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"Recommended for people who enjoy games with choice and consequence. Contains branching dialog, tough choices, companion character romances, and more."

"The writing of Baldur's Gate has always been one of its strongest aspects. The story remains unchanged and still holds up."

8.5/10 - Destructoid
"Hammers out a multitude of bugs found in the original release, as well as introduces brand new characters, storylines, and modes to play through.

8.5/10 - Inside Gaming Daily
"Enhanced Edition has received a number of visual upgrades including support for high resolutions that provide a far more panoramic view of the game's lovely, lush backgrounds, and a mousewheel-controlled zoom function for quickly shifting to a more down-and-dirty view of the battlefield."
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About This Game

Since its initial release in 1998, Baldur's Gate has entertained millions of fans around the globe and has received countless awards. This classic saga of mystery, intrigue, and adventure has set the standard for Dungeons & Dragons™ computer roleplaying games ever since.

Running on an upgraded and improved version of the Infinity Engine, Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition™ includes the entire Baldur's Gate adventure, the Tales of the Sword Coast expansion pack, and never-before-seen content including a new adventure and three new party members: the Calishite monk Rasaad yn Bashir, Neera the wild mage, and Dorn Il-Khan, the evil blackguard.

Key Features

  • New Adventure: The Black Pits
  • New Character: Dorn Il-Khan
  • New Character: Neera the Wild Mage
  • New Character: Rasaad yn Bashir
  • A new collection of player character voice sets
  • Native support for high-resolution widescreen displays
  • Over 400 improvements to the original game
  • Improved multiplayer support with connectivity between all platforms

System Requirements

Mac OS X
SteamOS + Linux
    • OS:Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8
    • Processor:1 GHZ
    • Memory:512 MB RAM
    • Graphics:OpenGL 2.0 compatible
    • Hard Drive:2.17 GB HD space
    • Sound:Windows Compatible
    • OS: OS X 10.6.8 or later
    • Processor: Dual Core Processor
    • Memory:512 MB RAM
    • Graphics:OpenGL 2.0 compatible
    • Hard Drive:2.17 GB HD space
    • OS: Ubuntu 12+
    • Processor: Dual Core Processor
    • Memory:512 MB RAM
    • Graphics:OpenGL 2.0 compatible
    • Hard Drive:2.17 GB HD space
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55 of 75 people (73%) found this review helpful
6 people found this review funny
299.1 hrs on record
Posted: February 9
My parents tell me i should stop playing and get a real life. They say im a loser. But how i can be a loser, sorrounded by hot female elf, human and specially orc chicks?
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22 of 22 people (100%) found this review helpful
63.9 hrs on record
Posted: January 19
Baldur's Gate is truly a masterpiece. Despite it's beauty, tactical depth and great story, the game does not take itself too seriously. This cannot be said of many other leading RPG titles, which I soon begin to find rather corny. If you like RPGs and have not played Baldur's Gate, then this is an absolute must, you do not even need to waste your time reading this review but of course you are welcome to. If you have played the original BG and are curious about Beamdog's boob job, I share with you my opinion.

The original game's two main lackings are native widescreen support and Linux support (I use Ubuntu/Mint). Interestingly, the Steam store lists BGEE as a Windows/Mac title, while BG2EE is listed as Windows/Mac/Linux. Both titles run perfectly on Linux since the latest patches.

The reason for me to buy Beamdog's re-release was simply curiosity. Where would anyone find the guts to mess with this classic work of art? What would they change about it?

First looks and User Interface
My first impression of BGEE was honestly not that great. It was still before Linux support was added. The aesthetics just turned me off. The changed logo, the sword with the text "Enhanced Edition", the user interface which had it's old-skool goldish buttons replaced with red "open-missile-silo-doors"-buttons. It all just took away some of the original game's magic. Perhaps mostly nostalgic feelings on my part.

Once hours inside the game the UI didn't really bother me anymore. Since recent updates, I was pleasantly surprised by the "Quick loot"-button that was added to the bottom panel. This made looting a whole lot easier, since it is no longer necessary to check all the corpses individually for good loot, potions, scrolls, etc.

More aesthetics
Not only the UI has had a makeover. The movies are also replaced. The new ones are not 3d-animated like the old ones. The new movies are built from nice artistic drawings. The drawings look really good and are accompanied by the trusty old sounds of the original game.

The character models have also been updated, though they are still not 'HD'. The pre-rendered environments are still the same as in the original BG. These were already stunningly beautiful anyway, no need to make changes there.

There are some major changes to the gameplay. Characters are now created in the same fashion as in BG2. This means that not only can one choose from various classes, but many classes have kits to choose from, with each its own abilities and restrictions. Also, the Half-Orc is now a playable race as in BG2.

Weapon proficiencies are also updated to the BG2 standard, which means that the points are no longer put into groups of weapons (for example there used to be one group of large swords, containing two-handed, ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ and long swords and another group of blunt weapons, containing staves, maces, clubs and hammers). The new system forces you to choose specific weapons, thus making switching between various weapons in the same group impossible if you have not spent any points on the other weapon.

Because of the relatively low level cap in BG1, you will find each character using one or two types of weapons throughout the whole game. This is not a problem, but it is a significant deviation from the original. The weapon styles from BG2 have also been added. This new proficiency system works really well at the higher character levels achieved in BG2, but has minor shortcomings in a game where characters reach level 8-10 and thus do not have too many points to spend.

Two-Weapon Fighting
As mentioned before, the weapon styles from BG2 have been imported. Two-Weapon Fighting is now also possible, which adds lots of fun to the game. You are now able to shred your opponents in seconds, sacrificing the protection of a shield. While shields in BG are not too powerful and one can easily manage without, dual-wielding is somewhat (if not more) overpowered. My Half-Orc berserker has 3 attacks per round wielding dual ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ swords. With 19 strenght, 3 points in two-weapon fighting, 3 in ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ sword and berserker rage (granting protection against hold, fear and other hazards, plus combat bonuses) he is an insanely strong melee fighter, one you would never encounter in the original game.

Special abilities
I mentioned the berserker rage, but many of the class kit abilities are very powerful. Some good examples are the priest of Helm's Seeking Sword (3 attacks per round with huge THAC0 bonus) and True Sight. The newly added "Shadowdancer" kit with its hide-in-plain-sight ability is also quite powerful, being able to backstab, hide and backstab again. There are many more new abilities that will aid you in your fight against (or for your own) evil.

