Alrighty then, I highly doubt really anyone reads this, but I like to critique things and I have a few things to say..
FIRST OFF.
Zero Punctuation.
Zero Punctuation is a game review webshow done in either flash mx or windows movie maker, I believe he mentioned it once before...but my memory fails me at the time being.
The british born aussie will review a game with out stopping for air or as the title suggests. Punctuation. But again lets think about this, he's talking and in talking you rather pause at the , mark. But other than that I don't think periods are really evident in your speech.(unless you are a woman who hasn't hit menopause.Lol)
But it's possibly a gimick or just something creative. He's often shown in real live pictures with a sweet hat and drawn with said sweet hat. Come on FEDORAS!
You cannot be uncool and wear a fedora at the same time. So he wins massive points for that fact.
Some people will say he's over criticizing of games or like a friend of mine puts it as "he sums up a game without knowing the whole story"
WELL. There are more ways to skin a cat or a game than your way. I agree with some of the things he has to say and some of the things I'm not a fan of, but the hat just makes up for some of the belligerent slime that has come forth.(my only issue being the halo 3 review with out him playing the first two games)
Other than that it's a 5 minute joy of listening to the arousing british accent flow out of my hi def laptop speakers and a few giggles from his choice words.
He is one of the people that inspires me to critique the world as it hits me in the face.
I highly recommend the opinion of Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw.
With that slice of gold out of the way
Let's revist the webcomics I first did.
First up
CAD
CAD has taken many different paths, one of the paths had readers enraged and upset with the loss of the ethan/lilah child. But I know he has a reason for all this and did manage to end the saga on a nice and funny note.
Yes I know miscarriage isn't funny...but he tied in a joke from the first comic in the saga...
The art has taken a bit of polishing since I last reviewed it, which is nice and also I've found that his humor is being to take a broader view than just games, which has originally had hard criticizing from it's fanboys/girls.
Which I think is nice to deviate from just gaming jokes...there is a lot of funny shit going on in the world and the idiots should be made an example of via web comic, web casts and water cooler hi jinx.
seriously!
My original rating for the comic didn't fare so well as I wasn't too overly thrilled with how it was cramming too much into one comic or saga...but now I revise that score and give it a 4/5
Dr. McNinja is still funny as ever, no need to tell it what to do, when it's doing the right thing already.
Questionable content gets funnier every comic, except the rare comic that doesn't seem to make much sense unless you read the creators blog or happen to know something he does...which limits his crowd I think.
However his introduction to a filler character known as 'Sweet-Tits', was widely welcomed and so far seems to be making a wonderful character filler, maybe even better than shouting bird.
so with that I leave you again to enjoy the jewels of life and to sort through the crap
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Friday, June 6, 2008
You Don't Mess With The Zohan
so I walked into this theater...thinking about what to expect from this movie...
my first thought is "Adam Sandler, he does funny...sometimes stupid funny..but funny."
And thats what you get.
Tons of stereotypes, his Sandler's parents...some very odd scenes and political er..'talk'
seriously
Hillary, bush, Clinton, McCain....Obama...all mentioned and in less than 5 minutes about at the 1/3 mark of the movie.
I rather like the 'disco break' they have in there...
speaking of disco..the music was fantastic...ethnically tacky and delightfully techno...
all in all I will say the acting was solid, the humor was perverse, funny and politically on the ball even for this current time...(though my small town inhabitants seemed to miss ALOT of the jokes..the political ones especially)
and it was well...stupid funny.
5/5!
my first thought is "Adam Sandler, he does funny...sometimes stupid funny..but funny."
And thats what you get.
Tons of stereotypes, his Sandler's parents...some very odd scenes and political er..'talk'
seriously
Hillary, bush, Clinton, McCain....Obama...all mentioned and in less than 5 minutes about at the 1/3 mark of the movie.
I rather like the 'disco break' they have in there...
speaking of disco..the music was fantastic...ethnically tacky and delightfully techno...
all in all I will say the acting was solid, the humor was perverse, funny and politically on the ball even for this current time...(though my small town inhabitants seemed to miss ALOT of the jokes..the political ones especially)
and it was well...stupid funny.
