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A World War II themed tower defense game that has players tapping out attack commands.
Price: $0.99
Version Reviewed: 1.1
Device Reviewed On: iPhone 3GS
Graphics / Sound Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Game Controls Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 3.75 out of 5 stars
Replay Value Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.31 out of 5 stars
Hills of Glory gels a squad based, World War II themed combat system with the ever popular gameplay mechanics of the tower defense genre. The end result is an interesting — if not entirely historically accurate — take on both the tower defense genre and World War II themed games.
This game is more than just slapping a WW II skin on a generic tower defense game. There are several mechanics and features that set Hills of Glory apart from other games in the genre. While this game is probably most accurately categorized as a tower defense game, that categorization doesn’t necessarily encompass all of the features that Hills of Glory offers. While the point is still to defeat wave after wave of incoming enemies, this isn’t accomplished by strategically placing units around a stage. In fact there are no units, or towers, or items of any kind to be placed in this game.
Before each stage, the player must select three soldiers to use during that stage. Each soldier is selected from one of the available soldier types. Each soldier type has its own special abilities and each ability has its own area of effect and recharge time. Each soldier can be trained and their abilities increased by spending money awarded in each level. New soldiers with new abilities can also be purchased using that same money, as well as new levels to play in the campaign mode.
With three soldiers are selected, the player is ready to face the advancing enemy. The soldiers aren’t actually placed anywhere on the stage and there are no avatars for these characters. They are bunkered down in a protected area at the top of the stage and all that is seen of them is the ordinance they liberally fling at the enemy. Players use specific touch commands to direct and unleash each soldier’s specific abilities. Tapping in one spot might use the shotgun ability while swiping vertically on the screen will unleash a line of grenades and swiping horizontally will call down a shower of mortar. Using these different abilities in tandem and timing their recharge times just right will allow players to keep the enemy from reaching barricades from which they can attack and destroy the bunker.
It’s a lot of fun to wipe out waves of enemies with powerful attacks as they advance, but there is very little variation in the enemy types. The majority are generic infantry units with the occasional officer, transport truck, and tank thrown into the mix. The patterns of attack do vary, though, and each pattern must be approached differently if the player is to survive the level.
The game plays smoothly, but the load times are almost unbearably long for such a simple game. The amount of time it takes to load each menu screen and each level makes this game almost impossible to play in quick sessions. Of course, load times will vary from device to device so this is no reason to count this game out completely. Even if it takes a while to get to the gameplay, the levels are long enough that it’s worth the wait.
Hills of Glory is great fun to play, and the special abilities of each soldier type are fun to use. The game’s visuals aren’t the shiniest you’ll see but they get the job done and they bring a bit of character to the game. Don’t overlook this game as just another tower defense game, it may be a pleasant surprise for players looking for something a bit different.
Whether it’s simply out of curiosity or due to an urgent employment or family need, it can be immensely useful to be able to run a background check on someone. Numerous firms offer such a service for a price but a new app by the name of Background Check offers a free way of checking up on someone.
Background Check is a free app but one with limitations. One free check is supplied each month with extra checks costing $0.99 for each extra use. Once a check is conducted, users can then consult details such as current and past addresses, relatives that live in the same house, property details and the all important ability to check past criminal records.
All the data is collated from BeenVerified and it appears to be quite accurate in the checks I conducted. It’s worth noting the app only supports US checks though. Users can search for a specific name or they can search through their contacts.
An email address search also allows users to find someone’s photos, videos, social networking information, blogs and pretty much everything else possible online. It’s a pretty powerful tool indeed.
Background Check is available now for all iOS devices and it’s a free app with in-app purchases available.
Finding the right home isn’t always as easy or as fun as it should be. In years gone by, it was a stressful process of scouting out the best realtors and travelling far and wide for the best place. Now thanks to the wonders of iPads and real estate search engine Trulia, budding homeowners can do everything from the comfort of their sofa if they so wish with the Trulia Real Estate Search app.
