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
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Saturday, October 18, 2008
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).
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).
Monday, October 13, 2008
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
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
Saturday, October 11, 2008
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)
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)
Thursday, October 09, 2008
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
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
Saturday, October 04, 2008
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)
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)
Saturday, September 27, 2008
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)
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)
Friday, September 19, 2008
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
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
Saturday, September 13, 2008
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)
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)
Wednesday, September 03, 2008
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'
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'
Monday, September 01, 2008
Sega Game Gear Handheld Console Review
Nintendo is world renown for its hanhelds but, like Genesis vs SNES even the legendary Game Boy had rivals.Only 2 made it to mainstream, they were Sega Game Gear and Atari Lynx.While Lynx was the technology beast,Game Gear was fun.
Games: 14/20 (While here were far and few,most were innovative and fun,but not spectacular like Tetris or Pokemon.While GameBoy had Super Mario Land,Tetris,Pokemon, and Mortal Kombat;GameGear had hits like Ecco the Dolphin,Sonic the Hedgehog 2[one of the 10 perfects],Battletoads,California Games, and Sonic Spinball)
Graphics:18/20 (Unlike Game Boy,Game Gear had color graphics and it had graphics superior to even NES,but it couldn't do what Lynx could graphically)
Design: 12/20 (Pretty basic design,black casing looked like a trapezoid good button lay out though)
Technology: 19/20(Excellent technology,good audio,it was a huge leap from Game Boy,it simply didn't have the marketing might or the games like Super Mario Land or Pokemon, but it wasn't quite like Atari Lynx)
Final:16/20(Heavily underrated,lacking games but ceraintly worth playing and it has excellent games,Tolstoy Kafka Evsky nailed the review just right)
Games: 14/20 (While here were far and few,most were innovative and fun,but not spectacular like Tetris or Pokemon.While GameBoy had Super Mario Land,Tetris,Pokemon, and Mortal Kombat;GameGear had hits like Ecco the Dolphin,Sonic the Hedgehog 2[one of the 10 perfects],Battletoads,California Games, and Sonic Spinball)
Graphics:18/20 (Unlike Game Boy,Game Gear had color graphics and it had graphics superior to even NES,but it couldn't do what Lynx could graphically)
Design: 12/20 (Pretty basic design,black casing looked like a trapezoid good button lay out though)
Technology: 19/20(Excellent technology,good audio,it was a huge leap from Game Boy,it simply didn't have the marketing might or the games like Super Mario Land or Pokemon, but it wasn't quite like Atari Lynx)
Final:16/20(Heavily underrated,lacking games but ceraintly worth playing and it has excellent games,Tolstoy Kafka Evsky nailed the review just right)
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unforunate Events and Internet Explorer Web Browser Review
Well I said I do a web browser review andI need to get 3 book reviews. I'll make this dual purpose.
I'll start with the Browser since other wise I couldn't blog without using one
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Presentation:9/20(The presentation is terible but I can work with it)
Features:12/20(It's gets better and better but still nothing special)
Reliablity:4/20(Microsoft isn't known for making anything reliable,but the current one works,it's fairly good but the average brings it down)
Searching:6/20(I don't like searching on this browser)
Final:8/20(While not the worst,it's pretty terrible,I don't grade browsers on technology)
Now for the better
A Series of Unfortunate Events(Lemony Snicket)
Year(s):(1999-2006)
Publisher:HarperCollins
Year(s):(1999-2006)
Publisher:HarperCollins
Plot:20/20(Perfect plot in every way plus the author is a character and i's about 3 orphans who go through thousands of odd and unlucky circumstances such as burning a carnival,stuck in a house on a cliff and so on)
Characters: 18/20(There are alot of characters,but for characters that actually matter,they are great,Count Olaf is a fantastic villain,Esme is a master of deception, and the Baudelaires are quite original,but not perfect and they seem a bit like what Count Olaf said"You guys are just like you were when I set my eyes on you,you think books,inventing things,and biting will do everything" t some extent that is true which is why the score is not perfect")
Setting:20/20(Excellent setting for each book first it is in Count Olaf's house,then Uncle Monty's house,then Lake Lachrymose,then Paltryville,followed by Prufrock Preperatory School and so on)
Writing:20/20(This is one of the best written books ever,it is neither first person nor third,rather both as the author character records the Baudelaire lives in rd person and compares it to his own in 1st person)
Final:20/20 (Most people fins fault with the darkness and mystery I however wish there were more books like that in existence)
Setting:20/20(Excellent setting for each book first it is in Count Olaf's house,then Uncle Monty's house,then Lake Lachrymose,then Paltryville,followed by Prufrock Preperatory School and so on)
Writing:20/20(This is one of the best written books ever,it is neither first person nor third,rather both as the author character records the Baudelaire lives in rd person and compares it to his own in 1st person)
Final:20/20 (Most people fins fault with the darkness and mystery I however wish there were more books like that in existence)
Friday, August 29, 2008
Fablehaven
As a critique of Books, Movies, Video Games, and Video Game Consoles and Web Browsers I must balance it out.
So far I have done altogether on this blog
3 Movies(Matilda, The Pacifier, and Wild Wild West)
3 Consoles(GameCube, Nintendo DS, and Sega Saturn)
4 Video Games[I end to cluster into series for these things](Yoshi's Island DS,Sonic the Fighters, The 3D Mario Games, and The Super Smash Bros. Franchise)
yet all I've done on books is The Sisters Grimm which I gave a perfect score but that's it and since I only just came up with idea of reviewing web browsers I need to catch up on books before I do Web Browsers
anyway I'll start off with Fablehaven
For a while I couldn' t stand the idea of Fablehaven,it seemed to girly and I didn't like fairy's much(believe me I still don't) but then while I was at music camp this year I noticed Mom packed that book Anna nagged her to read.I was bored one day and said heck with it and read it.
