© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-BaronSamedi3 Recent reviews written by member BaronSamedi3 en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_475519880836?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author BaronSamedi3 - It may seem hard for a lot of people to believe, but there is a whole generation of kids just about to enter college who have never known Michael Jackson to be anything other than the reclusive, freakish media junkie he became in the early '90's. As far... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~475519880836 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:43:29 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_475519880836?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_475004505732?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author BaronSamedi3 - I just read Got the Life by Korn bassist Fieldy. And I can tell you for certain that it truly is a shocking book. There are shockers all over the place in Got the Life, and I'd like to share a few of them with you. Are you ready? Okay.... Shocker the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~475004505732 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:41:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_475004505732?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_474721455748?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author BaronSamedi3 - A couple of years ago, I was coming home from the yearly jazz festival in Chicago with a couple of friends when we stopped off at a local McDonald's. One of them, Jhonathan, told me he doesn't think McDonald's makes great food, but he enjoys eating there... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~474721455748 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:47:17 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_474721455748?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_473904877188?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author BaronSamedi3 - Here's a quick question: Whenever you're firing up one of the Playstation 2's plethora of awesome video games, what are you thinking about the controller that allowed you to control those games? Are you thinking about that perfect combination of heft and... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~473904877188 Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:15:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_473904877188?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_473148460676?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author BaronSamedi3 - I admittedly would have been actively shouting "Preach it!" at the top of my lungs had I read Jesus for President during my brief flirtation with socialism a few years ago. But recently I've been delving into a lot of economic writings and I kind of ran... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~473148460676 Sun, 7 Jun 2009 17:18:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_473148460676?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_472967188100?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author BaronSamedi3 - God bless the controller hand grip. I don't know when these little but essential additions to video game controllers showed up first, but god bless their inventor. He may have rescued my ability to play video games comfortably well into the 32 and 64 bit... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~472967188100 Sat, 6 Jun 2009 00:19:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_472967188100?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_472597237380?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author BaronSamedi3 - There's something about video game controllers that I'm starting to think I'm never going to understand. I hate all the controllers people loved (Super NES and Saturn) and loved a lot of controllers people hated (hello, Nintendo 64). As I stated in my... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~472597237380 Tue, 2 Jun 2009 21:44:54 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_472597237380?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_472309206660?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author BaronSamedi3 - The Nintendo 64 controller may be the most irony-loaded devices the world of video gaming has ever coughed up. It is universally loathed, ranking alongside the original "hamburger" controller which was bundled with the Xbox (and was quickly replaced by... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~472309206660 Sun, 31 May 2009 11:57:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_472309206660?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_471284813444?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author BaronSamedi3 - Well, it certainly didn't take Jeff Pearlman very long to get to the newest face of baseball shame. Roger Clemens has officially replaced Barry Bonds atop the BALCO pole as the shamed face of America's pastime. The revelation that Clemens turned out to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~471284813444 Fri, 22 May 2009 10:03:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_471284813444?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_470722383492?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author BaronSamedi3 - You've probably heard all the incessant fawning over Robert Downey Junior's performance in Tropic Thunder as actor Kirk Lazarus, a five-time Oscar winner who gets so wrapped up in his characters that he even gets a blackface operation to play a black... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~470722383492 Sun, 17 May 2009 11:19:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_470722383492?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_469845905028?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author BaronSamedi3 - At this point there's probably no way to write about Star Trek without saying this ain't your folks' Star Trek. It's stating the obvious. Besides, the truth of the matter is that it hasn't been your folks' Star Trek since the 1980's, when Star Trek: The... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469845905028 Sat, 9 May 2009 21:36:50 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469845905028?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_469629898372?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author BaronSamedi3 - Corpse Bride would have been an anime movie had it been created in Japan. Not just for the obvious reason, but because the Japanese have a genuine respect for the animated medium while Americans tend to see animation as a decent way to keep the young'uns... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~469629898372 Thu, 7 May 2009 21:07:15 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_469629898372?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_468961300100?