The battles in BG1 often used to be insanely difficult, but they were not designed for all these newly added features. This makes the enhanced edition somewhat less challenging than the original, but still very challenging. Only the greatest tactical geniuses would complain that the game has become easy. You should consider putting the difficulty slider one notch to the right compared to what you were used to in the original. Because of all the new additions, you will be well equipped for some tougher beasties.

New adventures
For me, not too interesting. They are not of the same quality as the original storyline. Then again, that quality is extremely rare. If you do not like the new quests then you can always just skip them.

The enhanced edition is a welcome re-release of a brilliant game. It offers some great improvements while leaving just minor scars.

+Native support for widescreen and higher resolutions
+Native support for Mac and Linux (no more messing around with Wine)
+Zoom function (though when zoomed in the game looks a bit crude)
+Quick loot function eliminates the hassle of searching every corpse individually
+New kits and abilities add fun
+Bug fixes
+Beamdog still provides updates, they have shown their love for this game and do not seem to have done all this for some easy cash (unlike some others).

-Aesthetics (mainly logo and user interface) could have been better/more faithful to the original
-The balance and difficulty of the game are slightly compromised by addition of the new kits, abilities and two-weapon fighting.
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19 of 23 people (83%) found this review helpful
1 person found this review funny
126.9 hrs on record
Posted: February 8
You must gather your party before venturing forth.
You must gather your party before venturing forth.
You must gather your party before venturing forth.
You must gather your party before venturing forth.

10/10 would ressurect Dynaheir again.
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12 of 12 people (100%) found this review helpful
1 person found this review funny
10.1 hrs on record
Posted: March 31
An AD&D adventure set in the Forgotten Realms. The Grandaddy of all isometric (top down) open world RPGs. The Gold Standard from 1998 by which all others of its type continue to be weighed, measured and found wanting. And while it's nice to see a resurgence of newer titles embracing this classic genre, Baldur's Gate is still yet to be dethroned as far as I'm concerned by anything that has come along since in terms of gameplay, story and immersion.

Although the graphics were revolutionary for its time, they're obviously well dated by today's standards. But once you get drawn into its story, colorful NPCs and atmosphere its technical limitations just fade away and it still holds up just fine.

Kudos to Beamdog for bringing this classic into the modern era of PC gaming.

Play it again.......for the very first time
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19 of 25 people (76%) found this review helpful
1 person found this review funny
389.9 hrs on record
Posted: February 11
I only played a little but it was fun
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5 of 5 people (100%) found this review helpful
1 person found this review funny
38.8 hrs on record
Posted: March 8
I was an invincible demi-god, and then I met petrification.

+Timeless classic of the D&D universe
+Excellent character NPCs of all variety
+Game length was not too long or too short
+Immersive story
+Voice acting was pretty good
+Late game stays true to the D&D aspect that there isn’t just one way to complete a quest
+Random Easter eggs and parodies
+Controls were pretty straightforward, felt like a RTS with a pause button
+Can export your character to use in Baldur’s Gate II

-AI was incredibly derpy at times; especially pathing and combat
-Some available party members would just up and leave despite actively working on their personal quest line. Be wary of who you deck out in good gear.
-Some personal quests won’t complete if certain party members die during the last part of their quest line.
-Some spells are unclear if they hurt your party or not. If it doesn’t specify ENEMIES, it more than likely will affect everybody.
-Story was a bit slow up front, but stick with it.
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5 of 6 people (83%) found this review helpful
13.9 hrs on record
Posted: March 12
I'll be writing this review mainly directed to people who don't really know much about Dungeons & Dragons or old-school cRPG's.

One of the first games to have branching story paths that actually worked and meant something. Lots of consequence, lots of choices, lots of endings.

The story of the game is very well written and also interesting. If you're willing to read up on the background information a little to get a grasp of what the D&D world is like, particuarly this one, then you'll understand the games story better. Even if you don't read any background information you'll still pick up on it as you play, and you'll still be able to enjoy it.

The first few hours of the game are a little slow and sort of random. During these few hours (about 2-3 hours or so), lots of random things will be thrown at you just to let you practice on how the game works. You'll meet random companions, random attacks, and have some pretty pointless but rewarding side quests. Like I said, these are just to warm you up on the rest of the game.

One of the main points of the game is maintaining a party. You'll meet many companions along your adventure which you can either allow into your party or not. You must watch each players health, weapons, stats, and so on. It sounds complicated when you first read about it, but it's pretty easy once you get used to it. Your companions will get tired, get wounded or their weapons will break. You have to watch out for all of these things and help them out as much as you can. Fortunately for people who have a hard time making characters, you will only have to make your own character (which is the leader of the party) as all other companions will have their own stats and abilities. With that being said, you must know how to use and level up their stats and abilities.

The combat can be a bit tricky at first, especially once your party gets pretty large. You are able to pause the game, point out each individual party member who to attack, then unpause. Having your whole party attack the same enemy at once works on lower level enemies, but as you start to face larger groups of monster and/or more challenging enemies, you have to use strategy to determine how not to get your party instantly killed.

The character creation is quite big for this game. You can chose between a few races, pick between many classes which have their own sub-classes (Such has Cleric/Ranger or Cleric/Thief, etc.) and have quite a bit of stats to level up. You won't be leveling up as easily or quickly as many of todays RPGs. I didn't upgrade my main character until about 2 hours into the game while doing a bunch of side-quests and killing lots of enemies. Leveling up is meant to feel rewarding and having an actual impact when adding points to stats and gaining new abilites.

The world is nicely drawn in this game too. The graphics on the Enhanced Version doesn't look much better than when I played this game years ago, but at least it's in widescreen.

Exploring the world is also a huge point in this game. The world isn't all one seamless level, but instead it's broken up into large sections which usually have other sections within them, such as caves and castles. Most of the places you're allowed to freely enter, but others are restricted.

I guess there's also multiplayer, but I guess i'm the only one in my friends list that owns this game haha.

