Epinions Recent Reviews for Alkaiser

Capital One Auto Financing: No, Hassle Finance!

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:55:28 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Alkaiser - I've just gotten off the phone after having one of the most frustrating phone conversations in my entire life. You know those commercials where David Spade is just yelling "No!" at people? I'm pretty sure he's their main customer serivce rep. Allow me...

Wii: The New Nintendo System with the Stupid Name. Buy Now, or Wait?

Sat, 18 Nov 2006 20:06:14 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Alkaiser - I know what you're thinking. You're probably saying, "Hey, this guy's cheating! The console's not out yet, how could he possibly have played it?!" Well, if you've got the right connections, you or someone you know already has their hands on one...

Space: Above and Beyond: Another Early FOX Casualty.

Fri, 5 May 2006 23:40:52 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Alkaiser - When I was starting college, it was just about the time Wing Commander IV was coming out, and a bunch of my dormmates were talking about how awesome it would be if there was something besides video games that was actually advancing different avenues in...

Rifts: Promise of Power: A Palladium Fan's Disappointment.

Tue, 2 May 2006 21:26:10 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Alkaiser - I had been waiting for a Rifts game for quite some time now. We used to play the pen and paper RPG back in college, and after about the 2nd or 3rd time we created characters and noticed that we had about 50 situational +1 or +2s to keep track of, I...

Sky High: Keep Your Expectations Grounded, and You'll Enjoy it.

Sat, 30 Jul 2005 02:34:28 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Alkaiser - Here I am...28 year old man...about to highly recommend a kids' movie. What you're probably wondering is why I, your typical guy would pass up two big budget special effects intensive action movies in The Island (with Scarlett Johansson) and Stealth...

Six Strong Guys: Lighthearted With a Surprising Amount of Depth.

Tue, 12 Jul 2005 18:14:09 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Alkaiser - My friend and I were walking through the video aisle trying to find something to rent along with Appleseed (We've had a bad bit of luck recently, where we have to rent two movies because one of our selections will utterly SUCK, and we need to watch...

Game of Their Lives: High on Nationalism, Low on Soccer.

Tue, 3 May 2005 19:32:42 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Alkaiser - I'd heard about this movie from a misleading summary on ESPN's Page 3, and I figured I should probably go check it out. I'd never heard of the US victory over England in the 1950 World Cup, and I was a fan of futbol/soccer, so I figured it'd be worth my...

Crimson Skies: Microsoft Finally Doesn't Screw One Up.

Tue, 30 Dec 2003 17:11:39 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Alkaiser - Flight combat games have been one of my favorite niche genres ever since I'd played the original Red Baron on my PC. That thing must have been running at, like, 3 frames a second when there were 4 or more planes on the screen, but damn if I wasn't having...

NBA Live 2004: Worst NBA Live EVER.

Sun, 28 Dec 2003 23:29:17 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Alkaiser - I remember as a kid having not having any respect for basketball video games. "Why not just go outside and actually play?", I figured. "You're never going to be able to control a shot like you can outside so it's all just going to depend on the timing of...

That Guy With The Diaper BETTER Step Off.

Wed, 17 Dec 2003 15:25:22 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Alkaiser - I have a general rule with going to movie premieres. It's usually not a good idea to go and fight the crowds just to see the movie like 12 hours before you could see the movie without having to fight and endure the people in said crowds. There's only...

I'm Glad I Waited to get a GBA.

Mon, 24 Nov 2003 22:23:10 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Alkaiser - A while ago, Nintendo came out with the GBA and everyone was stoked on it, except for one little thing. The lack of a backlight. For games like Castlevania, it made it really hard to see the backgrounds and attacks unless you were tilting the screen...

Olympus Drops A Low Budget Heavy Hitter.

Fri, 21 Nov 2003 19:21:56 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Alkaiser - I guess I've always been a camera enthusiast since I was a kid. In high school, I was the photographer for the Academic team, and in college, I was a sports photographer for the UCI student paper. But, the main problems I had with photography were...

Fire Emblem for Game Boy Advance: RPG Advance Wars? Yes and No...

Wed, 19 Nov 2003 22:07:38 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Alkaiser - Man...a lot sure has changed around here since I stopped writing. 20 WORD Minimum?! Oh, man you kids are lucky. We were hammering for an 150-word minimum back in my heyday. Now I've dispensed with the nostalgia and fanfare for my return, I suppose...

