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Star Wars: Battlefront teaser points to full reveal next month
I agree with ya. IDK why you were negged. Once i heard it was going to be an fps im concerned it'll nothing more than a Battlefield 4 re-skin. Also knowing EA are behind it i bet we'll get nowhere near as as many maps as we did in Battlefront 1 & esp 2(it'll be charged for in map packs(theyve ruined many a game imo)). Plus things like space battles/ship boarding, movie scenarios, more factions for galactic conquest/galactic conquest itself(we'll probably get a shitty, short, highly scripted singleplayer campaign in its place), more classes(previously unlocked as one played) etc...i bet all those things will also be taken from the game and charged for via ripoff, bullshit DLC.
Im highly spectical. Battlefront 3 doesn't excite me tbh. EA's & DICE/Danger Close's track record has been awful lately. I've gone off the boil too, well have to wait n see i guess. But it doesn't look good imo :(. Reply 0
God of War 3 Remastered announced for PS4
This generation is turning out to be utter shite, arguably the worst gen yet. Oh and i loved GoW 3, but im done with the series now. Its not like it evens needs a remaster as it still looks/runs great. So, sooo lazy. Reply 0
World Bank exec discovers son spent $4500 on FIFA packs
The World Bank are utter scum. They've brought untold death, deprivation & destruction to countless hundreds of millions if not billions of people all over the world/developing world especially. The world bank(and the anhorrent system it reprents)are part of the overall problem not solution to our species biggest struggles. My brothers & sisters imo i think we need to stand up and break free from our chains, remove thier suffocating stranglehold from around the neck of the world.. launch a global movement a revolution against him n his ilk/what he reprents.
But i feel soooo sorry for this corporate agent of neo-colonialist, enslaver of nations n its 99%'er peoples.. agent of destruction... i feel so sorry for him, NOT!. Idiot, pay attention to what your son is doing next time. Its called responsible parenting. Reply -3
Eurogamer readership survey 2015
Eurogamer has dropped review scores
Interesting. Reply 0
Video: The Witcher 3 is the Game of Thrones of video games, and here's why
@Defecationqueen This is austerity Britain afterall~. But Mmm crusty, funky & salty. Delicious depth of flavour your homemade protien concoction has i bet. Reply -5
@thomaslivingston Agreed. I feel the same way about the Elder Scrolls games too. I mean sure these games are fantasy...BUT that fantasy is based around real European Celtic/Early Medieval/Middle Ages history, culture and folklore. America has no part of that, thus american accents jarr and feel out of place in such a setting. I mean could you imagine the LOTR films with US accents?, it just wouldn't work as you noted.
But with regards to fantasy genre games i often think American accents cheapen them n make it feels tacky, breaks immersion and also like the devs/pubs are half-assing it, like they couldnt be bothered to do it properly/authentically. Plus most of these devs are american & the games are designed with the American market in mind first, everyone else second, so they probaly don't even notice etc~. It just annoys me somewhat. Its not that difficult to get the right accents for such a setting. Reply +11
PlayStation 4 has sold 18.5m worldwide
The PS3 still is more useable & has more features, which is a joke tbh. The PS4 leaves alot to be desired. Both hardware & software/feature wise. Its a half-assed console made on the cheap & rushed to market. Reply -16
Ubisoft polls public on future Far Cry settings
Deep space. Reply 0
Editor's blog: Merry Christmas!
Its been a disappointing year for games has 2014 AD imo. So here's hoping 2015 AD is much better. Oh & of course merry christmas to all my fellow EG'ers. Eat, drink and be merry. I wish all you guys & girls out there all the best in the ongoing journey that is life. Have a good one :). Reply +3
Student-made Ukip parody game upsets Nigel Farage
Persenally i think as we are a small island nation, we cannot support so many recent eu & non-eu immigrants who come here with all thier cultural baggage & not wanting to intergrate, but live in their own neigbourhoods entirely seperate. Its slowly & gradually leading to the balkanisation of England and an erosion of a shared culture, history & values, plus it puts ever more strain on services/infrastructure, plus it also means lower wages for all due to the cheap surplus of labour(its what the capitalists want, tis one of the many reasons we have to move away from our current neo-liberal capitalism system).
Now im not a UKIPPER or fan of Farage & his fake man of the people act when he's just as much a part of the establishment & a thatcherite, tory nutter as the rest of them (i've very left wing views on most other issues), but the fact is on immigration he has a point. Its been too many to fast. It has to stop. Its common sense at this point really. Imo i think we need an immigration policy similar to Australia or Japan. Where you can only come here if you are highly qualified & or have skills we need. Reply -2
Elite: Dangerous review
Hey Mr.Braben if your reading... A PS4 version will do nicely thanks. But now this the kind of games i wish console devs were making instead of mindless FPS's or lame indie 2D side-scrollers all the time. So here's hoping for a ps4 version at some future point. Reply +6
Judge allows lawsuit over Killzone Shadow Fall's 1080p graphics to proceed
What about Bethesda & Skyrim on PS3?. Surely that's more deserving of a lawsuit. Reply +3
Rich Stanton on: GTA's growing pains
The dumbed down, unrealistic arcadey shitty physics & how its all style over substance take me outta the game too. Reply -24
Today, Sony is selling PS4 20th Anniversary Edition consoles for just �19.94 each
@kinky_mong I wouldn't want to live in London personally anyway. Its a rude, overpriced, over-crowded hellhole and an English/British city in name only. No thank you. Your welcome to it. Reply -1
Bethesda shows glimpse of The Elder Scrolls Online's console version
@Some_Goats Yeah i am. Me and my body are gonna be getting better acquainted ;). You?.
But on topic to little, to late im afraid. TES online just doesn't interest me. Bethesda are wasting their time releasing this on consoles imo. The game just isn't that good either. Reply +1
Grand Theft Auto 5: deconstructing the remaster
The driving physics & general physics are still dumbed down crap though, a bit of added eye-candy doesn't impress me. Reply -13
Pok�mon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire review
COD, Fifa, Ass Creed, Pokemon...Same shit, different year. Reply -3
BioWare's brilliant Dragon Age: Inquisition sex scene
Grand Theft Auto 5, one year on
Idk bout anyone else, but it really disapppoints me how the visuals have been upgraded but the physics model is exactly the same as last-gen. I mean shooting & driving(esp the driving physics. Every car feels the same) in first person really highlights even more how awful & arcadey the physics are. They're truly crap. The dumbed down, unrealistic physics model breaks the immersion. Ruins the game imo as everything else tries so hard to be realistic, there's alot of atttention to detail but then you get in a car or try to deeper interact with the world and it all falls apart. The illusion is shattered. I just wish they gave us a choice. I find myself taking taxi's everywhere.
I don't like how there's hardly any enterable buildings/interiors either. Again it makes the world feel like a theme-park, very superficial & souless, it feels all style over substance imo. Im not impressed by this game tbh. Leaves alot to be desired. Reply -8
GTA 5's next-gen grass compared
Fuck the grass...Fix the shitty physics R*. Reply -11
Video: Six things first person mode brings to GTA 5
Shooting & Driving(the driving physics esp suck) in first person really highlights even more how awful & arcadey the physics are. They're truly shite. The dumbed down, unrealistic physics model breaks the immersion. Ruins the game imo. Reply -19
Performance Analysis: Grand Theft Auto 5
The driving & physics are still crap btw. R* have upgraded the visuals but left the physics in thier original dumbed down state. It stands out & jarrs even more now with the added detail & realism in the visuals & presentation. Not impressed. Reply 0
Grand Theft Auto 5 review
The driving & physics are still crap btw. R* have upgraded the visuals but left the physics dumbed down. It stands out & jarrs even more now with the added detail & realism in the visuals & presentation. Not impressed. Reply -1
Face-Off: Assassin's Creed Unity
Still not as bad as Skyrim on PS3. Reply -2
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare review
You could throw in Pokemon too Reply 0
Everything not saved will be lost
I love feet!;) Reply +1
BioWare boss polls fans on potential Mass Effect Trilogy re-make
(Stolen from redeyesurprise~)
For a remaster on PS4 i'd like to see the following...
