C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia

For Christmas I got 3 DVD's,personal stuff,and a house key. 2 of those DVD's were Chronicles of Narnia namely The Lion,the Witch,and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian. Those 2 movies were based off of the books by C.S. Lewis who wrote 7 books in the series. Iwatched both of them on Christmas and how appropraite considering C.S. Lewis is a Christian,you can tell by all the symbolism used in his books,the Narnia septiliogy being no exception. C.S> Lewis wrote his books in a biblical manner to because though it makes sense how it's put it doesn't work chronologically

Alright,to the point

Chronicles of Narnia(C.S. Lewis)


Year(s):(1946-1956)
Publisher:HarperTrophy

Plot:12/20 (From what I can remember I liked the most of the plots,I don't remember liking The Last Battle,The Silver Chair,or Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Book 1 was loosely symbolic of The Crucifixition,Book 2 is symbolic of both Moses and the Israelites and the restoration of a religion[And since C.S. Lewis wasn't Mormon he was probably referring to the Protestant Reformation] All I remember from 3 was only Lucy and Edmund returned then they brought along a jerk of cousin and they went on voyage. For 4 they had to rescue Caspian's son from an evil witch[not the White Witch].Book 5 was a midquel to Book 1 which I like to think is like a slave who didn't belong wanted to escape to the North to be free[Narnia].Book 6 is like Genesis in the Bible. Book 7 was like Revelation[I liked Revelattion but this really,it sucked; Lewis killed all Narnia travelers except Susan literally and mortally wounded her spiritually]Though I'd give Books 1,2,5,and 6 perfect scores,the others sucked so bad that I can't honestly give the total more than 12)

Characters:12/20 (I liked all the Pevensies,except Susan she was a smart-alec,girly,goody-goody tu shus, and eventually too selfish,Eustace was a jerk,Jill seemed kind of 1D, aI liked Digory and Polly,Shasta was cool, Aravis was the perfect tomboy. Since Eustace,Susan,and Jill were terrible and Peter seemed like a smarty,bossy-pants at times,the score goes to 12,Aslan was the perfect Christ-like figure,and Jadis as Satan)

Settings: 20/20 (I lovecd the settings whether it be Telmar,Narnia,Calormen,the world of Charn was well done,but I wish Narnia lasted longer,why did Aslan destroy his own creation????)

Writing: 20/20(Easily some of the best literature out there,and easily classed in same category as Moby Dick or Jack London)

Final:16/20

Up Next:
Chronologically:The Godfather (Movies)
Books:Persepolis

Firefox and Wave Race 64

I've procrastinated one thing for too long,that being a review of the Firefox browser. I'm actually using such to blog so why not. On the other hand I've also got a video game to do

so once again I must do a dual-purpose. I'll star with the procrastinated

Mozilla Firefox

Presentation:20/20(Awesome presentation,it says " I'm amazing" all over it)

Features: 20/20 (I can't explain but one it in one word:AWESOME)

Reliability:20/20 (Even more reliable than Opera,this browser is fast and has never frozen)

Searching:20/20 (Searching is a breeze)

Final:20/20(Easily one the best browsers to work with,and one of the reasons I have not re-installed Opera)

Now for N64's first games,one of the best racing games and the only way I've experienced a jet-ski and for the record anything Mario that I've reviewed is developed by Nintendo EAD(Galaxy by Nintendo EAD Tokyo) and published by Nintendo. I do not review for lasting appeal as such that should be formed on your own and this game has no need for plot as it is merely racing.Mario Kart is always developed by Nintendo EAD except Super Circuit which was developed by Intelligent Systems.

Wave Race 64 (Nintendo 64)

Year:1996
Developer: Nintendo EAD
Publisher:Nintendo

Concept:20/20 (Jet-ski racing what better can you get)

Graphics: 16/20 (The racers and water look great as do the background,but the jet-ski's look a bit grainy and everything can look albeit blurry which is what most early N64 games looked like)

Average Track Score:10/20 (A bit bland but you can't do too much with water-based tracks,still I think more could have been done,why look at Wave Race:Blue Storm)

Multiplayer: 20/20 (The multi-player was more addictive than chocolate and certainly comparable to Mario Kart 64,I found that multi-player is the games main selling point)

Final:17/20 (For a jet ski racing game it doesn't get much better than this,Wave Race as a series is one of the better games on Nintendo systems,but also overlooked)

Up Next

Chronologically: Chronicles of Narnia (Books)
Video Games: Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64) and Legend of Zelda:The Phantom Hourglass (DS)
Browsers: Netscape(AOL)

NES,SNES, and PlayStation

Yes,yes Uber Psycho Tom here I'm back.No I'm not on some vacation or anything like that. I had a good week so far.However on this blog I am in critique, not personal mode as such I must have something to critique. Thankfully I do have something. It's been awhile since I done anything in the consoles sections so here it goes. The first Nintendo's and The first PlayStation

This console came into the market at a time when homebound video games weren't trusted. All the companies went bankrupt,got sold,divided and so on,if you wanted to play video games you would have to rush off to the arcade. The makers of Donkey Kong were experiencing in Japan a rise in video games. Naturally they decided to expand their market,so they went to once legendary Atari and said " Hey can you help us market our system in America?". However they came at the wrong time; Atari was in shambles,it was a video game crash in America. Finding this out the hard way,Nintendo decide to sell the system themselves. They went to a toy company and made a fantastic deal. Soon enough the system was test launched in New York as a toy an entertainment system(hence Nintendo Entertainment System), no one thought it would work but soon enough it was a success and by Christmas,it was all over. This console is almost always,ALWAYS! put as #1 on best system lists.

NES

Games: 20/20 (If you wnat a system with quality games,and lots of it,this is your system whether it be Castlevania,Metroid,Legend of Zelda,or Super Mario Bros. you're sure to find something you like)

Graphics: 17/20 (Some games look so sloppy and atrocious while others are top-notch Super Mario bros. had very unfavorable graphics in my opinion but Kirby's Adventure looks like almost 16-bit,this coming from an 8-bit)

Design: 5/20 (Ugly,heavy,and though durable on the outside,it often can't fit the cartridges inside and sometimes it kills the cartridge, the cleaning kit is practically useless,get 10 systems if you can)

Technology: 20/20 (Good technology for ime like the lock-out chip that prevents illicit copies)

Final:16/20 (Great system,most influential system in the whole industry but it wasn't very reliable and graphics weren't always pushed,probably because most developers preferred Atari 2600 with it's jurassic graphics)


Eventually Atari came back and Sega and NEC joined the fray trying to take on NES. Atari didn't even try to get 3rd party support,Nintendo made a now illegal rule to make so if they published for Nintendo they could only publish for Nintendo.However that rule only was only applied in America,in Europe NES actually lost to SEGA but Nintendo still won overall. NEC then jumped in making a "16-bit" system(it was actually 8-bit but had graphics that were 16-bit),SEGA then made a successor which took NEC's limelight but failed tyo overthrow aging NES. Eventually NES got to old and out of date so Nintendo released a system technollogically superior to SEGA's Genesis. So eventually Sega couldn't say "Genesis does what Nintendon't" but Genesis had a lead and right before Super Mario World, SEGA came out with...... SONIC the HEDGEHOG which was the perfect defense.To this day there are guys who still remember the schoolyard fights of Genesis vs....

SNES

(Not me sadly,I was born just months after Super Mario Kart and was 3 years old when N64 replaced the SNES)

Games: 20/20 (It's hard to find a Nintendo without this score few exceptions being GameCube,Wii, and Virtual Boy,I mean every Nintendo has quantity and quality.SNES was the place for any kind of game my personal favorites being Super Mario Kart,Super Mario World,Star Fox,and Donkey Kong Country,oh and who can forget F-Zero)

Graphics: 20/20(One word:Deadly! I bet ya' the healthiest guy could have a heart attack looking at the magnificence of it all,Star Fox looks like it's 3D,Bubsy has the best 2D graphics possible[terrible game though] and Donkey Kong Country well,.... you could write a book describing the graphics of it[it would still be better than Twilight])

Design: 16/20 (Durable, lightweight, and reliable but the guys deciding on the color must've been color blind because it's dull gray and sharp tan with purple to top it off,not to mention it's so boxy)

Technology: 20/20 (Mode 7 was supreme,look what it did to early games like F-Zero, F-Zero and early 2-D Jaguar games are graphically similar and the FX chip made Star Fox the first "3D" game without vector graphics)

Final:19/20(This was one of the only systems that lived up to it's hype had the best graphics and best games[the winning systems usually don't have the best graphics and the losing systems often think they can win with graphics])


Ok I don't hate SONY but I hate what they've done to the video game industry. Before SONY video gaming was for kids that enjoyed that played games based on the playability and fun[which is what any gamer would agree with] but then they killed SEGA[when SEGA became a 3rd party publisher,their games went down in quality including our beloved hedgehog] put Nintendo on their knees and then they influenced Microsoft to enter. Also they encouraged adults that only care about graphics to play. To this day it's hard to find real games instead you get a graphics war.This started because SONY was gonna' help Nintendo beat SEGA but SONY ripped them off. Nintendo betrayed the company and eventually SONY worked on the unfinished project and turned it into the PlayStation just as Nintendo marketed NES themselves when Atari failed to help.Nintendo lost support when they decided to keep with cartridges rather than CD's like PlayStation. Square supported all the other systems of Nintendo but left them in favor of PlayStation.

