Halo 3: ODST

It is once again time to say, YAY Halo, with Halo 3: ODST. Unlike the previous games Master Chief is on vacation and is leaving it up to a small squad of Orbital Drop Shock Trooper's to pick up the slack.

A squad of 6 ODST soldier's are deployed onto a covenant cruiser. Just before landing, the carrier makes a slip space jump leaving all the ODST's hurtling toward the post apocalyptic "New Mombassa". The creativly named "Rookie" must relocate his scattered squad and escape the delapadated city.

It was fun but I just felt like a weak Master Chief. It was only really fun on the flashback missions but they were really fun. It didn't bring anything new, but the franchise doesn't need anything new.

6.7/10

Portal

Portal is a small 3 hour long puzzle game that was introduced by the Orange Box, which also contained Half-Life 2, Episode 1 and 2, and Team Fortress 2.

You play as Chell, a person who wakes up in Apreture Science Laboritories to the voice of GLaDOS a robotic computer. After completing about 3 "test chambers" you find the "portal gun" a device that lets you shoot portals onto almost any surface. As you progress through the chambers it becomes quite clear that something is up.

It was really good and the gameplay mechanics worked really well. It had the best ending to a game that I have seen in long time and the song that played during the credits is now my favourite song.

9/10

Splinter Cell: Conviction

The fifth installment in the epic Splinter Cell series. It made stealth action funner than it's been in a long time.


After the events of Double Agent Sam Fisher has left the secret agency Third Echelon in search of revenge. After his daughter's death Sam Fisher has been following leads and questioning anyone who might know any thing leading him to the man who killed her.

It is suggested that you play Double Agent Before you play this but it is not necessary. It was really fun and I liked how you could make use of pretty much all your surroundings. It is gunning against Mass Effect 2 for my favourite game.

9.5/10

Clash of the Titans

The titans clash a second time with this visually stunning remake.

After becoming fed up with the gods, mankind wages war with them.

Caught up in all this is Perseus a humble fisherman whose family is killed by Hades (the god of hell). Zeus gives man, one week to prove their loyalty by killing their princess. After which he will "release the Kraken" Wanting revenge Perseus decides to join his brethren to lead a small group to find a way to kill the monster.

It was a very good film with a good story and amazing visuals. Unfortunately the acting was average and I doubt they used words like "mate" and "bitch" back then. Zeus and Hades both played major roles but even though he was commonly mentioned Poseidon was nowhere to be seen And even by the end I still don't know what a "Titan" is!?

7/10

Avatar: The Game

Yes, James Cameron's movie masterpiece has been video gamed, but will it be an exception to the bad movie game rule.

Set roughly 2 years before the events in the film, you play as Ryder, a "signals specalist" who has been deployed into the beautiful but deadly world of Pandora. After tracking down a mole who is feeding infomation to the Na'vi Ryder is faced with the choice to help the Na'vi's cause or stick with the human forces.

It was a fun game with interesting weapons and skills. But the skills are the same for Human and Na'vi with just with diffrent names which bugged me a little. But the Pros outweigh the Cons.

6.5/10

Date Night

Two very funny actors team up in this predictable but very funny movie.

After realising that their relationship needs a bit of change married couple Phil and Claire decide to go to the fancy restaurant Claw instead of their usual steakhouse. After not being able to get a reservation they steal someone else's. Soon after, they regret it because the two people that were supposed to be having dinner have also stolen a very valuble USB. This poor couple get wraped up in all the crazy stuff going on.

This is your standard "No you've got the wrong people" movie and it didn't bring anything new to the table, but the genre is still funny and it was a good easy watch.

7.5/10

Batman: Arkham Asylum

HE'S BATMAN. And he's comic book batman, not the lame movie batman.

After the Joker is captured by Batman he is transferred to Arkham Asylum. After an amazing ecsape (who could have scene it coming), Batman must restore order to the madhouse.

As Batman you must battle countless henchmen and come really classic villans that never made it in to the movies. It was surprisingly dark and creepy for a batman game, but still fun.

8.5/10

Surrogates

It was a mix of Matrix and Minority Report. It was a creepy concept.



In the near future, 97% of the human race own's a "surrogate". A humanoid machine that gives you the apearence you always wanted, and it can be controled from your very own home. These surrogates can be, shot, trampled, drowned even explodamified. Crime is at an all time low... Untill users are being killed through their surrogates. FBI agent Tom Greer is assigned to investigate the strange crime.