Overall, I think this game is very good, and the Enchanced Edition brings some changes that will ease in newcomers to the classing cRPG genre. This is considered by many to be one of the best RPG games to date, as well as the other D&D cRPG's that came out around the same time. I recommend this game to anyone who is a fan of RPGs and are willing to overcome a slight learning curve if they haven't played a classic cRPG such as this before.
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4 of 5 people (80%) found this review helpful
56.5 hrs on record
Posted: January 4
Grateful for being able to easily enjoy classics like these.
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7 of 11 people (64%) found this review helpful
73.9 hrs on record
Posted: December 2, 2014
This was before RPG's became dumbed down, open world hack and slash action games and completely lost their depth and the meaning of the genre entirely, Baldur's Gate is an extremely brilliant addition to the cRPG genre and easily among the top 3 games of it's kind. It has tough gameplay that may be off putting for beginners early on in the game and may take a while for some people to get into it, but what you'll be left with is a game that may kick you in the teeth occasionally but is as rewarding as games get.

Baldurs gate primarly focusses on micromanagement, giving you a party of up to 6 units to control, each and will need to play their role in order for your adventure to be successful, experimenting in BG is key, could take a few restarts before you're happy with your character.

This game uses the Dungeons & Dragons rule set, which I have come to appreciate quite a lot within the last few years, actions your party do will be affected by dice rolls which adds unpredictability and suspense to the combat.

The Enhanced version of Baldur's Gate is well done in a sense that they haven't changed much, this is basically the original with a vastly improved resolution and a few better effects, the visuals in this version remain true and set the mood for fantasy experience.

Baldur's Gate, while being a pretty complex game is also accessible to those who have patience to learn as they go along, while it may be brutal near the beginning, the sense of having a party you're finally comfortable with is like no other, while it does throw you in the deep end of pool seemingly filled with custard, it soon gets incredibly fun.

This is one of the greats of the RPG genre and puts anything released in the last decade to shame, this along with Planescape Torment are some of my favourite games of all time. Don't expect this to hold your hand, a lot of patience is required and expect to have to speak to a ton of NPC's for information and receiving quests and expect to get one shotted often in some annoying encounters.

It must be added that the portions added by Beamdog are disgustingly horrific and have some of the worst writing I've ever seen in a videogame, ever, I hope to God they don't make Baldur's Gate 3.
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8 of 13 people (62%) found this review helpful
1 person found this review funny
65.0 hrs on record
Posted: April 26
Mostly unplayable due to bugs. For instance, the quest log--after I got to Chapter 5, it went away, impossible to know what the quests are, what to do, where to go. Just one of the many bugs. The people who give this glowing reviews did not finish the game. And, as you can see, I invested many hours into it. There are areas where if you talk to an NPC before doing something else, the game just about blows up--from talking to an NPC! Your party is stuck, unable to leave the zone. I mean, it's just one thing like that after another with this broken mess. Sure, it is nostalgic, it's FUN, but only if you dabble for a few minutes and then quit, as I suspect 99% of the reviewers out there have done. Play it to win it, and you'll see what I'm talking about. I played through most of the game's content but am not able to finish it to see how it ends.
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2 of 2 people (100%) found this review helpful
154.0 hrs on record
Posted: January 19
Forgive my english -
This isn't a review but more of a testimony. 14 hours in.

I just started playing the classics for my first time. I played DOS which led to Wasteland which was based on fallout1-2 and I enjoyed Wasteland.

So I tried Fallout 2 and I didn't get it for the first 4 hours(at least) and I quit once and started over. But after the initial fail I really really enjoyed the game. I can't say I ever played a better one. It's an epic story of honor and revenge. Skyrim, witcher2 , ME12, DAO ... it was as good as any of them.

So I couldn't play yet another post apocalypse rpg so i decided to try BG2 which everyone seems to agree is one of the top rpgs of all time.
I struggled again at the beginning. 6 hours of not liking the game and I also quit once. And then I started to get into it. It had better party building than Fallout2 and the world was starting to get interesting So I stopped because I knew I needed to play BG in order to fully appreciate BG2 because they reference BG in the dialogue.

OK, so now I'm playing BG and again the first 4 hours sucked. I was even bored. Even though I knew the UI and play style already from BG2. Again I quit (went back) once and changed some decisions. I didn't pick up Minsc (yet) because I hated the time limit on the quest. It made me nervous.

So, anyway, I finally acclimated to the pace and game style and it is a great game so far. Since it's my first run through it's a challenge. I've already lost 2 men (who I didn't mind losing or else I would have loaded the last save). The combat is fun.

Really though the balance is incredible. The action happens in well spaced intervals. So far the side quests are fun. I'm in no rush to push the game along. Level progress is nice and slow. I feel very underdeveloped now and I'm happy to have this gang I've put together. Some of them are selfish. One is evil. All are quirky. Money is scarce. And I'm not sure what's going on and why I'm being hunted. We are heading down to Neshkel because that's where the actions at. I was there and a bit further t on my first runthrough but I rage quit. This time it's nicer.

I'm sure this game is going to be great. I guess the point of this "review" is that you might need to take some time to get into these older games. Once you acclimate to the graphics and the pace you no longer miss anythig about the new games and you get all this great game programing and story telling by people who REALLY loved their product . Not the "this is a game made with love" BS tag line the reviewers say about EVERY game now. This one was obviously made by people who loved games and fantasy.
The action is fun once you learn the rules.
The text , which is a main fake complaint about old school rpgs is fine. "the wall of text" stuff is a myth. It's the opposite. The writing reflects the "efficiency" of text based adventures from the era. Zork (the first text adventure?) never gives you more than a few lines to read. It's the same with BG. Those writers were more skilled than todays. I loved Skyrim but the writing in BG is superior. Skyrim gets long winded and repetitive.
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2 of 2 people (100%) found this review helpful
46.5 hrs on record
Posted: December 1, 2014
Are you a lover of RPG's? Do you enjoy engaging stories that grab every inch of you attention? Are you willing to play with and infuse your imagination into a world with a very rich and interesting mythology and history?

Look no further!

The Baldur's Gate series was and still is the crowning RPG series, the one to rule them all and in the darkness of Bhaal bind them. So of course the question is how does this enhanced edition work out?