Users can simply and easily search for homes that are for sale or for rent. Full-screen interactive maps are on offer as well as a plethora of neighbourhood specific details and high resolution photos. It’s possible to search homes via GPS or location entry and recently sold places are also easily viewed for research or simply out of curiosity.
All the vital information can be organised neatly with sorting functionality covering everything from price to age, number of bedrooms and bathrooms.
Map tools offer up some very useful features for those looking for a home rather than just a house. There’s community information such as restaurants, shopping areas and gas stations to give users a rough idea of what to expect from a prospective area.
Once the ideal home is made apparent through a search, users can then contact the listing agent through the app, saving hassle. Users can even share a prospective house with friends for a second opinion.
Trulia makes for a really attractive way of searching for homes. It’s simple to look through offering high resolution photos on one half of the screen with the other half covering the descriptive elements as well as the ever useful price history too. Whether looking for a new family home or simply checking out dream apartments, Trulia is a great way of looking around the local vicinity.
Trulia Real Estate Search is available now for the iPad and it’s a free download.
iOS behemoth Chillingo is at it again, announcing the release of two more potentially very addictive games.
First up is Color Bandits, a title that offers colorful shooting throughout. Players must help restore the color of their home world after an evil steam punk boss has stolen the splendour of the area. Offering frantic side scrolling shooting action, Color Bandits is set to offer a great arcade style experience. It’s out now priced at $0.99 for the iPhone/iPod Touch version with the HD version for the iPad weighing in at $1.99.
Second up is Piñata Smash, a game aimed more at the younger market with players needing to smash as many piñatas as possible as they appear on screen. Powerups and an upgrade system adds some variety. While 3 worlds with 12 levels in each provide plenty of enjoyment with this Universal game costing only $0.99. It looks set to be a great simple but addictive experience and it’s out now.
Four decades ago, programmers worked hard to program giant mainframe computers to generate spooky-sounding synthesized music. Now, due to some amazing advances in technology, we can all walk around with a virtual orchestra in our pockets.
Ge Wang, an assistant professor at Stanford University, has been making computer-generated music for over a decade. He's trained entire orchestras of musicians, playing laptops, mobile phones and iPads, for public performances at Stanford and other venues, using the ChucK audio programming language which he created.
To say that Ge has a love of music – especially socially-created music, would be an understatement. To him, it always felt like music was a universal language that could be leveraged as a tool for widespread connection across humanity. Combined with his interest in ubiquitous computing, or ubicomp, these two passions motivated him to start generating music with personal computers, especially mobile platforms like laptops and mobile phones. "Mobile devices have become so powerful, and they're in everyone's pockets, it just seemed like a reasonable step," he says.
To this end, Ge and partner Jeff Scott co-founded SMULE in 2008, to focus on iOS app development. The successful company now numbers over thirty "extremely team-oriented" people, which Ge claims is part of the fun. About six people worked on Ocarina. SMULE is scheduled to expand in 2011 to around forty employees.
SMULE has produced a number of other music-related apps, including Magic Piano and Sonic Lighter. By using iOS devices loaded with these virtual instruments, groups of people can jam together literally at a moment's notice. People interested in learning how to play original and popular songs can access musical scores at SMULE's website or through in-app purchases. Users of the new Magic Piano app can connect globally with other players and hear their performances.
SMULE's iOS app Ocarina (ah-kuh-rina) is modeled after an ancient flute-like instrument of the same name. The user blows into the iPhone's microphone, located on the bottom of the device, and holds it horizontally to play by covering virtual finger holes on the display.
Some critics have called these apps "sillyware" but Ge believes that there's no reason that apps for iOS can't just be fun to use. Ge has a penchant for playing a melody from The Legend of Zelda whenever he shows off the Ocarina app to onlookers.
Can anyone create an iOS app that breaks new ground like SMULE did? Absolutely, says Ge. All you need is the curiosity and desire to actually try something. He strongly recommends leveraging what you already know and are good at, because that will bring a level of uniqueness to your work that nobody else can emulate.
