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WSOP Packages and High Stakes Championships on PKR
Lego Batman 2: Holy Justice League, Batman!
League Updates: Darius Patch
Elsewhere 1.1 - Create a special atmosphere with ambient nature sounds.. (Commercial)
Chromium 19.0.1084.52 - Fast and stable open-source browser.. (Free)
SQUIDS
DAEMON Tools Lite 1.0.4 - Mount CD/DVD disc images (beta).. (Free)
Arx Libertatis 1.0.1 (updated)
Game of Thrones recap: The Rains of Castamere
Absinthe 2.0.2 - Untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1.. (Free)
SMARTReporter 3.0.1 - Hard drive pre-failure warning utility.. (Commercial)
Inside the Magnavox Odyssey, the First Video Game Console
AU Shippin' Out May 28-June 1
Meghan's WordFlash- First Grade Screens
Duke Nukem 3D Screens
Perfect Balance: Inferno Screens
Gravity Well Screens
Super Durak Screens
2012 Alert Screens
Got Cow? Screens

WSOP Packages and High Stakes Championships on PKR

Posted: 28 May 2012 02:39 AM PDT

PKR currently has some fantastic promotions running and here at PokerNews we felt it was our duty to bring you the best of them.

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Lego Batman 2: Holy Justice League, Batman!

Posted: 28 May 2012 02:46 AM PDT

The Dynamic Duo are back, and this time they've brought their friends to play.

Traveller's Tales is releasing a much-anticipated sequel to Lego Batman: The Videogame next month, and we got hands-on with the demo at MCM Expo. While the story of Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes remains mostly under wraps, the game will see the Dynamic Duo teaming up with the Justice League to combat the unprecedented threat of the Joker and his new ally, Lex Luthor. The start of the demo sees Bruce Wayne beating Lex to win the coveted Man of the Year Award, then all hell breaks loose when Joker and his cronies decide to crash the ceremony. After a quick costume change, Batman and Robin must battle groups of goons, solve puzzles and assemble Lego objects to progress through the campaign.

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Check out the open world in Lego Batman 2.

The big change for Lego Batman 2 is that it's set in an open world, so you can expect to find vast numbers of collectables and secrets hidden throughout Gotham City. Due to its vast size, co-op is now split screen. You and your partner can can choose to explore opposite ends of the city if you so choose, or you can stick together. You'll team up with plenty of familiar faces such as Wonderwoman, Flash, Green Lantern and the Man of Steel himself, Superman. While we didn't get to play as Superman, we did get to see him in action, flying around Gotham City and using his breath to freeze enemies. Due to the different powers of the assorted DC heroes (and villains), collectables are much more widespread, and require you to use a variety of characters to uncover them all. With over fifty characters to unlock for the Free Play mode, DC Super Heroes will offer a lot of replay value, in addition to its 15 hour campaign.

For the first time in a Lego game, DC Super Heroes will feature a fully-voiced cast of characters, including veterans Kevin Conway and Tara Strong, who play Batman and Harley Quinn, respectively. During the demo we got to play as Batman and Robin, switching between the two characters to utilise their different skill sets to complete puzzles and progress through levels. Using alternative costumes, Batman and Robin gain extra powers such as acrobatics and x-ray vision. We got to try out Robin's acrobat suit which totally switches up his fighting style by giving him a staff that he can use to hit multiple enemies at once. It can also be used to climb up to previously unreachable areas. He can also turn into a ball at the touch of a button to activate switches and roll over enemies. Batman's stealth suit allows you to pass through laser security systems undetected and you can manipulate items through walls using x-ray vision.

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See more of the game in action.

While the demo we played was only fifteen or so minutes long, it was fun to play. DC Super Heroes retains the fun of previous Lego games, and we're looking forward to seeing more at this year's E3. The game is set for release on a whole host of platforms in June. And if you want to watch the Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes demo from the GameSpot UK games stage at MCM, head over to our channel on Twitch.TV.

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"Lego Batman 2: Holy Justice League, Batman!" was posted by Lucy James on Mon, 28 May 2012 02:46:39 -0700

League Updates: Darius Patch

Posted: 27 May 2012 11:34 PM PDT

Darren Seah discusses Darius, the Hand of Noxus, and other changes in the latest League of Legends patch.