Perfectly. The new companions are interesting with their own back stories that really expand the rather modest repertoire of companion stories This is of course compared to today's standards with games like Mass Effect, Knights of the Old Republic, Dragon Age, and Fallout: New Vegas. Keep in mind that the original Baldur's Gate was released in 1998 and it still makes me onanate and ♥♥♥♥ me britches from the awesomeness of it. They are prevalently assigned classes that were not in the original, but were in Baldur's Gate 2. The old one. This edition also provides some new locations to explore and have fun with (though they are mostly tied to the new companions).

Some might be dissapointed because the original was, with all the mods, a far superior game, in many ways exceeding this newer version. But, and I say this with tears of joy dripping down my red colored baby chins, the modding community and the community as a whole are strong with this one and the mods are already coming out in numbers. My favourite is the NPC Banter mod, which gives just so much to the game that it's a must. Companions get these thinking and emotional dimensions that just must be experienced. It's still in development, but it already does wonders.

I'd write more, but I must go feast on the flesh of kobolds now and help an infernal looking kid find his dog. Good day, adventurers!
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1 of 1 people (100%) found this review helpful
15.2 hrs on record
Posted: December 17, 2014
An oldy but a goody, great rpg game and one of the best D&D - pc games.
Loved this game when it came out & still do.
Great story, great gameplay, glad they made this enhanced edition.
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1 of 1 people (100%) found this review helpful
143.5 hrs on record
Posted: December 8, 2014
The game itself is easily the best RPG I've ever played. If you've never played it, it's worth whatever the price is. The only thing I didn't see mentioned in other helpful reviews is the fact that you are given complete freedom upon leaving the starting area. This game was truly 'Open World' long before that was ever a thing.

Any quality issues you might have because of the age of this title, such as graphics, are easily overshadowed by the brilliant writing, open-ended gameplay, and the level of completeness and care that was originally put into this game.

The Enhanced Edition is a welcome improvement. It launched for me first try with no issues on Win7x64/AMD 8-Core. If all it did was run the game and provide modern display resolutions, it would be a great success.

Visual enhancements and more options to tweak gameplay are also included. These are icing on the above-descibed cake. Documentation on some of these features is lacking, but it looks like Beamdog is in it for the long haul.

Other enhancements make the game more like BG2, adding subclasses, dual wield, extra weapon types, mechanics tweaks, NPCs, etc. By any measure these things are an improvement, BUT I have mixed feelings about it since I love the original, with all its limitations. In a way, BG2 is less good now.

In summary a great rerelease of an epic game. Bugs (new ones) are barely worth mentioning & since this was clearly a project by someone who loves the game I have no doubt that they will be eradicated.

No good reason not to buy this game. :)

Thanks and congrats to Beamdog. Keep up the good work!
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1 of 1 people (100%) found this review helpful
69.7 hrs on record
Posted: December 13, 2014
This game bought back back a lot of memories. Awesome to replay with all the improvements. The only thing missing was the spectacular mauual/spell guide that came in the OG box.
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1 of 1 people (100%) found this review helpful
81.1 hrs on record
Posted: January 5

I remember playing this as a kid and not knowing what I was doing. Now with me being older, smarter, and more of a nerd(and proud of it) I know what I need to do and how to play it. Sure it can be hard at times if you dont have the right gear or skills, but its nothing some grinding here and there or going from shop to shop cant fix. If you are new to this game, take it slow and save often as you can and will die alot.
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1 of 1 people (100%) found this review helpful
30.5 hrs on record
Posted: December 22, 2014
The original Baldur's Gate is a masterpiece; if you already have it, no need to buy the Enhanced Edition as it honestly doesn't add anything worthwhile, and the stuff it does add (3 NPCs among other things), are nowhere near the level of quality as the original BG in my opinion.
Higher resolutions and widescreen are nice, but those could be modded already.

A good reason to still buy the Enhanced Edition though, and the reason I bought it, is the ability to play it natively on any platform (in my case Linux). This to me is well worth the full price of the Enhanced Edition.
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1 of 1 people (100%) found this review helpful
24.2 hrs on record
Posted: December 26, 2014
Bit of nostalgia playing this remastered version. Funnily enough i got hooked all over again! The graphics are not modern its still 90's fare but this game still has something magical about it that brings you back year after year for just one more playthrough. If you can look past its age you will enjoy your time in Baldur's Gate :)
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1 of 1 people (100%) found this review helpful
72.2 hrs on record
Posted: March 23
Any old fan of Baldur's Gate looking to rekindle their relationship shouldn't hesitate to purchase this updated version. And any new bloods looking for a great single player RPG experience, look no further.
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1 of 1 people (100%) found this review helpful
33.1 hrs on record
Posted: April 5
Visually it's not a large improvement outside of the natural benefits that come with higher resolution. it is nice that they added a zoom feature so that you can set the scale to whatever you are happy with at your monitor's resolution. It is easier to install plus saves and loads are much faster. The backgrounds have been re-mastered which adds a little bit of improvement to the overall color of the image. The sprites have not been reworked I think one of the reviews I read had that backwards.

Overall it looks a little better but it is nice because it works without any hassle and you don't have to mod the game to get it to support your setup.

They have also added an expansion pack worth of new characters, items, and areas to explore (30+ new areas).

Personally I am really happy to see this game get new content 15 years after it's release. The content is up to the same standards as the original game and some of the characters they have added are more developed then the originals.

Text is easier to read, small bugs that were never fixed are patched up now. Over all it's not a huge improvement but it is a noticeably better experience and the extra content and support with possible future DLC options makes me give this a high score. I won't be going back to the original that is for sure
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Barton, Karen and Maharg, Paul and McKellar, Patricia (2008) SIMPLE : learning through simulations. In: BILETA 2008 Conference - Glasgow Caledonian University, 2008-03-26 - 2008-03-28, Glasgow. (Unpublished)

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Game-based learning and simulations are powerful modes of learning, used by industries as diverse as aviation and health sciences. While there are many generic VLEs available to further and higher education, there is no widely available open source Web-based simulation environment for professional learning. The two year SIMPLE (simulated professional learning environment) project, a partnership between the University of Strathclyde and UKCLE, designed, created, implemented and evaluated such an environment. SIMPLE has been piloted by six law schools and three other disciplines (architecture, management science and social work), creating simulations that place both undergraduates and postgraduates in a professional context where their work is, as it will be in the workplace, distributed between tools, colleagues and resources, as well as encountering anticipated and unanticipated problems.