PlayStation

Games: 10/20 (I'll admit I liked Frogger,Iron Soldier 3,Gran Turismo, Final Fantasies,and Spyro,but the others either were mediocre,sucked or had ports that were better on other systems[ex:Tomb Raider on Saturn,Quake II on N64,Rayman on Jaguar,etc.],however there was quantity)

Graphics: 12/20 (Downright ugly graphics,some games were comparable to 64 but they were often washed up and grainy,64 may have been blurry but there's more grainiess in one part of a PSX game than their is blur to an entire N64 game. In 2D N64 still beat PSX and of course Saturn was king of 2D graphics)

Design: 11/20 (Boxy,ugly,looks like a porta-potty bench,unreliable but compact and lightweight[Saturn was a lug])

Technology:0/20 (There was no innovative technology,CD media started in 1992 with Turbo Duo, thubsticks and rumble came out on N64 first,anything multimedia like started on 3DO, and yeah SONY copied everything with no inventing whatsoever)

Final:8/20(PS3 only got a 14 because no one can deny it's technological and graphical proweress but PlayStation the original had none of those edges,it didn't even invent what it had)

Favorite Games:

NES: Super Mario Bros. 2
SNES: Super Mario Kart
PlayStation: Final Fantasy VII

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Chronologically: Wave Race 64 and Firefox (Dual-purpose)
Consoles: Genesis and Nintendo 64

Independence Day and Milk

I was originally going to post a dual-purpose review of Mozilla Firefox and Independence Day.However today I have changed my mind mostly because I saw one of the best movies ever.

I'll still do Independence Day(1996) but this time I'll add Milk(2008). No not the liquid that comes from mammary gland and boobs. Uh no,I'm talkin' about the politician who became the first openly gay politician in the entire U.S..His name Harvey Milk

Now this is the second time I'm typing this up,the first time it damn froze up on me so I had to reboot the computer.This time I'm gonna save drafts like heck to ensure that I don't have to type it all up again.Anyway onto

Independence Day

Presentation:20/20 (I love how everything starts off perfectly normal but then it intensifies with weird signals and it gets weirder and weirder til' aliens are everywhere with a plan to destroy all humankind)

Plot:20/20 (It's not really just one plot but 4 plots that converge.One plot being the President trying to boost reputation which of course happens with that speech to resist the aliens.Another is a cable guy with some social issues.Another is about a crop duster who claims to have been kidnapped by aliens 10 years ago[he was right they do exist!].Finally you have a plot about a Captain[Will Smith] who is to be married soon until those aliens land then he's forced to get back to El Toro to fight those aliens]

Characters:20/20 (I like the characters,I wish the politicians in reality were more like these ones,actually working for the people not themselves)

Smith's Role: 20/20 (He's got some of the best lines ever and this is his best,Smith is easily at his funniest,I didn't think I'd say this but this is like Smith's answer to Eddie Murphy's Beverly Hills Cop)

Set:20/20(Look at the spaceship,nuff said)

Execution:20/20 (This film would be extremely weak if poorly executed,not like some of those films that are completely cheesy but funny like Pink Panther,more like the kind that if executed just wrongly it'll be terrible such as Home Alone[I mean we all know what would happen if those booby traps didn't spring right away])

Final:20/20

At last onto the movie I finally saw and looked forward to.Oh great my foots fallen asleep,I'd better do this quick before the rest of me does.I saw this on a class field trip

MILK

Presentation:20/20 (Starts off with the arrests of gays,then Feinstein's announcement of the assassinations and then if this is a sandwhich you've basically gotten past the outer hard part of the bread and reached the inner chewiness of the bread.Then you start hitting the lettuce as it flashes back into 1970 with Milk[Sean Penn] meeting one of his partners Scott Smith[James Franco])

Plot: 20/20 (After meeting Scott Smith,they live a good life in San Francisco until Milk decides to run for Supervisor which strains there relationship.Then he runs again and he has no partner.Both times he fails,then he tries again and he suceeds.He inspired one notorious activist known as Cleve Jones and eventually became "The Mayor of Castro".After Smith leaves him he finds a new partner who eventually hangs himself after feeling ignored and mistreated. Ultimatley, he and mayor George Moscone ge shot and killed by former Supervisor Dan White. I need say no more I don't wanna give the whole thing away)

Characters:20/20 (Good characters,Jack Lira[the guy who hangs himself] was alright a bit crazy but uh whaeva', I'm a crazy guy meself.Milk was hilarious and even Dan White was alright[still shoulda' gone to jail for premeditated murder] I feel sympathy for him.This can only go as far as potrayals)

Penn's Role: 20/20 (Star of the show and obviously the right man for it,and I'm not much for him either but he managed to pull Milk of quite nicely by adding so much emotion)

Franco's Role:20/20 (Very good at being the supporting character,if only I didn't see his butt at at one point[that's probably why it's R rated])

Brolin's Role: 20/20 (He plays Dan White,I like his potrayal of White ,adds a more psycho touch to him that I didn't find when looking up Dan White on Google)

Gabreel's Role:20/20 (Though he plays dumb character Ryan in High School Musical,he also potrays Dan Nicoletta who was a young adult at this time and he worked with Milk and Smith at the Castro Camera and helped Milk with his campagin for Supervisor)

Set:20/20 (It's filmed right S.F. with one shop being redone to film the Castro Camera scenes[don't worry the gift shop is where Castro Camera was so it's appropriate])

Execution:20/20 (I love how the scenes were put together,all the lead actors did what they needed,the ending left you captive with hope despite the fact that Milk was shot at the end,you don't see him get the final wound but you see him instead looking at the opera picture then keeling over)

Final:20/20 (I prefer darker movies than this and usually a little less graphical but,without the graphical stuff you might forget Milk's sexual orientation and it's real in real life I don't like sad,gruesome endings and no one does except of course Satan.This is probably the only R rated movie I'd ever wanna watch again[ok ok Pan's Labyrinth as well))

I've seen 3 R-rated movies (My Life in Pink which was about a transgender person and was only R rated because of tha),(Pan's Labyrinth a bit violent and lotsa' cussing but fictitious so I don't care I could do without the cussing though) and now Milk.

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Chronologically: NES,SNES,and PSX (Consoles)
Movies: The Godfather (1975)

NUMBER ONE: BEST AND WORST VIDEO GAME MASCOTS

Well this is it,the moment a video gamer should be waiting for and would be if they read this blog.

Before I get to that lets look at the current list from Worst-to best or Best to worst.

Worst

5.Awesome Possum (Mascot of Tengen[aka Atari Games])
4.Gex the Gecko (Mascot of Crystal Dynamics)
3.Aero the Acrobat (Mascot of Sunsoft)
2. James Pond (Mascot of EA)

Best

5.Bonk(Mascot of NEC)[While they were briefly in the video game industry]
4.Banjo and Kazooie (Mascot of Rare)
3.Rayman (Mascot of Ubisoft)
2.Sonic the Hedgehog (Mascot of SEGA)


That's the list now I am free to get onto.....

NUMBER 1: WORST

I wouldn't know about this guy if it wasn't for Colter or Leffler. He starred on the Super Nintendo,Genesis, Jaguar, and PlayStation.Anyone playing video games in the 0's will remember him.Now some people actually liked him and his games.But a good I dunno NINETY-PERCENT didn't. Why because he had an over-dose of attitudde making him the most unlikeable character his games were tedious and you died on first try and the final game is the worst PlayStation game.Makes 17 on Seanbaby's 20 Crapstravaganza and 9 on my 10 poisonous video games. This guy is a bobcat with a stupid shirt and has stupid puns for everything but yet he can glide.Sadly he was the most successful of these clones.

Bubsy the Bobcat(Mascot of Accolade)

Attitude: -1/20 (That's right 0 is to good for him, most of these guys spoke too much and it sounded bad,this guy started off like that then ended up sounding like Julie Kavner on 500 gallons of Vodka)

Plot Average: 0/20 (The first one had no plot except to beat Rayons who were interrupting his nap,the 2nd one what plot????? the Jaguar game was he just had to fix up fairy-tales and it sucked[SEGA shoulda' thought of that before they made Sonic and the Secret Rings] and the final one was he's stuck on a planet and needs to build a rocket ship to escape the planet.There you have it Bubsy games have either no plot orterrible plots)

Move-Set: 0/20 (Unoriginal gliding,jumping that never works and uh that's it, oh yeah and dying in stupid ways like melting,going down with the ship,being electrocuted)

Items: 0/20 (YARN BALLS? ATOMS??????)

Aging: BEYOND TERRIBLE

Final:-1/20(His games are better than him,he shoulda' been in E.T. the Extraterrestrial instead of E.T.)

I'm glad that's out of the way.Now I can announce better news

Number 1:BEST

Like Sonic he had a very interesting start.Sonic started off as a drawing on a napkin thanks to him.He started off when Nintendo made a failed arcade game called Radar Scope.Desperatley they consulted a newbie to Nintendo called Shigeru Miyamoto[now he's a legendary icon in video game culture].Instead of making new cabinets he converted the current cabinets into what is now called Donkey Kong.With that success he went onto becoming the antagonist in Donkey Kong Jr, then he went onto his own game with Luigi called Mario Bros.. Then he debuted on NES with Super Mario Bros.(considered one of the best games ever)[18/20].Then he made the best 3D transition with Super Mario 64[20/20] and now has made an appearence on Wii. Over the years he has had time to change but he's kept his plumber occupation and overalls for ages.Now known as Mr. Videogame he is more recognized than even Disney's Mickey Mouse.

