First look on DOTA 2... FIRST BLOOD!

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Hey fellow readers,

Today we have yet another exciting review to share with you guys. Recently, Geekalogy have a chance to get our hands and try on DOTA 2 thanks to our good friend Sharlene Tan and it totally blow us away from the original DOTA. Below is the brief history on DOTA for those that have not played or just started the game.

DOTA is short for Defence Of The Ancients. DOTA started out back in 2005 as a mod of the game Warcraft 3: Reign Of Chaos which was ported over to it's expansion Warcraft 3:Frozen Throne. The map in DOTA was based on one of the map, "Aeon of Strife" of StarCraft another Blizzard game before DOTA. When DOTA was first released by it's developers, it  took the world by storm, people from all over the world plays it, making it's way into the recognition of international & regional tournament such as the WCG (World Cyber Games) and Blizzard Convention. creating a name for it's own.

In DOTA 2, the game play is similar to those in DOTA, the only difference veteran players will notice is the UI (user-interface) of the game have changed drastically and also the sides. Instead of the Sentinel and the Scourge it have been renamed into the Radiant and the Dire. When one first started the game, you will notice that the merchants in the "base" area have been removed and combined into one single merchant selling to you everything you need. What's new is that now the merchant gives you a list of the recommended item built for each character, giving "new" players an easy way to purchase their item with out the worry of getting the wrong ones which will affects their game-play.

You will also noticed that the graphics in DOTA 2 have been given a boost. Charecter now looks even more authentic and lively. Effects such as fogs, sun rise and sunset is also projected in a really amazing way, giving you the player a different feel during each effect when playing.

Another change you also will notice is the skills of every character have moved and compacted into a row in the bottom mid of the game, making it really an ease to add your skills. Using your skills have never been easier too . In DOTA 2, you will be able to set 4 hotkeys of your choice to activate your skills, so now you can forget about those complicated hotkeys for every character as all charecter skills have been set into the 4 hotkeys that you determined.

If you are a hardcore DOTA gamer, I don't think I need to urge you to get the game as you might already have hidden your stash of saving somewhere for DOTA2. But for others who have just started or have not touched DOTA before, DOTA 2 is indeed something you want to invest in. :)

While waiting for the game to be released, why not sit back and read the DOTA comic "Tales from the secret shop". @ http://www.dota2.com/comics/are_we_heroes_yet/

A  GREAT  THANKYOU to Sharlene Tan. You are the best!

PS: The secret shop's location have changed as well ;)

-Mr Geek

Dota 2 starting page

Connecting with sever view

Rushing mid tower

fighting creeps in action

All Pick Hero Selection View Broken into "STR, AGI, INT Hero"

Base shop

The Trone have been destroyed.

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May The Force Be With You....

Introducing the game of the year, StarWars: The Old Republic (a.k.a SWTOR). The most anticipated game for all StarWars fans and MMO's fans alike.

Well it's one of the first StarWars game created in a MMO roleplaing environment.  The best part is that it combine the ability to fight on land as well as take the battle to space. Now how many MMO have you seen could do that with such incredible graphics? It's a game one should not miss. If you did, you are missing out a lot.

So drop those W.O.W-ing for a while and pick this up for a change. you will be greeted with familiar W.O.W style game play with graphic that would put others MMOs to shame. An addition to this intense gameplay is the choice of choosing your path in the game. The story of each classes is not a fixed one but have a wide range of possibility depending on the choices you make along the way. Would you turn bad and backstab the Republic for personal gain? or would you become an angel and turn against the Empire's teaching? Is for you to decide. (Scroll down for system requirements).

Choosing your side...

Entering the world of SWTOR starts with you being able to choose which sides of the force you would want be in with the classic Empire or Republic sides to choose from. After which you will be led into the next part which is to choose the classes you are interested to be in.

For the Republic side, one have 4 classes to choose from,

Jedi Knight

1) The Jedi Knight, Leaders of the troopers and warriors of the republic. They are the tankers for the republic unleashing devastating attacks on foes with the aid of the force. These are the guys keeping the Republic safe.

Force Consular

2) The Force Consular, Master of  the force and warriors of the saber, but unlike the Jedi Knight, they focus mostly on the use of the force to heal, attack and buff players around them. The support of the Republic. But they are not as weak as you thought. They deal damage that will make even a wookiee shed it's fur

Smuggler

3)The Smuggler, Just like Han Solo in Star Wars, the smuggler's main weapon of choice is the blaster/s. They have the ability to escape from the sneakiest situation & attack with stealth and surprise.  During space battle, they could fly under rader undetected. But Smugglers are crooks, why would they aid the republic which are enforcers or justice?  Well, according to the story, the smugglers believe that fighting along side the republic is at the same time fighting for freedom against the empire.

Troopers

4) The Trooper , Equiped with heavy armor and range of weapons, the troopers are the republic's special forces, armed with different range of heavy weapons, the troopers charges into all battle situations, unleashing tremendous firepower against foes. With such powers, the only obstacle which stands in their way and the enemy's is their gun.