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Along with the attractions most people look forward to doing, there are a number of more subdued attractions that many people don't realize are there. These small things are what distinguishes Disney World from other theme parks. Listed below are these hidden secrets. If we missed one you know of, feel free to email me at quickgold@studioscentral.com

In the early 1900's Sid Cahuenga and his wife Rosie lived in Chicago. Sid was a big fan of the movies, so they decided to move out to L.A. and bought land there before Hollywood was Hollywood. They built there home and pretty soon Hollywood became a real movie hot spot. Buildings were going up everywhere and realtors were desparately trying to buy out Sid's property, which was very valuable. Sid of course refused and so new buildings, studios, and ships sprung up all around his house. Well, Sid got an idea: he went around L.A. to all of the studio lot's and bought anything that had been used in the movies. He then sold these famous items to tourists and collectors in L.A. right out of his home. And so that's why Sid's is in Disney-MGM Studios today, as a tribute to Sid's efforts and successes.
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This past week was testing week for reading, which was really exciting for me. I already had a pretty good idea of how much each of my kids was growing and around what level they had moved to but this test makes it official and tells me exactly how much they have grown. I am so impressed with them! They have been working SO hard and have really blown me away with how much they have grown. Most of my kids came to me reading on about a kindergarten or first grade reading level and they have to be ready for third grade next year in order for them to be on track to be successful. So my goal for every student in my class was for them to make 2 years of reading growth in 1 year. Moving up 4 reading levels is equal to 1 year of growth so I want them all to move up 8 reading levels by the end of the year. This is a huge goal but I really think we can do it!

Toward the middle of the first semester I was struggling a little bit with motivating my kids to make this kind of growth. I wanted them to understand how much growth we need to make and how hard we need to work to do that. So after talking to my absolutely amazing MTLD, Meg, she shared with me something that she did in her class when she was a middle school teacher in California. So when I went home for Thanksgiving break, I stole her idea and got everything ready to start a competition in my class.

On the first day back from break, I told my students that I when I went home to Texas I ran into another second grade teacher who told me that she thinks her class is smarter than my class. So I told that teacher that we should have a competition between our two schools. The competition is whoever moves up the most reading levels AND gets the most effort points by the end of the year wins. I showed them a powerpoint to get them pumped up for the competition and help them understand how it would work. The (fake) school is called Texas Prepatory Charter Academy. I showed them a picture of a really fancy looking school, a group of really fancy looking kids in uniforms that we are competing against and also a picture of the competing teacher at Texas Prep, AKA the villain, my MTLD Meg!

My kids are pretty feisty and they are extremely motivated by any kind of competition so they were pumped. After the first week, I told them we should write a letter to the Texas Prep class to tell them why we are going to win. Here are some quotes from some of their letters:

“I know we are going to win because we work harder than your class and our brains are bigger than yours.”

“I know we are going to win because Ms. A is a better teacher than your teacher and she loves us and we read every day and we try really hard and she even lets us borrow her books.” (with a picture of him with a really huge brain)

“When our class wins your class is going to give our class a trophy. Look at the picture I drew of your class giving our class a trophy. Do you like it?” (with a picture of me and my class smiling and cheering with a huge trophy and their class crying and bleeding)

“I know we are going to win because Ms. A teaches us tons of stuff and I read all the time. P.S. We know how to write even longer letters than this.” (with a picture of me smiling and saying “We won!” and picture of the Texas Prep teacher saying “My clothes are torn!”)

So I’d say they are pretty invested in this thing.

(Sidenote: I never said anything about a trophy and I definitely didn’t say anything about any fighting which is the only thing I can think of that would result in bleeding or clothes being torn… Maybe I got them a little too riled up? Whoops.)

To keep the investment going, Meg makes videos of herself talking about how great her Texas Prep class is doing and how my class is going to need to step it up. Since she is my MTLD, sometimes she has to come and observe me teaching, but when she comes she is going to tell my kids that Texas Prep flew her out to KC to check out what we are doing to make such great growth. I also make up fake newsletters that I say I found on the Texas Prep website talking about the second grade reading competition against a school in Kansas City…

Okay, I know I know. Maybe I am a terrible, horrible person to make up such an elaborate lie to tell to all of my sweet kids. And maybe I get very nervous that they are going to find out this is all a huge lie and there is no such thing as Texas Prepatory Charter Academy. But I just tell myself that lying in the name of student achievement is perfectly okay, right? And, it’s working!

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    You are a reading genius! I can absolutely believe that you made over 1 year of reading growth because of the love you put into your teaching and your mad skills. I’m having a proud roommate moment!!!

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This executable has to be called by a generated script, which is how I ran into this issue. What are the reasons this error could show up? I'm out of ideas on how to fix it.

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Try ls -l ./tagger –  Mark Ransom Sep 28 '10 at 20:15
do ldd ./tagger –  nos Sep 28 '10 at 20:24
@MarkRansom ls -ld ./tagger return -rwxr-xr-x 1 user user 28938 2010-09-28 15:56 ./tagger –  Strilanc Sep 28 '10 at 20:58
@Strilanc Either 'tagger' is a symlink to something that doesn't exist, Or you've created that executable on an old system, and your other system can no longer identify that format, or the exe is a statically linked program intended for another architecture. Run `` ls -l ./tagger` and file ./tagger to learn more about the file. –  nos Sep 28 '10 at 21:28

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The program was compiled for an incompatible architecture, resulting in a non-executable program. The error message stating "does not exist" instead of "invalid executable" is just a very misleading message.

Recompiling it on the target machine fixed the problem.

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I had a problem very similar to the OP (./lfm: Command not found. when I was looking right at it), and some of the answers here helped me figure out how to run my executable on a different system without recompiling. Here's how I would advise my past self (if I thought past-me was smart enough to listen for a change):

1) Verify that the file isn't a broken link, that it has executable permissions, and that you aren't trying to run a 64-bit executable on a 32-bit OS (for me, file lfm returned lfm: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.9, not stripped so it is 64-bit; check the output of uname -a for x86_64 in it, to verify the OS is 64-bit, too; i386 or i686 means 32-bit) (substitute your program name for lfm in these examples, of course).

