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A Great Game Spoilt By Some Poor Game Design, 21 Feb 2011

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West is a game very loosely based on the old Chinese story Journey to the West. Set 150 years in a post apocalyptic future America, you take control of Monkey, a big brutish looking guy who is forced into helping a girl named Trip return home after both of them escapes a prison ship. Trip has placed a slave headband on Monkey allowing her to keep him under control by releasing pain on him should he stray too far from her or even if her heart stops, in other words, he has to keep her alive if he expects to survive himself. Between where they're stranded and Trip's home is a world populated by killer robots who have seemingly taken over. As Monkey you need to climb,… Read more

An Excellent Alternative To Superhero Comics, 5 Oct 2010

As someone who has only read superhero based comics/graphic novels I decided I wanted to read something a bit different. While scrolling through amazon there was a lot of alternative choices but one name kept coming back to me time and time again, and that name was The Walking Dead.

I've known of this comics existance for a number of years now and I also happen to be a fan of the zombie genre but despite all this, I had never felt the need to pick it up. After watching a load of zombie flicks recently I have just been in that zombie place so to speak, so I felt now was time to give this series a try.

I opted for this 12 issue hardcover edition over the trade paperbacks… Read more

Case Logic Have Dipped In Quality, 3 May 2010

I have a pretty vast cd collection and in the past I have always bought the Case Logic cd wallets since they were well made and stood up to alot of ruff & tumble. When it came down to getting another case for my ever expanding collection there was really no other way I would go - Case Logic have never let me down..until now that is.Don't get me wrong, this is still a well built case. The wallets themselves are still up to the standard from before and the outer material is still fairly good, even though it's clear these cases have been through a design change since the last time I bought one. It's one big failing though is in the very flimsy zipper that holds the case together. It is of such… Read more