I will have to start with saying my screen shot work on this is lacking.  Some worked and many did not.

Once you have chosen your name you begin to enter the world.

You are a Summoner in the word of Grand Gaia, a caller of units that will fight by your side against the enemies of the world you are in.   Via the gate you enter different parts of the world with each of those areas having 5 battles/levels per area.  The 5 battle being the boss of the areas.  Your enemies will increase in power as so should you.  You increase power by leveling up via successful battles adding Xp, karma Zel, and materials.  As you complete the areas you unlock other units which you can then fuse with your existing giving the unit more power and leveling the units up.  You can use material to help in creating potions, some to heal, some to poison some to enhance.  The different units have different strengths and weaknesses you need to plan for to insure the most optimum attack during your battles.  The colors of the units and a little icon comes up and shows you which unit will be most effective.

Another unique aspect of the game is the PVP Arena where your party can battle other player.  You don’t have the control you do when battling in the area battles but it is a fun twist.  Suggestion wait until level 14 or 15 to have a chance.

For a free game this does allow for a lot of depth, the development of the character and your units.  The use of material of your village and the arena allow for a lot of game play time.

As with all freemium games there are many in game purchases available.

Get Brave Frontier today! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=sg.gumi.bravefrontier

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The Samsung Galaxy TabPro 10.1 was unveiled at CES 2014. The device is close to Note 10.1 (2014) in terms of specs. Having one of the best display in it’s class, the Super Clear LCD with a resolution of 2560×1600 (aka 2K) pixels that too in a screen of 10.1 which is more than the iPad and is equal to that of the MacBook Pro retina 13”.

The device is powered by either a Exynos 5 – Octa or the Snapdragon 800 based on the location variant of the device, the Snapdragon (US) version will support 4G connectivity and 3G along with other options in other regions with the Exynos processor.

The Samsung Galaxy TabPro will run Android 4.4.X, KitKat, and is powered by a 8220 mAh battery and comes with 2GB of RAM. The device features a 2MP front camera, and a back camera of 8MP. The S800 model can record videos of 1080p @ 60fps, whereas the Exynos model @ 30fps.

Both the models feature GPS with GLONASS, an IR blaster and 16/32GB of internal storage and MicroSD card slot of additional storage.

The 4g LTE version weighs 477g and the 3g one is of 469g.

Company Notes-

For additional value and productivity right out of the box, the Samsung Galaxy NotePRO and TabPRO (12.2) will feature up to approximately $700 worth of the premium pre-paid, long-term subscription offers from best-selling news, social media and cloud storage providers, including: Bitcasa, Bloomberg Businessweek＋, Blurb, Cisco WebEx Meetings, Dropbox, Easilydo Pro for Tablet, Evernote, Hancom Office for Android, LinkedIn, LIVESPORT.TV, NY Times, Oxford Advanced Learner’s A-Z, and Sketchbook Pro (content packages may vary by region).

Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 Specifications-

• 10.1-inch capacitive touchscreen

• Super Clear LCD WQXGA display – 2560 x 1600 pixels

• Exynos 5 Octa (1.9GHz x 4 + 1.3GHz x 4) or 2.3 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800

• 2GB RAM

• Android 4.4 KitKat

• 16GB or 32GB internal storage

• 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash

• 2-megapixel front facing camera

• LTE/3G, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac CH Bonding, BT v4.0, USB 2.0, GPS ＋ GLONASS

• Battery: 8220 mAh

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Huang Zhong is defending his fort from the evil armies of Shia. Your mission is to vanquish the relenting waves of Shia’s army from bringing down the Fort of your leader Huang Zhong.

The free game comes with 8 rounds with each round containing 8 levels.  At any time there are in game purchases that allow for the building of a stronger army with more capable soldiers, upgraded food supply or special abilities.

Your barrel wagons are what your forces to need to battle the incoming Shia army.  The more barrels you have the larger your defenses can be.  Choose from Archers, drummers, light and heavy armor.  Each choice is a different supply cost so you must choose wisely to best prepare to defeat the incoming enemy.  Your arrows work better against some types of enemies and not so well against others.  Utilize your special abilities, multi arrow, to save the day and prevent being overrun.