Mario(Mascot of Nintendo)

Attitude: 20/20 (Humble and willing to help anyone in need he must've been why SEGA wanted a more buff,"I'm so cool" mascot. Like he best mascots he doesn't talk much)

Plot Average: 20/20 (Sonic always has chaos emeralds, Mario's plots don't boil down to one thing.Peach is often the damsel to be saved but in the GameBoy games he has to save Daisy and take back his castle.In Super Mario Bros. 2 he must battle Wart but it's all a dream.Usually he has Bowser but not in that one.in 3 he must save 7 kingdoms.in World he must save Yoshi's Island.In 64 he must collect stars.In Sunshine he must clean up Isle Delfino,bring back all the shines and save Peach.In Galaxy he must save the Galaxies.As you can see the plots never get boring)

Move-set: 20/20 (Move-sets always change and stay interesting,in Bros. you have the basic jump formula,in 2 you pick up vegetables,in 3 you go back to jumping,in World ou can ride Yoshi,in 64 you can punch,kick,backflip,triple jump,sideflip and climb nets,in Sunshine you can squirt with FLUDD and ride Yoshi,in Galaxy you can Spin,Skate,and all sorts of goodies can happen)

Items:20/20 (In Bros. you have Fire Flowers,in 2 you have POW blocks and vegetables,in 3 you have Boots,Suits tha can able you to glide and stuff,in Land 2 you can jump high and fast as a rabbit,in World you can float with a P-Balloon,in 64 you can go invisible,walked underwater as Metal,and fly,in Galaxy you can become a ghost,fly as a honeybee,make ice and so many more. In New Bros., you can become extra huge or extra small, and bash others as a Koopa Shell)

Aging:Incredibly Well (Can hardly belioeve some of them are even old because they still feel intact)

Final:20/20(Even this doesn't do justice)

Hope y'all enjoyed this

The Mascot Countdown Continues

A week ago the computer was taken to be fixed.Now it is back.I Uber Psycho Tom last critiqued the Top 5 best video game mascots and......... The top 5 of the worst.I completed #'s 5 and 4 on best and worst. I hope to continue onto 2 and save the BEST and the WORST of all time for later.

The current Worsts are

5.Awesome Possum (Tengen)
4.Gex the Gecko (Crystal Dynamics)

Bests

5.Bonk (NEC)
4.Banjo and Kazooie (Rare)

Onto.......

NUMBER 3 : WORST

His games weren't actually that bad,they were below average but somewhat playable.But he himself sucks a bit like Gex the Gecko only much worse.His name sounds even worse. Alrighty then we have........

Aero the Acro-Bat(Mascot of Sunsoft)

Attitude: 3/20 (Oh my this was a travesty,he had so much attitude you might actually pity the "Evil Clown",Could almost rival Bubsy,but at first Bubsy could ignite curiosity,not so for Aero)

Plot Average: 0/20(I don't remember the 2nds plot but the firs one was to keep the circus he works in open from an "Evil Clown" and his sidekick,I looked up stupid in the dictionary and found a picture of this game.Circuses are cruel to animals Aero should be happy but no,besides a clown can't be evil because of that.Clowns are scary but pitiful but this is over the top, and Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel doesn't count)

Moveset: 0/20 (What moveset,gliding????? please any platforming rip-off can do that)

Items:0/20 (What items???)

Aging:Crappily

Final:3/20


Number 3:BEST

Unlike Bonk, he's fairly well known, a bit like Banjo in that sense. but unlike either of those 2 he's better known for his party games on Wii. His games are frickin' awesome and he's so charming. This limb-less hero made his debut on the failed Jaguar on one of my favorite games ever.(19.5) I believe is the score I gave it.Ya'll know him as.....

Rayman(Mascot of Ubisoft)

Debut: Rayman(Atari Jaguar,1995)

Attitude: 20/20 (Honestly, I like his attitude a bit odd but hey he seems like a charming character to get used to)

Plot Average: 20/20 (Awesome plots,in the first one he has to get help from fairies tyo save his world from Mr.Dark[Mr. Dark sounds like a great name for an antagonist because no one expects it to be so blatantly evil.I mean Bonk has King Drool,Bubsy has Esther,Aero has Edgar,Mario has Bowser,Awesome has Dr. Machino,and Sonic has Dr. Robotnik[aka Dr. Eggman].In The Great Escape he must find 4 masks to awaken a titan that will defeat invading Space Pirates. In 3 he must stop a corrupt Lum)

Move-set: 15/20 (Not a lot of cool moves but I like the limbless punch and the edge-hanging,and the hair copter. Where most mascots have quantity he has quality)

Items: 17/20 (He collects blue spheres called tings and lums in the 2nd I don't remember in the 3rd)

Aging: Mediocre(I'm saddened and dismayed to find that few people in this current day remember him for his platforming games,they aren't remembered.Rayman was a rare game for Jaguar but it was on PlayStation and Sega Saturn as well at the early days.Rayman 2 was on all contemporary platforms same with Rayman 3.Like I said his Wii games are the best remembered)

Final:18/20

Number 2 WORST

I always didn't think highly of EA but I never thought they make such an atrocious character. Apparently James Bond got so drunk he couldn't tell a woman from a fish because this is clearly the offspring I mean he acts like James Bond his levels are blatant rip-offs like "Leak or Let Die: or "The Ocean is not Enough" now I dodn't know if that last one is an actual name but it might as well be. I almost put his Aquatic Games game on my Bottom 10 list.

James Pond(Mascot of EA)

Debut: James Pond (MS-DOS,1990)

Attitude:0/20 ( Most of the time I don't even like James' Bond's attitude,you think I'm gonna like a blatant rip-off.And for those that do like his attitude well you wouldn't want a fish tarnishing it)

Plot Average: 0/20 (Ok first of all the first one didn't have much of a plot. In 2 Dr. Maybe[almost as retarded as Dr. Machino or Dr. Eggman{I call the latter Robotnik for that reason} kidnaps some penguins and toys. In 3 he must stop Dr. Maybe from building a stronghold on the moon made out of cheese otherwise the dairy industry will be monopoly[doesn't get any stupider than that,almost makes Aero's plot look....GOOOD????])

Moveset:0/20 (Probably just swimming and running and jumping pretty basic)

Items: 0/20 (Blatant rip-offs of James Bond)

Aging:Terrible

Final:0/20

Number 2 BEST

This one is obvious. Any 90's kid will remember this guy I watched his cartoons on Saturday he was the perfect anti-Mario. When Nintendo had Mario and NEC had Bonk SEGA had nopthing so they came up with him. He's a success with millions of fans,next you know other companies make a mascot and fail Tengen,Accolade,Sunsoft, and Crystal Dynamics I'm looking at you') ( I'd say EA but James Pond came 1st).Made his debut on the Genesis to rival the launch of Super Mario World has had mixed results over the years as he went to 3D.If you play his Genesis,Dreamcast,or SEGA CD games you'll know he desrves this spot.Lets hear for our favorite blue hedgehog.Appeared in 2 of my top 10 favorites(Sonic CD and 8-bit Sonic 2)

Sonic the Hedgehog(Mascot of SEGA)

Attitude: 20/20 (Unlike all those mascots after Bonk, though he has a "Look at my guns" attitude.It's actually lovable and could be considered the first mascot you could play without feeling stupid[James Pond],awkward[Bonk] or wussy [Mario] in the slightest bit.His success brought about some of the worst creations[like 4 of my bottom 5] but also a few good ones [Earthworm Jim and Rayman come to mind])

Plot Average: 19.5/20 (Though the reasons diverse it all boils down to Eggman using the chaos emeralds which means it can't be perfect. In fact only in Sonic CD do I remember seeing no Chaos Emeralds whatsoever. In Sonic Adventure 2 he uses it to make an Empire,in Sonic Unleashed they are corrupted and scattered.Other than that I love the plots)

Move-set: 20/20 (Gotta love the move set,it always varies just like Mario he really was the perfect Anti-Mario)

Items: 19.5/20 (His rings are a perfect response to Mario's coins but after that he has orbs, and Super Sonic that's it)

Aging: N/A (His 2D games never get old and have aged considerably well,but after the Dreamcast games and ports based off them, 3D Sonic doesn't age[Shadow the Hedgehog is an ok game but I can't see the game being a well loved game 10 years later])

Final:20/20

The finals will be posted tomorrow morning until then this is to be continued

Mascot Edition

I originally intended to to post a review of Independence Day(1996) and Firefox.It keeps getting procrastinated.But I figure this is the perfect time to post an review of video game mascots to be thankful for and to be thankful for their demises. I shall post my top 5 and bottom 5 mascots of all time. I'll start with the the 5's and 4's

And since save the best for last is among my philosophies I shall start with the

5 WORST. I dunno if you could call this guy a mascot or not,I mean the guys only been in one game.But that one game is long,boring,tedious and the guys voice is sooo annoying you might want to commit climate change rather than prevent it just to smite this annoying environmentalist video game character. His name........

Awesome Possum(Mascot of Tengen)

First Appearence: Awesome Possum (Sega Genesis,1993)

Attitude: 5/20 (Sonic' s attitude was charming,this guy won't shut up and it's too much,not unlike Super Mario 64 soundtrack vs Super Mario Galaxy,unlike the next the only appeared in one game,so once you're done with that one game it's over.And for the record mascot attitude was what company's thought made Sonic great)

Plot Average: 0/20 (No plot whatsoever,the only plot is you have the save the forest)

Move-set: 0/20 (All he can do is glide and jump,just like all those other tried and failed clones)

Items: 0/20(I actually like the idea of collecting bottles,I have to give it a zero in order to give it the grade it deserves)

Aging: Never(After his only game he was never to be heard from again and few who remember those days will want to know his name)

Final:5/20

Number 5:BEST

Unlike most mascots in his era,this mascot was a human,not an anthropomorphic animal with attitude(that wasn't always bad though Earthworm Jim was great).the developers of this guy focused on making him fun and lovable. In a time when it was Genesis vs SNES,those dissatisfied with either flocked to TurboGrafx-16 and when Sonic and Mario fanboys fought they couldlaugh at both and use this one as the mascot to poke fun at both.This guy was

Bonk the Caveman(Mascot TurboGrafx-16)

First Appearence: Bonk's Adventure (TurboGrafx-16,1990)

Attitude: 15/20(I like how he's silent and doesn't talk but honestly no clear attitude is detectable,that's not all bad but I'd love a little at least you can tell Mario is humble,caring plumber. Sonic is at least seems hot-headed but willing to hepl when needed.Bonk just doesn't have that)

