Gear Review: Psychokenisis Glove

I chose this gear to review because it really stuck out to me. The colors and the mesh really stuck out. And then I read the description and that kinda puzzled me. So I decided to try this out. It's actually a really cool gear and if you want to sneak up behind others and hit them without them knowing, it's just a great gear to use! You can find the gear here.

Abilities/Powers: 10/10

This glove is very unique and fits in the "Mind Control" gear week (if you didn't know, last week, ROBLOX was releasing "Mind Control" gear) perfectly. This gear has the power to pick up your enemies and throw them and it has the power to pick up objects. When you first click the left-click, 5 rocks will appear around you. Then you click again, your glove will shoot a beam out of it and all of the rocks will follow that beam. So if you wanted to fire rocks at your enemies, this is the gear to go! The reload time is very minimum so you don't have to wait very long to hit them again!

Mesh: 8/10

This mesh looks a whole lot like a gear released a while ago. That's right, if you didn't already figure this out, this gear and the Galactic Forcefield Glove almost look identical. But you can obviously tell that it isn't the exact same mesh because on the Forcefield Glove, there is a sphere in the palm of the glove and a sphere right above it. They look very similar though! One thing about the mesh that really bugged me is the size of it. It's supposedly a "glove" and gloves go around your hand, but this glove wraps around my entire ROBLOXian's arm. Though the mesh is very unique, it will be deducted points for this.

Texture: 10/10

I honestly loved this texture for some odd reason. I have no clue why. I just feel like "blue" and "psycho" go together. I definitely would've liked it more if the texture had a "rainbow" effect to it, cause then obviously you would know that you're a psycho! But this texture is almost flawless. I love the way the blue curves on every finger, especially the thumb, and if you zoomed in closely, you could see very small details on this texture. You could see that there is a panel with an outlet, telling you that this thing needs to be charged. With all the details, this texture deserves a flawless, 10/10.

Value for your money: 10/10

This gear is priced at a whopping 750R$. For some of us viewers, that's pretty expensive. But if you're one of those people who have 50kR$ in your account atm and you have nothing to do with it, go ahead and buy this and go around hitting noobs with it. They won't know what hit them! I would buy this but I don't have the time to play around with gear. If you just want to buy this to find all the small, little, minuscule details that ROBLOX put on the texture, then be my guest. Or if you just wanna be that jerk (lol just kidding) that goes around spawnkilling everyone with your favorite gear, be my guest. This gear is an all time favorite for me. But if you're like me, and you're kinda bugged by the fact that the mesh is too big, then this may not be a good value for your money. Or if you're just a LMaDer and you just hate wasting your money on non-limiteds, then this probably isn't a good value for your money. Overall, this deserves a 10/10 in this category.

Suggestions: 

1. Make texture rainbow

2. When you spawn rocks, make it so you can spawn noobs too.

3. Be able to LITERALLY take control of your enemies (through their ROBLOXian).

And that wraps up my Psychokenisis Glove review! Be sure to follow me on twitter!

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Journey to the Center of the Earth Cart Ride Review

Cart rides are infamous for being one of the most boring, and yet popular types of places ever. However, there are a few of them out there that aren't completely awful. This is one of them.

Gameplay 7/10
Basically, you get in a cart and go down a track. It's surprisingly fun because you go at ridiculous speeds but there aren't any twists or turns throughout the ride. Also, sometimes your cart flies off the track.

Effort 9/10
The ride is surprisingly well made. Most cart rides are completely bland and boring. This map has a ton of brilliantly C-framed parts in it and is very fun to ride on.

Creativity 6/10
There have been a lot of cart ride places. Most of them however are way worse than this, so kudos to you for your effort.
Overall 7.5/10
Suggestions

• Add some twists and turns throughout the ride
• Make it so the cart doesn't fly off.
• Make it so that a large jalopeno pepper appears at the end of the track and explodes.

 If you want your place reviewed simply contact Banjobug on twitter or send me a private message on ROBLOX. The next post could be about your place! I'll be glad to give you ideas on your place and help make it better. Also, if you find a place that is absolutely awful and on the front page send me a PM and I might make a RANT about it!