As you work your way through the different levels you will unlock upgraded soldiers.  This enables you to better defend the fort from the always improving army onslaught.

Getting frustrated?  Purchase some upgrade points….Money is power in all worlds.

Be prepared to defend against Shia himself…more mobile than any other soldier in his army.

3 stars is perfect and easily attained in the early levels but as you work your way through stars are more difficult to come by.

Those single stars may get to you and drive you to purchase some in game assistance.  No matter the country or the type of currency they are ready for you.  Your wallet is at their service!

I have been battling through normal mode to try and experience the Survival mode but my skills, without buying anything, have not lived up to the task.  I am still trying because I do find the game fun.  Frustrating at times but that is part of the challenge.  So definitely worth the free purchase price and likely worth some in game purchases to get further than I have so far.  It can be one of those losing time without noticing how much time has gone by games too.

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Most benchmarks and their tools are rather arcane and are burdened by technical parameters and jargon. Mucking around with all the technical jargon may not be the right thing for everyone but whether you want to upgrade your video card or just want to see how it performs among others, you just can’t without benchmarking it to learn exactly how much better it is or if it is worth bragging about.

Benchmarking, in most cases, is extremely technical and time consuming, though it doesn’t have to. Luckily, if you just want to benchmark your old GPU against a new one, there are simple methods to do so.

3DMARK  is a great tool and is also a cross-platform tool, so you can even benchmark your android device’s GPU too. For Windows, there is a paid and a free version of the same and you can even compare your scores with other machines across the globe which are using 3Dmark.

The primary differences between the Free and Paid versions are, the paid version allows you to run the benchmark(s) is any order and even the only one that you want to, it also allows you to loop the tests for Stress testing and also run an additional extreme test.

The Free version is powerful enough if you just want to see how much better your new GPU is or you just want to compare your GPU with another. To use the free version, head to 3Dmark website, download the Demo version (use the Mirror link to download it without a steam account).

Now, install the program. Before running the test(s), just keep in mind that focus should be on the program. That means that if any kind of popup, system tray notification or anything that pops up, and you will have to run the test again, so its better to silent all update notifications, close all apps that can generate that kind of pop-ups (killing the background processes in task manager helps!).

Once you are ready, shoot it up, and believe me 3Dmark tests are beautiful to watch. You will see three major scenarios: Ice Storm, Cloud Gate, and the Fire Strike. Each one simulates different kind of gaming and tests things like frame rate, rendering, physics simulation, and other tasks.

When it’s done, you will get a result page which will show result as well as compare and rank your performance against other machines. Even if you are ranked in the bottom, keep in mind that there are a lot of hardcore gamers with cutting edge rigs out there.

Now if you want to compare your current GPU with a new one simply reviewing and saving the result and then comparing the result with that of the new GPU will do. Now you can know if you got your money’s worth when you upgraded your video card, do you think the benchmark comparisons justified the amount spent on the upgrade?

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There’s a lot of Buzz about wearable tech these days, be it the Google Glass, or these top of the line Smart Watches. Here are the four Smart Watches that stood above others in my list.

But which one is the best among them is not an easy statement to make. Be it the Kreyos Meteor, Pebble, Sony SW2 or Samsung Galaxy Gear. Each one has it’s unique features, some are great at media while others have slick features like Siri and Google Now support. I would tell you a little about each of them before comparing these, starting with Kreyos Meteor.

Kreyos Meteor– The Kreyos SmartWatch is in talk, since it came out and the response from people has been great after it was listed on Indiegogo for funding, the total funding has crossed a whooping 1.1 million, i.e. 1100% of what the company was asking for. But there’s a reason for such an overwhelming response and funding from everyone – Features! The Kreyos Meteor is packed with some really cool features which we would compare below.