Plot Average: 20/20 (The plot works with his caveman past,in the first one he has to save a Princess from evil King Drool,a bit of a clone of Mario in plot terms but it's the first game that's a good starter.After that adventure he had to recover part of the moon from King Drool,see it's getting better.I don't remember the 3rd's plot)

Move-set: 20/20 (Mario jumps,Sonic spins,bad clones glide,Bonks bashes with his huge head,I wish I could do that)

Items: 12/20 (Mario has coins and Fire Flowers,Sonic has rings and Chaos Emeralds,Bonk has meat and hearts.Meat is original but hearts come on that's a stereotypical health item)

Aging: Mediocre(Few had the chance to play this series,but those that did would says he aged well)

Final:17/20

Number 4 WORST

A wise crackng Gecko who watches too much TV and has few family values.His name by

Gex the Gecko(Mascot of Crystal Dynamics)

First Appearence: Gex (3DO,1995)

Attitude:4/20 (Many loved his atitude at one point,some still do,I never have or will his wise cracks get on my nerves,but at least there witty unlike most)

Plot Average: 0/20 (Most would like a plot involving a TV,I who doesn't like TV and only uses it to hook up my video game console would otherwise love to see it dumped,I mean all the levels are TV channels)

Move-set: 0/20 (I actually like the move-set but giving it more than 0 would give it more credit than deserved)

Items:0/20 (Once again insects for items is original but more than o is too much credit)

Aging:Terrible

Final: 4/20

Number 4:BEST

This mascot is partnered up with a smart-alec bird,he himself is a bear willing to help all in need.He starred in my favorite video game of all time also he starred in my favorite game of all time.Banjo first starred in Diddy Kong Racing when Rare decided to do a game in Mario Kart and Super Mario 64 manner in order to introduce likely franchise characters,but only Titup the Turtle[who also went into Banjo-Kazooie],Banjo himself,Diddy Kong,Conker,and Krash the Kremling went on.

Banjo Bear and Kazooie Bird(Mascot of Rare)

First Appearence:Diddy Kong Racing[Banjo](Nintendo 64,1997) and Banjo-Kazooie[Kazooie] (Nintendo 64,1998)

Attitude:20/20 (Kazooie is like Sonic has an attitude but a charming character,Banjo is like Mario humble and helpful)

Plot Average: 15/20 (The first one was a stereotypical damsel-in-distress type,the damsel is his little sister rather than his love,the 2nd one is stop Gruntilda from coming alive again,the mid-quel is stop Grunty)

Move-set: 13/20(The move-set is cloned off Super Mario 64,good,excellent,lovable,but unoriginal but I don''t recall Mario being able to super jump)

Items: 20/20 (I like the items,you havemusical notes and jigsaws all being unusual.Honestly I'd rather Banjo-jigsaws over mario's stars any-day)

Aging: Great (Banjo has aged well,only so well because the 3rd game was left for 8 years after Banjo-Tooie)

Final:17/20

J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter

Not to long ago,the computer had a virus problem it was fixed and Firefox was installed thus replacing Opera and Netscape as the Browser and on my hike on Mt. St. Helena Greg and I were talking a little about Harry Potter. I have often voiced my opinion for the series and the series the talk until Twilight came along.Unlike Twilight,Harry Potter wasn't all bad. Why I put it as I did

Now honestly I used to have respect for J.K. Rowling's work,I actually didn't mind the Half-Blood Prince or Order of the Phoenix but the Prisoner of Azkaban and Deathly Hallows were atrocious.At first I decided Deathly Hallows wasn't that bad but then I read it again and decided ech! how did I convince myself it was ok?

Ok enough rambling.Oh and I'm critiquing the books not the movies


Harry Potter(J.K. Rowling)

Year(s):(1997-2007)
Publisher:Scholastic


Plot: 10/20 (Unlike Fablehaven which continued to have a good plot as my opinion went down,the plot got worse and worse in 1:It was catch the robber of an important stone which would help Voldemort[I guess that's a little bit like The Fellowship of the Stone,but that's good] 2: Save Ron's siter and stop Tom Riddle from coming to life[Quite original] 3: Help a framed guy[where's Voldemort huh? that's very unoriginal] 4: Find out how you got into a death tournament[Ech! getting worse] 5: Find out about Sirius' past and become a secret teacher to stop a bratty teacher [Sounds more like Harry Potter quality] 6: Stop Malfoy from killing Dumbledore [Unoriginal but well written] 7: Traverse through the forest to kill Voldemort and dawdle aorund doing nothing but complain [Oh please what kind of crap is this!]so as you can see the plot slowly drains to nothing)

Characters: 17/20 (Except for Harry and Hermione,most of the characters seem human and realistic. Hermione starts off as a stuck- up nerd but softens up,at the same time she looses a certain muggle gift:Common Sense(Asm would sometimes say "Why couldn't Hermione just shoot Voldemort in the head with a gun I mean Voldemort wouldn't expect that,and why didn't she think of that"[or at least something that implies that],Ron is my favorite character I like how he is smart,a little cocky,funny, and the jealous type,Malfoy is a good rival,Dumbledore was the perfect wise-person who had a dark side[Why J.K. Rowling made him gay idk why,it's not that I hate gays it's just I never imagined him to be gay and I think J.K. Rowling liked the attention,Ginny was so-so)

Setting:20/20(I love the descriptions of everything,well except the forest roamed in 7,the Dark Forest,Hogwarts,Privet Drive,Hogsmeade,Diagon Alley,the Chamber of Secrets,I could go on)

Writing:11/20(Ok the first 2 had 18/20 and 19/20,the 3rd and,4th had 15/20,the 5th and 6th,13/20,the 7th 0/20,so I can give the writing a respectable score,the final book had 200 pages in the forest dawdling the other part was Neville pleaing for help at Hogwarts,I found they were all written prettty well except that one)

Final:15/20(Harry Potter wasn't actually as bad as Asm says not remotley the series was ok until JK Rowling let the fame go to her head,the series overall is great,some of the books simply failed,I enjoyed the majority of them unlike the movies)

Up Next

Chonologically:Firefox and Independence Day(1996)(Dual-Purpose)
Books: C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia

Mario and Luigi:Partners in Time and Mario Hoops 3-On-3

Well it's about time I reviewed some video games. I thought I'd review some Nintendo DS I've good times with. Here we go and I'll review em' in the order I encountered them.


Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time(Nintendo DS)

Year: 2005
Developer:AlphaDream
Publisher:Nintendo

I first came across this game at Leffler's house he had 2 new games one was Super Princess Peach (16/20) and this one.I beat Super Princess Peach in one sitting and moved onto this one. I was quite impressed with it

Plot: 14/20 (Not my kind of plot time traveling has been used in video games such as Chrono Trigger for SNES and Sonic CD(20/20) for SEGA CD and Princess Peach is always a damsel except once in Super Princess Peach and sports games.However combine them both add a plot to replace the Mushroom Kingdom with Shroobs and you've got a pretty kickass plot. Not to mention working with your baby selves.Still time traveling is not very original for a series of originalness)

Concept: 20/20 (Basically you work wth your baby selves and do all sorts of cool moves. the babies form a ball and Mario and Luigi can Spin Jump to name a few, and you can solve a lot of puzzles)

Graphics:18/20 (Practically all good graphics for 2005 in 2D but I've still seen better offerings,namely Kirby Canvass Curse and Advance Wars: Dual Strike still the Shroobs and the Marios look good,the Luigis well maybe the green coulda' used a bit of work)

Levels:10/20 (The levels coulda' used a bit of work,Toad Town sucked as did that beginning level,Vim Factory was cool,Thowmp Volcano was noce but mostly unimpressive and leaving much to be desired)

Challenge: 19/20 (That game was hard,the Vim Factory was a nightmare, defeating Yoob was even harder, the firs level was intense, and it kept me busy....until Lefller gave it away to his friend claiming he had nightmares of Shroobs and I haven't been able to find it again)

Music: 9/20 (Leaves too much to be desired,I didn't like it)

Final:16/20(A pretty damn solid RPG,narrowly beating out Superstar Saga,but not quite comparable Legend of the Seven Stars for SNES,the levels and music coulda' used a bit of work but hey for someone who's picky about RPG's this one goes)

Mario Hoops 3-on-3(Nintendo DS)

Year:2006
Developer: Square Enix
Publisher:Nintendo


Unlike White Men Can't Jump,this is actually a good basketball game and good video game.Anyway I remember hearing much about it I wanted it for Christmas along with Yoshi's Island DS(20/20) and being the good guy I eventually got it.It was a bit of a let down for a Mario sports game(In the same league as Mario Tennis and Mario Golf).Still it wasn't atrocious.I enjoyed for quite a while,then I beat it,lent it out to a pal at school never saw it again,claims to have returned but I'm not inclined to believe so,oh well I beat it anyway.