At first it was excellent,it was original pretty much perfect but as I wen up in the series it went from excellent to repetitive and too much boring stuff(like the 200 pages of Woods in The Deathly Hallows or the Death list)
Fablehaven(Brandon Mull)
Year: 2006-
Publisher:Shadow Mountain
Plot:20/20(Excellent plot,I mean the idea of 2 teens being sent to there gandparents house where it turns out the estate[which is huuuge] is a magical preserve holding thousands of magical species from fairies to fauns[called satyrs in the book] from centiaurs to malicious water nyphs[called naiads] and then there granfather is kidnapped and they must set off to save Fablehaven from destruction)
Characters:14/20( Kendra seemed too much like a goodie-goodie[like Susan from Narnia],but Seth was perfect he started off curious and learned his lesson,by the 4th Book he hardly seemed like the stupid daredevil and seemed more and more like the one with foresight and courage [like Edmund from Narnia and also like Tai from Digimon],Vanessa seemed perfect for the role of an unpredictable person and the Sphinx too,but Gavin seemed boring,the Grandparents were too strict at the wrong times and open at the wrong times,I'd say I like the satyrs the most.)
Setting: 20/20(The setting is excellent,Lost Mesa and Fablehaven are excellent, Fablehaven is a huge fores with cliffs, a lake, a boathouse and a shack but it's marvelously described. Lost Mesa is also excellent basically a desert preserve in Arizona with cliffs,a cave, and gravestones for zombies.Wyrmroost is described so well with all the castles and cliffs that it actually made me shiver for a few seconds)
Writing:16/20(The first Fablehaven and the 2nd were well written so that they would be top-notch and five star,but the 3rd book is like the 6th Harry Potter or Eldest or Lord of the Flies it had it all set but everything was badly described[except Lost Mesa and the girly dragon],repetitive and falt out boring at parts. But the end of Fablehaven 3 somewhat made up for it. Book 4 was really well wriiten,everything in perfect detail all the right quotes,but it wasn't what the first was however it managed to take the wind outta book 2)
Final:18/20(Overall the series is great despite the writing setbacks)
So far I have done altogether on this blog
3 Movies(Matilda, The Pacifier, and Wild Wild West)
3 Consoles(GameCube, Nintendo DS, and Sega Saturn)
4 Video Games[I end to cluster into series for these things](Yoshi's Island DS,Sonic the Fighters, The 3D Mario Games, and The Super Smash Bros. Franchise)
yet all I've done on books is The Sisters Grimm which I gave a perfect score but that's it and since I only just came up with idea of reviewing web browsers I need to catch up on books before I do Web Browsers
anyway I'll start off with Fablehaven
For a while I couldn' t stand the idea of Fablehaven,it seemed to girly and I didn't like fairy's much(believe me I still don't) but then while I was at music camp this year I noticed Mom packed that book Anna nagged her to read.I was bored one day and said heck with it and read it.
At first it was excellent,it was original pretty much perfect but as I wen up in the series it went from excellent to repetitive and too much boring stuff(like the 200 pages of Woods in The Deathly Hallows or the Death list)
Fablehaven(Brandon Mull)
Year: 2006-
Publisher:Shadow Mountain
Plot:20/20(Excellent plot,I mean the idea of 2 teens being sent to there gandparents house where it turns out the estate[which is huuuge] is a magical preserve holding thousands of magical species from fairies to fauns[called satyrs in the book] from centiaurs to malicious water nyphs[called naiads] and then there granfather is kidnapped and they must set off to save Fablehaven from destruction)
Characters:14/20( Kendra seemed too much like a goodie-goodie[like Susan from Narnia],but Seth was perfect he started off curious and learned his lesson,by the 4th Book he hardly seemed like the stupid daredevil and seemed more and more like the one with foresight and courage [like Edmund from Narnia and also like Tai from Digimon],Vanessa seemed perfect for the role of an unpredictable person and the Sphinx too,but Gavin seemed boring,the Grandparents were too strict at the wrong times and open at the wrong times,I'd say I like the satyrs the most.)
Setting: 20/20(The setting is excellent,Lost Mesa and Fablehaven are excellent, Fablehaven is a huge fores with cliffs, a lake, a boathouse and a shack but it's marvelously described. Lost Mesa is also excellent basically a desert preserve in Arizona with cliffs,a cave, and gravestones for zombies.Wyrmroost is described so well with all the castles and cliffs that it actually made me shiver for a few seconds)
Writing:16/20(The first Fablehaven and the 2nd were well written so that they would be top-notch and five star,but the 3rd book is like the 6th Harry Potter or Eldest or Lord of the Flies it had it all set but everything was badly described[except Lost Mesa and the girly dragon],repetitive and falt out boring at parts. But the end of Fablehaven 3 somewhat made up for it. Book 4 was really well wriiten,everything in perfect detail all the right quotes,but it wasn't what the first was however it managed to take the wind outta book 2)
Final:18/20(Overall the series is great despite the writing setbacks)
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Wild Wild West
So you think what you know what this movie is about,do you,do you?????
Most likely no,unless you've seen it like I have
Anyway basically it's about a freed-black(it takes place after the Civil War) who is a Captain named James West who while trying to hunt down his nemesis Bloodbath McGrath runs into a whore who is actually a man in digusie,a federal Marshal name Artemus Gordon to be precise and after a few misunderstandings, President Grant assigns them to the same job putting them at odds.
