The Genie.net

[The Genie]

I am currently developing a great network site. It will be called TheGenie.net which will contain loads and loads of pc and video games information ( so not only cheats ).

I am looking already for some reviewers. With reviewers I mean, people who can write an honest review of a game they have rented or own and give scores for gameplay, graphics and so on.

If you think you are capable of reviewing games, please reply in this thread only, and maybe show me some small examples of your previous review work...

Many Thanks everyone,

The Genie

[cHilli]

Ill write a decent review of something and show it when i have time, im applying:)

[[N]eto]

Genie, this will be your fourth site that's still online, am I right? Well, I'm applying as well. I'll do a review soon enough. :)

[JoshMan]

ive done a review of "simpsons:road rage" in the gamecube forum, i think it was ok, i guess i could apply and do some more reviews

[DayleJ]

Sign Me Up, Why Not :) Just Give A Basic Outline Of What You Want The Reviews To Look Like And I Will Do Some For You To Rate.

[<~Darkshadow~>]

I could review some games for you.

:cool: :cool: :cool:

[Dark Realms]

Originally posted by The Genie
I am currently developing a great network site. It will be called TheGenie.net which will contain loads and loads of pc and video games information ( so not only cheats ).

I am looking already for some reviewers. With reviewers I mean, people who can write an honest review of a game they have rented or own and give scores for gameplay, graphics and so on.

If you think you are capable of reviewing games, please reply in this thread only, and maybe show me some small examples of your previous review work...

Many Thanks everyone,

The Genie

Hmm, i used to write reviews for another games site.... i could write loads for thegenie.net if you wanted me to...ill PM you the link of the site i used to write them for, so you can see some of my work :)

[The Genie]

Great thanks everyone. The site is still under development. I hope to get it online within a few weeks.

[SetoKaiba]

genie how much does it cost to get a free .net site, can it someway be free??

[cHilli]

No:)

Unless you want .cjb.net then go to www.cjb.net and register there free.

[Redgore]

the cost varies on who you register the domain with. YOu then have hosting costs etc.

[Security Chief]

Originally posted by Matrix
No:)

Unless you want .cjb.net then go to www.cjb.net and register there free.

You can get domains free - Some give domains free with hosting, and some companies give domains away free in exchange for advertising...

Chief

[SetoKaiba]

so i can get a free .cjb.net site for free?

[cHilli]

Yes:)

[Dark Realms]

Originally posted by The Genie
Great thanks everyone. The site is still under development. I hope to get it online within a few weeks.

so is it up yet...? :D

Oh and i have many reviews waiting to be added ;)

[Stryker82]

I could do it, but i have no time...

If you wanna see anythnig by me, look in PS2's Review Forum... Look for a thread by me wit ha game title for the subject...

But i won't have time....

[The Genie]

Once thegenie.net is up, I will try to migrate the cd reviews to it.

[Dark Realms]

ok, oh and wtf has happened to the forums...? :P

[The Genie]

Please read my post in the General News.

[DJSheddin]

Sign me up for reviewer Genie. TS and I can started the whole reviewer thing in PS2 (I think lol)4, so I have some work in there if ya wanna look at it.

Can also do some games for other systems not on this site (Dreamcast, Genesis, NES, etc.) if ya want. Have played quite a bit in my day.

[shadowfox612]

count me in! genie how many forums does this place have? just wondering.:tup:

[Kiwi Dude]

Why not, some people have said I do a good review or too ^_^

Besides itz time I started doing something for CD again LOL. Well more like thegenie.net LOL

[SetoKaiba]

Yes but does this CJB.NET have its own site building tool or is it just webspace?cuz i need a webhost not webspace..

Chief how is that Ambient Soft going and when can U host my sites?

[SSXtricky]

Hey nice site Genie I really like the review on amped 2.:banana2:

[Gavo]

why do you make up hunners of sites for

[Dark Realms]

Lol, hes only got two... hardly hundres ;)

Now me, i make hundreds....lol :P

How is it going genie?..good?

[SnakeDice]

I guess I could be an ok reviewer. In my old account I reviewed The Sims in the PS2 section. I'm applying

[Pixels]

sure thing boss:tup:

[London_Calling]

OK

[The Genie]

thegenie.net already has around 3500 visitors per day !

[Cid Highwind]

Cool, :D

Hey Genie, how much visitors per day has Cheatingdome nowadays?

[marvelFreak11]

I'm going to write a review for you big boss

here it is.
for gameboy advance the sims bustin' out




The Sims first appeared on the PC nearly four years ago, and since then, the popular life-simulating game has made the jump to consoles--including the Game Boy Advance--with The Sims Bustin' Out. Though the GBA version has the same name as the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube games, it's actually a very different creation. In fact, it bears less of a resemblance to the large-livin', house-partying original game and is more similar to open-ended console games like Animal Crossing and Harvest Moon. Like these games, Bustin' Out is a nonviolent game that lets you make friends with your neighbors, tasks you with running errands for extra cash, and allows you to have a private dwelling for your character to build out and decorate.In Bustin' Out, you play as a computerized person, or a "sim," on a summer visit to your uncle's farm in SimValley. Once you run enough errands and earn enough cash, you can move off of the farm and into a new dwelling, into which you can invite a roommate and a pet. Like The Sims, Bustin' Out lets you customize your character's personality with such traits as neat, outgoing, and playful, and it also affords you a few very limited choices for customizing your appearance. While your sim still has skills like mechanical, logic, and cooking, and still has certain needs (or "motives"), like hunger, rest, and comfort, Bustin' Out's control scheme and structure seem far more similar to a console RPG than to the original PC game. You control your character (who can walk or run) with the D pad, and you can talk to other characters by walking up to them and pressing A to get a series of dialogue options. These other characters tend to hover around a single place or wander randomly in the suburbs surrounding your uncle's farm, rather than show up at your house and autonomously invite themselves in for a chat, as they did in The Sims.

