Final Fantasy X-2 review

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Again, written for Poopgang. I found the "slices" (as I liked to call them) for this one. For some reason I didn't mind the dithering caused by saving them as gifs. Format: Playstation 2 Developer: Square Enix Publisher: Electronic Arts Release: February 2004 Final Fantasy. One of the oldest videogame franchises that still has that special something. The series began…
Bujingai Swordmaster review

Bujingai Swordmaster review

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Blah, blah, review, blah, blah, Poopgang, blah, blah, 2005. You know the drill. Format – PS2 Developer – Taito/Red Entertainment Publisher – 505 Gamestreet Release – February 2005 What is it with Japanese rock stars and videogames? First Takeshi Kaneshiro provided the image and voice for Samanosuke in Onimusha, and now the effeminate heart-throb Gackt has provided his likeness for…

Music reviews

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Wow yeah, I totally forgot I wrote these. Jem ~ Finally Woken If you lived in America, you'd have heard of Cardiff-born Jemma Griffiths, aka Jem. In a Dido-esque reversal of convention, the 29 year old British singer is already a huge star in the United States, yet a relative unknown in her native land. You may have heard the…

RFBW: The Hobbit

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It's time for me to reveal my favourite book of all time! The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien My Dad used to read this to me at bed-time when I was, I guess, about 8, that was the first time I heard the story. The first time I read it myself, I was about 16, but I didn't finish it. I…

RFBW: Philip Pullman – His Dark Materials

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Northern Lights Dæmons. The manifestation of a soul outside of a persons body. It's such an imaginative, un-normal idea, and I love how in the parallel universe this is set, it is totally unimaginative and thoroughly normal. Lyra has to be my favourite heroine of all time. Feisty, aggressive, brave and very much a free-spirit, her unwitting betrayal of her…

RFBW: Jeffery Deaver

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The Blue Nowhere This is one of Jane's books that she recommended I read. She really likes her crime thrillers, whereas I am more of a fantasy/science fiction fan. Still, I'm always willing to give new things a try (even if it is just to say I don't like them). Basic premise is this: One gifted computer expert likes to…

RFBW: Robert Rankin

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The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse Take the successful late '80's cartoon/live action film Who Framed Roger Rabbit, replace "Cartoons" with "Fairy Tales", and there you have it: The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse. Quite an entertaining read, this. It takes everything you think you know about Little Boy Blue, for example, then eschews it with modern sensibilities.…

RFBW: Tom Holt

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The Better Mousetrap Take what you know about monsters of myth and creatures of legend. Now, let this story and Mr. Holt expand that to a modern setting. We all know Dragons love gold, but did you know they also have inbuilt, organic modems that scour the internet for the latest exchange rates, to see just exactly how valuable their…

RFBW: Miscellaneous

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A Snowball in Hell by Christopher Brookmyre Great read, this one. Although the characters have been developed in previous books, this is very stand-alone, it mattered not that I didn't know the full history between Angelique, Zal and Simon. The villain of the piece, Simon Darcourt (or maybe even the Author himself?), has a lot of derogative things to say…
Darwinia+

Darwinia+

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My God I used to love this game. Years ago it was one of the only games I ever bothered to play on the PC, mainly because our PC was rubbish and this had low required specifications. But my God, I never thought I'd see an Xbox 360 version. Shame I can't afford it right now, I spent my last…