Burnout 2: "Watch Me Go Over the Side of the Mountain."

Mon, 9 Dec 2002 16:03:38 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Alkaiser - Everyone loves car crashes. As long as everyone walks away safe, and there's no insurance to be paid, that is. Big car pile-ups in movies, demolition derbys, all that fun stuff.

For you and me, the normal guys, the closest we've probably...

Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance for PlayStation 2: Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance: Midway Breaks a Promise, and Gamers Pay.

Thu, 28 Nov 2002 20:02:17 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Alkaiser - I hadn't heard anything about a new Mortal Kombat game until Search66 mentioned something about seeing it at the Nintendo Cube Club in Baltimore.

The last I'd heard, Midway had promised never to make another Mortal Kombat game ever,...

Shinobi: You Want To Stop Playing, But Your Pride Won't Let You.

Mon, 25 Nov 2002 17:52:24 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Alkaiser - It's a scientifically proven fact: Ninjas are cool. Recently, a friend and I have been getting into the Japanese anime series, Naruto about, go figure, ninjas. So since Episode 8 ends on a stinking super-cliffhanger, it completely got us amped...

Die Another Day: "There's Nothing Sadder Than an Aging Hipster."

Sun, 24 Nov 2002 21:21:04 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Alkaiser - Since I'd been seeing ad for this movie since last year, I figured after all that, maybe MGM actually put enough time into this movie to make it seem a bit more realistic and entertaining than the last Bond affair.

But, the opening sequence of...

Wreckless: Wrecks 'n' Effects.

Fri, 22 Nov 2002 18:14:42 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Alkaiser - Last year when I went to the Tokyo Game Show, and came back with a DVD preview of all the "fun" X-Box games to come, I thought this one was going to be one to look forward to.

The graphics looked sharp, and running over stuff is always fun,...

FightBall: Lots of Fun, Not Much Fighting.

Thu, 14 Nov 2002 19:03:28 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Alkaiser - Long being a supporter of Cheapass Games products, I became aware of Fightball about two months ago, and was looking forward to picking up a couple decks to figure out how a real-time card game would work. The only one I ever remember playing was called...

Mech Warrior 4: Mercenaries for Windows: Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries: "The Waters Get MERC-y".

Tue, 12 Nov 2002 20:56:43 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Alkaiser - I can't think of any game I've followed more closely through more version than MechWarrior. Wing Commander comes close, but as that series seems as dead as Chris Roberts, MechWarrior's the longest running game I've played. As a series, it goes back...

Goro: Good Food, Interesting Sushi.

Fri, 8 Nov 2002 21:34:44 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Alkaiser - I remember way back when I first discovered this restaurant. Me and the group of us who worked at Squaresoft were looking for new restaurants to try out, and I saw this one.

Our liason in Japan was nicknamed "Goro", and so the server that we...

Ratchet and Clank: Surprisingly Entertaining.

Fri, 8 Nov 2002 18:00:14 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Alkaiser - So, if you haven't heard, recently Blockbuster launched one of the most offensive ads to gamers over that last week or so. In case you haven't seen it, go here (http://www.penny-arcade.com/blockbuster.gif), and find out what Blockbuster thinks of you...

Wild Arms 3: This Game is Making me SO Rip-ped.

Thu, 7 Nov 2002 19:11:38 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Alkaiser - Wayyyy back in the day, Sony released an RPG called Wild Arms. I hated it. That was pretty much the end of the story for me. This could have been due in a large part to the fact that I was working at Squaresoft at the time, and the battles, in my...

Mystery of the Nautilus: If I had a Nickel For Every Time This Happened...

Wed, 6 Nov 2002 19:09:46 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Alkaiser - Whilst working with the guys over at Netjak.com, Search tells me, "Hey, the folks over at Dreamcatcher are sending us some games, you wanna review 'em?" I say, "Sure." Free games are always fun.

One of the games I got sent was this, Mystery...

Reign of Fire: Rain of Pain.

Tue, 5 Nov 2002 18:23:48 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Alkaiser - Nearly every time a movie company tries to make a video game based off of a movie, it comes out horrid. So, I usually stay away from those games.

However, if the movie sucks, you have a 50-50 chance of getting something cool. Because, you...