Pinball Fantasies - Commodore Amiga - 1992

You wait ages for a good pinball game to come along then two turn up at once.  Pinball Fantasies is the follow up to Pinball Dreams and was released later in the same year.

The game contains four new tables each based around a different theme.  The tables are the same width as the previous game but are a longer and slightly more complex.

Partyland has the theme of a fun fair.
Speed Devils is based on motor sport.

Billion Dollar Gameshow speaks for itself.

Stones 'n Bones is set in a haunted house,

Apart from the new tables and a redesigned scoreboard there is not a lot of difference between the two games.  Everything I've said about Pinball Dreams applies here. 

Mass Scanning

It's been awhile since I had time to work on a weekend project. :(

This weekend I worked on something fairly practical: I have way too many physical documents strewn around. Searching through them to find stuff sucks. Organizing them sucks even more, because I'm too lazy to ever do it. And, of course, even paper that organized itself automatically would suck, because it's paper. I hate paper.

So, I resolved to scan everything, and then somehow organize it electronically.

Step 1: Obtain Scanner

Technically, I already had a scanner. But, it was a flatbed scanner which I would have to manually load one page at a time. Obviously, for this task I would need an automatic document feeder. And, of course, the scanner would have to work in Linux. So, I headed to Fry's to look at the selection with the SANE supported device list loaded up on my phone.

Unfortunately, when I got to Fry's, I discovered that there is a bewildering array of different scanners available and practically no documentation on the advantages and disadvantages of each. You'd think they'd list basic things like pages-per-minute or the capacity of the document feeder, but they don't. And since I inexplicably get no phone reception in Fry's, I really had no basis on which to make a decision.

After staring at things for a bit, I was approached by one of the weirdos that works there (I swear almost everyone who works at Fry's gives me the creeps). For some reason I decided to try asking his opinion.

Canon PIXMA MX870: FAIL

The guy looked at the list on my phone and said "What do they have for Canon?". After looking down the list, he saw the Canon PIXMA MX860 was listed as being fully supported. He pointed out that the MX870 is now available, and is a very popular unit. 870 vs. 860 seemed like it ought to be a minor incremental revision, and therefore ought to use the same protocol, right? Being at a loss for what else to do, I decided to go with it. Dumb idea.

Things looked promising at first. Not only did Sane appear to have added explicit support for the MX870 in a recent Git revision, but Canon themselves appeared to offer official Linux drivers for the device. Great! Should be no problem, right?

First I tried using Canon's driver. It turns out, though, that Canon's driver requires that you use Canon's "ScanGear MP" software. This software is GUI-only and fairly painful to use. I really needed something scriptable. The software appeared to be an open source frontend on top of closed-source libraries, so presumably I could script it by editing the source, but I decided to try SANE instead since it already supports scripting.

Well, after compiling the latest SANE sources, I discovered that the MX870 isn't quite supported after all. It kind of works, but after scanning a stack of documents, the scanner tends to be left in a broken state at which point it needs to be power-cycled before it works again. I spent several hours tracing through the SANE code trying to find the problem to no avail: it appears that the protocol changed somehow. SANE implemented the protocol by reverse-engineering it, so there is no documentation, and the code is only guessing at a lot of points. Having no previous experience with SANE or this protocol, I really had no chance of getting anywhere.

OK, so, back to the Canon drivers. They are part-open-source, right? So I figured I could just replace the UI with a simple command-line frontend. Guess again. It turns out the engineers who wrote this code are completely and utterly incompetent. There is no separation between UI code and driver logic. The scan procedure pulls its parameters directly from the UI widgets. The code is littered with cryptically-named function calls, half of which are implemented in the closed-source libraries with no documentation. The only comments anywhere in the code were the kind that tell you what is already plainly obvious. You know, like:

/* Set the Foo param */ SetFooParam(foo_param); 

I gave up on trying to do anything with this code fairly quickly. But, while looking at it, I discovered something interesting: the package appeared to include a SANE backend!

Of course, since the package came with literally no documentation whatsoever (seriously, not even a README), I would never have known this functionality was present if I hadn't been digging through code. It turns out that the binary installer puts the library in the wrong location, hence SANE didn't notice it either. So, I went ahead and copied it to the right place!

And... nothing. When things go wrong, SANE is really poor at telling you what. It just continued to act like the driver didn't exist. After a great deal of poking around, I eventually realized that the driver was 32-bit, while SANE was 64-bit, thus dlopen() on the driver failed. But SANE didn't bother printing any sort of error message. Ugh.

So I compiled a 32-bit SANE and tried again. Still nothing. Turned out I had made a typo in the config that, again, was not reported by SANE even though it would have been easy to do so. Ugh. OK, try again. Nothing. strace showed that the driver was being opened, but it wasn't getting anywhere.

So I looked at the driver code again. This time I was looking at the SANE interface glue, which is also open source (but again, calls into closed-source libraries). I ended up fixing three or four different bugs just to get it to initialize correctly. I don't know how they managed to write the rest of the driver without the initialization working.

With all that done, finally, SANE could use the driver to scan images! Hooray! Except, not. I scanned one document, and ended up with a corrupted image that showed two small copies of the document side-by-side and then cut off in the middle.

Fuck it.

HP Officejet Pro 8500

I returned the printer to Fry's. They didn't give me the full price because I had opened the ink cartridges. Of course, the damned thing refused to boot up without ink cartridges, even though I just wanted to scan, so I had no choice but to open them. Ugh.

Anyway, this time I came prepared. The internets told me that the best bet for Linux printers and scanners is HP. And indeed, my previous printer/scanner was an HP and I was impressed by the quality of the Linux drivers. So, I looked at what HP models Fry's had and took the cheapest one with an automatic document feeder. That turned out to be the 8500. It was about twice the cost of the Canon but I really just wanted something that worked.

And work it did. As soon as the 20-minute first boot process finished (WTF?), the thing worked perfectly right away.

Step 2: Organize scans

The scanner can convert physical documents into electronic ones, but then how to I organize them? Carefully rename the files one-by-one and sort them into directories? Ugh. I probably have a couple thousand pages to go through. I need something that scales. Furthermore, ideally, the process of sorting the documents -- even just specifying which pages go together into a single document -- needs to be completely separate from the process of scanning them. I just want to shove piles of paper into my scanner and figure out what to do with them later.

As it turns out, a coworker of mine had the same thought some time ago, and wrote a little app called Scanning Cabinet to help him. It uploads pages as you scan them to an AppEngine app, where you can then go add metadata later.