- All DLC (Pinnacle Station included)
- 1080p/60fps (or 1080p/30fps but with much more effects, better lighting, just waaaaaaay more detail in the graphics)
- Higher Resolution textures
- More NPCs/Enemies on screen
- Female turians, drell, and vorcha NPCs added to ME1 for consistency
- More tools/options for creating characters
- ME1's combat replaced by ME2/3's
- Correct inconsistent CREATED Shepard facial features when importing from ME2 to ME3
- Model a consistent DEFAULT FemShep face to match across all three titles or use an actual model similar to how Mark Vanderloo was used for default John Shepard (may I suggest "Antje Traue")
- All major glitches fixed
- The option to switch between the original ending, and extended cut for ME3
- More armour customization options (colors/patterns/etc)
- Tweak ME1's inventory screen (not drastically, but in the right places)
- Incorporate newer powers from ME2, and ME3 back into ME1 (biotic charge/tactical cloak/etc) Reply +2
ME2 sure. I'd be interested in a ME1 remake(perhaps with the combat of 2) as well. 3 not so much(it was a pile of rushed, dumbed down shite, and it wasnt just the ending. Good combat n sound design though). Though if they are gonna remake the whole trilogy then i'd like to see every single piece of DLC included, all three soundtracks thrown in too. Reply 0
Watch this Grand Theft Auto 5 PS3-to-PS4 comparison video
Have the physics been upgraded too or is it only the visuals?. Reply +2
Grand Theft Auto 5 first-person mode confirmed for PC, PS4, Xbox One
This'll just make the shitty mario kart-esque driving mechanics/physics, non-existant damage model & general dumbed down rubbish physics model all the more apparent. What's the point in playing in this even more immersive POV & having all this extra realistic detail in the surroundings, when the actual game doesn't match that level of realism. I mean GTA is inconsistent in how it handles the world in general. Let me break it down and show you what i mean....
Your health is low (realistic).
NPC health is low and can be KO'd by a single punch or knife strike (realistic).
Running speed is slow (realistic).
Bicycling speed is slow (realistic).
The slightest mistake on foot means death.
And now, we transition to cars(a major aspect of the game):
Car health is incredibly high and you are basically invincible while moving.
Car damage takes forever to develop.
Cars cannot be permanently flipped (you can easily flip them back).
Cars are basically glued to the ground.
Cars all have ridiculous acceleration & braking
Cars they have no suspension/weight/body roll and handle basically the same etc.
You have to admit there's a disparity here. The transition from hyper-realistic to arcade is instant. And that, to many people/true core gamers(myself included)is problematic.
Consistency is the answer. I don't believe anyone(myself included) who has played Midnight Club or Saints Row 4 would be complaining about unrealistic physics, because the game is entirely unrealistic. However, this is not the case in GTA: V.
One moment, you die from taking 3 or 4 bullets from police on foot. The next, you're being chased for half an hour because police can't stop your car no matter their best efforts.
One moment, you die from being clipped by a car going 20 mph. The next, you're doing 90 degree turns in an 4x4 going full speed.
I urge everyone to think about this situation. If the game was entirely unrealistic, I don't believe i'd take issue(niether would many who care). But the game is filled with attempts at being realistic heck, look at the activity choices: Tennis, golf, yoga ... etc. Thus it is immersion breaking plain & simple as you are taken from that "realistic" mindset and thrown into a completely unrealistic set of circumstances with no real reasoning as to why. It's as though on-foot gameplay and activities were developed by an entirely different studio than the driving mechanics. So here's hoping they've rectified this on the next-gen versions. If its just the same...Im out!. Reply -11
Can we also get an updated/new more realistic physics model & driving mechanics too?. Sort it out Rockstar. Reply -5
Grand Theft Auto 5 gets 55-track CD and vinyl soundtrack
Will the next-gen GTA V also be getting an updated/new more realistic physics model & driving mechanics?.
Also what about the talk radio shows too?. They were absolute gash in GTA V. Reply -3
Star Wars Battlefront out Christmas 2015
I hope its not just the Battlefield template/formula with a star wars skin. Also please dont be a shallow, multiplayer-centric, barebones DLC fest. But its EA & DICE LA(aka Danger Close of MOH fame) making the game, so im not hopeful. I think this could more than likely be a pile of shit going by EA's & DICE's track record. I remain highly sceptical & hope im proven wrong, but i sadly get the gut feeling i won't be :(. Reply +5
Existing Grand Theft Auto 5 owners who upgrade get bonus content
Will they also be getting an upgraded physics engine & driving mechanics too?. If not im not interested. Reply 0
The problem with video game guns
Killzone 2 had some excellent gunplay/guns too imo. It was weighty, felt like you were carrying something & actually were hitting something, dealing damage. Tis was very well realised & great fun. I think the Mass Effect games(esp 2 & 3) had quality guns/gunplay as well. Reply +1
Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth review
An 8...That's most logical. Reply +8
UK gov changing law to get tough on internet trolling
Watch this law gradually being extended to anyone saying bad things of the government/political establishment. Why do you think its so vague. These elitist, class-war waging, corrupt, pyhscopathic facists in charge are only looking to control, censor & remove our: the people's rights. This whole "trolling" thing & faux caring about online abuse(the tory party couldnt care less. As afterall they are just as nasty as the vilest scummy troll. Just look at the abuse they've unleashed upon the nation & many of its most vulnerable) is nothing but a smokescreen, smoke & mirrors to mask thier true intentions. Dont fall for it my brothers & sisters out there. This is is the beginning of a slippery slope. Mark my my words. Reply -8
Chinese mobile game uploaded nude videos of players without telling them
iPhone 6 sold 10 million units in three days
I wonder how many of those queueing up to buy this iphone 6 have a perfectly good/working phone thats only a year old(same goes for Android users too). Yet it'll be thrown away as trash, discarded to become toxic, dangerous & hazardous matieral in some 3rd world country. Only acting to pollute mother Earth ever more. Its so gluttoness, wasteful & unessecary. We're destroying the planet for stuff this. This absolute insanity it needs to stop!. Reply +2
Editor's blog: I'm leaving Eurogamer later this year
He gave Mass Effect 3 a 10/10...NEVER FORGET! Reply +3
Staring into the eyes of FIFA 15's new player ratings
I wonder what Henry's rating is. I hope they've not downgraded him(or any of the living legends)just because they're old or play in less popular leagues. EA really need to revaluate how they treat older players. Reply -1
Video: How exactly does Far Cry 4 differ from the last game?
I think FC3 was one of the most boring, repetitive & tedious games i've played in recent times. Like alot of Ubi games of late its a by the numbers, soless, superficial interaction, style over substance kinda fair. Not too mention the second island was so rushed & unfinished and all the islanders n bad guys were the fucking same. Really let the game down even more. Reply +3
Grand Theft Auto 5 radio stations being updated for PC, PS4, Xbox One
The rado station in V were absolute gash. Crap tunes, shitty unfuny talk radio, unfunny try hard satire abound. The stations were all to short in content as well, things became repetitive even quicker than usual.
Now they R* just have to announce they're updating the driving physics/the games physics engine & damage in general away from the unrealistic shitty mario kart esque to a much more realistic model. Then i might be actually be interested. Reply -2
Hoax call sees YouTuber arrested by SWAT while live streaming
The UK is well on its way becomong police state too btw. I've talked about this for years, but i believe the powers that be, the global elite... the Bilderberg et tel and thier puppets in governments & corporate fianance/mega international corporations the world over are beggining the end game on society. These people are using 1984 as thier manual, building a Corporatocracy & launching an all out class-war as neo-liberal capitalism eats itself to death n addicted to thier greed, resource stealing, wealth hoarding driven ways mixed with contempt & fear of those same people they need to keep the people down as they shaft them. Here in the UK we live under a corrupt, far-right third reich(certainly in terms of policies. Witness IDS & his murdering of disabled people by the DWP/Atos)like fascist regime who want and are doing the same as the regime in America. Militerising the police & society(witness the soldier worship, its a covert way of softening people up), but militerising the police is just another way of oppressing the people. They're a weapon of the state thus the elite, they're to enforce their agenda of the 1%. Its all connected. We're all potential targets in this war being waged by those physcopaths in the halls & boardrooms, secret rooms of power.
