ShellCore Command

ShellCore Command Ep1 is strategy-defense science-fiction adventure type game. The plot is, you start off will a little green ship fighting for an army of other green ships/buildings, against the infected red ships/building. Throughout the game you need to play through the story and make your ship stronger. You get stronger by adding more parts to your ship. They don't need to go in any particular order, place or logic. If the piece is available, stick it on. The more you add the bigger you get and heavier you get, thus becoming a bigger target and slower, but heck you can add more engines to make you go fast. Different weapons like bullets, missiles and lazer beams and fun and a good idea to mix them up.

If you ship gets damaged you will heal, if parts of your ship get blown off, all is not lost, because you can go to an allied mechanic and get your ship reset to your last custom build, that means full health/armor/energy/equipment.

All in all, it's a pretty fun game. After a while you stop caring about what your ship looks like and just want to tack on as many parts as you can and get back into the action. The game can be rather short, especially if you play like a pirate (explained below) but temporary fun is better than no fun at all.

Play like a Pirate

So I figured out how to be a hulking doom machine in this game, typically your supposed to earn money from missions then buy parts. But common, that takes too long. Being a Pirate is when you destroy enemy ships quickely and tow the scavaged parts back to your garage and add them onto your ship. So to be a pirate all you need to do is choose a section of space with an abundance of enemies that is right beside a safe zone (so you can get back to the garage fast), just fly around shooting up the red ships until one of them drop an item, tow it back to the garage and place it onto your ship.
And presto.
Do that a could of times and you've effectively doubled the power of your ship, without spending a cent (or in this case a credit).

Symbiote Exists

The term symbiote (or symbiont) refers to a Goa'uld parasite living in a host animal such as a human or Unas. In biology a symbiote is an organism that lives with or off another organism receiving and/or giving benefits. Parasitism, a form of symbiosis in which one organism benefits while the other is harmed, describes the Goa'uld relationship with their hosts because they take control of another being's body against their will. The Goa'uld are biotrophic which means they rely on their host to survive, as the long life and physical healing benefit is provided to the host for the sole purpose of serving the Goa'uld. The Tok'ra, on the other hand, live in a mutualistic symbiosis with their hosts, because both organisms benefit. Both are called endosymbionts, which means that they live inside their hosts.

Symbiotes are asexual and spawned from Goa'uld queens. However, they usually have male or female personalities and choose their hosts accordingly.

Continuum: My Impression of E. One

In the year 2077, 8 terrorists from the group Liberate manage to avoid execution by transporting themselves to 2012. In doing so however, they also transport Kiera Cameron, a law enforcement officer. Soon after her arrival, she gets into contact with Alec Sadler, the inventor of technology that will control future society. One of the terrorists, Lucas Ingram, is arrested soon after their arrival, but the remainder arm themselves and hope to blend into society while carrying out their agenda: to start a war. They begin stealing arms and robbing banks and Kiera works with local police Carlos Fonnegra to track then down. An attack on the local police station frees Ingram.

The premise behind this show seems like it could be really interesting. In the not to distant future the governments are in so much debt the corporations bail out the government. The world is run by the corporation from then on, but under the corporate ruling citizens have lost many of their rights. A group of terrorists plot to bring down the corporation and make the world more like it was before. After an attack against the corporate heads, eight members of the terrorist leadership are arrested and sentenced to execution. Before the execution, an explosion caused by a time bubble sends the prisoners back in time to 2012, present day Vancouver along with a detective (Protector) overseeing the execution is sent back as well.

What stories shall Continuum have to look forward to? I have enjoyed a few science fiction television shows in the past, but Show Case and similar broadcasters have an unwavering history of producing short running series'. Toppled with what I would consider to be a strategy of targeting non science fiction affiliated viewers, by implementing such ploys as dividing the protagonist's (Kiera) goals between saving the day and family affairs. Unfortunately Kiera's priorities thus far have been dominated by family matters and thus is a hero of domestic origins and not an actual science fiction genre.

Kiera Cameron (Protagonist - Detective from the future) is a neat character, she is from the future and has handy futuristic technology that give her the upper hand, such as cybernetic retinal enhancements, mechanical uniform that offers a taser, camouflage, hacking device, etc. She has proven to be more interested in returning to the future than in stopping the terrorists. Another character flaw is her submissive behavior toward every lead character she interacts with even though she is the main character, from the future and needs to be a strong role model and not a supporting actor.

Carlos Fonnegra (Kiera's possible partner) Carlos has taken it upon himself to aid Kiera thinking she was from another precinct because he needed her help with a case regarding the terrorists but to him they are just a gang expanding their drug turf. This is a typical case of bad acting and I hope he develops a better role or gets shot because like an infected limb, if it cant be repaired it needs to be removed as soon as possible.

Alec Sadler (Kiera's sidekick) this typical techie wizard is a big help to Kiera, hacking into the FBI database, security cameras and looking up useful information and acts as a general intermediary for Kiera and the modern world. Arrogant, narcissistic and nosey, he is one of the better characters so far. A nice little timbit so far, when Alec went into the house, his mother, step-father, step-brother and a douzen or so people were having a discussion about the corporations and injustices, and said Alec wasnt ready to join, which could lead to a potential plot story about Alec's family being involved with the terrorist group Liberate.

I look forward to the upcoming installments of Continuum and will most likely become a fan as long as it doesn't delve more into the genre of house wife programming.

The 'Doctor Who' MMORPG

Geronimo! A massive multiplayer role playing game created by BBC World Wide and Three Rings allows users to step into the TARDIS for puzzle solving adventure in Doctor Who: Worlds in Time.

The first ever Doctor Who online game. Explore the universe with your friends or make some new ones. Solve puzzles to defeat classic foes. The time stream has begun to shatter and the Doctor has started recruiting adventurers to assist him with putting the universe back together before it falls apart.

Travel through time and space reliving familiar stories and completely new story lines.

Adventure with friends, form a team and watch each others backs whilst using your sonic screwdriver to complete challenges of; lock-picking,repair, hacking, wits, defense and barricading.

Decorate your very own room on the Tardis with furniture, collectables and upgrade your sonic screwdriver.

In think, Doctor Who: Worlds in Time is a cool new game with good potential. For those who were, and therefore are (because you can never stop being a Doctor Who fan) a fan of The Doctor need to check out the game because it is fantastic and at least worth a try even if you aren't a dedicated gamer. And for those who do enjoy games regularly I think DW:WiT is one that you should consider considering the diverse and playful gaming environment. Also, if the game becomes half as wonderful as the show, it's a real winner.

You can play here.