Sunday, May 21, 2006

Rome: Total War Gold Edition for PC

Rome: Total War Gold Edition for PC

Rome Total War Gold Edition PC
MODEL- 85166 VENDOR- SEGA

FEATURES- Rome Total War Gold PC
Once the Roman Empire is under your command, do not lay down your
sword just yet - the Barbarians are coming. With two award-winning
titles from the esteemed Total War series, you will have twice as
many obstacles and opportunities to control and conquer the
greatest empire ever known to man.
* The Gold Edition includes:
- Rome: Total War - Guide one of three noble Roman families on a century
spanning quest to seize control of the Roman Empire.
- Rome: Total War - Barbarian Invasion (official expansion pack to Rome:
Total War)Witness the decline of Rome as Barbarian hordes attack,
forcing a bitter internal struggle between rival factions.
* Voted 2004 Best Strategy game by IGN, GameSpy and GameSpot.
* Fight alongside or against history's greatest leaders such as Julius
Caesar, Spartacus, and Hannibal to expand or destroy the Roman Empire.
* Lay siege against the Romans as Attila the Hun, fearful Saxons, or other
savage factions using signature weapons and abilities.
* Command warrior-tested legions in cinematic epic battles with thousands
of soldiers on-screen at once.
* A century-spanning campaign charges players with strategically managing
the economic, civil, religious and military arms of their empire.

-- SPECIFITCATIONs --------------------------------------
ESRB Rating : T for Teen
Genre/Category : Strategy
System : PC
Number of Players :
On-Line Compatible:


MANUFACTURER WARRANTY: 30 DAYS
Customer Review: Strategic combat at its best
While I am personally more fond of Rome's predecessor, Medieval: Total War, the latest in the Total War series is nothing short of excellent. Much has been improved on, especially the real-time combat and gameplay mechanics. The meek AI, underdeveloped naval combat, and drab visuals that marred Medieval have been done away with for the latest installation.

One of the greatest strengths of the series has always been its ability to capture the truly epic feel of worldwide warfare, regardless of whether you are looking over the whole of Europe or watching rank-and-file armies advancing upon each other. This is especially true with the new 3D combat engine, which is vastly superior to Medieval's. The units are all fully modeled and animated, and the camera is much more maneuverable, allowing you to get up close. This isn't very handy from a command standpoint, but it really makes the battles come alive. Battles in cities and forts are also much more fun, since they are more balanced and take place in full-sized replicas of the cities you see on the world map, down to the individual buildings you or your opponent have constructed.

The mechanics of the strategy portion of the game are different. Instead of treating each provence as a whole entity, with units being able to move between them once per turn, units move relative to the physical distance they must cross on the map, with cities being the points of interest you must find. While this adds more strategy and realism to the game (since it will obviously take longer for an army to cross an African desert than the Italian peninsula), this makes the game move much more slowly and, I feel, detracts from the excitement and fun. Fortunately, the game compensates for this and does not require conquering the entire map to win; under the new rules of the game it would take a very, very long time.

The expasion, while not lacking in content, is slightly on the boring side. I believe my opinion may be slightly tainted since I am not as fond of the play styles inherent in choosing tribal factions which compose virtually all the playable ones in Barbarian Invasion. Still, after playing several full games of Rome, I found that the expansion did not offer enough new material to hold my interest for very long. Besides, there is plenty of fun to be had without the expansion, due to the wider range of factions and units.

Fans of the series will not be disappointed, which seems to be a rarity these days. Newcomers should be prepared for a challenge, but the game does a good job of breaking people in and letting them enjoy the game from start to finish.
Customer Review: Civilization meets real time tactical combat
The AI isn't entirely challenging, but that is really true of all games. Until programmers can come up with truely great AI I will just have to keep giving games 4/5 and 9/10. This game is more a 9/10 than a 4/5 btw.

If anyone knows about an old game called Archon, this game is to Civilization what Archon was to Chess, it takes the basic Civilization game (capturing cities, expanding empire, building armies and upgrading cities) and adds a real-time combat element.


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Mario Batali 13 by 9 Inch Lasagna Deep Dish Pan, Persimmon

Mario Batali 13 by 9 Inch Lasagna Deep Dish Pan, Persimmon

This extra deep lasagna pan by Mario Batali, featured here in Persimmon, is crafted out of durable porcelain enamel on cast iron. It is perfect for baking lasagna, casseroles and creating mouth-watering meat or vegetable roasts. The excellent heat retention distribution allows the food to be cooked evenly for better taste and flavor! A perfect oven-to-tabletop piece, this pan is also easy to clean- simply handwash with mild dish soap. It is also safe for gas, electric and ceramic-top ranges.