The code is pretty rudimentary, so I had to make a number of tweaks. Perhaps the biggest one is that there is one piece of metadata that really needs to be specified at scan time: the location where I will put the pile of paper after scanning. I want to take each pile out of the scanner and put it directly into a folder with an arbitrary label, then keep track of the fact that all those documents can be found in that folder later if necessary. Brad's code has "physical location" as part of the metadata for a document, but it's something you specify with all the other metadata, long after you scanned the documents. At that point, the connection to physical paper is already long gone.

So, I modified the code to record the batch ID directly into the image files as comment tags. I also tweaked various things and fixed a couple bugs, and made the metadata form sticky so that if I am tagging several similar documents in a row I don't have to keep retyping the same stuff.

Does this scale?

I haven't started uploading en masse yet. However, I have some doubts about whether even this approach is scalable. Even with sticky form values, it takes at least 10 seconds to tag each document, often significantly longer. I think that would add up to a few solid days of work to go through my whole history.

Therefore, I'm thinking now that I need to find a way to hook some OCR into this system. But how far should I go? Is it enough to just make all the documents searchable based on OCR text, and then not bother organizing at all? Or would it be better to develop at OCR-assisted organization scheme?

This is starting to sound like a lot of work, and I have so many other projects I want to be working on.

For now, I think I will simply scan all my docs to images, and leave it at that. I can always feed those images into Scanning Cabinet later on, or maybe a better system will reveal itself. NeatWorks looks like everything I want, but unfortunately it seems like a highly proprietary system (and does not run on Linux anyway). I don't want to lock my documents up in software like that.

Last Minute WIP Wednesday!!!

Whoa, sorry guys, I totally forgot it's Wednesday. So here it is, real quick- Boom!

Ok, as you can see, a lot of my tribals have moved out of the WIP area and will be coming to you soon for this week's DONE article. Woohoo! They have, however, gotten a little farther, and been joined by one or two new buddies, including the first of what will be many rad rats! You know me and my rats- I volunteered to paint all of them. Not sure if that counts as painting models or terrain, but I can't wait to use them!

And yes, that's an irradiated 6 foot wasp- yipe!

2012 Game Of The Year - Genre Awards

2012 Game of the Year - from media outlets

* Video Game Awards Only - The Video Game includes Console & PC Games,but not Handheld games, Mac games, Kids games, Indie games, etc.

* Professional Awards Only - The Media include Sites, Magazines, Newspapers, Publications, Broadcastings, but not Blogs have a staff of one.

* All-Format GOTY Awards Only - But a single GOTY pick must be a single title, except for a tie.

* In release order.




2012 SHOOTER OF THE YEAR


Golden Joystick Awards (UK) : Battlefield 3

Just Push Start (US) : Far Cry 3

X-Play (US) : Halo 4

Press Play (US) : Borderlands 2

Cheat Code Central (US) : Borderlands 2

Spike TV Video Game Awards (US) : Borderlands 2

Game Informer (US) : Halo 4

Game Informer Readers' Choice (US) : Borderlands 2

Freakin' Awesome Network (US) :
First Person - Borderlands 2
Third Person - Spec Ops: The Line

Destructoid (US) : Call of Duty: Black Ops II

Digital Trends (US) : Max Payne 3

Yahoo! Games (US) : Far Cry 3

Gamers@Play (IE) : Far Cry 3

INFO Games (BR) : Halo 4

MGnews (RU) :
First Person - Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Third Person - Max Payne 3

HunGamer (HU) :
First Person - Far Cry 3
Third Person - Hitman: Absolution

GamesRadar (US) : Halo 4

GamesRadar Readers' Choice (US) : Far Cry 3

G3AR (ZA) : Halo 4

XGN (NL) : Halo 4

VidaExtra (ES) : Borderlands 2

Lazygamer (ZA) : Call of Duty: Black Ops II

Game Revolution (US) : Borderlands 2

Stevivor (AU) : Far Cry 3

IGN (US) : Far Cry 3

IGN Readers' Choice (US) : Borderlands 2

Baixaki Jogos (BR) : Far Cry 3

Baixaki Jogos Readers' Choice (BR) : Call of Duty: Black Ops II

GameFocus (FR) : Borderlands 2

SpazioGames (IT) :
First Person - Far Cry 3
Third Person - Max Payne 3

eGamer (ZA) :
First Person - Borderlands 2
Third Person - Spec Ops: The Line

OXCGN (AU) : Halo 4

Combo Caster (PT) : Halo 4

4News (IT) :
First Person - Halo 4
Third Person - Max Payne 3

AreaGames (DE) : Far Cry 3

Eurogamer.it Readers' Choice (IT) : Far Cry 3

GameSpot (US) : Halo 4

WhatIfGaming (US) :
First Person - Halo 4
Third Person - Max Payne 3

One Hit Pixel Community Choice (UK) : Far Cry 3

TheGamersHub (UK) : Far Cry 3

New York Daily News (US) : Far Cry 3

GameZone (US) : Far Cry 3

PixelJumpers (US) :
First Person - Halo 4
Third Person - Max Payne 3

GameFocus (CA) : Far Cry 3

Softpedia (RO) : Far Cry 3

TheVine (AU) : Borderlands 2

3DJuegos (ES) : Max Payne 3

3DJuegos Readers' Choice (ES) : Far Cry 3

Hard Reset (UK) : Halo 4

Entertainment Fuse (US) : Halo 4

GameTrailers (US) : Call of Duty: Black Ops II

Console Monster (UK) : Halo 4

TheSixthAxis (UK) : Far Cry 3

TheSixthAxis Community Choice (UK) : Far Cry 3

The Gamer Access (US) : Borderlands 2

Hardcore Gamer (US) : Far Cry 3

gamrReview (UK) :
First Person - Halo 4
Third Person - Resident Evil: Revelations

DarkStation (UK) : Borderlands 2 and Far Cry 3

GameNTrain (US) :
First Person - Halo 4
Third Person - Mass Effect 3

PowerGamer (SE) : Syndicate

PressFire.no (NO) : Dishonored

Vagary.TV (US) : Halo 4

The Controller Online (CA) : Halo 4

GameMAG (RU) : Halo 4

TechTudo (BR) : Far Cry 3

VGW (US) :
First Person - Far Cry 3
Third Person - Spec Ops: The Line

NoobFeed (BD) : Borderlands 2

Everyeye.it (IT) :
First Person - Far Cry 3
Third Person - Mass Effect 3

Everyeye.it Readers' Choice (IT) :
First Person - Borderlands 2
Third Person - Max Payne 3