2) ldd lfm returned the odd not a dynamic executable message (rather than printing the shared library dependencies), so try readelf -l ./lfm | grep ld-linux to find out where the executable expects to find ld-linux, which is the linux loader for dynamically linked libraries (in my case, this returned [Requesting program interpreter: /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2]).

3) Checking the directory indicated by the previous command shows that the indicated ld-linux file is not there; copy it over from the machine the program was originally compiled on (or a similar system, if necessary) to that directory.

4) Try running the original program again. (Worked for me.) Also, ldd ./lfm should work now (but you can always use readelf -d ./lfm to see what libraries are needed, and then verify that they're available.)

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This is great advice. If you're using Ubuntu, you can do a package content search at packages.ubuntu.com to find out the package and architecture which contains the required file, and then install the package. In my case, I needed the 32-bit ld-linux which I installed with sudo apt-get install libc6:i386 –  Tom Shaw Jul 31 '14 at 8:09

Probably tagger is a soft-link and the target of the link isn't there. Reproduce like this:

$ cp /usr/bin/ld .
$ ln -s ld fff
$ rm ld
$ ./fff
zsh: no such file or directory: ./fff
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The command "pico tagger" opens up a file (looks like binary data), so it can't be a stale soft link. Edited the question to reflect this. –  Strilanc Sep 28 '10 at 20:56
@Strilanc, the file command is better for this than a text editor. In the above example the output of file fff would have been fff: broken symbolic link to 'ld' –  jonescb Sep 28 '10 at 21:03
file tagger gives "tagger: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.0.0, not stripped". This is surprising, because ldd says it is not a dynamic executable. At this point I believe it's a mismatched-architecture thing and I should recompile on the target machine. –  Strilanc Sep 28 '10 at 21:36
ldd says it's not an dynamic linked executable because the executable is compiled on a very old machine, using a different dynamic linker than the system you're trying to run it on. i.e. the real error is /lib/ld-linux.so.1 (or some other version you don't have) cannot be found. –  nos Sep 28 '10 at 21:59
@Strilanc: If you are on an x86_64 machine, then that's the answer. It's a rather misleading bit of output... –  Daenyth Sep 29 '10 at 17:43

You may be missing shared libraries.

Do 'ldd tagger' to see a list of required libraries.

% ldd /bin/zsh
libcap.so.2 => /lib/libcap.so.2 (0x00007f50ce8db000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00007f50ce6d7000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x00007f50ce201000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00007f50cdea0000)
libattr.so.1 => /lib/libattr.so.1 (0x00007f50cdc9b000)
/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f50ceaf8000)

If one of them is missing it will not have a path next to it.

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If you can't recompile, you might consider using statifier to map a dynamic executable into a statically linked one. Note, I haven't personally tried it.

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Not finding much googling, but I am trying to view logs for a linksys wrt54gs wireless router. I have enabled logging on the router, but I have no option for changing the destination address or port. I would also not like to have to view what apparently are just temporary logs through the web interface.

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Check the documentation to confirm but I'm pretty sure you can't send events to a syslog server w/ that unit. Depending on your hardware version, check out DD-WRT or Tomato. Both are alternate firmware that may work on that router. A failed DD-WRT/Tomato upgrade can brick the unit, proceed at your own risk.

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I was looking into DD-WRT and have confirmed that it does work on my hardware model. Just got to set aside the time now.. –  Casey Jan 4 '11 at 13:15

The wrt54G I have sends out snmp traps. There used to be a logviewer you could download to view the logs, or failing that, just set up a machine to listen for snmp traps that are broadcast from the wrt54g to the local broadcast address.

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I am unhappy with google's javascript loading various BS from *.gstatic.com domain. I tried telling my firewall to block *.gstatic.com but apparently this only blocked loading webpages into the browser. Google's javascript seems to have no trouble loading the Google logo and whatever else it might load.

Any suggestions?

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You can use a HOSTS file to block connections to a given domain. Pre-made HOSTS files are also available that block ads, banners, trackers etc. from a large number of sources; see this one, for instance.

Other solutions also exist. IE and Opera have built-in ad-blocking features, while Firefox and Chrome have add-ons that offer the same functionality.

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hosts file is interesting idea, thanks –  EndangeringSpecies Apr 15 '12 at 17:54

gstatic.com serves static Googel files; like their Javascript, CSS and images and it's kind of wrong to black that. It functions as a CDN that caches most of the things that Google uses such that they don't have to serve it from google.com itself as that would be very costly in network performance.

You don't need to block that domain name as there really is no point in doing so. Another maintained hosts file that you can find is http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/zero/

Perhaps you could consider to combine both hosts files provided in these answers, first try replacing by because that's a better approach at blocking (it doesn't do requests to the local host) and if that doesn't work then replace in the reverse direction.

I'm heavily against extensions that process your web pages as in comparison to a DNS change that really slows down your browser experience as it obstructs the download/process/render loop...

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You could use an ad-blocking solution for your browser. I use Opera, and it has a build-in content blocker. It uses a file called urlfilter.ini where you can define patterns of URLs that will be blocked. Similar solutions exist for most browsers (Firefox, Chrome).

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how do I setup 2 VLan networks?

What equipment do I need?

I have a phone and computer network, phones need to be routed to the Phone server, and computers routed to the network server.

The phone server has its own router for internet access and the network server also has its own router for another internet access.

Any help, or pointers would be great.

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A good managed switch can do port based VLANs. I've done it on a second hand Cisco Catalyst 3548; any other enterprise level switch should have the same features. If you're network has multiple bit switches, you'll have to set up something between them to sync the VLAN information, Cisco uses VTP for this.

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VLANs are already possible on Layer 2 switches. And it's a good idea to use separate VLANs, one for phones and another one for computers, because of

  • Security - voice traffic should be protected against sniffing

  • Quality of Service - voice quality should not suffer just because a computer starts huge downloads.

Here's a small example like it might be done for instance on a good old 2650 switch with, let's say, IOS 12.1.

Let's enable...