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"League Updates: Darius Patch" was posted by Staff on Sun, 27 May 2012 23:34:30 -0700

Elsewhere 1.1 - Create a special atmosphere with ambient nature sounds.. (Commercial)

Posted: 28 May 2012 01:51 AM PDT

Elsewhere generates relaxing sounds. Can't relax or fall asleep? Can't concentrate on work because of the noise outside or the boring playlist? Solve this problem with Elsewhere!

Elsewhere is a relaxing sounds for Mac application that enwraps you in an atmosphere you long craved for. It currently has three types of environmental sounds for Mac:

The Woods. You'll dip into the whisper of leaves and the singing birds' sounds.
The Beach. Lounge on the golden sand and breathe in the ocean breeze.
The City. Concentrate your mind on work or learning with the busy sounds of XXI century.

Elsewhere can determine the dusk and dawn in your time zone and adjusts its nature sounds to them. Corresponding with the time of the day, the sounds are even more realistic. They are also as random as real nature to make you feel as close to where you want to be as possible.

Version 1.1

The application now appears in all Mac Spaces.
Automatic day/night switching algorithm was much improved.

Mac OS X 10.5 or later.

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Chromium 19.0.1084.52 - Fast and stable open-source browser.. (Free)

Posted: 28 May 2012 02:10 AM PDT

Chromium is an open-source browser project that aims to build a safer, faster, and more stable way for all Internet users to experience the web.

FreeSMUG-Free OpenSource Mac User Group build is based on the stable Chromium code plus "Check for Updates..." command.

Version 19.0.1084.52:

[117409] High CVE-2011-3103: Crashes in v8 garbage collection. Credit to the Chromium development community (Brett Wilson).
[118018] Medium CVE-2011-3104: Out-of-bounds read in Skia. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Inferno).
[$1000] [120912] High CVE-2011-3105: Use-after-free in first-letter handling. Credit to miaubiz.
[122654] Critical CVE-2011-3106: Browser memory corruption with websockets over SSL. Credit to the Chromium development community (Dharani Govindan).
[124625] High CVE-2011-3107: Crashes in the plug-in JavaScript bindings. Credit to the Chromium development community (Dharani Govindan).
[$1337] [125159] Critical CVE-2011-3108: Use-after-free in browser cache. Credit to "efbiaiinzinz".
[Linux only] [$1000] [126296] High CVE-2011-3109: Bad cast in GTK UI. Credit to Micha Bartholomé.
[126337] [126343] [126378] [127349] [127819] [127868] High CVE-2011-3110: Out of bounds writes in PDF. Credit to Mateusz Jurczyk of the Google Security Team, with contributions by Gynvael Coldwind of the Google Security Team.
[$500] [126414] Medium CVE-2011-3111: Invalid read in v8. Credit to Christian Holler.
[127331] High CVE-2011-3112: Use-after-free with invalid encrypted PDF. Credit to Mateusz Jurczyk of the Google Security Team, with contributions by Gynvael Coldwind of the Google Security Team.
[127883] High CVE-2011-3113: Invalid cast with colorspace handling in PDF. Credit to Mateusz Jurczyk of the Google Security Team, with contributions by Gynvael Coldwind of the Google Security Team.
[128014] High CVE-2011-3114: Buffer overflows with PDF functions. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (scarybeasts).
[$1000] [128018] High CVE-2011-3115: Type corruption in v8. Credit to Christian Holler.

Mac OS X 10.5.6 or later.

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SQUIDS

Posted: 27 May 2012 04:39 PM PDT

Platform: iOS, Android —

One part physics-based slinging game, one part RPG, and one part tactics, SQUIDS from The Game Bakers is a many-layered game that gracefully passes gameplay elements back and forth, creating a dynamic yet cohesive experience. While it starts out with a little Sling-like action, it ends up playing more like Ogre Battle, all without adding too much complexity or foregoing its casual roots. To top it off, SQUIDS looks as good as it plays, featuring top-notch visual design and a storyline and characters that are legitimately fun to engage with! Tagged as: android, arcade, game, indie, ios, ipad, iphone, mac, mobile, rating-g, rpg, strategy, thegamebakers, windows

DAEMON Tools Lite 1.0.4 - Mount CD/DVD disc images (beta).. (Free)

Posted: 28 May 2012 01:39 AM PDT

DAEMON Tools Lite enables you to mount up to 4 CD/DVD disc images of the following disc formats: *.b5t, *.b6t, *.bwt, *.ccd, *.cdi, *.cue, *.isz, *.iso, *.isz, *.mds, *.mdx, *.nrg, *.ape. Mac OS recognizes them just like real drives that you can access in Finder.

