to their status screen in the first place still use their new outfit no matter what they're wearing.* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:A parallel world Presa dies in Alvin's arms during one of his Character Episodes]]. * DualWielding: Both Ludger and his older brother Julius dual wield. It's most likely something Julius taught Ludger.* DuelBoss: [[spoiler: As expected, Ludger and Julius.]]* DugTooDeep: The fractured dimension in chapter 2 of Jude's story has shades of this.* EngineeredHeroics: In the final episode of Muzet's Character Quest, Muzet schemes to set up a surprise attack against the party under the rationale that after she swoops in to save the day, everyone will like her. [[spoiler:Unsurprisingly it goes terribly wrong when the monster is far more powerful than she expected. While she does get chewed out for it, it ''does'' make everyone realise how ostracised she feels and leads to them making more of an effort to befriend her]].* [[spoiler: [[EverybodysDeadDave Everybody's Dead Ludger]]: The Julius ending. Ludger chickens out at the last minute and decides not to kill Julius, however the party, and Julius himself, tries their hardest to convince him otherwise. Gaius decides that their best course of action is to go through Ludger and kill Julius themselves, since they NEED to get into Canaan. Surprisingly, Ludger snaps and goes into full protective mode, snatching Julius' pocketwatch, and uses it to hit his third Chromatus form. What follows is an epic cutscene where the entire party tries to fend off Ludger, which ultimately leads into the final battle of the Julius Ending... The [[OhCrap ENTIRE PARTY]]. Gameplay-wise, this could easily turn into {{Curbstomp Battle}}, but after the battle, we see Julius in absolute shock and horror, then we cut to a shot of Ludger looking at Canaan with bloody swords and blood smears on his cheek. The party is nowhere to be seen. That's right. Everyone you knew and loved from the first game, who had hopes and dreams and good futures ahead of them, all dead. [[YouBastard Murdered by you]]. Of course, since Bisley is going to sacrifice Elle to save the world, and you decided not to help, she'll eventually die too]].* ExpendableAlternateUniverse: Deconstructed in true ''Tales'' fashion. To a certain extent, the parallel worlds ''are'' reality to those who inhabit it. [[spoiler:Milla is very angry when it's explained to her that Ludger has just destroyed her world]]. ** In another example, Elle gets ''very'' upset after [[spoiler:the alternate Milla is sacrificed so that Milla Maxwell can return. To her, the former is the "real" Milla and she is upset by both her loss and the party's diminished reaction to it. Learning to accept Milla Maxwell as a person in her own right is one of the focal points of Elle's character arc]].** Chapter 10 drives this home with the Epsilla Ruins and the divergence catalyst, Odin. One which ''knows'' it is one, due to having defeated all attempts to destroy it. The reason? [[spoiler:It has been waiting for over 90,000 ''years'' so that the people who have been digitized in its data banks can be revived. Before you fight it, Odin asks you to talk to some of the recorded memories before events force the fight. After it, the everyone feels just how hollow the victory was, and the price of it.]]** And this point is underscored by TheReveal that [[spoiler:Elle herself is from one of these parallel worlds]].* {{Expy}}: Chronos shares a lot of his moveset and general disdain of humanity with [[VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia Dhaos]], leading to many fans nicknaming him "Dhaos 2.0".** Also another one for Chronos. Chronos is a spirit sent from another time/dimension to kill the main character as well as to test him. Not only that, being voiced by Creator/JunichiSuwabe makes it clear that Chronos has elements of [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Archer]] in him.* FakeLongevity: Early in the game Ludger inherits a 20 million Gald debt that must be paid off over the course of the game, but a certain amount must be paid off in order to advance along the story, which requires grinding for money and doing other monster and item fetch quests.* ForMassiveDamage: Moralzamm, one of the [[BonusBoss Elite Monsters]] works this way.* ForWantOfANail: The Alternate Worlds run on this, usually having one key difference that is centered around whatever or whoever has been infected by the divergence catalyst.* {{Foreshadowing}}: With a surprisingly awful dash of CallBack. Chapter 11's premise is nearly identical to the S.S. Zenethra level from ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia''. Exodus has taken over a ship and, at least partially at King Gaius's behest, you infiltrate the ship to stop them. The music is the same, and the characters even [[LampshadeHanging point out that the two ships have the same design.]] It's no surprise, then, that the whole chapter ends once again with [[spoiler: Milla's HeroicSacrifice.]]* FutureMeScaresMe: [[spoiler: Victor causes this for Ludger.]]** IHatePastMe: [[spoiler: Alvin encounters a fractured version of himself in chapter 4 of his character story. He already hated how he used to be, but seeing himself first-hand ''painfully'' drives it home.]]* GameplayAndStorySegregation: When you leave a town, your party remains the same and you can't change it unless you return to town despite the characters being there and commenting on events. Especially odd since in the first game you could switch in the middle of battle.* GottaCatchEmAll: The cat sidequest, which involves you finding and adopting several stray cats (many of which bear a resemblance to certain ''TalesSeries'' characters), then ''forming your own cat army to scavenge the streets for items and funny hats''. (There is no part of the preceding sentence that is inaccurate.)* HeroicRROD: [[spoiler: A divergence catalyst in the process of forming manifests on its host as black patches on their skin and possibly red eyes if it spreads to their face before the host becomes a full-fledged catalyst. Once the transformation begins, the only way to stop it is to kill the host.]]* [[spoiler:HumanityOnTrial: The three Prime Spirits set up the events of the game to test whether humans were inherently selfish or selfless. Unfortunately, because one of them ''really'' hates humanity, [[UnwinnableByDesign the test is unfairly stacked against humanity's success]]]].