Also, you should follow me on twitter even if you don't have a RANT or review request! Sometimes I invite my followers to go to places with me to help review them.

Place Reviewed: Journey to the Center of the Earth Cart Ride
Reviewed by: Banjobug

Exponential Rocket Launcher Gear Review!

Hey guys, BillCheesey5's back, and still wondering why he's talking in third person.

Anyways, it's been ages since I wrote a review, and it's been ages since I made a gear review at that. Let's go!

Mesh: The mesh of the gear has not been used before (not surprising, there's not many gear retextures these days), and it looks really nice. It's nicely shaped and meshed. It has the end (or top, or tip) of a rocket (or the ammo) sticking out at the end and it proves rockets are actually going to shoot out and not muffin cats.

Or Nyan Cats for that matter.

Anyways, this mesh is nicely shaped, and it recieves an overall 10/10. It even has a trigger!

Texture: This launcher has yellow racing stripes (even though it's not a car... I hope) and the tip of what we can see of the rocket has a dark green colour. There's what appears to be a button on it which is red, so again, more colours. The rest is just really a grey-ish colour, but that's good.

Because if we had a rainbowtastic and happy rocket launcher covered with smilies in our hands, no one would take you seriously.

Overall, the texture gets a 9/10. I honestly expected to see a bit more blue.

Public Enjoyment: Again, (like usual), I'm heading to Twitter to see what people think of this gear.

@DGProStudio: "Futurist..ic?"

 @Phantomazing: "I haven't used it yet, but I like the mesh and texture, and it sounds pretty powerful."

@Nate_Wenger: "It's quite detailed with the texture, the mesh looks pretty rad, and it sounds like it is a 1 hit kill just by the name."

(If I ever use your tweet here, tell me your favourite colour and I'll use it on the username in the article!)

So it appears it is quite enjoyed by the public, nothing bad, as far as I can see.SO it gets an overall 10/10 on Public Enjoyment.

Overall: Overall, the gear receives a 9.5/10. A perfect mesh and enjoyed by the public, and a good texture. Link to the gear: http://www.roblox.com/Exponential-Rocket-Launcher-item?id=90718505

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Gifts of Paralympia!

With the Paralympics Opening Ceremony on Wednesday and the first day of games completed yesterday, I thought it would be fitting to release a few gifts to commemorate these events. Over the next few days I will be releasing a few highly collectible Paralympic themed gifts. They will be on sale for a limited time so you'll have to be quick to spot them and take a copy for yourself!

Only one gift will be sale at a time and will be set alight to mark that it is able to taken. These gifts will only be on sale for 1 day or less, so you must be quick!


Here is the list of gifts:

Paralympic Gift of Opening Ceremony


This gift went on sale on the day of the Paralympics Opening Ceremony (Wednesday 29th of August), it will only be on sale for a few more hours so take one now!



Mandeville Gift of Paralympic Mascot

This gift will be available on Sunday 2nd of September




Bronze Gift of Paralympia


This gift will be available on Tuesday 4th of September





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This gift will be available on Tuesday 4th of September





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This gift will be available on Thursday 6th of September



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This final gift will be available at some point on Sunday 9th of September - Paralympic Closing Ceremony



Thanks!

-Arbirator
Editor of Roblox News

RAMP 1000000 RANT Review

Alright, before I start this RANT off I'd like to make fun of the name. It says RAMP 1000000. 1000000 what? Feet? Meters? Miles? Lightyears? Inches? The title doesn't even make sense! It just says RAMP 1000000. If you're going to make a game make sure the title makes sense. Name it something like, "Ride down a 100000 mile ramp" or something. I mean seriously! Are you really that lazy? Anyway, on to the review.
Gameplay 0/10

Getting stuck because of a crack.