Presentation:14/20(I'm sorry but the presentation seemed bizarre and out of place)
Plot:20/20 (Yes,yes by the title you'd think it was a Cowboy beat em' up,it's more like Western-meets-Sci-Fi because basically there is a lot of mechanical junk. Anyway like I said basically Capt. James West(Will Smith) is trying to hunt down Bloodbath McGrath and in the process runs into a marshal who is disguised as a whore[Artemus Gordon(Kevin Kline),after a few misunderstandings President Grant assign them the task of hunting down Arless Loveless(Kenneth Brannagh) who plots to destroy America,yet he has no legs.Among there travels they run into a prisoner trying to find her father(Salma Hayek) and uh that's about it)
Smith's Role:14/20(I've seen a few of Will Smith's movies,this is one the weakest ones,he's supposed to play a quick-hit and run-and shoot chracter,the execution is a bit off he sounds more like a gun happy,vindictive cowboy, no to mention the lack of humor,still it's not a total loss)
Kline's Role:19/20(I've seen A Fish Called Wanda and Fierce Creatures, where Kline tops it off.As a marshal of mechanical and espionage talent he plays Artemus Gordon and President Grant. Basically he's an inventor stuck with this black cowboy who uses what he sees as primitive and backwards and doesn't thnk things through.Unlike Smith he actually can be hilarious at times and he plays the part well,but it's not the top)
Brannagh's Role:20/20(Brannagh is at his best as legless,diabolical,racist Arless Loveless who plots to divide America by kidnapping the President and he is the funniest of them all I was laughing til' days end)
Hayek's Role:15/20( Fares better in my book than Smith,I haven't seen any of her other movies,she plays the damsel in distress with tricks up her sleeve and conning the 2 protagonists. But she seemed kinda useless to the plot and her haracter seemed to be an add-on)
Set:20/20(One word:Execllent)
Execution:17/20(I liked how the movie was executed,it was totally unpredictable,some of it was unpredictable for the worse,but most of I never saw coming)
Final:16/20(Recommendable I'd watch it over and over butI's missing something)
Most likely no,unless you've seen it like I have
Anyway basically it's about a freed-black(it takes place after the Civil War) who is a Captain named James West who while trying to hunt down his nemesis Bloodbath McGrath runs into a whore who is actually a man in digusie,a federal Marshal name Artemus Gordon to be precise and after a few misunderstandings, President Grant assigns them to the same job putting them at odds.
Presentation:14/20(I'm sorry but the presentation seemed bizarre and out of place)
Plot:20/20 (Yes,yes by the title you'd think it was a Cowboy beat em' up,it's more like Western-meets-Sci-Fi because basically there is a lot of mechanical junk. Anyway like I said basically Capt. James West(Will Smith) is trying to hunt down Bloodbath McGrath and in the process runs into a marshal who is disguised as a whore[Artemus Gordon(Kevin Kline),after a few misunderstandings President Grant assign them the task of hunting down Arless Loveless(Kenneth Brannagh) who plots to destroy America,yet he has no legs.Among there travels they run into a prisoner trying to find her father(Salma Hayek) and uh that's about it)
Smith's Role:14/20(I've seen a few of Will Smith's movies,this is one the weakest ones,he's supposed to play a quick-hit and run-and shoot chracter,the execution is a bit off he sounds more like a gun happy,vindictive cowboy, no to mention the lack of humor,still it's not a total loss)
Kline's Role:19/20(I've seen A Fish Called Wanda and Fierce Creatures, where Kline tops it off.As a marshal of mechanical and espionage talent he plays Artemus Gordon and President Grant. Basically he's an inventor stuck with this black cowboy who uses what he sees as primitive and backwards and doesn't thnk things through.Unlike Smith he actually can be hilarious at times and he plays the part well,but it's not the top)
Brannagh's Role:20/20(Brannagh is at his best as legless,diabolical,racist Arless Loveless who plots to divide America by kidnapping the President and he is the funniest of them all I was laughing til' days end)
Hayek's Role:15/20( Fares better in my book than Smith,I haven't seen any of her other movies,she plays the damsel in distress with tricks up her sleeve and conning the 2 protagonists. But she seemed kinda useless to the plot and her haracter seemed to be an add-on)
Set:20/20(One word:Execllent)
Execution:17/20(I liked how the movie was executed,it was totally unpredictable,some of it was unpredictable for the worse,but most of I never saw coming)
Final:16/20(Recommendable I'd watch it over and over butI's missing something)
Friday, August 22, 2008
Sega Saturn Console Review
What is Saturn? Most people would say. Those that do know would most likely say something like"Oh yeah that console that was too expensive,had no real games,had terrible 3D graphics, and no 3rd party".
Truly the system didn't deserve such bad press I mean come on the games.You know what I'll star with the games and go on
Games:16/20 (In the first-party realm games were nothing shor of eye-popping,games like NiGHTS into Dreams,Clockwork Knight,Astal,Panzer Dragoon,Virtua Cop,Last Bronx,Sega Rally,the list goes on. After N64 this console was the console to go to for reliable,delicious first-party games. Sadly not so with 3rd party in fact the only 3rd party games of quality I can think of are Rayman,Tomb Raider,Resident Evil,D,Magic Knight Rayearth, and Shining Force III)
Graphics:14/20(This one was hard because it depends on 2D or 3D. with 2D Saturn has the best around along with Jaguar,Neo-Geo,and SNES.But with 3D it looks terrible the system rendered rectangles instead of triangles like it's rivals plus no one could harness it's power not even SEGA themselves so everything looked mottled and grainy.NiGHTS and Panzer Dragoon Saga looked at least like PSX quality)
Design:19/20(Like the DS not entirely attractive like N64,Dreamcast,or Neo-Geo Pocket Color but though the color is plain black it has that cartridge slot in the back and the buttons look cute when he power turns it glows green and the cartidge in that slot looks niccce)
Technology: 20/20(This console was the most advanced console for it's time,it had 2 processors,internal memory,a modem adapter, and a cartridges that could save 100 games on it,plus CD for cut-scenes, if harnessed right it could compare with N64 wih CD)
Final:17/20 (The Saturn is one of my favorites,I've played it once and have always desired to have it as my second,but the graphics really pushed the console down a few scores)
Truly the system didn't deserve such bad press I mean come on the games.You know what I'll star with the games and go on
Games:16/20 (In the first-party realm games were nothing shor of eye-popping,games like NiGHTS into Dreams,Clockwork Knight,Astal,Panzer Dragoon,Virtua Cop,Last Bronx,Sega Rally,the list goes on. After N64 this console was the console to go to for reliable,delicious first-party games. Sadly not so with 3rd party in fact the only 3rd party games of quality I can think of are Rayman,Tomb Raider,Resident Evil,D,Magic Knight Rayearth, and Shining Force III)
Graphics:14/20(This one was hard because it depends on 2D or 3D. with 2D Saturn has the best around along with Jaguar,Neo-Geo,and SNES.But with 3D it looks terrible the system rendered rectangles instead of triangles like it's rivals plus no one could harness it's power not even SEGA themselves so everything looked mottled and grainy.NiGHTS and Panzer Dragoon Saga looked at least like PSX quality)
Design:19/20(Like the DS not entirely attractive like N64,Dreamcast,or Neo-Geo Pocket Color but though the color is plain black it has that cartridge slot in the back and the buttons look cute when he power turns it glows green and the cartidge in that slot looks niccce)
Technology: 20/20(This console was the most advanced console for it's time,it had 2 processors,internal memory,a modem adapter, and a cartridges that could save 100 games on it,plus CD for cut-scenes, if harnessed right it could compare with N64 wih CD)
Final:17/20 (The Saturn is one of my favorites,I've played it once and have always desired to have it as my second,but the graphics really pushed the console down a few scores)
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Super Smash Bros. comparison
Yes I know GameTrailers.com already did a comparison but not to the extent I intend
Alrighty then I'll start with...........
