Unravel The Bindings

Advantages: Original story that draws you in
Disadvantages: Flashbacks may confuse if you find it hard to follow a story

...the bindings on her deformed feet and the mistakes she's made in her past. As the tale unravels, we find out more of these mistakes. May first met her husband in a Shanghai brothel, where she was working as a prostitute, and - despite campaigning against bound feet - he falls in love with May's. Harrison, while obviously not approving the binding of feet, isn't afraid to delve into the eroticism of the bound foot - a sound decision since the reason for binding girls' feet was to attract a good husband. The 'flashbacks' reveal several worlds, from May's childhood in the late part of the 19th century to a trip on the Great Siberian Express where a confused Captain Litovsky mistakes Alice for someone called Olga and abducts her, to the English boarding school where Alice and her older sister, Cecily, are sent. Each incident has an effect on Alice...

DoubleFantasy11 05.07.2006 · Read review
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Review of The Binding Chair - Kathryn Harrison

The binding chair... not a bind to read at all.

Advantages: An incite into an unknown world.
Disadvantages: Sometimes a little uncomfortable to read.

...On one of my many, many trips to my local library I was thrilled to discover that there was another book sale, unfortunately the books on sale were not of the usual reading material that I go for, hence the review I will now write. The book I will now review is ? The binding chair by Kathryn Harrison? As I stated earlier this is not the sort of book I would normally go for, more of a semi fictional history book this only appealed in the fact that it was A, on sale for 20p, and B, I liked the cover! (Sorry I am so shallow!). The cover doesn?t really give much indication as to what the book is about, aside from the fact that the binding chair in question is the piece of apparatus that Chinese girls sat in to have there feet bound. Not being that knowledgeable on the subject of Chinese history or the barbaric traditions behind...

sarahbarrow 16.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of The Binding Chair - Kathryn Harrison

What works for one may not work for another - lipo bind.

Advantages: Rapid body fat loss, More energy, very clear skin, quick weight loss & effective.
Disadvantages: occasional stomach pains or sensation of vibrating stomach, misleading about supply duration, cost

...I have tried just about every diet pill available without prescription, and have been seriously dissapointed time after time. I noticed Lipo bind in tesco's for £22.00 for a 1 month supply and thought i may as well give it a try. It worked out at less than 90p a day so it was to be no big loss if it did not work. I was surprised to see that i had to take 3-4 tablets after every main meal, as there is only 60 in the pack it would work out to last me all of about 8 days, I decided against taking them with breakfast and lunch and opted for low fat low carb meals in place, such as tuna fish salads, fruits and chicken etc. For my main meal i would have what ever i felt like and as fatty and calorie laiden as i liked, topped of with dessert. followed with 3 tablets and a glass of water. After the 1st week i had dropped 3lbs...

fugly23 23.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of LIPO Bind

Uncharted Drakes Fortune The Truth

Advantages: brillaint graphics for the time, story, characters, gameplay like gears.
Disadvantages: no multiplayer no co-op no splitscreen

... Uncharted Drakes Fortune Uncharted Drakes fortune was one of the first of Playstation 3 exclusives, with its amazing graphics, well put together story and level and gameplay simular to games like gears of war, there is little to fault, except a few. in this review ill go through all the main factors that make this a good games, and some that could improve it. Story The story is simply but well done, with brillaint characters it is hard to put the story down, the only downside is that the story is short, with 21 chapters and about 5-10 hours of gameplay, this is not the longest game. well basically the story is about nathern drake, a treasure hunter who finds sir francis drakes diary book. in the book are all the clues to get to el derado. becuase i dont want to spoil the game too much i wont say much more, but what i can...

Haig 22.09.2009 (26.09.2009) · Read review
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Review of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (PS3)

Uncharted : Drake's Fortune

Advantages: Trophies
Disadvantages: Repetitive

...I was always interested in buying this game but since I already had Assassins Creed I didn't think it would be worthwhile since they looked pretty similar. But once it came down in price and the 'Trophy System' had been added I decided to buy it. I'll start off by saying that the trophies are extremely easy to get. You get them by simply killing people a certain number of times with a certain gun or by a combo, things like that. The gameplay is alright. I sometimes got annoyed when I tried to jump for something and then your character (Nathan Drake) jumps away from it. At the beginning killing the bad-guys is nothing other than a nuisance, but it becomes a little more fun trying to kill them nearer the end when there are more of them with better guns. The actual game consists mostly of killing people and jumping from...