5/5!
Thursday, May 29, 2008
some stuff I need to review
First off.
Mid Game Review of Destroy All Humans! 2
Awesome voice acting, the cut scenes are wonderful, the music holy cow awesomesauce.
Graphics are just as the first one...the saucer is fun to fly, except it seems hell awful slow for an ALIEN SAUCER.
I mean half the cars and people move faster than this saucer. :<
that is not awesomesauce. But I suppose we can't be a super alien.
I give the game a solid 5 out of 5
Case Closed-Anime
An actual enjoyable anime...provided you can get over the ear size. :< that's my only quip with the show....not the voice acting(which is great), not the subtitles(which are decent with the episode dvds, but the movie ones are..well difficult at times)...the theme music is rather irritating...but the ear size is the only thing that gets me on that one.
The dialouge is somewhat cliched at times, but the stories are usually interesting.
I give this a 4 out of 5
Unreal Tournament 2: The Liandri Conflict
this is a mid game review. bear this in mind.
So far I've seen alot of whining and bitching in the cut scenes, a mention to sex, necrophillia...the basics and also personal issues.
The game play is fluid and exciting, your fingers at some point must turn into a flurry of button mashing to keep up with some of the fast paces of the game. Particularly the Capture the flag is fairly easy to master as long as your team guards the flag and you speed your way to the other base, that's always an easy win.
the nihli killing is hard to stay ahead unless you get a double damage boost.
the ball carrying is a bitch. :< I will say that.
Death matches are standard and enjoyable...blood and gore abound.
5 out of 5!
Mid Game Review of Destroy All Humans! 2
Awesome voice acting, the cut scenes are wonderful, the music holy cow awesomesauce.
Graphics are just as the first one...the saucer is fun to fly, except it seems hell awful slow for an ALIEN SAUCER.
I mean half the cars and people move faster than this saucer. :<
that is not awesomesauce. But I suppose we can't be a super alien.
I give the game a solid 5 out of 5
Case Closed-Anime
An actual enjoyable anime...provided you can get over the ear size. :< that's my only quip with the show....not the voice acting(which is great), not the subtitles(which are decent with the episode dvds, but the movie ones are..well difficult at times)...the theme music is rather irritating...but the ear size is the only thing that gets me on that one.
The dialouge is somewhat cliched at times, but the stories are usually interesting.
I give this a 4 out of 5
Unreal Tournament 2: The Liandri Conflict
this is a mid game review. bear this in mind.
So far I've seen alot of whining and bitching in the cut scenes, a mention to sex, necrophillia...the basics and also personal issues.
The game play is fluid and exciting, your fingers at some point must turn into a flurry of button mashing to keep up with some of the fast paces of the game. Particularly the Capture the flag is fairly easy to master as long as your team guards the flag and you speed your way to the other base, that's always an easy win.
the nihli killing is hard to stay ahead unless you get a double damage boost.
the ball carrying is a bitch. :< I will say that.
Death matches are standard and enjoyable...blood and gore abound.
5 out of 5!
Monday, May 26, 2008
Narnia Prince Caspian
So I went to see the new Narnia movie tonight.
Needless to say they followed the book relatively well, except the end. :/
The special effects were good, the fight scenes were INTENSE. Not 300 intense, but enough that it had my attention.
the acting wasn't as good as the first one and some of the scenes felt hollow to me.
I don't think I would have had such an issue with the acting if Susan didn't have the same expression 90% of the time and peter would stop acting like Harry Potter in the third movie.
The lines from the mice and the other narnian creatures were well done and the centaurs always looked fabulous and had such poetic lines.
All in all the movie was decent, but not great so I'll give it a 3 out of 5.
Needless to say they followed the book relatively well, except the end. :/
The special effects were good, the fight scenes were INTENSE. Not 300 intense, but enough that it had my attention.
the acting wasn't as good as the first one and some of the scenes felt hollow to me.