It was a classic Sci-Fi/Mystery but it remained interesting.

8.7/10

Cast Away

Cast Away was a entertaining movie with a good cast. It was interesting and engaging.

Cast Away begins with Chuck Noland who is a FedEx delivery man and obsessed with his job. He has a big family and a loving partner. On christmas night he is paged to the airport for a late night delivery. When he arrives at the airport, his girlfriend Kelly, gives him a pocket watch with her picture in it, and he gives her a wedding ring, and tells her to think about it while he's gone.

Once over the pacific ocean the plane hits a storm and is violently thrust into the ocean. After one night of lying in a life raft, he washes up on the shore of an island. After several days some FedEx packages wash up on shore. He then puts their contents to practical uses.

After 4 years a toilet door washes ashore. Chuck decides it is time to build a raft, and escape the island.

It was a really good movie with an inconclusive ending, which some people didn't like but I liked it how they left it up to you.

8/10.

AVP

As bad as the movies were, this is actually fun.

You can play as Alien, Predator or Space Marine. After the USS Marlow is gunned down by an "unknown" vessel (The Predator ship) you have the option to become free as an Alien, find the ultimate hunt as the predator or fight to stay alive as the Marine.

All campaigns are short but very fun. I can tell they got a bit sloppy with the graphics near the end but the awesome action made up for it.

8.5/10

Mass Effect 2

Shepard is BACK! And gone again in the fist five seconds. Seriously, he dies in the first ten minutes, after the ship is attacked. But he gets re-created so it's ok.

After a devastating attack on the Nomandy (Shepard Space ship) Systems Alliance Commander Shepard is K.I.Ad. Two years later the Cerberus Company has rebuilt him to save the galaxy. Cerberus doesnt have the cleansest past, but Shepard must form an uneasy alliance with them in order to save humanity.

It was really fun and I could tell they fixed all the glitches from number 1. It was a really fun RPS. With a voice cast almost as good as a movie.

9.9/10

The Men Who Stare at Goats

Last night I went and saw the men who stare at goats. It was great.

Journalist Bob Wilton's story begins when he interviews a man who claims he was part of a top secret government project to train physic soldiers. Of course Bob thinks it's bull sh*t but when he joins the army to try to win his wife back he meets Lyn Cassidy, who was the best of the New Earth Army (where they trained the psychics). Lyn then takes Bob on a wild journey and a secret mission.

It was really good, and worth watching at cinemas. But don't expect it to be constant slapstick comedy. I struggled to believe that it was true, and how funny the ending was.

8.5/10

Ghostbusters

Who you gonna call? This game is really interesting and fun.

After the events of the second movie a rookie by the name of "Rookie" is hired to test the new and expermental equipment. But After a whole lot of paranormal events the ghostbusters try to work out what is causing all the maddness.

Alot of the events in the game are copied from the movie with lame excuses. But it was fun anyway. Some of the puzzles were overwhelmingly hard and I couldn't resist looking up a walkthrough. Fun but hard.

8.5/10

Mass Effect

Mass Effect is an RPG/AAG. It has good graphics, and good action.

In the future man kind has descoverd the Mass Relays, which allow ships to instantly be teleported to other relays. This invention was discoverd several years ago, but man kind is still a young race in the whole galactic spectrum. After discovering a Spectre (a special agent with a pass to do anything) has gone rouge, the council has appointed Commander Shepard to take him down. Whatever the cost.

The gameplay is confusing at first but you get used to it pretty quickly. It was interesting and i liked it how your choices effected the game. It was really fun,

8.5/10

The Taking of Pelham 123

Pelham 123 was a good movie, good acting and a good story.

It takes place in present day New York when a gang of criminals have hijacked the Pelham 123 train and are demanding 10 million dollers. The authorities have 1 hour to get the money, when the hour is up the gang will kill a passenger every minute they are overdue.

It was a good watch, but only good. If you're at the video store and you need to kill some time i'd recomend this.

7.5/10

Fanboys

Fanboys is the ultimate movie for any, well... Fanboy. It is very funny.

In 1998 Star Wars fans are left in darkness. But The Phantom Menace is on the horizon. But the wait is more painfull than a blaster bolt to the hip. So a bunch of Fans decide to take a road trip to the Lucas Ranch to steal a rough print. What could go wrong.

It was a hilarious movie. Not anything bad I can really say.

8.5/10

Tropic Thunder

Tropic Thunder is hands down the funniest movie I've seen. At the movies I nearly pissed myself.