Pebble SmartWatch– It’s not a smartphone for your wrist, in fact, it’s far less sophisticated than you might expect — the lightweight device reads out basic text, lets you skip through music tracks and, of course, displays the time. But this doesn’t mean it’s a bad smartwatch, it too has some amazing features.

Sony SmartWatch 2– Though it doesn’t make calls or snap photos, the $199 SmartWatch 2 delivers detailed updates and a wide ecosystem of apps in an attractive, water-resistant package, and many great apps that sony offer. It’s slick looks are a Big plus too.

Samsung Galaxy Gear– With a 1.6-inch AMOLED screen, upcoming third-party support and even a camera, this promises to be unlike any smartwatch we’ve talked about before. Still, $300 is a pretty high price to pay. Below you will see if it’s worth it.

Comparison– 

Compatibility

Winner: Kreyos Meteor and Pebble.

Sensors

Winner: Kreyos Meteor

Water Resistance

Winner: Pebble

Battery Life (estimated)

Winner: Kreyos Meteor and Pebble

Display

Winner: Samsung Galaxy Gear

Voice Assistance

SmartWatch	Assistant
Pebble	—
Kreyos Meteor	Siri/Voice Control
Samsung Galaxy Gear	S voice
Sony SmartWatch 2	—

Winner: Samsung Galaxy Gear/ Kreyos Meteor

Weight

Winner: Pebble

Camera

Winner: Samsung Galaxy Gear

Fitness Tracking

Winner: TIE

Swappable Band

Winner: Pebble/Sony SW2

Pricing

Winner: Pebble

Voice Calls/Speaker/Mic

Winner: Samsung Galaxy Gear

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With all of these comparisons, the “winner” will  depend on what you’re looking for in your Smart Watch. The Galaxy Gear and Kreyos Meteor gives you the most features, but Samsung Galaxy Gear’s phone compatibility is also by far the most limited in this group, not mention it’s Pricing is a little too high for a Smartphone Accessory. While Pebble lacks some of the Gear’s more smartphone-like features, but it has a lot of software support and a great price compared to other devices and if you want a premium device, Pebble 2 is on it’s Way! People are also pretty big fans of the Sony SmartWatch 2, for its “Find my Phone” feature and many other apps compatibility.

Whichever direction you choose – even if that means holding out for Apple’s and Google’s rumored takes on the smartwatch – hopefully you’re a little clearer on what is offered in these Smart watches.

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As the name says, Before the Nexus takes place before the events that unfurl in the Into the Nexus game. In this game, Vendera Prog and her brother, Neftin Prog, are making trouble, and Ratchet along with Clank gears up to stop them.

In this installment of the Franchise, Ratchet is running along a three way Track and though the title has Clank in it’s name, Ratchet really does most of the work in this run. Clank hangs out on his buddy’s back as usual, but he doesn’t lend much other than the witty quip. It’s a bit disappointing since a little humor, better voice acting, and general back-and-forth would nothing but help set the game apart from other endless runners providing a bit of audio entertainment while playing.

Ratchet’s Primary objective is to run, shoot and avoid the obstacles while collecting the bolts, which serves as the in-game currency, and of course the main goal is staying alive. The terrain switches between rail-grinding zones and  shooting zones, which mixes up the action nicely and should keep you coming back for another run, or two or three.

I found the shooting in the game is spotty unfortunately. You fire shots by tapping on an enemy, which is simple enough – until your finger gets into the scenario blocking your view making it difficult to see who’s targeting you as some enemies shoot back, and your own finger then blocks you from seeing what pitfalls are looming ahead.

Dodging obstacles in these instances can also be difficult. Before the Nexus is responsive most of the time but I found it to stick when you make evasive maneuvers. Sometimes shooting or dodging also takes a split-second longer than it should, and you can’t afford that split-second when enemies are bearing down on you.

Before the Nexus does look good, thanks to smooth character models and rich outdoor environments, it makes you feel you’re in the Ratchet and Clank universe. The animation is fluid and there was no slowdown aside from the above mentioned gun problem.

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