There is no plot I'l go straight to concept

Concept: 20/20 (Basically Mario and co. join up with Final Fantasy characters to play some basketball,with item boxes and and special moves it gets even better,my personal favorite was Diddy Kong and his Jet Shot with a Freezie item.Oh and you were on a team of 3)

Character Score:20/20 (I like the character selection,unlike Sonic R there is variety not clones and it has cool Final Fantasy characters like Moogle or Cactuar.I personally being codenamed as Diddy Kong Lover on Wii's World obviously use Diddy Kong when I can.This is also one of the few games Bowser Jr, and Dixie Kong both appear in,it buigs me why she isn't in Mario Kart Wii or Super Smash Bros. Brawl)

Graphics: 20/20 (At DS' 3D best,these graphics make Super Mario 64 DS' graphics look dated and that was the graphic marvel for quite some time)

Challenge:4/20 (Terrible easily worse than Super Princess Peach,but it was fun while it lasted)

Courts: 20/20(I liked most of courts,my favorite was Wario Factory where you could pick up Bomb-ombs and throw them at opponents)

Battle:12/20(Mediocre at best honestly I prefered the battle without the basketball where you gather items and send them over to opponents,like Mario Kart only without the kart.Dribble Race was terrible)

Music:11/20(Very mediocre,but Luigi's Mansion was pretty good much better than the court itself)

Final:14/20(I'm sorry but it was too easy,the battle didn't feel finished and the music left a bit to be desired,it deserves a sequel,certainly playable Square and Nintendo simply coulda' added more to it)

Up Next

Chronologically: Harry Potter (Books)
Video Games: Wave Race 64

The Current Generation: Xbox 360 vs PlayStation 3 vs Wii

For any of you who actually read this blog and play video games,I bet you were wondering when I was going to review and compare Wii ,Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3.We'll here they are.I'm probably bash PlayStation to the bone because it is among the worst console franchises ever and only saw the light of day because SEGA saturn was too expensive and because N64 games were too expensive.Seriously who in there right minds would spend $400 on a games console or $70 on game.Oh wait dim-witted SONY and Microsoft fanboys,currently PS3 is $400 and Xbox 360 well,it's gone down yes but at launch it was $400,alright,alright I'll get to the actual review

I think I'll go by launch order

Xbox 360

I usually in my Nintega fanboy crazed state award this console names like ExBox 360 because it usually overheats,sometimes melts and then it was a box but is no more or Xbox Please Fix Me because of it's red ring of death which is notorious on that system.I've taken to Wii's World names to like Xbroke 360.But now I must try to be unbiased

Games:14/20 (This system actually has some pretty good games.Some well received ones are BioShock, Halo 3,Call of Duty 4,and I could go on but no I shall move on after all it'd probably take a good week to finish up the games,stil lit's hard to find any RPGS or kid games it's actually kind of facing the problem most people thought N64 had,as an N64 purist I can't agree.I'm looking most forward to the new Banjo-Kazooie.)

Graphics:18/20 (Great graphics sometimes it looks too real,an idiot might forget it's not real all.Burnout Paradise looked so detailed it looked a bit too mcuh like an actual race.Midnight Club Los Angeles failed,why because LA is smoggy the cars looked great but if really want LA's graphics you might as well put the game on an Atari Jaguar)

Design:4/20(Terrible design worse than it's predessecor,first of all it's off white in color then it often overheats and destroys games and the red ring of death which happens too often.I fear even putting in game into the system)

Technology:14/20 (Mediocre at best,it has Xbox Live which is currently the best online service,it had an HD-DVD add-on but it didn't sell and now it has no playback,the media it uses is simply just dual-layer disc it currently has a detchable hard-drive which I like but that's it)

Final:13/20(You'd think Xbox 360 would actually be better than Xbox,well...it still has a genre problem like Xbox add that with design problems and uh there ya' go)

I might make a fool of myself and I might be ignorant but I try to keep up.I still hate the franchise for killing SEGA and making N64 look bad.But of course it's still a console I've played so I must here we go

PlayStation 3

I still can't believe I'm reviewing this terrible console,the franchise sucks it has no real 1st party and it has more crap than good and the good isn't so good that crap doesn't matter as seen with N64 or Dreamcast

Games:8/20 (Bigger selection than Jaguar yes,but still it faces the same problem plagued by bad games.I can name all the good games now.Assain's Creed,Heavenly Sword,Call of Duty 4,Uncharted:Drake's Fortune,Motorstorm, and Ratchet and Clank Future:Tools of Destruction ok that it the rest sucks)

Graphics:20/20 (Sony actually made this machine have the best garphics after it's best sellers had terrible graphics,but a better game selection,only die0hard Son-ists will actually want sucj a system,other dissatisfied with Wii will get a 360,graphically it makes 360 look like last gen,a real idiot might look outside and think it's a game after looking at such graphics)

Desgin: 9/20 (Much better than 360,it tends to have lens problem and sometimes might have hard ware drive problems,still it's too big I think it could rival Xbox in size and it's ugl looking and carrying it is a nightmare)

Technology:20/20 (Currently has better technology than most computers it's amazing actually,it's cell processor CPU,120 GB Hard Drive I could go on I hate to admit BS3 actually has anything good,not to mention Blu-ray)

Final:14/20(I really don't want to give it such a high score,if technology didn't matter I'd give it a 5/20 like the garbage it really is stupid Piece of Sh#t 3 you got lucky,had Xbox 360 had a better design this crap wouldn't have seen it look better)

Finally onto the one I call best console of genration and staunchly defend against fanboys

Wii

After finally getting through those jokers I can move onto Nintendo's entry.Rather than being a technology beat it's game beast.After seeing it's last to consoles not make despite having better graphics than Sony and more real worth it decided to just steal Sony's idea of having mostly crap and no graphics which apparently wins console wars.Only there's a twist the controller idea is changed and it has real 1st party

Games: 16/20(It faces a serious crap problem,analysts think Wii might hurt Nintendo because of it's lack of real 3rd Party,but hey look at Sony which only had Konami and Rockstar and still only has those 2,Wii has real goodies unlike BS3 I mean lets see Mario Party 8,Super Mario Galaxy,Mario Kart Wii,Resident Evil 4,Legend of Zelda:Twilight Princess,Metroid Prime 3,Manhunt 2,No More Heroes,Fatal Frame IV it goes on,I can't give it a full 20 because once again it has embarrasments like Anibus 2,The Golden Compass, and High School Musical)

Graphics:14/20 (It looks more like late Xbox gmaes graphics wise,developers aren't really pushing it though,most games look to cartoony it's kind of depressing)

Design:17/20 (It's small,lightweight and quite reliable,a famous Nintendo feature that's quite lovable,but it's too damn white,sorta dorky to)

Technology: 17/20(The motion sensing controller was a great idea as was the Wii Wheel and Brawl is dual-layer,Need I say more?)

Final:17/20(A step up from GameCube but nowhere near N64 or SNES or NES,but unlike GameCube it's original)

Favorite Games

Xbox 360: Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon:Advanced Warfighter

PlayStation 3: Ratchet and Clank Future:Tools of Destruction

Wii: Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Up Next:

Chronologically: Mario and Luigi:Partner's in Time and Mario Hoops 3-on-3(Video Games)
Consoles: NES, SNES,and PSX

Silver Post Complete

Batman Begins

I'm not a real fan of Batman,if DC Comics and Marvel comics are 2 evils,I'd pick MARVEL as the lesser.Marvel always made better comics(The Avengers suck though) but,however Marvel usually hasn't had good movie adaptation(with the exception of Spiderman that movie was good). DC has always usually had good adaptations of movies especially Batman. Eventually the Batman series of movies went down hill until it got so bad the only point to watch Batman and Robin was to hear Schwarzennegar(Better actor than governor times alot).Eventually it got so bad one director decided to change and recreate Batman into something good,the product.........


Batman Begins which was sooo good they made a sequel,THE Dark Knight.I,know,I know of the craze that's probably the first thing anyone who reads this would suggest me to review.One problem folks,I haven't seen The Dark Knight.Will this appease ya' Huh HUh,HUUUUUHHHHH?!?!?!

I came across this movie on the way up to a sledding activity in the mountains and uh yeah I liked it. WHY? Here's why

Batman Begins

Presentation: 20/20 (Good presentation,best presentation off all comic book based movies,sorry SPIDEY you out)

Plot:20/20 (Basically after going to an opera house,he sees bats and gets so scared the 2 parents decide to exit,unfortunatley they exit out into a dark ally where Joe Chill awaits to get they're money he demands they refuse,we all know who dies.Years later he gets a gun and is about to shoot and avenge his parents when a guy working for Crime Boss Carmine Falcone shoots Joe Chill.As he confronts Falcone,Falcone dismisses him. Sensing Falcone is right he seeks mentor ship in the mountains with a sinister mentor.After returning and a few events Ra's al Ghul shows up(Liam Neeson) and reveals a plot to destroy Gotham City in order to cleanse the rest of the Earth he claims to have been responsible for the London Fire and the Sacking of Rome.The plot to use crazy gas made by Dr.Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow which will go into the water supply wiping everybody out)

Characters: 18/20 ( I like the main character I just wish the real him was his non-superhero identity,his non superhero identity is a selfish, obnoxious,bratty,and spoiled jerk who has a benevolent side which is what most heroes start off as and most regular humans at that. His hero side is caring and goes out of the way to save lives.I like the villains they were excellent,Ra's al Ghul shoulda' lived longer.Rachel Dawes was good new character introduced as a childhood)

Bale's Role:20/20 (Beyond superb pretty good at being both the selfish side and the hero side,while I have to admit his Batman growl does get old,it's the dialogue that has my attention)

Neeson's Role:20/20 (Best at the part in the whole movie,seriously Bale is so overrated I'd say Neeson has a slight edge. His quiet,cold voice made my shiver like a good villain should)

Set: 20/20(Good set it looks extremely expensive,like more expensive than National Treasure expensive and National Treasure set was not cheap.The City was very much detailed and realistic)

Execution:15/20 (Leaves a bit to be desired but hey it's mostly pretty damn well executed)

Final:19/20(Good movie certainly a must watch until my eyes droop kind of movie but well it could've been executed a little better,not that I could do so)

Up Next

Movies: Independence Day(1996)
Chronologically: Wii vs Xbox 360 vs PlayStation 3 (Consoles)

The Call of the Wild

Well so far most of books are modern fantasy books with exception of The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Sister's Grimm: Michael Buckley
Fablehaven: Brandon Mull
Warriors:*Erin Hunter
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Douglas Adams

Well this one is classic and considered one of the best by Jack London,that's right I mean THE CALL OF THE WILD

The Call of the Wild

Author:Jack London(as mentioned at least once)
Year:1903
Publisher:Macmillan

Plot: 20/20 (Wouldn't seem very original now but I bet for like 1900's that was a good original plot,basically a dog named Buck who is pampered and spoiled rich is kidnapped by his owner's gardner and sold to dog sledders in Alaska during the 1898 Klondike)

