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I'll never forget the surprise when opening screen the game loaded, a crystal clear speech of a ghost (I assume) exclaiming "Ghostbusters" followed by a demonic laugh. This lead into a near perfect rendition of the Ghostbusters theme tune from the movie, well, if you excuse the fact there were no vocals.

Ok, so on to business, "we're ready to believe you". The first task was to choose your car and equipment. You had to choose between 3 cars, a beetle, the hearse from the movie or a pink sports car. It seemed that the hearse was the best all rounder as you needed to keep some cash spare for your equipment. Some of the equipment were 'nice to haves' and some were essentials. One essential item was a trap which you needed for capturing the ghosts you caught at each location. You also needed a paranormal detector so you could see where a ghost within the town was most likely to appear.

Once you had caught as many ghosts as you could hold, you would then have to return them back to Ghost HQ before hitting the streets again. As activity got stronger and more intense, you could see the gate keeper and the key master moving faster and faster through the town to try and make that fateful rendezvous. As you no doubt know from the film, once they meet then things really start hotting up.

As you progress, you notice that all of the ghosts seemed to be heading for one location situated in the centre of the city, Zuul. As much as you try to prevent this, eventually things get to hard to handle. The infamous marshmallow man starts to appear and deals huge amounts of damage to buildings through the city. If you'd spent some of your starting money on bait then you could keep him at bay for a while.

However, it would soon get to the point of no return and the gate keeper and key master would finally join forces. Once you found the location of the Stay Puff marshmallow man, then it would be time to pay him a visit. This is where the hardest part of the game presented itself. In order to get to the top of the building of Zuul, you first had to get at least two of your men through the legs of Mr Marshmallow.

If you succeeded to do this then you found yourself at the top of the building. Where you had been trying to avoid "crossing the streamers" throughout the game, now was the time to through caution to the wind and give it a try against all odds...

If you haven't ever had the chance to play this before then check it out, there is also a great remake available on the net. There is now also a sequel to the original game and movie planned for next generation consoles staring the original cast of the movie.

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Don't be scared, the term doesn't mean the software you installed in order to watch satellite TV on your personal computer will destroy your system. No rather the term disruptive technology is an academic phrase that was coined by a Harvard professor.

In its original form according to professor Clayton Christensen, of the Harvard Business School, disruptive technology is the appropriate nomenclature to describe a technology that came out of the blues to consign an otherwise established one to the dustbin of history.

Okay you've heard the erudite professor, so what is your take on the issue? Can the software known as satellite for PC be safely regarded as disruptive technology?

Technically, it is not. But only if you look at it strictly from the perspective of the definition. In reality, the software satellite for PC is not a new technology, instead it is just an amalgam of the existing ones namely; satellite TV, the personal computer, and the World Wide Web.

In case you don't get the drift I will give some examples of disruptive technologies you can quickly identify.

Good old television is a classic example. Though it started in 1936 in England, it made a huge impact in the U.S and gave the then existing technology, Wireless Radio a deadly blow it never recovered from.

The next disruptive technology that appears on the scene was cable TV, but this one never really succeeded in pushing away its predecessor-television.

Satellite TV then made its entry a decade after cable television, and quickly pushed it aside. Though cable television service still managed to hang on despite stiff competition from satellite TV, many companies were forced to wind down their operations as a result of the direct competition.

Regarding the issue of whether satellite TV for PC is a disruptive technology or not, the decision is left for you to make but while you are at it you should take note of the fact that no new innovation is, or will be displaced by satellite TV for PC.

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The First Wii download site has just launched and it has set the bar very high for any competitors wanting join this market. The service provided gives you access to unlimited music, games, and movies for a simple onetime fee. But one question on everyone's mind is how do you get these onto your Nintendo Wii? Well, that is provided as well inside the member's area. No extra software or anything to buy. Once you have gained instant access to the member's area, you will have access to unlimited Nintendo for as long as you want. The only question is how many games, songs, and movies do you want?