Z-Giochi (IT) : Halo 4

MMGN (AU) : Far Cry 3

The Sydney Morning Herald - Screen Play (AU) : Far Cry 3

Extreme Gamer (CA) : Halo 4

GamerSyndrome (CA) : Borderlands 2

Mania (US) : Far Cry 3

Matt's Games (IT) : Far Cry 3

Reviews on the Run - Rocket & Raygun Awards (US) : Far Cry 3

New Game Network (US) : Borderlands 2

4Players (DE) : Halo 4

Gamer Theory Media (US) : Borderlands 2

GameFAQs (US) : Borderlands 2

GameDynamo (ES) : Far Cry 3

Looki.de (DE) : Borderlands 2

NeoGAF (US) : Max Payne 3
First Person - Borderlands 2

Diehard Gamefan (US) : The House of the Dead 4

Pelaaja Magazine (FI) : Halo 4

PixlBit (US) : Halo 4

Mail.Ru (RU) : Far Cry 3

News10 Gamers' Choice Awards (US) : Borderlands 2

gameplay Magazine (DK) : Halo 4

The Game Effect (US) : Spec Ops: The Line

Gamezone (DE) : Far Cry 3

GameSoul (IT) : Call of Duty: Black Ops II

Danish Game Awards (DK) : Far Cry 3

Game Industry News (US) : Call of Duty: Black Ops II

NZGamer (NZ) : Far Cry 3

BaziCenter (IR) :
First Person - Halo 4
Third Person - Max Payne 3

Premio Drago D'Oro (IT) : Borderlands 2




2012 RPG OF THE YEAR


Golden Joystick Awards (UK) : The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Just Push Start (US) : Xenoblade Chronicles

X-Play (US) : The Witcher 2 Enhanced Edition

Press Play (US) : Guild Wars 2

Cheat Code Central (US) : Mass Effect 3

Spike TV Video Game Awards (US) : Mass Effect 3

Game Informer (US) : Mass Effect 3

Game Informer Readers' Choice (US) : Mass Effect 3

Hooked Gamers (US) : Borderlands 2

Freakin' Awesome Network (US) : Guild Wars 2

Destructoid (US) : Guild Wars 2

Digital Trends (US) : Borderlands 2

Yahoo! Games (US) : Mass Effect 3

Gamers@Play (IE) : Mass Effect 3

NDTV (IN) : Mass Effect 3

INFO Games (BR) : Mass Effect 3

MGnews (RU) : Diablo III

HunGamer (HU) : Mass Effect 3

GamesRadar (US) : XCOM: Enemy Unknown

GamesRadar Readers' Choice (US) : Mass Effect 3

G3AR (ZA) : Mass Effect 3

XGN (NL) : Mass Effect 3

VidaExtra (ES) : Mass Effect 3

Lazygamer (ZA) : Mass Effect 3

Game Revolution (US) : Mass Effect 3

IGN (US) : Mass Effect 3

IGN Readers' Choice (US) : Mass Effect 3

Baixaki Jogos (BR) : Mass Effect 3

Baixaki Jogos Readers' Choice (BR) : Diablo III

GameFocus (FR) : Mass Effect 3

SpazioGames (IT) : Mass Effect 3

eGamer (ZA) : Mass Effect 3

OXCGN (AU) : Mass Effect 3

Combo Caster (PT) : Mass Effect 3

All Age Gaming (AU) : Mass Effect 3

4News (IT) : Mass Effect 3

AreaGames (DE) : The Last Story

Actiontrip (US) : Torchlight II

Eurogamer.it Readers' Choice (IT) : Mass Effect 3

GameSpot (US) : Guild Wars 2

WhatIfGaming (US) : Star Wars: The Old Republic

One Hit Pixel Community Choice (UK) : Mass Effect 3

TheGamersHub (UK) : Mass Effect 3

New York Daily News (US) : Mass Effect 3

GameZone (US) : Mass Effect 3

PixelJumpers (US) : Mass Effect 3

GameFocus (CA) : Mass Effect 3

Softpedia (RO) : Diablo III

3DJuegos (ES) : Guild Wars 2

3DJuegos Readers' Choice (ES) : Mass Effect 3

Hard Reset (UK) : The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

LevelUp (LV) : Mass Effect 3

Entertainment Fuse (US) : Mass Effect 3

GameTrailers (US) : Mass Effect 3

Console Monster (UK) : Mass Effect 3

TheSixthAxis (UK) : Mass Effect 3

TheSixthAxis Community Choice (UK) : Mass Effect 3

The Gamer Access (US) : Xenoblade Chronicles

Hardcore Gamer (US) : Dragon's Dogma

DarkStation (UK) : Mass Effect 3

GameNTrain (US) : Borderlands 2

PowerGamer (SE) : Mass Effect 3

Play Legit (US) : Mass Effect 3

PressFire.no (NO) : Diablo III

Vagary.TV (US) : Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

The Controller Online (CA) : Mass Effect 3

GameMAG (RU) : The Witcher 2 Enhanced Edition

TechTudo (BR) : Mass Effect 3

VGW (US) : Mass Effect 3

NoobFeed (BD) : Mass Effect 3

Everyeye.it (IT) : Diablo III

Everyeye.it Readers' Choice (IT) : The Last Story

Z-Giochi (IT) : Risen 2: Dark Waters

GamersGlobal (DE) : Mass Effect 3

MMGN (AU) : Mass Effect 3

The Sydney Morning Herald - Screen Play (AU) : Mass Effect 3

Extreme Gamer (CA) : Mass Effect 3

GamerSyndrome (CA) : Guild Wars 2

Matt's Games (IT) : The Witcher 2 Enhanced Edition

Reviews on the Run - Rocket & Raygun Awards (US) : Borderlands 2

Игромания (RU) : Mass Effect 3

New Game Network (US) : Mass Effect 3

4Players (DE) : Guild Wars 2

BigPond GameArena (AU) : Mass Effect 3

Gamer Theory Media (US) : Xenoblade Chronicles

Games.cz (CZ) : Dragon's Dogma

GameDynamo (ES) : Persona 4 Golden

GamingXP (DE) : Mass Effect 3

GamerNode (US) : Mass Effect 3

Looki.de (DE) : Mass Effect 3

Demo News (DE) : Mass Effect 3

NeoGAF (US) : Mass Effect 3

Diehard Gamefan (US) :
Action - Legend of Grimrock
Turn Based - Xenoblade Chronicles
Strategy - XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Pelaaja Magazine (FI) : Mass Effect 3 and The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