I asked him what his typical working style was at SMULE. He claims he's more of the "go with the flow" kind of developer, rather then follow any pre-established methodology. "I'm a researcher, so it's a researcher's curiosity that leads to wanting to [build apps] in the first place," he said. "I don't know the answers to things, I don't even know the questions. I'm always searching." He adds that he strives daily to maintain a balance of order and chaos.
So how does he do that? When I asked Ge what he did in his free time, he laughed. "I don't have much free time," he said, but when pressed, he admitted to relaxing with a game of Starcraft. "It's really very elegant and fun to play." When stuck or faced with a difficult problem, Ge usually goes to work on something else, or eats. He's especially fond of anything with bacon.
We talked about the cosmic implications of bacon for awhile, and then I asked him where he saw the mobile computing industry going in the future. He said, "I really think we're going to drop the name 'mobile' from 'mobile computing' and it's just going to be more entrenched." He sees it bypassing the desktop computer and disappearing into a web of pervasive, invisible computing power that can be accessed seamlessly at any time, wherever you are. He quotes Mark Weiser, a visionary leader from the ubicomp field: "The most profound technologies are those that disappear. They weave themselves into the fabric of everyday life until they are indistinguishable from it."
Personally, I have to agree. While I was playing Ocarina and Magic Piano, I quickly forgot that I was manipulating a software program on a miniature computer and thought of it only as my instrument, focusing instead on the music that I was producing. Combine that focus with the experience of playing with others, weaving melodies and rhythms together, and you have a powerful tool for universal harmony indeed.
Hello!
Tutorial Time!
I see a lot of people looking for help in the announcement thread.
I think that thread should be left for ideas, testing and development. Not help.
I am going to list up all required help here.
Post required help here..
BUT! Only if you have read and do everything written here!
Don't skip a single step and you won't need help! I SWEAR!
Pre Stage:
xTerm and Type:
Code:
sudo apt-get moo
Without this: You can not gain Super Cow Powers!
First thing is first!
Open Package Manager and install "rootsh".
Install: Power kernel
Then:
Xterm:
Code:
sudo apt-get install python
sudo apt-get install aircrack-ng
sudo apt-get install nano
sudo apt-get install sudser
sudo apt-get install John (John the Ripper)
Main Parts!
Step 1:
Donate lxp for the wifi drivers to get the files.
You will receive the drivers. Or find these elsewhere.
or form here
Step 2:
When you received these (140MB'ish) drivers and downloaded them to (or copy) your MyDocs [N900], File = wl1251-maemo-0.1.tar.gz.
Step 3:
This is also in the Readme file
Installation:
Open X Terminal
type the following commands to untar the file:
Code:
cd MyDocs
/MyDocs$ tar -xzvf wl1251-maemo-0.1.tar.gz
Step 4:
Driver Time:
Code:
Code:
cd /MyDocs
sudo gainroot
cd /home/user/MyDocs/
cd wl1251-maemo/binary/kernel-power
Time to install!
Code:
/home/user/MyDocs/wl1251-maemo/binary/kernel-power: dpkg -i kernel-power_2.6.28-maemo46-wl1_armel.deb
Code:
/home/user/MyDocs/wl1251-maemo/binary/kernel-power: dpkg -i kernel-power-modules_2.6.28-maemo46-wl1_armel.deb
Code:
/home/user/MyDocs/wl1251-maemo/binary/kernel-power: dpkg -i kernel-power-flasher_2.6.28-maemo46-wl1_armel.deb
Code:
/home/user/MyDocs/wl1251-maemo/binary/kernel-power: dpkg -i kernel-power-bootimg_2.6.28-maemo46-wl1_armel.deb
Step 5:
This step is only needed if you have multiboot on your N900
Code:
cd /home/user/MyDocs/wl1251-maemo/binary/kernel-power: cd /boot
/boot: mv zImage-2.6.28-maemo46-wl1 multiboot/vmlinuz-2.6.28.10power46-wl1
Code:
Next, create the file
cd /etc/multiboot.d/
nano 01-Maemo-2.6.28.10power46-wl1.item (or using leafpad)
Write this:
Code:
ITEM_NAME="Maemo 2.6.28.10power46-wl1"
ITEM_KERNEL=2.6.28.10power46-wl1
ITEM_MODULES=ext3
Ctrl (on touch screen) + W to exit and save
Select the kernel from the boot list:
Maemo 2.6.28.10power46-wl1
Now time for fAIRCRACK!