If you enjoy lagging down small ramps then this game is for you. The basic goal of this game is to ride down an obviously free modeled ramp in obviously free modeled cars to a large baseplate with random items that server no purpose. Oh, and those items are also free models. Surprise! Anyway, there isn't even a winner's spawn at the end so every time you die you have to go through the whole thing again. There is no enjoyment at all
Effort 0/10
There was no effort. He basically looked in the free models and clicked the things that looked cool. He didn't even space them properly. Also, the place is plagued by constant messages popping up saying "Regen" and stuff like that which gets really annoying after awhile.
Creavity 0/10
There is nothing new about this. It's just another ramp game, or should I say RAMP.
Overall 0/10
Suggestions

• Take your computer, cover it with barbecue sauce, go outside, put your computer on a grill or in a fireplace or something like that, douse it with lighter fluid, light a match, and burn it.
• Don't get a new computer after completing the above step.

Tips

• Don't play this game, unless of course you want to laugh at it.

 If you want your place reviewed simply contact Banjobug on twitter or send me a private message on ROBLOX. The next post could be about your place! I'll be glad to give you ideas on your place and help make it better. Also, if you find a place that is absolutely awful and on the front page send me a PM and I might make a RANT about it!

Also, you should follow me on twitter even if you don't have a RANT or review request! Sometimes I invite my followers to go to places with me to help review them.

Place Reviewed: RAMP 1000000
Reviewed by: Banjobug

Hat Review: MUSCLEHEAD!!!

I hope you like rare items because this item is an extremely rare item that went OFFSALE!!! Although it doesn't look very appealing, I have to admit, I wish I had it :P. But without further ado, I am about to present to you, an item introduced in 2010, MUSCLEHEAD!!!

Mesh: 10/10

The mesh on this hat is very, very unique. This may be the ONLY hat that I KNOW OF that is a two part hat. If you don't know what I mean by that, I mean that it appears that the two pieces of it are separated. Although it isn't, it seems like it. This is the only mesh I've seen like this but I'd really like to see more hats like this.

Texture: 10/10

This texture is also very unique. I would really like to see someone make a retexture of this. Check that. I'd like to see someone make a GOOD retexture of this. No recoloring or any of that crap. It looks really realistic. Overall I really liked this texture. I had one problem though. It kinda looks like the outside is green, but maybe that's cause I'm a little colorblind. It still gets the full 10/10.

Outfits: 10/10

This hat doesn't really go well with other hats, but you really don't need other hats. If you look at it, it pretty much encloses your entire head. The only problem I have with it is that it shows that your head is bald. But that's an easy fix. Just add some hair! I really like the way it fits AROUND your head, instead of a lot of the hats that ROBLOX makes. The usual hats usually go on top of your head and that gets boring but this hat encloses your entire head.

Value: 11/10

I can't find the original value of this item but I have heard from all over LMaD that they would pay around 50k for it. It is very rare with just 300+ in stock. I did hear though (thanks to Vilicus) that the original price was pretty low. And some people that own this item are probably deleted or inactive since it was made in 2010. This hat is very rare and it will probably sell for very, very high. This definitely deserves an 11 in value.

User Feedback:

FantaYum1: I wish I had. WHO HAS IT?!

camey25: Epic. Buying if it goes limited

@IBarrageI: Fairly ugly but funny hat. Forgotten for a reason.

LordBricksmith: Hawt

RandomCowGoesMooo: Hottest hat yet

Suggestions:

1. Make rainbows

2. Add unicorns

3. Add Shedletsky

4. Instant epic retexture.

5. Haha but in all honestly, this hat (IMO) is honestly flawless. I saw a lot of comments on a thread I made saything it was ugly and no one would ever buy it but in my opinion, it is the only one of its kind and it is absolutely flawless. Great job ROBLOX!

Well that wraps up another Hat Review. 

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Gear Review: Deluxe Hook Shot!

Dark here, today I’m going to do a little review on our newest grappling hook, Deluxe Hook Shot.  Why is this review taking me so long? Well, I’ve been trying to cover all of the new gear (Deluxe Hook Shot, Adventure Island, Tiger Skin and Dart Trap) but In catalog heaven the only 2 gear that worked were Deluxe Hook Shot and Adventure Island so I decided I would just make a separate review on Deluxe Hook Shot.

