Epinions Recent Reviews for Action_Snark

Casino Royale: Casino Royale: Bond Begins

Wed, 22 Nov 2006 06:02:33 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Action_Snark - Two of the most loved, and long-running film series in hollywood history are Ian Fleming's James Bond series, and the Batman series. The Bond series is the uncontested heavyweight, with 21 films to it's name. However, it's quite obvious that the bond...

Make your mark on the Galaxy; Eve Online: Red Moon Rising

Sat, 20 May 2006 08:19:03 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Action_Snark - This is a review of CCP Games Eve Online, a PC MMORPG. Epinions screwed up the category, as The Second Genesis is actually a collectible card game based on the Eve universe, not a computer game. Overview: In a nutshell, EVE online is a...

Big is best!

Fri, 11 Nov 2005 19:33:20 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Action_Snark - Shadow of The Colossus (SoTC) is one of those ultra-cinematic games. As a general rule of thumb, I don't like these types of games. Final Fantasy X was probably the worst offender, as it was basically a poorly done version of The Joy Luck Club...

For the Rodina!

Sat, 4 Jun 2005 06:18:43 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Action_Snark - Avery Brewing of Boulder, Colorado is known for some absolutely monster beers. Bottled dreadnoughts like T
he
Kaiser, The Reverend, Hog Heaven, and of course, The Beast are de...

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: We iz da orkz, and you iz not!

Wed, 11 May 2005 15:04:10 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Action_Snark - I've always been a nerd. I'll admit it, hell, I'll even revel in it from time to time. Back in my Magic: The Gathering/Junior High/was convinced I'd die a virgin days, I happened across a few guys sitting in the back of the gaming store, playing some...

Yes Virginia, Doom 3 does have a physics engine

Fri, 6 May 2005 19:06:52 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Action_Snark - Well, after a somewhat disappointing original game, id has teamed up with Nerve Software to bring us a second helping of Doom 3 goodness. id's original offering was gob smackingly spectacular in the eye candy department, but it's myriad gameplay...

Missing this would be a venial sin...

Sat, 9 Apr 2005 04:21:39 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Action_Snark - Wow. Let me say it again. Wow. To call Sin City the best comic book adaptation to date would be a gross insult to the fi... wait, let me back up. To call Frank Miller's epic of hardboiled grit and filth a mere comic book would be a gross insult to...

Vampire: The Missed Opportunity

Tue, 5 Apr 2005 19:40:17 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Action_Snark - Well, after going on an epic FPS kick spanning everything from CS:Source to UT2k4 to Call of Duty and back again, I wound up with carpal tunnel in my trigger finger, the habit of strafing around corners in real life, and making berserk crowbar assaults...

Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot; Over.

Thu, 27 Jan 2005 03:29:06 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Action_Snark - Be warned, I give away a *LOT* of the plot in this review... To quote one of the great minds of Western thought, Keanu Reeves, "Whoa"(1). House of Leaves, written by Mark Z. Danielewski, is a novel that does it's level best to throw a monkey...

A brew that owns with German Efficiency ™

Thu, 13 Jan 2005 02:56:30 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Action_Snark - Another day, another bomber of tasty Avery brew. After tangling multiple times with other monstrous beers from Avery, I was prepared for an absolute leviathan of a beer in The Kaiser. I mean, hey, these are the same guys that brew...

The Tyrannosaurus Rex of ales

Sat, 1 Jan 2005 05:16:53 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Action_Snark - (Author's note: This brew originally appeared under 'Favorite hard to find beers' until it was entered as it's own Epinions category. This review is an updated version of the original epinion that has been placed in the new and appropriate...

This glass of tar is surprisingly tasty....

Sat, 11 Dec 2004 19:53:24 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Action_Snark - Left Hand/ Tabernash brewing company has always had a special place in my heart. Their Oktoberfest lager and Sawtooth ESB are the brews that basically got me started drinking micros. Esconced on the banks of the St. Vrain river in Longmont, Colorado,...

The wait was long, the trials many. The reward? Well worth it.

