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Breaking NEWS!

Now voted* best Dooyooer of the year for 2012!

The Duke wins this prestigious award for the twelfth year in a row!
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If you have non-review stuff to discuss and any questions about the site or if you want any advice, then please feel free to PM me. I am afraid that off-topic messages posted on any of my opinions will generally be ignored or, in extreme cases, reported to Dooyoo.

If you see anything out of order or suspicious around the site, please do not hesitate to contact Dooyoo as the behaviour of all members can affect the site and its success. The email address you require is: dooyooTEAM@dooyoo.co.uk

You can also contact any of the guides (listed in the Community Pages) about any aspect of the site.

When rating consumer reviews, I'm specifically looking for your own thoughts, opinions and experiences related to the product or service. A list of specifications or instructions I can find elsewhere on the Internet (and when making a purchasing decision, will already have this information from official sources). Pointless stories about your wee family/pet dog/old banger of a car/plasma screen telly are all unwelcome. Ratings are (in my opinion) closely linked to the amount and quality of relevant information, opinion and insight. Too much waffle and padding of useless information can be counter-productive and actually make reviews LESS helpful.

Discussion and Speaker's Corner reviews have to argue their points well and come to a conclusion. Any external sources or figures must be credited. All the usual "isms" - sexism, racism etc. will be marked down and reported to Dooyoo where appropriate.

Also... if you've read or rated any of my reviews, then thank you, even if the rating is a lower one. All honest ratings count towards the success of the site. I do not subscribe to the increasingly popular point of view of "return reads". I read and rate around the site on topics that interest me. If you write on the topics I find interesting (and if you're seen as part of the community), then I will read and rate. If not, then I won't. I feel this concept of return reading creates little rating circles that I don't believe is healthy for the site or the community.

* Poll size: 1 ;)

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Reviews by The Duke (last 20)

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Category: Internet Site
Fun fora forum?
Reviewed: dooyoo.forumotion.net
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172
Created: 26/08/09
Last Updated: 19/09/09

Category: Music Album
They will, they will ROCK you!
Reviewed: Live At Wembley '86 - Queen
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32
Created: 20/08/09
Last Updated: 20/08/09

Category: Smartphone
Crown iLikeIt - Apple iPhone 3GS 32GB Black
Reviewed: Apple iPhone 3GS 32 GB
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255
Created: 08/07/09
Last Updated: 09/07/09

Category: External Hard Drive
Some pun on the Western Digital "My Book" 1TB
Reviewed: Western Digital My Book Essential Edition 2.0 WDH1U10000 1 TB
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68
Created: 09/06/09

Category: Laptop
Crown What all laptops should aspire to.
Reviewed: Acer Aspire 6930G
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1267
Created: 01/06/09
Last Updated: 04/06/09

Category: Internet Site
Girls (and boys) on Film.
Reviewed: photobox.co.uk
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125
Created: 30/03/09

Category: Fiction Book
World War Z: What happens when the dead walk the Earth?
Reviewed: World War Z - Max Brooks
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58
Created: 09/03/09

Category: PC Game
Call of Doody
Reviewed: Call of Duty: World at War (PC)
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146
Created: 24/02/09

Crown War, war is stupid... but fun!
Reviewed: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PC)
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91
Created: 12/01/09

Category: Internet Site
Must be funny... in a rich man's world.
Reviewed: moneysavingexpert.com
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178
Created: 08/01/09

Category: PC Game
Crown Fallout Boy becomes Fallout Man
Reviewed: Fallout 3 (PC)
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153
Created: 07/01/09

Category: Youth Hostel International
Wellington YHA
Reviewed: YHA Wellington City (New Zealand)
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85
Created: 02/12/08
Last Updated: 02/12/08

Category: Mobile Phone
Viewty: aVoid
Reviewed: LG KU990 Viewty
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620
Created: 22/11/08

Category: Sightseeing International
Not exactly white knuckle...
Reviewed: Queenstown Rafting (New Zealand)
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150
Created: 08/09/08

Category: Hotel National
Guilty as charged: a decent hotel.
Reviewed: Jury's Inn (Heathrow)
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96
Created: 05/09/08
Last Updated: 05/09/08

Category: Airline
Crown Who said Kiwis couldn't fly?
Reviewed: Air New Zealand
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180
Created: 25/06/08
Last Updated: 25/06/08

Crown Singapore Airlines
Reviewed: Singapore Airlines
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382
Created: 16/06/08

Category: Youth Hostel International
It's cheap, but is it cheerful?
Reviewed: Surf 'n' Snow Backpackers (New Zealand)
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117
Created: 20/05/08

Category: CD / DVD Burning Software
Burn, baby, burn! (Disc-o inferno)
Reviewed: CDBurnerXP
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329
Created: 04/04/08

Category: PC Game
Crown Say Halo and wave goodbye... again.
Reviewed: Halo 2 (PC)
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183
Created: 31/01/08

Category: Operating System
Crown Vista Home Premium: Worth updating?
Reviewed: MS Windows Vista Home Premium
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225
Created: 17/01/08

Category: Travel Agent
STA Travel
Reviewed: STA Travel
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722
Created: 08/01/08
Last Updated: 09/01/08

Category: PC Game
Crown Bioshock: a shockingly good FPS/RPG in the same vein as Sys ...
Reviewed: Bioshock (PC)
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139
Created: 06/01/08

Category: Online Shop
Crown PC Specialist.
Reviewed: pcspecialist.co.uk
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2246
Created: 27/12/07

Category: PC Game
It's a game of two halves.
Reviewed: Pro Evolution Soccer 6 (PC)
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128
Created: 10/12/07

Category: Fiction Book
Crown You might check in... you'll definitely check out.
Reviewed: Hospital - Toby Litt
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174
Created: 10/10/07

Crown They eat your dreams, but give you nightmares...
Reviewed: Glass Books of the Dream Eaters - G.W. Dahlquist
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123
Created: 04/10/07

Crown The Return of the Mack
Reviewed: The testament of Gideon Mack - James Robertson
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179
Created: 27/08/07

Category: Internet Site
Crown Social networking... for grown ups. Maybe.
Reviewed: facebook.com
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270
Created: 09/08/07
Last Updated: 10/08/07

Category: LCD Monitor
LG L226WTQ-SF: a five star widescreen monitor.
Reviewed: LG L226WTQ-SF
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1675
Created: 01/08/07

 
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