December 2009
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Brief, Scattershot Thoughts on Uncharted 2
Great graphics, that goes without explanation if you’ve seen any screenshots or videos. Though I really had a problem with the character’s eyes in the cutscenes. It wasn’t that they were all dead/Polar Express/Uncanny Valley-ish it’s that they were too shiny and the irises seemed really big or just not a natural colour. It seems like a really nitpicky thing but it took...
October 2009
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New Fall Shows That I Love And You Should Watch
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! As a huge TV nerd, fall is my favourite time of the year because there’s so many new shows and most of the shows I love come back (though it also causes problems in terms of scheduling) so I decided to write a post about the new fall season. This post will be about the brand spankin’ new shows this year that I’m excited about and...
September 2009
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My Late review of Drag Me to Hell
So, I finally saw Drag Me to Hell and I have to say, I was less than impressed. I was excited to see this movie. I’ve been a big fan of the Evil Dead series since I was a kid and saw Army of Darkness for the first time on First Choice (now known as The Movie Network).
When I heard Sam Raimi had a new movie coming out I was really excited. I obviously didn’t see it in theatres, but...
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Why your XBox 360 sucks
Alright, so it’s only fair that I pick on the giant of the 3. The XBox 360. Since November 22, 2005 the XBox 360 has been a powerhouse of a console. They are currently the top selling console on the market. That might change now that the PS3 has the same $299 price point. Although, Microsoft could reduce their prices to retaliate. After all, the XBox 360 is a cheap piece of crap....
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Why your PS3 sucks
Face it. The thing sucks. I have one and cry every time I turn it on. I suppose it’s come in handy as games started coming out, but I really just bought it as a cheap Blu-Ray player. At the time I bought it, $399 was the price point and that was as cheap as Blu-Ray Players got. Sure, games started coming out that got me interested, but no real exclusives to get me behind it enough to really...
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Watch This Show: Supernatural
For my third TV show recommendation post I am going to discuss Supernatural which is one of my favourite TV shows on right now. It just started its fifth, and possibly final, season. I say possibly final because this is the last season of a 5-season story arc and though they’ve teased us with the possibility of doing more the creators have said it would probably be five seasons and no...
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Play This Game: Trials HD
Trials HD is a new XBox arcade game in which you ride a motorcycle through various obstacle courses and try to finish as quick as possible, with as few faults (retries) as possible, and/or perhaps even just try to finish the course. I mention the last one because this game is hard, REALLY hard. It’s really rare for me to like games that are extremely difficult as most of the time for me...
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Why Digg needs to be more bipartisan
Some things you should know. I’m a Canadian. I live with 3 major Federal parties existing. The Liberal Party, The Conservative Party, and The NDP. If you count The Bloc, then there’s 4. You can only vote for them in Quebec,which is only a province. Why can you vote for them as a Federal representation is beyond me.
For the sake of this article, though, I’m going to focus on...
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See This Movie: Gamer
I haven’t written anything in a while but now I’m trying to force myself to sit down and write at least a little bit a day so eventually, even if I don’t finish an article every day, I’ll at least be working toward a goal. For my first article in quite a while I’d like to tell you about a movie called Gamer. Gamer is about a future in which people can control other...
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iPhone App Review #4: µMonitor
Here’s µMonitor for the iPhone, which was recently rejected by the appstore after the “AppStore Gods” reviewed it for 4 months or so. According to Apple:
“We’ve reviewed µMonitor and determined that we cannot post this version of your application to the App Store at this time because this category of applications is often used for the purpose of infringing third party rights....
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PS3 Firmware 3.0 coming September 1st. TOMORROW!
Basically, the PS3 3.0 firmware will be adding a New & Improved Information Board, Status Indicator, better Friends List, PlayStation Store Shortcuts, Personalization, and a trophy update. I’m not gonna get into what they all are. You can do that yourself, by using the google. It’s not hard. If you’re lazy, go here.
It souds like good news. First, Sony announces a price...