PixlBit (US) : Xenoblade Chronicles

Mail.Ru (RU) : Mass Effect 3

News10 Gamers' Choice Awards (US) : Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance

PlayGround.ru (RU) : Borderlands 2

PlayGround.ru Readers' Choice (RU) : Mass Effect 3

gameplay Magazine (DK) : Guild Wars 2

AIAS - D.I.C.E. Awards (US) : Mass Effect 3

Varvat.se (SE) : Guild Wars 2

The Game Effect (US) : Persona 4 Golden

Gamezone (DE) : Mass Effect 3

GameSoul (IT) : Mass Effect 3

Danish Game Awards (DK) : Mass Effect 3

Game Industry News (US) : Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition

NZGamer (NZ) : Borderlands 2

BaziCenter (IR) : Diablo III

Premio Drago D'Oro (IT) : Dragon's Dogma




2012 ACTION / ADVENTURE OF THE YEAR


Golden Joystick Awards (UK) : Batman: Arkham City

Just Push Start (US) : Darksiders II

X-Play (US) : Sleeping Dogs

Press Play (US) :
Action - Borderlands 2
Adventure - The Walking Dead: Episode 1 - A New Day

Cheat Code Central (US) : Assassin's Creed III

Spike TV Video Game Awards (US) : Dishonored

Game Informer (US) : Dishonored

Game Informer Readers' Choice (US) : Assassin's Creed III

Hooked Gamers (US) : Far Cry 3

Freakin' Awesome Network (US) : Sleeping Dogs

Destructoid (US) : Sleeping Dogs

Digital Trends (US) : Hitman: Absolution

Yahoo! Games (US) : Dishonored

Gamers@Play (IE) : Assassin's Creed III

NDTV (IN) : Dishonored

INFO Games (BR) : Max Payne 3

MGnews (RU) : Assassin's Creed III

HunGamer (HU) : Assassin's Creed III

Golden4Games (OM) : Dishonored

GamesRadar (US) : Dishonored

GamesRadar Readers' Choice (US) : Dishonored

G3AR (ZA) : Max Payne 3

XGN (NL) : Hitman: Absolution

VidaExtra (ES) :
Action - Assassin's Creed III
Adventure - The Walking Dead: The Game

Lazygamer (ZA) : Sleeping Dogs

Game Revolution (US) : Dishonored

Stevivor (AU) : Dishonored

IGN (US) :
Action - Dishonored
Adventure - The Walking Dead: Episode 5 - No Time Left

IGN Readers' Choice (US) :
Action - Dishonored
Adventure - The Walking Dead: Episode 1 - A New Day

Baixaki Jogos (BR) : Assassin's Creed III

Baixaki Jogos Readers' Choice (BR) : Assassin's Creed III

GameFocus (FR) : Sleeping Dogs

SpazioGames (IT) : Dishonored

eGamer (ZA) : Hitman: Absolution

Combo Caster (PT) : Dishonored

All Age Gaming (AU) : Far Cry 3

4News (IT) :
Action - Mass Effect 3
Adventure - Assassin's Creed III

AreaGames (DE) : Darksiders II

Actiontrip (US) : Dishonored

Eurogamer.it Readers' Choice (IT) : Assassin's Creed III

GameSpot (US) : Dishonored

WhatIfGaming (US) :
Action - Dishonored
Adventure - The Walking Dead: The Game

One Hit Pixel Community Choice (UK) : The Walking Dead: The Game

TheGamersHub (UK) : Assassin's Creed III

New York Daily News (US) : Dishonored

GameZone (US) : Assassin's Creed III

PixelJumpers (US) :
Action - Dishonored
Adventure - The Walking Dead: The Game

GameFocus (CA) : Dishonored

Softpedia (RO) : Assassin's Creed III

3DJuegos (ES) : Dishonored

3DJuegos Readers' Choice (ES) : Assassin's Creed III

LevelUp (LV) : The Walking Dead: The Game

Entertainment Fuse (US) : Dishonored

GameTrailers (US) : Assassin's Creed III

Console Monster (UK) : Assassin's Creed III

TheSixthAxis (UK) : Dishonored

TheSixthAxis Community Choice (UK) : Dishonored

The Gamer Access (US) : Sleeping Dogs

Hardcore Gamer (US) :
Action - Assassin's Creed III
Adventure - The Walking Dead: The Game

gamrReview (UK) : Dishonored

DarkStation (UK) : Dishonored

GameNTrain (US) : Assassin's Creed III

PowerGamer (SE) : The Witcher 2: Enhanced Edition

PressFire.no (NO) : Dishonored

Vagary.TV (US) :
Action - Hotline Miami
Adventure - The Walking Dead: The Game

The Controller Online (CA) : Max Payne 3

GameMAG (RU) :
Action - Max Payne 3
Adventure - Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward

TechTudo (BR) : Assassin's Creed III

VGW (US) :
Action - Dishonored
Adventure - The Walking Dead: The Game

NoobFeed (BD) : Assassin's Creed III

Everyeye.it (IT) : Dishonored

Everyeye.it Readers' Choice (IT) : Dishonored

Z-Giochi (IT) : Dishonored

GamersGlobal (DE) :
Action - Darksiders II
Adventure - Chaos on Deponia

MMGN (AU) : Assassin's Creed III

The Sydney Morning Herald - Screen Play (AU) : Dishonored

Extreme Gamer (CA) : Max Payne 3

GamerSyndrome (CA) : Journey

Mania (US) : Dishonored

Matt's Games (IT) : Dishonored

Reviews on the Run - Rocket & Raygun Awards (US) : Dishonored

Игромания (RU) : Far Cry 3

New Game Network (US) :
Action - Sleeping Dogs
Adventure - The Walking Dead: The Game

4Players (DE) :
Action - Journey
Adventure - The Walking Dead: The Game

BigPond GameArena (AU) :
First Person - Far Cry 3
Third Person - Max Payne 3

Gamer Theory Media (US) : Dishonored

GameFAQs (US) : Assassin's Creed III

Games.cz (CZ) :
Action - Far Cry 3
Adventure - Journey

GameDynamo (ES) : Gravity Rush

GamingXP (DE) :
Action - Dishonored
Adventure - Chaos on Deponia

GamerNode (US) : Dishonored

Looki.de (DE) :
Action - Assassin's Creed III
Adventure - The Walking Dead: The Game

