Reviews

Stik Figa: Best Of Stik Figa

If you've never heard of Stig Figa prior to this, then maybe it's time you get acquainted. Best of Stik Figa is an exciting mixtape collection compiled by the Kentucky rapper. Filled with catchy beats, great rap skills and backed up in production by the Mello Music Group, you're guaranteed a great listen with this one. The 10-track record contains only the best cuts done by the rapper since 2009 and currently offered for free download over at his BandCamp page.

Rufio: For Lights

Combining hip hop with his signature dub and synth style, Sacramento native, Rufio definitely delivers a different kind of vibe with his compilation. Better known as Ru [are you,] For Lights is the first compilation from the artist. It was initially conceived as a record that hopes to capture and explore the different facets of beauty in life. However, the album transformed over time and the artist decided to create it as a sort of story; "Almost like a soundtrack to a movie that hasn’t been produced yet," he relates.

Flow Free

Big Duck Games LLC’s Flow Free is a game with a simple premise: join the corresponding colors to create a flowing pipe. To win, a player has to cover the whole board and match all the colors. This isn’t as easy as it sounds because the pipes are going to snap if they overlap. The nature of the game makes it challenging and addictive. For a free game, it packs a lot of features. There are three hundred levels at Free Play mode, Jumbo and Classic packs and ten board types.

Nine Stories: Nine Stories LP

Nine Stories LP embraces pop acoustic music far more than most have ever dared. Being the brainchild of 80's born musician/composer Nacho Ruiz, the musical project is rooted in a pop acoustic sentimentality, but is certainly not limited by the form. By incorporating a plethora of instrumentations, Ruiz stretches his music in some very interesting directions.

Snappy Screen Capture

Snappy screen capture grabs an image of your desktop, a selected region, an object or an application window, or even an entire web page you are currently viewing. The in-software options include desktop capture, selected window capture, object and selection capture. Clicking the Start button opens up the Event window and you are ready to go.

Evan Shinn: Absence of Love

Immerse yourself with blissfull pop folktronica with Evan Shinn's Absence of Love. Released last 25 October 2011, the album showcase eight tracks that sports Shinn's musical mantra which is to write music for music's sake. Approaching with steady drum beats, Nothing To Fake welcomes the listener with nostalgic piano keys and an explosion of electro spurs and handclapping rhytms.

Biogenesis

Biogenesis is educational software that simulates the processes that take place in the natural evolution of unicellular organisms. It is educational but can also be viewed as an entertainment program. With Biogenesis you will learn important facts about biology. You will learn and see the microscopic world – how organisms reproduce, collide and travel. Although scientific in nature, it is simple to use and can be fun. You don’t need to be a geek to enjoy or use it.

Fear Report: Pandemic

Judging from the band’s name itself, Fear Report, you could already get a glimpse of what kind of music they have to offer. Fear Report is honest, straightforward, emotional and most of all delivers a 90s rock feel that is rare in today’s scene and genre. Their unique sound comes mainly from their diverse musical influences. From post-hardcore to metal edge to grunge to indie and alternative, this is what Fear Report is. Your ordinary five man rock band but has always something new to bring to the table.