In time we the people are gonna have do something about it. Stand up together as brother & sisters to fight back and recaim our countries from the respecive suffocation of capitalist greed and a facist police state. The French had the right idea in 1789. Don't be affraid, we will do this. Its all gonna come to ahead sooner rather than later imo. The elites no this, thus the police state. It won't work though, history shows it always blows up in thier faces. Reply -4
The soundman wasn't accidently shot dead was he?~.
But for real Americans are retarded. There i said it. Reply -6
US Republican party creates its own video game
Atlas Shrugged: The videogame... Reply +7
This is what Far Cry 4's leading lady looks like
@xmod3563 This is Ubisoft mind. I mean in AC4 BF the lead protagonist is supposed to be from, born n raised in Swansea in Wales but speaks with a rather posh upper class English accent.
Though back too FC4 in general not all indians fit that stereotypical look i assume your thinking of(its a vast country with many different ppls and cultures, not just one block of homogenous people). Esp in the presumbly more northeast indian(Whats known as the seven sister states: Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and Meghalaya, and the nepal/china border areas etc)located areas this game takes place in seeing as its set in the himalayaas. A more East Asian geographical region anyways, the people refect that. But in general i agree. Accuracy isn't really Ubisoft Montreal's strongpoint. Reply -1
Tomb Raider, Vita's no-show and the mystery of 10m PS4 sales
@moroboshi No Mp3 support or external video or customisable UI either, and how the web-browser is even worse than the PS3's poor one. Its ridicously barebones for a "next-gen" console in 2014.
Saddens me that EG didn't really ask the hard-hitting, real relevant questions that we gamers wanted asked. Its more a sutble kiss-ass PR piece from the usual "games journalists". Much like the MSM in general and the propoganda bulllshit they spout & feed us on a daily basis. Don't believe their lies my brother & sisters out there, wherever you are. Reply -7


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Trying to Dodge all the Pot Holes on the Highway Abletts Western Star Cuts across the Overpass at Darnum=2012
STEVEOK200 and Truckwit600 added this photo to their favorites.
Sharp ride!! Very cool capture Craig..
Sweet looking star beautiful shot mate
Thanks Paul Yeah the Abletts Company have some real nice Trucks=Thanks Steve Yeah very Nice I was Lucky to get him as he came off the Exit Ramp straight across to the Entry Ramp hahah thanks Steve=Paul
love this one craig-- their trucks are always clean on the road
Thanks Jane=Yeah they sure are Sis very well Looked after Trucks for sure thanks Jane
I didn't even see you takin this pic mate.. I sneak up there an have a quick kip every now an then..
Thanks Josh=Aaaaaaagh Is this You hahahah How Cool Yeah I got the shock Of Me Life I was Not expecting to see an Abletts shoot across there LOL I thought you were trying to Dodge that rough Section of Road just under the Bridge There I will put the other Photo up showing more of the Trailer Soon Talk about good Timing for Me anyway LOL Thanks Josh
Yeah mate, very good timing. Its a good little spot on the on ramp there to sleep an your right about the nasty pot holes on that stretch of road..


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Weis fits perfectly for Gators
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Offensive guru, and his son, coming to Florida
Published: Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at 1:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, January 3, 2011 at 8:44 p.m.
GAINESVILLE - After new Florida coach Will Muschamp outlined what he was looking for in an offensive coordinator at his introductory news conference last month, names of potential coaches quickly popped to the minds of media types and fans alike.
Muschamp said he wanted someone who is an experienced play-caller with a background in the NFL and college.
Though numerous candidates quickly emerged, one name that did not jump out to anyone except the most prescient observers was Charlie Weis.
He seemed unattainable.
This is a man who was the head coach at Notre Dame for five seasons, who was in his ninth season as an NFL offensive coordinator this year, who coached on four Super Bowl-winning teams, who helped develop Tom Brady into an elite NFL quarterback and a future Hall of Famer, who was mentored by two of the greatest coaches in NFL history -- Bill Parcells and Bill Belichick.
But Muschamp is friends with Weis, and he had another strong connection -- Weis' son, Charlie.
Charlie Jr. aspires to be a football coach, and he was looking for a college where he could become a student assistant after he graduates from high school this year. Muschamp recently came up with a spot for him in Gainesville.
During conversations with the Weis family, Muschamp started pursuing Weis to become his offensive coordinator.
He got his guy. On Monday, Muschamp announced that Weis, the offensive coordinator with the Kansas City Chiefs, had been hired to run the Gators' offense.
Weis told the Kansas City Star that his son's future in Gainesville played a role in his decision to accept Muschamp's offer.
"This was a really tough decision for the Weis family," Weis said. "This opportunity is one of those unique situations where I can go to a great institution where my son goes to matriculate and be able to spend the next bunch of years watching my son grow.
"He wants to coach. It took us very long to try to find a place where he could be involved with the football program in a student-assistant capacity. When I finally did talk to Will, we chatted about that and then we talked about me.
"I had to really reflect on that, spend time with my wife and Charlie. We talked about a whole bunch of things and at the end of the day, I don't think anybody could understand how wonderful an opportunity it would be to be able to work at a place and see your kid on a daily basis.
"It's a tough business. To go to a program like Florida and be able to be around my kid at the same time ... is almost a dream."
It's a dream hire for Florida.
Weis, 54, is considered to have one of the best offensive minds in football. He has a long and proven track record as an offensive coordinator in the NFL and a reputation for developing quarterbacks. At New England, he took Brady, a sixth-round draft pick, and helped him become a perennial Pro Bowler. At Notre Dame, he developed Brady Quinn and Jimmy Clausen into NFL quarterbacks.
"Charlie was a perfect fit for what I was looking for in an offensive coordinator," Muschamp said.
Florida also named Seattle Seahawks defensive line coach Dan Quinn its defensive coordinator on Monday.
Quinn will remain with the Seahawks through their NFL playoff run. Muschamp, an accomplished defensive coordinator, will also assist with that side of the ball.
The Gators also hired Frank Verducci as offensive line coach and running game coordinator and George Wynn as director of football operations.
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Above Ground Pool Filter Advice Needed
I am hoping someone can help me out. We are planning on getting a 21' round above ground pool. I have picked out the pool but am a little uncertain on what type of filter to choose. I originally was going to go with a cartridge filter but have heard mised reviews on them. Now I am thinking if I should just go with a sand. And then obviously the third choice is a DE, Any thoughts or advice on which ine I should go with. All would be Hayward filters.
Thanks in advance!
Here is an article covering the three types of pool filters you mentioned. It might provide you with a bit more information.
I personally have a sand filter and have had 0 problems with it and found it pretty easy to maintain. I'm not sure on what kind of long-term costs you might be looking at with each. I believe sand is probably on the cheaper end to maintain (lats long and replacement costs are only around $100 for new media?).
Why were you originally going with a cartridge filter?


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StoryA demon cat that looks exactly like Kirara is being persecuted by a village for bringing them bad luck. Inu Yasha and his friends step in to stop the cruelty.
Later the gang finds themselves set up by clay warriors exactly like Urasue used. Did the old witch come back to life??
DVD FeaturesSpoken Languages: English, Japanese, English subtitles.
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- Genre: Anime Movies
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- Director: Karl Willems
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- Length: 78 Minu
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DVD Release North America Jun 28, 2005
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In this design the switch sits a top of the mash via an adjustable plastic tube that also protects the wiring. The wiring or most of the switch for that matter is never in the mash water. The 'float' part of the switch simply goes up and down. When it goes down all the way it turns on the pump, filling the mash tun until the mash tun is filled with enough sparge water to return the float part of the switch all the way back up--then the switch turns off the pump again... This repeats until all the mash water is gone.