August 2009
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iPhone App Review #3: Facebook 3.0
So, there you have it. Facebook 3.0 for the iPhone and iPod Touch! Isn’t it pretty!? It’s actually really nice. The home screen has been completely revamped. As you can see, all the main features ofFacebook are nicely laid out. As you start receiving updates in your News Feed, Inbox, or whatever, you get a nice little notification letting you know about theupdates. Unfortunately, this...
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iPhone App Review #2: eBuddy
eBuddy is a free fully featured instant messaging (that doesn’t contain ads) application for the iPhone. It stands alone from other apps like IM+, BeeJive, andPalringo in that it offers full access to all the services that they offer (AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, Jabber, GTalk, and Facebook Chat) and includes push notification. The instant messaging apps that come with push notification have a...
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Lost: Season 6 Theories
Quite a bit of time (103 days) has gone by since Lost: Season 5 ended and everybody wants to know what happened with the bomb. Did it go off? Were the Losties transported back to 2008? Does nothing happen? Was a rift in time created which causes alternate realities where the Losties can possibly meet up with each other, creating a hole in the space-time continuum which causes the entire universe...
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PS3 Slim Announced!
Unless you’re living under a rock, you will have by now already found out about the PS3 Slim. If you don’t believe me, check it out for yourself.
Apparently, this new PS3 will be sold for $100 less for a new price point of $299.99 (USD). This is great for people who are in the market for a PS3, but shitty news for people like me who already own one.
According to Engadget:
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Why your Nintendo Wii sucks
Before I really get into this, you should know that I own a Wii. It’s been sitting in my TV stand cupboard for about 8 months now.
I play my PS3 mostly now. It has similar titles like Call of Duty: World at War, Rock Band, etc… But, once the novelty of that “WiiMote”wears off , you end up with a cheap piece of plastic that you give to your mother because she thinks...
July 2009
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Where's the 'Fuck This Game' Button? Or why I only...
I know I’m a bit late on Dead Space which was released late last year but I finally got it from my by the mail game rental service GameAccess.ca so earlier I decided to pop it into my PlayStation 3 to give it a shot. Fast forward to me, 10 minutes later, hitting in frustration the eject button and muttering to myself, “I’m not going to fucking deal with this right now.”
It starts off...
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Watch This Show: Legend of the Seeker
I have a few of these TV show recommendation articles in various stages of completeness kicking around but I was inspired to finish up with this one because recently we’ve been getting bits of news on season 2 of this show. As the title suggests the show I am writing about this time ‘round is Legend of the Seeker.
LotS (as the kids are calling it these days) is a...
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My Top 5 Reality Shows
With Big Brother premiering tonight I wanted to write about reality shows in general so here’s my favourites. This list isn’t in any particular order. Survivor Going into it’s 19th season this fall I had to put it on this list just for the sheer amount of hours I must have spent watching it but it’s also on this list because without fail every season has something...
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Watch This Show: Harper's Island
It is unfortunate that my first TV show recommendation is for a show that will never have a second season. However, it is still worth recommendation for its outstanding, and seemingly only, season. Harper’s Island is the story of a group of people that congregate at the titular place to attend a wedding only to find that once they get there a series of brutal murders begins. Don’t...
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iPhone App Review #1: Birdfeed
There are probably over a hundred Twitter apps for the iPhone. The most popular ones being Tweetie, Tweetdeck, Twitterfon, Twitterific, or something else. They’re all good in their own way. It’s all about your preferences in the long run. Some of these have features that another app won’t have such as a trends option, location finder, ability to search for tweets in your area,...
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Play This Game: Battlefield Heroes
In my first post recommending a game I wanted to talk about a game I’ve been playing almost all day and am currently obsessed with: Battlefield Heroes. It is a free shooter with stylized cartoonish graphics and MMO-style classes and leveling. Yes, I said free. That is the main draw for me since it is absolutely free although it is ad supported and you can spend money on enhancements for...