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All-Clad LTD 12-Inch Round Nonstick Grille Pan

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This easy-to-use high-performance grill from All-Clad is designed with a heavy gauge, hard-coat anodized aluminum exterior for efficient, balanced heat conductivity and long wear. Quantum-coated nonstick interior. Solid-cast stainless steel handle. Carries the All-Clad limited lifetime warranty.
Customer Review: I love this!!
I never thought I would be writing a review of a grill pan (or any cooking item, for that matter), but I am so impressed with this that I just had to. Everything I have cooked on this (steak, chicken, fish) has been cooked perfectly and the pan is so easy to clean. My outdoor propane grill will still be used occasionally when the weather is perfect, but the ease and convenience of this grill pan will be hard to beat. And at this price, I've just found the perfect wedding present for my friends getting married this year.
Customer Review: Best burgers ever
First thing we cooked in this pan were burgers, and we could not believe the difference in taste compared to pan fried. The raised ridges really carmelize the meat, and even when cooked well done the burgers are juicy. We have prepared chicken, pork chops and fish, and they are all at least as good as charcoal grilled. I would give this pan 10 stars if I could.


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Adobe Production Studio Premium

Adobe Production Studio Premium

Adobe Production Studio Premium brings new power and efficiency to your post-production environment. This complete audio and video post-production solution combines Adobe After Effects 7.0 Professional, Premiere Pro 2.0, Photoshop CS2, Audition 2.0, Encore DVD 2.0, and Illustrator CS2 software. Combined, these tools offer you everything you need for superior audio and video production. Best of all, you'll work faster with timesaving workflow features, like Adobe Dynamic Link and Adobe Bridge. Full recording, mixing, editing, and mastering with Adobe Audition 2.0 Professional DVD production with Adobe Encore DVD 2.0 Full Photoshop & Encore integration -- use it to create full-featured, menu-driven DVDs for feature films, business communications, training, events, and more New power for vectors in Adobe Illustrator CS2 Integrates with Macromedia Flash encodes your video and audio files for optimal Web viewing Work with 16-bit Photoshop files in After Effects Professional and Adobe Premiere Pro -- creating pristine, high-quality color Save 32-bit float HDR files in Photoshop and integrate them into After Effects Professional compositions Create stereo or surround Dolby Digital AC3 files Work with a full set of restoration and cleanup tools Create loop-based multitrack soundtracks and DTS audio Integration with Production Studio, Photoshop, After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Encore DVD, and Illustrator
Customer Review: Is this product worth it in one word - yes it is - okay three words
If you're reading this. You are thinking about dropping some serious cash so I will try and help you out!

If you're trying to decide between this, which is Adobe production studio premium or the Standard Edition do not buy The Standard Edition, you get so much more with this version, I repeat do not buy the Standard Edition.

You're probably interested in getting the Adobe production studio premium edition. I have to tell you, this is a great product, the dynamic link is such an amazing feature a links together. Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe encore, seamlessly. You can take Adobe After Effects compositions into premiere Pro without rendering. Then if you need to edit the composition you just pop back into after effects, tweak it adjust it pop back into premiere and is automatically updated. It is just an amazing thing to see it in action.

After effects has got a total facelift, along with encore audition and premiere Pro. Gone is the "palette-tosis" of the old programs. Where you would lose palettes have palettes on top of palettes not know where to find a palette. The new facelift is totally awesome.

Stability: I've been using these programs for few days, and they are totally stable. One crash, I think I had and I think was my fault. Adobe encore, I feel is the best improvements from the old version making a DVD with the new flowchart is so amazingly simple.

Adobe After Effects 7.0
after effects is the bomb is you such an amazing program. Once you get past the user interface and learn some of the nuances you can do almost anything and mean anything with video is awesome. 7.0 has the ton of user presets. The text effects are great. The backgrounds that you can create that come as presets, all editable. A cool thing is with a new user presets, you can see them actually preview and Adobe Bridge. This is cool!

Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0
this program now is more in line with user interface from premiere elements. The one thing I really enjoy now about from your Pro 2.0. Is that I can import MPEG files from my replay TV and edit them. This is something that was sorely lacking in from your Pro 1.5 user interfaces been revamped in the new style. He just feels a lot cleaner smoother and more stable.

Adobe audition 2.0
this program, I think has gotten the most drastic user interface upgrade. I'm not really in the audio is what don't really know what under the hood is changed. I do know it's got ASIO drivers now. That is a big deal if you're an audio. But now the user interface is more in line with all the other a video products. Was nice about audition now is that if you have a audiophile in premiere Pro 2.0. You can now send it to audition, change it or modify it save it and it brings it back right into premiere. No reimporting, that is so cool.

Adobe encore 2.0
if you're wondering about Adobe encore this upgrade is nice. The automatic slideshow creator, while only limited to 99 photos per slideshow is a nice feature. I'd use it already. There are some limitations in the slideshow creator like again, only 99 photos per slideshow but you could link unlimited slideshows back to back to back, but you're still limited to 99. In each slideshow. Stability I feel in this program is vastly improved the old encore. I was so like I was teetering on the edge of losing my whole project. I feel of it safer and encore 2.0. It has a ton more templates is integration with Adobe Photoshop and with Adobe After effects is amazing. You will love it!

