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{"id":427,"date":"2017-07-08T17:01:55","date_gmt":"2017-07-08T17:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themebubble.com\/demo\/magplus\/podcastpro\/?p=427"},"modified":"2017-07-08T17:01:55","modified_gmt":"2017-07-08T17:01:55","slug":"girl-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/luxuryadvisor.net.au\/index.php\/2017\/07\/08\/girl-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Girl Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column]<div  class=\"sound-cloud-embed\"><iframe height=\"166\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/302683451&#038;auto_play=false\"><\/iframe><\/div><div  class=\"empty-space  marg-lg-b20\"><\/div><div  class=\"special-text custom-font-properties-1000\">When a top-down shooter like Nex Machina comes along, I\u2019m reminded that even in this age of procedural open worlds and emergent storytelling, you don\u2019t need a lot of buzzwords to have a good time. Its five stages of simple, fast, sometimes frantic bot-blasting can be daunting to the unprepared. But when I got a good run going, the responsive controls and exciting, sci-fi graphics made my frustrations with its sometimes nasty death penalty worth it.<\/div><div  class=\"empty-space  marg-lg-b20\"><\/div><div  class=\"special-text custom-font-properties-1001\">Each stage is divided up into rooms where you have to defeat several waves of robotic enemies, optionally saving defenseless humans to increase your score, before proceeding to the next. The baddies are both visually interesting and clever in their design, and every world introduces new ones so the combat never feels repetitive.<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<div  class=\"empty-space  marg-lg-b20\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<div  class=\"special-text custom-font-properties-1002\">Each stage is divided up into rooms where you have to defeat several waves of robotic enemies, optionally saving defenseless humans to increase your score, before proceeding to the next. The baddies are both visually interesting and clever in their design, and every world introduces new ones so the combat never feels repetitive.<\/div><div  class=\"empty-space  marg-lg-b20\"><\/div><div class=\"simple-text\"><blockquote  class=\"magplus-pro-quote\"><p>\u201cI think that&#8217;s the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.\u201d<\/p><footer><cite title=\"Elton Musk\">Elton Musk<\/cite><\/footer><\/blockquote><\/div><div  class=\"special-text custom-font-properties-1003\">Set in the J.J. Abrams Trek universe, Bridge Crew&#8217;s single-player campaign centers around the U.S.S. Aegis&#8211;which, after a brief training mission, sets forth on its task to help the Vulcans find a new home. This mission takes the Aegis into a Klingon-controlled territory, the Trench, and into the heart of a potentially ugly interstellar incident. You can fill one of four roles aboard the ship: the Captain issues orders to every other department from the holographic menu built into the player\u2019s chair, the Helm puts you in the driver&#8217;s seat, Tactical handles shields and weaponry, and Engineering determines how much power gets shifted to the ship&#8217;s vital systems.<\/div><div  class=\"empty-space  marg-lg-b30\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<div  class=\"tt-rating\"><div class=\"tt-rating-progress\"><div class=\"tt-progress-title\">Plot <\/div><div class=\"tt-progress-number\">9.5<\/div><div class=\"progress tpl-progress\"><div class=\"progress-bar\" role=\"progressbar\" aria-valuenow=\"95\" aria-valuemin=\"0\" aria-valuemax=\"100\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tt-progress-title\">Cinematography <\/div><div class=\"tt-progress-number\">8.6<\/div><div class=\"progress tpl-progress\"><div class=\"progress-bar\" role=\"progressbar\" aria-valuenow=\"86\" aria-valuemin=\"0\" aria-valuemax=\"100\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tt-progress-title\">Direction <\/div><div class=\"tt-progress-number\">8.3<\/div><div class=\"progress tpl-progress\"><div class=\"progress-bar\" role=\"progressbar\" aria-valuenow=\"83\" aria-valuemin=\"0\" aria-valuemax=\"100\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tt-rating-content\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-10 col-xs-12\"><div class=\"tt-summary-title\"><h4 class=\"c-h5\">Summary<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"empty-space marg-lg-b5\"><\/div><div class=\"tt-summary-text simple-text\"><p>Despite the frustrations its upgrade system often caused me, I had a good time navigating Nex Machina\u2019s array of twin-stick shooter challenges. <\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-2 text-right col-xs-12\"><div class=\"empty-space marg-xs-b15\"><\/div><div class=\"tt-rating-title\"><h4 class=\"c-h5\">Total Rating<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"empty-space marg-lg-b10\"><\/div><div class=\"tt-rating-text\">8.8<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nova was the videoly that we all wanted to read in the Sixties because every issue brought something new and relevant to our lives: extraordinary fashion by Molly Parkin; innovative layouts and photographs by Harri Peccinotti; articles about the Pill and our new sexual freedom and a different take on beauty, fashion and celebrity &#8211; for one incredibly complicated story, we revamped the Queen. 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