Video Game Review: Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty
written by Lee Clifford
Starcraft, a real-time strategy PC game that took elements of it's big brother, Warcraft, and threw it into a sci-fi space epic.
To date, Starcraft is still one of the most highly played online strategy games and is a staple of LAN parties everywhere; not bad for a game released in 1998.
Here we are now, 12 years later, and one of the most anticipated and demanded sequels in the history of gaming can be held in our grubby little paws: Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty.
Oh yes, the nerdgasms will be endless tonight.
If I tried to give a "brief history" of Starcraft, I would still need half the article. honestly just wiki it and read the story of this multi-layered sci-fi odyssey to save yourself some time, all you need to know is that this is a sequel that does not disappoint....(read more to continue)
Video Game Review: Limbo
written by Lee Clifford
This generation of gamers has come to expect many things to earn their money: stunning graphics, bombastic soundtracks and epic storytelling are vital components that will cause most gamers to pass on a new title if the elements are not there.
So I can understand when you might have difficulty believing me when I tell you that one of the best games you'll play this year have none of these things.
Limbo is an XBox Live Arcade title that, at first glance, seems exceedingly basic, and in all honesty it mostly is, but there is a rich gameplay element that will leave you glued to your television set for hours....
Album Review: I Fight Dragons - Cool is Just a Number
written by Lee Clifford
Got $7.00 and an iTunes account? Yes? Good.
This evening I was introduced to the sound of a Chicago-based powerpop band called I Fight Dragons.
And this is a pop band that's playing with power... wow that 1980s Nintendo reference sounded a lot cooler than it looks in text.
I Fight Dragons have a unique draw to their musical stylings; they are a band that's becoming a part of the growing NESrock/Chiptunes genre. "What is this genre?" you ask? Basically bands have been taking old gaming consoles and applying them to synthesizers or computers to manipulate the old synth effects into their songs.
Most of these bands are decent at best, but this band is unique to the genre as their songs actually are good!
This album, Cool is Just a Number, can be a legitimate powerpop record. The songs are catchy and have great progressions and are a tonne of fun to listen to. For a band that deals with bleeps and bloops of the old Nintendo Entertainment System, their lyrical content can actually go to some deep places when the mood strikes; they're still 90% a fun poppy act, but there is a lyrical depth to this band that deserves to be taken with seriousness despite how easy it may be to brush aside a band that uses 8bit sound bytes in their music.
The entire album, minus the final track, the acoustic/bleep and bloop ballad With You that is standard indie rock fare, is a fast-paced and very dance-able sonic romp. The opening number, titled Don't You, sets the energy and can be easily mistaken for any All American Rejects style band doing the circuit these days if it wasn't for the synths that make this band stand out; fortunately they stand out in the good way though.
The three tracks I most recommend on this album is the opening rocker, Don't You, the rocking power ballade The Faster the Treadmill and the high energy Heads Up Hearts Down.
Cool is Just a Number is just under $7.00 on iTunes and is very worth the investment. It's an album with fun tracks, catchy melodies, toe-tapping progressions, relevant lyrics and an 8bit charm that will make any gamer or fan of unique music smile.
Give this album a try, you've done worse.
Movie Review: The Sorcerer's Apprentice (VIDEO)
Movie Review: The Sorcerer's Apprentice (WRITTEN)
written by Lee Clifford
Team Disney/Bruckheimer is back with another cinematic treat for you.
Quick history lesson: in the 1940 Disney film, Fantasia, there was a nine minute long piece titled The Sorcerer's Apprentice, where we saw Mickey Mouse in the titular role getting into trouble with brooks that he had come to life through the use of magic.
Here we are 70 years later and Nick Cage stars in the cinematic release of this rather highly anticipated feature film; yeah it has about as much similarity to the original as you think it will.
Our film begins right away with a simple but thorough explanation of Cage's character, Balthazar, and the other key characters of the story that the audience is about the embark on...
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