* {{Irony}}: There's a skit in the first game where you find out that almost everyone in the party prefers dogs to cats [[note]]the sole exceptions being Alvin (a cat person) and Milla ([[ComicallyMissingThePoint whose favorite animal of all time are humans]])[[/note]]. Guess what kind of animal serves as the mascot for ''this'' game, and guess what species of animal you have to track down 100 of in order to help you complete a sidequest and utilize a game mechanic based around the animal? (hint: [[CuteKitten they're not dogs]])* InterfaceSpoiler: In the Epsilla Ruins, Rollo wanders off for a little bit before Elle finds him again. [[spoiler:However, he doesn't appear on the title screen or kitty dispatch menu, [[TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything which happens whenever he's not traveling with the party]], spoiling that it's actually a fractured Rollo.]]** The "Xillia Encyclopedia" entry on Kresnik the Genesis Sage [[spoiler: refers to them using female pronouns, despite their gender not being mentioned in the previous game. So it's obvious their gender is going to be a plot point in this one...]] This could be blamed on LostInTranslation though.* InterspeciesRomance: [[spoiler:The original Maxwell is implied to have had this relationship with the genesis sage, [[SamusIsAGirl Milla Kresnik]], especially since two thousand years after she died, he still cared enough to give her name to Milla Maxwell. Dr. Howe, the man who developed spirit artes, turns out to have done so because of his attempts to woo Celsius. This discovery gives Jude the epiphany he needs to perfect spyrite technology. Also applies to Jude and Milla if Milla's feelings towards Jude are interpreted romantically, since she is now a full spirit. There's also ShipTease between Gaius and Muzet.]]* ItRunsInTheFamily: The Chromatus Ability, the ability to cross through worlds, runs through the Kresnik family blood. The pocket watches serve as keys to triggering the ability.* KidHero: Averted. Like [[VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia Yuri]], Ludger is a grown man who's past his teenage years.* KilledOffForReal: The body count by the end of the game [[AnyoneCanDie is surprisingly high]], with the parallel universes allowing for plenty of carnage. Of the main characters though: [[spoiler:Alt!Milla dies no matter what you do. The entire party is killed by Ludger if you choose to save Julius. Julius has to die for the party to be able to go to Canaan. And either Elle or Ludger have to sacrifice themselves to complete Origin's trial. Pretty much the only main character who survives no matter what is Rollo]]. * LightIsNotGood: The player must fight the great spirit of Light, Aska, in two separate fractured dimensions, though only one is required. Afterwards, Aska admits that he is inclined to agree with Chronos.* LittleMissSnarker [=/=] PluckyGirl: Elle could go either way at the moment. [[TakeAThirdOption Or be both]].* LuckBasedMission: Any job that asks for a rare item that can only be obtained through kitty dispatch. Collecting all the cats is this as well, as kitty dispatch is the only way to find some of them.* [[spoiler: MamaBear: Ludger's mother, Claudia Kresnik, according to [[AllThereInTheManual supplementary materials]]. She disappeared when she found out she was pregnant so he wouldn't be drawn into Origin's trial or the Kresnik clan's infighting. She was even willing to kill her own nephew when she thought he had been sent by Bisley to retrieve Ludger. Unfortunately, Julius found them completely by accident and had no intention of taking Ludger anywhere, but Claudia didn't believe him so he was forced to kill her in self-defense.]] * MegaCorp: Spirius Corporation. They're such a powerful, influential and omnipresent organisation in Elympios that they may as well be considered its de facto rulers. Having a private army helps in that regard.* MulticoloredHair: Ludger, Rideaux, and Nova. The former even has differently coloured ''eyebrows''.* MultipleEndings: There are five confirmed endings, including two [[HotSpringsEpisode gag endings]].** [[spoiler:Ludger chooses to sacrifice the world to save his brother, Julius]].** [[spoiler:The world is saved, but Elle has to sacrifice herself in the process. Humanity technically passes Origin's trial, but on a bittersweet note because of Elle's sacrifice]].** [[spoiler:The world is saved, but Ludger sacrifices himself in place of Elle so that she can live. Humanity technically fails Origin's trial, but Origin allows them to pass anyway because Ludger's selflessness proves the point the trial was meant to test]].** [[spoiler:HotSpringsEpisode!]]** [[spoiler:The Tales Cameo team use the Eternal Sword to go up to Canaan, beat up the FinalBoss and rescue Elle for you]].* MythologyGag: By the dozens. Beyond the obvious callbacks to the first ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia'', there are plenty more:** The [[RunningGag poorly]] [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia drawn]] [[VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia wanted]] [[VideoGame/TalesOfXillia posters]] return.** The art for the cooking items is lifted directly from ''VideoGame/TalesOfGraces''. You can also find the ice pop win sticks.*** One of Elle's victory poses matches Pascal's almost completely, random confetti and all. She also references the Strahtan Beach Brigade by name.** Having save files for ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia'' and ''VideoGame/TalesOfGraces'' will net you attachments of Sophie and [[VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia Yuri]] plushies** Some of the requests are also obvious references; [[VideoGame/TalesOfGraces a mysterious Richard asks for a sample of Gaius dumplings]] and calls them "competition". For completing these, you'll get an item named after the game they're referencing.*** One girl asks for some Torbalan [[VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss Jade]] from the Highroad specifically because the "necromancers" don't believe it can be found there.*** Someone else asks for ''five'' pieces of Torbalan Jade....for his [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia hunnies.]]*** A man named [[VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia Dhaos]] asks for his signature item (an Earth Cape)*** [[VideoGame/TalesOfRebirth Veigue]] asks you to bring him a diamond for his childhood friend. Awww.*** [[VideoGame/TalesOfTheTempest Caius]] asks for five salmon and mentions he's from a place called Ramorn.*** [[VideoGame/TalesOfTheWorld Kannono]] requests Fruit Yakisoba*** [[VideoGame/TalesOfEternia Meredy]] wants an aqua ribbon*** A person listed as "Champion" asks for a model windmill and offers to help Ludger "get pumped up like never before" as a reward. It's obviously [[VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny Kongman]].