I don't think I would have had such an issue with the acting if Susan didn't have the same expression 90% of the time and peter would stop acting like Harry Potter in the third movie.
The lines from the mice and the other narnian creatures were well done and the centaurs always looked fabulous and had such poetic lines.
All in all the movie was decent, but not great so I'll give it a 3 out of 5.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Charles Weston
So on today's review I'll be looking at Charles Weston-Salon Results Moisture Lock Shampoo and Conditioner
Today ended the two week trial period of the product
I usually go for products that prevent my hair from frizzing or becoming too dry, but in my experience, I've found that each product doesn't last long on keeping a frizz free head, or leaves an oily look and feel after a day.
First off:
Both are a cream, which is good for keeping split ends and frizz down. the bottles are slim and easy to fit anywhere.
The scent is lovely, to be honest it's not a specific smell, it's just a good smell.
Your hair, after air drying, will feel so soft and smooth you wont want to stop touching it. Seriously I petted my own head for like an hour.
And after a day, nay 2 days, not an oily look or feel came about, the effect of the treatment just seemed to wear off.
I highly recommend this product to anyone with dry or frizzy hair!
All in All A 4.5 out of 5!
Today ended the two week trial period of the product
I usually go for products that prevent my hair from frizzing or becoming too dry, but in my experience, I've found that each product doesn't last long on keeping a frizz free head, or leaves an oily look and feel after a day.
First off:
Both are a cream, which is good for keeping split ends and frizz down. the bottles are slim and easy to fit anywhere.
The scent is lovely, to be honest it's not a specific smell, it's just a good smell.
Your hair, after air drying, will feel so soft and smooth you wont want to stop touching it. Seriously I petted my own head for like an hour.
And after a day, nay 2 days, not an oily look or feel came about, the effect of the treatment just seemed to wear off.
I highly recommend this product to anyone with dry or frizzy hair!
All in All A 4.5 out of 5!
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
People-FRANK
Well a good friend of mine asked about this blog.
And asked if I reviewed him.
and now I'm doing so.
What can I say about frank? Frank is made of awesome.
his pictures are either made of win or they reflect wonderful humor.
seriously go look at his pictures------>http://www.myspace.com/frankisfrank
Seee??
what'd I tell you..
Frank is smart, a good quality indeed made of win.
And also lets me call him Misha.
I've called him that for years now.
Gaming master of most games I can think of and many more I've not even heard of probably...
a good hearted person, a deep thinking mind and a good taste of musical peoples and things.
all in all I give frank a billion trillion out of a billion trillion.
and an Epic Win.Forever.
And asked if I reviewed him.
and now I'm doing so.
What can I say about frank? Frank is made of awesome.
his pictures are either made of win or they reflect wonderful humor.
seriously go look at his pictures------>http://www.myspace.com/frankisfrank
Seee??
what'd I tell you..
Frank is smart, a good quality indeed made of win.
And also lets me call him Misha.
I've called him that for years now.
Gaming master of most games I can think of and many more I've not even heard of probably...
a good hearted person, a deep thinking mind and a good taste of musical peoples and things.
all in all I give frank a billion trillion out of a billion trillion.
and an Epic Win.Forever.
Xbox-Red Ninja, Tony Hawks American Wasteland
Well first off let's start with Red Ninja.
I love this game. Period. There are no complaints with the story line, whatsoever.
But let's break this down now.
Battle System...
First off, it's simple button mashing, though mastering throwing your silly weapon is difficult, you have to get in range and make sure the tension is good and what not for that, but in the end, the results are always pleasing.
However.
You cannot hide cut in half bodies. so...that may cause some issues.
The seduce mode is nice and takes some timing to make sure you get your kill, but also has pleasing end results.
close combat is difficult as you are a small girl, you can get kicked in the face a lot...and if you're like me. This will happen. Frequently when stealth killing fails or seduction fails.
Graphics...
Nice not too blocky and relatively smooth animation. I do have issues for their lack of detail or work with indoor scenes...but then again, this is a first gen xbox game.
