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GGS Gamer One Hour Tour: Gears of War Ultimate Edition on PC

In this newest edition of GGS Gamer One Hour Tour, we look at the stealthily released Gears of War Ultimate Edition on PC. Yes, Microsoft just sort of threw this release on to the marketplace with little fanfare after promising a PC version of the game shortly before it was released on the Xbox One last fall. Now, Gears of War Ultimate Edition has dropped, exclusively through the Windows Store…

EA Canada dropped a load of disappointment last year with NHL 15, as it was a lackluster product missing features and lacking in the gameplay department. It left NHL 16 with a lot to make up for in the eyes of fans that have two choices when it comes to console hockey games – play the EA game or just not buy a hockey game. With NHL 16 now on the market and hitting consoles around the land, it has made up for a lot of the missteps made by its predecessor, but it still sits a few steps away from being a great sports title.

NHL 16 immediately shows that it has made use of the extra time in development that its predecessor did not have right from the start. Starting up NHL 16 drops one into a game between last year’s Stanley Cup finalists as you learn the controls and get a feel for the cleaned up engine. The mechanics of the game on the ice are similar to last year’s model, the game feels a little crisper with its passing and shot style. The Skill Stick system is back and it controls well enough for those that want a measure of precision in their gameplay, but as always, the NHL 94 controls are here for those that cannot let go of the past.

While last year’s model was riddled with missing features that players were accustomed to having in their game, NHL 16 offers up a full suite of gameplay modes that should satisfy all players both new and old. Finding all these game modes can be a little hectic as the main menu for NHL 16 is a cluttered and mashed together, making one feel like a codebreaker trying to decipher what each menu item might be. I love a game packed with options and gameplay modes, but make it accessible and easy to figure out what I am selecting.

Many players will find their way to the two more prominent modes in NHL 16 with the career mode and the Hockey Ultimate Team mode (who doesn’t love playing a little HUT). As with any career mode, you have the ability to pick your position, your style of play and then work your way through a career starting with a few games in the minors, the draft and then whatever you can make out of your career. New to this mode is the way that skill points are accrued based on how you play, so if you decide to shoot the puck a lot, your shooting accuracy will go up. Information about how you are progressing in your career is presented nicely and goals are clearly laid out before each game. The biggest hitch with the career mode is that it feels plain. Outside of the games, there is nothing extracurricular for your player to do. You play a game, train, repeat until the end of the season.

Hockey Ultimate Team plays out just as you would expect, substituting the formula from the other EA Sports franchise into the hockey paradigm. You get a starter pack full of mediocre players and then have to try and earn your way along to get better cards to improve your team. Card packs can be earned over time through gameplay, but one should expect to have to drop some cash in order to get the higher tiered card packs. The mode is fun in the beginning as you go through training, but once you get into the wild world of multiplayer, it can quickly beat you down as you face your third team in a row that has a killer lineup of players’ vs your scrubs that you have stuck with due to not wanting to spend cash right out the gate on better players.

Other modes that are here to entertain include the Be a GM mode where you manage a franchise to greatness, single game play using the daily games from the NHL as a basis and Online play for those that are looking to take the challenge to their friends or random players. While missing last year, the online mode should make many happy as the six on six online play is back and it performs very well. One cannot fault EA Canada when it comes to giving players a lot of choices as to how they can play their hockey game.

Modes and gameplay are all fantastic, but sports games are a genre where presentation is also a key component to the game feeling like its real life doppelganger. Sports games have special graphic overlays, splash screens and play by play announcers that help foster the sense of realism in the game. NHL 16 is no different, but it might be the one that pulls it off to near perfection. The NBC Sports logos are everywhere they should be, the FMV openings with both Doc Emrick and Eddie Olczyk giving their feel on the game at hand are solid and all the swipe transitions give NHL 16 the best comparison to its television compatriot. On more than one occasion my wife thought I was watching an actual hockey game on TV. The illusion continues even into actual gameplay as the Ignite game engine renders a beautiful spectacle for the player.