(picture for the empire's classes will be up as soon as it's ready.)
For the Empire's side, one too have 4 classes to choose from,

1) Sith Warrior, Warriors, Champions, the one in the front fight for the Empire. The Sith Warrior, with their gruesome and dark armor, foes will tremble in fear as they lay eyes on them. Equip with signature red sabers of the empire, these warriors will not let any foes off easily, with each swing of the saber and by taping into the power of the dark force, chaos sure to follow when this warriors are in town.
2) Sith Inquisitor, Masters of the dark art. If manipulating the force into a killing energy is hard or almost impossible, the Sith inquisitor made it looked too easy. These warriors bends the force to their liking. drawing life forces away from their enemy well healing themselves and buffing their teammates. and if at a sticky situation, there skills with the saber is not to be taken lightly either. with quick agility and lethal attacks, you will be in much pain dealing with these guys.
3) Bounty Hunter, Known as the mercenary for hire and part of a Legendary ancient brotherhood. Equipped with armor with etpacks which still allows flexibility and versatility and weapons of mass destruction, they are the troopers of the Empire. A valuable source. Run and pray they are not looking for you when you saw them flying pass, as you will never know your head might be on their list.
4) Imperial Agent, Well in times like this, a quiet way of attack might actually cripple the enemy. hence comes in the Imperial Agent, they are the spy and assassins of the Empire. Equiped with intelligence and gadget, they are like futuristic ninjas or super spies. relying on range weapons and surprise attacks with hidden blades, the Imperial Agent will be in and out even before you could say "Noooooooo".

Severs page

Charecter customisation

on a speeder

On a Taxi

Our Trusty Droid

Space Combat

Battles

In the Hanger.

So guys, what are you waiting for? Get online or to your nearest retail outlet and get your copy of SWTOR. Trust me, once you log in, logging out is another challenge. The world of StarWars have not been so greatly illustrated and mapped out in a game until now. Kudos to Bioware for making it all happen months of planning and working worth while.

Do go to http://www.swtor.com/ to create an account or to get more insights and news about SWTOR.

For Singaporeans who have just started out in SWTOR or wanting to finding local friends in SWTOR, a group known as Star Wars: The Old Republic [Singapore] are there for you on Facebook. Do visit them at https://www.facebook.com/groups/108857412557760/ should you require help on any topics, members there will be more than happy to help you out.

System Requirement:

Processor:

• AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 4000+ or better
• Intel Core 2 Duo Processor 2.0GHz or better

Operating System:

• Windows XP or later

RAM:

• Windows XP: 1.5GB RAM
• Windows Vista and Windows 7: 2GB RAM
• Note: PCs using a built-in graphical chipset are recommended to have 2GB of RAM.

Video Card:
Star Wars: The Old Republic requires a video card that has a minimum of 256MB of on-board RAM as well as support for Shader 3.0 or better. Examples include:

• ATI X1800 or better
• nVidia 7800 or better
• Intel 4100 Integrated Graphics or better

DVD-ROM drive - 8x speed or better (required for installation from physical editions only)
Internet connection required to play.

Credits to Zaki aka Mezame for the pics. Thankyou.

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Teenage Big Day Out 2011 @illuma

Hey Readers,

Today's our first episode on our "WHERE THE GEEKS ARE!!"

Brief introduction, "WHERE THE GEEKS ARE!!!" is basically our event coverage of Events that's happening in Singapore, which is based on Movies, Cosplay, Electronics and many others that gives the term "Geek" it's name.

Well lets Kick off with today's Event Coverage: "Teenage Big Day Out 2011" @ Illuma. For those who did not know, Teenage is a magazine in Singapore which caters to teenagers here. It includes many pop culture content which many youths here are into. Well every year, Teenage will organize an event known as "Teenage Big Day Out" to promote it's magazine at the same time exposing Singaporean to the on-going pop culture craze in Singapore.

This year "Teenage Big Day Out" gives 40 readers and eager participant  something new. They have gotten experienced Cosplayers, "Pinky Lu Xun" from Indonesia, Elizabeth Seah from Haru House in Singapore and Reno Tan, the man behind "Movie Mania" to share their experiences as a cosplayer and advice on the do and don't while cosplaying.

That is not all, Teenage also organizes a K-Pop dance Competition and also a Cosplay Competition  on the same day, drawing many crowds through out the whole event. It's a day filled with fun and excitement. Don't Forget Cosplayer with amazing outfits walking all over the area and a time where cosplayer parade their costume down a red carpet followed by a group picture. We got a few picture of them below.

While we are there, we manage to catch up with our Friends in Movie Mania and found out they have some really awesome Event coming soon for Halloween. Details are seen in the Picture (bottom) or their Facebook page @ https://www.facebook.com/TheMuseumOfHorrors?sk=info





Pictures Taken During the event:
 

Upcoming Long awaited Event By Movie Mania!!!!!

K-POP Dance competition Contestant

 

Buddies for life



Kick Hopper is in the building!!!

