No traditions are remembered, all glitches are permitted. Summary [7 out of 10] Assassin’s Creed III is the indirect follow up to Assassin’s Creed II with two stop gap titles between, those being Brotherhood and Revelations. The story got a bit convoluted with those two titles, some new mechanics were introduced for better or [...]
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Superior Hosting is all about Support and Hardware Quality
If you’ve read this site for any length of time, you have probably noticed that I write about my host (RimuHosting) about once a year. If you have spent any time researching hosting providers online, you have likely run across comments about Rimu along the lines of “The support is amazing!” and you think to [...]
Pond Panic (iOS Review)
Summary [4.5 out of 5] Note: We decided to use a ½ scale for mobile gaming since we they are a bit different in terms of depth than a console or PC title. Pond Panic is the first entry into the game catalog of Fabling Game Studios. The game hits all the right notes for [...]
Skyfall Movie Review
A blending of the rebooted franchise with Bond films of old, Skyfall maintains the quality of the Daniel Craig Bonds while bringing back the fun as well to make for one of the best films in franchise history. After a mission is botched to retrieve a list revealing the true identity of all of MI6′s [...]
Resident Evil 6 (Xbox 360) Review
Summary [8.0 out of 10] Following threads of several interconnected stories, Resident Evil 6 might be the most ambitious entry in the series in terms of both story and execution and it mostly works. Taking a somewhat unorthodox approach to the series, Resident Evil 6 takes a bit of getting used to as the game [...]
XCOM: Enemy Unknown (Xbox 360 Review)
Summary [9.5 out of 10] I’m not saying that the Unknown Enemy is Aliens, but it’s Aliens. XCOM: Enemy Unknown is not a remake, but a reboot of a beloved game from 1994 called UFO: Enemy Unknown aka X-COM: UFO Defense aka X-COM: Enemy Unknown. After a string of follow-ups culminating with 2001’s X-COM: Enforcer, [...]
Taken 2 Movie Review
Pretty much the same as the first movie except with more taking and throat punching, Taken 2 is roughly what you would expect. Continuing the story from the original film, Taken 2 finds Brian Mills (Liam Neeson) finishing up a security job in Istanbul when his daughter Kim (Maggie Grace) and ex-wife Lenore (Famke Janssen) [...]
Seven Psychopaths Movie Review
At turns brutally dark, bitterly sad and enormously hilarious, Seven Psychopaths is a unique movie that is not for every taste but is a masterpiece for those who can plug in. Following the efforts of Irish writer (and alcoholic) Marty (Colin Farrell) who is attempting to write a screenplay called the Seven Psychopaths that features [...]
Borderlands 2 (Xbox 360 Review)
Summary [9 out of 10] Borderlands 2 is Gearbox’s follow up to the awesomesauce that was 2009’s Game of the Year and it does not disappoint. The main characters from the first game return as NPCs to interact with and help you out on your journey. This one really starts off with a bang (I [...]
Argo Movie Review
Firing on all cylinders, Argo is a tense thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat even if you know how the true story plays out. On November 4, 1979 tensions in Iran reached a boiling point which led to an Iranian take over of the American Embassy in Tehran and made [...]
Here Comes the Boom Movie Review
A formulaic and predictable film, Here Comes the Boom manages to charm its way out of this hole with clever dialogue, good performances and legit MMA. Scott Voss (Kevin James) is a biology teacher who has given up a long time ago. He is habitually late and doesn’t even attempt to teach his class. The [...]
End of Watch Movie Review
Captivating and engaging, End of Watch is a miracle of a cop movie that provides us with characters worth rooting for and a rare cinematic look at good cops. End of Watch follows the day to day exploits of two uniformed LA police officers Brian Taylor (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Mike Zavala (Michael Pena) as they [...]
Looper Movie Review
A testament to the importance of endings, Looper is fantastic for the majority of its run time only to stumble its way across the finish line so badly that it tarnishes everything that came before it. Taking place 30+ years from now, Looper offers up a world of the near future in which time travel [...]
Dredd Movie Review
Better than the 1995 adaptation by orders of magnitude previously unheard of in current science , Dredd kicks a lot of ass despite a story that is very familiar to action fans. Adapted from the popular 2000 AD character Judge Dredd, this new film is not a remake of the horrible Stallone version but rather a [...]
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron (Xbox 360) Review
Summary [8.5 out of 10] Direct sequel to 2010′s War for Cybertron, Fall of Cybertron picks up right as that game left off with the Autobots trying to escape their dying planet through the space bridge to find another planet to inhabit while Cybertron repairs itself. The game once again offers players a chance to [...]
For a Good Time Call Movie Review
For a Good Time Call looks like a cookie cutter friendship movie with lots of sugary sweetness and learning but very quickly reveals itself to be quite a bit more…if not as much more as I would have liked. After going through one of the most awkward on-screen break ups ever, followed almost immediately by [...]
Lawless Movie Review
A slow burn of a film, Lawless takes its time getting where it is going but with an especially strong performance by Tom Hardy the trip is definitely worth it. Based on true events, specifically those depicted in the book ‘The Wettest County in the World’ by Matt Bondurant, Lawless tells the story of the [...]
The Expendables 2 Movie Review
Improving on the original in just about every way and delivering on the 80′s cheese and star power, the Expendables 2 is an enormously successful throw back to old school R-rated action and is enormously satisfying in just about every possible way. After a successful rescue mission in which sniper newcomer Billy the Kid (Liam [...]
Safety Not Guaranteed Movie Review
At once sweet, earnest and brutally funny Safety Not Guaranteed is a terrific film that manages to deliver a mixture of heart, pathos and comedy without ever feeling too light or too heavy handed. Inspired by an ad that ran in a 1997 issue of Backwoods Home Magazine as a joke/filler for the magazine’s classifieds [...]
Total Recall Movie Review
While not holding much of a candle to the original film, the Total Recall remake is a bit of a mixed bag as it succeeds as a sci-fi action/chase movie but fails as a psychological thriller. The year is 2084 and the Earth has become nigh uninhabitable with only two major population centers left. The [...]
The Dark Knight Rises Movie Review
Despite a clunky opening and impossibly high expectations, The Dark Knight Rises is absolutely incredible. The final chapter in director Christopher Nolan’s epic Batman series, the Dark Knight Rises picks up 8 years after the end of the Dark Knight with Gotham City enjoying reasonably crime free streets thanks to the Dent Act, a piece [...]
The Amazing Spider-Man Movie Review
Despite all marketing evidence to the contrary, The Amazing Spider-man justifies its existence through sheer quality and delivers one of the best treatments of the character to date. A reboot of the previous Spider-man films, the Amazing Spider-man retells the origin of Peter Parker and his journey to become the titular character. Peter (Andrew Garfield) [...]
Ted Movie Review
High concept movies like Ted can be a shakey proposition at the best of times but Seth McFarlane delivers the goods in spades with a surprisingly hilarious and sometimes heart felt film. Ted starts of in typical fairy tale fashion finding a young boy, John Bennett, who has no friends making a Christmas wish that [...]
Men In Black 3 Movie Review
Far better than I expected it to be, Men in Black 3 delivers a much more worthy sequel than the last installment but with a clunky beginning it doesn’t manage to recapture the magic of the first one. When we rejoin J ( Will Smith) and K (Tommy Lee Jones) we find the two in [...]
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