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...be required to obtain a plant or the ingredients needed to make the magic healing potion. In these cases, the player often has to perform acts of benevolence or selflessness - such as freeing prisoners, animals - in order to locate of gain the reward of these ingredients. There are times they have to distract some characters in order to steal their price.

Another feature is to trap players in a dead end or a seemingly impossible place to escape from forcing the player to employ drastic measures in order to get out of the trap or find a means (sometimes an artefact or a key) to free themselves. These unwinnable games where the player met a dead-end were usually left unfinished unless he was able to return to the original position. A well-known example of this is Return to Zork.

Although, adventure games were very popular in the...more

Results Are In: Nintendo Wii vs Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3)

...So which of these two games systems is better? It had been a much anticipated wait, but finally both of these consoles have arrived. The Sony PlayStation 3 was the first to arrive on November 17th, with the Nintendo Wii only two days later, on the 19th. Which one should you buy? Who had the most successful launch? Read on to discover the answers!

Units available at Launch -

Sony PlayStation 3:

After many notable delays and production problems, Sony was finally able to release its PlayStation 3 console in order to meet the Christmas rush; Well not quite. Sony was indeed able to release its system; however this shipment numbers were nowhere near what was expected. It was estimated that only 500,000 units arrived up to the end of the year. This made it very difficult for anyone hoping to get their hands on a PS3 for Christmas last year.

Nintendo Wii:

In view of the extremely popularity of the Wii, it has still been difficult to get your hands on one at the moment. However, Nintendo planned to ship over four million units worldwide by the end of 2006. This was easily able ...more

Sony Playstation 3 - What game Will You Play?

...ing. It comes with a black casing and silver highlights. A lot of powerful technology has been packed in the device too. It comes with Blu-ray drive and support for 1080p high definition (HD) video the feature that promises the best picture quality.

The device is available in two different versions and both the versions is a treat for the gamers. There is a trick involved too. The 60GB hard disk is great for media functions lik...more

XBOX 360 As Free Gift With Mobile Phones - Irresistibility Exemplified

...ximum attentions from prospective mobile phone buyers. To the surprise of many, they have been consistently successful in adjusting their profit scale to announce some unbelievable gifts with a mobile phone. Now when million of mobile phone buyers have gone into tizzy by seeing the inclusion of XBOX 360 in the list of free goodies, mobile network service providers have a overflowing cash box, the cash register of which vehemently protests to stop ringing.more