Yes. Indeed.

Other than graphical excellence, the current generation of games really isn't blazing any new ground... I was just thinking back on the old days when I used to spend a ton of time playing "Rogue" - a dungeon crawler circa 1979-1980ish where you needed to retrieve the Amulet of Yendor... not that I ever did. Granted, back then, everything was ( Read more... )

So its time for the Kiza capsule review... This week, it's PANDORUM. From all the advertising, it looked like kind of a lame Jason X, AVP2, Event Horizon, Paul W. S. Anderson style shitfest. The production design looked good though.. and sci-fi has been shunned by holywood as of late, with no new sci fi offerings at all the last few years ( ( Read more... )

Picked up Okami at the local EB for $12. Also, picked up GITS: Solid State Society, Blade and Serenity for $6 each. I dunno if that's good but I'm satisfied.

Tower of Druaga: Ageis of Uruk / Sword of Uruk ( Read more... )

Wow. Michael Bay has exceeded my expectations by creating the gakkiest piece of gak blockbuster. The script is downright laughable. The main villain almost did a no show. The transformers themselves look even more-so like random junk piles, welded together. Which is appropriate, because they are complete pussies, not even able to stand up to ( Read more... )

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Ugh. M Night is so totally full of himself. I love how his name is right on top of the title frame. What a douche.

Plowing through my backlog here:

Gundam 00 - Season 2 (Sunrise)

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Turned out slightly less terrible than season 1 in that the premise behind season 2 is not as ludicrous. Good character arcs for a few of the characters. Antagonists are largely forgettable. Number of Gundam deaths are below par. Certain prominent characters from the first season ( Read more... )

After seeing Aimo's post re: VG musics... here's a few of my non-Nobou favs!

ACTRAISER - Filmore - Yuzo Koshiro

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OGRE BATTLE: MARCH OF THE BLACK QUEEN - Overture / History / Parade March - # Hitoshi Sakimoto / Masaharu Iwata

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(My fav track is actually "Revolt", but the overture is good too.

-edit- found it.

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CASTLEVANIA II: SIMON'S QUEST - ( Read more... )

Verdict: Two and a half Meh's out of Five ( Read more... )