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Pokémons dark side | Part 6: The slimiest Po...

12. July 2014

Entertainment, Movies & TV-shows

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In order to end my Pokémon Column I would like to present a last Pokémon to you which may appear quite disturbing if you take a closer look at it. Alright, you’ve already met Cubone, Spoink and Drowzee – they all have two things in common: They’re quite strange and...

Gaming Special | The Battlefield 4 Battlefest...

10. July 2014

Esther Schmidt

Entertainment, Games

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On July 12th, the Battlefest Event is starting – that’s where you have to master a whole bunch of challenges and win contests to win prizes. For the first two days, every player will get an experience boost for every match played. Moreover, you can send in your Battlefield 4 Screenshots...

Part 6: The Darknet Myth |Final Words conside...

6. July 2014

Esther Schmidt

Electronics, Lifestyle & More

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It’s kind of funny. I’ve shown you so much about the Darknet now and even explained to you how to remain almost completely anonymous in the dark spots of the web. Every week, we ventured even deeper into the Darknet. However, we never talked about how it all started. The...

Pokémon's Dark Side | Part 6: The dream eate...

5. July 2014

Esther Schmidt

Entertainment, Movies & TV-shows

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Drowzee is the only Pokémon that’s known to have originated from a legend of our world. The Japanese Baku chimera eats the nightmares of humans and helps them sleep without dreaming – so actually that’s a good thing. Drowzee is a bit crazier than that. It hypnotizes its victims to make them...

Gaming Tip | The world needs more simulators!...

3. July 2014

Esther Schmidt

Entertainment, Games

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When I woke up yesterday, I felt empty. I couldn’t figure out how to fill this emptiness. It was like a deep emotional hole inside of me, I was overwhelmed by a flood of depression. I ended up sitting in front of my computer for hours trying to find out what...

Part 5: The Darknet Myth | Final Words consid...

29. June 2014

Esther Schmidt

Electronics, Lifestyle & More

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There’s one thing I haven’t told you in my series about the Darknet yet: It’s my very own opinion of it. It’s a boon and bane. The Darknet lends us the gift of alleged anonymity; however it is also exploited by criminals, hackers, perverts and well – the authorities. For your...

Pokémon's Dark Side | Part 5: Are all the Nu...

28. June 2014

Esther Schmidt

Entertainment, Games

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They exist! The initially unexplainable things which actually can be explained! I’m going to solve one mystery which probably has bugged every Pokémon fan. Anyone who played a Pokémon game or watched the series has certainly already noticed that all the Sisters Joy and Officers Jenny always look the same. Were...

Game Review | If Michael Bay made a game - "M...

26. June 2014

Esther Schmidt

Entertainment, Games

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Metal Gear Rising – Revengeance (MGR:R) was in development for multiple years by the original makers of the Metal Gear Series Kojima Studios. MGR:R was due to be cancelled. Only then Platinum Games , who are too based in Japan, offered to complete MGR:R. In February 2013, after only two years,...

Part 4: The Darknet Myth | Drugs, IDs and Gun...

22. June 2014

Esther Schmidt

Electronics, Lifestyle & More

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Part 4: The Darknet Myth | Drugs, IDs and Guns – The Silk Road If there’s a site in the Darknet, that’s been causing a lot of turmoil, it’s most likely the Silk Road. The Silk Road can be considered an eBay for illicit goods and services, such as fake EU resident...

Pokémons dark side | Part 4: Depressing Fact...

21. June 2014

Esther Schmidt

Entertainment, Movies & TV-shows

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In my third part of this series I already showed you quite the strange and bizarre Pokémon. Well, we’re not done yet with the weird Pokémon! Who doesn’t know the sweet little Cubone. With his “I am evil!” gaze and the bone casque, it probably won the heart of many pocket monster fans...

Gaming on a Budget| gog.com - Attack your wal...

19. June 2014

Esther Schmidt

Entertainment, Games

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At the website gog.com you can now get a whole bunch of games for little money! Right now, they’ve got a Summer Sale going and that’s where you can get a huge developer bundle every day and there will be new games on sale every single hour. With discounts up...

Part 3: The Darknet Myth | How to stay anonym...

15. June 2014

Esther Schmidt

Electronics, Lifestyle & More

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So, I’ve been able to get you hyped up about the Darknet and you managed to find out how to visit a page on the Darknet? You might be one of those who think you’re finally safe from the total internet supervision... But, unfortunately I have to ruin your dream. In general,...

Pokémons dark side | Part 3: Jump or die

14. June 2014

Esther Schmidt

Electronics, Lifestyle & More

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In this little column I’ve been telling you about stories and theories only, but here’s a true and quite disturbing fact about Spoink: Spoink is a cute and tiny Pokémon. It looks like a little piglet, it’s completely round, jumps on its piggy tail and has a pink pearl on its...

E3 Games Expo | Was uns Gamer alles erwartet

12. June 2014

Esther Schmidt

Entertainment, Games

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I was really shocked when my best gaming friend told me she doesn’t know the E3 Expo ! Oh well…it’s just the biggest and most popular gaming fair in the world! That’s where big boys from Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft annually meet to show us their latest consoles, games and gadgets! Of course,...

Part 2: The Myths of the Darknet | The Users ...

