Mad Good Add-on: “Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot”
Jan 4th
“Mad Moxxie’s Underdome Riot” is an add-on to the original “Borderlands”. It introduces a welcome battlefield playground to the main story’s quest-based structure, as well as (of course) new levels.
What’s the story? The amazingly sexy, but off-the-wall sadistic, Mad Moxxi introduces you to her Underdome where your senses are automatically overwhelmed by the flair and style of the game. With three failed marriages under her belt (of which circumstances are questionable), Moxxi is now looking for her fourth husband. But in the meantime, she’s satisfying her need for pain and pleasure by holding a tournament where treasure hunters battle each other in her underground arena. Who knows? Mad Moxxi may even consider the victor a suitable fourth spouse.
Watch the trailer:
Rules are simple: A wave of bloodthirsty enemies will charge towards you and your group, try to kill them all, dash around trying to collect health and ammo refills that fall from the sky, and then it starts again. Mindless murderous fun? Yes.
To break up the wave after wave of murdering, there’s constant narration, angry encouragement from Mad Moxxi, and the thunderous applause from the crowd to keep your spirit high and your blood rushing. It’s not just a game – it’s a spectacle.
Though not a brand new game and there’s not much more than excessive killing offered, for $10 it’s worth a go.
Get “Mad Moxxi” for $10 now. It’s already out on Xbox 360 and will be available on PS3 starting on January 7th.
21st in the series: “U is for Undertow”
Dec 3rd
It’s difficult to come up with an author today who has written, or even could write a 21-book series. Understandably it would be hard not to run out of creative and exciting stories using the same characters and plot framework. Not so for author Sue Grafton. Grafton has recently released her 21st novel in her series of Kinsey Millhone Mysteries called “U is for Undertow”.
If you’re unfamiliar with Grafton’s work, then you’ll probably wonder about the novel’s peculiar title. However taking into account that this recent book is in a long line of twenty (and the fact that the very first title in the series is called “A is for Alibi” – everything makes perfect sense.
Grafton has been pitting her leading lady detective, Kinsey Millhone, in transfixing murder-mysteries for 25+ years now, ever since the first title was published back in 1983. Grafton has proven herself as a seasoned mystery writer by providing readers with a fresh, genre-bending novel with every new title in the Millhone series. With “Undertow”, Grafton succeeds with yet another complex, surprise-filled and satisfying thriller exploring the darker side of the human soul.
The star of Grafton’s novel is of course the ever straightforward and sarcastic private investigator, Kinsey Millhone. She’s settled into her late 30s in this most recent novel where she’s solicited to help a young man clear his conscious of a witnessed kidnapping of a girl from 21 years ago. A recent reference to her kidnapping has triggered a flood of memories and he wants help locating the murderers and the girl’s remains. The difficulty lies in he fact that PI Kinsey soon realizes that this young man has an uneasy relationship with the truth so who’s to say what part of his story is real and what’s not? Grafton moves the story between the present 80s and the 60s, changing points of view until the reader sees the connection at the very end.
Loyal fans of the mystery series are sure to enjoy this new offering. As for others, it’s never too late to be introduced to the loner-heroine Kinsey Millhone. This book is sure to be a page-turner.
“U is for Undertow” (Hardcover) is selling for $27.95, but Amazon is currently offering a reduced price of $13.00 & free shipping here.
Learn more about Sue Grafton and her mystery series here.
