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VIDEO GAME: The Lord of the Rings: Conquest
Pandemic Studios continues its streak of entertaining and successful video games with the newest release of The Lord of the Rings: Conquest. The game excels in the department of good, old fun. The numerous characters to choose from, the eye-catching battle scenes and the seemingly endless enemies will leave any gamer wanting one more troll to take down.
The fun commences right at the get-go: the player selects either the Army of the West or fights alongside Sauron, and either defends the Middle-earth or burns it to the ground. Then, before playing through the eight levels of nonstop action, the participant chooses from four different characters who all have varying specializations: the Warrior (hand-to-hand combat), the Archer (long-distance fighting), the Mage (lightning attacks and healing) and the Scout (speed and invisibility). Heroes, such as Gandolf and Sauron, are also available at certain pre-selected locations throughout the eight levels. Each level represents a major battle in the fight for Middle-earth and the journey to destroy the ring at Mount Doom, so there is a pretty good summary and variety of clips of all three movies.
A flaw of Conquest is remembering all of the battle moves for all of the characters. This can become somewhat irritating considering there are about seven for each individual, but knowing every single move is not crucial to being successful at Conquest.
MOVIE: The Reader
As an aged and respected lawyer, Michael, now being played by Ralph Fiennes, reflects back on his summer with Hanna, and ultimately finds himself face to face with another soul affected by Hanna's actions.
— Drew Anderson
Based on Bernard Schlink's best-selling novel, The Reader explores the many gray areas of Nazism during and after WWII in Germany. It begins with a boy's sexual awakening with an older woman who, at times, is enigmatic and distant from the world around her. The woman, Hanna Schmit (Kate Winslet) buries a secret so inside herself that she hides it from her younger lover, Michael Berg (Peter Kross), and from society.The affair lasts only a summer.
Conquest is the perfect choice for simple gameplay and excessive—yet intriguing—slaying of Orcs. This is not rocket science and that is the reason Conquest is so engaging.
After the mysterious departure of Hanna, Michael is forced to walk among his peers, and eight years later, finds himself in law school. During his education, Hanna and he reunite under unforeseen circumstances that will have you on the edge of your seat. Not only is Hanna on trial for a sick and unfathomable war crime, Michael now must make a decision that may haunt him for the rest of his adult life.
The Reader is a well-crafted film that will have you second guessing the humanity of the Nazi war crimes. It is no longer black and white. It is only shades of gray.
— Mia Iverson
January 29, 2009
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