Shadow of the Colossus
The second half of the Ico & Shadow collection, this was the stronger game right up until the final colossus, which was so out of step with the rest of the game that I nearly gave up on it. Shadow was released a full four years after ICO, but if you told me they were released in the same month, I’d believe it. The world looks similar, without much color, and neither game let the story get in the way of fantastic puzzles that often frustrated me to the point that I felt super dumb when I did finally figure them out. The main characters also seem to be the same people, just one has horns and the other…well he doesn’t until he does. They both even feature the same villainous smoke creatures that come out of the floor!
As I mentioned, this is a solid game that I was actively recommending to my wife, but that last level commits the cardinal sin of changing the game play style at the very last moment without rhyme or reason. In fact, I actually think there were several bugs on that final colossus, the most alarming of which was that two of the ‘critical points” never showed up. I ultimately had to look up the solution and it didn’t make me feel good about not knowing how to do something that wasn’t being hinted to at all.
Maybe the ps4 remake fixes these errors, but because of how this one ended, I can’t recommend it at all.
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Land of the Dead
Tags:Movie Posters, Movie Reviews, Movies, Zombies
There’s a Tuba zombie, a gas station zombie, and other zombies that have started to remember their lives before they were zombies and they’re starting to live out their lives again. It’s about as weird and silly as you’d expect. The highlight of how silly the movie takes itself is the soldier that uses a skateboard and has headphones on while on the look out for zombies.
I remember seeing this is the theater back in 2005 and not being impressed with it, and I’m still not all that enamored with it.
Cute smile to brighten your day
Tags:Brie Larson, NeSFW, Sexy
Kristen Bell
Tags:Bikinis, Feet, Kristen Bell, NeSFW, Sexy, Wallpaper
Centers of Gravity – (Frontlines) by Marko Kloos (Paperback)
Tags:book covers, Book Reviews, Books, Fantasy - Science Fiction
Kloos has been absolutely killing it with this series, and while this feels like an ending of sorts, it also feels like the beginning of something. I may need to reach out to the guy himself or do some basic research on the matter first. This is the type of military science fiction that I’m avidly looking to read and Kloos does it so damn well, with energetically descriptive action, plots that hold my attention, and believability that fits perfectly within the universe that it exists in.
mechanical stop sign
Tags:Black and White, Signs
Early Photos of Hurricane Ian’s Landfall in Florida
Tags:Boats, Hurricane Ian, WTF
