Bring down the devil

You are playing the role of Sgt. James Heller who is on a personal vendetta, in an attempt to avenge the death of his wife and child. The main villain from the original game is your target and the entire collection of trailers builds up a lot of tension, that sadly dissipates as you progress with the campaigns. Heller is simply not convincing enough and players will have a hard time getting attached to this character that is simply excessive.

The playground on the other hand is exciting and developers did a fine job in creating a devastated New York city. Enemies lurk behind every corner and you need to use your unearthly powers to kill both enemy soldiers and monsters. The problem is that all of these killings are fairly repetitive and with game mechanics that strangely resemble what we’ve seen in Prototype, even fans might lose interest.

Upgrade your killer

What keeps players interested in Prototype 2 is the fact that every completed mission brings them a step closer to their goal, even though the story sinks slowly into near-irrelevance. Upgrading your hero is rewarding and even though the setting is repetitive, it is comforting to witness how your newly acquired powers can be honed. Monsters that used to kick your ass easily, can now be tamed or swiftly dealt with, and your character grows overpowered before you know it.

Gunning down enemies wouldn’t be enough to keep players wired, but given the fact that you can customize your character, you won’t run out of innovative ways to kill your foes. His shape shifting powers and the impressive arsenal of biological weapons make Sgt. Heller a mean killing machine, and he has plenty of ways of cruising towards the ultimate goal. Whether you choose to consume your victims, cut them in half or unleash your tendrils on them, the outcome is always the same.

There are better ways to spend your money, but without being a blockbuster Prototype 2 is a decent video game and a worthy sequel. Three stars out of five would make a fair rating for this title which unfortunately doesn’t rise to the high expectations set by the trailers.

Prototype 2 List Price: $59.99 Price: $35.00 Read Reviews

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The answer is simple in fact.  Components in Laptops are jam packed and there is very little space left for proper air circulation where as desktops have enough space for these components and space is sufficient for proper air circulation (as well as desktops typically have bigger fans and vents). I have a Laptop (Dell Inspiron N5050) which normally does not overheat for daily work which involves blogging and browsing but overheats within an hour when I play high res games like Dead Space, Dead Island, Max Payne, Spiderman 3 etc. as they require extensive use of the graphics card and processor. Using a hot Laptop can be very uncomfortable and the system can start running sluggish from the components heating up as well.

Here are Some Methods Which I Use to Cool my Laptop:

Don’t go on the name

Though it is called a Laptop, the worst place for a Laptop is on the lap. Keeping it on the lap blocks the air vents in the Laptop, causing the air to circulate less freely and reports say that if a pregnant woman keeps Laptop on her lap, she is endangering her self and possibly the fetus,  and for men it can lead to reduction of sperm count due to the heat spreading into the bodies reproductive areas.

Avoid using Laptop on Carpets, Beds and Pillows

Keeping Laptop on soft surfaces like Cushions, Carpets, Beds and Pillows block the air vents in the Laptop. If you want to use it on Beds and Carpets, prefer to use a Hardboard and keep the Laptop on it.

Consider buying a Cooling Pad or Chill Mat

Cooling Pads or Chill Mats are introduced to avoid extensive damage to internal parts of Laptop due to over heating. A typical Cooling Pad consists of one or two fans and a rubber support for elevation. By using a Cooling pad, Laptop users can reduce the problems caused by overheating to a large extent.

Maintenance

Make a habit of cleaning the Laptop at least once in a week to remove clogged dirt and dust particles inside the air vents of the Laptop. Purchasing a can of compressed air can be really useful to clean the air vent and other internal parts of the Laptop.

Monitor the Temperature

Programs like Speed Fan can help to monitor voltages, temperatures and fan speeds in Laptops.

Let the Laptop rest

As you feel tired and exhausted after working for a couple of hours, the same goes for your Laptop. Allow it to cool down by giving it some rest. It is better to keep the Laptop in front of Cooler or Table Fan.

Use the Laptop on Power Saver Mode

The Power Saving Mode in Laptop manages sets the brightness and other settings to save power as well as to reduce the processes, there by preventing the Laptop from Overheating.

What do you think about these methods? Do you use any of them? Did I miss any other methods to cool a Laptop? If yes, then I would love to hear from you

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Games upcoming in the next few months are:

The Secret World

This horror MMO game looks to have truly unique elements like having no classes, and the ability to constantly shift around your 7 active and 7 passive skills to customize at any time.  I played some of the beta and it is atmospheric, creepy and also insanely different than other MMO games I have played.  A game set in modern times where all the hidden monsters and creatures of myth, legend and lore lurk between the streets and in the shadows this is game has been in development for years.

Max Payne 3

Max Payne was famous for bullet time, a slow motion mode where everything slowed down and you can watch each bullet fly in slow mow leaving a trail behind it.  Max Payne 2 was even better with a truly haunting back story (anyone remember the dream sequence) and the 3rd looks to set Max Payne across 3 different points of his life and bring it all together.