Super Smash Bros.
Developer:HAL Laboratory
Publisher:Nintendo
Platform:Nintendo 64
Year:1999
Innovativeness:20/20 (Sonic the Fighters invented the idea of mascot fighting,but it kept the regular moves and goal,the moves have been changed from things like Upper-Cut or Jaw-Busters to Fireballs and swallowing)
Graphics:14/20(Thes graphics are a total let down you'd think they'd look a bit like Melee and rounder like 64,but nope the characters look like geometric figures rather than characters and the stages look very fake)
Concept: 20/20(I didn't just change goal and move set it added a multiplayer of 4 a single player mode that isn't just fighting and yeah)
Single-player:18/20 (Good yes but it only had one option and Master Hand was too simple evn in hard)
Multiplayer:17/20 (Good multi-player but no option chaging,the rules too make are far and few)
Character Score:16/20(There aren't enough characters and they look cheesy when they do stuff but they are all funto use)
Music:19/20(one word:Splendid)
Final:18/20
Now onto disc based,clone plagued,many optioned.......
Super Smash Bros. MELEE
Developer:HAL Laboratory
Publisher:Nintendo
Platform:GameCube
Year:2001
Innovativeness: 16/20 (It wasn't very innovative,it added more options though like Home-Run conteset and an alternate single-player)
Graphics:20/20(These graphics were excellent it looks like idk 5 years have progressed between the 2 games rather than just 2)
Concept: 18/20(Basically it's Super Smash Bros. with tournament, Melee options like Tiny Melee,Stamina,and Speedy,Home-Run Contest,Event, and All-Star,but the leap wasn't as grea as the originals)
Single Player:19/20(It did everything the original did plus make it harder and added All-Star and Adventure)
Multi-Player:17/20(You'd think with more custom rules it would be better,but lets face it unless you like being stuck wth only one type at a time your sunk)
Character Score: 18/20(I'd give it a perfect but like the title of Star Wars Episode II it really is Attack of the Clones,just too many and not enough original characters,but an adequate amount and they don't seem as cheesy)
Music:15/20(It didn't have the originals Musical luster I liked Final Destination andThe Legend of Zelda theme)
Final:17/20
At last,but not least,dual-layer disc,stage buliding,plot-based adveture.........
Super Smash Bros. BRAWL
Developer: Sora
Publisher:Nintendo
Platform:Wii
Year:2008
Innovativeness:20/20(Whle Melee just added-on,Brawl re-invented by adding things like stage-builder and rotation)
Graphics:20/20(The graphics are amzing,if original to Melee looks like 5 years difference this looks like it's 10 years ahead of Melee)
Concept:20/20(Melee added much but Brawl added multi-player to what was once single-player,plus it added custom controls,stage builder,Masterpieces and improved Adventure Mode)
Single Player:20/20(All-Star was improved so that was chronologically based,Adventure was turned into what coulda' been a platformer for Wii)
Multi-Player:20/20( Now not only are there more custom rules but you can have things like Tiny,Fast-Paced,Metal,Light Gravity Brawl ad what was once one-player only became multi-player like EVent-Mode,Home-Run Contest,All-Star,and even Adventure)
Character Score:20/20(Lovely character variety,clones have been altered some-what plus 3rd party characters like Solid Snake from Metal-Gear or Sonic from Sonic the Hedgehog and everything about them has improved)
Music:20/20(This game has one of the best soundtracks in existence)
Final:20/20
Brawl is one of the 10 games that has made a perfect score
Alrighty then I'll start with...........
Super Smash Bros.
Developer:HAL Laboratory
Publisher:Nintendo
Platform:Nintendo 64
Year:1999
Innovativeness:20/20 (Sonic the Fighters invented the idea of mascot fighting,but it kept the regular moves and goal,the moves have been changed from things like Upper-Cut or Jaw-Busters to Fireballs and swallowing)
Graphics:14/20(Thes graphics are a total let down you'd think they'd look a bit like Melee and rounder like 64,but nope the characters look like geometric figures rather than characters and the stages look very fake)
Concept: 20/20(I didn't just change goal and move set it added a multiplayer of 4 a single player mode that isn't just fighting and yeah)
Single-player:18/20 (Good yes but it only had one option and Master Hand was too simple evn in hard)
Multiplayer:17/20 (Good multi-player but no option chaging,the rules too make are far and few)
Character Score:16/20(There aren't enough characters and they look cheesy when they do stuff but they are all funto use)
Music:19/20(one word:Splendid)
Final:18/20
Now onto disc based,clone plagued,many optioned.......
Super Smash Bros. MELEE
Developer:HAL Laboratory
Publisher:Nintendo
Platform:GameCube
Year:2001
Innovativeness: 16/20 (It wasn't very innovative,it added more options though like Home-Run conteset and an alternate single-player)
Graphics:20/20(These graphics were excellent it looks like idk 5 years have progressed between the 2 games rather than just 2)
Concept: 18/20(Basically it's Super Smash Bros. with tournament, Melee options like Tiny Melee,Stamina,and Speedy,Home-Run Contest,Event, and All-Star,but the leap wasn't as grea as the originals)
Single Player:19/20(It did everything the original did plus make it harder and added All-Star and Adventure)
Multi-Player:17/20(You'd think with more custom rules it would be better,but lets face it unless you like being stuck wth only one type at a time your sunk)
Character Score: 18/20(I'd give it a perfect but like the title of Star Wars Episode II it really is Attack of the Clones,just too many and not enough original characters,but an adequate amount and they don't seem as cheesy)
Music:15/20(It didn't have the originals Musical luster I liked Final Destination andThe Legend of Zelda theme)
Final:17/20
At last,but not least,dual-layer disc,stage buliding,plot-based adveture.........