A contestant for the Cosplay Competition

Movie Mania's Booth.

Red Ranger is in town

Cosplay Group Pics

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ALIENS IN THE OLD WILD WEST....(6.8 - 7 ★)

Hello Geeks!!

Been sometimes since I updated this website. Well I am back for another great reviews for you.


We will kick start with this awesome review on the Movie "Cowboys and Aliens". The title actually tells you all you need to know about this movie. For those who can't tell, it's a movie about a lone cowboy, defending the planet Earth from the invasion of Alien who's here to mine for Gold, a resource which is rare in their planet.

Well most of you will be going like "awww man not another one of those lame Sci-Fi shit?"  I will assure you guys, this show is definitely not one of those budget cheap Sci-Fi films.. and YOU will be blown off your seats by the action involved. other then action there's  bit of realistic in this film the Director ensure that. The alien's technology is not very advance bringing realistic to another level due to the fact that is happening in 1872, Example,  the flying ships still have black exhaust fumes when it fly hence we can infer that it still runs on gas also their flying object involves jet-propelled system to fly like those of a jet plane, when Mankind have not discover technology, the alien's technology is still primitive. 

Jack and his alien bracelet

The Movie started out in 1873 with Jake Lonergan played by Daniel Craig himself, found looking like trash, wounded and struck with Amnesia with a weird looking bracelet stuck on to his wrist, in the mids of the desert in Arizona and encountering 3 highway bandits which tried to kill him for "gold". Well as we all know good guys don't die just when the movie just lift off for 10 minutes.
After a few fantastic swings and kicks and of course blowing a hole in one of the bandit's chest, Jake had a change of clothes and rode towards the nearest town called "Absolution".

Colonel Woodrow Dolarhyde

This town was funded by the rich investor Colonel Woodrow Dolarhyde (Harrison Ford) which holds an iron-fist which made everyone afraid of standing up to him. In this town, Jack found out that he's a wanted man for stealing, murder and assault, the one of the many feared bandit in the wild west hence getting himself locked up.  This is where it gets interesting. When Jack was about to be sent of to be judged, the Aliens with their flying machines stormed the town abducting people. At the same time, Jack's alien looking bracelet lights up with a series of beeping sounds and blast open the convoy he was locked in. Shocked with the mighty power stuck to his wrist, he points it at an incoming flying machine and BOOM! with a flare of blue light, causing the machine to crash land into the sandy ground.

After which Jack and Colonel  Dolarhyde rode out with a few men from the town in search of their loved ones that had been abducted. Little did they know that they are up against beast that stand 3 to 4 times taller and stronger than them.

In the end, with the help of another alien called Ella disguised as a pretty human, played by Olivia Wilde, they had lost a lot of men, but in return they managed to chase the aliens out of Earth and destroying the alien ones and for all.

Ella appearing naked from the flames

Well if you are not into Sci-Fi shit, For the girls,  Daniel Craig who acted in 007 Casino Royale, will be appearing half naked in one of those scene where he's being patched up. For the dudes out there, another bonus for you to look forward to, pretty Olivia Wilde will be appearing naked out of the fire~ with those racks.

With all these massive action, I don't think anyone would want to missed it.

For this Movie, I will rank it at around 6.8 - 7 ★ star~

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EVENT: Mini NDP with FIGHTSABER @ Moutbatten Community Centre

Hey Geeks~

If you are into Starwars or into some HOT, LIGHTSPEED Lightsaber action, do drop by Mountbatten Community Club for a "Mini" NDP (national day parade). It's happening this Saturday,(Aug 6) @ 6.00PM and  "FightSaber" will be performing "live" for YOU!! Not only this, there are many other exciting performance and music line up for you too.
So if you are free this weekend, why not drop by with your love ones or family members to celebrate our Nation's 46th Birthday and enjoy the line up.

Venue: Moutbatten Community Club, ( just across Old Airport Road) @ 35 Jalan Satu Singapore 399479

Time: 6.00pm - 9.30pm

For more infomation on "FightSaber" do check out their website link on your left. or their Facebook page @ https://www.facebook.com/FightSaber 

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THE NEO TOKYO PROJECT LIMITED GIVE-AWAY!!!!

Hey GEEKS~

Are you a Captain America, Starwars and other similar popular comic fan??

Want to get your paws on art cards created & signed by Kelvin Chan of rocketraygun.com?


Well here's your chance to get John Marston from Red Dead Redemption, 2x Captain America (diff poses and size), Darth Talon from SW, and The Tourist, original mecha suit signed rare artwork!!!  


So what should you do to get these AWESOME aetwork? well all you have to do is visit 
 "The Neo Tokyo Project" facebook page @ http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Neo-Tokyo-Project/213974638644570 and get as many friends of yours to like it.The more friends you have that "like" the facebook page, the higher your chance to get these art cards. 


So what are you waiting for? Start clicking and inviting before it's all gone... 


Remember these are rare art cards... :)


CLOSING DATE : 14 AUG 2011


*Photo Courtesy of "The Neo Tokyo Project" 

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