Muse hit it big back in 2004 with their North American debut, as far as I can remember, with their critically hailed 'Absolution'. The CD, which included such songs as 'Time is Running Out' and 'Apocalypse Please' was a pretty decent effort, with some standout tracks but in the end was really hit-or-miss. Will Black Holes be the same, or will it exceed my expectations? Who know, you will if you keep reading, thats who!
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The comment most heard when talking about this film, and Paul Greengrass' 'United 93' released earlier this year, is is it too soon for a movie about 9/11. With the effects of that day still being felt world wide, is the topic still too fresh in our minds? After watching Oliver Stone's 'World Trade Center', I can safely say that it is not too soon and Oliver Stone is the perfect man to tackle the material.
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If you love strategy games then this one is for you. Act of War puts you in complete control of your forces.... This game is balanced extremely well, and unlike every single strategy game I've played, it is not solely an arms race to see who can get superweapons first. Superweapons are easy to counter if fired at your base while you have power (hint, hint). Rather, this game focuses heavily on infantry....
[Read more]Prompted by a Kevin Howard recommendation, I listened to the first single from the disk, entitled 'The Adventure' somewhat expecting it to be less than stellar, since I wasn't the biggest Blink 182 fan. However, the song was nothing short of incredible, which is much more than I can say for the rest of the disk.
[Read more]You see, the thing with comic-book movies is there is always a higher level of expectation for them. Usually, this is a good thing with such movies as the previous two X-Men's, the Spiderman movies, and the recent V for Vendetta. However, sometimes hype can turn around and bite you in the ass. That and when you leave a movie in the capable hands of Brett Ratner, you shouldn't be surprised with the results....Oh yeah, if you haven't seen the movie, don't read this. I'm going to ruin EVERYTHING!
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Command and Conquer III was released a while ago, but no some trailers are available. I used to be a HUGE fan of this series, I loved the way they played compared to every other strategy game out there. The game itself sounds really cool, but I thought that these previews looked terrible. They didn't even make any sense.... if you want to know what I mean by that ask in a comment and i'll explain.
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I absolutely adore this game. The experience is, if nothing else, unique. Indigo Prophecy plays like no other game I have ever played, and with a story more interesting than most Final Fantasy games, this game was exactly what I needed to re-ignite my video game engine...or flame....
[Read more]Wow....just wow....this CD takes a good three or four listen-throughs for it to really sink in how epic Illinois really is. This CD is part of Sufjan Stevens' ambitious 50 States collection, which so far includes Illinois and Michigan, from which I have heard only a few songs from. Sufjan Stevens' lyrical prowess, and his ability to combine many different instruments, genres, and styles all come together to tell the story of the state of Illinois with such power and class that it becomes clear that you are listening to a masterwork.. This CD shows just how deep and emotional music can be.
[Read more]Anyone who has been talking to me about music recently has no doubt noticed my obsession with this British group. What it is that makes the Arctic Monkeys so great is not only is their sound completely unique, but they don't conform to a certain idea of what music is. Their lyrics are intelligent, the beat catchy, and all this from a band who are all still in their teens.
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Apparently Act of War High Treason (Expansion to the BEST strategy game EVER) has just been leaked to the torrents too. I wish i had time to play all these games....
I'm planning on getting this site rolling again ASAP. That is update some pages, get people coming back here and all of that good stuff. Reason? Tons up upcoming game releases, and since exams are coming up i need something to do during study breaks!
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I'm pretty much a slut for 24 now. There was a downtime where I missed the entire 4th season, but now I'm back and on the edge of my seat once again. So I figured, games based on movies are good (not really) so games based on TV shows should be good as well (makes sense).
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Expectations were high going in to V for Vendetta. It has been hyped to shit, and being a fan of the graphic novel of which it is based, I was getting ready for the Wachowski's (of Matrix fame) script to lose it's political backdrop and become an all-out action extravaganza. However, by the time the film was over, what I got had shades of Wachowski, but that was it. This movie is so stylish, so intelligent, incredibly written and acted and with a story that lines up with events taking place at this point, is very relevant in today's society, without being overly preachy.....which is a good thing.
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Its that time of year again, where the stars come out in all their glory for the academy awards. This year, the 78th awards, features a plethora of small, independant movies in contention for most of the major awards. Their is no Lord of the Rings juggernaut, or a Titanic, all of the movies nominated for best picture this year earned less than $100 million at the box-office, so this year will probably be the least watched in recent years. The main categories I will cover are the Acting awards, Picture, Director, Screenplay, Documentary and Animated Features. I will add my picks if I did the nominating, and who should win and who will probably win. So without further ado, let us begin.