*** ...and then the game just shatters all pretense of the fourth wall by having Hideo Baba request a sword to trim his beard with.** The fact that Elle, Ludger and Julius all have very strong opinions on tomatoes might be a sneaky reference to ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'', where the fact that both Kratos and Lloyd hate tomatoes is [[spoiler: a sneaky hint they're related.]]** A whole bunch of the cats are references as well, as a good chunk of them are named after previous characters, including [[VideoGame/TalesOfGraces Malik]], [[VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia Suzu]], [[VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia Zagi]] and [[VideoGame/TalesOfHearts Lithia]]. Some are also coloured to look like the characters they're based on, including [[VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny Woodrow]], [[VideoGame/TalesOfEternia Keele]], and [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld Emil.]] There's also [[VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss Tartaros]], which may be a mistranslated reference to Jade's CoolShip, and [[VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss Natalina]], which is likely a mistranslation of Natalia (given that the cat shares her colour palette right down to her hairband.) Some even go the extra mile and put references in their requests; the request to find [[VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss Luke]] mentions that he's [[IdiotHero kind of slow]] and that his [[ImportantHaircut hair needs a trim.]]** Ludger's ringtone of all things is one. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4BMYMMAFto Sound familiar?]] Yep, it's the return of [[VideoGame/TalesOfEternia Eternal]] [[VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss Mind]]. *** On that note, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EN2lYMiU-zA Leia's ringtone]] is also a CallBack to a previous Tales song. In this case, [[VideoGame/TalesOfGraces Pascal's]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xgWBzeOBRc theme]]. [[GenkiGirl How]] [[CloudCuckooLander fitting]]...** The glowing pillars in Epsilla Ruins' red passage play music from previous Tales games when you inspect them. Including the [[VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss Grand Chokmah town music]], Chance for a Big Reversal (The ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'' "things are about to get awesome" music), [[VideoGame/TalesOfGraces Sophie's Theme]], and the ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia'' title screen music.** The Epsilla ruins also look a lot like [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia Welgaia]], which is made doubly hilarious in the English version because Odin is voiced by Creator/CamClarke...who also voiced Kratos.** The poker minigame uses the casino tune from ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss''** Characters earn titles for spending a certain amount of time linked together, and several of them reference the titles of other games: Ludger and Gaius are [[VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss Ultimate Abyss]], Ludger and Muzet are [[VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia Human and Spirit Phantasia]], Milla and Elize get [[VideoGame/TalesOfGraces Champions of Graces]], Milla and Rowen are [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia Amazing Symphonia]], Milla and Leia are [[VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia Shining Vesperia]], the [[VideoGame/TalesOfRebirth Warriors of Rebirth]] are Alvin and Rowen, the [[VideoGame/TalesOfEternia Allies of Eternia]] are Alvin and Leia, [[VideoGame/TalesOfInnocence the Heroines of Innocence]] are Leia and Elize, Jude and Gaius make the [[VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny Fighters of Destiny]], Gaius and Milla are the [[VideoGame/TalesOfLegendia Kings of Legendia]], and Leia and Muzet are the [[VideoGame/TalesOfTheTempest Tempest Twins.]] Phew! ** The technologically advanced ancient civilization that collapsed in the Epsilla Ruins is called [[VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia Thor.]]* {{Nerf}}: Several skills get this treatment, by raising their SP cost and/or weakening their effects. HP/TP Surge for example, used to completely fill their respective meters upon a resurrection. Now they only add 30% more health to whatever you were going to get.* NeverTheSelvesShallMeet: Characters from alternate worlds can be brought back into the "real" world, but if they ever meet the original then they fade away.* OlderThanTheyLook: Nova, unlike her older twin sister, looks as if she's in her mid-teens.* OneSteveLimit: Sort of averted, in that the Kresnik brothers appear to have the same middle name (Will).** [[spoiler: Averted more strongly when the party discovers the genesis sage Kresnik's given name: Milla.]]* OneWingedAngel: A rare example of ''TheHero'' doing this. Ludger seems to transform when he goes into the parallel world into... something with [[LovecraftLite Anime]] {{Lovecraftian Superpower}}s. This ability is said to run in his family.** And his last name is ''Kresnik''. If you played the last game, think about the possibilities.** [[spoiler: Bisley also has access to Chromatus, and uses it during the final battle with him. This is because the Bakur family branched off from the Kresnik]]* ParentalAbandonment: Implied to be the case for Ludger and Julius. It says that Julius, who is eight years older than his younger brother, has taken care of Ludger since he was young. Ludger also lives with only his brother. [[spoiler: Confirmed in supplementary materials. Bisley is their father, and Julius's mother died from being the conduit for Bisley's Chromatus. Her sister is Ludger's mother) and was killed by Julius in self-defense.]]* PaintItBlack: The divergence catalysts turn the skin of the infected person black, and [[RedEyesTakeWarning their eyes red]].* PlotCoupon: The Waymarkers of Canaan, which can be harvested from certain divergence catalysts. When all of them are gathered, the road to Canaan opens. [[spoiler:But to actually get there, you need a "Soul Bridge", which can only be harvested from someone of Kresnik blood]].* PowerOfTheVoid: Origin is given the title "Great Spirit of the Void".