Game Reviews
Cool Spot Review
Cool Spot is a platformer starring the 7-Up mascot that somehow turned out great. A retro look at one of the SNES era's most unlikely gems.
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Book Reviews
Dead Space Liberation Review
Liberation is the third of the Dead Space graphic novels (and only the second that I have read). This one serves as a prequel to Dead Space 3, a game which I do not yet have myself, but one that our Features Editor Eric W. award three-out-of-four stars to in his PC review a couple of days ago. This first I read (and reviewed here) was Salvage and it was written by Antony Johnston. That one featured an art style by Christopher Shy that I initially didn’t like but that did grow on me by the end of…
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Game Reviews
Dead Space 3 Review
The third and final installment in the Dead Space game series, or at least as far as Isaac Clarke's story arc goes, is upon us and it doesn't disappoint. I'll say upfront: If you're a fan of this series you'll be very happy with this game and if you never cared about the series there's nothing here for you. For PC gamers I'm going to post arguably the most important thing in this review upfront: The FOV tweak which is absolutely a must with this game. Navigate your way to…
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Entertainment
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Review
For the sake of being fair to this movie in this review, there’ll be no comparisons made between “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” or “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory”, because no one can play the role of Willy Wonka the way Gene Wilder did. With that said, Johnny Depp performed the role brilliantly, as he does pretty much every character. Poor kid Charlie Bucket (Freddie Highmore) finds the last of Willy Wonka’s (Johnny Depp) “Golden Tickets”. The tickets, of which there were five…
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The Game Plan Review
If you’re looking for a clean, family-friendly comedy with a lot of laughs, you should definitely give The Game Plan a rent or simply add it to your DVD collection as it’s worthy of repeat viewing’s.
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Book Reviews
Dead Space Salvage Review
Day 46 of the QDR brings us another graphic novel, video game tie-in: Dead Space Salvage. The story is set in between Dead Space and Dead Space 2 and involves a group of illegal miners salvaging the Ishimura. Is it worth reading?
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Entertainment
Underworld Rise of the Lycans Review
I enjoyed the original Underworld movie, and thought it was quite a good film. The second one was good, but I found it to be just a tad worse than the first one, which is usually what happens with sequels. Then came word of a prequel without the two main characters from the first two films, and I thought it would be wonderful based off of the flashbacks and dialogue in the first film. And it is; I believe this prequel to be the best of the Underworld films. In this prequel, we see the birth of…
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The Forbidden Planet Review
It's Wednesday, and it's time for another merger of the Quick Daily Review with Classic Cinema Wednesday. This time we're back to the science-fiction genre with a 1950s classic starring Leslie Nielsen. Click to read the review.
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Stargate The Ark of Truth Review
It's been a few days since the reviews of the individual SG-1 seasons wrapped up, so now we can turn our attention to the movies and the rest of the franchise. Up first, with day 42, is the first SG-1 movie: The Ark of Truth.
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Lord of War Review
Day 41 of the QDR brings the Nicolas Cage film, Lord of War; it's the story of a Ukrainian immigrant who goes into the arms dealing business. Is the film worth watching? Read the review to find out.
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Wild Hogs Review
The month of January concludes with the 31st Quick Daily Review. Tim Allen, John Travolta, Martin Lawrence, and William H. Macy star in Wild Hogs, a mid-life crisis biker movie. Is it any good? Read the review to find out.
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Fool’s Gold Review
The How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days pair, Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey, team up again in this romantic-comedy. This time around, the duo play a divorced couple out on one last quest to find treasure buried at sea since 1715. McConaughey portrays Ben Finnegan, a child-at-heart surfer who has an obsession with finding the 18th century treasure. Hudson stars as his ex-wife, Tess Finnegan, who wants to move on with and rebuild her life. Tess takes a job working on a yacht, owned by a billionaire…
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Game Reviews
Nintendo Wii U Review
The next generation of game consoles began on November 18th with the release of Nintendo’s Wii U, and unfortunately for Nintendo their next gen console is comparable (slightly better) than the current generation of consoles from Sony and Microsoft. And that means that (if the rumored specs and developer talk is to be believed) when the next Playstation and Xbox hit the market (possibly this year). Wii U will be in a similar situation as Wii was. Wii U already isn’t getting highly anticipated…
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Book Reviews
Superfly The Jimmy Snuka Story Review
Jimmy Snuka’s prime as a wrestler was a few years before my time; my earliest memories of seeing the Superfly in action was during his early 90s WWF run where he was a solid mid-card act. As I got older and was able to acquire tapes and eventually the Internet, I was able to see some of Snuka’s older stuff from the late 70s to early/mid 80s and was able to appreciate what he meant for the business and why he was deserving of a spot in the WWF/E Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame…
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Book Reviews
Assassin’s Creed – 1 Desmond Review
This is first volume of the French comic/graphic novel series of Assassin’s Creed books. This volume starts off with Subject 16 and an ancestor named Aquilus, but it’s very much about Desmond and Altair. It tells how Desmond was kidnapped and came to be at Abstergo, and shows some key missions of Altair’s. For the most part, this volume follows the events of the first game pretty well. Anyone who has played the first Assassin’s Creed will be able to easily follow along, although the book does a…
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Book Reviews
Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die Review
Willie Nelson is an undeniable American legend of Country-Western music. But there has always been more to Willie than his music; he’s an actor, a writer, and an advocate for several causes. He has written a few books before, both non-fiction and fiction, including an autobiography. This book is “musings from the road,” and that’s quite accurate. The book is completely random and has the feel of thoughts quickly scribbled on to paper on a bus ride. If you’re expecting perfect grammar and a…
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Entertainment
The Music Never Stopped Review
Jim Kohlberg's ‘The Music Never Stops’ is a sweet love letter to the music of the 1960s and early 70s wrapped in a story about a father and his long estranged son reconnecting over the very thing that split them apart so long ago. It is also a story of one of the most bizzare cases of amnesia in recent medical history. The case is based on a true story originally told in the essay entitled ‘The Last Hippie’ by Oliver Sacks. The time is the late 1980s, and Gabriel Sawyer, a child of the sixties…
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A Man Apart Review
Sean Vetter (Vin Diesel), a DEA agent, arrests the leader of a major drug Cartel, in Mexico. With Memo Lucero (Geno Silva) in prison, a new player emerges as the top dog in the drug business, a man known only as Diablo. A hit is placed on Vetter, and while the attempt to murder Vetter is thwarted, his wife Stacy (Jacqueline Obradors) is killed. Together with his partner, Demetrius Hicks (Larenz Tate), Vetter sets out for revenge and to bring down the Cartel’s and Diablo once and for all. They…
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Game Reviews
Hitman Absolution Review
I'm a long time Hitman fanboy. I view Blood Money as the apex of the series and that hasn't changed with the advent of this game. Just to get that out of the way. At least once a year I have to fire up at least Blood Money for a jaunt and often times Contracts and Silent Assassin as well. The games are permanent residents on my hard drive. It's been a long six year wait for myself and a lot of other people, but a new Hitman game is finally upon us. I'm really not sure why it took IO this long to…
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Enemy Mine Review
Willis Davidge (Dennis Quaid) is a soldier in a war set in the future; a war between the Earth humans and the Reptilian aliens known as the Dracs. Davidge crash lands on a distant alien volcanic world while in combat with a Drac, Jeriba Shigan (Louis Gossett Jr.). Jeriba also crash lands on the planet. Finding themselves stranded on the unknown and dangerous planet, the two enemies put aside their differences in an effort to survive. The two eventually become friends, brothers even. Dennis Quaid…
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