download the fircrack form attach below and extract the file on ur pc and u will find two file faircrack.tar.gz and hildon.tar.gz and now copy faircrack.tar.gz AND hildon.tar.gz to MyDocs on your N900.
Part 2:
Code:
cd /home/user/MyDocs/
Part 3:
Code:
mkdir FAS
Part 4:
Code:
cd FAS
Part 5:
Code:
tar -xzvf /home/user/MyDocs/faircrack.tar.gz
Part 6:
Make sure all the files have been extracted to the MyDocs/FAS/ directory and that the following folders exist:
By Typing
Code:
ls
and look for these folders
MyDocs/FAS/keys/
MyDocs/FAS/diction/
MyDocs/FAS/cap/
MyDocs/FAS/cap/WEP/
MyDocs/FAS/cap/WPA/
Part 7: (icon!)
Code:
cd .. (which brings you back to MyDocs/Or just goto MyDocs in xTerm!)
Part 8:
Code:
tar -xzvf /home/user/MyDocs/hildon.tar.gz
part 9:
Code:
sudo gainroot
Part 10:
Code:
mv faircrack.desktop /usr/share/applications/hildon/
Part 11:
Code:
mv faircrack.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/hildon/
Usage (Direct Copy from Announcement thread):
---------------------- Usage ----------------------------------------
To run fAircrack, you can use the shortcut (recommended), or issue the following command:
sh /home/user/MyDocs/FAS/launch.sh
Bear in mind that if you are running it from xterm you will probably see a few warning messages like "*.cap does not exist" and "basename usage". This is a result of my messy coding and does not cause any problems. This will be fixed in v0.2.
WEP
Firstly a little background information from the aircrack wiki
"A little theory first. WEP is a really crappy and old encryption techinque to secure a wireless connection. A 3-byte vector, called an Initalization Vector or IV, is prepended onto packets and its based on a pre-shared key that all the authenticated clients know... think of it as the network key you need to authenticate.
Well if its on (almost) every packet generated by the client or AP, then if we collect enough of them, like a few hundred thousand, we should be able to dramatically reduce the keyspace to check and brute force becomes a realistic proposition.
MUST READ THIS IT WILL HELP U TO CRACK WEP AND WPA KEY
First things first, from the 'Monitor' tab enable the packet injection drivers and then monitor mode. At the moment there is no way to check if the drivers are enabled or not so if you aren't sure then just click the enable button anyway.
Next, you will need to click on the 'Access Point' tab. From here select how many seconds to run a scan for (default is 5) and click the scan button. Make sure the WEP button is highlighted to show only WEP networks. Select your desired target and click the "Start Packet Capture" button. This will load airodump in an xterm. Be sure to leave this window open until you are ready to crack.
Now you must click the "Authenticate" button to attempt to authenticate with the network, which will allow you to perform packet injection. This will launch a new xterm which will display information about your authentication request. If you see a line similar to "AID 1 :-)" then all is good. If not, try changing your mac address to the same as an already authenticated client (you can see them at the bottom of the airodump xterm). Bear in mind that changing your mac requires the stopping and starting of your interface and it WILL close your airodump window
Once authenticated, click the "Injection" button, this will launch a new xterm and start listening for ARP and ACK packets. As soon as a ARP packet is captured it SHOULD start re-injecting it at about 500pps (packets per second). At this point the number of ARP requests should start to skyrocket! If injection starts but the ARP number remains static, it means you need to authenticate with the router. Leave the authentication and injection windows open.