Adobe Bridge 1.0
this program is quirky. It crashed about 20 times. It has the potential to be really great, but it's good takes a more time to get there. Building of this program as your media manager. Again, it's not there yet. I'm still using Adobe Photoshop elements, the tagging portion to organize my digital photographs.

Adobe dynamic link
this program really isn't a program, but it is a program. If you know and mean? Basically dynamic link links together all of the applications in the production studio. Now the hitch is you can't get this if you buy the program separately. So to see it in action, you have to buy the production studio. Another reason why you should invest. But once you have it up and running. You will be amazed. It simplifies workflow drastically one place all this in action I bought it enough said.

So there you have it my micromini review of Adobe production studio premium. Something to keep in mind, this does come with a disk of totaltraining that reviews each of the programs give you some of the new features it about two hours. Not really great but it's free. When you install it the first time. You wanna register online seeing a free plug-in are a couple templates that they offer you if you miss this opportunity the first time you install it. You will not get another chance I believe, so make sure you register.

This install comes on five DVDs income of five gigs of loops for Adobe audition, a bunch of DVD templates, and other goodies.

Another thing to note, you will not be old to upgrade individual programs. Once you buy the production studio. So this means that if a new version of Photoshop CS three comes out. You will have to wait to upgrade the production studio. You can upgrade individual products. This kind of rots but I guess you gotta deal.

This does have online activation

That's all I can think of at the moment, if I think of anything more. I'll update this review. Go to Adobe's web site and download the program demos. The one thing you won't get is dynamic link so you'll have to use your imagination and see how it will fit in. Also check out the creative cow (dot) com.

With the production studio, you also get Adobe Photoshop CS two in Adobe Illustrator CS two. That is a huge bonus.

Have some fun and get it done


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Calphalon Commercial Nonstick 10-Inch Stir-Fry Pan

Calphalon Commercial Nonstick 10-Inch Stir-Fry Pan

Stretching 10 inches in diameter and shaped like a deep bowl, Calphalon's commercial nonstick stir fry pan functions similarly to a wok, but rests evenly on the burner without aid. Perfect for preparing a medley of chopped vegetables and cut meats, this versatile pan transitions comfortably from atop the stove to the oven for warming or re-heating. The excellent heat conductivity of heavy-gauge aluminum results in a rapidly heating pan while its nonstick interior surface requires less oil thus enabling low fat cooking. As with all nonstick surfaces, nylon, wood, or plastic utensils are favored over their metal counterparts. Secured by three rivets, the cast, stainless-steel handle stays cool with regular stove-top use and stretches 7 inches from the body to provide a firm grip for even transport. Washing in warm, sudsy water with a nylon scrub brush brings best results; dishwasher cleaning is not recommended. This item is oven-safe up to 450 degrees F and comes with Calphalon's lifetime warranty. -- Amy Arnold
Customer Review: Getting to be my favorite
This pan is on its way to being my first choice for cooking. Here's why:
- It's very thick and conductive, food is hard to burn when using a radiant or coil stove. Not all of us have gas stoves, yet!
- The thickness keeps the heating even and steady, while electric stoves cycle on and off
- The non-stick quality is amazing. It feels like the whole pan is one solid piece of nonstick metal. I don't have to fear using a wire whisk on the surface.
- I have the wok of the same line, commercial nonstick, and it has some limitations because of its size. This pan can be used for toss-fry (OK, you need just a little bit of muscle but not as much as tossing a wok's contents)
- Swing forward, everything flies up, snap and catch it all. You don't need that angled pan some other maker has been advertising, the wall curvature is perfectly designed for toss and catch. This keeps your ingredients more intact than stir-frying.
- You shouldn't put it in the dishwasher, but cleaning up is very easy. Everything slides off easily and you're done.
- Until now my preferred pans were the decent quality, but cheap, $2.99 Steka pans from IKEA (I have 8-9) and they still do a good job for small servings, and I don't care about putting them in a dishwasher. But this pan's big enough for dinner while you need two or three of the Stekas.
- Sometimes Amazon has a great price on this pan. I highly recommend picking up one or two.
Customer Review: Best NonStick Wok
I do quite a bit of stir frying and this is the best non-stick wok that I have owned (I've probably have owned 4 or 5). I bought this on a whim last year because it was on sale and now I'm buying another as a gift for my mother. This is a great wok because 1) it is heavy gauge and heats evenly 2) the non-stick surface has actually withstood reasonably high heat for a year now without significant discoloration or damage. This is probably its greatest strength since all my other woks have either warped or lost its "non-stickiness" because of the high heat needed for traditional stir fry. It's also great for sauces and reductions because of the shape, size, and non-stick surface.
The downside is that it is small. Perfect size for servings for 2 but not great for family sized portions. I'd also recommend buying a lid if you don't already have one.


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Tango Combination USB/firewire Card for Pci Macintoshes

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