It’s been a while but I have had shit to do and well I’m lazy so here is my first attempt at a game review. First off I must begin by saying I love the Devil May Cry series of games. Yes I am biased, and I don’t care. Devil May Cry has almost everything I ever wanted in a game. Violence, explosions, demons, blood, flawless action, a large variety of cool moves (that are easy to pull off), and most importantly a smart ass main character. The original Devil May Cry is still one of my favorite games of all time. What it lacked in good story telling it more than made up for in extremely fun game play and all around badassedness! That’s right I said it, BADASSEDNESS! Devil May Cry is the story of Dante, a demon hunter (who just happens to be half demon himself, on his father’s side) who works out of a bar called (yes, you guessed it) Devil May Cry. He gets a call that there is some demon mischief, and he goes and gives those nasties a spankin. Fairly simple story I know, but like I said you DO NOT play for the story. The second game was a let down mainly because it was way to easy which made it very boring. The creators of the game apparently realized this and made the third installment more challenging. WAY MORE (I am not a writer by profession so get ready to see a lot of bad grammar and/or made up words) challenging! The boss battles were ungodly difficult, but the game surprisingly enough was still a lot of fun. They made improvements on the story telling, and gave Dante even more awesome moves by giving him four different fighting styles. Which brings us to Devil May Cry 4… Read more…
For an FPS junkie that has never cared for physics, I thought Switchball would be a drag, but I’ll admit I was quite entertained. There are 5 worlds (Lava World, Sky World, Ice World, etc) with 6 levels for each and two modes for online multiplayer. The goal is to complete each level while using the motion and force of the ball that the player is controlling. The game also makes it intriguing by allowing the ball to change into different physical properties that a player can use to their advantage. Changing it into metal will make the ball heavier and vulnerable to magnetic forces, but rolling through hefty barricades will be easier. Another type is the air ball, which is the opposite of the metal ball. It’s lighter and can glide across thin sheets where as a metal ball can not. There is one more type of ball that a player can morph into, which is the most fun, but I don’t want to give too much away. Read more…
Having long been an appreciator of the fine art of stop motion animation I recently came into possession of iStopMotion a simple and fun application for making animated films. In order to understand it better I did what any geek worth his twenty sided die would do, I turned to the internet.
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Doctor Who: Series 2 Season 4
WARNING: THIS MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS. OR IT MAY NOT. OK, SO IT DOESN’T
Ok. If you have read my bio you know im a sucker for Scifi stuff, but there are a few bits of Scifi i am sorta devoted to. One of them is the Doctor Who series. I was one of the kids that spent many a preteen night watching the cheezy-fun adventures of a time traveler and whatever random person he decided to take along for the ride. I can’t remember much about the original series anymore but the new one has picked up all of the good stuff i remember from olden days… but that isn’t exactly what i meant to write about. A new season just started up… Read more…
I am Legend
A Review by Cade Antilles
In the vein of the post-apocalypse, I just watched I Am Legend. I vaguely remember watching The Omega Man starring Charlton Heston back in the early ’90s, and I remember finding that to be a strange film. Maybe because it was made in the ’70s, maybe ’cause I was still a kid, or it was just plain weird. Anyway, I Am Legend and Omega Man were both based on the same source material: the novel I Am Legend by Richard Matheson. (and apparently there was another adaptation in 1964 called Last Man on Earth starring Vincent Price) I Am Legend, I thought, was a very good movie.
The film follows the exploits of survivor Robert Neville, portrayed by Will Smith, alone (except for his canine pal, Sam) in New York City. We see how he lives, what he does with his days, and how he deals with being a lone survivor. At night, mutated, blood-thirsty humans roam the streets in search of prey. Over the course of the film, we are shown flashbacks to before the apocalypse, and the story is progressively explained. The setting and plot are interesting, the character of Neville is entertaining, the visual effects for the environment were excellent, and I relished the eerie atmosphere of the film. On the flip-side, the plot felt predictable at times, the creature effects were sub-standard, and there was very little that was up-lifting about it (a standard for apocalyptic fiction, I know, but it doesn’t mean I have to like it).
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A Trip Down Memory Lane
Recently, Gametrailers.com has begun a Star Wars Retrospective. They’re chronicling all Star Wars video games from the early 1980s through today. So far, they’ve done two episodes: one about the early arcade and Atari games, and the other about all games directly related to the plot of the Original Trilogy. Their plan appears to be to produce one episode every two weeks leading up to the release of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, a brand spanking new game from Lucasarts coming later this year.
If you want to reminisce about the old Star Wars games, check it out. Its also a great way to see the evolution of video games, in general. Its also good for a few laughs. I highly recommend seeing it, even if you’re not a Star Wars geek like me.
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock, or rarely frequent the file sharing news/blogs, you’ve heard about NIN’s latest album, Ghosts. The album is an experiment in promotion and has been a standout success. There are a lot of options for getting the music, ranging in price from Free to $75. There was an option for a $300 set of goodies that sold out in two days. That’s right SOLD OUT in two days. This garnered a neat $750,0001 from those alone. In the first week the bands total transactions were up to $1.6 million2. Most of this is pure profit for Trent Rezner et al. The experiment moves beyond NIN releasing this album w/o any label support and still making money. It goes much further. Read more…
Warning! This review may contain spoilers!
Written by Karen Traviss and published in February 2008 by Del Rey Books, “Revelation” is the latest continuation of the Star Wars Expanded Universe. This is the eighth book in the nine-book Legacy of the Force series, which takes place 40 years after the events seen in the film Star Wars – Episode IV: A New Hope. This series was originally billed as a prelude to the events seen in the Dark Horse Comics Series “Star Wars: Legacy”. Although, it would seem that those claims are trivial as there have been only a couple of instances of allusion. So far, “Legacy of the Force” seems to have become its own stand alone series that continues to shape the EU. With one more book left in the series, we shall see what will come.
The book is decently written, but I must say that I am torn by Ms. Traviss’s writing style. I enjoy her take on Boba Fett and the Mandalorians, however I find it odd that someone with such an interest in writing about a warrior-people possesses such a poor ability to write action. Her style of writing is sufficient for the psychology of the characters, however combat feels abstract and unfocused. Its almost like applying the “shaky-cam” to the written word. Being that I already have a distinct hatred for Hollywood’s over-use of the “shaky-cam”, feeling like I’m being led to imagine in the same perspective irks me greatly. Since my only experience with her writing has been the Republic Commando and Legacy of the Force novels, I can only assume that this is how she always writes. Read more…