It is about a team of actors who are in the proces of making a movie of a novel written my a war hero. When the studio threatens to cut the budget the director takes the team into the real veitnam jungle to make the movie.

It is hilarious. A very funny movie. I'd recomend it to anyone with a sense of humor.

9/10

Watchmen

Watchmen is mind blowing. The fight scenes are insanely stylised (in a good way).

It is set in an alternate 1985, when all superheros have been outlawed.

After the death of the cynical "Comedian", Rorschach - a masked physco decides to take the investigation into his own hands. He and the other ex-supers discover a higher plot behind it all.

It was an awesome and revolutionary movie. I'd really recomend reading the comic first though.

9/10

Mirror's Edge

I got Mirror's Edge about a week ago. It is so fun.

It is set in a world where there are rules and oppression everywhere.

You play as Faith a "runner" (someone who can run up walls and pull off heaps of cool stunts) and you have to deliver messages to other runners in an attempt to eventually free the city.

It is pretty non violent with the exception of a few punches and kicks and the occasional gun. though it discourages guns because they slow you down. It was an enjoyable game and definatly an undiscovered genre, but it wasn't used to fullest of it's potential. It could have been more risky and out there. They should have used this new idea to create a new genre not just a good game.

7/10

The Beatles: Rock Band

The Beatles Rock Band is a simple game. It doesn't have a specific plot, though you can play the story mode, which is pretty much all the songs in chronological order. But it is funer to just play the songs in free play. There is a difficulty rating on each song but it is best not to listen to it. All the songs are fun (and easy if you make the difficulty level "easy")

Whether or not you like this game really depends on whether or not you like The Beatles. As a Beatles fan I'd give it.

8/10

Its the coolest ad for Red Faction Guerrilla.

http://www.eurogamer.net/videos/red-faction-guerilla-weapons-and-equipment

Its just promo footage for halo 3, but someone's put opening credits and in. It was shot by Neil Blomkamp who will be directing the Halo move in 2012.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6g1yyWEfks

Red Faction: Guerrilla.

A couple of weeks ago I got Red Faction Guerilla.

In the future Mars is gripped by oppression. This is the doing of the Earth Defence Force (EDF). All the miners and colonists are being killed in the street for no good reason. But there is an uprising called the Red Faction. It consists of fed up miners and colonists. Now apart of this alliance it is up to Alec Mason to free Mars and save the day.

The 3rd person gameplay is really fun. The destructibility is incredible. The only thing you can't break is the ground.

The missions are fun and so is the online play. Its worth it if only for the different jet packs. It is fun to do the side missions and earn upgrades before you do the important liberation missions.

Pretty much all the weapons are fun, especially the rail driver. It has an x-ray scope and can shoot through walls to take out baddies without giving away your position to his buddy's.

It is a very fun game and is definitely worth playing.

8.5/10

Sherlock Holmes

I saw Sherlock Holmes last Monday. It was really good.

After killing 3 women and attempting to kill a 4th, Lord Blackwood is captured and sentenced to death by hanging. All goes well... Until he is seen rising from the grave. Following this event, a range of supernatural occurrences start popping up all over England.

It strayed from the original, classic Sherlock Holmes a lot but remained a brilliant, interesting movie. The Watson character was a bit too different, He was fit and in it mainly for the adventure, the classic Watson was chubby and a loyal assistant. It didn't bug me too much though. The story was really good and intriguing. The twist ending was unexpected.

8.5/10

Halo 3

I know I'm WAAAY late but only got my X-Box a couple of months ago.

Halo 3 is very, very good, not perfect, but definitely worth playing.

Mankind is on the brink of extinction, the alien Covenant are on their way to the great journey (which involves blowing up the universe), only one Cyborg can save us now. Can you guess who.

The gameplay is really fun and the graphics are good but no great. The AI isn't too smart but Master Chiefs' awesomeness makes up for it. There were some wicked battles and awesome weapons. The multiplayer is one of the best I've played.

8/10

Avatar.

Avatar is the coolest movie of 09'.

The US army have discovered the luscious and beautiful planet of Pandora. It is also rich in a precious mineral. There is only one problem. The natives.

It was Awesome. The special effects were so realistic. The plot was awesome, the visuals were awesome, the acting was awesome. There was only one minor fault that bugged me.

(Spoiler)

When the army attacked "Home Tree", all the Na'vi were distraught. I thought the film didn't show how important home tree really was and how much they depended on it.

(Spoiler)

Other than that it it was flawless.

9.5/10

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