To check how many IVs you have successfully captured, click on the "Decryption" tab, and select your current CAP file from the list. This will be the name of the network and a number. Now click the "Decrypt" button. It will load aircrack in a new xterm and after reading the packets it will display how many IVs have been captured and attempt to crack the key. You will normally need at least 50,000 IVs in order to perform a successful decryption, so if it is much less than this then you may as well close this window.
Once you are ready to crack, press the decrypt button and if you have enough IVs, the password should be broken in seconds. At this point the aircrack xterm will close and you can view the key by selecting it from the list and clicking the "Show Key" button. If it doesn't show up, just press the "Refresh" button. (Keys are also stored in your MyDocs/FAS/keys/ directory).
If all went well then the whole process should take around 8-15 minutes.
WPA
WPA is different. Read the FAQs for more information.
First scan for networks as before and select WPA to display the WPA access points. Now click on which one you want to crack and press the "Start Packet Capture" button.
Now you will have to wait for a client to connect to the access point, at which point you will see a message in the top right of your airodump window saying "WPA Handshake" followed by the mac address of the router.
Now click on the "Decryption" tab. From here select the current cap from the list (being sure to select WPA and not WEP), now select either a dictionary or specify an attack method for John. When you are ready, highlight either "wordlist" or "john" and press decrypt.
------------------------------ FAQs -----------------------------------
Q. It keeps asking me for a password. Wtf?
A. Install Sudser
Q. What's an access point?
A. Wireless router.
Q. What will I use this for?
A. If you don't know the answer to that then you don't need it.
Q. Why do I keep receiving deauth packets when authenticating?
A. I assume this is due to router security. Try changing your mac (from the main menu) to match a client that is already connected. You can find this from the already opened airodump window.
Q. Why am I not receiving any ARP packets when trying to perform injection?
A. Depending on the access point, it may be very difficult to capture/relay ARP requests, particularly if:
> You are not close enough to the access point.
> There is no traffic on the access point.
I find the number starts rising rapidly as soon as a client connects.
Q. I have tried everything, but just cannot inject/authenticate/anything. What gives?
A. Unfortunately, each make/model of router is different and no matter how hard you try you may not be able to get into it. fAircrack includes the settings that in my experience have been the most successful, but you may have better luck using aircrack directly and experimenting. (in future releases there will be far more options)
Q. Why is WPA so much harder to crack?
A. WEP encryption is weak. Each IV (initialization vector) contains a small portion of the key, so when enough of these are captured the key can be deciphered. WPA however is far more secure and cannot be "cracked". However, when an authenticated client connects to a WPA access point a "handshake" is generated. This handshake can be captured by airodump and aircrack can subsequently run a bruteforce dictionary attack against it, possibly finding the key (however if the exact key is not in the dictionary, it will obviously not work). To capture the handshake you can either wait for a client to connect, or you can launch a deauthentication attack (using my script) to force a client to disconnect and reconnect to the AP, allowing you to capture the handshake.
However, a word list big enough to 100% GUARANTEE to crack an 8-digit alphanumeric case-sensitive wpa key would have up to 62771017353866807638357894232076664161023554444640 34512896 different combinations. And this is WITHOUT symbols.
On the same basis, a 64-digit wpa key would have up to 39402006196394479212279040100143613805079739270465 44666794829340424572177149721061141426625488491564 0806627990306816 different combinations.
These wordlists would be thousands of terabytes in their totality.
In short, it's possible but not feasible. Bearing in mind that a device like the N900 could probably only check around 20-30 keys per second. The best you could do is capture the handshake with the N900 then use a desktop to attempt to crack the password.
Realistically, the only way you are going to bruteforce a wpa key is if the person who the network belongs to (obviously you ) has set something really mundane or stupid as their key. Any default key containing letters and numbers would be near enough impossible and take possibly years to break.
Enjoy. Press Thanks!
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