Enter global configuration mode:

configuration terminal

If you add a VLAN to a switch, ensure that it's in server or transparent mode:

vtp mode transparent

Now create a VLAN:

vlan 2
name PC

And the phone VLAN:

vlan 3
name VOIP

Now you may assign VLANs to ports, for example:

configure terminal
interface range fastEthernet 0/16 - 22
switchport access vlan 5

Check your VLAN configuration:

show vlan

It should show:

5    VOIP       active    Fa0/16, Fa0/17, Fa0/18, Fa0/19
                          Fa0/20, Fa0/21, Fa0/22

On various switches and IOS versions it might be different, but this may give a start.

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This doesn't really need to be separate VLANs. You can have the phone router and the network router on the same subnet, assuming you can disable DHCP for both of them. You just have a single DHCP server give the phone router as a gateway for phones and the network router as a gateway for computers.

With that said, all you need are switches which support VLANs. The switch will let you put each port on a (set of) VLANs, so you would set eg your phone ports on VLAN 1 and everything else on VLAN 2. This is best if you want well defined "phone" ports rather than letting phones be plugged in anywhere.

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In order to use VLANs you'll need a LAYER 3 switch, that's a switch with routing capabilities. The vlan page at wikipedia has good information also.

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I know this is an older question, but for the record, VLANing is a Layer 2 technology. Layer 3 switches will almost certainly support VLAN, but a managed switch that supports 802.11q is technically what you need. Example: Cisco Catalyst 1xxx series and 2xxx series switches. Both support VLANs, neither support Routing (that is left for 3xxx series with proper featureset licensing). –  Nextraztus Feb 23 '10 at 6:34

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haiku heights: sleepless

courting sleep, sheepless
nothing to count down but breath
from 20 to dreams

***actually, with the way my sleep pattern works, I have to count back from about 200, but too many syllables ;)

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I am a firm believer that politics are personal, that faith is expressed through action, and that life is something that must be loved and lived authentically--or why bother with any of it?
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44 Responses to haiku heights: sleepless

  1. Loved the sheepless sleep— Cheers to you!

  2. 4joy says:

    insomnia is dreadful….I read til my eyes blur, then have to repeat a simple mantra (in with the good, out with the bad) for a bit, listening, as you said, to your breathing…

  3. davidtrudel says:

    Thank you insomnia, for allowing Susan more time to create beautiful poetry!

  4. nelle says:

    I just lose my mind (no surprise there) in story ideas.

  5. I have tried that counting sheep but for me it doesn’t work. A nice cup of herbs tea does it for me. Have to try counting my breath …
    Wonderful composed haiku Susan.

  6. kaykuala says:

    Sometimes it gets on us. The initial difficulty to stabilize oneself to initiate sleep can be so trying! Nicely Susan!

  7. unfetteredbs says:

    insomnia friend or foe? Sleep, sheepless… nice

  8. Barbara says:

    Sheepless sleep…Great !! Love how you used the prompt!

  9. Trent Lewin says:

    There just aren’t enough people in the world who use the word “sheepless”. It is now firmly entrenched in my vocabulary. Sleep is overrated! Gets in the way of stuff.

    • Oh, it does get in the way of so many things. Sometimes I wish we were like dolphins or birds, who can send one side of their brains to sleep at a time, and still function. Actually would explain the behavior of a lot of people if we could say of them half their brains were sleeping.

  10. elleceef says:

    I like the countdown from 20 (or whatever it takes) to dreams,,,floating away,,,maybe,,,

  11. Lovely take on the prompt!….Beautiful one on Insomnia..

  12. Bruce Ruston says:

    did not work for me drat it nice write, I will see if it works tonight

  13. odyzz says:

    sometimes the counting works for me as well…nicely done, Susan..

  14. Green Speck says:

    Counting sheep used to help me get to sleep when I was a kid, but not anymore :-(

  15. Grace says:

    Counting sheeps or whatever doesn’t work for me ~ I just fall asleep..he..he…Good one Susan ~

  16. courting sleep, sheepless. Nice one.

  17. Patti says:

    Ah, does counting sleep ever work? Not for me. Reading is my best bet. Insomnia is the worst, isn’t it? How many poets have written a piece about it? Scores, I bet.

  18. Dulcina says:

    Another excellent haiku, Susan, and I laughed at your humorous remark about the 200 sheep.
    Words play really smart in the first line . :)

    • Dulcina–thanks! I have to credit my fingertips/chi/muse for a typo for that word play–I typed it instead of sleepless, and said—WOW, subconscious, you are really, really clever sometimes ;)

  19. The subconscious never sleeps – and perhaps as writers we are too close to our subconscious so we stay awake listening to it babble through the night ;)

  20. magicalmysticalteacher says:

    Haiku, schmaiku! Sometimes you need those extra syllables! :)

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Specifically, where dime=perfect 10, and piece=reducing the woman to an object.

Terms like photogenic do not apply to this category, because the level of perfection is natural. Like a diamond that looks good from any angle.
Victoria Silvstedt and Monica Bellucci are two clear examples of a dimepiece.

There aren't too many dimepieces walking around, contrary to different tastes and opinions by any random undersexed overstimulated horndog's opinion of what a real woman looks like.

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“Dime Piece”
A top of the line woman covering every attractive feature and characteristic: i.e. spiritual, emotional and physical beauty; intelligence and charisma, with good humor and wit.
"You're a dime piece, girl."
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When a girl is bangin, hot, beautiful, "A perfect ten."
Tay is a fucking dime piece, bro.
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a good looking female
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A Dimepiece is a woman who is unique unto herself and doesn’t place herself into any categories. She’s self-governing, opinionated and doesn’t rely on her appearance for sole-recognition. She is a positive representation of today’s young female and is essentially the perfect ten… all around.”
Gawd she's perfect...she's a DimePiece.
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A spouce that is considered to be a perfect ten on a scale from one to ten.
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bangin', hot, beautiful, "A perfect ten."
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Thursday, December 24, 2009

Espresso Delights

It's Christmas Eve! Blessed Christmas everyone! Since young, I've always loved Christmas. Though it was never a family culture to celebrate the occasion, I'll always bug my parents to throw a Christmas party. From then on, every Christmas became a family affair, one that I'd always look forward to year after year. There's something about Christmas that make people feel like celebrating, loving and giving. Isn't that wonderful? I think there's no other better holiday than Christmas :).