* [[spoiler:PoweredByAForsakenChild: Elle is (accidentally) used as a conduit for Ludger's Chromatus, which means that she will suffer the consequence of turning into a divergence catalyst instead of him. This method also caused the death of Bisley's wife, which is how his Chromatus ability got so advanced. Subverted in the Elle/Ludger Ending when Ludger makes a ''proper'' contract with the watches that empower Chromatus, unleashing the full power of his Chromatus and freeing Elle from the equation]].* RedRightHand: While not exactly villainous, [[spoiler: Julius's [[FashionableAsymmetry single glove]] is hiding the divergence catalyst manifesting in his left hand.]]** [[spoiler: Victor wears a mask to hide the right side of his face, which is being consumed by a divergence catalyst.]]* RelationshipValues: Completing their Character Episodes and selecting certain dialogue options will strength Ludger's friendship with his party members. This unlocks additional scenes with these characters, and eventually their [[LimitBreak Link Mystic Arte]] with Ludger.* {{Retcon}}: Many, most notably and inexplicably Rieze Maxia's spirit climes (such as the eternal night in Fenmont), which were shown in Xillia's ending to have been caused by the Schism and faded when it fell. A bonus scene with the Four indicates they have also forgotten that plot point.** The Bonus Character Episode, however, has dialogue implying that dispelling the schism wrecked havoc with the spirit climes, rather than simply removing them.* SadisticChoice: Ludger gets faced with a ''lot'' of these. [[spoiler: See the entries for MultipleEndings and BittersweetEnding for examples.]]* [[spoiler:SamusIsAGirl: The famed Genesis Sage, Kresnik, was in fact a woman, who's full name was Milla Kresnik. Milla Maxwell was created in her image.]]* SharpDressedMan: Pretty much every male character. But especially [[ManInWhite Julius]].* ShoutOut: Leia's dad cooks all his food with [[TalesofVesperia love]].** At one point in Hamil, Alvin says Elle is like the [[Disney/AliceInWonderland Cheshire Cat]] because she can never stop smiling.* [[spoiler:SiblingTriangle: Between Bisley and Julius and Ludger's mothers, who were sisters.]]* SupremeChef: Ludger.* TeamPet: Rollo, Ludger's extremely fat cat, who's mostly usurped this role from Teepo. He accompanies him almost everywhere, only staying behind for [[spoiler: the final battle]] due to Ludger's concern for his safety. Even then, he shows up in the aftermath.* ThanksForTheMammary: When Jude, Elle, Ludger, and Milla go through a volcano, Milla trips and nearly falls in. Ludger can save her after a DialogueChoice...which results in this.* ThemeMusicPowerUp: Happens during [[spoiler:the final boss fight, after Ludger unlocks his Lv.4 Chromatus]].* TomatoInTheMirror: People in fractured dimensions usually don't know they're from one. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, neither do the fractured versions of the Kresnik clan, at least until they gather the Waymarkers and attempt to reach Canaan, only to be [[ShaggyDogStory denied entry]] because Canaan is only in the Prime Dimension.]]* UnusualEyebrows: Ludger's are different colors, Julius has a bald spot in one of his due to a faded scar, and Bisley's are shaped like the letter Z.* VoiceForTheVoiceless: While Ludger does talk outside of the player's control, it's just in short one word responses at the most. As a result Elle will very frequently speak for him, especially during the victory quotes.* WhamLine: Courtesy of Victor.-->[[spoiler: I'm ''this'' Elle's father.]]* ZettaiRyouiki: Leia wears one in her new outfit.----


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Did you spend the weekend getting to know your Surface – like many of those who lined up at Microsoft Stores across the country?
And now you're considering getting your own application into the Windows Store, but not sure where to begin?
Well, we all started somewhere, and although I'm far from laying claim to a Windows 8 app with thousands of downloads, over the past few months of working with developers as well as on my own, I've settled on my own shortlist of things to know about Windows 8 development that are I feel are keys to future success.
Read the store certification requirements, then read them again.
For your application to be in the Windows Store, it must pass certification which comprises a set of security, technical, and content compliance tests. Simply leaving a debug statement in your code or forgetting to provide a privacy policy for your application can result in rejection. Before you submit your app you'll definitely want to make sure it passes the Windows Application Certification Kit on your own device. Take a look as well at Resolving certification errors to avoid common issues and the resulting delay in getting your application on the market.
User experience matters.
Windows Store applications are different. They look different and act differently from what many of us have previously built on the Windows platform – whether it be Windows Forms, WPF, Silverlight or ASP.NET. It's not just a matter of translating user interface elements or applying a new theme or skin. Successful Windows 8 applications will embrace the modern Windows application design, which have been influenced by movements like the Swiss Style and Bauhaus. Take time to embrace the Windows 8 design principles, and eschew skeumorphism!.
When it comes to crafting that user experience, there are many different avenues available: XAML (with Visual Basic, C#, and C++), DirectX with C++, and CSS with HTML5 and JavaScript. The more adept you are with those rendering technologies, the more compelling your app will be. In that journey, you'll likely find yourself gravitating more and more to the incredible functionality of Blend for Visual Studio.
For building games, even more options abound, including multiple JavaScript libraries like ImpactJS and EaselJS and offerings like GameSalad and Construct 2. Full-featured game engines like Unreal Engine 3 and Unity have also announced support for Windows 8.
Embrace the MVVM pattern.
Windows 8 applications typically consist of just a few (or perhaps even just one) page, with controls and data-binding governing much of the experience. The Model-View-ViewModel design pattern (which is a close cousin of Presentation Model, Model-View-Presenter and Model-View-Controller) has quickly become the de facto model for XAML based application development, whether it be Silverlight, WPF, or Windows 8. For HTML5/JS applications, data-binding is also a key facet; however, since two-way binding is not explicitly supported, there can be a bit more work involved when using MVVM.