Guild Wars 2

Guild Wars 2 already has the most interest and subscribers I have seen for any game ever, it had about 10x the number of people interested and applying for the beta than The Secret World and an amazing array of options for combo fighting.  I played the original for 3 years with all expansions and still never fully completed the first trilogy on all accounts.  Guild Wars 2 is larger, more vast and has so much more including elements of environment that affect combat as well.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2

Already available for pre-order even though it probably has a later release date than the other games listed.  Will it raise the bar even higher for fans of one of the most successful shooters in history?  There will also be a zombie mode in Black Ops 2 from what I have read which is extremely fun and also can leave you jumping when you are surrounded by zombies shooting and knifing for your life in the middle of the night.

Many of these games have such high system requirements now that you will likely enjoy them with a new system upgrade, I tend to focus on the budget gaming laptops and recently bought a Lenovo Z575 which works very well for most games unless you want hardcore gaming resolution graphics and frame rates.  You get a lot of bang for your buck for a $459 laptop honestly.

If you want something a bit more powerful, you can’t go wrong with the Asus G75VW which is the best gaming laptop for under $1700 that I have been able to find anywhere.  This one features 2GB Geforce GTX 660m video card and 16GB of DDR3 RAM.  It comes with a 1TB 7200RPM or 750GB 7200RPM drive instead of an SSD which keeps the cost lower but would have slower startup and app load times than one with a large SSD drive.  Still ultimately I would rather have the increased RAM and video card and keep costs lower and add in an SSD later.

So what do you want to see reviewed and covered in the gaming section of DragonBlogger.com in the coming months, what games not listed do you want to see reviews and features on?  When was the last time you bought a new laptop or gaming PC?

-Dragon Blogger

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Fortunately for us, there are a lot of SEO related extensions (add-ons, plug-ins) for the top web browsers in the market. Today, I’m going to share with you, my 3 favorite extensions for this browser, that make my life easier when it comes to SEO, and I’ll share an example of how you can use those extensions too.

SEO for Chrome

This is an all-in-one tool for those who want to know more about a site. With a single click, you can know in depth, a lot of details about a certain website. For example, you can retrieve this relevant information:

• Number of pages indexed in all major search engines.
• Number of backlinks according to multiple sources like Majestic SEO, Google, Alexa and Semrush, among others.
• Traffic details (pageviews, demographics, unique visitors) provided by third party companies like Quantcast, Compete or Alexa.
• Social factors: It shows you how many times a certain page has been submitted to services like Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, StumbleUpon, Digg, etc. This is extremely important to measure how popular a website is.
• Cached versions. It will display whether the current site has been cached by search engines. The caching frequency is directly proportional to relevancy/authority and post frequency of a site.

SEO for Chrome extension

As you can see, this tool can provide you with a lot of information that will help you to create a profile of a website.

Link: Download SEO for Chrome

PageRank

AS you might guess by the title, this extension only does one thing, and it does it right. It will show you the PageRank of the site you’re browsing automatically. There are a lot of extensions with this feature built in, but it’s more comfortable to have the actual PR displayed automatically every time you visit a website.

PageRank extension for Chrome

When you install this extension, you’ll notice a small bar in the top right side of your browser which will update automatically. Probably this add-on doesn’t do much, but I find it incredibly useful, specially when I’m building links.

Link: Download PageRank extension for Chrome

MozBar

This extension has been developed SEOmoz, on of the most respected SEO communities out there. In essence what this extension does is provide you with link and onpage data from the site you’re visiting. It will highlight dofollow/nofollow, internal/external links and will analyze the page structure as well: h1,h2 (heading tags), meta-description, meta-keywords, bolded keywords, etc.

However, the feature I love the most about MozBar is the SERP overlay feature. Every time you input a query in Google, you’ll see a little bar below each entry, with information regarding PA/DA (Page Authority and Domain Authority), which are two extremely important factors when evaluating the quality of a website.

MozBar extension for Google Chrome

You can tweak the settings for this extension in order to get a better user experience. Just play with the settings until you find a comfortable environment to work in.

Link: Download MozBar extension

If you’re new to SEO, I strongly recommend you to read this series of articles (Beginners Guide to Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Terms) where you’ll learn the basics of search engine optimization.

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Social networking sites also allow their users to share ideas, activities, events, and interests with people they are connected to via their networks. The most popular social networking sites worldwide are Facebook, Google+ and Twitter.

Social networking services allow people to connect with each other internationally through a web platform, e-mail or instant messaging. Many social networking sites such as Facebook allow users to upload photos and videos and add apps. They normally also have privacy controls that allow users to decide who can view their profile or contact them.

An increasing trend is for social networks to operate through the same platforms such as OpenID and OpenSocial. Mobile phone users can also now create their own profiles, chat and share photos and videos. Another trend is for smartphone users to let their friends know where they are and what they are doing through social networking sites such as Twitter with its 140-character limit and Facebook with its Live Feed function. Foursquare also allows its users to “check-in” to locations such as bars, clubs and restaurants via the GPS system in your smartphone.

Social networking is at its most basic level though a way for people to connect with other people online. Using social networks to find people with similar interests is often referred to as niche networking. This can also be the basis for meeting people you have connected with online in real life situations.

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