VVVVVV - A very AWESOME game

You play as Captain Veridian!

 VVVVVVV (That's 6 v's) is a game created by Terry Cavanagh that follows the adventure of Captain Viridian as he saves the rest of his crew from impending doom after his ship started to malfunction! It is reminiscent of the consoles of the past, the unique retro aesthetic blended with the vibrant colours creates a very beautiful game. The music created by Souleye matches the mood and feeling of the game perfectly, with old 8-bit tunes such as Positive Force and Potential for Anything.

The core game play focuses on a simple mechanic that involves switching gravity. You will only use 4 buttons in the game - but don't let that fool you, it's frustratingly difficult much like Super Meat Boy or I want to be the Guy. You cannot switch gravity in the air, which means you have to time and plan out how to progress through a room which is conveniently sprawling with nasty spikes! One hit, you die. But don't fear! You start again at the last checkpoint (which there is plenty of in this game). The difficulty is spot on. Where Terry gives you a challenging room, there is often a checkpoint nearby to ensure you can jump right back in.  

Feel the game is too hard? Well you can also collect trinkets! These trinkets are littered across the map in hard-to-reach areas and serve as the only collectable in the game. Some of the most impossibly frustrating rooms are purely based around getting them (Veni, Vidi, Vici springs to mind..) and once all collected you unlock new modes!
There are a number of different modes to be unlocked, some of them can be unlocked by completing the game quick, some unlocked by getting hardly any deaths and some unlocked via trinkets. The hardest mode to note is the 'no-death' mode, good luck with that!

Terry has given out tools for people to create their own maps and adventure. VVVVVV already comes with a few included player levels (even Notches!) and you can easily download other peoples creations from the internet to play. Though, this feature could be expanded on in the future as there is no in-game browser for these. Player levels are even more punishing than the original game, so I'd leave them to last if you want to stay the slightest bit sane!

The downsides is that although this game brings a brilliantly unique concept, the length is disappointing. Although this can be remedied by the addition to player-created maps, it would of been nice for a slightly longer game. Overall, if you don't own this game then I'd highly advice you to go buy it! It has been available to purchase from Steam and 3DS store (In North America at the moment) - you won't regret it!

Is it worth it?

Thank you and welcome to my first review! I will be reviewing the new mobile phone network GiffGaff that has seemingly sprung up recently.

GiffGaff is a sim only phone network provider. What does this mean to you? If your phone is unlocked, you can simply pop their sim card in and start using it! This is good news on people who are lucky enough to have unlocked phones (I bought and use a cheap one from ebay, suits me) but if you are unlucky enough not to have one, Giffgaff offer a service called Unlockpedia that helps you get under way to unlocking your phone! So enough of the waffle, here’s the question you’ve been waiting for:

So is GiffGaff a scam?

Nope. Not at all. Giffgaff offers mostly cheaper prices than other networks and don’t bog you down with 24-month contracts, hidden terms and conditions and stuff. It’s finally a mobile phone network provider that doesn’t bog you down with silly hidden charges and hundreds of tarrifs. They have one set tarrif that is cheap, reliable and not over the top. The real thing that makes them stand out is their unique system of GiffGaff goodybags.

What are giffgaff goodybags? Miniature sized packages that let you choose how you want to use your phone. Want to text? Top up £5 and you can choose the unlimited texts goodybag and receive unlimited texts with your top up. Maybe you love to surf the internet, so topping up £10 will get you unlimited internet, unlimited texts, unlimited giffgaff to giffgaff calls and 200 minutes. I’m not trying to sound like a salesmen, but compare these prices to other providers.

So far giffgaffs coverage seems to be better than my o2 coverage. I’m guessing this will depend on where you live but I’ve managed to get a good signal from everywhere I’ve been so far. The only problem I’ve had is that giffgaff doesn’t like to send me delivery reports, though this may just be my phone, it really is a small annoyance.

The overall giffgaff community is very helpful and helping out on the community can earn you points. These points are for giffgaffs payback system, where you can refer people to their service and they will literally pay you money. They allow you to either use the money as credit for your phone, paypal (over £10 only) and donate to charity. This system can be effective if you have a few friends and feel like getting something extra out of your network. The only downside is that giffgaff only pays out twice a year. So don’t be expecting a monthly income from this.

Conclusion

Giffgaff is NOT a scam. Is giffgaff any good? Heck yes! Infact, it’s a very good network provider for your phone. It looks like I’ll be using them for my primary provider at the moment. Feel free to order a sim straight to your door by clicking here, it’ll be worth it! Get giffgaff today!

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So you've come here because the latest layout sucks? They've changed chat again? They keep messing with your messages/chat settings? You're not alone. There are 'how to change new facebook' 2,280,000,000 results, that number is pretty shocking. I'm guessing you didn't come here to be told numbers or anything, so how do you change it?

Get rid of Facebook.

'What'?!

Yup. There are work-arounds for the Facebook layout, changing stylesheets and such but Facebook is constantly updating their service. Usually their updates are nothing more than a small facelift to make the website seem new again. Changing your Facebook layout will require you to delete it! There you go, gone forever.

'BUT I DON'T WANT TO!!!'

I can understand to some extent, there is one small work-around. If you don't like the new fangle-dangle Facebook, then visit m.facebook.com
It's the mobile version of the website, it's simple and quicker to use. But of course, the vast majority of Facebook wants something flashy so..

Use Google+, it's good. Although the transition can be slightly daunting, the simplicity of the service is perfect. No more 'phantom facebook notifications' or such. You could use Bebo.. or even Myspace if you're desperate for nostalgia. I'll continue to use the latest Facebook change, even though most people hate it, they'll adapt. People hate change yet they'll stand by and let it happen. Like a certain Naruto character once said, 'People are stupid'.