Sat, 20 Nov 2004 21:57:43 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Action_Snark - Half-Life 2 (hearafter: HL2) is without a doubt Valve's magnum opus. I remember following the news about the development of the game, and saw the project having more ups and downs than a car on the Coney Island Comet. Valve's huge team poured...

Ye gods, man!

Thu, 18 Nov 2004 04:45:33 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Action_Snark - Wow. Let me say it again: Wow. Delaware's Dogfish Head brewery is a name that tends to turn heads in BeerSnob circles. Dogfish Head's brews are something like Space Shuttle launches; spectacular Dollar-Hogs, in other words. Being stuck in the...

Hellish eye candy? Yes. Hellish fun? Not quite.

Thu, 4 Nov 2004 22:04:42 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Action_Snark - I do have a soft spot for the Doom series. I think that the original Doom was one of those games that became a sort of social rite of passage for nerds of my generation. In middle school, the vaunted 'alpha geek' status was constantly shifting...

A fine irish dinner...

Mon, 30 Aug 2004 04:15:01 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Action_Snark - If Flogging Molly were a dish to be prepared, the recipe would be something like this: 1 cup of Celtic folk, fat trimmed off 3 cups leathery voiced pugnacity Guinness and Punk to taste Simmer in your CD player or local publican house for a few...

Jukebox Shootout I: The Apple of my eye.

Tue, 17 Aug 2004 19:33:59 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Action_Snark - This review will be the first of a series of two reviews, covering both the 3rd Gen Apple Ipod (15gb) and the Creative Zen Xtra (30gb). Not only do you get a full review of each product, but also special 'shootout' sections where I compare and contrast...

HomeWorld 2 for Windows: A worthy successor to the crown?

Tue, 27 Jul 2004 01:11:20 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Action_Snark - Well, once more into the breach, with a review of Relic Entertainment's Homeworld 2. When I was a young, strapping lad, I had a thing for the origional Homeworld. Sierra did something magical with that game. It put you in control of a...

Silent Storm for Windows: An overlooked Gem

Wed, 21 Jul 2004 01:28:56 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Action_Snark - Oh snap! I'm back after a loooong hiatus, and ready to feed you all the lowdown on JoWood Productions' beautiful little gem of a strategy game, Silent Storm. It's taken me a long time to get around to doing this review, mostly because...

Been here, done this, but still fun to look at

Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:19:27 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Action_Snark - Schwarzenegger and company are back for another round, eh? Well, no James Cameron or Linda Hamilton...

Sort of like Morrowind in space

Fri, 20 Jun 2003 15:09:55 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Action_Snark - Ho boy, been a long time since I've been around here. Well, new game, played a while, let's review,...

Sweet badgerhumping jeebus this thing is fast.

Thu, 3 Apr 2003 17:00:44 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Action_Snark - Some things improve with age. Wine, scotch, Olsen twins, etc. Unfortunately, this adage does not extend to CD burners, as I've discovered. My poor old Plextor 12x10x32 Plexwriter was getting old and cranky, so I decided it was time for an upgrade...

A ninja in the hand is worth two in the bush.

Wed, 19 Mar 2003 01:32:29 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Action_Snark - Ah, Tenchu. Arguably the best stealth game ever made for the PSX. When it first hit the market, it revolutionized console gaming. Here was a taut, crisp game that encouraged the player to use their nugget, killing selectively,sparingly, and only when...

Pure, concentrated whoopass, now in motherboard form.

Tue, 14 Jan 2003 01:35:49 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Action_Snark - Well, the day finally came. The day when I decided that Verloc, my beloved Athlon based gaming box was getting a little long in the tooth. Morrowind stuttered, UT2K3 wheezed, and I fumed. I set out on a long trek through the muddy streets of internet...

Put the extra BOOM into your boom-tisk

Mon, 13 Jan 2003 19:31:16 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Action_Snark - Well, I was in the market for some new headphones over christmas. The pair of bargain-basement generic 'phones I'd bought from K-Mart just wasn't cutting it for me. I was looking for a decent set of headphones that would have acceptable sound quality,...