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Beach Life Virtual Resort: Spring Break - Opening and Editing The .BLE Game Files

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images taken from the game and from the game manual I have an itch to play Beach Life every now and then. The last time it happened, I found a band-aid solution to guests complaining about high prices. I wanted to make more changes if I could but I couldn't find a way to open and read some of the script files. There are some files in the game that are readable on notepad ( GameParameters.pis and the other . pis files on each scenario and sandscenario folder) but when you try to open up the . ble files, you only see random symbols. I've tried tools that I've seen recommended online ( Game Extractor , Ghidra , Offzip to name a few). Admittedly, I did just glaze over them because I know nothing about reverse engineering a game and didn't know what to do. I have an inkling to play it again recently, and I decided to try an idea that has been looming over my head but have been avoiding.... The GameParameters.pis file had a header containing the file name, and I notice...

Pushing Diasies

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From the creator of one the best shows out there, 'Dead like me', comes another beautiful and delightful tv series - ' Pushing Daisies '. A piemaker named Ned ( Lee Pace ) has a special gift - he can wake the dead. The first touch gives life, but the second touch means death forever. Keeping the dead alive again for over a minute, someone else will have to die. Emerson Cod ( Chi McBride ), a private investigator, enlisted the help of Ned to solve murders after he learned of the piemaker's gift. As fate would have it, Ned and Emerson were hired to solve the murder of lonely tourist, Charlotte 'Chuck' Charles ( Anna Friel ) - Ned's first love. Ned in a moment of confusion and overwhelm, couldn't touch his beloved Chuck for the second time, thus keeping her alive for more than a minute. Her being alive must be kept a secret, especially from Chuck's aunts, the agoraphobics and former Darling Mermaid Darlings Lily and Vivian ( Swoosie Kurtz and ...

Dead Like Me (tv series)

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George, Rube, Roxy, Mason and Daisy   Dead like me is a beautiful dark comedy television series about Georgia Lass ( Ellen Muth ) and her life after death. At age 18, she was hit by a toilet seat from space. Instead of crossing over, she became a grim reaper. A grim reaper's job is to collect someones soul moments before their scheduled time to die, and to guide that soul until they cross over. She was assigned in the 'External Influence' division, which handles murders, accidents, suicides, etc. Their team meets up at 'Der Waffle House' every morning, and their group leader hands out their assignments written on yellow post-its. Her boss is Rube ( Mandy Patinkin ), and becomes a father figure to George. Other grim reapers in their group are Betty, Roxy, Mason and Daisy. Betty (Rebecca Gayheart) is a confident reaper that takes polaroid pictures of the people she reaps before they die (she was gone after a few episodes though). She was killed during cliff d...