Tides of Darkness Book 10

The novel explores the events of the Second War (which took place during Warcraft II) when the Orcish Horde, led by Warchief Orgrim Doomhammer, returns to Azeroth to destroy the Human nations. 

Around the World in Eighty Days- Jules Verne

Original title: Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours

The journey begins when at the Reform Club, Phileas Fogg, in one of the many evenings and nights, that he spend in the club, makes a start to friends of the club, he could, traveling around the world in eighty days. And you had to employ all the means for transport of the time: << vapors boats, rail cars, yachts, merchant ships, shots, elephants >>. And it costs more than nineteen thousand pounds; "Most of his fortune." But the bet cost twenty thousand pounds of benefit to him. His friends attended the bet, but not before hesitating a moment in achieving this adventure, and I should jump from a railroad and steam to a steam railway in the least possible time and the itinerary would be as follows:
Days
From London to Suez, by Mount Cenis and Brindisi, Steam Railway and 7
Suez to Bombay, Steamers 13
From Bombay to Calcutta, Railway 3
Calcutta to Hong Kong (China), 13
Hong Kong (China) to Yokohama (Japan), Vapor 6
San Francisco, New York, Railway-Highway 9
80 Days Total

The eccentric Phileas Fogg, had deployed in this business their wonderful qualities of serenity, accuracy and others who are discovered while reading.

The story takes very little time trial narrative adventure in which you have to negotiate all kinds of climatic adversity, as in the same way that all impediments made available to the "Fix Police" and the fate against "Phileas Fogg," and your traveling companions.

But at the end of your trip, once you've lost everything, we can ask ourselves; What had earned that trip, and the trip cost him the benefits of the bet? Or rather What had brought from his trip worthwhile?

Nothing will be said. Nothing, unless a beautiful woman named Aouda, that made him the happiest of men, after marry him. Which he rescued from a human sacrifice in India risking his own life.

And truly, I wonder, who of us will not go around the world many times, just to meet that amazing woman?

MDK

In a memorable year for the world of video games, 1997 gave us a brilliant gem: MDK. Developed by Shiny Entertainment, this game was acclaimed not only for its innovative gameplay and advanced graphics for the time, but also for its ability to transport us to a universe filled with dark humor and technical challenges that still resonate in the hearts of nostalgic gamers.

The story introduces us to Kurt Hectic, a simple janitor on a space station, who finds himself embroiled in an apocalyptic mission: to save Earth from an alien invasion that uses gigantic "Minecrawlers" to plunder its resources and exterminate its population. The premise is as bleak as the humor that permeates it, offering a contrast between the gravity of the situation and the absurd reactions of the characters.

The game stands out for its immersive third-person action experience, with moments that allow us to appreciate the world from a first-person perspective thanks to its famous "sniper mode," boasting an incredible zoom of up to 100x. This duality of perspectives was not only novel for the time but also exciting and challenging, allowing us to feel like true cosmic snipers.

Kurt is equipped with special armor that includes an infinitely fed machine gun powered by his inventive supply chain, along with a ribbon-like parachute to glide silently through the hostile skies. The weapons are almost characters in themselves, with capabilities that border on the impossible: imagine being able to extract an alien's eye from a distance of eight kilometers or tattoo your name on its skull.

The game's atmosphere is as surreal as it is dazzling. The graphics, considered advanced for a Pentium PC of that era, manage to create a visually stunning and fluid world that still feels unique today. The technical prowess behind MDK not only set a new standard in terms of hardware requirements but also for its ability to completely immerse the player in an unprecedented 3D experience.

And, as if the game's design weren't enough to captivate us, the narrative leads us to confront absurd situations with a biting humor that defines Shiny Entertainment's distinctive style. Every dialogue and scene is imbued with an irony that reflects both the chaos of the universe and humanity's resilience in finding humor amidst the apocalypse.

In short, MDK is a masterpiece that fuses fast-paced action with intelligent humor and a visually captivating aesthetic. It's a title that deserves to be revisited and celebrated for its timeless originality, narrative ingenuity, and its legacy as one of the most underrated games in video game history. In the vast ocean of games released since 1997, MDK continues to shine with its own unique, inimitable, and inspiring light.

So, if you've ever wondered why a simple janitor becomes the savior of the planet, get ready to dive into Kurt Hectic's story and find out for yourself. Because MDK isn't just a game; it's a groundbreaking experience that redefines digital entertainment as we know it.

Rise of the Horde Book 9

Though the young Warchief Thrall ended the demon curse that had plagued his people for generations, the orcs still wrestle with the sins of their bloody past. As the rampaging Horde, they waged a number of devastating wars against their perennial enemy - the Alliance. Yet the rage and bloodlust that drove the orcs to destroy everything in their path nearly consumed them as well. Long ago, on the idyllic world of Draenor, the noble orc clans lived in relative peace with their enigmatic neighbors, the draenei. 

