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	Oblivion Review
		The first is that Oblivion is a monstrously huge game, which would quite likely take over a hundred hours to complete if the player wanted to tackle the major quests — guilds, main plot and important characters.
		Later on, Daedric cult circles and Oblivion gates appear, the latter in fact popping up like the heads of a Hydra — take one down and two seem to appear elsewhere.
		Oblivion goes the completely opposite tack, it is almost impossible not to stumble upon some ancient elven ruin, abandoned mine, mercenary hide-out or other dungeon, even after a mere five minutes wandering in the open.
	www.firingsquad.com /games/oblivion_review (571 words)

	X05: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Hands-On - News at GameSpot
		Oblivion looks about as good as all those screenshots have led you to believe, what with its lifelike and expressive characters (who you'll see in extreme close-up during conversations) and its lavishly detailed environments, which we're sad we didn't get to see more of.
		Oblivion lets you begin by creating a player character much as in previous iterations of the Elder Scrolls series--you'll select a male or female, and then choose from a number of human, elven, or monstrous races.
		Oblivion excels at rendering surface effects, such as glistening dampness on the stone walls of the cavern.
	www.gamespot.com /xbox360/rpg/theelderscrollsivoblivion/preview_6135011.html (1075 words)

	Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - CBS News
		According to Bethesda, Oblivion boasts hours of gameplay in the hundreds, more than 200 handcrafted dungeons, 1,000 non-player characters, and 60,000 lines of spoken dialogue from well-known actors like Patrick Stewart.
		Oblivion is the equivalent of Hell in Tamriel, the main world in The Elder Scrolls series.
		Oblivion takes place in Cyrodiil, the Imperial Province and heart of Tamriel, as well as parts of Oblivion itself.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2005/05/20/tech/gamecore/main696763.shtml (371 words)

	Oblivion - David Foster Wallace
		While alienation and despair remain key themes, his characters are so richly drawn that they behave less like pawns of injustice or fate than tragic purveyors of their own limitations.
		Oblivion is David Foster Wallace’s third and best collection of short stories to date.
		Several of the stories in Oblivion are tours de force of cognition gone awry.
	www.culturevulture.net /Books2/Oblivion.htm (714 words)

	AnimeOnDVD.com >> Disc Reviews >> Melody of Oblivion Vol. #4
		Melody of Oblivion's move into its second half has some very interesting moments to it and several of the characters have their pasts fleshed out that help to make them more accessible but it still has some pacing overall sense of style to it that makes it hard to really latch onto it.
		Melody of Oblivion manages to be like a few other series that I've seen in recent years where it has some beautiful moments of clarity in its storyline which are matched by the animation but a lot of it is just a strangely paced and reveals itself in a non-linear way.
		The Labyrinth...In his search for Kurofune and the Melody of Oblivion, Bocca finds a boy within a labyrinth where space and time are in disarray.
	www.animeondvd.com /reviews2/disc_reviews/4615.php (1560 words)

	Voodoo Extreme
		Players will be able to build characters by choosing from a number of races and classes, and utilize a hybrid skill-based system that allows for non-linear character progression.
		There is no nude female character in a section of the game that can be "unlocked." Bethesda can not control tampering with Oblivion by third parties.
		Open Season: Team up with the cast of characters from Sony Pictures Animation's feature-length CGI film Open Season coming in September.
	ve3d.ign.com (6366 words)

	Tudors & Stuarts : 14 to 18 years
		In August 1660, following the Restoration of King Charles II, the Act of Indemnity and Oblivion was passed as a gesture of reconciliation to reunite the kingdom.
		This website covers everything from the history of the period, the various facts and theories, profiles on the conspirators and other key characters, comprehensive genealogical database, sites of historical importance, and an extensive downloadable archive of source material, manuscript and document translations, correspondence, and legal transcriptions (including confessions).
		Pupils have the opportunity to assess the impact of the Act of Union 1707 in Scotland and to examine the reasons for the final defeat of the House of Stuart in 1745.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /REVhistoryTUD3.htm (6366 words)

	history of American Revolution by Mercy Warren, volume 1, chapter 8
		Several very doubtful characters not only acted with decent civility and condescension, but confidently assumed merit to themselves as friends of the revolution: some of these were afterwards promoted to places and offices of high trust.
		Silence and submission were enjoined on the friends of America in the House of Commons; and the liberty of writing their names and witnessing their uneasiness by their own signature was all the consolation of the protesting lords, while these important questions were in agitation.
		It was observed that no language or act could justify the authors or supporters of this project.
	www.samizdat.com /warren/rev8.html (6366 words)

	Final Fantasy Oblivion
		Final Fantasy and Chrono Trigger are copyright Squaresoft.
		With beta testing for the Windows version of Final Fantasy XI underway as of last Tuesday, June 18, the PC requirements for the game have also been revealed by Square...
		From final fantasy iii to final fantasy 7 to final fantasy X and beyond we have everything ff!
	www.angelfire.com /rpg2/ffoblivion (344 words)