The float switch sold by MoreBeer.com, , doesn't look like much different of a design then mine.
One electrical box from MoreBeer v.s. mine has two boxes (you easily could use one if you want), very similar float switch judging by the picture, if not the same, and it's 90 smacks... I would say just about the right mark up for a retailer. Mine will cost under $25. MoreBeer's is also rated the same: Any pump of 1/3 horse power or less, as that is the limit using standard household current of 15 amps and 14 guage wire.
NOTE: You are working with 120 volt household current so make sure you install all ground wires. Make sure the wiring is adequately protected from moisture. That is common sense when working with anything electrical.
The float switch is designed to be in water and is already sealed by the manufacturer with silicone. It will not cause a problem. But yes if you damage a wire and water crosses the circuit you may have a short and blow a fuse. Just like any electrical device. If the wires inside the mash tun cross due to moisture and a crack in the wire, you may have a short or the pump may flicker on and off... They are the same switchable wire-- so it's not as dramatic, even at 110 volts, as crossing wires with opposite polarities. If you did suspect a short or the pump turned on and off randomly--- don't do anything stupid-- like sticking your hand in the mash tun, simply unplug the power supply and inspect and fix before using again. http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/drewma...el%3as,1%3af,0
This is where i got the float switch: http://www.grainger.com/industrial-s...rols2A554.html
9 smacks...
Definitely a much cheaper way to go on the float switch.
However, I am more interested in the rest of your system's design. Nice incorporation of a coil in the mash tun. I assume from your diagram that you pump hot water from your hot liquor tank through this coil to maintain/raise mash temperatures. Nice going, this is an idea I hadn't thought of. A benefit of this design might be that it would give a more even dispersion of heat through the grain bed compared to a more traditional HERMS design.
Keep the good ideas coming.
I have read about many recirculating mash systems. From RIMS to HERMS. Some heating electrically and some using propane or natural gas.
When i designed and built my sculpture i wanted to be able to do step infusion and be able to recirculate my mash.
I did things a little differently but--- from what i read, no body does everything the same way... And everyone make great beer!
TO HEAT the mash tun i use the burners to heat water up strike temperature for the first mash rest. After that i pump hot water from the hot liquor tank through 50 feet of copper coil wrapped around the inside of the mash tun, then the water goes back to the hot water tank in a continous cycle. The hot water tank is heated to 180-190 degrees and held there by the propane burner. The water recirculated in the mash tun through the copper coils is about 20 degrees less then that. The pump is regulated by a Ranco temperature control with the probe inside the mash tun. Once set mash temperature is reached the Ranco device shuts the pump off. If the mash temperature falls too low the Ranco device automatically turns the pump back on until the set temperature is reached again. An electric mash agitator is set inside the mash tun and ensures even heating. Once the final rest is complete the Ranco device is set for mash out temperature. Hot water is cycled until the mash out temperature is reached.
TO RECIRCULATE the wort for several minutes and create clear runnings after mash out i simply pump mash water from the bottom of the mash tun to the top of the mash tun.
*Hot wort never runs through copper coiling, when it is recirculated it goes directly from the bottom of the mash tun to the top of the mash tun. The copper coils are by-passed.
TO SPARGE i simply pump the hot liquor tank water over the mash with a sparge arm and simotaniously drain wort into the boil vessel at a SLOWER rate. The slower rate allows me to automate the sparging process by a float switch connected to the pump (water always comes into the mash faster then is leaves until all sparge water/water from hot liquor tank is emptied). The calculated amount of water is already in the hot liquor tank and when pump runs dry, sparging is done. When the runnings into the boil vessel is complete, boiling begins.
The heating, recirculating, and sparging run through the same hard copper plumbing with bypass valves and 1/2" inner diameter hot water tubing with quick disconnects on the ends of the hard copper plubing to control what pumps-what-where-when... (see diagram, involves turning valves)
To make the system even more versital (not shown in the diagram) i turned my boil vessel into a second mash tun and added a fourth vessel-- a 60 gallon copper riveted water tank converted into a boil vessel.
The two mash tuns allow me to brew one 30+ gallon batch of beer or two completely seperate 15+ gallon batches at nearly the same time (mash at the same time then boil one after the other).
All four vessels have 150,000 BTU burners under them.
Each mash tun has it's own seperate but identical pluming. Each uses its own pump-- although you could easily only use one pump and rotate it with disconnects. I use a two tier four vessel system. Two 15 gallon mash tuns, one 15 gallon sparge vessel, and a 60 gallon converted water heater (beautifully copper riveted). The system is automated to a degree with a Ranco temperature controller and float switch to automate sparging.
Honestly less complicated then most RIMS systems i have looked at on line. The benefit of this system is i avoid pumping hot mash water through copper coils or scortching electrical elements, have great control of temperature during step mashes, and utilize one pump per mash tun. The amount of plumbing is typical of other systems and probably easier to construct.
I have easy designs to follow for anyone, as it's the least i owe from all the knowledge gained from forums like this. http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/drewma...zzeo/my_photos
here is a better float switch rated for 105 C... mine has never failed but hey for a couple extra bucks.. http://www.grainger.com/industrial-s...rols2A554.html
i edited the first thread for this link too
UPDATE: The morebeer.com float switch incorporates a rely and a transformer to use 15 volts DC instead of 115 volts AC to switch the float switch on and off. I will post a design using the 15 volts DC. This will cost a little more but is safer.
Here is a similar one that another homebrewer did: http://www.texanbrew.com/article.php...31023202555383
I had a friend who had the More Beer float switch. I took his apart and bought all the parts separately and made my own. Much, much cheaper. I also incorporated a relay which is an Omron G2R-1A-T 120 VAC. You can get a similar one at: http://www.mouser.com/. I have used these guys for years without any difficulties. I agree that the use of a relay is much safer. I have a diagram of the wiring I used here: http://powersbrewery.home.comcast.net/mash.html I also used the float switch that is available at: http://www.grainger.com/industrial-...trols2A554.html It is very heavy duty and I have never had a problem with it.
I just noticed that Mouser doesn't seem to have this part anymore. Allied Electronics has it though and they are a very reliable company as well. They can be found at Allied Electronics. The one I got was the Omron G2R-1A-T-AC120. It works great. Page 841 of their catalog has the specifications for the relay.
Here is rough diagram of the float switch with a relay. It will cost more to build... maybe as much as the morebeer one... which does have relay i found out. But neat project. I will post a more specific diagram showing how it is mounted on a sculpture when i have time. As well as links to additional device. If any one has links or wants to look as well.
You need:
A relay capable of 120 volts and 15 amps and swichable with 12-24 volts DC current.
A Transitor dropping 120 AC volts (input) to 12 to 24 volts AC (output) (easy home depot device)
A Rectifier that changes 12 to 24 volt AC to 12 to 24 volts DC
(i say 12 to 24 volt generically but make sure all three match up as they are available between 12 to 24 volts)
New diagram: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/drewma...el%3as,1%3af,0
if you cant read the print on the diagram cause its blurry...
The light switch is the master switch. No power runs past light switch unless it is on. When light switch is on 120 AC volts of power is sent to transitor and relay. Transistor turns 120 volts AC into 12 to 24 volts AC. The rectifier turns that 12 to 24 volt AC into 12 to 24 volts DC current.
When the float switch is on, it tells the relay to allow 120 volts AC to flow to the pump, turning the pump on. When the float switch is off it tells the relay NOT to allow 120 volts to flow to the pump. Not allowing the pump to turn on.
So basically when the light switch is on, the float switch regulates when the pump turns on and off.
Same as the other design, except now a safer 12 to 24 volts DC is running into the water filled mash tun.
*DC power is safer because your bodies muscles operate on DC current. DC current passing through your body will go straight to ground. While AC (alternating current) will change polarity and shock your muscles on and off. Which is dangerous and life threatening to muscles like the heart , especially at high voltage.
