Flatout: Ultimate Carnage

Imagine that RC Pro-Am wasn’t fun. That’s the game in a nutshell. It’s basically a really lame driving game with floaty controls that tease you into thinking they work properly. It has a lame ‘break things’ gimmick, and it’s not even fun enough to make it worth playing to buy upgrades and new cars.

The only decent thing about it is the car damage model, which lets you screw up a car pretty nicely… it’s not a save grace tho. It’s like a fat chick with a nice watch, or something.

Verdict:
Play with mercury instead.

http://www.ikariam.org/

This is pretty damn addictive – It’s kind of a Civ-type browser game. Things take a long time to build or what have you, so you can set it and forget about it for a few hours. I approve of it.

This was an excellent movie. It met my expectations 100%. Neither below nor above them, but RIGHT on. Rare for a movie to satisfy you so completely.

Will you enjoy it? I dunno. I definitely recommend it though.

Gears of War

It’s not a bad game, but it has in it some bad descisions.  Some of the objectives can be a bit obtuse, some of the bosses can be just plain annoying. Some checkpoints are put in STUPID places. PUT THE CHECKPOINTS AFTER THE FMV SO I DON’T HAVE TO WATCH IT ALL THE TIME.

Verdict:
Rent it.

Gonna do an in-depth look this weekend, but my PC appears to be dead. It’s not the cash, but the timing. don’t want a new one till spring/april-mayish…

bah.