You'll find there's even a DefaultViewModel property for many of the XAML-based Windows 8 project templates to steer you toward this goal. There are also some excellent blog posts from various authors on the topic, and the MVVM Light Toolkit (from Laurent Bugnion) is a common starting point.
Windows Store applications are mobile applications.
If you've built applications for Windows Phone or even iOS or Android, you will be familiar with a focus on providing a consistent, responsive user experience. To guarantee that level of experience regardless of the what is currently running on that device, applications are necessarily constrained. They run within a sandbox with limited access outside of that sandbox (unless authorized by the user), and they have a very distinct lifecycle controlled by the user and the operating system more so than by the developer.
Successful applications built for Windows 8 will be mindful of battery life, provide both a connected and a disconnected experience, work well on low-power devices, and mold the experience to the characteristics of the device on which they are executing thus becoming authentically digital.
Understand the application lifecycle.
Every Windows 8 Store application is bound by the same lifecycle, and it's incumbent on the developer to understand when state transitions occur and what actions should be taken as a result.
For instance, an application can be activated by clicking on its live tile of course, but it may also be activated through a search or by another application via protocol activation. And as soon that other application is brought into view, the current application is suspended. It's then up to the developer to save any application state, since a suspended application could be completely terminated by the operating system – with no further notification - should there be memory or battery life pressure.
Asynchrony is the norm.
Windows 8 applications are often characterized in marketing-speak as fast and fluid. The consistency of performance in reaction to user input is a key part of the experience and enforced by strict timing requirements. For instance, applications much launch within five seconds or less and must suspend in two seconds or less.
In fact, any operation that takes more than 200 ms is a prime candidate for an asynchronous implementation, one that does not require the UI to stop and wait for it to complete. This is baked into Windows RT as well since most file and network operations are available only as asynchronous methods.
Luckily asynchronous processing has become that much easier in .NET 4.5, and Visual Basic and C# developers can leverage the async/await pattern, allowing them to code in a synchronous style but with asynchronous methods. JavaScript developers can use promises that similarly abstract the complexities of asynchronous programming. And if you're a C++ developer, then you'll be using the task class that's part of the Concurrency Runtime,
Notifications can be a key application differentiator.
Notifications are a fantastic feature of the Windows 8 platform, one that can take your application from meh to wow. A built-in notification engine can serve up tile, toast, and badge updates to your application even when the application isn't running - thus expanding its presence and impact in the eyes of your users.
Tile notifications provide the glance-and-go experience that differentiates the Windows 8 Start Screen. Live tiles are the only persistent visual presence of your application on the user's device, and they are "live" solely because of notifications, providing updates to your application and enticing the user to run your app again and again.
Toast notifications are more personalized and immediate, informing the user of something of specific interest that's actionable right at that time. Used appropriately they can provide a compelling, just-in-time experience and be part of an application the user just can't do with out.
Lastly, badges are essentially an extension of the tile, providing a quick indication of the state of an application, like whether a video has been paused or how many unread e-mails are in your in-box.
Leverage contracts and extensions to broaden your application's presence.
The sandbox model of a Windows Store application at first seems incredibly constraining – you can't write to the file system, can't read from the registry, can't even detect what version of Windows is currently running! If you step back and view things from an end-user perspective though, you'll realize that many of those capabilities serve the developer and not the user. In Windows 8 the user is in charge, and a consistent experience is paramount.
In some ways it's liberating and democratizing for developers, there are defined rules – contracts, if you will – that every application has access to and no application can circumvent.
- Want to save a file to C:\ directly? Your application can, but the user must approve that action through the file picker.
- Want to have your application automatically handle a certain type of file? You can, but via file activation, and even then the user gets to pick which application she wants to response to that request (from among installed applications than can handle that file type).
- Want to search across data managed by other applications? You can - via the search contract.
It's through these contracts and extensions that your users' experience can extend beyond the boundaries of your own application and your application can reach new users through discovery mechanisms built-in to the Windows 8 runtime.
The Cloud is a unifier.
Does anyone have only one internet connected device in this day and age? We have smartphones, laptops, desktops, game consoles, etc., many of which run similar or companion applications, and increasingly we expect our experiences to transcend the device. We watch a movie on our slate or phone during the commute on the train and expect to finish that movie at home on our Xbox. We increasingly rely on apps like OneNote and Evernote to make our to-do list available wherever we happen to be at the time.
Underlying the connected experiences is the cloud, and within Windows 8 it's not a bolted-on experience. SkyDrive is a first class citizen, your social media presence on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google are linked in the People app, and developers can make use of roaming storage which automatically handles the synchronization of application data across Windows 8 devices linked to a given user's Microsoft account.
Stepping it up a notch, Windows 8 applications can easily tie into Windows Azure Mobile Services for common application needs like simple structured data storage, authentication across identity providers like Facebook and Twitter, and to provide the plumbing for push notifications. Of course you don't have to stop there, Windows Azure has numerous other services that you can easily tap into to increase the impact, reach, and agility of your application.
Your profits are in your hands.
Having your application in the Windows Store is a tremendous opportunity, with over 670 millions upgradeable licenses of Windows 7 in the wild now and an estimated 300 million units of Windows 8 shipping in 2013, so take some time to decide how to monetize your application, as there are several options you can use alone or in combination.
- You can simply charge for your application (anywhere from $1.49 to $999.99), where each download is a purchase and you retain 70% of the proceeds (or 80% once you've reached the $25,000 mark). Optionally, you can opt to enable a time-limited or feature-limited trial as part of your application, which can significantly increase your purchase rate over an application without such an option.
- You might decide not to charge for the app at all and make your money from ads presented within your application via the Microsoft Advertising SDK or a third-party ad provider. By the way, according to a 2011 Gartner report, mobile advertising revenue is slated to reach $20.6 billion 2015, up from $3.3 billion in 2011.