Super Smash Bros. BRAWL
Developer: Sora
Publisher:Nintendo
Platform:Wii
Year:2008
Innovativeness:20/20(Whle Melee just added-on,Brawl re-invented by adding things like stage-builder and rotation)
Graphics:20/20(The graphics are amzing,if original to Melee looks like 5 years difference this looks like it's 10 years ahead of Melee)
Concept:20/20(Melee added much but Brawl added multi-player to what was once single-player,plus it added custom controls,stage builder,Masterpieces and improved Adventure Mode)
Single Player:20/20(All-Star was improved so that was chronologically based,Adventure was turned into what coulda' been a platformer for Wii)
Multi-Player:20/20( Now not only are there more custom rules but you can have things like Tiny,Fast-Paced,Metal,Light Gravity Brawl ad what was once one-player only became multi-player like EVent-Mode,Home-Run Contest,All-Star,and even Adventure)
Character Score:20/20(Lovely character variety,clones have been altered some-what plus 3rd party characters like Solid Snake from Metal-Gear or Sonic from Sonic the Hedgehog and everything about them has improved)
Music:20/20(This game has one of the best soundtracks in existence)
Final:20/20
Brawl is one of the 10 games that has made a perfect score
Monday, August 18, 2008
Nintendo DS Hanheld Console Review
1 down 1 to go,onto reviewing Bi-Screened,Touch Screen,64-bit............
Nintendo DS
Games:20/20 (like many people would say about PS2 any game you need is there from remakes like Super Mario 64 DS to casual ones like Nintendogs,from creative games like Advance Wars:Days of Ruin to M games like Mortal Kombat)
Graphics: 16/20 (Many first-party games look like N64 games or better,some 3rd party ones tend to look really,really blocky,2D graphics look the best though like Yoshi's Island DS or that icky Spongebob game)
Design:19/20 (I like how it looks,it's not all attraction like Dreamcast or N64 but it works,everythong is well laid out and the color pwns)
Technology:20/20 (Good technology,touch screen,2 screens,responsive mirophone,the cards are perfect and it's juiced it can even browse the web)
Final:19/20(Great console,but thegraphics need some work)
Nintendo DS
Games:20/20 (like many people would say about PS2 any game you need is there from remakes like Super Mario 64 DS to casual ones like Nintendogs,from creative games like Advance Wars:Days of Ruin to M games like Mortal Kombat)
Graphics: 16/20 (Many first-party games look like N64 games or better,some 3rd party ones tend to look really,really blocky,2D graphics look the best though like Yoshi's Island DS or that icky Spongebob game)
Design:19/20 (I like how it looks,it's not all attraction like Dreamcast or N64 but it works,everythong is well laid out and the color pwns)
Technology:20/20 (Good technology,touch screen,2 screens,responsive mirophone,the cards are perfect and it's juiced it can even browse the web)
Final:19/20(Great console,but thegraphics need some work)
Friday, August 08, 2008
Super Mario 3D reviews
A month ago I compared them,but I didn't give a score.On the other hand I intended to do a movie review of"The Pacifier". I think I'll make this dual purpose
First of all the Mario Kart 64 is a perfect 20/20 not 19/20 and Super Mario Kart is actually 19/20 not 17/20.
Anyway I'll start of with the 3D Mario's
Super Mario 64
Platform: Nintendo 64(For less confusion I'll do 64 but I give DS the same because it's almost the same plus more stars and levels,but odd controls)
Year:1996
Innovativeness:20/20(The idea of turning a 2D-linear platform series to a 3D-exploration series is superb nd few other series have pulled it off[Sonic anyone])
Graphics: 18/20(I love the graphics but you can tell alot of tricks are pulled to make it look smooth like Gourad shading for Mario and the trees are 2D,but still for 1996 that was almost top of the line[NiGHTs sometimes looked better though])
Concept: 20/20(Basically Peach has been taken prisoner in her own castle and you must rescue her and foil Bowser's plan[this is like the original plot turned 3D,but at least the rewad is better] and you must traverse through many,many worlds collecting power stars and gaining power-ups[Metal is my favorrite])
Levels:20/20 (I love the world line up,you start off in a grass land where litttle Bomb-Ombs are at war with each other and you go throught ons of others[like Lethal Lava Land and Snowman's which is my favorite course])
Challenge:20/20 (This game kept me busy for years,DS only took me 6 months though at first,stars like Red Hot Log Rolling and Tricky Trinagles kept me at it)
Music: 20/20 (This is either the best video game music or among the best I've heard,if Koiji Kondo's work hasn't becomea symphony in some part of the world,there is no justice; if you're gonna play a challenging video game,it might as well be easy listening)
Final: 20/20
Now onto GameCube hit............
Super Mario Sunshine
Platform:Nintendo GameCube
Year:2002
Innovativeness:17/20(Though not as innovative as its buddies,it has FLUDD who can do many tricks and the idea of Yoshi and Squid-surfing could be better but,it's still very innovative)
Graphics: 20/20(I love the lighting and smoothness with no easily seen tricks,it looks like an early Wii game,certainly Xbox quality. The hotel looks a little bit too much like a Hotel)
Concept: 20/20 (Basically you're Mario and you've been frammed for vandalism,while the clone perpetrator has kidnapped Princess Peach,you must travesre throughout the island in search of the perpetrator(Shadow Mario) and Peach with the help of your handy water robot FLUDD)
Levels: 18/20 (You start off in at a little windmill village where a huge monster has polluted the lake and the roads from the Biggest widmill, and from there on you face many levels[I liked Noki Bay the cliff level and Pinna Park the Theme Park level,but I miss the Ice lvels and the Sand levels)
Challenge: 20/20( This is certainly challeging,I got through half the game hands down and thought WHAT???? But then I got stuck at all sorts of difficult ones,it only looks easy,the boss was too-easy though)
Music: 19/20( It doesn't uite have 64's charm but I love em' none the less,the Sand Bird theme and Nokis Bay's Underwater Kingdom theme especially.They're all excellent and fun to listen to.If I had them on my iPod I'd listen to them all the time[same with 64])
Final:19/20
Now onto handheld......