Like Animal Crossing, Bustin' Out provides you with a set of primary goals to accomplish that are usually given to you by key characters, though you can also run errands for various townspeople or play minigames to earn extra cash on the side. As you complete these primary goals, you'll unlock new areas of the suburbs to explore, and you'll make new housing options available, such as the top of a clock tower or a fabulous waterfront villa. You can fulfill major and minor goals by completing simple objectives, like delivering items, making friends with a specific sim, or doing well in a certain minigame. None of these tasks are especially challenging, and the game features a minimap and several helpful menu screens to keep track of your current relationships, inventory, and status. Still, the game does offer a good variety of things to do that are spaced out all across SimValley.

As such, you must also stay on the move, especially since Bustin' Out doesn't have an adjustable clock but instead speeds time along from night to day at a healthy clip. Fortunately, early on in the game, you're able to procure a scooter for traveling quickly. However, you may still find it somewhat annoying that you must drop everything to fill up depleted motives, since they render you unable to conduct conversations with other characters. You may also have trouble with the fact that different minigames can only be accessed at certain times of the day. Additionally, some minigames are less enjoyable than others. However, you can usually find something else to do in the meantime, such as chatting up another sim, running another errand, collecting furniture for your home, and so on.

Bustin' Out also looks and sounds quite good. It's a colorful game whose characters and scenery have a cartoonlike look to them that works quite well for the game, though characters are a bit small and some onscreen text can be hard to read. In a few rare cases, you may also have trouble finding objects that are obscured by buildings, since the game uses a locked isometric overhead view. Buildings do become translucent when you walk behind them, so this usually isn't that big of a deal. The game's sound consists of upbeat music tracks that play in certain areas of SimValley and also play on stereos and jukeboxes. There isn't much variety in the music, and some tracks seem a bit repetitive--though some areas are largely silent. But even the mostly silent areas usually have some good ambient noise, like crowing chickens on your uncle's farm, for example. The game also has some clips of "simlish," the expressive gibberish language used in The Sims, though most of these clips are extremely short and are used to punctuate the otherwise lack of dialogue. If you're a longtime fan of The Sims and are a stickler for detail, you might be slightly disappointed that several of the simlish voice samples were lifted directly from the previous version of The Sims on consoles, which were, in turn, lifted from Sid Meier's SimGolf on the PC. The samples, though, are still suitable and do work well for what they are.

Bustin' Out is a decently long game whose main goals should take most players 15 to 20 hours to complete. However, you can certainly spend even more time socializing with other sims or collecting extra cash, especially if you own the GameCube version of the game and plan to transfer data back and forth with a link cable. While Bustin' Out for the GBA is clearly a different game than The Sims, it certainly has enough variety to appeal to anyone who enjoys this sort of open-ended game.




The game's sound consists of upbeat music tracks that play in certain areas of SimValley and also play on stereos and jukeboxes. There isn't much variety in the music, and some tracks seem a bit repetitive--though some areas are largely silent. But even the mostly silent areas usually have some good ambient noise, like crowing chickens on your uncle's farm, for example. The game also has some clips of "simlish," the expressive gibberish language used in The Sims, though most of these clips are extremely short and are used to punctuate the otherwise lack of dialogue. If you're a longtime fan of The Sims and are a stickler for detail, you might be slightly disappointed that several of the simlish voice samples were lifted directly from the previous version of The Sims on consoles, which were, in turn, lifted from Sid Meier's SimGolf on the PC. The samples, though, are still suitable and do work well for what they are.

Bustin' Out is a decently long game whose main goals should take most players 15 to 20 hours to complete. However, you can certainly spend even more time socializing with other sims or collecting extra cash, especially if you own the GameCube version of the game and plan to transfer data back and forth with a link cable. While Bustin' Out for the GBA is clearly a different game than The Sims, it certainly has enough variety to appeal to anyone who enjoys this sort of open-ended game.


-Mystery X

[greenwarrior]

Kool site.... now im gonna go there all the time!

[The Genie]

CheatingDome has around 25000 visitors a day, and thegenie.net around 3500 a day. :)

[The Genie]

Please only post reviews @TheGenie.net Thanks!!

[marvelFreak11]

How do I post there Genie please reply please?

[marvelFreak11]

Hi guys ive finally found out how to write a review

I've written three including:
The Sims bustin' out
Max Payne 2 the fall of Max payne
Gladius

check it out at http://www.thegenie.net

[Cid Highwind]

Originally posted by The Genie
CheatingDome has around 25000 visitors a day, and thegenie.net around 3500 a day. :)


hehe Cheatingdome grows and grows

Moet wel heel gaaf zijn om je eigen site zo te zien groeien Oi?

[Gou Shi]

good job genie :tup: i had forgotten about this

[London_Calling]

It won't let me log in even though i've signed up.

[The Genie]

yeap its kind a cool, but it has been loads of work.

be sure to activate your account before trying to login.