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My cover is different
My cover is different

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(on Wikipedia)

A spoiled little girl loses her rich parents and is sent away to live with her reclusive heartbroken (rich) relative.

The story is fairly awful to me, though I can see how this was popular at the time. It has definitely aged, not just in its period but in its language and writing style.

I’ll class this as “liked”, but I only see this as being good for historical reasons and wouldn’t recommend it. I’ll also class this as child-friendly, except it’s child-friendly in its context: A parent reading to their child in the early 1900s.

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Entertainment > Games >

was https://www.gratuitoustankbattles.com/

A tower defense game, but with tanks and more upgrading.

I tried the demo and didn’t give it much of a chance. For example, I didn’t customize units. I prefer the more sandbox-style of Gratuitous Space Battles.

  • From the makers of Gratuitous Space Battles.
  • The scroll wheel to zoom in/out is backwards.
  • Abandoned – The website is dead.

Saints Row 2 cover

Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.mobygames.com/game/saints-row-2
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1024918/
saintsrow.com

Be a gang member, run around in a sandbox world and shoot stuff, I guess.

It’s alright.

  • Note that the original Saints Row – (2006 game) was only released for the Xbox 360.



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