Way back when the XBox 360 came out (2006!), I did a review of Dead Rising. It was a great game, one of my favorites of that first generation of 360 games. When Dead Rising 2 came out in 2010,…
John's Random Review
A totally random collection of stuff. Though now that facebook exists, its mostly guns and video games…
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Reviews of various things
I Love my Surface!
I’ve had a Surface (RT) since the Surface launch day, and I love it. (Note: I am a Microsoft employee, and recently they did give each employee a Surface for primarily business use, with personal use allowed, primarily for evangelism…
Random Review: Lego Batman 2
It should almost be called “Lego Superman,” as he’s probably the best character in the game :). Most of the Justice League makes appearances in the game, but they don’t have much importance in the story, which is a shame. …
After Action Report: Tough Mudder Seattle
If I had to describe Tough Mudder in 2 words, the nicest version would be “holy hell”. If you don’t already know what it is, Tough Mudder is an adventure-style race. It’s generally 10-12 miles, littered with obstacles. And the…
Random Review: Alan Wake
Alan Wake was one of the most interesting games I’ve played in a long time. The story was an actual story. Well, it was really a story about a story, in the form of a game about a story. A…
Random Review: Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
The game begins in disappointment: you’re forced to install a console game. So before I can even do anything, I’m forced to wait 8 minutes. Great initial experience there. During the install I’m forced to watch a dude on screen…
Ben Avery Review #2: The Shotgunning Edition
Last year, Art took us to Ben Avery Shooting Facility to shoot some of his guns, and we had a grand old time. In what has become an annual tradition, we went again this year during spring training. But this…
Random Review: Torchlight
While Torchlight has been available for the PC for a long (long!) time, it just came out last week on Xbox 360 as an arcade game. And it is a great game! It’s probably the best value for an Xbox…
Random Review: Medal of Honor
This is one of the few sequels that doesn’t have a number or subtitle. It should be something like “Medal of Honor: Tier 1” or something, as the game was mostly following some Tier 1 special forces operators through the…
Random Review: Call of Duty: Black Ops
This is the (by my count) 7th game in the Call of Duty series. Of the recent ones (since CoD:Modern Warfare), this one had the best story. It had a very interesting psycho-drama going on, with the main character being…