 Abilities/Effects: 9/10

       This gears abilities are the same as every other grappling hook, you click on any stable brick, and it could be across the map it would still bring you to it.  If you see someone up on a mountain you can click on them, the grappling hook either brings them towards you and throws them on the ground or it pull you towards the, and lets you let normally on the ground next to them.  You could use the pulling them towards you by clicking on them then soon as they get near you switch to a sword and kill them or you could click on them and it would bring you towards them and soon as you get near them you quickly change to a sword and kill them.

Appearance: 7/10

I personally think this gear has too much of a cartoonish appearance, it seems to fake and animated for a grappling hook, it seems to fake for what it can do if you know what I mean… Maybe if it was darker like a black with a bit of rust it would seem a lot more realistic?  It looks nice in the avatars hands, as if it was a gun!

Pricing: 6/10

This grappling hook cost 750 robux, 45 robux more than the original grappling hook I personally think the MAX price for this gear should be 500 robux, if you tested the gear on catalog heaven, you would not think it would be worth 750 robux, you would think of it more as a 300-500 robux gear.  In conclusion I think this gear is overpriced by a nice bit.

Overall: 7.5/10

I think this gear has some nice abilities; it looks good enough I suppose for “Adventure based” gear and the price is reasonable.  When I first tested the gear I really enjoyed it.  So overall I give this a 7.5/10.

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Why do users visit certain games?

This is a nice lengthy post I am going to write for you readers tonight! There was two versions of this post, one has mysteriously disappeared from our dashboard, and two is this one! :P Today I am telling you about how games are popular and why.

Now, we know loads of great game developers like Crazyman32, Wingman8, and TheGamer101.
These three game creators all spend a lot of time developing and perfecting their games. But what makes their games so appealing? There is so many things on ROBLOX that makes a game appealing, and with some of them- provided by ROBLOX and designed and visualized by us.

Roblox users are critics, some may not know it, but all of us users are critics some how. We all judge games, we all play games. Game that are on the front page, were decided by users. Games that are on the front page of ROBLOX are always good games, some may not be original- for example "JaredValdez4", but the games Jared Valdez has, are great games. So therefore it is on the front page. Users don't really care about who's game it is, as long as it's a good game- like JaredValdez' games, it's a front-page material game.

All users must know that some games that are very good, can't always get noticed when they are up against Crazyman32's freeflight and Sword Fighting Tournament by TheGamer101.

I asked many users on ROBLOX which Genre of game they thought were the best, around 50% said "Military/War", and around 10% said "Adventure" the rest said "RPG". All three of this Genres are very appealing to many, many users. Personally, I like Adventure and Mystery. But that's my choice.

On to building, building on ROBLOX is actually not the top on my list of appealing objects of a game, but building is in the top 3. Building doesn't have to be CFramed, although CFraming helps the building go way-beyond what you expect. But there is one aspect of building that can actually replace CFraming, which surprisingly is Terrain, people are loving the Terrain. There is a few games on ROBLOX that show what you can do with terrain, like "Freeflight" by Crazyman32, Terrain can make people love the game, but it has to be made to perfection.

Another thing on my list was the front-cover of a game. Games like "Welcome To Roblox Building" have nice, nice pictures. Here is an example I whipped up:

This was easily made with Photoshop and can be made with other image editing software. The best three I would say on the internet are Paint.NET, Gimp, and Photoshop. They can all be found if you write their names in the google search. If you look at the example image, in a way it appeals to you. You like the way it is made, and CFramed, and the special effects on the image, make people love games. Like Crazyman32's Freeflight (I know I've mentioned it a lot) it has a great image, that was made fairly simple using ROBLOX tools and Photoshop text with Lens Flares. So, graphic design is one of the main things, it's probably fourth in my list.

Scripting, now scripting is probably second in everybody's list. It makes a game be a game. Without any scripting, your game is nothing. Even if it's only allowing gear, it's scripting and that's the bottom line. Games like "Mountain Brawl Gear Fight" by our very own IBarrageI, has few scripting like Swords, but that game does not need scripting, as it has allowed gear. That's scripting, even if the gear that you have bought isn't made by the creator, it's scripting. Especially if you allow ROBLOX gear, it is made by the masters, and will be good.