Characters: 10/20 (The character's didn't seem to developed,Buck seemed like a hard emotionless dog,not that I blame him in the North at that time life was harsh but come on still he's ok. Spitz seems like an ok nemesis,Thornton was the first real caring caharcter but the other characters like Curly or Dolly or Perrault or Francois aren't o well developed you might completely forget them unless you read the book 10,000 times over and over.Do like Buck though)

Setting: 20/20 (I like the description of the locations like how he originally lived in "The Sun-Kissed Santa Clara Valley" to how the harsh cold ice was when those inexpierienced sledders made Buck lead")

Writing: 20/20(Good writing totally excellent,perfect writing for literature,honestly I"ve never heard of a book by London or Twain that had bad writing)

Final:18/20(It would be 17.5 but I usually round it off unless it's near perfect or it fits inbetween,anway the book is solid,perfect for literature I only wish the characters had more depth)

Up next post-wise is Batman Begins in Movies and book-wise J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series that's it for now

Opera Browser and the Game Boy Marios

I haven't graded a browser in ages,I said I would and now I might as well I think I'll grade the browser I use at home then the one I use at school aka FireFox

Opera

Presentation:20/20(Good presentation,unlike M.I.E> or Safari things are easy to find on Opera)

Features:20/20 (It has a helpful home page,the speed dial really helps so you don't have to go the tp or right you can just click on one of 9 panels and there you go)

Reliability:20/20(Very reliable,I 've had no problems with it whatsoever)

Searching:20/20 (Speed dial hepls for finding the conviernience,but it also has it's own  search of course you'd have to go to the company's page but still,not to mention regualr search engines run quite well,it's not quite as fast at loading as FireFox though)

Final:20/20

Now before I move on I'll record my Scores for the Sonic Racers and Mario Karts

Super Mario Kart:19.5/20
Mario Kart 64:20/20
Mario Kart Super Circuit: 18/20
Mario Kart Double Dash:17/20
Mario Kart DS:17/20
Mario Kart Wii:17/20

Sonic Drifts:5/20
Sonic R:8/20
Sonic Riders: 8/20

Onto at last the first portable adventures of Mario aka Mario Lands 1&2

Super Mario Land

Plot:10/20(Practically the same plot as Super Mario Bros. merely with an alien,a different damsel,in a different kingdom unoriginal bu workable)

Concept:20/20(A concept that runs through the whole of 2D Mario jump,jump and more jumping so far pretty dang flawless)

Graphics:12/20 (Game Boy never was knowbn for good graphics and  this game looked worse than NES on the original GameBoy)

Levels:20/20(Spectacular levels nuff said)

Challenge:20/20(Never heard of an easy Mario the early games were hard this being no exception)

Music:12/20(I liked World 1 the rest seemed a bit mediocre)

Final:16/20(If graphics didn't matter tghis game would fare better but the graphics don't look right)

Now for the final real Super Mario Land(the 3rd was really the first Wario game)

Super Mario Land 2:6 Golden Coins

Plot:20/20(Unlike most Mario games,the goal is regain your castle stolen by Wario,rather than save a princess)

Concept:20/20(See Super Mario Land review for reason)

Graphics:18/20(Not perfect,but a least exceptable unlike the original Mario Land)

Levels:20/20 (Even better than the first,these levels were da' bomb)

Challenge:20/20(It's 2D Mario nuff said)

Music: 19/20 (Good music,pretty good but not perfect)

Final: 19.5/20(Nearly-perfect,my favorite game on the Game Boy because it's fun,good repay value and the plot is complertely different,Super Mario Land was Super Mario Bros. gone handheld,this was it's own game).

The first PlayStation,A grill, and an Ambidextrous"handheld"

If you thought Jaguar was the only failed console in video game history you was completely wrong,in this post you will find reviews of 2 failed consoles and 1 moderatley succesful console.

PlayStation is thought t be the first CD console,not add-on,console,in truth there were at least 2 first.The Saturn by SEGA which I already reviewed(17/20) and 3DO another failed console trying to gain market as a do-it-all machine.It had 3D graphics,it could do everything practically,it was PERFECT yet it failed here is why


3DO

Games:2/20(People will often say it had better games than Jaguar,yes bu it also had a lot more,about 160 games actually but about 16 were actually good where  as Jaguar's ratio was 5:6,3DO's was about 1:10,oh sure Jaguar had White Men Can' Jump,but 3DO had games like NIght Trap,Revolution X,Virtuoso,and those Make My Video games)

Graphics: 18/20 (It couldn't quite do what Jaguar did in terms of 2D,but it didn't quite look like bogus in 3D either,just look at Need for Speed or Wolfenstein 3D,as for 2D Gex,Return Fire, and Samurai Showdown did the job quite well,excellent graphics in a time when 3D was just emrging)

Design:9/20(This is the average of allthe designs,most look like ugly dull black boxes(not Saturn shiny) with not much else,they tended to be very durable though)

Technology:12/20(Quite good technology actually,unlike Atari which had technology so good they didn't even know how to harness it,the 3DO makers had technology that was a breeze to use not quite Genesis easy but close,it wasn't cutting edge though at all)

Final:10/20(About the same as Jaguar but Jaguar had better games despite having fewer and that's what really counts)

Next off we have the newbie franchise which entered the foray mainly because Dreamcast failed to overshadow PlayStation,they feared if SONY kept winning they console industry would overshadow and leapfrog PC's altogether.Nintendo was in it,SEGA died,SONY is the antagonist,only one company relies this much on PC's it must be..........MICROSOFT and their.......

XBOX

Games:12/20 (It had many good games,the crap ratio is low but lets face it there weren't any kid games which lived on fun,Xbox was the console for shooters and M-rated games.After Halo,Oddworld,Halo 2,Project Gotham Racing,Doom 3, Dead or Alive 3,and Fuzion Frenzy I can't think of any significant game)

Graphics:20/20(Best graphics for it's time,it made GameCube's graphics look like shit,and PS2's look like PONG graphics)

Design: 9/20 (It's too big,ugly green and looks more like a grill than a console,not to mention it overheats and breaks a lot more than it's competition,well except for Piece of Shit 2)

Technology:20/20 (I only gave it this much because of the hardware drive and a good online service,no offense to Dreamcast but it used Dial-Up)

Final:15/20(Certainly a worthwile console to own......for Microsoft it certainly was ahead of it's time,but lets face it too big,and lack variety in titles can really put a damper on things)


Now onto GameBoy's first competitor,long before SEGA released the GameGear

Atari Lynx

Games:2/20 (Not many good games at all mcuh like 3DO,however 3DO had 160 games,Lynx had about maybe 40,that means only 4 games might've actually meant a thing.I can name my tops right now and I will.California Games,Raiden,Battlewheels, and Road Blasters)

Graphics:20/20(This console had the best graphics for it's time,i looked a bit like Neo-Geo gone handheld actually,left GameGear in the dust on the best color graphics race)

Design:4/20(I like the idea of the cartridge load on the side but lets face it the screen was miniscule,the buttons were far,it lacked real battery life, and it was HUGE,but the flip the console upside down if your left handed was cool)

Technology:20/20(Excellent technology,you could hook up like 16 Lynxs to one,backlit,loud speakers, and tiny cartridges)

Final:12/20(The console wasn't actually that bad,it was quite innovative unlike Game Boy or Game Gear,still no self-respecting Handheld Gamer would call that portable.Fares much better than Jaguar or 7800)

Favorite Games

3DO:Need for Speed
Xbox: Oddworld:Munch's Oddysey
Lynx:Road Blasters

The Legend of Zorro (2004)

This is of the most recent Legend of Zorro because I have not seen the others.If you like woman-knows-more-than-you-think role. Than this is the right movie.

Presentation:20/20(Excellent presentation,it showsthe Californian entrance to America as despreate and necessary)

Plot: 20/20(It is 1850 and at a voting booth a riot starts when Mr.McGivens steals the  voting box in order to prevent California from entering the union,why? Because if it does then Count Armand would have to destroy California as well because he alongs with his Knights of Aragon plan to destroy America through nitro-glycerin bottles which will go to the Southern states which want to secede the union.

Zorro gets caufght in this plot when his wife Elena divorces him and starts seeing Armand he gets suspicious and starts researching Armand thinking Elena no longer likes him,in truth Elena is double-agent working for the Pinkertons)

Bandera's Role:20/20(Basically he is supposed to play Zorro who is in a strained relationship between family and serving of the people.He's supposed to potray De la Vega as a stressed out,heroic,and fighter which he does)

Jones Role:20/20 (Best role in the whole,movie to be correct she is a double agent who must not let Zorro know she is undercover becuase their shared identity will be revealed,she is pretty good at being a woman of deception)

Sewell's Role: 12/20 (He's not good at being a French Count but certainly a worthy opponent of Zorro,he sometimes seems a little gullible and too nice much like Imelda Stuanton's potrayal of Umbridge in Harry Potter,still pretty good at looking nice but not really)

Set:19/20(Mostly perfect but  the Bear Point seen doesn't seem realistic nor does the fire when he fights Mr.McGivens's henchmen in the burning barn,but for the most part it's not to bad)

Execution:20/20 (Good execution of plot with some humor well placed,also the kid seemed a bit like his father. I liked it,the prophecy it seemed right,not to mention the smoking and drinking horse to add sprinkles to the sundae)

Final:19/20 (Mostly good movie,it's just that Sewell couldn't act out a French Count quite right)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Well here it is a review for Douglas Adams' classic The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Might as well not much better to do before school starts and since I've done as much studying as I can til' the test at well,here it goes

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy(Douglas Adams)

Year:1978
Publisher: Megadodo Publication



Plot:19/20(Mostly original I mean the idea of a guide to the galaxy and someone not from Earth studying it that's original but come on aliens trying to demolish Earth is kind of old,but for 1978 I'm sure it did the job)

Characters:10/20(Ford seemed like a know it all,Dent seemed stupid,Zaphod seemed like a flake,but I liked Marvin the Robot,and the Vogons seeemed like politicians times two and bad poets)

Writing:20/20 (Excellent writing,it's kind of satirical and humorous like when human smarts are questioned with dolphins plus it has a good plot)

Setting:19/20(I only remember the Vogon ship and Zaphod's ship that's about it pretty well described, the weirdness of the Vogon ship was the coolest)

Final:17/20(Good book the characters left stuff to be desired but it was mostly good)

Up next in Books is....... Jack London's Call of the Wild

P.S. I can take requests mind you there is a bit of a line right now

Yoshi's Island the Original and Super Princess Peach Review

Well here we are 2 video games,long time no see it mostly been consoles this and books that and movies this and so on. I promised that I'd review Super Princess Peach some time ago so you know it's what I must do.