Nice looking clean diagrams. Keep up the good work.


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"Obsession, mystery, and you're hooked!"
You're at a wedding, except it's the wedding of the love of your life to someone else. Coben spins obsession and suspense early in the fantastic new novel: Six Years. I had this novel on my pre-order list for a while and thanks to travel I was able to listen to the whole thing in almost one continuous stream. The story unfolds in layers and the character development is excellent and starts from the first sentence. You can't help but see the flaws in Jake Fisher. Coben sets you up, gives you clues, offers false starts and little hints that keep you on the edge and wondering and speculating.
The novel is performed by Stott Brick. He is one of my favorites! Of my favorite performances is his narration of the Pendergast series by Preston and Child. He does exceptionally well within this genre and he doesn't disappoint.
This novel is going to please anyone who likes a good solid "search for the truth". There is no technology in this mystery, but you won't miss it. I wouldn't recommend it for the teen to young adult crowd, it's not the subject matter, the story line won't likely appeal. I give this a solid must listen, at 10 hours, it will hold you interest and then some.
"Whiny main character - no real tension"
This appears to be the first of two novels. Elect and it follow-on Elite. I have listened only to Elite. Based upon the first novel, I can already predict the best thing that could have been done was to write one novel by crushing them together and then edit aggressively. I blame this on the publisher. The conflict escalates so slowly that you almost miss it. As filler, the author has to throw in much whiny dialog. She introduces a sub character at the beginning leading you to believe that she will play a big role and then she vanishes except for the last five minute entry.
The narrator, Franco adds to the whiny tone.
I really have not much to say positive about this novel. With a few lines of editing, it would be better as a YA instead of romance of which there is not. I'd give it a read if you into YA but as a serious romance novel -- thumbs down.
"Recycled Plot -- Decently Retold"
The plot is old and tired. Executive assistant marries boss to fulfill boss' will requirements. Yawn. Nothing new in the plot nor in the characters. I suggest this book only if you have not read the plot-line before -- otherwise pass. It's not that this novel is badly written, nor badly narrated as much as it is utterly unremarkable. Burton gets you to connect with the main character so this is why I give it three stars -- barely.
"YA Novel Barely Good"
This Young Adult novel is based upon a post-apocalyptic notion that the human race has dramatically reduced the female population though (event to be disclosed). A group, called the breeders, are trying to repopulate the race. So much for the premise. The setting is a cross between the wild west and downtown Detroit. French does a poor job in plot, she chooses to move the main character (Riley) from event to even without a good reason for her actions. Though she does have one central goal, there is little back-story. Some auxiliary characters are in the story to quack like a duck in the background. While others change and morph in unexplained ways.
Carla Mercer-Meyer pulls of a med-western twang accent for the characters that barely carry the story for the women and completely missed for the men. Though another narrator cannot save the weak plot no matter what their skills.
I am somewhat interested in what the outcome of the next book.It would be good if it were a short story but as two or more novels -- eeek. Oh well, if I have the time, I will circle back and listen to book two. There are many other YA series to get hooked on, this one isn't one of them. If you do listen to book one, you will probably do book two just for kicks. So, I do recommend you pass and thus you have no decision to make.
"Didn't Quite Live Up to the Hype"
I am way late in reading this this novel. I have had numerous people tell me how much I would love it. They raved and raved. I thought it was better than average. I will read book two, but not right away. I found it tiring to listen and although I usually listen about 2-3 hours per day, I found myself only getting in about half of it.
There are so many characters, a multitude of locations and hints of story lines and histories. I think Dotrice is a good voice -- but he nearly put me to sleep several times.
Perhaps book two will help me gain momentum with the series. I recommend listening in small doses. I am one of the minority who only thought it to be so-so.
"A solid feel good romance - the series has promise"
This novel purports to be the first in a series. The stalker plot is solid and has medium level of conflict and tension. I like they way Owens evolves the story in that is not heavy handed in either message or foreshadowing; she also places a good deal of emphasis on developing the hero.
The novel is written for two view points: Dani (widower) and Logan. The narrator offers a solid performance. If you enjoy you romance with a touch of a thriller, then this novel is for you. Give it a read.
"A fitting end to a fabulous series"
In this last book of the series, all of the characters make their final appearances and contribute to a complex plot. Armstrong manages to spin a yard of thriller intrigue that has you seeing death, rebirth, renewal and endings. I am very happy with the endings and how loose ends are tied up. Savannah is the main protagonist, along with Adam, they go up against a group intent on killing tens of thousands of innocents.
I will miss these characters. The narrator, Parker, finishes with a stellar performance. This series will appeal to those who like a supernatural bent to their romances. The supernatural is not over the top and is definitely swapped out by the thriller aspect. I recommend the whole series. Nice job Armstrong.
"Will Savanna Grow-up -- The Big Question"
I didn't realize that this series was going to end with a trilogy focused on Savannah. In this second to last book, Savannah finds herself without her powers and really questioning herself about her own self worth. It's a little disconcerting to she her confidence stripped away and then slowly build. Will she admit her feeling for Adam, will she escape? What will happen in the third book?
Okay, Armstrong does a great job with this second of the trilogy and next to last book of the series. This is a must read and I move on with eagerness to the third and last. This is a must read.
"The Ends Justifies the Means"
We have walked the path with Odd Thomas for quite some time. In the first book in Pico Mundo he loses his Stormy, the love of his life, and we meet Bodocks. Next, evil in an old Hotel then on to defeating a corrupt genius in a monastery. We move to Magic Beach where he meets Ana-Marie an enigma in her own right and a nice addition to the story. On to bring down a house of horrors and everlasting life, on to cults and Edie Fisher (another great character) and finally leading us to his last adventure. Throughout his walk, we have laughed at his wit and turn of phrase, enjoyed his humility and his adventures. Through his friends we can feel for him and through his enemies we admire him. I would like to think that Koontz wanted us to see a little of ourselves in Odd and perhaps for us all to have something to aspire to.
I very much enjoyed the series, if you peel back some of the supernatural facade, Koontz presents us with a cohesive theme and plot line throughout. This is a thoroughly uplifting series about love, humility, respect, determination, and love. I applaud Koontz for bringing the series to closure, so many authors let series linger. During the entire series, Baker has been a great voice of Odd Thomas. The first book was made into a movie and although true to the novel, I like the novel much better.
These books will appeal to everyone of all ages that have a bent for the supernatural. I challenge those who are not so taken with the genre to give the first one a read because the characterization off Odd is so worth the journey. I loved in the last novel all of the loose ends are tied and we understand things. I can't give this series a higher recommendation. Read this series and you might get hooked on other Koontz's novels. Another one of my favorites is Innocent. Please start with novel one and give them a go.
"Fabulous -- A Must Read Sequal"
I have waited and waited for the sequel. After loving the first installment, which is a bit of a cliffhanger in some respects, I was looking for an engaging follow-on -- and this one delivered. The Reckoners are back. After killing Steelheart in book one, they focus on a new Epic in good old New York City. Except the city is new called Babylon Restored and I will say is that is involves water but no more.
Sanderson paints another stunning mini-universe in Babylon that is just as impressive as Newcago. We get some new Reconkoners as well in the new high epic to have. MacLead Andrews narrated the last novel and he pulls out another excellent performance in this once as well.
If you are a fan of Divergent, Hunger Games, X-Men, and YA type novels in general , you will love this series. Since this is only book two, I highly suggest you go back and read book one before you read this one or you are going to 1) get too many spoilers for book one early on in this book; 2) miss a ton of back story that is needed to really appreciate this installment; and 3) well, book one is great. What are you waiting for?
"Outstanding Plot and Theme"
Alright, we are on book 11 and this series is going strong. Of particular note is the strong plot. I have to admit, I did not guess what was going to happen in this latest installment by Armstrong. This novel is the first one to center in Savannah where she is the clear protagonist/hero of the story. We are getting a very much humanized (pardon the irony) view of her personality and the changes which differential her from Paige and her mother Eve.