Now I was so confused about my results on this, according to my research, users are more appealed to a game, by the materials and the way they are put. I found this an astonishing result! Materials in a game, if they are put in the game well, they are a very attractive and alluring element. People love them. Games like "The Underground Base" by SuperAlpacaMan have many choices of materials that change the way users think of the game. I found, the most loved material was actually "Slate" followed by "Grass". But this can change on what computer you are using, if you are using a state of the art Graphics Card, like me. You see everything in a great, view. I have textures on top all the time, and they view amazing. Some textures like Foil aren't as nice on Low texture settings, this is something that makes things have to be chosen wisely. So be careful with your choices!

The conclusion I came to is that ROBLOX Materials are judged more then anything else on ROBLOX games.

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Shady Business Hat Critique

Hmmm. Well isn't this something? From a glance, it's just like any other fedora. Same sort of style. But people don't look further into it. It's style resembles a type of hat that is highly looked at as a famous hat. Yes, I am talking about the classic fedora and the Sparkle Time Fedoras. The actual design and the name of it suggests that this is worn by "Shady Businessmen" AKA The Mafia (And they sure have done well  in capturing that theme). It is also very realistic, and can appeal to many players, not just because it's a fedora, but that it's a good alternative to lashing out 1000's of R$ on a classic fedora (Not saying that they will not want the classic though).

As I said earlier on, it looks as if this was meant to represent 2 other hats. and this is the picture showing us the comparison:

First off. There is a likeness to the other hats, though not exact. First of all, it's the same sort of style, it's slightly flat, just like the classics. Though if there is one thing that doesn't match it, it the size. It's been made fairly smaller.

The positioning is also very similar to the classics. As seen on this character.

It's almost as if it was to almost represent the classics.

Just like below. But there are obvious differences.

The brim on the classic is lower and wider. but that's pretty much the only obvious differences. (Thanks to shadow888888880 for the character)

This hat is priced at 1000 R$. A very decent price considering what is looks like. It's a price worth paying for it. (And I should know, I bought it myself). But don't take my word for it.

Comments from ROBLOX:

Posted 1 hour ago by jumbochris1995
Oh man, I want this.

Posted 1 hour ago by tomcis147
holy cow

Posted 2 hours ago by rikublade4817
At least its a decent hat we hadnt seen a decent hat in a while

LordL3git: I really want it but I spent all of mah moneh because im so dumb I have a feeling once it is limited it will go big.

IBLackoutzz: I love it. I bought it.

Though, many people are opposed to this fedora, due to the fact it's said to be designed for the 3.0 bodies. But frankly in my opinion, it suits 1.0, 2.0 AND 3.0 So I don't know what they are complaining about..

The hat is also timed and goes offsale in 2 days, and it already has over 900 sales. (A popular hat indeed)

tl;dr A good hat that looks like a classic, worth buying.

Thank you for reading, Also, suggest other hats I could critique.

Roblox Studio 2.0: A step in the right direction?

Now, as we may know. Roblox studio 2.0 is in progression and currently being made by the ROBLOX admins. Roblox studio 2.0 is actually better than some users expect it to be. Personally, I like ROBLOX Studio 2.0, but the loss of some building tools has annoyed me. I don't use the default move and resize tools. I use the old ones from years ago (I find them more reliable). But a lot of new people like the newest building tools. Studio 2.0 is a very nice update, they have made the interface designs better, made it easier to control, and less confusing. I can't wait until this is out of BETA and ready to be used.

I would like Studio or Studio 2.0 to be an option so you don't have to use 2.0 if you don't want to. I took a look at 2.0 and I found it very nice. I do like it lots, but I still prefer studio 1.0. They have now in Studio 2.0 made math.() be highlighted in blue when writing scripts, so I like that lots. Although I would prefer it if they added auto-tabbing so that you don't have to keep tapping the tab button to organize your scripts.

Overall, studio 2.0 is a great addition, for all those Newbies and Old Robloxians. It's fun to build with, but still has some flaws I hate so much. I loved old tools that moved/resized things. But now we have to use those new ones in it, I would use 1.0 more.

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