Iron Giant Movie Review

Today I am reviewing "The Iron Giant".

This is one of my all time favorite movies. It actually ranks higher than any "Star Wars" title.
The basic plot involves The Iron Giant who has come from (Space?) and makes friends with Hogarth and Dean. Together they must hide the giant from Kent Mansley who is a Government agent.

I highly recommend this movie to all ages. However, To parents with overly young children a word of warning, there "Bad words" in this movie, including: Butt, Dammit(muffled by explosion but noticeable to those with sharp ears), and stupid. Also the movie takes place during the cold war so there are some grown up ideas in the movie. And last but not least, ****SPOILER ALERT****
If you do not want to know this part and are willing to risk it don't read this next part.















****SPOILER START****
The giant is in reality a giant weapon so there are scenes with extreme violence. Also in an effort to kill the giant the Navy launches a nuke that will destroy an entire town. The giant then sacrifices himself and "Dies" to save the town by flying into the missile. (This part will make almost any children, and some adults, cry. I recently watched it with my 11 year old brother, who hadn't seen it before, he cried.) However, in the end we see that the giant is all right and putting himself together in Iceland.
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Once again I highly recommend this movie. It is available from iTunes and Netflix.

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Xbox 360 review

I have not beaten the game yet but it appears to be a very strong contender for my favorite racing game. In this game you play as either a racer or the cops. As the racers you must win races and other challenges while trying to not get caught, While the cops try and stop you. So far I haven't played online yet. This is mainly due to me not feeling comfortable playing with people I don't know.

On a scale of 1-10 I give it:

Ease of play: 6 (Being an EA title there is almost no tutorial. Those buying the game used will have trouble starting out. Anyone who has bought any number of games used knows why. Also EA uses a system where to play online you must have a pass. If you buy the game used the only way you can play online is either purchase a pass online or be lucky enough to buy one where the previous owner had not entered their code that came with the game.)

Graphics: 9 (Very pretty graphics and realistic cars and buildings. Though you won't notice most of the scenery at 150 MPH.)

Family friendly: 8 (No cursing mixed with vehicular violence makes this game a good family game.)

Replay: 6 (Not very much replay value since there aren't collectable items in the game. The only thing you will replay for is to get all gold or just enjoy beating on easy levels.)

All in all I give it a 8.

Edit 12/30/2011 12:36 PM: Edited the ratings to fit in with the other reviews. Sorry. Under the weather right now.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

First, I am sorry for the lack of posts. Been busy and stuff. Probably will be able to post a game review later this week and maybe some photos.

Second, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Hope you have all had a good year and hope the next is even better!

Evil Overlord Tip #1

This is something new I am going to be doing. These are going to be weekly tips for any Evil Overlords.

#1 If you have defeated the hero and/or have trapped him in a suitable manner and feel the irresistible need to turn him to your side somehow (The best choice you could make here would be to just kill him than separate his limbs and head than cremate each separately.), Turn him into a Cyborg and insure that you COMPLETELY REMOVE THE BRAIN! Any course of action that does not remove the brain totally will most likely result in him turning on you at some very inconvenient moment. It should be a no brainier (Pun intended) but after removal the brain should be destroyed.

Classic Game Review: Ape Escape. PS1.

Despite being a little sick today I am still gonna do a game review.

Today's review is Ape Escape for PlayStation 1.

This game is possibly one of my favorites ever. I have been very happy with the franchise(not counting off shoots. only the main games.)over the years.

The game's story is that a Monkey named Specter has accidentally been enhanced with an intelligence increasing helmet and has enhanced his fellow monkeys. using the Professor's new time machine he hopes to go back in time and rewrite history so that monkeys are the rulers. Spike must go through time and catch all the monkeys to set things straight.

The game is possibly one of the best looking games for PS1 and it was the first (to my knowledge) to really take advantage of the Dual shock Joystick controllers.

On a scale of 1-10 i give it:

Ease of Play: 8 (The game is fairly easy to play as far as controls go. At some parts in the story the game's difficulty seems to shift back in forth a bit but all in all it is constant. The controls might be a bit confusing at first but the game provides lots of help along the way. Oddly enough those that play FPS games might have an easier time playing it control wise.)

Graphics: 10 (First I would like to say that when doing classic game reviews I will compare them to the games of their time, it wouldn't be fair to compare them to games like Halo. Now, the game is beautifully done, It is possibly, in my opinion, the best looking game ever published for the PS1. The developers did a good job of insuring that the game is smooth and easy on the eyes.)

Replay: 6 (The only real thing to replay the game for is to go and find the monkeys you missed or needed extra gadgets to get to.)

Family friendly: 9 (No cursing, No blood, some violence but the player's main weapon is a STUN club so it is fine.)

All in all I give it a: 9

This game will probably be great for kids. Also the original game is available for download on PSN and the original game disc will play on any PS3. If you enjoy it I would suggest you look into the sequels that were made for PS2, I wouldn't hold my breath for any Ape Escape game that doesn't have a number after the title. I have played most of the off shoots and have not been impressed. I have heard that they are releasing a new game for the PS3. Being Move compatible it is an on rails type game. I hope that they release an actual sequel soon.

Once again, The writer is not affiliated in any way with Sony or the owners of the Ape Escape Franchise.