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If I could give you one tip for the future of gaming, this game would be it, but once again when is EA ever going to learn to listen to us?
[Read more]I have NEVER liked a star wars game before, although I used to be a huge fan of the movies/books etc. After seeing the screenshots a month or so before the release, I thought to myself that this game might just change all of that....
[Read more]So after renting a bunch of movies from blockbuster, the guy at the counter tells me that I have a free rental and I can use it on a movie or a game. So being the intelligent man that I am, I decided to go for a game cause they are more expensive than movies. See, I am smart. This was the first one I grabbed, simply cause of the Final Fantasy XII demo and guess what, I should have kept looking.
[Read more]Today, Microsoft announced it will bring Halo 2 to the PC -- and more specifically, exclusively to the upcoming Windows Vista operating system. Microsoft Game Studios has set up a dedicated development team to work with Bungie on the project.
[Read more]Ok, so we go from basically the best game (F.E.A.R) and now im reviewing the game I played immediatly after it... Potentially the worst game ever made. Q4. You know what? Fuck all of those goddamn n00bs that reviewed this game on IGN...
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Ok, so this is my first review, hopefully i'll find time to write up reviews more frequently.
So where to start.... F.E.A.R (First Encounter Assault Recon) is undoubtably the second most fun FPS game i've played to date (Halo being #1)...
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Lol.... I just had to approve this becaues it is such a randomly funny review. Hopefully this wont lower our review rating in the poll...
This is the easy to view list of my 25 favorite movies from last year. I repeat, FAVORITE, not Best, Best is a different list entirely, these are movies that I enjoyed the most last year. In reverse order from 25 down to 1...
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Capote (2005) - Caroline Baron, William Vince, Michael Ohoven
Crash (2004) - Paul Haggis, Cathy Schulman
Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) - Grant Heslov
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So here we are, the top five of last year. Doing 10 was difficult as their were many that missed the cut, but the top five are movies that I liked both from an audience point of view as well as a film makers point of you. And they are all vastly different types of movies as well, so without further ado,
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The top 10 of 2005 are quite varied, and this is the first year that I can think of where there are more than one documentary present. Numbers 6-10 are from a wide range of genres, and featuring a wide range of talents....
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Okay, so I listened to this becuase of Kevin's constant nagging and needless to say, if you know my taste in music, I wasn't blown away. However, even though it is just Emo crying music, it isn't completely terrible. Just like 80% terrible.
[Read more]Alright so this is my first review, and I’m so glad I got to review this before Mannis, or whoever else wanted to get there grubby little paws on it.
...So you’ve probably heard the new single “Save your Scissors” on the radio. That song is just the beginning of City and Colour and Dallas Green’s Brilliance.
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I recently borrowed the first season of Veronica Mars from my sister after catching it last year when it aired on CTV and missed nearly half the episodes. Now, after watching all 22 episodes in about 5 days I have come to the conclusion that Veronica Mars is the most awesome show on television right now.
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2005 was a strange year in film, with a lot of movies considered to be great but an equal number of movies that are widely considered to be garbage. Personally, I thought 2005 was a very strong year with plenty of career making performances, outstanding movies from people I never thought could make one and big blockbusters actually being quite good. It was difficult picking only 10, so I have 3 honorable mentions that if released any other year could possibly have cracked the top 10. There are still plenty I have yet to see, so odds are this isn't final.
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The thing that made the first Underworld movie awesome was that is was a cool movie. It had a whole dark gothic appeal to it and that made the movie stand out from other similar monster movies. But the thing that seperates the original from this sequel is the movie just isn't cool anymore.
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Final Grade: 87%
Imagine this; You are doing homework and you can't concentrate because it is way too quiet so you decide to find some music to play to set your mind at ease. You want something mellow, that is not too hard but you don't want any of that pussy crap that they play on the radio. Can't think of anything? Well guess what, I have!
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Final Grade: 54%
To be or not to be, and with Shadow the Hedgehog, he should never have been.
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So the NHL is off for a whole year and you are thinking to yourself, how the HELL is EA going to pull off a videogame when they don't even know what the heck is going on. Well guess what, they did it! All the new rules, the old rules, the big trades, the big names BUT there is a downfall to all of this happiness that surrounds EA's new game NHL 06. Where the F*%$ are the new rookies??
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It was only a matter of time until EA brought the right thumbstick into use with batting. If you have ever played Tiger Woods golf or even Knockout Kings, you know that the right thumbstick is used for almost every aspect of the games....
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Okay, so this is my first review for a cd that came out this year, and it was not a good way to start. I am generally a Strokes fan, but the supposed 'new direction' this cd was supposed to take was nowhere to be seen...
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