Assess available options:

Autostart allows to run DAEMON Tools Lite automatically after user login.
Remount gets back all image files previously mounted after DAEMON Tools Lite start.
History list tracks image files mounted recently, so you can get back to processed images any time you need.
When number of mounted images exceeds 4, the oldest image can be automatically replaced by a new one. You can enable/disable this option in Preferences dialog.
Support of system hotkeys for mounting and ejecting will ease and speed up your work.

Get the beta version free! You can use the free beta version until December 22, 2012.

Mac OS X 10.6 or later
64-bit enabled

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Arx Libertatis 1.0.1 (updated)

Posted: 28 May 2012 01:27 AM PDT

Cross-platform port of Arx Fatalis, a first-person role-playing game

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Game of Thrones recap: The Rains of Castamere

Posted: 28 May 2012 12:30 AM PDT

It's a funny thing, those who begrudge others the modern privilege of simultaneous participation. Fans of Game of Thrones waited for the epic Battle of the Blackwater for weeks – it's one of the few occasions in the books when a decisive battle involving major characters is shown directly in realtime, instead of as historical hearsay. Yet there are still show-watchers who complain about "spoilers!" when fellow followers discuss the much-anticipated proceedings.

Ladies and gentlemen, here's your recap of the incredible Game of Thrones Season 2, Episode 9 – if you haven't seen it yet and you want a pure experience, don't read this. And, probably, edit your Twitter attention accordingly, because this is seriously fun to talk about.

The Game of Thrones series is, on the macro level, about a multi-theater war for the Iron Throne at King's Landing. As you've surely gathered, though, it derives the drama in its storytelling through its portrayal of the side effects of war: Families in crisis, individuals crashing hard into the constraints of gender and class politics, the threat of the destabilizing forces of starvation and the other ways populations go neglected when their leadership turns all its resources to the struggle for power.

This episode's military confrontation has been long in coming: To protect their family unit – spiritually fraught, but beyond wealthy in gold and pride – the Lannisters have bungled their governance spectacularly. They've put a dangerously cruel and impulsive child of incest on the throne after murdering and beheading almost all their potential allies, and have frittered away literal and political capital until they can barely defend their city against the advances of Stannis Baratheon, an uptight stick-in-the-mud with a creepy religion whose own brother (before Stannis' sorceress murdered him) pointedly let him know that no one wants him for their king.

But this show is all about mysterious advantages. While the Lannisters are the ones to root against – the New York Yankees of Westeros, if you will – everyone's favorite character is the "half-man" Tyrion, who seems to want nothing more than to mitigate his sister Cersei's short-sighted, vicious ruling tactics and to please his dad, who crushed all three kids with a moral table that prized fear above all other emotions.

If not for Tyrion, who bravely stands at the vanguard of the Blackwater siege even as young King Joffrey flees for safer ground at his mother's call, we might sorely be hoping for the Lannisters to lose the city: Poor Sansa could go free, then, and the stink of injustice, of rich and childish jerks cheating their way into leadership, might leave the city.

The Rains of Castamere is a song-story about Lannister pride that gets frequent reference in the books: When in fictional history a lesser lord defied the house, claiming not even a lion had the right to make other creatures bow low, the Lannisters crushed him. The lyrics serve as a reminder that standing up to these nobles generally means becoming naught but a footnote – the first time we hear it here, though, it's being sung by Bronn, the lowborn sellsword who's become Tyrion's unlikely right-hand man.

As the city prepares for war, we get a clear illustration about this world's stark (no pun intended) gender binaries: the men drink, mope and whore, while Cersei shuttles the women into a private bunker to await the outcome. She then proceeds to get absolutely smashed, lecturing Sansa on the likelihood that the city will fall – and the equal likelihood that all the women will be victims of rape at the hands of lusty soldiers. As a failsafe, she's brought the royal headsman, Sir Ilyn Payne, to stand by. Cersei needs to play the role of sympathetic mother hen here to keep the women calm, but all the while she plans to have all of them killed should the Lannisters lose the war. Some mercy.

Although this episode is mainly about how brave Tyrion is, it's Cersei who's the immutable star here. You can't tell what she feels most strongly: Resentment for the glass ceiling, worry about her sons, hatred of those who are younger and prettier than her, or her fierce wish for control. The beginning of the episode sees her procuring some deadly poison from the obsequious Maester Pycelle, and not until the end do you know for whom she intended it.

