By James Thornton Email of James Thornton
on 7 April, 2007
Second to being a reviewer for the World’s world’s best software site, wizardry is represents perhaps the ultimate job for kids growing up today. Following the success of Harry Potter and Lord of The Rings, it seems everyone is fascinated by the idea of learning magic spells and performing mysterious tricks, and. Magic Academy aims to provide you with the chance to act out your these fantasies by sending you to wizard school where you’ll have to learn the ropes in order to find your missing sister.
Magic Academy is essentially just a hidden-object game, but it’s been dressed up with an elaborate plot, slick graphics and moody sounds. Moving through the game is a matter of meeting various characters and solving the puzzles they set you in order to garner information before moving onto the next character. While most of these puzzles involve simply finding items on a screen or solving spot-the-difference games, the developer has been careful to make these as lively as possible. We liked the way that you’re not just given a list of things to find, and instead must work out what to find based on silhouettes of the objects, find items before the next ones are revealed, or find several of a particular item, such as mice, keys or documents.
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By Nick Mead Email of Nick Mead
on 12 October, 2007
If you share a PC, then it's hard to maintain any level of privacy on your hard drive. However, from hiding personal files to covering your internet tracks, there are various tools out there that can effectively render your PC use 'invisible'.
Invisible Secrets is an excellent solution for those that want to disguise private files in another format or make them disappear completely. Alternatively, you can apply encryption methods to your most precious files that intruders will find hard to break. If you're having problems with a pesky hacker whilst connected to a network, try Kaspersky Anti-Hacker which can make your PC invisible to potential invaders. If you're a home user, then ZoneAlarm Anti-Spyware does exactly the same thing - particularly useful if you've found your Firewall either ineffective or inefficient.
If you want to surf the PC without leaving evidence of your IP address, then Hide IP Platinum ensures that it remains invisible by using a proxy near to you. Finally, if you're looking for the real thing, then Magic Academy claims to be able to give you psychic powers that allow you to see invisible objects (but don't take our word for it).
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http://onsoftware.en.softonic.com/tools-to-make-you-invisible
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By James Thornton Email of James Thornton
on 18 July, 2007
Despite being about 30 years old now, Harry Potter continues to find himself stuck in the education system. In his latest outing, the weedy wand-waver must defeat the nasty Lord Voldemort (again) using his special mystical powers. Harry is visibly drained during much of the film, so we've decided to put a list of downloads together to help him to take his mind off the freaks that keep bullying him.
Magic Academy - If you're getting fed up with Hogwarts and fancy moving to a new school then check out the Magic Academy. The academy represented in the fun puzzle game is a little like yours - only a lot less scary.
Harry Potter Screensaver - From what we understand, you don't see a lot of Hermione and Ron in the latest film. If you're missing their company then simply install this screensaver featuring you and your crew.
Splendid City Lite - Keep on top of your Quidditch team's fixtures by downloading and installing this sports management tool.
Ant Movie Catalog - Although it's probably a bit vain if you do, if you're hoarding your growing back catalogue of DVDs under your bed and keep losing them, then get hold of Ant Movie Catalog. It's got nothing to do with ants but it will help you keep your film collection organized.
My Star World - You're obviously a big fan of all things mystical so why not try your hand at a new ancient discipline. This astrology program might help you predict the ending of the next book. Just don't tell anyone.
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http://onsoftware.en.softonic.com/harry-potters-box-of-pc-tricks
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