With all it does right, NHL 16’s faults stick out just as brightly. While the on-ice action is represented fairly authentically, there are times where the AI seems to be confused with the rules of hockey. On more than one occasion I found the puck right in front of one of my teammates, only to watch him spin around and ignore it. Or players getting hung up in corners or on the net, not sure how to get out of the predicament they are in. Also, games seem to have score outcomes that never represent the real world of hockey. Sure, I know that a 9-3 game can happen once or twice, but having six games in a row where the two teams combine for over 12 points is a problem. And it is not just me playing the AI, as fully simulated games in GM mode came out routinely with my team scoring 7-10 goals in multiple, sequential games.

Even with these bigger issues, NHL 16 is really your only choice right now for a quality hockey experience on the ice. Its slick presentation factored together with multiple game modes makes it worth the purchase right out of the gate. It is not a perfect recreation of hockey, but it is the best you can get and the best to be found so far on this current generation of consoles if you are a hockey fan.

Ultimate Hattrick:

Includes most of the features wanted in a hockey game on the next gen consoles

Slickest presentation of any sports title

On-ice mechanics are spot on and customizable for all player types

Body Check:

Games, even when simulated seem to have unrealistic scores for hockey

Game is very geared towards Hockey Ultimate Team, which can be a bit off-putting for some

Had lots of problems trying to transition to the bench from the ice

Family Focus NHL 16 is pretty safe for most family members, as you would expect from a sports title. The only real deviation from that would be the fighting mechanic, which is a part of the game here as it is in the actual sport. I never came across a fight in my time with NHL 16, and because it required me to use button presses to make it happen, I figure it is a action that can be ignored. With that in mind, feel free to let the entire family enjoy some ice time and a stick.

This review was prepared using retail Xbox One code provided by Microsoft.

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So finally the Office new for Windows 10 on your phone has officially launched. This app sets owns more features compared to Office in current Windows Phone 8.1 interface while still intuitive and not hard to get used right from the first touch. Word has enlarged view matching smartphone screen, PowerPoint, it supports many useful functions while a slideshow, while Excel supports many familiar formula. OneNote also present during this update with the new interface style universal. We can say Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote on your phone now no longer lost too far computer for common needs.

The new Office suite is part of the update for Windows 10 10080 Phone medium build dc release. You must update to this build first, then to find each app Store Office Beta for download, or use the link below: Download Word , Excel , PowerPoint , OneNote on Store Beta

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Both Word, Excel, PowerPoint now possess new Recent screen. This interface will display the file you just opened up in recent times, quite handy when you need to work with a high frequency of certain file number. And more amazing, the list Recent aforementioned is synchronized with the Office on any other device, provided you have logged in with the same account as the Office 365 or OneDrive.From here you can quickly create a new document with a lot of beautiful templates available, what their past has been very coveted when using Windows Phone 8.1 without. Going deeper into the Word, you will see clearly the familiar blue color appears in many areas of application, from the toolbar to edit Advanced menu. If you click the menu icon in the upper left corner of the screen are the buttons New, Open, Save like the Office for Windows 10 PC. Since Windows 10 support coming in directly from the mobile device should here also includes the Print button again.

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The toolbar does not take up too much screen space, instead Microsoft made a pretty smart move: push the button down format menu hidden in the lower edge. When this menu sprung up, you will see the full range of features including the Home tab, Insert, Layout, Review, View, no different from those of the Office ribbon arrays on other platforms. Also, when you click on a picture or a table, there will be more or Table Image tab appears.

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The first impression that the contents of the file are displayed very accurate, even if your try to open a file with complicated layouts Word for Windows 10 Preview display remains the same as what you do on your PC . But surely you will wonder how a text with A4 layout can display well on a tiny smartphone screen? Do not worry, Microsoft has integrated a new tool called the Reader Mode, it will automatically zoom the font and margin alignment for better reading experience. Of course, this mode is only used to read, but it does not affect the actual layout of the document, so you do not have to worry modify anything.