New Super Mario Bros.
Platform:Nintendo DS
Year:2006
Innovativeness: 19/20(The idea of a 2.5D game of from 3D/2D games was an excellent idea,not as well pulled off as Galaxy's idea though)
Graphics: 20/20 (It looks a bit like Super Mario 64,without the tricks but considering it's handheld that's top-notch)
Concept: 20/20 (Basically Bowser and Bowser Jr. have kidnapped Peach and Mario must rescue her,this ime he goes through 2.5D worlds)
Levels:16/20(I'm sorry but they seem to linear without much exploration and plus I'm biased about the whole 3D,2D thing. I do like World 1 and World 6 though)
Challenge:20/20(Most challenging Mario game ever)
Music: 15/20 (The music took the lowest nose-dive,it's still good but honestly something's fishy about it)
Final: 17/20
Finally onto space exploring,motion sensing........
Super Mario Galaxy
Platform:Wii
Year:2007
Innovativeness:20/20(The idea of not just turning 3D graphics into 2D platforming like the DS game,but blending 2D gameplay onto a 3D plane with 3D graphics)
Graphics: 17/20 ( The graphics dissappointed me too much,Mario looks whiter than sour cream and it looks like Sunshine with better lighting,no glitches though)
Concept:20/20 (Peach has been kidnapped by Bowser and Bowser Jr., and Mario or LUIGI????? ,must go into the depths of space to rescue her you land inside a Comet observatory where you go into looking ares andfloat o many Galaxies)
Levels: 20/20 (I loved the levels,they were like 64 totally original with even new ideas like Sweet Sweet Galaxy,too bad you start off in a Galaxy of just grass)
Challenge: 15/20(It was too easy for a Mario game,but still hard.I beat in about 3 days)
Music:17/20 (It fared better than New Mario Bros. but it's still overrated.The music is nice,but it's not Mario style. It's orchestrated and would make fantastic orchestra pieces but let's face it. It's like the President holding a gala because his kid just gt toilet trained or having feast because your ex just died(King Henry actually did that))
Final:17/20
and now for the movie
The Pacifier
Presentation:15/20 (I didn't like the presentation,it seemed too kiddie)
Plot:20/20 (Know-all,Handle-all,Hardcore NAVY-SEAL Shane Wolf is sent to watch over a family for a month while the Admiral works on cracking GHOST's code.GHOST's is a microchip that could stop nuclear missiles from working,if rendered into North Korea's hands could do major damage,could this be Wolf's hardest task???)
Diesel's Role: 20/20 (Vin Diesel is always in action movies this is nothing short,he plays Lieutenant Shane Wolf the hard-core"My Way or the High Way" character)
Set:16/20 (A little off,at least it didn't look to much like a studio)
Execution: 18/20(It was fairly well executed,a little corny though but oh well,it was alright)
Final:18/20
First of all the Mario Kart 64 is a perfect 20/20 not 19/20 and Super Mario Kart is actually 19/20 not 17/20.
Anyway I'll start of with the 3D Mario's
Super Mario 64
Platform: Nintendo 64(For less confusion I'll do 64 but I give DS the same because it's almost the same plus more stars and levels,but odd controls)
Year:1996
Innovativeness:20/20(The idea of turning a 2D-linear platform series to a 3D-exploration series is superb nd few other series have pulled it off[Sonic anyone])
Graphics: 18/20(I love the graphics but you can tell alot of tricks are pulled to make it look smooth like Gourad shading for Mario and the trees are 2D,but still for 1996 that was almost top of the line[NiGHTs sometimes looked better though])
Concept: 20/20(Basically Peach has been taken prisoner in her own castle and you must rescue her and foil Bowser's plan[this is like the original plot turned 3D,but at least the rewad is better] and you must traverse through many,many worlds collecting power stars and gaining power-ups[Metal is my favorrite])
Levels:20/20 (I love the world line up,you start off in a grass land where litttle Bomb-Ombs are at war with each other and you go throught ons of others[like Lethal Lava Land and Snowman's which is my favorite course])
Challenge:20/20 (This game kept me busy for years,DS only took me 6 months though at first,stars like Red Hot Log Rolling and Tricky Trinagles kept me at it)
Music: 20/20 (This is either the best video game music or among the best I've heard,if Koiji Kondo's work hasn't becomea symphony in some part of the world,there is no justice; if you're gonna play a challenging video game,it might as well be easy listening)
Final: 20/20
Now onto GameCube hit............
Super Mario Sunshine
Platform:Nintendo GameCube
Year:2002
Innovativeness:17/20(Though not as innovative as its buddies,it has FLUDD who can do many tricks and the idea of Yoshi and Squid-surfing could be better but,it's still very innovative)
Graphics: 20/20(I love the lighting and smoothness with no easily seen tricks,it looks like an early Wii game,certainly Xbox quality. The hotel looks a little bit too much like a Hotel)
Concept: 20/20 (Basically you're Mario and you've been frammed for vandalism,while the clone perpetrator has kidnapped Princess Peach,you must travesre throughout the island in search of the perpetrator(Shadow Mario) and Peach with the help of your handy water robot FLUDD)
Levels: 18/20 (You start off in at a little windmill village where a huge monster has polluted the lake and the roads from the Biggest widmill, and from there on you face many levels[I liked Noki Bay the cliff level and Pinna Park the Theme Park level,but I miss the Ice lvels and the Sand levels)
Challenge: 20/20( This is certainly challeging,I got through half the game hands down and thought WHAT???? But then I got stuck at all sorts of difficult ones,it only looks easy,the boss was too-easy though)
Music: 19/20( It doesn't uite have 64's charm but I love em' none the less,the Sand Bird theme and Nokis Bay's Underwater Kingdom theme especially.They're all excellent and fun to listen to.If I had them on my iPod I'd listen to them all the time[same with 64])
Final:19/20
Now onto handheld......