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author BaronSamedi3 - I'm admittedly not the first person you should probably be turning to for a review of a basketball game. I'm not the world's greatest basketball nut. The only reason I even started watching it was because of a certain player. That player was a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~468961300100 Fri, 1 May 2009 23:55:55 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_468961300100?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_467945033348?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author BaronSamedi3 - Potbelly Sandwich Works is the oddest thing I've ever seen in my fast food lifetime. It is also one of, if not my absolute, unquestioned favorite fast food joint. In a world populated with fast food places which taste only a little bit different and look... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~467945033348 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:24:16 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_467945033348?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_467284758148?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author BaronSamedi3 - So I recently saw Spike Lee's most revered movie, Do the Right Thing, for the first time. I have formed an opinion on it.The opinion I have formed is not a politically correct one. Are you still interested in it?Are you still reading?... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~467284758148 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:40:05 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_467284758148?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_466786487940?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author BaronSamedi3 - Nintendo frequently receives a lot of flak and criticism from its critics for being a kiddie, play-it-safe game developer because it has created worlds revolving around cutesy characters and has an army of mascots which it is constantly able to fall back... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~466786487940 Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:06:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_466786487940?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_466727505540?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author BaronSamedi3 - In terms of very odd sociological personality contradictions, the term "dieting chocoholic" probably shares a ranking near other impossible ideas like "black white supremist." It's easy to sympathize with these poor, confused people, trying to do what's... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~466727505540 Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:27:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_466727505540?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_466637065860?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author BaronSamedi3 - So you need a new lock for your bicycle but you can't quite afford Kryptonite, which is pretty much the standard-bearer for bike locks among serious cycling fanatics. That and you've been made aware of the simple weakness of the otherwise impenetrable... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~466637065860 Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:48:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_466637065860?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_465917677188?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author BaronSamedi3 - In terms of number of books sold, Terry Pratchett is the English equivalent of Stephen King. His books all take place in a fantasy land known as Discworld, a revolving disc carried on the backs of four elephants who are in turn carried around on the back... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~465917677188 Sat, 4 Apr 2009 10:54:24 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_465917677188?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_465225354884?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author BaronSamedi3 - Trying to bicycle on the roads of Chicago is a pretty nasty business. The streets here - as is very often noted by letter writers to the Chicago Sun-Times - are very beat up and no one expects Mayor Richard Daley to fix that anytime soon, even though he... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~465225354884 Sun, 29 Mar 2009 01:04:01 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_465225354884?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_464454913668?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author BaronSamedi3 - I am stuck in an odd situation about Asma Gull Hasan's latest book, Red White and Muslim. How, exactly, does one review a book such as this? Do I give it a four star rating because I still like it? Or do I slap it with a single star for being nothing... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~464454913668 Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:09:08 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_464454913668?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_463866334852?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author BaronSamedi3 - It's tough to imagine what gaming might be today without Street Fighter II. Street Fighter II was a milestone. This was the game that introduced the concepts of combos, the quarter-circle motion, the six button control layout, and the ability to cancel... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~463866334852 Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:55:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_463866334852?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_463612055172?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author BaronSamedi3 - At this point, the praise for any new U2 record being their best since the legendary Achtung Baby album is redundant. It's been done to death. First they released Zooropa, which was their best since Achtung Baby mainly because it couldn't possibly be... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~463612055172 Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:28:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_463612055172?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_462486867588?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author BaronSamedi3 - Tom Reynolds certainly has some interesting ideas on what makes a song depressing. The Phil Collins song In the Air Tonight? Actually, I never had a problem with that one and would sooner have chose Another Day in Paradise from the Phil Collins song... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~462486867588 Sun, 1 Mar 2009 14:03:09 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_462486867588?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_462019595908?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author BaronSamedi3 - I think my favorite thing about Touch Me, I'm Sick by Tom Reynolds is he has the courage to take The Beatles to task for something. I've been long sick of the experts fawning over The Beatles, though that may be because they broke into the States 16 or... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~462019595908 Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:14:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_462019595908?linkin_id=8003929