Demo News (DE) :
Action - Far Cry 3
Adventure - The Walking Dead: The Game

NeoGAF (US) :
Action - Sleeping Dogs
Adventure - Journey

Diehard Gamefan (US) :
Action - Sleeping Dogs
Adventure - The Walking Dead: The Game

Pelaaja Magazine (FI) : Dishonored

PixlBit (US) : Dishonored

News10 Gamers' Choice Awards (US) : Dishonored

PlayGround.ru (RU) :
First Person Action - Far Cry 3
Third Person Action - Max Payne 3
Adventure - Resonance

PlayGround.ru Readers' Choice (RU) :
First Person Action - Far Cry 3
Third Person Action - Assassin's Creed III
Adventure - The Walking Dead: The Game

gameplay Magazine (DK) :
Action - Dishonored
Adventure - The Walking Dead: The Game

AIAS - D.I.C.E. Awards (US) :
Action - Borderlands 2
Adventure - The Walking Dead: The Game

Varvat.se (SE) : Borderlands 2

The Game Effect (US) : The Walking Dead: The Game

Gamezone (DE) : Assassin's Creed III

GameSoul (IT) : Assassin's Creed III

Danish Game Awards (DK) : Assassin's Creed III

BAFTA Awards (UK) : Far Cry 3

Game Industry News (US) : Assassin's Creed III

BaziCenter (IR) : Tomb Raider

Premio Drago D'Oro (IT) : Dishonored




2012 SPORTS OF THE YEAR


Golden Joystick Awards (UK) : FIFA Soccer 12

Just Push Start (US) : FIFA Soccer 13

X-Play (US) : NBA 2K13

Cheat Code Central (US) : SSX

Spike TV Video Game Awards (US) : NBA 2K13

Game Informer (US) : FIFA Soccer 13

Game Informer Readers' Choice (US) : FIFA Soccer 13

Hooked Gamers (US) : Football Manager 2013

Freakin' Awesome Network (US) : MLB 12: The Show

Digital Trends (US) : NBA 2K13

Yahoo! Games (US) : NBA 2K13

INFO Games (BR) : FIFA Soccer 13

MGnews (RU) : FIFA Soccer 13

HunGamer (HU) : FIFA Soccer 13

Golden4Games (OM) : NBA 2K13

G3AR (ZA) : SSX

XGN (NL) : FIFA Soccer 13

VidaExtra (ES) : FIFA Soccer 13

Lazygamer (ZA) : FIFA Soccer 13

Game Revolution (US) : NBA 2K13

Stevivor (AU) : SSX

IGN (US) : FIFA Soccer 13

IGN Readers' Choice (US) : FIFA Soccer 13

Baixaki Jogos (BR) : FIFA Soccer 13

Baixaki Jogos Readers' Choice (BR) : FIFA Soccer 13

GameFocus (FR) : NHL 13

SpazioGames (IT) : FIFA Soccer 13

eGamer (ZA) : FIFA Soccer 13

OXCGN (AU) : FIFA Soccer 13

Combo Caster (PT) : FIFA Soccer 13

All Age Gaming (AU) : NBA 2K13

4News (IT) : FIFA Soccer 13

AreaGames (DE) : FIFA Soccer 13

Eurogamer.it Readers' Choice (IT) : FIFA Soccer 13

GameSpot (US) : Football Manager 2013

One Hit Pixel Community Choice (UK) : SSX

TheGamersHub (UK) : FIFA Soccer 13

New York Daily News (US) : NBA 2K13

GameZone (US) : FIFA Soccer 13

PixelJumpers (US) : FIFA Soccer 13

GameFocus (CA) : FIFA Soccer 13

Softpedia (RO) : FIFA Soccer 13

3DJuegos (ES) : NBA 2K13

3DJuegos Readers' Choice (ES) : FIFA Soccer 13

Hard Reset (UK) : WWE '13

LevelUp (LV) : FIFA Soccer 13

GameTrailers (US) : NHL 13

Console Monster (UK) : FIFA Soccer 13

TheSixthAxis (UK) : FIFA Soccer 13

TheSixthAxis Community Choice (UK) : FIFA Soccer 13

The Gamer Access (US) : Madden NFL 13

Hardcore Gamer (US) : SSX

gamrReview (UK) : FIFA Soccer 13

DarkStation (UK) : NBA 2K13

GameNTrain (US) : FIFA Soccer 13

PowerGamer (SE) : NHL 13

Play Legit (US) : NBA 2K13

PressFire.no (NO) : Football Manager 2013

Vagary.TV (US) : MLB 12: The Show

The Controller Online (CA) : NHL 13

GameMAG (RU) : NBA 2K13

TechTudo (BR) : FIFA Soccer 13

VGW (US) : MLB 12: The Show

NoobFeed (BD) : UFC Undisputed 3

Everyeye.it (IT) : NBA 2K13

Everyeye.it Readers' Choice (IT) : FIFA Soccer 13

Z-Giochi (IT) : FIFA Soccer 13

GamersGlobal (DE) : FIFA Soccer 13

MMGN (AU) : FIFA Soccer 13

The Sydney Morning Herald - Screen Play (AU) : NBA 2K13

Extreme Gamer (CA) : FIFA Soccer 13

GamerSyndrome (CA) : FIFA Soccer 13

Mania (US) : Madden NFL 13

Matt's Games (IT) : FIFA Soccer 13

Reviews on the Run - Rocket & Raygun Awards (US) : NHL 13

New Game Network (US) : SSX

4Players (DE) : SSX

BigPond GameArena (AU) : FIFA Soccer 13

GameDynamo (ES) : NBA 2K13

GamingXP (DE) : FIFA Soccer 13

GamerNode (US) : NBA 2K13

Looki.de (DE) : FIFA Soccer 13

NeoGAF (US) : SSX

Diehard Gamefan (US) : FIFA Soccer 13

Pelaaja Magazine (FI) : SSX and NHL 13

PixlBit (US) : FIFA Soccer 13

News10 Gamers' Choice Awards (US) : Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational

