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Cooliris: Try it out now!

Thursday, August 14th, 2008 Posted in Gadgets, Reviews | 2 Comments »

Mihoko has come across a new little app that plugs in to your browser and provides a new way to search.  One of the many new visual search engines, Cooliris gets a lot of things right.

Clive Barker: Horror-smith

Monday, July 7th, 2008 Posted in Books, Games, Movies/TV, Reviews | No Comments »

Those who have known me for some time know that if I am a fan of anything, it's horror movies. I love them, thus I love all things horror. In fact, I even enjoy nightmares -- provided nothing happens to ...

Flight of the Conchords on Australian TV

Sunday, June 15th, 2008 Posted in Movies/TV, Reviews | No Comments »

I first watched Flight of the Conchords over the Internet from Japan maybe about a year ago now. I was just cruisin' about when I came across a page somewhere that was going on about how great it was as ...

GTA4 Multiplayer: First Impressions

Sunday, June 8th, 2008 Posted in Games, Reviews | No Comments »

OK, before I go on, I have to say... this is a drunk review (as requested by Jan). What comes out when drunk is often far different than what would be said when sober. I'm not trashed right now (although ...

SingStar on PS3: Karaoke at home?

Thursday, May 29th, 2008 Posted in Games, Reviews | 1 Comment »

During my time in Japan, I frequented many a karaoke box. In fact, I was quite the karaoke whore, and found myself at a different karaoke joint at least once a week in my 'on' months, and once a month ...

Grand Theft Auto 4: First Impressions

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 Posted in Games, Reviews | 3 Comments »

Well, it took a while, but Grand Theft Auto IV (GTA4) finally arrived on my doorstep, and none too son, let me tell you. I was very close to being totally uninterested by the time it arrived (hey, that's just ...

Mario Kart Wii: Is it worth it?

Thursday, May 1st, 2008 Posted in Games, Reviews | No Comments »

The game needs no introduction. If you're a gamer that's worth their salt, then you know about this game because you've most likely played one of the many prior versions. If you've come here to read a review about the ...

Help me discover my inner critic…

Sunday, April 13th, 2008 Posted in Personal, Reviews | 5 Comments »

OK, I've been maintaining this site now for a couple of weeks, so I'm quite the expert now, thank you. Not. In reality, I'm starting to find my feet. I have noticed that my real voice (for want of a better ...

PSP Review- God of War: Chains of Olympus

Monday, April 7th, 2008 Posted in Games, Reviews | 2 Comments »

God of War. Damn that's a mighty fine game. Full of testosterone. It's a balls-out, beat-the-shit-out-of-weaker-blokes action game, loosely based on Mythical history. And what a game it is. The two that were released on the PS2 went gangbusters (get ...