This book has absolutely no sex in it and is really all about character development and interaction and the deepening complexion Savannah's thinking. One key in a novel such as this is how complex the characters are and how they interact -- and it is excellent in this installment. This novel is all about the complex interactions of the small group of characters. Paige and Lucas are on vacation we see a little of Adam.
If you are a fan other series you are really going to like this one. My recommendation -- start listening immediately.
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Rengar is banned in wc why not here?
Senior Member
what if we dont have team speak? do we HAVE to have teamspeak to enter?
Tyrant Swain Bot
Thats stupid, draft mode? say the bans in chat, take a ss, play as a normal, thats really dumb let me just counter pick who the other guy picks....
Honestly I dont think this was well thought out especially because you have to have team speak.
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Uhh, the LBH 1v1 person added me in game, but I'm not not even on the back-up list?
Well the tournament went smoothly and players had fun, Sorry Maxylove, things got a bit mixed up, but if you like you're welcome back for future tournaments.
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We need to speak of the dead. We need to speak for the dead, for they cannot speak for themselves. There are things they would want to say to us if only they could talk. But surely they cannot. No longer can we walk into the next room and find them standing there as they did in life, and hear what they have to say. They are gone. Yet.... Yet they linger. So it is with this girl who's gone now. Her name, when they still said it aloud, was Isobel.
From the Audie-nominated narrator of The Martian. In eleven years time, a million members of an alien race will arrive at Earth. Years before they enter orbit, their approach will be announced by the flare of a thousand flames in the sky, their ships' huge engines burning hard to slow them from the vast speeds needed to cross interstellar space. These foreboding lights will shine in our night sky like new stars, getting ever brighter until they outshine even the sun, casting ominous shadows and banishing the night until they suddenly blink out.
"Us vs them, at its best."
Sonea is caught up in a confrontation between the hated Guild magicians and the angry youth of the slums. To her dismay, she discovers that she possesses the same powers as the reviled magicians. To avoid capture, she must seek protection from the city's feared underworld, The Thieves. In return, she must use her powers for them, but her magic never seems to do quite what she intends it to.
"Good book - shame about the narrator"
This is Part One of Book 1 of the A Song of Ice and Fire Series. This first volume in the hugely popular and highly acclaimed epic fantasy series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE is unabridged and split into two parts. Now a major Sky Atlantic TV series from HBO, starring Sean Bean. Summers span decades. Winter can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun.
"A truly brilliant fantasy novel"
The Colour of Magic, the first novel in Terry Pratchett's wildly imaginative Discworld series, takes the listener on a remarkable journey. The magical planet of Discworld is supported by four massive elephants who stand on the back of the Great A'Tuin, a giant turtle swimming slowly through the mysterious interstellar gulf. An eccentric expedition sets out to explore the planet, encountering dragons who only exist if you believe in them, and, of course, "The Edge" of the planet.
"A magical good read!"
Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he's alive-and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. Chances are, though, he won't have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain old "human error" are much more likely to kill him first. But Mark isn't ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills-and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit-he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. Will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him?"
"Incredibly technical, don't let that put you off"
It has been 20 years since the end of the war. The dictatorial Augurs - once thought of almost as gods - were overthrown and wiped out during the conflict, their much-feared powers mysteriously failing them. Those who had ruled under them, men and women with a lesser ability known as the Gift, avoided the Augurs' fate only by submitting themselves to the rebellion's Four Tenets.
"A Great Masterpiece by a Great Mastermind no doubt"
This is Part Two of Book 1 of the A Song of Ice and Fire Series. This first volume in the hugely popular and highly acclaimed epic fantasy series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE is unabridged and split into two parts. Now a major Sky Atlantic TV series from HBO, starring Sean Bean. Summers span decades. Winter can last a lifetime.
"Excellent story, narrator still irks"
From the author of the Sunday Times best seller Cocaine Nights comes an unnerving tale of life in a modern tower block running out of control. Within the concealing walls of an elegant forty-storey tower block, the affluent tenants are hell-bent on an orgy of destruction. Cocktail parties degenerate into marauding attacks on "enemy" floors and the once-luxurious amenities become an arena for riots and technological mayhem.
This is Part One of Book 2 of the A Song of Ice and Fire Series. George R. R. Martin's superb fantasy epic continues in consummate style as bloodshed and alchemy lay waste the Seven Kingdoms. This second volume of A Song of Ice and Fire is unabridged and split into two parts. The Iron Throne once united the Sunset Lands, but King Robert is dead, his widow is a traitor to his memory, and his surviving brothers are set on a path of war amongst themselves.
According to The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch - the world's only totally reliable guide to the future - the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday, in fact. Just after tea...The armies of Good and Evil are amassing, the Four Bikers of the apocalypse are revving up, and everything appears to be going according to Divine Plan. Except that a somewhat fussy angel and a fast-living demon are not particularly looking forward to the coming rapture.
"It's the end of the world... but not as we know it"
This is Part One of A Dance With Dragons. The fifth volume in the greatest epic work of the modern age, George R R Martin's Song of Ice and Fire, this recording is unabridged and split into two parts. The future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance. In the east, Daenerys, last scion of House Targaryen, her dragons grown to terrifying maturity, rules as queen of a city built on dust and death, beset by enemies.
"Starting to lose interest."
The fifth volume in the greatest epic work of the modern age, this recording is unabridged and split into two parts. The future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance. In the east, Daenerys, last scion of House Targaryen, her dragons grown to terrifying maturity, rules as queen of a city built on dust and death, beset by enemies. Now that her whereabouts are known, many are seeking Daenerys and her dragons....
"song of fire & ice"
This is the disturbing tale of the dual personality of Dr. Jekyll, a physician. A generous and philanthropic man, he is preoccupied with the problems of good and evil and with the possibility of separating them into distinct personalities. He develops a drug that transforms him into the demonic Mr. Hyde, in whose person he exhausts all the latent evil in his nature.
"Martin Jarvis triumphs again!"
Tim Mison, star of the hit Fox series Sleepy Hollow, narrates the classic Washington Irving short story. In the secluded Dutch territory of Sleepy Hollow, nebbish schoolmaster Ichabod Crane competes with the town hero for the hand of Katrina Van Tassel, the 18-year-old daughter and sole child of a wealthy farmer. As Crane leaves a party at the Van Tassel's farm one autumn evening, he is pursued by the Headless Horseman, an apparition said to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper snuffed out by a stray cannonball.
"First time hearing it..."
George R.R. Martin's superb and highly acclaimed epic fantasy A Song of Ice and Fire continues with the third in the series A Storm of Swords. There is passion here, and misery and charm, grandeur and squalor, tragedy, nobility and courage. Unabridged and split into two parts. The Seven Kingdoms are divided by revolt and blood feud, and winter approaches like an angry beast. Beyond the Northern borders, wildlings leave their villages to gather in the ice and stone wasteland of the Frostfangs.
"Time to say goodbye...."
The War of the Five Kings has ripped Westeros apart. The bloodthirsty, treacherous and cunning Lannisters occupy the Iron Throne, with allies as ruthless as themselves. Lord Frey was host at the Red Wedding, so called for the massacre of the guests, their screams unheard above the music of the feast. Euron Crow's Eye is as black a pirate as ever raised a sail, sworn to deliver the whole of Westeros to the ironborn. No less to be feared are their enemies....
"Lacks the narrative drive of the first 3 books"
"What happened to A Feast for Crows?"
This is Part Two of Book 2 of the A Song of Ice and Fire Series. George R. R. Martin's superb fantasy epic continues in consummate style as bloodshed and alchemy lay waste the Seven Kingdoms. This second volume of A Song of Ice and Fire is unabridged and split into two parts. The Iron Throne once united the Sunset Lands, but King Robert is dead, his widow is a traitor to his memory, and his surviving brothers are set on a path of war amongst themselves.