PlayGround.ru (RU) : NBA 2K13

PlayGround.ru Readers' Choice (RU) : FIFA Soccer 13

gameplay Magazine (DK) : FIFA Soccer 13

AIAS - D.I.C.E. Awards (US) : FIFA Soccer 13

Varvat.se (SE) : Forza Horizon

Gamezone (DE) : FIFA Soccer 13

GameSoul (IT) : FIFA Soccer 13

Danish Game Awards (DK) : FIFA Soccer 13

BAFTA Awards (UK) : New Star Soccer

Game Industry News (US) : FIFA Soccer 13

NZGamer (NZ) : FIFA Soccer 13

BaziCenter (IR) : FIFA Soccer 13

Premio Drago D'Oro (IT) : FIFA Soccer 13




2012 BEST GRAPHICS


X-Play (US) :
Art Direction - Journey
Animation - Hitman: Absolution

Cheat Code Central (US) : Assassin's Creed III

Spike TV Video Game Awards (US) : Halo 4

Inside Gaming Awards (US) :
Art Direction - Journey
Animation - Max Payne 3

AreaGames (DE) : Halo 4

Softpedia (RO) : Far Cry 3

Freakin' Awesome Network (US) : Journey

Destructoid (US) : Journey

Digital Trends (US) : Max Payne 3

Gamers@Play (IE) : Far Cry 3

Gamekult (FR) : Far Cry 3

Edge Magazine (UK) : Journey

GamesMaster Magazine (UK) : Halo 4

MGnews (RU) : Hitman: Absolution

HunGamer (HU) : Max Payne 3

Golden4Games (OM) : Halo 4

G3AR (ZA) : Halo 4

Game Republic Magazine (IT) :
Artistic - Halo 4
Technical - Halo 4

Telegraph (UK) : Art Direction - Journey

Lazygamer (ZA) : Far Cry 3

IGN (US) : Halo 4

IGN Readers' Choice (US) : Halo 4

GamesRadar Readers' Choice (US) :
Artistic - Journey
Technical - Far Cry 3

Baixaki Jogos (BR) : Far Cry 3

Baixaki Jogos Readers' Choice (BR) : Far Cry 3

eGamer (ZA) :
Artistic - Journey
Realistic - Far Cry 3

All Age Gaming (AU) : Far Cry 3

4News (IT) :
Console - Far Cry 3
PC - Far Cry 3

Eurogamer.it Readers' Choice (IT) : Far Cry 3

Metro GameCentral (UK) : Halo 4

WhatIfGaming (US) :
Artistic Design - Far Cry 3
Technology - Halo 4

Jugaccino (UK) : Far Cry 3

One Hit Pixel Community Choice (UK) : Journey

GamingBolt (IN) :
Artistic - Journey
Technical - Far Cry 3

Giant Bomb (US) : Journey

GameZone (US) :
Artistic - The Walking Dead: The Game
Technical - Halo 4

Gamereactor (UK) : Borderlands 2

PixelJumpers (US) :
Artistic - Journey
Technical - Halo 4

Ready Up (UK) : Halo 4

3DJuegos (ES) : Assassin's Creed III

3DJuegos Readers' Choice (ES) : Assassin's Creed III

LevelUp (LV) : Journey

GameTrailers (US) : Halo 4

The Gamer Access (US) :
Art Style - Journey
Graphics Design - Halo 4

Hardcore Gamer (US) : Journey

gamrReview (UK) :
Art Direction - Journey
Technology - Halo 4

DarkStation (UK) :
Artistic - Journey and Mark of the Ninja
Technical - Journey

Play Legit (US) : Halo 4

GameMAG (RU) : Halo 4

Horrible Night (US) : Dust: An Elysian Tail

VGW (US) : Far Cry 3

NoobFeed (BD) : Art Direction - Dishonored

Everyeye.it (IT) : Far Cry 3
Art Direction - Journey

Everyeye.it Readers' Choice (IT) : Halo 4
Art Direction - Journey

Z-Giochi (IT) : Halo 4

MTV Multiplayer (US) : Art Direction - Mark of the Ninja

NBCNews (US) : Halo 4

Extreme Gamer (CA) : Halo 4

Matt's Games (IT) : Halo 4

Gamereactor (ES) : Forza Horizon

New Game Network (US) :
Art - Journey
Technical - Far Cry 3

MonsterVine (US) : Journey

4Players (DE) :
Art Design - Journey
Technical - Far Cry 3

Gamer Theory Media (US) : Halo 4
Art - Darksiders II

GamerNode (US) :
Technology - Halo 4
Aesthetic Style - Journey

Gmbox (RU) :  Journey

Digitally Downloaded (AU) : Art Style - Journey

Diehard Gamefan (US) : Tekken Tag Tournament 2

IGN AU Black Beta Select Awards (AU) : Halo 4

Gather Your Party (US) : Art Direction - Journey

VGNetwork.it (IT) : Halo 4

PlayGround.ru (RU) : Art - Hitman: Absolution

PlayGround.ru Readers' Choice (RU) : Art - Far Cry 3

gameplay Magazine (DK) : Halo 4

CalmDownTom (UK) : Journey

AIAS - D.I.C.E. Awards (US) :
Animation - Assassin's Creed III
Art Direction - Journey
Visual Engineering - Halo 4

The Game Effect (US) : Far Cry 3

IGN Italia (IT) : Journey
Art Direction - Journey

Gamezone (DE) : Far Cry 3

GameSoul (IT) : Assassin's Creed III

BAFTA Awards (UK) : Artistic - Journey

NAVGTR Awards (US) :
Animation - Dust: An Elysian Tail
Animation, Interactive - Journey
Art Direction, Period - Dishonored
Art Direction, Fantasy - Botanicula
Art Direction, Contemporary - The Darkness II
Lighting/Texturing - Assassin's Creed III
Technical - Far Cry 3

Game Developers Choice Awards (US) : Journey

BaziCenter (IR) :
Art - Dust: An Elysian Tail
Technical, Console - Halo 4
Technical, PC - Crysis 3

