To be absolutely blunt, Rock & Roll Racing is like RC Pro-Am with some Heavy Metal & Hard Rock music, plus a psychotic announcer. To be fair, this isn’t totally a bad thing ? RC Pro-Am is one of the best racing games of its period, with pretty solid controls, a game-play style that keeps you hooked, and decent racing, though the game had some problems with its learning curve.
Rock & Roll Racing basically fixes those learning curve problems and makes the gameplay a little more combat
Now more than a little late to the party, I’m moving on with my thoughts on EA’s E3 Press Briefing from Monday.
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I actually uploaded this on Thursday, but I didn’t get a chance to properly get a blog post up for this until today. Here’s my thoughts on Ubisoft’s E3 Press Briefing, and the horror that was Mr. Caffeine. So, let’s make like Wayne’s World and go Doodlo-doodlo-doodlo.
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Well, I’ve finally gotten to the end of the E3 press conferences, with the two other console manufacturers – Sony and Nintendo. I’m putting both videos in one post, just for the sake of tidiness, and I’m putting them both below the cut.
Sony
Nintendo
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After much delay, it’s now time for me to talk about the games from this year’s E3 that caught my interest. Specifically, I’m referring to titles that I wasn’t already sold on coming in to the event (like Uncharted), or that were announced at the event (like Hitman: Absolution).
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After a long break between video game reviews, I’m back with a review of Record of Agarest War for the Xbox 360 and PS3. I’m also using a new video editing program, Sony Vegas, for this video, so bear with me as I work on improving the sound and picture quality in future installments.
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Well, at long last I’m finally done with my E3 2011 videos, with my thoughts of the games which turned me off from them, and the shame of the show – a title that disgusted me to the point that I threw up in my mouth a little.
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So, I’ve been blogging on this site for several years, and have never done a proper introductory post. Perhaps now it’s time to fix that.
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Now that we’ve gotten a verdict in the Supreme Court case of Brown (nee Schwarzenegger) vs. EMA, I’m going to give my thoughts on this very happy occasion, and a response to comments made by Senator Leland Yee.
Filed under: News, Video games Tagged: California, First Amendment to the United States Constitution, Leland Yee, News, politics, United States Supreme Court, Video games
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Well, this is my first go at the new video review format. Please feel free to give any constructive feedback in the comments.
Filed under: Reviews, Video games Tagged: Reviews, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction, Ubisoft, Video games
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Well, my original plan of reviewing King Kong didn’t pan out for reasons I explain in the video. Instead, I’m giving my thoughts on the film 9 Songs.
Filed under: film, Reviews, Video games Tagged: movies, music, Video games
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This week I have another book review for you, covering one of David Eddings’ fantasy novels, “The Diamond Throne” – part one of the Elenium.
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I’m finally getting topical for once, with my review of the Hugo Award nominated novel, The Dervish House, by Ian McDonald. I also give my definition of what I define as cyberpunk.
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I recently picked up the role-playing game Wild World of Wrestling by Timeout Diversions from DriveThruRPG. The game is from the same people who brought us the underrated RPG WWE: Know Your Role, which I also own and like. As I’m reading through the game, I’m also working on setting up my own little promotion. This is partly with original wrestlers and in a large part with adaptations of real-world wrestlers. But, first, I’d like to do a little world-building and set-up the in-game organization.
I’m starting off my character write-ups for the NWCW with two stars from NJPW, and currently one of their top tag teams – Apollo 55: Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi. As a note, as this is a write-up for their status within my fictitious promotion, as opposed to actually being in New Japan, their stats will be slightly different than what their stats would be within New Japan.
Prince Devitt
Height: 5′ 11″
Weight: 178 lbs
Weight Modifier: +0
Attitude: Face
Level: 11
Athleticism: +5
Brawn
We got a few recent news stories recently about Diablo 3 which I wanted to address now while they’re still topical.
Filed under: Video games, videos Tagged: Blizzard Entertainment, Diablo III, News, Video games
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As you’ve probably noticed, the video quality for my episodes isn’t great. I’d like to fix that and I need your help to do it. So, I’ve started a fundraising campaign on IndieGoGo to raise the money for new cameras, microphones and other stuff.
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It’s Saturday, so it’s time for another video. This time I’ve got another video game review for one of what is widely regarded as the best series on the Xbox 360.
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Another week, another review, this time covering the 2011 Hugo Award nominee, Blackout, by Connie Willis.
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Another week, another video review, this time covering the only licensed game based on the Bourne franchise.
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Another week, another review – and this time I’m doubling-up on the book reviews with my take on another of this year’s Hugo Award winners – The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms.
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This week I have another book review, as I look at Robert Ludlum‘s classic conspiracy thriller, “The Bourne Identity”
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This week, I’m going a little more topical with my videos and discussing a current event – Harlan Ellison‘s attempt to stop the release of the film In Time.
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On the Books
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This week I have a proper film review, as I take a look at The Bourne Identity (the little-known 1988 version).
Filed under: film, Reviews, videos Tagged: Bourne Identity, Jason Bourne, Richard Chamberlain
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This week brings us another video game review, this time of Lego Batman.
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