All you know is that even if all of her power is taken away, she is desperate to have even the end happen on her terms. Peter Dinklage gets much-deserved praise for his incredible, organic and nuanced portrayal of Tyrion, but Lena Heady's Cersei is absolutely perfect, having mastered that bitter, silken grin, that chilling, self-aware and shameless fakery.

It's the city's store of wildfire, an infernal alchemical concoction made by magical pyromancers, that sets the stage for the battle itself – a blazing bomb of sorts ferried in on a deserted ship and lit by flaming arrows to catch Stannis' fleet off guard. Quite well done on the staging front for the show to slowly build tension ahead of the epic magical blaze by a strategic palette of background candleflames. Seriously, watch this episode twice. Of particular note, early on when Sandor "The Hound" Clegane shows up to crash Bronn's party, the side of his face that was burnt by his brutal brother Gregor when they were kids is framed by two little candle lights.

This is foreshadowing, of course, as fire-phobic Clegane will get spooked during the battle, get drunk and ditch out. We have spent almost two seasons hating smug, evil inbred brat Joffrey (and watching this on repeat for catharsis!). But when his face genuinely falls at the prospect of his Dog abandoning him, you realize he's just Mama's scared kid, automatic inheritor of Grampa Tywin's ruthless morals. Even Joff seems helpless and a little sympathetic in the face of this truly scary battle on the home front, and we are denied the satisfaction of seeing him put at meaningful risk.

It's this ambiguity that makes this show an edge-of-your-seat experience. In theory we want the Lannisters to lose, but not so much when we see Tyrion's ballsy stand end in an axe to the face. We don't want them to lose if it means he dies.

When all seems lost, we find Cersei sitting on the Iron Throne itself – this war's ultimate prize, a seat she as a woman could never occupy in earnest – with her littlest boy, Tommen, on her lap. The soft-voiced fairy tale she tells him about the Lion's right to rule seems sad, hollow. No matter what the outcome of this complex siege, people will die. It will be miserable.

In a dreamy montage, a stag-helmed specter suddenly enters the field. Probably only those who have read the books would grok that it's the recently-dead Renly Baratheon's set of armor, worn by his lover Loras' brother Garlan Tyrell, to put a superstitious scare into Stannis' army. In a last-minute deus ex machina, it seems Renly's forces have joined forces with Tywin Lannister's to defeat the invaders and save King's Landing.

Tywin Lannister has cursed his poor, emotionally-arrested offspring with delusions about love, power and proving themselves. All three of his kids have complicated, painful relationships with their heritage. But just as Cersei is about to poison innocent little Tommen to spare him from the certain sack of King's Landing, it's Loras, not Stannis, that bursts into the throne room – with Tywin right behind.

"Father," chokes Cersei poignantly, immediately spilling out the last-ditch poison onto the floor of the throne room. For a minute, she's just a little girl whose Daddy has come to save her. The bad guys kept their throne, and yet somehow we're glad.

Especially when the end credits are a cover of The Rains of Castamere by the National. The Pitchfork-favorite, just a little to the mass market side of indie, released its version just a little earlier this week, and singer Matt Berninger's solemn baritone lends the tune the precise touch of sinister-but-inevitable a Lannister victory needs. Sidenote: the band also contributed Exile, Vilify to the Portal 2 game soundtrack, so it's probably safe to say they're making a savvy pitch for nerd cred.

Fascinating how a show about marginalized people makes it genuinely hard to peg anyone as hero or villain. It's entirely new levels of ambiguity for the fantasy genre in mainstream television, thanks to brilliant actor portrayals. And while the show continues to diverge from the books just a little bit when it comes to visible detail (in the show Clegane did not drunkenly kiss Sansa, shippers beware; Tyrion, though grievously wounded, still appears to have a whole nose), fans should be quite grateful for the loving details applied to the book's crucial subtext.

Absinthe 2.0.2 - Untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1.. (Free)

Posted: 27 May 2012 08:59 PM PDT

Absinthe 2.0 is finally here to provide your iOS 5.1.1 device with an untethered jailbreak. This release has been a large collaborative effort between Chronic-Dev Team and iPhone Dev Teams (Jailbreak Dream Team)

This jailbreak supports firmware 5.1.1 ONLY and is again one of the easiest jailbreaks to use (so easy your grandma could do it ;D)

Note: If you are already running a tethered jailbreak on iOS 5.1.1 search Cydia for "Rocky Racoon 5.1.1 Untether" to simply untether the jailbreak. It's unnecessary to run this tool.

