Tag Archive for 'Reviews'

Atlas Shrugged - book review

Ever since my commute changed from being an hour long to an hour and a half to two hours long each way, I have been burning through some books.  This is definitely a silver lining to an otherwise sucky situation.  However, at 1,074 bible thin pages of tiny type, I thought that Atlas Shrugged by [...]

The Kingdom - movie review

I have to admit that I can’t remember when The Kingdom came out in theaters or if I’d even heard of it at all before I read the back of the DVD box at the local rental shop.  I thought it sounded interesting so Muse picked it up yesterday for the weekly $10 Tuesday rental [...]

Indiana Jones and the what?

Warning: contains some minor spoilers but seriously, have you seen the previews?
Muse and I went to see Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull [omg could that title be any longer] at the theater in Tung Chung last Sunday.  We laughed our butts off, usually for the expected reasons, for the first half [...]

Book review: Mr. Murder

The other night I finished reading Mr. Murder by Dean Koontz and I can definitely recommend it.  Even though at about page 100, I was unsure if I wanted to continue reading the book.  Not because it was bad.  No, it was because my heart was racing so much and my blood pressure was so [...]

Long weekend

Not that it was longer than the standard two days, but this did end up being a nice long weekend. I would tell you all about it, but my wife has already gone through all the trouble of writing it all out, so I will just ask that you go read the details at [...]

I Am Legend book review

Here’s something I didn’t know when I bought the book I Am Legend: it’s a short story collection.  I Am Legend is only the first 159 pages and then the rest of the book is all additional short stories by Richard Matheson.  Nowhere on the front or back of the book does it say that.  [...]

Review: Hero of the Imperium

I just recently finished reading the Ciaphas Cain: Hero of the Imperium. This is one of the Black Library’s Omnibus books that collects the first three novels in the Ciaphas Cain series as well as three short stories that help to fill in some of the blanks from this ‘autobiography’. The three novels [...]

Assassin’s Creed Review

Over the weekend I finally finished Assassin’s Creed on the XBox 360.  I had gotten it while we were back in the States for the holidays when Best Buy had it on sale for $39.99 USD.  Considering the game was still new and selling for $60 normally, I thought that was a pretty good deal.
It [...]

Steam & AudioSurf

I remember when Valve first launched Steam with Half-Life 2.  I remember what a cluster fuck that was as well.  Sure things don’t always start off smooth, but the hoops you had to jump through to get the game you bought from the store was absolutely ridiculous.  And that’s not even taking into consideration all [...]

Review: Stranger than Fiction

Muse and I watched the Will Ferrell movie Stranger than Fiction last night. Considering it didn’t do very well in theaters even though it had a great cast, I thought I’d put my two cents in for the DVD rental crowd. To sum it up quickly, if you’re looking for an original movie [...]