- Increasingly, applications are turning to in-app purchases as a primary monetization technique either using the built-in Windows.ApplicationModel.Store namespace or a third-party commerce provider. As food for thought, in July 2011 Distimo noted that although only 4% of all iPhone applications leveraged in-app purchases, those purchases accounted for 72% of all application revenue, a 150% increase over the prior year. That same report also showed that free downloads of applications exceeded those of paid applications by a factor of five.
Before settling on your approach, do take time to review other apps in your category and the monetization trends for those applications. Different types of applications engender different expectations on the part of end users. For example, statistics from the Windows Phone store indicate that consumers are more likely to pay for games than for any other category of applications, by a factor of six.
In conclusion, I wish you good luck on your Windows 8 development journey, and I welcome your thoughts, stories, and feedback!
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Jim is a Technology Evangelist for Microsoft who covers the Northeast District, namely, New England and upstate New York. He is focused on engaging with the development community in the area through user groups, code camps, BarCamps, Microsoft-sponsored events, etc., and just in general serve as ambassador for Microsoft. Since 2009, Jim has been focusing on software development scenarios using cloud computing and Windows Azure. You can follow Jim on Twitter at @jimoneil
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By Carmen Gonzalez The Internet of Things (IoT) is causing data centers to become radically decentralized and atomized within a new paradigm known as "fog computing." To support IoT applications, such as connected cars and smart grids, data centers' core functions will be decentralized out to the network's edges and endpoints (aka "fogs"). As this trend takes hold, Big Data analytics platforms will focus on high-volume log analysis (aka "logs") and rely heavily on cognitive-computing algorithms (aka "cogs") to make sense of it all. Mar. 6, 2015 09:00 AM EST Reads: 1,391 |
By Pat Romanski One of the biggest impacts of the Internet of Things is and will continue to be on data; specifically data volume, management and usage. Companies are scrambling to adapt to this new and unpredictable data reality with legacy infrastructure that cannot handle the speed and volume of data.
In his session at @ThingsExpo, Don DeLoach, CEO and president of Infobright, will discuss how companies need to rethink their data infrastructure to participate in the IoT, including:
Data storage: Understanding the kinds of data: structured, unstructured, big/small?
Analytics: What kinds and how responsiv... Mar. 6, 2015 05:00 AM EST Reads: 2,817 |
By Pat Romanski Since 2008 and for the first time in history, more than half of humans live in urban areas, urging cities to become "smart." Today, cities can leverage the wide availability of smartphones combined with new technologies such as Beacons or NFC to connect their urban furniture and environment to create citizen-first services that improve transportation, way-finding and information delivery.
In her session at @ThingsExpo, Laetitia Gazel-Anthoine, CEO of Connecthings, will focus on successful use cases. Mar. 6, 2015 04:00 AM EST Reads: 3,087 |
By Liz McMillan The Workspace-as-a-Service (WaaS) market will grow to $6.4B by 2018. In his session at 16th Cloud Expo, Seth Bostock, CEO of IndependenceIT, will begin by walking the audience through the evolution of Workspace as-a-Service, where it is now vs. where it going.
To look beyond the desktop we must understand exactly what WaaS is, who the users are, and where it is going in the future. IT departments, ISVs and service providers must look to workflow and automation capabilities to adapt to growing demand and the rapidly changing workspace model. Mar. 6, 2015 04:00 AM EST Reads: 1,248 |
By Liz McMillan Sensor-enabled things are becoming more commonplace, precursors to a larger and more complex framework that most consider the ultimate promise of the IoT: things connecting, interacting, sharing, storing, and over time perhaps learning and predicting based on habits, behaviors, location, preferences, purchases and more.
In his session at @ThingsExpo, Tom Wesselman, Director of Communications Ecosystem Architecture at Plantronics, will examine the still nascent IoT as it is coalescing, including what it is today, what it might ultimately be, the role of wearable tech, and technology gaps stil... Mar. 6, 2015 03:30 AM EST Reads: 2,845 |
By Elizabeth White Almost everyone sees the potential of Internet of Things but how can businesses truly unlock that potential. The key will be in the ability to discover business insight in the midst of an ocean of Big Data generated from billions of embedded devices via Systems of Discover. Businesses will also need to ensure that they can sustain that insight by leveraging the cloud for global reach, scale and elasticity. Mar. 6, 2015 03:15 AM EST Reads: 4,758 |
By Pat Romanski The Internet of Things (IoT) promises to evolve the way the world does business; however, understanding how to apply it to your company can be a mystery. Most people struggle with understanding the potential business uses or tend to get caught up in the technology, resulting in solutions that fail to meet even minimum business goals.
In his session at @ThingsExpo, Jesse Shiah, CEO / President / Co-Founder of AgilePoint Inc., showed what is needed to leverage the IoT to transform your business. He discussed opportunities and challenges ahead for the IoT from a market and technical point of vie... Mar. 6, 2015 02:45 AM EST Reads: 4,100 |
By Liz McMillan IoT is still a vague buzzword for many people. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Mike Kavis, Vice President & Principal Cloud Architect at Cloud Technology Partners, discussed the business value of IoT that goes far beyond the general public's perception that IoT is all about wearables and home consumer services.
He also discussed how IoT is perceived by investors and how venture capitalist access this space.
Other topics discussed were barriers to success, what is new, what is old, and what the future may hold.
Mike Kavis is Vice President & Principal Cloud Architect at Cloud Technology Pa... Mar. 6, 2015 02:30 AM EST Reads: 4,773 |


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TBS Orders 80 Episodes of Meet the Browns; NATPE Day 2 Updates; ION Goes HD on Feb. 16
In other NATPE news, we have some cable news from the conference. style Network has acquired the exclusive off-network rights to Supernanny from Disney-ABC Domestic Television. style will get all five seasons of the reality series and will begin airing the reruns in Fall 2009. ABC has not yet announced if Supernanny will get a sixth season, but it is very likely.