	Final Fantasy Oblivion
		Final Fantasy and Chrono Trigger are copyright Squaresoft.
		With beta testing for the Windows version of Final Fantasy XI underway as of last Tuesday, June 18, the PC requirements for the game have also been revealed by Square...
		From final fantasy iii to final fantasy 7 to final fantasy X and beyond we have everything ff!
	www.angelfire.com /rpg2/ffoblivion (344 words)

	Amazon.com: Phantasm: oblIVion (1998) : Video
		Granted, after Phantasm 2 and 3, the need to bring in yet another cast of characters to tag along with Reggie seems needless (though Coscarelli does a nice bait and switch in that department, and he also drops a hint that the world might be far more decimated than our characters think it is).
		Director/writer Don Coscarelli's fourth Phantasm movie is a mixed bag of ideas, concepts, and characters.
		It does feel quite different from the other Phantasm movies, as it ends the gradual increase in excess througout the series, and cuts back on some of the humor as well.(Though there's still more here than in the original) Sadly, although it cuts down on the action some it doesn't replace it with more atmosphere.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0792899067?v=glance (2102 words)

	The Children and the Crusade - Preview
		Tobie Abad acknowledges that White Wolf Gaming Studios owns the concepts behind Wraith: the Oblivion, Vampire: The Masquerade, Changeling: the Dreaming and all other World of Darkness characters and terminology that may be used here and ALL related characters and retains compete rights to the said characters.
		But when the townsfolk were unwilling to pay him, the Piper paid their treachery back by playing his flute once more, and luring the children away with him to vanish at a door that appears impossibly at the side of Koppenberg Hills.
		In the World of Darkness, on the other hand, the story has a second act.
	www.cattail.nu /wraithproject/0209childrencrusade.html (2102 words)

	Amazon.ca: DVD: Phantasm: oblIVion [IMPORT]
		Granted, after Phantasm 2 and 3, the need to bring in yet another cast of characters to tag along with Reggie seems needless (though Coscarelli does a nice bait and switch in that department, and he also drops a hint that the world might be far more decimated than our characters think it is).
		It is clear that Coscarelli made this movie strictly for the fans - it's almost like a fan movie in and of itself, as it is less interested in repeating the formula than doing something interesting with its characters and world.
		The previous movies played the game of leaving things open ended, making things appear not as they seem, but at least there was a fairly linear story to follow.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004I9NZ (1474 words)

	Exalted - InfoSearchPoint.com
		Abyssal Exalted: Warrior poets of death, the Dead Gods have twisted the power of the Unconquered Sun to produce suitable servants to pursue their goals of Oblivion.
		Exalted: The Abyssals: Abyssal Exalted, Ghost characters, the Underworld and a brief history of the Deathlords.
		Exalted: The Lunars: now players can create Lunar characters plus setting information on the Barbarian tribes and the Wyld on the edge of Creation.
	www.infosearchpoint.com /display/Exalted (250 words)

	A TRIP TO "OBLIVION"
		The “Oblivion” films are B-movie Science Fiction movies made by Full Moon Entertainment who specialise in low budget but often highly imaginative SF and Horror productions.
		As with many Full Moon Entertainment productions, like Arcade and the Trancer movies, the Oblivion movies are little known, fun films with a lot going for them.
		Because the films were made back to back and the characters, settings and situations are basically the same, I will treat both films as one entity.
	www.angelfire.com /tv/sarahlegend/oblivion.html (667 words)

	Elder Scrolls
		Oblivion follows the same tradition, with player skills and stats playing a major role, and player choices having a large affect on the game world and its characters.
		The groundbreaking PC adventure series is set to make a return with the hotly anticipated Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.
		Of the many distinctive features of all Elder Scrolls games, their sheer beauty and attention to detail stand paramount.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /games/features/elderscrolls.html (2866 words)

	Die Another Day (2002)
		Bond films have also been looking down the business end of oblivion before but 'tis no exaggeration to say that this time the martini loving super-spy is fighting for his life.
		Here the familiar is everything - in fact its the building blocks of the story (such as it is) and the characters and, well everything really.
		Characters with silly names trade puns and piss-poor dialogue while Brosnan mugs his way through the whole sorry spectacle collecting his cheque on the way out.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0246460 (2866 words)

	Die Another Day (2002)
		Bond films have also been looking down the business end of oblivion before but 'tis no exaggeration to say that this time the martini loving super-spy is fighting for his life.
		Here the familiar is everything - in fact its the building blocks of the story (such as it is) and the characters and, well everything really.
		Characters with silly names trade puns and piss-poor dialogue while Brosnan mugs his way through the whole sorry spectacle collecting his cheque on the way out.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0246460 (2866 words)

	Traverse
		One play written by three of Scotland’s best writers, Gilt is a swirl of interlocking characters in one city.
		In an immense and innovative collaboration, Stephen Greenhorn, Rona Munro and Isabel Wright have united to create seven characters whose world’s thread together to create a modern mosaic about money and love.
		There’s John, the TV presenter searching for oblivion, Carla looking for love, Al needs some good luck, Jo’s fumbling for a way out, Chris wants respect, James has put his faith in Anita and Anita would like to start all over again.
	www.traverse.co.uk /show_detail.php?id=157 (2866 words)

