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Posts Tagged ‘reviews’

Altec Lansing IM600

In Entertainment on 8 June 2008 tagged audio, gear, iPod, Music, Photos, reviews with 4 comments

I’ve been shopping around for an iPod dockable portable speaker system for awhile. Some friends have Altec Lansing boom-boxes that they are pretty happy with so I looked to see what they have available. For $150 I ordered the im600 from the Apple Store and after figuring out my new address, they had it here [...]

Dark Messiah: A Might and Magic Joint

In Entertainment on 15 April 2008 tagged Entertainment, Games, reviews, Xbox360 with no comments

I went out last weekend and did a little video-game shopping. While I occasionally punctuate breaks in Halo3 with bouts of Rock Band, I do sometimes crave more singular adventures. So I rifled through the cheap bin at the local EB and picked up Dark Messiah Might and Magic Elements for $29.99. “Dark Messiah of [...]

Allergy Resurrection

In Entertainment on 8 September 2007 tagged alien, Entertainment, excrecence, Film, ghost-rider, joss-whedon, movies, nicolas-cage, resurrection, reviews, ripley, Video with 3 comments

While I’m somewhat incapacitated with some seasonal allergies, I thought I’d take a few minutes to write about the movie I just watched for the first time since it was in theatres 10 years ago: “Alien: Resurrection“. I just read a fairly lengthy interview with Joss Whedon on the Onion’s AV Club and thought I’d [...]