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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...

Merlin Books

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The season 3 ender episode of The Adventures of Merlin went on air a few hours ago. I haven't seen the episode yet, as I am waiting for my sister to wake up so we can watch it together.... but I am really, really excited! Though I can't wait to watch this season's last episode, I'm a bit sad because the next season of Merlin won't be aired until 2012 . To tide me and my sister over till the next season, we vowed to collect all of The Adventures of Merlin books ! Haha! We found a lot of sellers on ebay selling the books at a fair price with a minimal shipping fee, but we got really lucky with this seller ( Goldstone Books ) as we purchased two hardbound Merlin books (The Dragon's Call and The Mark of Nimueh), one Merlin paperback (Merlin: Potions and Poison), and one paperback edition of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, all for GBP 16.61 (P&P included). L-R: The Dragon's Call, Potions and Poison, The Mark of Nimueh. LOTR book ...