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Infinity Blade II: ClashMob Cheats and Tips

Cody Sharp — Thu, 03 May 2012 17:40:47 +0000

With parry challenges it is best to use dual or light weapons as they have a better reaction time. Don’t waste time attacking the enemy during a break, hit him once, wait for him to recover, then start parrying again (same with dodge challenges).
During kill the titan challenges, learn to sneak a ‘scratch’ attack in after every parry to increase the overall amount of damage, while still being able to obtain a parry break. Also, always go with a heavy weapon so you can deal as much damage as possible.
Due to the time limit on some ClashMobs, try to get as many parry breaks as possible to get stab points that will do extra damage, and then continue on when they get dizzy with slashes and combos.
On treasure challenges, try to pick up tightly grouped bags as quickly as possible and leave the others alone. New gold bags will spawn a few seconds after you stop picking up bags. Picking up that one extra bag resets the timer and could cost you even more bags!
When doing any Parry challenge and the enemy becomes dizzy, attack him to bring him out of the dizzy state faster so you can get more parries. If you wait without attacking, more time will come off the timer and you’ll lose potential parries.
Be sure to have one of each class of weapon in your inventory (sword and shield, two hand, and heavy) to be ready for any type of challenge.
Use Dual weapons for the Stab challenge. Damage doesn’t matter and you will be able to get 40+ stabs with dual weapons rather than 18 stabs with light sword.
Don’t worry about your health, exhausted dodges, or broken blocks. Achieve the objective at all costs, since the costs go away once you’re back in SP.
Dodge/block/parry/stab/survival challenges are more friendly to low-level players than boss-killing challenges.
Set reminders for future ClashMobs and the game will send a push notify when the event is about to start. If you didn’t allow Infinity Blade II to access push notifies, you can go into the iOS settings to enable them.

Android Devices Begin Conforming to Apple’s Business Model

Cody Sharp — Wed, 02 May 2012 14:37:20 +0000

With the list of Android based tablets growing, so has manufacturer’s desire to lock down their tablet in the same way Apple has done with their iOS operating system. Over the last month, both Barnes and Noble’s Nook and Amazon’s Kindle Fire have released firmware updates that make rooting or hacking their devices more difficult and have led to a public outcry. The Android market has always been so open, and that openness was enthusiast’s main battle cry when they compared it to Apple’s proprietary iOS. However, with the new wave of company’s walling off their devices in order to make additional profit, how much longer will this selling point be accepted?

I think not long. In the case of Barnes and Noble, their device was already shipped with a stripped down version of the Android marketplace and only had app’s approved by B&N. It is no surprise that there are very few ‘free’ apps in this list and even games that have been free for a year or more on the official Google App Store cost $1.99 or more on B&N’s store. Amazon has it’s own app store as well and with its recent Kindle Fire update has also heavily pushed its users to its app store over it’s competitors.

It is understandable that these companies are trying to profit wherever they can. That is their responsibility to their shareholders but if the main selling point for the devices is openness, shutting doors at every corner is not going to win them any prizes with the public. In the coming years, it will be interesting to see just how locked down these 3rd party devices become. In the end, one wonders if it will become what it was before an open source operating system hit it big in the first place where each device has one app-store available, one version of the OS that is specific to the games and apps that are made, etc. If that happens, it won’t be good for businesses or consumers and will be a major step back.

Infinity Blade 2 Cheat Codes

Cody Sharp — Wed, 02 May 2012 14:16:05 +0000

Infinite Money:

To get infinite money, you need at least $45, 000 in in-game money.

Once you have that – go to settings and press ‘restart rebirth 1′.

While you are in the game tutorial, pause – then press ‘character’.

Now go to the infinity blade.

Now ‘master it’ using the money mentioned above (where it shows the item’s xp look to the far right of the xp then press the arrow).

Now you are able to sell it (you might need a good weapon to finish the tutorial), now finish the tutorial and start rebirth 1.

Pause again and restart to rebirth 1 (repeat the process as told above but you won’t have to master it again).

Keep selling the infinity blade and you’ll be rich (this also works with the other items)!

Arrogant, Dishonest, and Smelly – The Young Steve Jobs

Cody Sharp — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:12:56 +0000

I’m 11 percent into Steve Jobs’ biography that was released October 24th. 11%; a digital distinction, one that could not have occurred without the leadership of one Steve Jobs – at least according to Steve. In truth, that is not a claim he makes in the book. However, he does claim that without his knowledge, the entire computing world would be without “multiple typefaces and proportionally spaced fonts.”

A man who is literally worshipped by many allowed this book to be made. In fact, he insisted that the author, Walter Isaacson, write it. Perhaps he wasn’t worried about his legacy. If so, that is a testament to Steve Jobs because it certainly muddies it. Thus far, it is incredibly difficult to see a person I would want to personally have anything to do with. Up until age 20, he has exhibited manipulative behavior but goes above and beyond by cheating his best friend, Steve Wozniak, out of several hundred dollars. As late as last year he continued to lie about it (or perhaps remembered it wrong), though two other sources back up Wozniak’s memory.

Even at a young age he said he realized he was more intelligent than his adopted parents and that he was special. Weird. I wouldn’t have been able to say something like that with a straight face even if it was true; at least not without realizing how much of an asshole I sounded like. Not Steve Jobs. He is special. A special kind of asshole that stank – literally. He decided early on that his vegetarian diet would ensure his body wouldn’t create body odor. In fact, he stunk so badly that other engineers at Atari complained to CEO, Nolan Bushnell, who had him work the night shift.

Nevertheless, he has some good qualities. One friend recounted a story where Steve gave him some money after running out during his trip in India and nearly everyone agreed how willful Steve was. He expected people to be able to do anything he told them to do, regardless of whether they knew how or they believed in themselves. That type of willfulness can be a double edged sword which gets the most out of people but also causes disdain. Finally, even at a young age, he was able to make money. Steve and Wozniak began their business relationship by creating devices to steal long distance service from AT&T. The devices cost $40 to make and sold for $160 – a price point that Steve came to on his own and a ratio that continues to this day on Apple products.

The retelling of Steve Jobs’ life is not what I expected at all. I figured that this book would be a marketing device to sell the legacy of Steve Jobs. In truth, it seems to tell the real story and describes the Steve that very few people know – and based on 11% of the story, maybe never really wanted to know.