But the nefarious agents of the Burning Legion had other plans for both of the unsuspecting races. The demon-lord Kil’jaeden set in motion a dark chain of events that would succeed not only in eradicating the draenei, but would forge the orc clans into an single, unstoppable juggernaut of hatred and destruction. An original tale of magic, warfare, and heroism based on the best-selling, award-winning electronic game series from Blizzard.

This is experience with mobile Motorola I1

It has a very interesting feature that lets you use it as woki toki, pressing the button on your left side the quality is good, but I could not effectively determine distance, since it work almost everywhere in the city where I live and very few problems within buildings.

Its weight and dimensions are not bad there is always room for improvement are the following Weight 4.63 oz (131 g) Dimensions 4.65 "x 2.28" x 0.5 "(118 x 58 x 12.8 mm). if we go something deeper in this aspect resolution is 320 x 480 pixels, the pixel density is de186 ppi, in addition to a touch screen. it also has sensor light, proximity sensor resistant glass, scratch (Corning Gorilla glass)


I like the design, it's comfortable and manly, they say that is waterproof, I does not test!

Its battery leaves much to be desired is only 1400 mAh LiIon, I could try that holds up well to talk, but staying on without wi-fi does not reach 96 hours they promise.

On the technical side leaves much to be desired with a single core processor, which is 500 MHz, Freescale Zeus 2.0 ARM1136, comes with Android OS 1.5 is not the most modern but it is useful, the memory of the system is only 256 MB of RAM / 512MB ROM, you do not have much space but allow you to expand microSD, microSDHC up to 32GB something very positive, particularly mind if you take many photos or video.

Speaking of camera is just in the back and is 5 megapixes something low but you can have good results brings a LED flash is quite good, but only if the light sources are in front of you. As interesting thing allows you to Autofocus, Digital zoom, Geo tagging, Pre white balance settings, Panorama and otherseffects.


The Motorola i1 is the first Android smartphone for iDEN-based networks using 2G technology instead of modern CDMA and GSM networks, this does not affect the quality of the call, but yes of  the browsing speed, which brings a Opera Mini 5.0 browser that personal is not my favorite but maintains the utility surf at a reasonable speed.


Its connectivity;
Bluetooth supported are: HSP 1.1, HFP 1.5, A2DP 1.2, version 2.0 + EDR AVRC
Wi-Fi: 802.11 b, g.
USB: USB 2.0 microUSB connector.
It also has the potential for Computer sync, OTA sync


Have separate buttons for menu, back, answer call, end call, menu, volones, camera on and off.

In closing I leave the list of all the things I did not like:

•      Display low density of pixels (186 ppi)
•      Single-core processor
•      Too little RAM (256MB RAM)
•      Low resolution screen (320 x 480 pixels)
•      Low resolution camera (5 megapixels)
•      Low resolution video capture
•      No front camera
•      Outdated   operating system.

Réquiem por un campesino español- Ramón José Sender Garcés

Requiem for a Spanish Peasant, tries to reflect what happened in a village in Aragon during the coup of Miguel Primo de Rivera and Orbaneja that took place on September 13 de 1923-1925 or the Spanish Civil War, which happen on 1936. Since the writer does not specify, you have to imagine.

Try to manifest how was lived those days when there were Republic and what happened when the new republic callus under the command of the military and its repression.

The novel begins when a priest named Mosen Millan, will celebrate a Mass for the dead, which was for him as a child, the writer tells the reader through memory of Mosen Millan, as was the late Peter from the mill, from his childhood to his own whipping. All this while the faithful are arrive to the Requiem Mass. While he is analyzing if hes nearby had set a positive or negative effect.

Master of the World

Original Title: Maitre du Monde

Narrative form: Novelist.

Author Name: Jules Verne.

Publisher: Edibook

Year of the edition: 1998

Year of reading: 2007

Additional Information:

-This is the second part of the book Robur the Conqueror.

-This novel was written in the most pessimistic and dark phase of July

Summary of the work:

The plot in the novel (oddly too brief, compared to any other) concerns the strange appearances of a mysterious craft, both as a high-speed vehicle on land and as a ship or even a flying craft, throughout the United States and the fruitless efforts of the police to stop it in order to interrogate its inventor and thus find out the means by which he has achieved such an advance.

After several futile attempts to approach the mysterious ship and its secrets, a police inspector, Stroke, manages to be kidnapped by his crew, who turn out to be led by the American engineer Robur, the same one who appeared years earlier at one of the meetings. of the "Weldon Institute" in Philadelphia (in the novel "Robur the Conqueror").