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New Levels For Rage

    Hey, everyone. It's a great week for gamers. There seems to be more going on than there has been for over a month. To start with, there are new levels out for Rage. They are titled as Kraken and Aqueduct. They are available as an in-app purchase for 99 cents, when you get the new update. The graphics are movie quality and the action is a blisteringly fast blur of violent confrontations with mutants in creepy underground places. The levels are fairly short but very much worth the modest price.
     Interestingly enough, I saw no word of this update on any of the gaming sites so I suspect it took everyone by surprise. I played the Kraken level just now and it is a Mutant Bash episode with a similar theme to the first levels, as your game show host in a future Earth sends you through dangerous mazes haunted by murderous mutants. I love J.J.Stokes' wise cracks like "You're my favorite contestant, I'll be sad when they kill you". (I suspect that he is a liar.)
    I just took a few minutes to play the Aqueduct section and it is also very cool. It is Mutant Bash T.V. as well.
     Even with the relatively short clips, I have to rate this as 5 stars out of 5 for awesome graphics and intense gameplay. It has not been stretched out with puzzles and wandering around looking for things, like a lot of longer games. It is in-your-face action and you had best be ready to rock and roll when you press the button. I have played Rage on the 360 and much prefer to play on the I-Pad.
    The mutants have learned some new tricks like swinging from the overhead rails in the screen shot above. I hope you enjoy it.
   From the gamer's green retreat, I'm CE Wills.

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