Mort, like many teenagers, is gangly, unpromising, and struggling with a menial job - in his case, as Death's apprentice. He can barely handle his simple task of ushering souls out of Discworld, but he really screws up when he meets the beautiful Princess Keli, who is scheduled to be assassinated.
"Top story and lots of DEATH"
In the fifth of his bestselling series Ben Aaronovitch takes Peter Grant out of whatever comfort zone he might have found and takes him out of London - to a small village in Herefordshire where the local police are reluctant to admit that there might be a supernatural element to the disappearance of some local children. But while you can take the London copper out of London you can't take the London out of the copper.
"You can take a city wizard to the country but..."
Truth! Justice! Freedom! And a hard-boiled egg! Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch had it all. But now he's back in his own rough, tough past, without even the clothes he was standing up in when the lightning struck. Living in the past is hard. Dying in the past is incredibly easy. But he must survive; he has a job to do.
"Night Watch"
A full-cast BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman's celebrated apocalyptic comic novel, with bonus length episodes and outtakes. According to the Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday in fact. Just after Any Answers on Radio 4....Events have been set in motion to bring about the End of Days. The armies of Good and Evil are gathering and making their way towards the sleepy English village of Lower Tadfield.
"Wickedly witty."
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a policeman taking a holiday would barely have had time to open his suitcase before he finds his first corpse. And Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch is on holiday in the pleasant and innocent countryside, but not for him a mere body in the wardrobe. There are many, many bodies and an ancient crime more terrible than murder. He is out of his jurisdiction, out of his depth, out of bacon sandwiches, and occasionally snookered and out of his mind, but never out of guile. They say that in the end all sins are forgiven.
"Multi-layered Magic"
To the consternation of the patrician, Lord Vetinari, a new invention has arrived in Ankh-Morpork - a great clanging monster of a machine that harnesses the power of all of the elements: earth, air, fire and water. This being Ankh-Morpork, it's soon drawing astonished crowds, some of whom caught the zeitgeist early and arrive armed with notepads and very sensible rainwear.
"Essential for fans, but not the best of Discworld"
Suddenly, condemned arch-swindler Moist von Lipwig found himself with a noose around his neck and dropping through a trapdoor into...a government job? By all rights, Moist should be meeting his maker rather than being offered a position as postmaster by Lord Vetinari, supreme ruler of Ankh-Morpork.
"In the unlikely event you've never read Pratchett"
On a cold November night, a grieving father picks up his hunting rifle and shoots his only daughter in the head. The police are mystified. Why was the girl even at the house? Why wasn't she at the mortuary... awaiting her burial? After all, Mary Winston had been declared dead two days before. The incident is only the first in a series of mysterious attacks in the small Scottish town of Middlesbury. Dead bodies go missing. A cemetery caretaker is devoured alive. An ancient curse is about to be unleashed.
The complete number one best-selling Walking Plague Trilogy now available in one volume, including: Zombie Patrol: Los Angeles County park ranger Jack Carter is about to discover that not all is as it seems in his tranquil life. Once responsible for patrolling the many public parks, in particular the popular Griffith Park with its famous observatory and zoo, Jack is about to discover that a whole new kind of animal roams his woods.
Deans continues to fight in the land of the undead. Armed with the vials and precious notes they need for the cure, the group gets ready to say goodbye to Fairport. When Dean realizes Val is staying with Max, he's devastated. Things only get worse when he is suddenly kidnapped. Nick, Lucas, and Val will stop at nothing to find him.
The world ended long before Caroline Mathers was born, but that doesn't mean life stops for the 14-year-old army scout for the People's Republic of Virginia. With a civil war brewing on the horizon, she slinks through the forests surrounding her encampment, monitoring the woods for nomadic bands of criminals, all while keeping a watchful eye on her dangerous northern enemies from the Democratic Alliance.
The second novel of a major Feist acquisition, returning to his best-loved series. Written with Joel Rosenberg. The second Riftwar collaboration, Murder in LaMut, written by masters of fantasy Raymond E. Feist and Joel Rosenburg. The heavy action was supposedly at Crydee these days, which meant that the one place they could be sure the three of them were not going was Crydee.
A new episode in Feist's massively successful Riftwar saga. From the endlessly inventive mind of one of fantasy's all-time greats comes a spellbinding new adventure featuring old favourites Jimmy, Locklear, and Pug. It is nine years on from the aftermath of Sethanon. There has been peace awhile, and it's been needed. But news is feeding through to the people of the Kingdom of the Isles that deadly forces are stirring on the horizon. The bringer of the latest tidings is Gorath, a moredhel (dark elf).
It is 10 years after the global apocalypse. The Phage, the zombie virus that brought the world to its knees, has mutated, restoring the minds of its undead victims: their personalities, their memories... even their dreams. The living dead are no longer the mindless monsters that drove mankind to the brink of extinction.
This was it! The first signs of intelligent life outside of Earth! It was only a slight disappointment when the first probes to Gliese 581g determined that it had died out almost 5,000 years earlier. Dr. Kim Evans was part of the team picked to investigate what had happened to the Gliesians. Come along for a hard sci-fi thriller looking into archaeology, biology, and more on an alien world. And join Kim as she passionately works to unlock the planet's greatest secret.
The second instalment of The Riftwar Legacy, Assassins reveals Feist at his storytelling best. There is intrigue, humour, and breakneck action aplenty here from the undisputed master of epic fantasy. Fresh back from the front, another foe defeated, Prince Arutha arrives to find all is not well in Krondor. A series of apparently random murders has brought an eerie quiet to the city.
A collection of the twisted and bizarre. From a murderous game designer to a deadly poet, here are a dozen dark stories to feed your horrific side.
The first of a major Feist acquisition, returning to his best-loved series. Freedom at any price? Hartraft's Marauders, a crack band of kingdom raiders, are a special unit designed to infiltrate and fight behind enemy lines. They are currently heading for a frontier garrison after a disastrous encounter with the Tsurani. Meanwhile, a Tsurani patrol is sent to support an assault on the same garrison.
In Book Six of Adrian's Undead Diary, no one near Adrian is safe. Many will make the ultimate sacrifice to ensure that he can keep his loved ones protected at any cost, and rebuild a new, better world. In the Arms of Family also follows Kevin and Michelle as their stories entwine and bring them ever closer to the horrors that surround Adrian across the vast Atlantic Ocean. How long can they survive before the dead finish what they came to do?
The third and last novel of Feist's successful collaborative series. From the endlessly inventive mind of one of fantasy's all-time greats comes a spellbinding new adventure of high magic, treachery, and bloody war. This time in conjunction with master of alternative history, Steve Stirling, Feist returns to tell the full tale of one of his fans' favourite, most colourful Riftwar characters, pickpocket, mountebank, and confidence trickster Jimmy the Hand.
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Half Wild, the stunning sequel to Half Bad by Sally Green, read by Carl Prekopp. After finally meeting his elusive father, Marcus, and receiving the three gifts that confirm him as a full adult witch, Nathan is still on the run. He needs to find his friend, Gabriel, and rescue Annalise, now a prisoner of the powerful Black witch Mercury. Most of all he needs to learn how to control his Gift - a strange, wild new power that threatens to overwhelm him.
Kyra, a 15-year-old girl who dreams of following in her father's footsteps and becoming a famed warrior, is a finer archer than all the others. As she grapples to understand her skills, her mysterious inner power, and what secret is being kept from her about her birth, she comes to realize she is different from the others and that hers is a special destiny.
Algernon Blackwood was a contemporary of Arthur Machen, a member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and writer of the weird and supernatural. Originally published in 1906, The Empty House tells the tale of Jim Shorthouse when his aunt shows up in town with keys to the local haunted house and expects him to help her investigate.
In The Lost, we'll discover just what it means to lose one's way... It was only meant to be a brief detour. But then Lauren finds herself trapped in a town called Lost on the edge of a desert, filled with things abandoned, broken and thrown away. And when she tries to escape, impassible dust storms and something unexplainable lead her back to Lost again and again. The residents she meets there tell her she's going to have to figure out just what she's missing - and what she's running from - before she can leave.