New Super Mario Bros.
Platform:Nintendo DS
Year:2006
Innovativeness: 19/20(The idea of a 2.5D game of from 3D/2D games was an excellent idea,not as well pulled off as Galaxy's idea though)
Graphics: 20/20 (It looks a bit like Super Mario 64,without the tricks but considering it's handheld that's top-notch)
Concept: 20/20 (Basically Bowser and Bowser Jr. have kidnapped Peach and Mario must rescue her,this ime he goes through 2.5D worlds)
Levels:16/20(I'm sorry but they seem to linear without much exploration and plus I'm biased about the whole 3D,2D thing. I do like World 1 and World 6 though)
Challenge:20/20(Most challenging Mario game ever)
Music: 15/20 (The music took the lowest nose-dive,it's still good but honestly something's fishy about it)
Final: 17/20
Finally onto space exploring,motion sensing........
Super Mario Galaxy
Platform:Wii
Year:2007
Innovativeness:20/20(The idea of not just turning 3D graphics into 2D platforming like the DS game,but blending 2D gameplay onto a 3D plane with 3D graphics)
Graphics: 17/20 ( The graphics dissappointed me too much,Mario looks whiter than sour cream and it looks like Sunshine with better lighting,no glitches though)
Concept:20/20 (Peach has been kidnapped by Bowser and Bowser Jr., and Mario or LUIGI????? ,must go into the depths of space to rescue her you land inside a Comet observatory where you go into looking ares andfloat o many Galaxies)
Levels: 20/20 (I loved the levels,they were like 64 totally original with even new ideas like Sweet Sweet Galaxy,too bad you start off in a Galaxy of just grass)
Challenge: 15/20(It was too easy for a Mario game,but still hard.I beat in about 3 days)
Music:17/20 (It fared better than New Mario Bros. but it's still overrated.The music is nice,but it's not Mario style. It's orchestrated and would make fantastic orchestra pieces but let's face it. It's like the President holding a gala because his kid just gt toilet trained or having feast because your ex just died(King Henry actually did that))
Final:17/20
and now for the movie
The Pacifier
Presentation:15/20 (I didn't like the presentation,it seemed too kiddie)
Plot:20/20 (Know-all,Handle-all,Hardcore NAVY-SEAL Shane Wolf is sent to watch over a family for a month while the Admiral works on cracking GHOST's code.GHOST's is a microchip that could stop nuclear missiles from working,if rendered into North Korea's hands could do major damage,could this be Wolf's hardest task???)
Diesel's Role: 20/20 (Vin Diesel is always in action movies this is nothing short,he plays Lieutenant Shane Wolf the hard-core"My Way or the High Way" character)
Set:16/20 (A little off,at least it didn't look to much like a studio)
Execution: 18/20(It was fairly well executed,a little corny though but oh well,it was alright)
Final:18/20
Thursday, August 07, 2008
Sonic the Fighters Review
Everybody claims SEGA copies a Mario game with a worser Sonic counterpart.Usually they are right(Sonic Shuffle for one is one of the worst games on Earth while Mario Party is almost to the top).If out of the blue SEGA did another fighting game. People would say "SEGA just made a rip off of Super Smash Bros.".In fact though SEGA invented the mascot fighting idea,it was simply released in Arcades first.Super Smash Bros. simply came out 3 years later on the N64
This game was called Sonic the Fighters.
Sonic the Fighters(Arcade)
Year:1996
Developer: SEGA AM-2
Publisher:SEGA
Concept: 20/20 (Which Sonic character is the best???? Find out with Sonic the Fighters as you select through dozens of characters from Knuckles the Echidna to Fang the Sniper,to even Super Sonic,awesome concept can't help but wonder if Nintendo actually copied this one)
Characters 20/20 (Unlike R,there are many good characters and certainly no lame ones like Tails Doll,there are characters like Bean the Dynamite,Fang the Sniper,Bark the Polar Bear,and even Espio the Chameleon)
Graphics: 15/20(It was made in 1996,it looks a little like Super Mario 64,but some things feel a little fake like Amy's hammer, or the explosion at the end)
Innovation:9/20(The concept rocks,but the fighting game is like any other fighter,you just fight until someone is KO'd,and there are 2 rounds[3 if hey'res a tie])
Challenge:13/20(It's starts off easy but gets harder and harder,unless you break there shields, then it's as easy as pie.Metal SOnic is hard no matter what while Eggman is so easy he makes the first challenger[Knuckles] look hard)
Music:6/20(Sonic isn't known for it's music whatsoever,it's better than Sonic Drift's Shuffles,R's,or Riders though)
Final:13/20(It's an enjoyable game definatley,if I didn't critique video game music this game would actually be about 15 or 16/20,I'm afraid it just doesn't have the luster Super Smash Bros. has but yeah)
This game was called Sonic the Fighters.
Sonic the Fighters(Arcade)
Year:1996
Developer: SEGA AM-2
Publisher:SEGA
Concept: 20/20 (Which Sonic character is the best???? Find out with Sonic the Fighters as you select through dozens of characters from Knuckles the Echidna to Fang the Sniper,to even Super Sonic,awesome concept can't help but wonder if Nintendo actually copied this one)
Characters 20/20 (Unlike R,there are many good characters and certainly no lame ones like Tails Doll,there are characters like Bean the Dynamite,Fang the Sniper,Bark the Polar Bear,and even Espio the Chameleon)
Graphics: 15/20(It was made in 1996,it looks a little like Super Mario 64,but some things feel a little fake like Amy's hammer, or the explosion at the end)
Innovation:9/20(The concept rocks,but the fighting game is like any other fighter,you just fight until someone is KO'd,and there are 2 rounds[3 if hey'res a tie])
Challenge:13/20(It's starts off easy but gets harder and harder,unless you break there shields, then it's as easy as pie.Metal SOnic is hard no matter what while Eggman is so easy he makes the first challenger[Knuckles] look hard)
Music:6/20(Sonic isn't known for it's music whatsoever,it's better than Sonic Drift's Shuffles,R's,or Riders though)
Final:13/20(It's an enjoyable game definatley,if I didn't critique video game music this game would actually be about 15 or 16/20,I'm afraid it just doesn't have the luster Super Smash Bros. has but yeah)
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
The Sisters Grimm
Before I begin I mention the 10 Poisonous Video Games That Make Better Toilet Paper
10.Sonic Shuffle(Sega Dreamcast,2000)
9.Bubsy 3D(PlayStation,1996)
7.Superman 64(Nintendo 64,1999)
6.Altered Beast(PlayStation 2,2005)
5.Fight for Life(Atari Jaguar,1996)
4.Captain Novolin(SNES,1992)
3.Kabuki Warriors(Xbox,2001)
2.Custer's Revenge(Atari 2600,1983)
1.E.T. the Extraterrestrial(Atari 2600,1982)
further commentary in" The Monkey World of Tom"
alright onto better stuff
and no Twilight is not going to be reviewed because I have no intentions of reading it.