	Animation World Magazine
		They made backgrounds that could be used in multiple scenes; cloud formations that worked whether the action was going up, down or sideways; characters with "muzzles" so only their mouths had to be animated; characters that blinked a lot, to enhance the illusion of motion.
		This much I know to be true: when theatrical cartoons were on death's door, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera single-handedly (or, rather, double-handedly) rescued cartoons from oblivion.
		Consider this: The "full animation" cartoons that Hanna and Barbera made at MGM took six months per seven minute episode, with budgets that often exceeded $60,000.
	mag.awn.com /index.php?article_no=1144 (2866 words)

	Women Writers: A Zine
		Monica Dickens has her great-grandfather's ability to draw engaging characters with few words and to fill her books with a fine medley of people.
		, written by Monica Dickens, great-granddaughter of the more famous Charles, was first published in 1940 when she was in her early twenties and Persephone Books rescued it from near oblivion some six decades later.
		She writes with wit and humour and if she pokes fun at some of her characters with the eye of a cartoonist, she also slows her pace at times to capture some heart-stopping moments of emotion.
	www.womenwriters.net /winter2004/bookreviews/Mariana.htm (317 words)

	Organizations
		And here is some information on some of the more well-known groups that can be found in my fictional universe, cross-referenced with my index of characters.
		It can be pretty boring when a group of player characters takes on solo villains, so hero groups usually interact with other groups.
		The Aces: America's largest group of supers, a loose group of heroes from the Golden State.
	whiteknight.cit.cornell.edu /champs/groups.html (668 words)

	Oblivion - David Foster Wallace
		Oblivion is David Foster Wallace’s third and best collection of short stories to date.
		The characters and the locale are never named, thus allowing readers to distance themselves from the horrific scene while at the same time pondering the eternal verities of familial tragedy.
		While alienation and despair remain key themes, his characters are so richly drawn that they behave less like pawns of injustice or fate than tragic purveyors of their own limitations.
	www.culturevulture.net /Books2/Oblivion.htm (714 words)

	The Reading Experience: David Foster Wallace
		Wallace is frustrating at times, and I’m contending that here, in Oblivion, he frustrates by focusing so intently on the dark and stupid that he all but denies the existence of the human and magical.
		His stories are composed of the stream of words by which his characters construct a manageable account of the reality they negotiate--although in most cases these characters do not literally speak in their own voice, tell their own stories.
		Wallace abandons his usual style and tells the tale in a single telegraphic and breathless paragraph, appropriate to the panic of the young mother and father who tend to their scalded infant.
	noggs.typepad.com /the_reading_experience/2004/08/reviewers_of_da.html (3633 words)

	Wizard's Attic June Releases :: GamingReport.com :: Where Gamers get their News
		From Fiery Dragon Productions http://www.fierydragon.com Gates of Oblivion (2 D20 Adventures) FDP2001 $7.95 ISBN: 1-8946-9305-1 The second in our 'Bronze' line, Gates of Oblivion is a 32 page D20 fantasy supplement, featuring two exciting adventures.
		A fantasy adventure for characters level 5-7 Genre: Fantasy—Hero's Journey Type of Product: Adventure (Village/Wilderness/Ruins) Core d20 Rules Supported This adventure conforms to the standards of the D20 Open Gaming License.
		Steeped in their tradition, stern in their judgment, and stubborn in their undertakings, the horses of the Avoirdupois continue to build upon their great works, assembling one of the largest armies in the known world.
	www.gamingreport.com /article.php?sid=589 (3619 words)

	Join the Legion of the Damned
		If your are successful in entering the Dark Queen's Horde, her majesty's loyal servant and defender, the Dark General shall contact thee and arrange for a portal from the Oblivion back to the realms of the living.
		To Enter the Legion of the Damned, you must prove your worthiness.
		We will be accepting new characters with minimal skills, we will not be biassed towards those who are new to the game either, so if you have a new character and are looking to become involved in Role-playing and/or Guildwars, then by all means, please send us your application.
	users.bigpond.net.au /LoD/JoinUs.htm (3619 words)

	GameSpy: Shadowbane
		Shadowbane: Throne of Oblivion Announced (09/09/04) - Shadowbane: Throne of Oblivion expansion brings new realm, characters, and updated gfx.
		Shadowbane sports an impressive 300 powers, 70 skills, 22 classes, and 40 sub-class Disciplines, for a new level of individuality.
		Shadowbane, the first MMORPG to be mainly focused on player versus player combat in an immersive, competitive world.
	pc.gamespy.com /pc/shadowbane (299 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Sentry Tpb: Books
		The Sentry, when he was a hero, had a massive effect on the Marvel characters of Reed Richards (aka Mr Fantastic of the Fantastic Four), The Hulk(aka Bruce Banner), Peter Parker (Spider-Man) and Warren Worthington, aka Archangel of the X men.
		The Sentry is the story of a man who believes he was once a great super hero, but can't remember how he's ended up as a middle aged, alcoholic agrophobic.
		The Sentry is Robert Reynolds, the man with the power of a million exploding suns.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0785107991 (1388 words)

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