Version 2.0.1:

Added support for iPhone 4 (GSM) 5.1.1b build 9B208

Mac OS X 10.5 or later
Supported Devices (iOS 5.1.1 only):
- iPad3 (WiFi/CDMA/Global)
- iPad2 (WiFi/CDMA/GSM)
- iPad1
- iPhone 4S
- iPhone 4 (GSM), iPhone 4 (CDMA)
- iPhone 3GS
- iPod 4G
- iPod 3G
Unsupported Devices:
- iPad2 WiFi R2 (new model)
- AppleTV 2
- AppleTV 3
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SMARTReporter 3.0.1 - Hard drive pre-failure warning utility.. (Commercial)

Posted: 27 May 2012 08:59 PM PDT

SMARTReporter is an application that can warn you of some hard disk drive failures before they actually happen! It does so by periodically polling the S.M.A.R.T. status of your hard disk drive. S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a technology built into most modern hard disk drives that acts as an "early warning system" for pending hard disk drive problems. SMARTReporter can notify you of impending hard disk drive failures by sending e-mails, displaying a warning dialog or executing an application. The current status of your hard disk drives is always displayed through the customizable menu item. Because SMARTReporter relies on the S.M.A.R.T. implementation of Mac OS X, it only supports ATA, SATA or eSATA hard disk drives, if you want S.M.A.R.T. support for your FireWire hard disk drive, send feedback to Apple. Please note that a S.M.A.R.T. alert doesn't mean that your HDD will completely fail for sure, nor can S.M.A.R.T. catch all possible HDD errors - it's just a very valuable indicator.

Version 3.0.1:

There is now a free demo/tryout version of SMARTReporter 3
Fixed problem where not all disks contained in connected R.A.I.D. sets would be S.M.A.R.T.-checked
Fixed problem SMARTReporter would become unresponsive during automated attribute checks
Fixed problem where the database would become corrupted and SMARTReporter would refuse to launch
Improved the optional disk-space check not to check removable volumes (DVD, USB-stick) or special volumes (MobileBackups)
Improvements for sending emails through Apple Mail
Added Swedish localization (thanks to Pär Boberg)
Added French localization (thanks to Ronald A. Leroux)
Fixed German localization (thanks to Oliver Gumprecht)
Fixed S.M.A.R.T. attribute display for some disks
Fixed location of the log-file
Prevented switch to discrete GPU in hybrid GPU Macs when opening the "Settings" tab
Updated smartmontools (r3529) to support newer disks
Use fixed-width font for output of advanced S.M.A.R.T. utilities
Spelling fixes

Mac OS X 10.6 or later
64-bit processor

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Inside the Magnavox Odyssey, the First Video Game Console

Posted: 27 May 2012 10:25 PM PDT

Forty years ago, Magnavox lifted the veil on the world's first commercial video game console, the Odyssey.

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AU Shippin' Out May 28-June 1

Posted: 27 May 2012 08:59 PM PDT

Resistance Burning Skies brings the Resistance franchise to the PlayStation Vita.

Billed as "the world's first portable dual-analog FPS" by publisher Sony, Resistance: Burning Skies will be landing on the PS Vita on May 29, and it takes advantage of the Vita's front and rear touchscreen controls.

Burning Skies takes place in an entirely new part of the Resistance universe, which is set during the August 1951 Chimeran invasion of America's east coast. Players will control New Jersey firefighter Tom Riley, who is thrown headlong into the action after a close encounter with the Chimeran way of doing things.

Also landing on store shelves this week is Polish developer Techland's downloadable off-road racing game Mad Riders on Xbox Live.

Mad Riders has players racing around 45 courses spread throughout the globe, completing tricks and competing against AI or human opponents.

Additionally, the game supports 12-player online races across three game modes, and gives players a selection of ATVs and buggies that can be customised.

To see what else is out this week, check the list below:

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May 30, 2012
Sega Vintage Collection: Streets of Rage (Xbox 360)
Sega Vintage Collection: Golden Axe (Xbox 360)
Mad Riders (Xbox 360)

May 31, 2012
Resistance: Burning Skies (Vita)
Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland (PS3)

June 1, 2012
Max Payne 3 (PC)

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"AU Shippin' Out May 28-June 1" was posted by Laura Parker on Sun, 27 May 2012 20:59:37 -0700

Meghan's WordFlash- First Grade Screens

Posted: 27 May 2012 05:02 PM PDT

5 new shots posted.