The Sisters Grimm(Michael Buckley)
Year(s):2005-
Publisher:Harry N. Abrams Inc,
Ok so basically when I first saw These Sisters Grimm books, I thought they'd be dopey takeoofs on The Brothers Grimm,when I read the first book I was astounded by the characters and the plot and of course Puck's(yes the mischeivous fairy from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Plot: 20/20( 2 sisters that just happen to have the surname of Grimm are pulled out of an orphanage and go through thousands of despicable guardians,but are then dumped off with there Grandma who claims hey are descendants of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm and that the Grimm's Fairy Tales atre historical documents.Naturally and 11 year old girl like Sabrina wouldn't believe such a thing,until of course a giant kidnaps Granny.From then on The Sisters Grimm vow to become fairy tale detectives.Can you call that unoriginal?)
Characters: 20/20 (Ok we have 6 characters of worth in all the series,they are Sabrina and Daphne Grimm,Puck,Granny Relda, and Mr. Canis[aka The Big Bad Wolf from Little Red Riding Hood and The Three Little Pigs] and their magic-addicted Jacob"Jake" Grimm Sabrina is the main character and the adult[the one who doesn't trust and not curious],Daphne Grimm,though 7 she acts like she's 11[mature for her age but still innocent and naive,but the voice of reason when Sabrina goes off the edge],Puck is the Tricksters King who likes to think of himself as the villain[and of course hates books,despite calling himself a villain he has often been found lecturing Sabrina not to do something stupid or saving the others kesters],Granny Relda is the guardian and the person who acts the most like a detective[I wouldn't want her driving though], and finally Mr. Canis,an old man constantly fighting The Big Bad Wolf in him[and assisting Relda to her every need] Jake is completely addicted to magic and a little bit on the reckless side,however you can see he's one that tries to please everybody)
Setting:20/20(Ferryport Landing is described as a sleepy little town that isn't so sleepy,I don't see how a town could run when Jack the Giant Murderer,Rumpelstiltskin, Little Red Riding Hood demented,and The Queen of Hearts are on the lose,I like to picture the town as St. John's,Arizona gone creepy)
Writing: 20/20(A doomed book can be good simply by how it's written like Island By Gordon Korman or ruined to pieces like Eldest by Cristopher Paolini,these books thank goodness are so well written I cannot describe it)
Final:20/20
10.Sonic Shuffle(Sega Dreamcast,2000)
9.Bubsy 3D(PlayStation,1996)
7.Superman 64(Nintendo 64,1999)
6.Altered Beast(PlayStation 2,2005)
5.Fight for Life(Atari Jaguar,1996)
4.Captain Novolin(SNES,1992)
3.Kabuki Warriors(Xbox,2001)
2.Custer's Revenge(Atari 2600,1983)
1.E.T. the Extraterrestrial(Atari 2600,1982)
further commentary in" The Monkey World of Tom"
alright onto better stuff
and no Twilight is not going to be reviewed because I have no intentions of reading it.
The Sisters Grimm(Michael Buckley)
Year(s):2005-
Publisher:Harry N. Abrams Inc,
Ok so basically when I first saw These Sisters Grimm books, I thought they'd be dopey takeoofs on The Brothers Grimm,when I read the first book I was astounded by the characters and the plot and of course Puck's(yes the mischeivous fairy from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Plot: 20/20( 2 sisters that just happen to have the surname of Grimm are pulled out of an orphanage and go through thousands of despicable guardians,but are then dumped off with there Grandma who claims hey are descendants of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm and that the Grimm's Fairy Tales atre historical documents.Naturally and 11 year old girl like Sabrina wouldn't believe such a thing,until of course a giant kidnaps Granny.From then on The Sisters Grimm vow to become fairy tale detectives.Can you call that unoriginal?)
Characters: 20/20 (Ok we have 6 characters of worth in all the series,they are Sabrina and Daphne Grimm,Puck,Granny Relda, and Mr. Canis[aka The Big Bad Wolf from Little Red Riding Hood and The Three Little Pigs] and their magic-addicted Jacob"Jake" Grimm Sabrina is the main character and the adult[the one who doesn't trust and not curious],Daphne Grimm,though 7 she acts like she's 11[mature for her age but still innocent and naive,but the voice of reason when Sabrina goes off the edge],Puck is the Tricksters King who likes to think of himself as the villain[and of course hates books,despite calling himself a villain he has often been found lecturing Sabrina not to do something stupid or saving the others kesters],Granny Relda is the guardian and the person who acts the most like a detective[I wouldn't want her driving though], and finally Mr. Canis,an old man constantly fighting The Big Bad Wolf in him[and assisting Relda to her every need] Jake is completely addicted to magic and a little bit on the reckless side,however you can see he's one that tries to please everybody)
Setting:20/20(Ferryport Landing is described as a sleepy little town that isn't so sleepy,I don't see how a town could run when Jack the Giant Murderer,Rumpelstiltskin, Little Red Riding Hood demented,and The Queen of Hearts are on the lose,I like to picture the town as St. John's,Arizona gone creepy)
Writing: 20/20(A doomed book can be good simply by how it's written like Island By Gordon Korman or ruined to pieces like Eldest by Cristopher Paolini,these books thank goodness are so well written I cannot describe it)
Final:20/20
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