Camera control...
Holy shit this is the only complaint I have...the control is a pile of shit made of fail.
not only will this fuck you over as far as close combat indoors, it can also swing you into a corner...
also you get frequent pantie shots...seriously.
All in all I rate this a 3 out of 5....
NOW.
Moving on to my next victim.
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland
First off, I will say the music selection is pretty good. And that ends the only good thing about the whole game.
the lack of a playable female character in story mode is pretty much fail....I know skateboarding is a male dominated industry, but come on people!
The voicing is so so, nothing stands out too much.
Camera angles and control are made of epic fail. You frequently end up screwing up missions for the mere fact that the camera can swing and throw you off completely ...and resetting yourself takes up time.
The controls were either very unresponsive or overly sensitive so that made missions even harder.
The animation was choppy at times and world people felt..very flat.
the story line was your average tony hawk story line, make it big time and look awesome doing it by following a long complex instructions that don't make sense, even after you've gone through the tutorial 3 times.
The game does supply classic hawk gaming, which...is about as much fail as the story mode. :/
However, they had a great playlist for in game music. Too bad that was the only good thing.
All in all, I refuse to score this game numerically...as I can't think of a negative number big enough to fail this game...
So in spirit of devArt and the forums....
I DUB THIS GAME EPIC FAIL!
seriously, never play this game, don't buy it, don't rent it. Don't even borrow it from a friend, instead remove it from their possession after explaining the previous to them and after you get over the shock of the fact that they own the damn game. and burn it promptly...please note the evil souls entrapped in the game and the poor souls that they sucked in. pray for the poor souls, douse with holy water for the evil ones.
I love this game. Period. There are no complaints with the story line, whatsoever.
But let's break this down now.
Battle System...
First off, it's simple button mashing, though mastering throwing your silly weapon is difficult, you have to get in range and make sure the tension is good and what not for that, but in the end, the results are always pleasing.
However.
You cannot hide cut in half bodies. so...that may cause some issues.
The seduce mode is nice and takes some timing to make sure you get your kill, but also has pleasing end results.
close combat is difficult as you are a small girl, you can get kicked in the face a lot...and if you're like me. This will happen. Frequently when stealth killing fails or seduction fails.
Graphics...
Nice not too blocky and relatively smooth animation. I do have issues for their lack of detail or work with indoor scenes...but then again, this is a first gen xbox game.
Camera control...
Holy shit this is the only complaint I have...the control is a pile of shit made of fail.
not only will this fuck you over as far as close combat indoors, it can also swing you into a corner...
also you get frequent pantie shots...seriously.
All in all I rate this a 3 out of 5....
NOW.
Moving on to my next victim.
Tony Hawk's American Wasteland
First off, I will say the music selection is pretty good. And that ends the only good thing about the whole game.
the lack of a playable female character in story mode is pretty much fail....I know skateboarding is a male dominated industry, but come on people!
The voicing is so so, nothing stands out too much.
Camera angles and control are made of epic fail. You frequently end up screwing up missions for the mere fact that the camera can swing and throw you off completely ...and resetting yourself takes up time.
The controls were either very unresponsive or overly sensitive so that made missions even harder.
The animation was choppy at times and world people felt..very flat.
the story line was your average tony hawk story line, make it big time and look awesome doing it by following a long complex instructions that don't make sense, even after you've gone through the tutorial 3 times.
The game does supply classic hawk gaming, which...is about as much fail as the story mode. :/
However, they had a great playlist for in game music. Too bad that was the only good thing.
All in all, I refuse to score this game numerically...as I can't think of a negative number big enough to fail this game...
So in spirit of devArt and the forums....
I DUB THIS GAME EPIC FAIL!
seriously, never play this game, don't buy it, don't rent it. Don't even borrow it from a friend, instead remove it from their possession after explaining the previous to them and after you get over the shock of the fact that they own the damn game. and burn it promptly...please note the evil souls entrapped in the game and the poor souls that they sucked in. pray for the poor souls, douse with holy water for the evil ones.
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