Premio Drago D'Oro (IT) : Far Cry 3




2012 BEST STORY


AreaGames (DE) : The Walking Dead: The Game

X-Play (US) : The Walking Dead: The Game

Press Play (US) : Spec Ops: The Line

Inside Gaming Awards (US) : Spec Ops: The Line

Softpedia (RO) : Mass Effect 3

Digital Trends (US) : The Walking Dead: The Game

The Married Gamers (US) : The Walking Dead: The Game

GamesMaster Magazine (UK) : The Walking Dead: The Game

MGnews (RU) : The Walking Dead: The Game

IGN (US) : The Walking Dead: Episode 5 - No Time Left

IGN Readers' Choice (US) : The Walking Dead: Episode 1 - A New Day

Baixaki Jogos (BR) : The Walking Dead: The Game

Baixaki Jogos Readers' Choice (BR) : Assassin's Creed III

SpazioGames (IT) : The Walking Dead: The Game

eGamer (ZA) : The Walking Dead: The Game

OXCGN (AU) : Mass Effect 3 and Spec Ops: The Line

Combo Caster (PT) : The Walking Dead: The Game

Metro GameCentral (UK) : The Walking Dead: The Game

WhatIfGaming (US) : The Walking Dead: The Game

GamingBolt (IN) : Mass Effect 3

Giant Bomb (US) : The Walking Dead: The Game

Gamereactor (DE) : Spec Ops: The Line

PixelJumpers (US) : The Walking Dead: The Game

GameFocus (CA) : The Walking Dead: The Game

Ready Up (UK) : Mass Effect 3

TheVine (AU) : Max Payne 3

3DJuegos (ES) : Dishonored

3DJuegos Readers' Choice (ES) : Assassin's Creed III

LevelUp (LV) : The Walking Dead: The Game

GameTrailers (US) : The Walking Dead: The Game

The Gamer Access (US) : The Walking Dead: The Game

Hardcore Gamer (US) : The Walking Dead: The Game

gamrReview (UK) : The Walking Dead: The Game

DarkStation (UK) : The Walking Dead: The Game

The Controller Online (CA) : The Walking Dead: The Game

GameMAG (RU) : Spec Ops: The Line

Horrible Night (US) : The Walking Dead: The Game

VGW (US) : Spec Ops: The Line

NoobFeed (BD) : The Walking Dead: The Game

GamerSyndrome (CA) : The Walking Dead: The Game

Gamereactor (FI) : The Walking Dead: The Game

Gamereactor (ES) : The Walking Dead: The Game

New Game Network (US) : The Walking Dead: The Game

MonsterVine (US) : The Walking Dead: The Game

4Players (DE) : Dear Esther

Gamer Theory Media (US) : The Walking Dead: The Game

GamerNode (US) :
Authored Narrative - The Walking Dead: The Game
Ambient Storytelling - Journey

Gmbox (RU) : The Walking Dead: The Game

Digitally Downloaded (AU) : Lollipop Chainsaw

Diehard Gamefan (US) : Pokémon Conquest

GameCola (US) : The Walking Dead: The Game

IGN AU Black Beta Select Awards (AU) : The Walking Dead: The Game

Gather Your Party (US) : Spec Ops: The Line

PlayGround.ru (RU) : The Walking Dead: The Game

PlayGround.ru Readers' Choice (RU) : Assassin's Creed III

gameplay Magazine (DK) : The Walking Dead: The Game

New York Videogame Critics Circle Awards (US) : The Walking Dead: The Game

AIAS - D.I.C.E. Awards (US) : The Walking Dead: The Game

The Game Effect (US) : The Walking Dead: The Game

Gamezone (DE) : The Walking Dead: The Game

GameSoul (IT) : Assassin's Creed III

BAFTA Awards (UK) : The Walking Dead: The Game

NZGamer (NZ) : The Walking Dead: The Game

NAVGTR Awards (US) : Drama - The Walking Dead: The Game

Game Developers Choice Awards (US) : The Walking Dead: The Game

BaziCenter (IR) : The Walking Dead: The Game




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2. Linkbucks: Linkbucks is another best and one of the most popular sites for shortening URLs and earning money. It boasts of high Google Page Rank as well as very high Alexa rankings. Linkbucks is paying $0.5 to $7 per 1000 views, and it depends on country to country.
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3. Short.pe: Short.pe is one of the most trusted sites from our top 30 highest paying URL shorteners.It pays on time.intrusting thing is that same visitor can click on your shorten link multiple times.You can earn by sign up and shorten your long URL.You just have to paste that URL to somewhere.
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4. CPMlink: CPMlink is one of the most legit URL shortener sites.You can sign up for free.It works like other shortener sites.You just have to shorten your link and paste that link into the internet.When someone will click on your link.
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5. Cut-win: Cut-win is a new URL shortener website.It is paying at the time and you can trust it.You just have to sign up for an account and then you can shorten your URL and put that URL anywhere.You can paste it into your site, blog or even social media networking sites.It pays high CPM rate.
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6. Getsurl: Getsurl is one of the best and high paying URL shortener website.If you are not getting high CPM rate from other websites then you should open an account on this website.It offers good CPM rate for all countries.You can earn $11 for 1000 views.
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7. CLICKSFLY: CLICKSFLY is a new URL shortener website.It pays high CPM rate.You just have to sign up and then you can shorten URL and can earn money when visitors will click on your URL link.You can earn $15 for 1000 views.One of the best thing about this website is that you can withdraw your amount when it reaches $3.
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   • Minimum withdraw-$3
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8. Shorte.st: Shorte.st is another very popular and most trusted URL Shortening Company. Shorte.st comes as a user-friendly URL Shortener Service with many creative options for making money by monetizing the links you share. Shorte.st provides you an opportunity to earn from $5 to $15 per 1000 views for promoting their shortened links.
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   • Minimum payout-$5
   • Referral commission-20%
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10. Linkshrink: Linkshrink URL Shortener Service provides you an opportunity to monetize links that you go on the Internet. Linkshrink comes as one of the most trusted URL Shortener Service. It provides an advanced reporting system so that you can easily track the performance of your shortened links. You can use Linkshrink to shorten your long URL. With Linkshrink, you can earn anywhere from $3 to $10 per 1000 views.
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11. Shink.me: Shink.me is one of the old URL shortener sites.It is a legit site.You just have open an account free.You can earn from this like other URL shortener companies.It offers the good CPM rate for all countries traffic.
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    • Minimum payout-$5
    • Referral commission-10%
    • Payout methods-Payza and Paypal
    • Payment time-Biweekly
    
    
12. Wi.cr: Wi.cr is also one of the 30 highest paying URL sites.You can earn through shortening links.When someone will click on your link.You will be paid.They offer $7 for 1000 views.Minimum payout is $5.
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    • Payout for 1000 views-$7
    • Minimum payout-$5
    • Referral commission-10%
    • Payout method-Paypal
    • Payout time-daily
    
    
13. Shrinkearn.com: Shrinkearn.com is one of the best and most trusted sites from our 30 highest paying URL shortener list.It is also one of the old URL shortener sites.You just have to sign up in the shrinkearn.com website. Then you can shorten your URL and can put that URL to your website, blog or any other social networking sites.
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    • The payout for 1000 views- up to $20
    • Minimum payout-$1
    • Referral commission-25%
    • Payment methods-PayPal
    • Payment date-10th day of every month
    
    
14. BLV.ME: BLV.ME is one of the most trusted URL shortener sites.It pays high CPM rate.You can earn $10 for every 1000 views.One worst thing about blv.me is its referral system.
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    • The payout for 1000 views-$10
    • Minimum payout-$10
    • Referral commission-5%
    • Payout options-Payza, Skrill, and bank transfer
    • Payment time-at the end of the month
    
    
15. LINK.TL: LINK.TL is one of the best and highest URL shortener website.It pays up to $16 for every 1000 views.You just have to sign up for free.You can earn by shortening your long URL into short and you can paste that URL into your website, blogs or social media networking sites, like facebook, twitter, and google plus etc.
    One of the best thing about this site is its referral system.They offer 10% referral commission.You can withdraw your amount when it reaches $5.
    
