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Welcome back to the Garry’s Mod blog! In this edition, I will be reviewing the vmod for gmod package. This package is downloadble here. To be able to use this mod, put the downloaded file in the addons folder for Garry’s Mod.

In the mini-mod, vmod for gmod, players are given three new maps, a couple of items, and whole bunch of new vehicles to drive with. When I first got the package, I was excited to play around with all the cars. When I first started spawning the cars, they looked very nice and had a lot of detail put into the models. The items included allow for some stunts to film action movies. There arent only cars, there is an atv which is buggy at times, they have a mechwarrior, which is so much fun to play around with, and they have a train, but it doesn’t move. The package gives you alot of items and maps to play around with. The only flaw with this game is that some the cars are hard to control and tip over a lot. Overall, it is a great, but not perfect mod.

Score: 4.5 out of 5 Stars

Welcome back to the Garry’s Mod section! In this post I will be reviewing the game mode Capture the Flag (CTF).

The game mode of CTF is simple, players are on a specfic team and have to build a base around their flag. The objective is to capture the opposing team’s flag and to defend their own flag. There are different classes which have different abilities. For instance, the gun mage class is given a pistol, but they have the ability to change the guns ammunition into silver bullets, lightning bullets, and so on. The game is fast paced and filled with action, but there are still flaws. The biggest downfall of the game is that a player is given a certain amount of silver to spend on classes or pieces for the fort. The people who pay the server a certain amount of money, they get unlimited silver which allows them to have the best classes and are able to dominate the game. It overall a good game mode, but for the people who don’t pay for silver, they are left with a disadvantage.

Score: 4 out of 5 Stars

Welcome to the wonderful world of anime. There are several anime Anime. There are so many that it would take many months to watch them all. Take care not to become an anime or manga otaku. Watching anime and reading manga is fine, but obsession is bad. One normally selects an anime based upon it’s genre. Which include horror, romance, comedy, mystery, and action. You can also watch and read about anime, but you will need to make an account. You can also to download anime and manga.
Anime is basically cartoons made in Japan. The main difference between it and regular cartoons is basically the animation style. Also it tends to have more complicated plots. Anime tends not to be very popular in America, because it is made in Japan. The most popular anime ever released in the United States is Love Hina, which is a love comedy and was made by Ken Akamatsu.

Manga are basically anime in comic form. You can use the above link to see a specific description of it. The difference between it and anime is that it is normally longer and more to the point. Anime typically has only 6-24 episodes which have many filler episodes that don’t further the plot, and manga can have several volumes. This allows manga to have longer and more to the point plot. Love Hina is also a very popular manga.

Love hina is about an unfortunate good for nothing boy named Keitaro. It is categorized as a romantic comedy. This is because Keitaro is always getting beat up by his female tenants Narusegawa, Shinobu, Kitsune, Motoko, and Su. It is a romance because whaile getting beat up, Keitaro is always trying to see if Naru likes him the same way he likes her, and he is always trying to find a girl he made a promise to get into Tokyo U with. Unfortunately not only is Narusegawa unsure about her feelings for him, she also hits him often. Keitaro also failed the Tokyo U exam three times.

Below Is a Picture of characters from Love Hina by Ken Akamatsu.

The people in the front are Keitaro and Naru. From left to right the people in the back are Su, Mutsumi, Kanako, Keitaro’s aunt, Keitaro’s aunt’s daughter, Motoko, Shinobu, and Kitsune.

Retro Studios has done it again! Femme fatale Samus Aran is back in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption for the Wii.  This game marks the end of the Prime series of the Metroid games.  The story revolves around the exploits of Samus as she travels the galaxy, ridding planets of Phazon corruption.  For further information regarding the plot, check out the wikipedia article concerning it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metroid_Prime_3:_Corruption.  I own this game, and I can honestly say that it is a true masterpiece.  To start off, it has a revolutionary control interface.  It would be a crime if every Wii first-person shooter after this didn’t have controls like this.  It truly feels like you’re inside Samus’ suit!  If the controls weren’t enough to get you to buy this game, then I know something that will.  This game has easily the best graphics we’ve seen on Wii so far.  You cannot mistake these graphics with the graphics the GameCube offers.  Also in this game is the most beautiful level design and art that I have ever seen on any Nintendo console.  Truly amazing job, Retro.  If you don’t believe me, here are some screenshots* from IGN.com:   If you have a Wii, Metroid Prime 3 is a must! *These screenshots do not fully illustrate the beauty of this game’s art.