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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

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Harry Potter

The release of the final Harry Potter book is now only days away.

In the spirit of "Snape kills Dumbledore," I've decided to reveal some information about the last Harry Potter book before it gets released. Each day I'll add a new entry revealing the latest rumor (obtained by carefully mining data from /dev/random) and post it on this site.

In the final Harry Potter book, Harry Potter discovers that Voldemort is his real father, and that Hermione is, in fact, his twin sister.

Review: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

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Wii
System: Nintendo Wii
Score: 4/5 4 (Good)

This game is, in my opinion, one of the best Zelda games since Link to the Past. If the art style in Wind Waker made you upset, you'll be glad to know that the graphics in Twilight Princess are in the Ocarina of Time style. I'm also glad to report that Link has been restored to his original Legend of Zelda age as a young teenager (I'm guessing about 15) and is no longer 8.

The graphics are good, the environment is engrossing, most of the characters are well designed, and the various dungeons that Link travels to are fairly well designed. There were moments when I had no direction in the dungeon, but overall it's usually fairly obvious what the next puzzle is and how to continue.

Installing Beryl On Feisty Fawn Without the Command Line

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A recent PC World article explains how to install Beryl via the command line, but since many Ubuntu users are probably more familiar with Windows, and it's possible to install it completely via a GUI, I'm going to explain how.

First, go to System, Administration, and open the Synaptic Package Manager. Your password will be requested since Synaptic requires administrative privileges. Go to Preferences and choose Repositories. The Software Sources dialog will open. (You can also open this dialog by going to System, Administration, Software Sources - but Synaptic will be required later, so I recommend just using Synaptic directly.)

Name Generator

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xenoveritas.org

Finally got around to moving this over to the new site.

Generate a Name! The names generated are randomly generated, so you can wind up with almost anything, including English words and names from various movies, games, books, whatever. The names are truely random, if you get something unexpected, just hit Generate Name again. Yes, this can include certain four-letter words, although it's very unlikely. It's random.

I'm Horrible At Approving Comments

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xenoveritas.org

Just in case anyone wonders, the reason comments sit in the moderation queue for ages is because I'm far too lazy to get around to approving them.

Sorry about the wait.

I wish I could claim it's been a busy week, but... well, it's been a cold one. That's my excuse.

That and I have the attention span of a - oo, Daily Show time.

Review: Final Fantasy VI Advance

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Final Fantasy
Review
Nintendo
DS
System: Gameboy Advance (DS-compatible)
Score: 5/5 5 (Excellent)

There's some debate over whether or not Final Fantasy VI is the best Final Fantasy ever created. Final Fantasy VI Advance does not disappoint. It's practically the same game previously released as Final Fantasy III in the United States, but with a more accurate translation. It's just as good as it ever was. If anything, this version is even better than the original.

Final Fantasy VI uses a slightly improved version of the Active Time Battle system previous Final Fantasy Advance titles use. Each character gets a single special ability from their inherent class. As in FFIV, a character's class cannot be changed.

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