    • Payout for 1000 views-$16
    • Minimum payout-$5
    • Referral commission-10%
    • Payout methods-Paypal, Payza, and Skrill
    • Payment time-daily basis
    
    
16. Ouo.io: Ouo.io is one of the fastest growing URL Shortener Service. Its pretty domain name is helpful in generating more clicks than other URL Shortener Services, and so you get a good opportunity for earning more money out of your shortened link. Ouo.io comes with several advanced features as well as customization options.
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    • Payout for every 1000 views-$5
    • Minimum payout-$5
    • Referral commission-20%
    • Payout time-1st and 15th date of the month
    • Payout options-PayPal and Payza
    
    
17. ADmy.link: ADmy.link is also one of the best URL sites.It is a trusted site.You can earn simply by registering for an account.It's fast and free!then you can Find URLs you would like to monetize and shorten your links.You just have to Share your shortened links and drive traffic to your content.
    Then Earn money by sharing in the advertising revenues for each real visit to your links!You can earn $5 for 1000 views.Minimum payout is $5.You can earn extra money by their referral system.They offer 15% as a referral program.
    
    • Payout for 1000-$5
    • Minimum payout-$5
    • Referral commission-15%
    • Payment method-PayPal
    • Payment time-start of every month.
    
    
18. Clk.sh: Clk.sh is a newly launched trusted link shortener network, it is a sister site of shrinkearn.com. I like ClkSh because it accepts multiple views from same visitors. If any one searching for Top and best url shortener service then i recommend this url shortener to our users. Clk.sh accepts advertisers and publishers from all over the world. It offers an opportunity to all its publishers to earn money and advertisers will get their targeted audience for cheapest rate. While writing ClkSh was offering up to $8 per 1000 visits and its minimum cpm rate is $1.4. Like Shrinkearn, Shorte.st url shorteners Clk.sh also offers some best features to all its users, including Good customer support, multiple views counting, decent cpm rates, good referral rate, multiple tools, quick payments etc. ClkSh offers 30% referral commission to its publishers. It uses 6 payment methods to all its users.
    • Payout for 1000 Views: Upto $8
    • Minimum Withdrawal: $5
    • Referral Commission: 30%
    • Payment Methods: PayPal, Payza, Skrill etc.
    • Payment Time: Daily
    
    
19. Short.am: Short.am provides a big opportunity for earning money by shortening links. It is a rapidly growing URL Shortening Service. You simply need to sign up and start shrinking links. You can share the shortened links across the web, on your webpage, Twitter, Facebook, and more. Short.am provides detailed statistics and easy-to-use API.
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20. SHRINKPE.COM: SHRINKPE.COM is also one of the best and most trusted shortener websites.It is also one of the fastest growing URL shortener sites.It is paying high for 1000 views.One of the best things about this site is that one visitor can click 15 times on your link and you will be paid for that clicks.
    You can withdraw your amount when it reaches $5.You can earn $9 for 1000 views.These rates are not permanent they change every time.They also depend on the advertisements currently available for the visitor's country.
    
    • The payout for 1000 views-$15
    • Minimum withdraw-$5 PayPal
    • Referral commission-20%
    • Payment methods-PayPal
    • Payment-instantly
    
    
21. BIT-URL: It is a new URL shortener website.Its CPM rate is good.You can sign up for free and shorten your URL and that shortener URL can be paste on your websites, blogs or social media networking sites.bit-url.com pays $8.10 for 1000 views.
    You can withdraw your amount when it reaches $3.bit-url.com offers 20% commission for your referral link.Payment methods are PayPal, Payza, Payeer, and Flexy etc.
    
    • The payout for 1000 views-$8.10
    • Minimum payout-$3
    • Referral commission-20%
    • Payment methods- Paypal, Payza, and Payeer
    • Payment time-daily
    
    
22. Linkrex.net: Linkrex.net is one of the new URL shortener sites.You can trust it.It is paying and is a legit site.It offers high CPM rate.You can earn money by sing up to linkrex and shorten your URL link and paste it anywhere.You can paste it in your website or blog.You can paste it into social media networking sites like facebook, twitter or google plus etc.
    You will be paid whenever anyone will click on that shorten a link.You can earn more than $15 for 1000 views.You can withdraw your amount when it reaches $5.Another way of earning from this site is to refer other people.You can earn 25% as a referral commission.
    
    • The payout for 1000 views-$14
    • Minimum payout-$5
    • Referral commission-25%
    • Payment Options-Paypal,Bitcoin,Skrill and Paytm,etc
    • Payment time-daily
    
    
23. Petty Link: Shorten URLs and earn money with Petty Link which is one of the best URL Shortening for earning money online.
    Getting started is easy. You need to create an account, shorten your link, and start earning money. Petty is one of the best ways to earn extra money.
    You get to make money from home when managing and protecting your link. Using the Petty Link tool, you can create short links. What's best, you get paid. It's a completely free tool.
    You have to create an account, create a link, and post it. For every visit, you earn money. The payout is as much as $12 per 1000 views. Plus, you can get 21% Referral Bonus.
    It has the Petty Link Referral Program. Refer friends and receive 21% of their earnings for life.
    Its featured Administration Panel allows you to control all of the features with a click of a button. It offers detailed stats. You get to know your audience.
    It has a low minimum payout. You need to earn only $5.00 before you are paid. Payment method is PayPal. Moreover, Petty offers the highest rates.
    Plus, it has a dedicated support team to help you out in case you have any questions or issues.
    

Top 9 Free Websites to Learn Hacking this 2018

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