Most will answer I want it all. Well you can get it all. There is all the current games for the Nintendo Wii, there is all to the retro games from console we seen in past years. There is even games from other games consoles manufactures we seen in the past including Sega and NEC turbo grafix 16, now that is a lot of games well over 1000 selections. And that's just for games, when it comes to music and movies the list goes on and one, there is even all your favourite TV shoes new and old, there is so much media for the Wii, it has any other game console beat and left in the dust.

If you are ready to have yourself a jammed pack of all the latest and greatest games of all time, then its time you become a member of Nintendo media hub and give yourself the upper hand on all the Wii gamers out there.

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A lot of people have their favorite game in the role playing genre, and there are many to choose from, some note worthy games are the Baldur's Gate Series, Final Fantasy Series and recently World of Warcraft. However none can provide the same replay value and enjoyment as Diablo 2. While some have their good points, however not all have enough to match the diversity of Diablo 2.

Diablo 2 was Blizzards second attempt into the RPG genre and it jumped leaps and bounds over its predecessor. Introducing 5 playable classes which all could be played in various ways depending on how you put the points into their skills system. This meant you could have several different versions of one class such as a Whirlwind Barbarian or a Frenzy Barbarian. This allowed the replay ability to go to almost unlimited numbers.

Later the Expansion set was released adding 2 new character classes as well as more items and a whole new Act to explore with a new boss character to defeat.

Almost 8 years since its release and I am still finding that I have not tried some classes and some of my existing characters have not been made to level 99. No other game would I come back to every month to have another quick group hunt or go loot collecting or make boss runs to see what items I could get.

With sudden news of Blizzards work on the third installment of Diablo (Diablo 3), I found myself calling up my brother to get online for some more Diablo 2 action just to clench our thirst.

Some of the aspects that make Diablo 2 the best out of all the rest include:

1. The classic story of good vs. evil and you are thrown in the middle to aid in the side if the light. Even though you are portrayed as the hero, the people in the game worry for your safety giving you a sense of how dangerous the tasks ahead are going to be.

2. The epic score, using sounds and music more heard of in large movie blockbusters, the music gets you into the mood. The voice acting of the characters provides great depth and connection with your computer counterpart. Diablo's voice as he appears utters: "Not even death can save you from me" sent a chilling feel down my spine as he moved towards me with demonic speed and kills me almost instantly the first time I met him.

3. Memorable characters and bosses such the Arch Angel Tyrial and the wise Decard Cain give familiarity as they guide you through sanctuary (the name given to the earth realm in the Diablo universe) to the very end of the game.

4. The random generated maps never give you the same experience twice no matter how many times you play, with entrances and exits different every time it always feels like you are playing that map again for the first time adding huge replay value.

5. Loot loot and more loot. Not enough? Reload another game for more loot. The addiction can become overwhelming sometimes but in a good way, im always looking to improve my characters gear.

6. Weapons and items come in magic, unique, set and socketed form. Magic items are given stats randomly on dropping and therefore will very rarely have the same stats creating a lot of variety in item stats and hence character uniqueness.

7. Ability to gamble all your cash from loots to get good items. Some people spend all their time just looting for cash to gamble, a mini game in its self.

8. Game play, the game is of hack n slash nature and therefore provides a more interactive feel compared to turn based RPG's that almost feel like you are watching the game play out instead of getting directly involved. There is nothing like the sound of demons screaming and dropping to the floor as you smash your way thorough a swarming hoard.

9. Artwork and animation, the whole look and feel of Diablo 2 is amazing and gives you the sense of a world being taken over by darkness, the blood splattered dungeons and detailed monsters that explode and splatter across the floor on death all add to a truly satisfying game.

The list of goodies is endless, other features to checkout are the online battle.net system which is totally free to play on, secret cow levels, rune word recipes for item stats etc.

I recommend anyone that has never tried Diablo 2 to give it a go and see what they've been missing all these years, checkout http://www.opticplay.com/diablo2 for more info.

I am an avid gamer at heart and a web developer by profession, discussing games is a passion of mine and I love to get others involved. I hope you enjoy my suggestions and recommendations.

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