Game Review #3

Scene It? Box Office Smash

X360

If you like movie trivia, then this is the game for you! Scene It? BOS is one of the best movie trivia games I have played in a while. You can play either alone, with up to four of your friends or with up to four people online. It's a great game if you love to play trivia games of any sort and no one else wants to play with you. Of course you can have a friend in the same room with you join you in an online game with their own controller or they can just blurt out answers while you play. 

Like it's predecessor, Lights Camera Action, you play 4 rounds, the first 3 being normal mode, and the last being the final cut. After each round you and your friends sit on the sofa and they will tally up the scores and sometimes even give you extra points to help you on your way to stardom, but in the end there can only be one winner. Many times the final cut determines the winner. 

The Xbox has just released DLC (for those that don't know what that means it's downloadable content) for this game that includes 500 more questions and a whole new puzzle. I hope that they keep releasing DLC for this title  because it is an extremely fun game and it's good to have updates every now and then. 

This game is an excellent party game that is sure to please everyone. I would recommend this game for the avid movie watchers that know their stuff and anyone that just likes to sit back, relax, and have a good time. With it's superb trivia, online gaming, multiplayer capabilities, I give this game a 8.5 out of 10 stars. 

How I Met Your Mother *Possible Spoilers*

Season 4 Episode 15

"The Stinsons"

How I Met Your Mother (HIMYM) is always such a funny show, but this episode lacked the necessary qualities of a one of a kind HIMYM. First of all the title of the episode "The Stinsons" merely suggests that it will be something about Barney's family. The episode is filled with Barney's crazy antics.

The episode itself is a bit too unreal. Who's mother would believe something so crazy for so many years and not catch on. For instance, the young boy didn't even look like Barney or "Barney's wife."

In the episode we really only had about one set plot unlike past episodes that have had about 2 or 3 subsequent plot lines. Maybe if the episode had another plot line to go along with it, it would have been a lot better. Hopefully as the end of the season draws near, the episodes will get better and leave us with maybe a little glimpse as to who could be the mother. I mean come on! It's been 4 years!

Book Review #1

Twilight

By: Stephenie Meyer

Stephenie Meyer's first book has become a hit! The book has been on the bestseller list for months, the movie made the top 10 grossing movies at the box office of 2008. The book isn't just for young girls but it's also for men and women and people of all ages. Some men are ashamed to admit that they like the story of Bella and Edward, but the ones that aren't really seem to prove something to the rest of the world; they're comfortable in their masculinity to admit they like a teen romance. 

Isabella Swan moves in with her father Charlie to the little town of Forks, Washington where the sun barely shines. Her first day of school everyone looks at her like she is the shiny new toy, except for one man. 

Edward isn't your average man, he sparkles in the sunlight, feeds on animals, and hungers for Bella's blood. Yes you've guessed it Edward is a Vampire. You ask me, How does he sparkle in the sunlight? Aren't vampires "allergic" to the sun? In the eyes of Stephenie Meyer, vampires are allowed in the sun, but no in public. Once the sun hits them their skin starts to glitter like diamonds. Edward and his family are "vegetarians" that don't feed on humans, but instead on animals which is how they are able to stay in one place for a few years before they have to move on to somewhere else.

The story of Edward and Bella will make you want to fall in love with the story over and over again. Edward will become most women's prince charming. The tale of their love is much like Buffy and Angel's from Buffy the Vampire Slayer the television series, but with slight differences. 

Get ready for a wild romance that will leave you coming back for more. Twilight is an excellent story for the young and old of all sexes. I give this book a 9 out of 10 stars. 

DVD Review #1

Zack and Miri Make a Porno

Kevin Smith has done it again! In a society where pornos have become almost as popular as horror movies, 2 adults that are increasingly going into debt, have decided that one of the easiest and best ways to make a few bucks is by making a porno. They hire a few friends, a few random actors, and piece together something highly entertaining. 

