The thing I like about Tim Burton movies, especially his movies made from books, is that he gives you 80% of what you're expecting, and 20% of something you're completely not, and somehow melds that into a really really good movie... and for the first half of this one, I'd thought I'd found an exception.

This movie is quite slow in the windup.  Thank God he assumes that we know most of the characters from the original book, for it saves us the tedium of all the introductions.

Sam and Max Episode 6 of Season One, Dark Side of the Moon is a great continuation of the series.  And it's got a really need puzzle solving boss battle that harkens back to the former days of glory for the Adventure game market.

However, this game doesn't really stand on it's own.  It depends heavily on previous chunks of the game being well known to the players, and it's a bit of a letdown on the writing side of things.  It's still great... but it's not the best of the series.

We were promised an epic, sweeping science fiction movie from one of the most talented filmmakers of our generation. It was supposed to be the most technologically advanced movie in history, and it was supposed to be a biting social commentary at that. It sounds like we were going to get the greatest movie ever created! What we got was Pocahontas meets DOOM, rendered by the Final Fantasy team.

I finally got around to seeing District 9. Without spoiling the movie, all I can say is that the presentation was interesting, the story was unique, and I wish humans would curl up and die already. More in-depth reviews and spoilers after the jump.

So you've read The Hunt For Red October and you think that makes you a submarine captain?  Well, you've got lots to learn, grasshopper, but luckily you will have plenty of chances to make mistakes in Silent Hunter II, a submarine simulation game that's fun and educational to boot.

I played the original Silent Hunter in my Junior High computer lab years and years ago.  I was impressed with the feeling of majesty, the feeling of depth, the feeling of getting nothing done that goes along with driving a submarine.

Bully: Scholarship Edition is a very well executed concept that's plagued by the same nonsense that damaged Grand Theft Auto. It would have gotten a higher review if it didn't crash all the time and if the buttons did what it said on the screen they would do.

When I got my G1 I also got a Google Voice account. I believe Google Voice is a great idea, but like the G1/Android it's fraught with bad design decisions and bad UI.

The novel I Am Legend has been converted to Movie format four times so far:  First as The Last Man On Earth, and most recently as I Am Legend (with Will Smith) and I Am Omega (a cheap knockoff direct-to-video).

This version starring Charlton Heston is actually pretty good.  Way different from the book, but definitely a brainchild of a generation full of the wonders of science, and the fears of what we may do with those wonders.

Even if you've seen I Am Legend, you may enjoy this version's take on the tale.

Yea, I know what your thinking. Why the heck would any sane man watch this chick flick? Well I asked myself the same thing, till my mom said it has explosions in it. So I watched it. Its not too bad actually, only got a Win from me, but the rest of the show was decent too.

So my wife has been asking me to play WoW for a long time now, according to her anyway. I don't really have a memory, so for all I know she could have said "let's get WoW" instead of "good morning" every day and I wouldn't have a clue. Either way, we got it last weekend. Here's the summary: I started a new class, we played around for a while, and I said to myself "mneh, I guess this is ok, but I don't see how people find it so engaging." Then I looked at the clock and it was 6 hours later.