Archive for the ‘review’ Tag

Sunday, July 4th, 2010

@Gamer Magazine Review

I, along with probably 250,000 other folks received the launch issue of Future and Best Buy’s partnership magazine, @Gamer. My first glance at the cover and I knew exactly what this was, a glorified video game ad for Best Buy. I was wrong, it isn’t just an ad, it’s also a legitimate magazine, aaaaannnnd that’s [...]

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

“Prince of Persia” Review

I plowed through the game and it was rough. Prince of Persia is definitely not the greatest game I ever played and I don’t think it deserved all the praise it received. Regardless, I stuck with it and ultimately finished. I’m actually surprised that I didn’t abandon the game and start playing something else, like [...]

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

“Batman: Arkham Asylum” Review

I wasn’t going to do it, I wasn’t going to finish this game. I wanted these two days of my vacation to be relaxed, with me just watching television, getting caught up on my TiVo and watching a movie or two that arrived from Netflix. Instead I played Batman: Arkham Asylum, the surprise hit of [...]

Monday, October 5th, 2009

“Glenn Beck’s Common Sense” Review

I was just coming back from a conservative conference and had staunchly confirmed myself as a moderate independent before attending, but after the conference I feel like my values are more inline with conservatives. So I was sitting on the plane at a stop in Las Vegas, and I had just finished a book, so [...]

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

“The Meaning of Night” Review

“The Meaning of Night” by Michael Cox is uncompromisingly slow moving. It is about a man confessing to a murder he committed, what drove him to commit murder and why he needed to do it. His confession goes on for nearly 700 pages and it was a good use of those pages. This book is [...]

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007

Superman Marathon

I spent the better part of yesterday and this morning watching five of the seven Superman movies. It’s an interesting experience watching several movies in a series back to back, because you get some continuity that would otherwise be missing. Except in this case where there is a lack of continuity within the first four [...]