This year, instead of having traditional roast turkey, we had a Japanese themed dinner with sashimi, sushi, yakitori, chawanmushi and miso soup. To go with the Japanese theme, we had Japanese soft drinks and ume sake. To me, it's the company and the family effort, that really matters to me. Being able to contribute to the family dinner makes me very happy and seeing the happy faces when they opened their cards and presents is absolutely uplifting.

Well, I was supposed to make the dessert for the dinner...but as I've been so tied up over work, I haven't  had time to do so. The dessert crisis was solved when my dad brought back a log cake from his company. Just the exact thing we needed!

Aside from the dinner, I can't have a proper Christmas without making cookies for my dear friends, hence I made these Espresso Delights as Christmas favours to those who are close to me.

I spotted this recipe in the Ultimate Cookies Magazine by Better Homes and Gardens. Combining full-bodied espresso with the mild spiciness of cinnamon and natural sweetness of the bittersweet chocolate flecks, these are absolutely decadent. The cookies are wonderfully crisp, yet melt-in-your-mouth. My pictures really don't quite do justice to them.

Well, I hope my friends will enjoy these little treats. Here's to a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Espresso Delights
adapted from Ultimate Cookies Magazine

113g butter
37g powdered sugar
1/2 tbsp instant espresso
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
110g flour
20g semisweet chocolate (finely chopped)

1. Preheat the oven to 160 degrees Celsius. In a large mixing bowl, beat butter with a stand mixer on medium high speed for 30 seconds. Add powdered sugar, instant espresso, vanilla and cinnamon, beat till well-combinged. Beat in as much flour as you can with the mixer, then stir in any remaining flour and chocolate.

2. Shape the dough into 1-inch balls. Place the balls 2 inches apart on a lined cookie sheet. Press to flatten slightly. Bake for 12-15 minutes until cookie edges are set and the bottoms are lightly-browned. Transfer to wire rack to cool.

3. Sift cocoa powder and powdered sugar over cooled cookies a desired.

Yields 24 cookies.

Christmas Favours

This is really last minute, I know. But that's about all the preparation time I had to do up my Christmas favours for my dear friends. I didn't even make anything fancy, just good ol' cookies that are nice and versatile. Well, at least the packaging fits with the Christmas mood!

I hope they'll be happy with these simple treats made with love!

Friday, December 18, 2009

One more week to Christmas! I'm really getting into the mood now. Christmas wish lists going all round the office, dinner prepartions and festive wishes in the plan. This is going to be fun!

I love giving presents, somehow it beats buying things for myself. There's a peculiar joy about giving that makes one feel so blessed. And the season of giving is coming, we are able to give because we have more than enough, with more to spare.

Made Alfajores today, cute little cookies aren't they?

I filled these with nutella instead of Dulce de leche cos I don't have any at home. These were delicious! Soft, buttery, definitely the perfect tea time treat for a lazy afternoon like this. I did, however, have a problem with the cookies spreading too much. I prefer my cookies small and petite, easier on the eye and palate. I couldn't resist using the red and white background for this, really gets me in the Christmas mood! So looking forward to the holidays!

165g all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
85g butter
140g sugar
1 large egg
90 ml milk
30 ml orange juice
filling of your choice : dulce de leche, jam, nutella, chocolate ganache

1.  Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Line the baking sheet with silicon paper.

2. Whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside. Using a stand mixer, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the egg and mix till well combined. Add in the flour in two separate additions and mix till well combined. Add in the milk, orange juice and vanilla extract and mix till incorporated.

3. Drop tablespoonfuls of dough onto the lined baking sheet, with 2 inches of space in between the dough. Baking for 9-11 minutes, rotating the sheets halfway in between to ensure even browning. Transfer to wire rack and cool.

4. Spread the filling onto the cooled cookies and sandwich with another. Dust with confectioner's sugar as desired.

Yields 15 sandwich cookies.

Saturday, December 12, 2009

French Chocolate Madeleines

Whew! It's the weekend finally! I can almost hear the sound of the jingling bells by now. I'm in a mild panic mode as I've been so busy I hardly had time to sit down and plan my Christmas bakes. Japanese classes are starting again next week and I haven't done my revision. Plus, my Christmas shopping's not done either. Help...

On the bright side, this is going to be a fairly relaxing weekend. I'm toying with the idea of spending some quiet time at a cafe to do up my Japanese notes while watching people pass by. I love people-watching, there's something calming about seeing people whiz by while you're stationary at your seat. Ooh...I'm dreaming about sipping tea and having sandwiches already...

My first encounter with madeleines was at a new local bread/pastry shop. I'm a later bloomer, I know, cos that wasn't that long ago. It wasn't a great experience as the cakes I tried was oily, dense and buttery, very unlike the reviews I've read online. Determined to try making them myself, I pulled out a recipe from Dorie Greenspan's Baking from my home to yours and made these cute french chocolate madeleines. As I wasn't sure how I'd fare, I used a cheap madeleine pan from Daiso to try this out.

The results turned out lovely. The cakes were light, fluffy and extremely chocolaty. I love it! However, the scalloped lines weren't too obvious as the indentations weren't very pronounced. Well, looks like I have a reason to invest in a proper madeleine pan after all :).

Recipe can be found here.

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Blueberry Crumble Muffins - Butter vs Oil

It's been a hectic week, a rollercoaster week, but it ended really well. I'm heartened, encouraged and very thankful that it did. Looking forward to more good things coming my way :).

Reading through Okashi once again, the blueberry muffin recipe caught my eye. Most likely because of the delicious looking picture, but also because of its lovely brown hue spotted with cream coloured crumble topping. Honestly, I'd always preferred muffins made with oil, as they tend to yield softer, fluffier muffins that I can keep for days without turning hard. I also tend to prefer the muffin method of mixing which blends the wet and dry ingredients separately before combining them together. This particular muffin recipe goes against all of that, using butter in place of oil, and the creaming method instead of the muffin method. It was easy enough to put together and the recipe made just the right amount for 6 muffins.

This recipe yields denser muffins which taste best warm. I love the buttery crumble topping with the added ground almounds cos it gave the muffins a nice crunch. Taste wise, I still prefer my muffins made with oil and the muffin method.

Nevertheless, blueberry muffins are always great for breakfast!

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