A new premium cable channel will launch this fall. The new premium cable channel will be called epix. epix will be joint a venture between Paramount Pictures, MGM and Lionsgate. epix will make movies and entertainment accessible on multiple platforms. The network will combine new and classic feature films and original television series from studios including Paramount, MGM and Lionsgate. epix will have exclusive access to Paramount, Paramount Vantage, MTV Films and Nickelodeon Movies released theatrically on or after January 1, 2008 and MGM, United Artists and Lionsgate titles released theatrically on or after January 1, 2009. It will also have access to more than 15,000 motion picture titles spanning the studios' vast libraries and will feature new original television series and live event programming. Among the films they will air are The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Duchess, Iron Man, Cloverfield, Defiance, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, New in Town, The Spiderwick Chronicles and Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail. epix also will have the rights to all 17 re-mastered James Bond movies as well as Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. It doesn't look like any classic TV or older TV series will air on this network.
Finally, Connection III Entertainment's weekend half-hour Made in Hollywood and Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition have been picked up by CBS owned-stations for first-run syndication in fall 2009. 21 markets have been bought. Made in Hollywood will enter its fifth season while spinoff Teen Edition will enter its fourth season. Made in Hollywood features set visits with directors, writer, producers and actors as they work on upcoming movies. The Teen Edition covers all that and also shows teens what kinds of jobs are available in the film industry and how to get them. In NY, Made in Hollywood already airs on WCBS, Saturdays at 3am, but the Teen Edition airs on WLNY, an independent station, Wednesdays at 9am.
ION Television will launch in high definition (HD) providing a fully enhanced HD simulcast of the newly rebranded "Positively Entertaining" network, beginning Monday, February 16. ION Television HD will initially roll out to 20 markets within ION's 55 market footprint – including top DMA's like New York, Los Angeles and Chicago – with additional roll-outs to occur throughout the year. The first phase of the ION TV HD launch will reach over 46 million households. ION Media Networks' digital TV brands, Qubo and ION Life, will also be launched across digital platforms in high definition later in 2009.
Viewers can look forward to a mix of compelling television series, theatrical and made-for-television movies and specials on ION Television HD. The ION Television network features hit programs from CBS Television, NBC Universal, RHI Entertainment, Sony Pictures Television, Twentieth Television and Warner Bros., among others.
ION Television in HD will be launched from its newly designed, state-of-the-art transmission platform via expanded satellite transponder capacity. That national distribution will then be delivered over-the-air via DTV broadcast, cable, telco-TV and satellite. The network will feature native and up-converted HD programming, and will be carried on all 60 of ION Media Network's television stations around the country.
View the full list of initial roll-out markets for ION HD and the list of markets launching later in 2009.
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03/10 - Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. - The Complete Series
03/10 - Hey Dude - The Complete Series (Walmart Exclusive)
03/10 - Petticoat Junction - Family Favorite Episodes
03/17 - Bewitched - Season 5 (Mill Creek)
03/17 - Bewitched - Season 6 (Mill Creek)
03/17 - Bewitched - Seasons 5 & 6 (Mill Creek)
03/17 - Maude - The Complete Series (Shout! Factory)
03/17 - WKRP in Cincinnati - The Complete First Season (Shout! Factory)
03/17 - WKRP in Cincinnati - The Complete Second Season (Shout! Factory)
03/24 - The Donna Reed Show - Season 2 (MPI Home Video)
03/31 - Silicon Valley - Season 1 (Blu-ray)
03/31 - Veep - The Complete Third Season (Blu-ray)
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Monday, March 2
The Big Bang Theory - "The First Pitch Insufficiency" (CBS, 8:00PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Wolowitz is nervous after NASA asks him to throw out the first pitch at a Los Angeles Angels game. Meanwhile, Leonard and Penny try to prove Sheldon wrong after he says that he and Amy are a "superior couple."
Mike & Molly - "The World According to Peggy" (CBS, 8:30PM ET/PT)
Molly plans a party after hearing that Peggy is suddenly retiring.
American Dad - "Morning Mimosa" (TBS, 9:00PM ET/PT)
Francine refuses to cook for Steve when he cusses at her and he becomes a successful chef; Stan thinks he can make people invisible by snapping his fingers.
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of March 2) (All times ET unless noted)
Monday, March 2
- Steve Carell (The Office) - Watch Steve on a repeat of The Late Show with David Letterman at 11:35pm on CBS.
- Aziz Ansari (Parks and Recreation) - Aziz drops by Conan at 11pm on TBS.
- Drew Carey (The Drew Carey Show/The Good Life) - Drew guest co-hosts The Late Late Show at 12:37am on CBS.
- Joshua Molina (Sports Night) - Joshua appears on The Late Late Show at 12:37am on CBS.
- Cathy Ladman (Caroline in the City) - Cathy visits The Late Late Show at 12:37am on CBS.
- Kelly Ripa (Hope & Faith) - Kelly stops by Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Cristela Alonzo (Cristela) - Cristela is a guest on Conan at 11pm on TBS.
- Juliette Lewis (I Married Dora) - Juliette talks about ABC's Secrets & Lies on LIVE! with Kelly and Michael, so check your listings.
- Jamie Foxx (The Jamie Foxx Show) - Jamie appears on a repeat of The Queen Latifah Show on your local station or at 3am on BET.
- Lisa Kudrow (The Comeback/Friends) - Lisa chats on The Talk on CBS at 2pm ET/1pm CT-PT.