Wils0408n 16.02.2009 · Read review
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Review of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (PS3)

Uncharted: Drakes Fortune

Advantages: Everything
Disadvantages: Relitively short

...Uncharted: Drakes Fortune. Where to start with Uncharted? Obviously you can already see that I thought this game was brilliant by my 5* rating but that's not to mean that this game is necessarily for everyone, hopefully in this review you will be able to tell whether you will like it or not...which you will...not that I'm biased... Ok then to the basics! Firstly, incase you didn't know already, Uncharted is made by Naughty Dog, the game creation company that brought you one of the best selling video game franchises of all time, Crash Bandicoot. Graphics Now you may think that the transition from the PS2 to PS3 may have dampened Naughty Dog's chances of being a success, due to their relatively simple platform games from the past, but let me tell you, and this is a very big statement, this game has the best graphics I...

tdholland 10.04.2008 · Read review
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Review of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (PS3)

Uncharted: Drakes Fortune

Advantages: Great gameplay, well written story.
Disadvantages: no online mulitplayer.

...Nathan Drake is a mans man. it's that simple. This adventuring treasure hunter is the type of guy we'd all love to be. He's on the trail of Sir Francis Drake, an ancestor with a passion for hidden treasure. Along the way his path intertwines with Gabriel Roman a loan shark on the case of Nathans friend Victor. Soon we find ourselves fighting through ranks of Gabriel's men trying to find the treasure of El Dorado. Game play wise this is similar to the hugely popular Tomb Raider series and see's you leaping over lost ruins, climbing through old caves and sneaking through lost burial grounds. the game even makes use of the sixaxis controller in places. it's got a good 10-20 hours playing time too depending on which setting you choose to play it on. With the current inclusion of PlayStation Trophies added via patch and a Platinum release...

wee_generation 05.09.2008 · Read review
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Review of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (PS3)

Uncharted: Drakes Fortune

Advantages: Fun, Graphics, Playability
Disadvantages: none major

...Nearly a year after it's original release and Uncharted: Drakes Fortune remains one of the highlights of the Ps3 lineup. I originally played this on release but with it's recent addition to Sonys Trophy system i decided it was worth a revisit, and i wasn't disappointed. The graphics, although still impressive, have been superceded by titles such as Metal Gear Solid 4 but the fun and freshness of Uncharted remain. The main appeal of the game is the storyline which is a pure adventure driven by the main character Nathan Drake. Drake believes himself to be related to English explorer Sir Francis drake and embarks on a mission to find his ancestors treasure. Throughout the mission Drake is assisted by a fellow adventurer Victor Sullivan and feisty woman reporter Elena fisher. The games enviroments are beautifully rendered and mainly...

Mar99 02.10.2008 · Read review
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Review of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (PS3)

drake with a josh

Advantages: funny
Disadvantages: none

...Drake and josh is a kids program showing on nicklodeon on various schedules (channel 604) and its about two teenage boys who are completely different on the outside....... their mum and dad are married (drakes mum and josh's dad) and their little sister pulls loads of pranks on them, josh never has a girlfriend and always gets caught doing stuff but he has one good feature..... he is smarter than drake while drake has a girlfriend for everyday of the week and does a lot of stuff behind his parents back but drake is not the smartest cookie ever... trust me. MEGAN the word drake and josh both fear, she is always pulling smart pranks and her parents think she is an angel, how tough would that be, you see inside her room in one episode and she has so many little devices in there from electricuting josh rear end to CCTV in drake and josh...

liam-barnard 25.06.2007 · Read review
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Review of Drake And Josh

Uncharted: Drakes Fortune

Advantages: +Great gameplay +Hugely cinematic +Really good fun!
Disadvantages: +Not many enemy models +relatively short (8-12 hours)

...Uncharted really is a bit of an odd game, plot-wise. You play as Nathan Drake, who's a treasure hunter. The game starts on a boat, you've just recovered the cofin of Sir Francis Drake and open it to find its empty, except for a diary. A woman, Elena, is on the boat with you filming you for a television show. Pirates then attack and you then travel to places such as El Dorado, a Nazi U-boat (where your mentor is killed) and an island jungle. The game has two main elements, platforming and combat. The platforming works very well with a mixture of puzzles and plenty of leaps and jumps. You also get to use the six-axis to balance when you walk across planks etc. The best feature of the combat is the brilliant cover system. You press circle to hide behind a wall or pillar and can then blind fire from the safety of behind the pillar...

01wojtowicz 15.03.2008 · Read review
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