One day when I went over to Leffler's house I found this odd DS game called Super Princess Peach,by the title it sounds tedious and boring ,I thought that to then I read the back of the case.it turned out to be completely different from what I tought heres how

Super Princess Peach(Nintendo DS)

Year:2005
Developer:Nintendo
Publisher: Nintendo

Plot: 20/20(Yes,yes I know you think I probably label all plots as perfect well I don't just look at Sonic Adventure 2,anyways basically Bowser finds out about a powerful weapon on Vibe Island and basically once he gets his hands on it,he uses it to cause havoc and kidnap Mario and Luigi,wait wouldn't he want to kidnap Peach MORE??? Guess not this time,meanwhile Princess Peach returns from a walk to find that Mario and Luigi are missing with a mysterious umbrella she heads off to find Mario,at last Peach is for once not the damsel)

Concept: 20/20(Basically you control Peach's emotions which have different effects on surroundings and also work with an umbrella that works somewhat like FLUDD or Yoshi in the way that the Umbrella partners up with Peach you got through about6 different worlds so it's basically a 2D Mario game with a twist of fate)

Graphics:20/20(Like Yoshi's Island DS,this game pushes DS' 2D graphics to the limits)

Levels: 15/20(I'm mostly impressed with the level design but let's face it most of the levels are similar and the challenge each lack I mean Hoo's Wood,Ladida Plains are too bland,Bowser's Villa is quite lovable as is Giddy Sky)

Challenge:8/20(This is by far the game's greatest flaw,it's just too easy ok too easy,it could be done in one sitting)

Music:14/20(The music ain't quite Mario quality or even good Sonic but it's still fun to hear Ladida had the best music in this round)

Final: 16/20 (The game is pretty good,it had all the potential too make a perfect but lets face it it adds the stereotype of girls always constantly using emotions,it's too easy,the levels and music need work andwell that's about it.Graphically it's excellent as is the plot and concept and it could use a sequel)

And now for what is considered one of the best games of all time,graphically the most advanced for 1995,SNES masterpiece drumroll......................................

Super Mario World 2:Yoshi's Island(SNES)

Year:1995
Developer:Nintendo
Publisher:Nintendo

Plot:20/20(Baby Mario and Luigi are born,a stork picks em' up but is interrupted by Kamek's lackey's who kidnap baby Luigi,Mario falls onto Yoshi's Island and with Yoshi's help must save Luigi from the clutches of Kamek,Baby Bowser,and their minions,sounds a bit tired but for 1995 it was the beginning of such an idea)

Concept: 20/20(Basically you are Baby Mario and must rescue Baby Luigi on Yoshi who has an arsenal of moves from Ground Pound to Egg making,the concept is clear but good)

Graphics:20/20(Whoever panned this game for bad graphics must be blind or stupid because this game has some of the best graphcs for 2D about at the same level as it's sequel Yoshi's Island DS)

Levels:20/20(Most intense levels ever)

Challenge:18/20(Mostly challenging but some of them aren't)

Music:15/20(The music is mostly good but not as good as the sequel,it's not Mario quality but it's getting there)

Final:19/20(Amazing game,stunning all it lacked was challenge and music I couldn't quite put it in the almost-perfect 20 like Super Mario Sunshine or NiGHTS into Dreams but it rocked,it's no wonder this game has been put on people's Top 10 lists)

Warriorcats Newest Bunch

Warriorcats in genreal gets a perfect 20/20 like Ender's and Lemony Snicket or Sister's Grimm or Fablehaven.No I'm still a picky reader ok

For example I was frustrated at Fablehaven 3's long amount of boringness or how Harry Potter 7 is just Grim Reaper's list of which Harry Potter characters to kill off (Seriously what did Hedwig do to deserve death,why did Lupin die,did Dobby really need a stabbing?)

So far there are 16 main books,1 stand alone,5 mangas, and 2 guidebooks.

My favorites:A Dangerous Path, Forest of Secrets, Into the Wild,Dawn,Outcast,Firestar's Quest,Cats of the Clans

Least Favorites: Rising Storm,Twilight,Sunset, The Sight,Tigerstar and Sasha,Warrior's Refuge

My problem with Darkest Hour is that all the Deputies die except for one however Tigerstar's death is a huge ironic twist of fate anyway onto................

Rise of Scourge

Year:2008
Publisher:Tokyopop

Plot: 20/20 (A little runt of his litter named Tiny is ignored and unloved by his family,so basically when Twolegs adopt his egotistical siblings and ignore him he runs to the forest where he meets Bluefur,Thistleclaw,and Tigerpaw.After being driven out he finds and old dogs tooth jabs in his collar and earns the respect he finally deserves sadly not from the right crowd and it's not friendship.)

Characters: 15/20 (The potrayal of the most important characters was excellent,sadly the minor characters not so much Bluestar[then Bluefur] is seen as a character who only just has compassion rather than a caring character like she really is,Thistleclaw fared better but he is seen as angry rather than arrogant,Tigerstar[then Tigerpaw] is seen as a character like Darkstripe rather than a ruthless,power seeking apprentice)

Setting: 20/20(One word:Excellent)

Writing: 12/20(It wasn't well written because it doesn't need to be after all it's a graphic novel)

Pictures:18/20 (Amazing drawings,only Marjane Starapi can do better ok ok and Shaman Kings)

Final: 17/20(Like Mario Kart 64 and Super Mario Kart my score is based on average my true opinion would be a perfect but the lack of writing,and not quite perfect characters made the average different from truth,Tigerstar was killed by Scourge in The Darkest Hour which is quite ironic because Tigerstar tried to kill him earlier when he was a wee little cat,and obviously Tigerstar forgot who he was.Scourge is a bit like Puppetmon from Digimon season 1 in the fact that he didn't have to be evil,he simply fell in with the wrong crowd both simply needed friends but never got any)

Now onto the newest of the main..............

Eclipse

Year:2008
Publisher:HarperCollins

Plot:20/20 (Basically,the 3 main characters Jaypaw,Hollypaw,and Lionpaw return from the mountains and leave Stormfur behind when Cinderpaw's leg gets renched naturally she gets depressed so Jaypaw hepls her exercise it by swimming and it helps her leg heal after Honeypaw and Poppypaw get their new warrior status a strange loner comes by and predicts an eclipse and of course it happens hence the title right when things between WindClan and ThunderClan tense up to the point where a battle forms. After hearing that Sol predicted an eclipse and StarClan failed to warn them Jaypaw starts to doubt StarClan's power as does Blackstar of ShadowClan)

Characters:10/20(All characters have made a turn for the worse,Squirrelflight isn't hard,Leafpool is a giver-uper,Hawkfrost is seen as a gossiper rather than a power-seeker,Millie has kits which to me is an inside betrayal,Onestar gets even more paranoid.and Jaypaw lets the knowledge go to his head however some things are kept like Berrynoses' stuck-up nature,Tigerstar's hate for Firestar, and Cinderpelts ambition to become a warrior)

Setting: 20/20 (As usual the setting is top-notch and well described)

Writing:20/20 (Like the redeeimng figure in lower ranking Warriors books,it is so well written)

Final:18/20(The book is a complete and utter betrayal of the first book,in the first book there is a clear hero and antagonist and StarClan's power is unquestioned Graystripe was still in love with Silverstream,it was simple but plot-driven,this book questions StarClan there is no clear antagonist and Graystripe has started a new family,but it is a good book has a good plot and is well written if it wasn't Warriors it might have actually made perfect)

Game Boy,a Dream,and a 64-bit toilet seat

Console-wise I have done GameCube(16/20),Saturn(17/20), Nintendo DS(19/20), and Sega Game Gear(16/20) reviews. I want tom ention my favorites for each sustem

GameCube: Super Mario Sunshine(19.5/20)
Saturn: NiGHTS into Dreams(19.5/20)
Nintendo DS: Yoshi's Island DS (20/20)
Sega Game Gear: Sonic the Hedgehog 2(20/20)

Now I'd like the review the following Dreamcast,Game Boy, and Jaguar

Now the cream of the crop here is clearly Dreamcast but well let's just see how the other 2 compare


Game Boy

Games:20/20(Like all Nintendo systems[except Virtual Boy and GameCube) just any game you can think of,is there Poof! just like that)

Graphics:15/20(Like Saturn this one is hard to tell Saturn's problem depended on 2D-3D,whereas this handheld grapples with Black and White vs Color for Black and White it has graphics that can excell to SNES but with color the competitors clealry win on this one)

Design:14/20 (Game Gear had a black design that looked like a trapezoid,Game Boy looked like a gray brick with a green screen but a little lighter than Game Gear and and an ok button design)

Technology: 19/20 (At the time only the Lynx had better technology,Game Gear came out after Game Boy anyway it had graphics like NES sometimes SNES but in black and white,it had the best battery life and yeah)

Final:17/20(If it was in color,it coulda' gained a perfect but nothing could match Lynx in technology)

Favorite Game: Super Mario Land 2:6 Golden Coins

Now onto SEGA's final attempt to gain market lead from SONY and most technologically juiced up for the time maybe it really is a DREAMcast

Dreamcast

Games:19/20(Though it only had about 200 games like N64 the games had such quality it almost trumped quantity but it just didn't quite have Game Boy's,NES,DS',Genesis', or Xbox's quality with quantity)

Graphics:20/20(Like N64,SNES,Master System, and PlayStation 3 graphics were top-notch I mean some games looked better than even current PS2 games games like Dead or Alive 2 or Jet Grind Radio,those graphics were a stunning leap from former graphics master Nintendo 64)

Design:20/20 (Like N64 or Atari 7800 this console is one of the most cosmectically atrractive console in existence,it's so pearly white it really is like a piece of heaven[not to be sac-religious] when it opens it looks soo nice mmm)

Technology:18/20(While it had online access and a Game Boy like memory crad it also had outdated media that couldn't hold much,not to mention it had slow loading because of crappy CD and sometimes it was all useless[and you thought PS2 was bad)

Final:19/20(This is by far SEGA's best system beating out Genesis by 1 score and Saturn by 2 it had everything it needed to make the perfect souflet,SEGA just didn't put the ingredients in at the right time nor cook it for the right time)

Favorite Game: Samba de Amigo

Now finally last and this time certainly by far least "64-bit", cartridge using,crappy game plagued........