- Terry Crews (Brooklyn Nine-Nine/Are We There Yet?/Everybody Hates Chris) - Terry is a guest on The Better Show, so check your local listings.
- Larry David (Curb Your Enthusiasm) - Larry talks about Fish in the Dark on NBC's Today sometime between 7-9am.
- Alan Alda (M*A*S*H) - Alan appears on NBC's Today sometime between 7-9am and in the 10am hour.
- Sean Giambrone (The Goldbergs) - Sean talks about his hit comedy series on Home & Family on Hallmark Channel at 10am ET/PT.
- Mo'Nique (The Parkers) - Mo'Nique will be on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am.
- Matthew Perry (The Odd Couple/Go On/Mr. Sunshine/Friends) and Thomas Lennon (The Odd Couple/Sean Saves the World/Reno 911!) - Matthew and Thomas are guests on Access Hollywood Live, so check your local listings.
- Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) - Tituss appears on PIX11 Morning News on WPIX in New York at 8:45am.
- Alyssa Milano (Who's the Boss?/Romantically Challenged) - Alyssa guest co-hosts The Talk all this week on CBS at 2pm ET/1pm CT-PT.


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text: We're sorry, Click Clock Lamp is out of stock Why not try one of these instead? Bike Wheel Clock by Vyconic £49$101.20€68.33$78.90 Bike Sprocket Coloured Hands Wheel Clock by Vyconic £55$113.60€76.70$88.56 Rechargeable Slab Walnut Click Clock by Gingko Electronics £45.99$94.99€64.13$74.05 Personalised Map Clock by TheLittleBoysRoom £39.95$82.51€55.71$64.33 Click Clock Lamp by Gingko Electronics £55$113.60€76.70$88.56 Out of stock £18.50$38.21€25.80$29.79 delivery to United States - Receive this item 5-10 working days from ordering International delivery available we're sorry we're sorry, This item is currently out of stock quantity buy a gift voucher related categories home > bedroom > decorative accessories > clocks home > bedroom > furnishings & fittings > lighting > bedside lamps sale > top sale picks > home sale picks by Gingko Electronics Location: Nuneaton, GB read seller's profile see seller's complete range more items from this seller Cube Black Click Clock £27.99$57.81€39.03$45.07 Beech Click Clock Lamp £49.99$103.25€69.71$80.49 Oak Click Clock Lamp £55$113.60€76.70$88.56 Black Cube Click Clock £27.99$57.81€39.03$45.07 Music Click Clock £109.99$227.18€153.39$177.11 Slab Black Click Clock £45.99$94.99€64.13$74.05 view all you may also like PRODUCT DETAILS DELIVERY RETURNS exclusive eco-friendly ask seller a question A perfect space-saving solution by combining a clever alarm clock and a stylish light. The Click Clock Lamp is a smart, modern and compact table lamp with an alarm clock built in the base. It incorporates the same features and design of our Click Clock range. So, when the 'lamp base' is not lit up it looks like a normal wooden desk lamp, but when you click your fingers, clap your hands, or give it a gentle tap, the lamp base will instantly light up to tell you the time, date and temperature. Then it will automatically switch off and go back to sleep again. Please note, the light is controlled separately by a switch and cannot be sound activated. The light and alarm clock can be working at the same time, or the light can be switched off separately but the clock is still running while you are sleeping. But, whenever you need to have a quick check of the time at night, you don't need to find your smartphone or watch any more, just give a gentle tap and the eco-friendly LED display will instantly light up for you to tell you the time/date/temperature. Product Features: - clock display alternates between time, date, and temperature - clock can also be set to display time only - clock can have sound activated or permanent display - three different alarm settings with snooze - 5 / 7 days alarm setting - light can be switched off while the clock remains on - white lampshade (included) - bulb type E14, maximum 40 watts (not included) - LED display automatically dims by 2/3 between 7pm-7am - 12/24 Hours format and ℃/ ℉ format display settings - internal memory battery built inside to save all your custom settings - power supply: mains 220-240V, 50-60Hz power cord (EU/American Plug Adaptor will be included for customers from the EU and US) made from: MDF wood lamp base with a white back wood effect vinyl finish plus a material lampshade. dimensions: Lamp Shade : L15 x W 15 x H 30cm Lamp Base: L15 x W 15 x H 5 cm product code: 270912 This product is dispatched to you by Gingko Electronics. This item is sent by Royal Mail tracked service. If you are not at home to recieve your delivery then you can provide a safeplace for your item until you return. Let us know your safeplace when you have placed your order. (Applies to UK only) Thank you MAINLAND UK order now and receive this item on or before price Free Delivery Wednesday 11 March FREEFREEFREEFREE NON-MAINLAND UK estimated delivery price Northern Ireland 2-5 working daysfrom dispatch £2.75$5.68€3.83$4.42 Other UK Islands 2-5 working daysfrom dispatch £4.95$10.22€6.90$7.97 INTERNATIONAL DELIVERY estimated delivery price Western Europe 2-5 working daysfrom dispatch £11.50$23.75€16.03$18.51 Rest of Europe 5-10 working daysfrom dispatch £11.50$23.75€16.03$18.51 USA & Canada 5-10 working daysfrom dispatch £18.50$38.21€25.80$29.79 Far East & Australasia 5-10 working daysfrom dispatch £19.50$40.27€27.19$31.40 You have 28 days, from receipt of cancellable goods, to notify the seller if you wish to cancel your order or exchange an item. Please note: goods that are personalised, bespoke or made-to-order to your specific requirements, perishable products and personal items sold with a hygiene seal (cosmetics, underwear) in instances where the seal is broken are non-refundable, unless faulty. Read more about our returns policy.Should you choose to return or exchange your order you will need to deliver the item(s) to the UK, where this seller is based. Gingko Electronics's return policy