What if you could control your dreams? Robert Roberts is tired of having disappointing dreams. He learns about lucid dreaming from a co-worker and becomes quickly intrigued. But his lucid dreams are not what he bargained for. His dream lover Ann believes Robert can set her free into his world. Is this possible? Soon his dream lover will become the single greatest threat in Robert's world.
While plague zombies rage through the streets of London and begin their conquest beyond Britain, Jonathan, Holly, Cassie, and Garth try to stay alive. Vladimir Nesky seeks to complete his mission for Russia by apprehending Patient Zero before MI6's Director Sayers and her special forces team can steal him away to secure a cure for the virus for Britain.
Harper Lane has problems. In a few hours, she'll have to make a decision that will change her life forever. But when her flight from New York to London crash-lands in the English countryside, she discovers that she's made of tougher stuff than she ever imagined. As Harper and the survivors of Flight 305 struggle to stay alive in the aftermath of the crash, they soon realize that this world is very different from the one they left. Their lives are connected, and some believe they've been brought here for a reason.
"Very good story!"
The First Interstellar War is over, but the Royal Navy still has plenty of work to do. As Earth struggles to recover from the bombardment, Captain John Naiser is placed in command of HMS Warspite--an experimental heavy cruiser--and ordered to escort a squadron of colony ships to a star system of immense strategic importance. But as the crew struggle to survive hundreds of light years from Earth, they find themselves dealing with the legacy of the war.
Day one: The Georgia Flu explodes over the surface of the Earth like a neutron bomb. News reports put the mortality rate at over 99%. Week Two: Civilization has crumbled. Year Twenty: A band of actors and musicians called the Travelling Symphony move through their territories performing concerts and Shakespeare to the settlements that have grown up there. Twenty years after the pandemic, life feels relatively safe. But now a new danger looms, and it threatens the hopeful world every survivor has tried to rebuild.
"Evocatively Portrayed End of the World..."
In the fourth book of the series, James McGill is up for promotion. Not everyone is happy about that, and McGill must prove he's worth his stripes. Deployed to a strange alien planet outside the boundaries of the Galactic Empire, he's caught up in warfare and political intrigue. Earth expands, the Cephalopod Kingdom launches ships to stop us, and a grand conspiracy emerges among the upper ranks of the Hegemony military.
Behind the seemingly innocuous façade of St Mary's, a different kind of historical research is taking place. They don't do 'time-travel' - they 'investigate major historical events in contemporary time'. Maintaining the appearance of harmless eccentrics is not always within their power - especially given their propensity for causing loud explosions when things get too quiet. Meet the disaster-magnets of St Mary's Institute of Historical Research as they ricochet around History.
"Fantasy/Drama/Humour/History. This has it all!"
A deadly infection spreads across Europe. The Undead series: a terrifying account of one man desperately struggling to survive this harrowing event day by day. Part two - days four to six. With a plan to rescue Howie's sister from London, Howie and Dave travel to Salisbury army training barracks to find an armoured personnel carrier that will see them safely through the densely populated and infected towns that lead into the capital.
"Brilliant again!!!"
The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of preserving the acid-etched firsthand experiences of the survivors from those apocalyptic years, traveled across the United States of America and throughout the world, from decimated cities that once teemed with upwards of thirty million souls to the most remote and inhospitable areas of the planet. He recorded the testimony of men, women, and sometimes children who came face-to-face with the living - or at least the undead - hell of that dreadful time.
"Good old fashioned gory fun"
When Caldan's parents are brutally slain, he is raised by monks and taught the arcane mysteries of sorcery. Vowing to discover for himself who his parents really were, and what led to their violent end, he is thrust into the unfamiliar chaos of city life. With nothing to his name but a pair of mysterious heirlooms and a handful of coins, he must prove his talent to earn an apprenticeship with a guild of sorcerers. But he soon learns the world outside the monastery is a darker place than he ever imagined, and his treasured sorcery has disturbing depths. As a shadowed evil manipulates the unwary and forbidden powers are unleashed, Caldan is plunged into an age-old conflict that brings the world to the edge of destruction...
"A good start to an interesting story"
For centuries, the extremely powerful and ruthless vampire witches of the European Council have wandered the Earth, controlling governments, fostering war, creating political conflict, and often leaving absolute destruction in their wake. One of the strongest of them is set to create some havoc in the city of New Orleans, and it's definitely personal.
Summer in London: a city in turmoil. The vicious murder of a well-known MP is like a match to tinder but Detective Inspector James Quill and his team know that it's not a run-of-the-mill homicide. Still coming to terms with their new-found second sight, they soon discover that what is invisible to others - the killer - is visible to them. Even if they have no idea who it is. Then there are more deaths.
"Good listen"
Detective Inspector James Quill is about to complete the drugs bust of his career. Then his prize suspect, Rob Toshack, is murdered in custody. Furious, Quill pursues the investigation, co-opting intelligence analyst Lisa Ross and undercover cops Costain and Sefton. But nothing about Toshack's murder is normal. Toshack had struck a bargain with a vindictive entity, whose occult powers kept Toshack one step ahead of the law - until his luck ran out. Now, the team must find a 'suspect' who can bend space and time and alter memory itself. And they will kill again.
"A cracking book"
"St Mary's is back and is facing a battle to survive in this, the fourth installment of the Chronicles. Max and Leon are re-united and looking forward to a peaceful lifetime together. But, sadly, they don't even make it to lunchtime. The action races from 17th century London to Ancient Egypt and from Pompeii to 14th century Southwark as they're pursued up and down the timeline.
"It's still St Mary's"
This is the fifth novel in the action-packed series following Special Forces Captain Lee Harden and a group of survivors struggling to make their way in a ruined world. After a bacterium has turned 90 percent of the population into a ravenous horde, Lee must complete his mission: SURVIVE, RESCUE, REBUILD.
"Couldn't put it down"
A deadly infection spreads across Europe. The Undead series: a terrifying account of one man desperately struggling to survive this harrowing event day by day. Part one - days one to three. Howie is at home on a rare Friday night off work when an infection which has rapidly spread across Europe hits his hometown on the South Coast of England. Luck sees him through the first night when many others are taken down and infected, only to rise again as the undead.
"highly recommended"
St Mary's is back and nothing is going right for Max. Once again, it's just one damned thing after another. The action jumps from an encounter with a mirror-stealing Isaac Newton to the bloody battlefield at Agincourt. Discover how a simple fact-finding assignment to witness the ancient and murderous cheese-rolling ceremony in Gloucester can result in CBC - concussion by cheese.
"I love this series .."
The modern audience hasn't had a chance to truly appreciate the unknowing dread that readers would have felt when reading Bram Stoker's original 1897 manuscript. Most modern productions employ campiness or sound effects to try to bring back that gothic tension, but we've tried something different. By returning to Stoker's original storytelling structure - a series of letters and journal entries voiced by Jonathan Harker, Dr. Van Helsing, and other characters - with an all-star cast of narrators, we've sought to recapture its originally intended horror and power.
"In many way's great, in other ways not so great"
Book Two in the madcap time-travel series based at the St Mary's Institute of Historical Research that seems to be everyone's cup of tea. In the second book in the Chronicles of St Mary's series, Max and the team visit Victorian London in search of Jack the Ripper, witness the murder of Archbishop Thomas A Becket in Canterbury Cathedral, and discover that dodos make a grockling noise when eating cucumber sandwiches.
Trading with the elves used to be so simple. Every year Master Cheeser Jonathan Bing would send his very best cheeses downriver to traders who would eventually return with Elfin wonders for the people of Twombly Town. But no more. First the trading post at Willowood Station was mysteriously destroyed. Then a magical elfin airship began making forays overhead; Jonathan knew something was definitely amiss. So he set off downriver to deliver the cheeses himself, accompanied by the amazing Professor Wurzle, the irrepressible Dooly, and his faithful dog Ahab.
"Wallace and Gromit meet Swallows and Amazons"