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Writing Better Reviews.

Recently I deleted a lot of my reviews because after reading them myself that weren't that good and I'm now trying my best to write better reviews.

I just finished writing reviews for all the main Sonic games, so if you read them I hope you like them.

I changed my icon too. The Shadow icon was getting old so I changed it to Gordon Freeman from the Half-Life games, since I've been playing The Orange Box a lot.

More Reviews.

I wrote some new reviews of Super Mario Sunshine, and The Orange Box. If you read them, I hope you like them. I also wrote a new review of Sonic the Hedgehog 360/PS3, so again if you read it I hope you like it.

As for games, I plan to get No More Heroes soon. I hope to get it either now, or after Super Smash Bros. Brawl is released. Probably after, but I'll have to see how things will work out.

The Orange Box.

I got The Orange Box today. I heard it was a great game, and since I do like shooting games, I figured it was worth getting. All I can say is that it's an awesome game.

The best games in The Orange Box are the Half-Life 2 games. After playing them, they are some of the best shooters I've ever played. Graphics, controls, and sound are all very well done in the Half-Life 2 saga.

So it's a pretty sweet game. I recommend you check it out.

Super Mario Sunshine.

I got Super Mario Sunshine today, I never got the chance to try out Mario's only adventure on the GameCube so I figured I might as well get it before it disappears from stores.

After playing it, all I can say is that it's a huge disappointment. The controls and camera are difficult, and it's so God damn hard that it will make you really frustrated. But it has its strong points like the graphics are great, there's good sound, and the levels are neat too. The other thing that bothers me is the water gun you carry around on your back, it just seems so unnecessary, like did they really need to put that in the game?

I'm not saying it's a bad game, but it's definitely the weakest game of the Mario series.

Another School Shooting.

Today at the University of Northern Illinois, a man came in armed with a shotgun and two handguns and killed 5 people, and injured 16 people. The shooter then committed suicide. Police say the shooter was a former graduate from the school, yet it's unclear what his motive was.

It just amazes me how often this happens, it's sad really. There's a link below with the whole story.

http://news.aol.com/story/_a/gunman-opens-fire-on-illinois-campus/20080214171009990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001

Nintendo Power Reviews Brawl.

Nintendo Power got a chance to play the up-coming game Super Smash Bros. Brawl on the Nintendo Wii. Their review shows that Brawl should be great and will definitely be worth the wait.

Nintendo Power gave it a 10/10. Reading the review just bothered me because we all have to wait another month before its official release and it gets a perfect score already.

I can't wait for Brawl, the chance to finally see the old-school rivalry between Mario and Sonic should be great, not to mention new stages, characters, and fighting moves are more reasons to look forward to it.

Unbelieveable.

I can't believe what just happened, the New York Giants beat the New England Patriots 17-14. It was one of the greatest football games I've ever seen, not to mention one of the biggest upsets too.

A big congratulations to the New York Giants.

Super Bowl XLII.

The world championship of professional football is today. The New York Giants will play the New England Patriots, and it should be a pretty interesting game. I'm not a fan of either team, so I don't care who wins, I just hope it's a good game. So best of luck to both teams today.

Movie Recommendation #22.

The saga continues as the latest installment of the Saw series takes a horrifying twist.

Movie: Saw IV, 2007

Led by SWAT commander Lieutenant Rigg, (Lyriq Bent) police discover more of Jigsaw's victims. Rigg is distraught after discovering one of the victims is one of his friends Detective Kerry.(Dina Meyer) Rigg becomes so upset that he decides to go home and take some time off to cope with the lost. When Rigg gets home, he's attacked and knocked unconscious by an unknown assailant. Rigg wakes up only to discover he's still in his apartment, but Jigsaw has left a video message for him on the television. The tape informs Rigg that he has 90 minutes to save Detective Eric Matthews (Donnie Wahlberg) and Detective Hoffman (Castos Mandylor) from a trap they're both placed in. The tape then says that in order to truly save Eric and Hoffman he will have to see, feel, and save just like Jigsaw. In other words Rigg will encounter many people placed in traps but he must view them as subjects that have not apperciated their life and have instead caused suffering amongst society, if he does this will get closer to finding and saving Eric and Hoffman. Jigsaw wants Rigg to give up his obsession with trying to save everyone from danger, if he gives up his obsession he will truly save Eric and Hoffman. With limited time and two friends lives at stake, Rigg must get through to the tests and beat Jigsaw's sick game.

Saw IV, 2007

Funny Saw Parody.

I found this hilarious parody of Saw.

Instead of getting the tasks on how to survive, Adam and Dr. Gordon get what appears to be Jigsaw's favorite music instead. Enjoy the movie!

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