Atari Jaguar

Games:5/20(Though there are a few killers out there like Rayman,Iron Soldier,SkyHammer,Alien vs Predator,Raiden, and Worms about 5/6 of them were crap that's roughly 50/60 that's right JUST SIXTY GAMES so basically I named all the good ones might I add Fight for Life is the 5th worst game ever,still better than 3D0's average at 2)

Graphics: 15/20(Things look much better for Jaguar here,for 2D graphics this console might be the best after of course Saturn,for 3D except for SkyHammer and Alien vs Predator few games even remotly looked good still Rayman,Raiden,Cannon Fodder, and Bubsy had some good 2D graphics but it was supposed to have 64-bit,3D graphics none of that is there)


Design:12/20(While very creative and not that bad it looks a bit like a toilet seat,I  do like the courve though still the middle button and terrble cartridge slot killed it)

Technology: 8/20(Like Saturn,not even the maker itself couldharness such power,oh no it took 10 years for the real stuff to come,it was supposed to be 64-bit but even Sky Hammer didn't look 64-bit oh yes certainly about Crash Bandicoot graphics but still)

Final:10/20(Most people would bash this system down to the bone,I wouldn't put it that far down can't say it's my favorite either still better than 7800,it's graphics could be very good,and the design is ok,but I guess it's games that count and since 5/6 suck well you know)

Favorite Game: Rayman

Up next 3Do,Lynx,and Xbox on consoles

Ender's Books and Finding Neverland

Ok recently in the past few days I read and completed Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow and yet I haven't done a movie in ages and I've been waiting to give Finding Neverland a score.

I'll get the movie over with first

Finding Neverland

It's basically a loose biography on James M. Barrie during the years when he got the idea to write out Peter Pan.

Presentation:19/20(It's not quite as perfect as I hoped,but the flaws are almost unnoticeable,the beginning was kind of boring though)

Plot: 15/20(The plot was a bit old and unexciting,but kind of original basically it starts off with J.M. Barrie creating a play that completely fails so he is stuck on hard times,but then he meets 4 boys and a mother and quickly befriends them.However his wife and the boys grandmotherr aren't too happy with the arrangement, and basically his adventures with these boys trigger Peter Pan)

Depp's Role: 20/20(Now unlike cousin Sahara who will never find fault with Johnny Depp's acting,I will but this time I quite agree with her.He was good at being a curious,imaginative,slightly childish,unorthodox J.M. Barrie now I don't know if Barrie was like that in real life but for the movie potrayal I like it)

Winslet's Role:20/20(I haven't seen her in other movies, but for playing as Sylvia Lewellyn Davies who is a caring,hard-working,stressed mom who is always over-shadowed by her mother she passes in my book)

Set:20/20(one word:Perfect,Kensington Gardens was a nice touch)

Execution:20/20(It was a perfect execution,the dialogue,the accents,just everything)

Final:19/20(Not quite perfect,but almost there I couldn't give it 19.5 either because the plot was a bit unoriginal)

Now onto Orson Scott Card's #1 hit

Ender's Game

Year:1985
Publisher:Tor Books

Plot:20/20(Perfect plot,basically a Third[a usually illegal 3rd child much like the Shadow Children series] named Andrew"Ender" Wiggin who is taunted by his older brother Peter,ignored by his parents,but trusted by his sister Valentine gets into a fight with a bully named Stilson,thinking fast he beats him up and finishes the job hoping he'll never be bothered again,naturally the creepy I.F. decide he is perfect for Battle School which is a school meant for training to one day deal with Buggers[Aliens that have taken over Earth] along the way he advances up quick;ly and gets extremely smart to the point where he is the perfect commander,the rest is hard to explain)

Characters:20/20(The most important characters are Bean[main character in Ender's Shadow],Peter,Valentine,Bonzo,Alai,and Petra other than of course Ender himself.Bonzo is the antagonist,Peter is like the Longtail/good-natured Tigerclaw of the book[read Warrior to find out those characters],Valentine is the one Ender loves and trusts the most,Alai is his best friend at school,Petra is the one who helps him advance technically he woulda' never gotten the respect he has now without Petra,and Bean is like his apprentice who is also very intelligent.Ender seems to be a violent,troubled kid who is though extremely clever and startegic also has deep emotional gulit wever since beating up Stilson,he has an ok point of view)

Setting:20/20 (Now I don't know what city in America but I think it was Boston which was well described as was North Carolina when it was from Valentine's point of view,but Battle School is excellently described has zero-gravity and high-gravity tha school would be excellent had the creepy teachers not be running it)

Writing:20/20(Some of the best writing I have ever seen,I can't find many better)

Final:20/20(I can't say I have a top 10 like I do for video games or movies but this is one of my tops,personally I prefer the plot better in this book over Shadow but Bean is a better character)

Now at last,but naturally not least........

Ender's Shadow(Orson Scott Card)

Year:1999
Publisher:Tor Books


Plot:20/20(Ender's Game's Plot is slightly better but this plot works,anyway it is about a guy named Bean who escaped some mad scientist's lab by hidng in a toilet tank,but he was gentically altered making him so smart he could compared to planet-brain-sized Marvin from Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy anyway he grew up on the streets of Rotterdam,Netherlands when he met a nice but not-so-bright girl named Poke who lets him into her gang.Eventually Poke is murdered and he trying to get away asks Sister Carlotta to enroll him at Battle School where he meets the notorious Ender Wiggin)

Characters:20/20(Character's of importance are Ender[main character in Ender's Game],Nikolai,Achilles,Poke, Petra, and le gasp Bonzo.Bonzo does not play quite an antagonistic role this time more like the crazy insane guy.Ender is like Bean's mentor who he trusts highly,Nikolai is his best friend,Poke is the stupid girl who helped him survive the streets of Rotterdam who was murdered by Achilles who is the real antagonist who murders anyone who gets in his way)

Setting:20/20(I already described Battle School,but Rotterdam was well described with it's mean streets and the Rhine River,...wow)

Writing:20/20(Some of the best writing out there,just like Ender's Game)

Final:20/20(Once again makes my tops, and sci-fi isn't exactly my favorite genre either)

Sonic Adventure 2 and Safari Browser

Aw yes a Sonic game and a browser by Apple

This was one of the last good Sonic Games,Shadow was the ultimate.Anyway this also SEGA's last game that was on a SEGA system(Dreamcast,to be precise).In this game you played 2 sides of one story.You also played as Sonic,Tails,or Knuckles(if Good) or Shadow,Dr.Eggman, or Rouge the Bat(if bad) depending on what level and side.

Alright onto the scores and I'll grade the original version because I don't grade ports

Sonic Adventure 2(Dreamcast)

Year:2001
Developer:Sonic Team USA
Publisher:SEGA

Plot:10/20(Quite an unoriginal plot,I mean bad guy gets his hands on something powerful,powered by Chaos Emeralds,intends to conquer Earth come on come up with something original)

Concept: 20/20(You play as 6 characters,3 per side and 1 characters on each side mirrors the other[ex Shadow and SOnic are both speedy linear courses or Tails and Eggman are both 3rd person shooter and linear] but challenges are added)

Graphics:20/20(One of Dreamcast's last games and of course that means,it harnessed some of the best graphical power for 2001,not even Ps2 could match it,Sonic looks great)

Levels:13/20(Impressive level design,but gets a little repetitive and old but lotsa obstacles and challenges to keep it good)

Challenge:20/20(This is one of the most challenging games I've played,not quite like CD or the 2nd but pretty good)

Music:8/20(Terrible music but I can stand it,unlike R or Shuffle,some of the music is ok but it's mostly bad rap or bad pop)

Final:15/20(Good game indeed,but the plot really sucked and the music was horrible and levels seemed unfinshed but it's a solid game)

Up next Super Princess Peach in Video Games

Now for Browsers,2nd time but the type needs catching up

Apple has made some reliable popular products like Apple II or the Mac franchise or iPod,some not so solid like Pippin console or Safari,Safari is one of the worst browsers ever,in fact Microsft actually beats Apple here and Microsoft sucks

Presentation:2/20(Terrible Persentation,it's so screwy, and i looks terrible,not a good impression)

Features:8/20(Lotsa features but not good ones,except keychain password when you own the computer)

Reliability:9/20(A bit less likely to crash than Microsoft's counterpart but,but I still don't trust it)

Searching:6/20(Searching sucks no worse than Microsoft's offering)

Final:6/20(Terrible,terrible browser one of the worst ever,I'll use it only if I have to)

My signature is Opera but I like Firefox and Netscape ain't to bad neitha'