Archive for June, 2010

Lovecraft Unbound

I’ve read many a mythos collection and they’ve all been pretty bad. This one turns out not to be a stinker, but it is pretty bland. The stories are all relatively decent, though many of they are as Lovecraftian as… Conan the Barbarian. Anything is better than Derleth, I guess.
There is not one but [...]

The Happening

I am not sure what is going on with M. Night Shyamalan, but his movies are just getting worse and worse with each new release. Firstly, “The Happening” ??? Really, that is the best name you can come up with? Really. /facepalm.
I want to make a witty comment here about some bad movie titles but [...]

大魔法峠 Dai Mahou Touge

Also known as Magical Witch Punie-Chan, sounds so mahou shoujo sweet, alas, it is a parody comedy of that genre. There’s 8 stories but actually only 4 episodes, the stories are short but humorous. It’s about a magical girl princess who comes to earth school and… beats the shit out of everyone and make vegetables [...]

Prince of Persia

I knew this was going to be a silly movie, and it was, but very entertaining. I felt like I was watching a bunch of cut scenes from Assassin’s Creed including the part where you jump off the pillars and totally wall run to the next set by pressing O and point the directional stick [...]

Final Fantasy XIII

I finally got around to playing this game and sadly as I feared, it’s a disappointment.
Firstly, the characters. I like a feminine looking dude as much as the next fan girl, but seriously these characters are just disgusting looking. These men are not men, they look like plastic surgery gone wrong or horrible j-rock [...]