Though the movie has a lot of nudity in it, it's as if you are just watching any other comedy. I recommend this movie for anyone that has enjoyed the characters Seth Rogen has portrayed in his other films (Knocked Up for instance) will enjoy his character Zack.

Zack and Miri will provide you with 101 minutes of laughter and entertainment, and maybe also have you shed a tear or two. I have to say 'Well done Kevin Smith! I salute you for such an incredible comedy that you have created!'

Game Review #2

Lips

Xbox 360

Lips is just like your other singing games with a few exceptions; it comes with it's own mic that you can only use for that game, the mics can be used as tambourines and other noise makers, and the 

mics glow in time with the music.

The game itself is nothing special. It comes with about 50 songs and you just sing your way through them, you don't unlock anything so the songs it comes with is it, unless you want to spend 120-160 Microsoft points on a song. You can plug an external device with music on it like an iPod or Zune and add songs to your list that way, but you have to have your device plugged in to sing the songs, and it doesn't have the words pop up on the  screen like the other songs. 

While playing the game it has a very similar feel to SingStar, and it is like this is just the Xbox equivalent to that. It plays the music video in the background as long as it was an original song that came with the game or one that you downloaded from the Xbox Live Marketplace.

You can only play online with people that you have friended that have the game, it's not like you just go online and hope to find someone on there like most online gaming. 

The game itself is fun, but it lacks certain qualities that other singing games have. For instance SingStar allows you to listen to the song you just sang with your voice. This game does not do that. 

All in all playing this game solo, I think lacks certain qualities, but when you play with a friend or if you're having a party it's a lot of fun. I give this game a 6.5 out of 10 stars. 

Game Review #1

Animal Crossing: City Folk

Nintendo Wii

Like the other Animal Crossings you start off by getting on some mode of transportation and going to your town. You then visit your town hall and pick your house only to find out that you have no money and you need to work off your debt to the local entrepreneur, Tom Nook. Although he will only have a few jobs for you and give you only 10,000 bells you will then be able to buy some accessories like a fishing pole or a bug catching net and then be able to catch fish and bugs and sell them for money to buy accessories for your home, yourself, and to give to others as gifts. 

The town you live in has other members that are animals, and each town varies as to what animals live in it. Sometimes they decide to move and a new animal will come in and sometimes if you are rude to them they will decide to move as well. 

A new feature to the game is the City. The city includes Gracie's which is an overpriced department store, the fortune teller, the salon, Redd's (be careful for fraudulent items), the theater, the shoe shine, the Happy Room Academy, and the Auction house. Be sure that when you travel to the city you remember to take lots of bells with you.

Another feature that has been added is the ability to do mic chats with your friends when they visit your town or you visit theirs. Being someone that has gone to a persons town that doesn't have a mic it is harder for that person to communicate with people that have a mic. You can only have 3 other people in your town at one time, but to be honest any more than that and it might get a bit confusing. 

If you love the other installments of this game you are sure to love this one as well. Whether you are 10 or 100 this game is a sure pleaser. Nintendo seems to have knocked it out of the park with this game, it's another hit for the Nintendo Wii. 

Overall with the games easy controls, fun Wi-Fi features, and the ability to get you lost in another world for hours of fun, I give this game an 8.5 out of 10 stars. 

What's this?

This blog is going to be reviews on movies, DVD's, TV Shows, Books, Games, Anything entertainment wise. I'll try to do music, but those reviews may be few and far between. I will Review old and new with my takes on things. 

So you may ask yourself, who am I? Well I am a 22 year old woman who lives in Massachusetts. I love movies and I collect DVD's. I guess you can say I started collecting them a few years ago. Maybe my Junior year of High School. For game systems I have Wii, X360, PS2, GC, XBOX, SNES, and a soon to be new addition of a PS3 for my 23rd Bday....July 15th. As I am right now between jobs, schools, and apartments, I have a lot of free time on my hands to do a Review blog. Since this post is just mainly a little about what my blog will be about and myself, my first Review will be tomorrow. 

Until then....I leave you with this "All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind" ~ Aristotle