Before and after the activation mode of Word Reader Mode

Sang to PowerPoint, application-style public spending also hide the menu button in the format below for full edge features to edit text, insert images or settings for slide effect. I will not say more about this stuff because it’s so similar to Word Preview.

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Interesting points in PowerPoint on Windows 10 Mobile lies in presentation functions. When this mode is turned on, all other toolbars are hidden away, leaving only the main content display only.Notes below each slide is displayed complete with visible massive, even on the small screen.Additionally, you can also tick the right during the presentation slides, change the color markers, or even turn off the screen temporarily. Not unlike PowerPoint on your computer, really great. Somewhat unfortunately his current condition no to try out the image from its Lumia 1520 the external display to see the presentation mode will operate at the stars.

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As for Excel, this software has many outstanding features optimized for the device as Word and PowerPoint, but you still have a spreadsheet interface very familiar with the supports robust formula.Microsoft is even equipped with a built-in lookup tables and formulas build tools to be happening all the more delicious. Somewhat unfortunately the app is no good as Word Reader mode for reading data easy on the small screen of a phone.

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There is one thing I want to share with you in Excel, it is the image in some areas may be broken grains, the same phenomenon occurs when we take low-resolution image to view in screen resolution this high. Even cell formula is also a similar situation, at least with its Lumia 1520 holding. You have this condition do not? If so, please comment on Microsoft know that they fix it.

Subtotal blurred letters, while the name column and row is broken pixel format

Finally OneNote. In terms of app features are not much different than in previous OneNote, but the interface has now been designed as universal app so beautiful and more modern look, the ability to leverage the screen area better. With OneNote, the text formatting tools are brought straight off right outside the main interface are not hidden in the menu such as Word, but also due to the small size so it does not affect the input or view notes. And like Excel, OneNote new good word yet on the show he was holding the Lumia 1520, slightly blurred and fuzzy word, not clear as Word or PowerPoint.

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In summary, the new Office as its very interesting because it shows the potential of mobile Office will no longer be restricted as much as before. Whether you’re using a smartphone or tablet is small experience with Office would very much like on a PC, not far off as it was in previous Windows Phone 8.1. Agree that nobody went to write the new text or compose a slide presentation on the phone the whole, however, the Office will help us to quickly read and edit your documents comfortably full public when the engine is on the road.

ES File Explorer File Manager

ES File Explorer File Manager

ES File Explorer is a free, full-featured file and application manager. It functions as all of these apps in one: file manager, application manager, task killer, download manager, cloud storage client (compatible with Dropbox, Google Drive, SkyDrive, Box.net, Sugarsync, Yandex, Amazon S3, and Ubuntu One…), FTP client, and LAN Samba client. It provides access to…

This looks great. Especially for Linux users. I'm going to install the Mac version and see how it works.

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NeverNote is a full-featured Evernote app for Linux, Mac, and Windows

Windows and Mac users have a first-party Evernote app, but Linux users have been limited to running Evernote in WINE or using the Web interface. NeverNote, however, offers a full-featured desktop app which runs natively on 32- and 64-bit Linux distros.

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Looks very promising!

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There are plenty of social analytics tools, but the most full-featured ones are often too expensive (i.e., geared towards enterprise-level users) and the inexpensive ones usually offer limited functionality.

And then there’s Topsy Social Analytics, which was just launched this morning and immediately becomes one of the best free Twitter analytics tools I’ve seen. There are a number of ways to use it and, if you click that link to check it out, don’t be surprised if you spend the next hour there.

With Topsy Social Analytics, you can analyze domains, Twitter usernames, or keywords — and they can be compared over four timeframes: one day, a week, two weeks or a month. Each type of analysis returns different results. Compare three domains, for example, and Topsy analytics will chart the number of links it found to each. Type in three keywords (including names, as in the image at the beginning of this article) and Topsy shows how many times each was mentioned. And if you compare up to three Twitter usernames, Topsy shows how many replies/mentions each received.

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