Review: Witcher 2

Read all about it here.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/reviews/8905-The-Witcher-2-Assassins-of-Kings-Review

The lack of explanation of how things work and the fact that the introduction and first chapter have significantly harder combat are mentioned here.  The map isn't great either.
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/05/18/pc-review-the-witcher-2-assassins-of-kings/

http://www.1up.com/reviews/witcher-2-review

However, all the reviewers loved the game, despite its flaws.

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Rift Tips

While looking for other things I found this forum posting of useful tips for both the novice and experienced Rift player.
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r25562835-Rift-FAQ-Gameplay

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Rift: Forming a Guild

A guide to setting up a guild.
http://highplanesrifter.com/2011/02/the-rift-guild-guide/

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Rift: Dyeing Your Outfits

In Rift you can either buy dyes to change the colors of your armor or you can craft them as an apothecary.  (You might also find dyes for sale at the Auction House.)  This site shows off the various primary and secondary dye looks on armor types.
http://rift.incgamers.com/guides/Dyes

Read this before you try it at home, folks.
http://rift.incgamers.com/dye-guide-updated/

You can also preview and reverse the effect.  Read the bottom of this article for this information.  Please note that this reads like a rehash of the above information so the information about previewing and removed dye effects probably was taken from another site.
http://telarachronicles.com/2011/04/02/rift-dye-guide-riftincgamers/

Rift Craft has a nice guide to making dye as an apothecary that lists the ingredients you need for each color.
http://www.rift-craft.com/dyes/

Rift Wiki lists all the dyes and prices vendors sell.
http://telarapedia.com/wiki/Dye

The Zam database lists all the dye recipes.  Note that not each item has full information.
http://rift.zam.com/en/search.html?q=dye+recipes

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Rift: Screenshots, Twitter and Facebook

To take screenshots using a Windows7 machine, use Print Screen. You may have to hold down the control key while pushing Print Screen.  A lot depends on your keyboard brand.

If you don't have a print screen key, go into Keybindings and change the Screenshot key to one of the Function keys or something else you never use in-game.

If you want to remove the UI bars first, press Control plus U to hide the interface.  Pushing Control plus U twice removes guild tags and names.  Pushing Control Plus U the third time puts the UI bars back.
http://riftbuddy.com/how-to-hide-the-ui-interface-in-rift

Screenshots are files in the RiftGame/screenshots folder wherever your game is installed (probably in C:/Program Files/RiftGame/screenshots).

Apparently the command /tweetpic will put a photo into your Twitter account.

This is how you push info to Facebook.
http://forums.riftgame.com/showthread.php?194118-Zann-Rift-Twitter-Facebook

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A Look at Kingdom of Amalur: Reckoning UPDATED

The editor in chief of Kotaku got some demo and play time on this single-player RPG action game, due out sometime in 2012.
http://kotaku.com/5805865/kingdom-of-amalur-reckoning-could-be-2012s-sleeper-hit

UPDATE:  http://kotaku.com/5806660/kingdoms-of-amalur-reckoning-is-a-dead-rpg-revived-with-the-spirit-of-tekken-and-call-of-duty

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Rift: Magic Ticket Quest Patched

With Patch 1.2, the magic ticket finally has a use in the Lord of Illusion quest.  Here's a guide to the quest.
http://gaarawarrgabs.wordpress.com/2011/05/13/the-lord-of-illusion-guide/

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Rift: Mage Gear and Stat Weighing Spreadsheet

Rift Junkies' Mage Compendium has a Mage Gear and Stat Weighing spreadsheet among the links.  Windows 7 Excel only.
http://www.riftjunkies.com/forums/showthread.php?1954-Mage-Compendium-Helpful-Links-for-Mages-Builds-Stat-Values

Click on the link and it will download.

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