Reviews

JPatch

Valerie
JPatch is a simple but powerful 3D animation and modeling tool that even beginners can use. It's already a few years old but it still does wonders especially if you're a beginner to 3D rendering. Mainly created to help animate and model organic objects such as human faces, aliens, animals and much more; the program is a versatile and easy-to-use tool for achieving your desired image. JPatch was created to suit both beginners as well as semi advanced users. Those starting out can take a look at the programs wiki page for a thorough overview of what it is capable of as well as the many features it has.
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Great Skies: Summer Moments EP

Valerie
Cut records is a fairly new netlabel having just started last January 2011. By fulfilling the need to provide great ambient, post-dub sound from unknown but very talented artists; they're fast becoming recognized for churning out quality EPs left and right. Armed with their fifth release, Cut Music is unleashing their latest ambient electronic EP. This time around it's from Great Skies; a 20-year old London native. Despite having a run time of less than 15 minutes, this four track EP called, Summer Moments, compiles what is essentially a short burst of energy mixed with chill music and synths. One of those compilations you can just leave playing at the background without much thought.
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Dead Cyborg 1: The Beginning of the Death

Valerie
Dead Cyborg might seem like just another first person shooting game, but it actually has its charm. Developed by Barathe Endre, only the first episode is finished so far but it's been receiving good reviews since it first came out. This science fiction shooter game is offered at a pay-what-you-want download. All the donations are used to help fund the development of the succeeding episodes; with each episode geared at providing at least 2-3 hours worth of gameplay. The game works on a variety of systems including the top three: Linux, Windows and Mac and is certainly worth checking out.
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The Novel Ideas: Summer Demos

Natalie
Summer Demos is a fun filled collection of four tracks that serve as a little introduction to the forthcoming, and third in line, full length record from The Novel Ideas. The band, which hails from the not-so-distant suburbs of Newton, MA, play what is often described as a "rock-folk-romantic-pop" music full of gorgeous acoustic guitar and enchanting vocals. And with the songs talking about "books, girls, summertime, and the ambiguous hours between night and morning", this short yet sweet EP will certainly brighten up your day.
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XolidoSign

Valerie
Protecting your work and documents has become really important in this day and age. Thanks to technology, it's become quite easy to send information and even sensitive documents via email. The only problem though is that it's also very easy to duplicate content illegally if there's no proper way of authenticating them. If you want a guaranteed way of protecting your files, then check out XolidoSign. This simple but efficient software lets you add a timestamp or digital signature to your files so you can easily verify them. It also allows your recipient to verify the signature, ensuring that you are both receiving untampered documents.
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These Animals: These Animals EP

Valerie
New York has always been home to some of the most interesting musicians and These Animals is one four-piece crew that you can easily add to this roster. The boys have just released their self-titled EP showcasing their brand of hipster style pop dance rock, and together with their previous album, Souvenir Sessions, made all of this musical goodness available as a free download through FrostWire. These Animals met in art school and decided to get together to form the band in 2010. Creating 60s style dance pop music, they showcase their various influences through their energetic sound and performances.
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Flesh Forest and The Elephant Only Zoo: Scream Dream

Valerie
Flesh Forest and The Elephant Only Zoo is a hodegepodge of sounds and genres. On the one hand, you get songs emanating with an indie electronic folk rock vibe, but as you progress through the album you encounter a darker, noise rock, experimental sound that leaves you wondering what happened. Well, for one, Flesh Forest and The Elephant Only Zoo are two different bands. Although both hail from Massachusetts, soundwise, that's about as far as similarities go. The former describe themselves as mainly into gothic/psychedelic electronica while the latter dubs themselves as belonging to the acousmatic/ tape music/ visual genre. Despite the differences, this five-track mini record resonates with both individuality and coherence.
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Dizzypad

Valerie
Dizzypad is a pretty cool free iPad/iPhone game that you'll surely get addicted to. The game was created by Nimblebit, the same company that developed the wildly popular Pocket Frogs. If you're familiar with Koi Pond and Doodle Jump, Dizzypad is touted as a hybrid of both. It combines the beautiful and serene atmosphere of the former with the insane, precision gameplay of the latter; giving birth to an exciting game that's plenty of fun to play. Your main objective is basically to jump from one lily pad to another without falling into the water. If you're thinking this is too simple, well, in a way it is. Nevertheless, you're in for a treat once you give it a go.
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Pollux: Rspct

Youghp
The album Rspct opens up with a track that's proper for its role: Rspct Intro features a thin but layered drone shifting from this direction to that until it renders itself redolent of aircraft sounds, or of spacecraft ones (it depends on your imagination, really) and, consequently, creates the illusion of one taking flight, perhaps toward Pollux – not the artist behind the album, but the brightest star in the constellation of Gemini, from which the musician presumably took his moniker.
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