Category: Review

Sneak Peak : A Knight In Shining Armor Review

Paul

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So I just got done watching this on Hulu.   I thought it was intriguing and somewhat like they did with the first show.  Here’s a Small Synopsis of this show:

Mike Traceur has a past and people know who he is but He doesn’t so in the effort to throw people off the trail.  Carrie Rivai decides the only way to get people to leave him alone is to kill him.  So the FBI does a stunt and kills Mike Tracer.  Now Mike has to figure out his new name and reconnect with his old flame.  Which is Sarah Graiman, Who he asked her to marry to him and yet he does not remember it.  In the end, Mike Traceur will be known as Micheal Knight and thus doing a return to the old.  What is old is new again.  I think this plot with Sara and Him will be quite intriguing but I don’t like how they had to bring in the Knight name again, Although It was something that was bound to happen.

In the End, I think I will hold off on judging this show until I get further into the series.  I do like how they are meshing the technology and Social aspects of the show.  Stay tuned for further discussions on this show.

Is Spore Worth 49.99?

Paul

So I been doing a little digging and trying to find out what the heck people are complaining about and I found some great reviews telling me exactly why people hate EA.  They don’t necessarily hate Spore or Will Wright, but the Security around The Spore game.

So In a couple of these comments.  These reviews talk about Creating the creatures and All.  I’ll submit some of the reviews that I thought was relevant and let you decide for yourself.  I would however wonder the one big question?  Is Spore Worth the Money?   Here’s the details that I know of right now:

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  1. You can only install it 3 times before you have to call EA to get an override code.  (Although I heard rumors that if you unistall it, you will get a credit for an Install)

  2. You can not Install new hardware or upgrade your hardware because if you do, it’ll count as an install, According to this one person.

  3. The game only allows 1 login per Install.  So you can’t have more than one character and one universe according to this person.

  4. Part of the Copy Protection prevents you from taking your saved games off your computer and taking it over to your friends house, according to this Person.

  5. On the Mac Version, it tends to breaks subsequent versions of the system services according to this one person.

According to Amazon the reviews aren’t pleasant.  I tend to agree does this mean there are going to be even more people pirating it because they don’t want the DRM or Is EA going to send out a patch to fix this.  I am curious as to see how EA responds to all this NONE TOLERANCE to DRM.

After seeing all these reviews of Spore, I tend to agree with everyone.  I’ll probably wait and see before I buy my copy.  All the reviews however don’t look promising or even makes the games look like it wouldn’t be fun.

GameSpot Q&A, A Response to “Gerstmanngate”

Paul

GameSpot has finally responded in force to the Jeff Gerstmann situation, addressing the topic once and for all…though still not revealing why he was fired for unspecified legal reasons. With no more ado, let’s just cut right to the chase.

Q: Was Eidos Interactive upset by the game’s review?

Well, were they??

A: It has been confirmed that Eidos representatives expressed their displeasure to their appropriate contacts at GameSpot, but not to editorial directly. It was not the first time a publisher has voiced disappointment with a game review, and it won’t be the last. However, it is strict GameSpot policy never to let any such feelings result in a review score to be altered or a video review to be pulled.

Q: Did Eidos’ disappointment cause Jeff to be terminated?

A: Absolutely not.

Q: Did Eidos’ disappointment cause the alteration of the review text?

A: Absolutely not.

Q: Did Eidos’ disappointment lead to the video review being pulled down?

A: Absolutely not.

As we heard before, GameSpot officially cited poor production for the pulling of the video review. They also clarify that all Kane & Lynch written review alterations were made to better match the 6.0 score. Wow, so copy should be edited to represent an arbitrary f’ing number? That clarification of practice really brings the credibility back to the site? Fundamentally, I can’t agree to the logic, but it’s important that GameSpot disclosed their process nonetheless.

[Via kotaku]

Well This is what I am concerned about they do all this and yet they still leave me with more questions then answers. I think they took to long to answer and they also might be hiding something. What do you think? I don’t believe they are going to keep hiding much longer something is bound to come out and bite them!!

Our Leopard Review Matrix

Paul

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Don’t have time to read over the full reviews from NYT’s David Pogue, USA Today’s Ed Baig and WSJ’s Walt Mossberg? Read our handy review matrix instead, where we break out everything that wasn’t merely feature description in an easy-to-compare chart. You can thank us later!

It’s kinda of a big article go check it out!!

Leopard Review: First Apple OS X Leopard Reviews by The Mainstream (Verdict: It’s Good)

Paul

Three reviews are in from USA Today, WSJ and NYT and they’re all positive (though some more positive than others). That’s Mossberg’s video, above, but the rest of the reviews are summarized below.

USA Today Review: Ed Baig says it “hits all the right spots”—a obvious pun, but it gets right to the heart of his review. He continues to say that OS X is superior to Windows (especially with the latest iteration), but points out the Boot Camp feature for people who need both. Upgrading for him was super easy, as was using Time Machine for backing up or migrating files, the iChat video chat/theater, the upgraded Mail.app, and the improved desktop, Finder (file browser), and .Mac features. It reads like a shortened Leopard feature checklist with the praise preceding or following each item, which shows how much of a thumbs up Baig is giving the new OS. [USAToday]

Mossberg WSJ Review: After his headline (“Leopard: Faster, Easier Than Vista”) and on a short history tour of Apple as a company, Mossberg moves on to say that while Leopard is good, it’s evolutionary, and not revolutionary—but still manages to keep Apple’s “advantage over Windows”. He does have some gripes. He says the menubar is translucent (it’s actually not, in the final version), the icons are “dull and flat and less atractive than Vista’s” (we disagree), Time Machine, although described as “sexy”, has limited backup locations. And that none of Apple’s 300 new features are a major breakthrough. However, Leopard doesn’t have any of the upgrade problems (when upgrading from Tiger) that Vista had from XP. Mossberg then goes into feature list mode, but ends by saying that Leopard isn’t a must-have, it just adds a lot of value on an existing machine. [WSJ]

Pogue’s NYT Review: After spending half the first page (and 1/4 of the whole piece) talking about how Time Machine works, Pogue moves on to Spaces, parental controls, Boot Camp, screen sharing, and iChat upgrades. Although backup features and virtual desktops have been around for a while, Pogue says the point of Leopard is that Apple takes all those apps, improves on them, and integrates them well into the OS. But he too has complaints.

Stacks are a bit awkward and inconsistent, see through menus are hard to see (he may be using an old version because the final version looks fine), as well as occasional glitches in Spaces and program switching. Final thoughts: it’s polished and offers few disappointments. Looks like a buy from Pogue. [NYTimes]

I thought people would like to see the latest reviews on Leopard!