8. June 2014

Esther Schmidt

Lifestyle & More, Other Stories

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In my first part of this series you already found out what the Darknet is. Now I want to tell you more about the people you’ll meet there. Firstly, there are of course the people whose actions in the Darknet led to the relatively negative reputation of the allegedly fertile ground for...

Pokémon's dark Side | Part 2: Maybe you...

7. June 2014

Esther Schmidt

Electronics, Entertainment, Movies & TV-shows, Games

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Here’s some Pokémon trivia up front: The GameBoy Game came first in 1996, the TV series first aired in 1998. Many of the sad and scary stories, which the first two Pokémon Editions told, were unfortunately not adopted in the TV show. The ones of you who know the TV Anime...

HOT or NOT Gaming Special | Razer BlackWidow ...

5. June 2014

Esther Schmidt

Electronics, Entertainment, Games

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To be honest with you, I never really liked Razer. They’re keen to innovate the gaming equipment market and I keep praising them for doing so, but I never really grew to like their designs. And that just changed. In my blog post from March, I already told you about the US release. Now...

Part 1: The Darknet Myth | What is the Darkne...

1. June 2014

Esther Schmidt

Electronics, Lifestyle & More, Other Stories

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Drugs, firearms, hired guns and human trafficking? In the past few months I have regularly encountered headlines considering the oh so mystical Darknet. That is why I want explain to you what exactly the Darknet is, what’s happening there and how to get there in my little series. The Darknet can be considered...

The dark side of Pokémon | Part 1: Is Ash a ...

31. May 2014

Esther Schmidt

Electronics, Lifestyle & More

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We all know Pokémon and by now there are already more than 20 different editions for the Gameboy, the Nintendo DS, the Gamecube, the Wii U and basically any platform Nintendo has ever released. It has become a part of our childhood, be it the anime series or the game....

Gaming tip | The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

29. May 2014

Esther Schmidt

Entertainment, Games

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Vorab, ich kann gar nicht mehr aufhören, die Jungs von CD Projekt Red drüben in Warschau zu loben. Sie sind nicht nur die Betreiber der Website gog.com, wo es Retro- sowie Indiespiele für kleines Geld gibt, sondern halten an etwas fest: Wir gucken, was die großen Spielemacher bei Ubisoft und EA machen, und machen genau das Gegenteil! Das heißt...

Gaming News | Hackers abuse your computer as ...

25. May 2014

Esther Schmidt

Entertainment, Games

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The guys and gals who regularly read my posts already know what a cryptocurrency is. Cryptocurrencies are electronic and anonymously usable currencies. The ones of you who are now interested in finding out more about can read my explanation particularly dealing with the “DogeCoin” right here. As an exception, I’m not going to...

Google | From search engine to the world's mo...

24. May 2014

Esther Schmidt

Electronics, Lifestyle & More

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Vor knapp 18 Jahren, im September 1996, wurde an einem verregneten Tag an der Stanford University ein Wirtschaftsriese wie kein anderer erschaffen. Angefangen hat dieser Wirtschaftsgigant als kleine Welle im Ozean der aufstrebenden Marken. Eigentlich wurde diese Unternehmung von seinen Machern „BackRub" genannt, zwei Jahre später wurde daraus das weltbekannte Google. Ursprünglich...

Gaming News | Blizzard puts an end to cheatin...

22. May 2014

Esther Schmidt

Entertainment, Games

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Starcraft II is the most popular and most played real time strategy (RTS) game. It also features a really vivid pro-gaming scene. Starcraft II is especially popular in South Korea, where the top teams live in villas and altogether and make millions of dollars with tourneys. One of the main aspects...

Tech-News | Google Play Store now supports Pa...

18. May 2014

Esther Schmidt

Electronics, Lifestyle & More

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Today Google provided an update for their Android app store “Google Play Store”. In short, you’ll find the following things in this update: An improved interface such as transparent headers, larger buttons and a new button which lets you see additional app information. That’s nice isn’t it? But it gets even better: the...

A4 Games | From Indie-Dev to one of the Top-G...

17. May 2014

Esther Schmidt

Entertainment, Games

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Today I want to present to you a game developer which started out as a small indie firm and is now considered a successful gaming company. A4 is a Ukranian game developer and among gamers they are well known for their S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series. In this game, you’re playing a so-called Stalker in the post-apocalyptic...

Gaming Preview | "Glorious Leader!" - Save th...

15. May 2014

Esther Schmidt

Entertainment, Games

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Our world has many glorious leaders, even we Germans have one: Angela Merkel, our beloved chancellor and queen of our hearts. However, in this game it’s about the greatest, strongest, most beautiful and most intelligent leader this world is able to offer: Kim Jong Un! In this 2D jump’n’gun game you have to...

Gaming tip | Horror Survival Games: "Outlast"...

11. May 2014

Esther Schmidt

Electronics, Lifestyle & More

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By now, in this fast-paced world, you can say that Survival Horror Games. In contrast to Horror Games such as Dead Space, you can’t fight the monsters in Survival Horror. This is exactly what makes these games so interesting, however this special attribute sometimes is a curse as well....

Die Smartphone-Generation | Look up!

10. May 2014

Esther Schmidt

Electronics, Lifestyle & More

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A YouTube video, released on April 25th, 2014, has sparked one of the largest debates our modern society has to face. It's a familiar scenario to all of us. It could be in a bar, at your friend's place or in the metro - someone's always staring at their smartphone. We're posting...

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