© 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_492539252356?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author BaronSamedi3 - It's 2009 now. It is the 15th birthday of Final Fantasy III, and after all this time it continues to have its boosters for greatest video game of all time. That's of ALL TIME here - not just the best RPG ever, not the best Super NES game, not even the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~492539252356 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:15:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_492539252356?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_491030875780?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author BaronSamedi3 - I'm going to begin this review the same way I began my review of Star Fox 64: By saying I thought I knew a comprehensive list of video games produced by legendary designer Shigeru Miyamoto. I really thought I did, but then I learn that he was the head... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~491030875780 Sun, 8 Nov 2009 13:06:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_491030875780?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_488143359620?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author BaronSamedi3 - Joe Torre was an underdog. His detractors during his tenure with the New York Yankees had one major knock against him when he was hired: He wasn't a very good manager. At the age of 55 and with a managerial record known mainly for how bad it was... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~488143359620 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:16:09 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_488143359620?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_481323683460?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author BaronSamedi3 - The most impressive thing about Fondling Your Muse, a book about how to write by one Mr. John Warner, is the subtitle: It includes the term "writerly aspirant." It also includes the word "infallible." One could be easily forgiven for thinking this John... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~481323683460 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 10:42:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_481323683460?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_479813340804?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author BaronSamedi3 - Well, it's tough to gauge just how long this review is going to be. I'm a Top Reviewer in games. I've been reviewing video games for two websites for close to ten years now, and Vectorman for the Sega Genesis is that one odd brand of game I never quite... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~479813340804 Sun, 2 Aug 2009 15:44:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_479813340804?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_478950035076?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author BaronSamedi3 - I thought I knew a comprehensive list of the big-name video games involving Shigeru Miyamoto. But it wasn't until recently that I learned he was the driving creative force behind Star Fox 64. Learn a little bit every day, I guess. I suppose this... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~478950035076 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:04:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_478950035076?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_477206318724?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author BaronSamedi3 - Remember how, after Sacha Baron Cohen made Borat, people everywhere said there's no way he would ever get away with making a sequel or a similar movie like that again? Well, here we have Bruno confirming that Sacha Baron Cohen has managed to get away... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~477206318724 Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:29:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_477206318724?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_476881260164?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author BaronSamedi3 - It may be very hard to imagine, but there was a time a long time ago when Sega didn't have Sonic the Hedgehog. Sonic and Sega are of course synonymous because Sega uses him as their mascot. But back in the earliest days of 16-bit gaming, before the Super... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~476881260164 Thu, 9 Jul 2009 21:21:09 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_476881260164?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_476342554244?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author BaronSamedi3 - Being a child of gaming's 16-bit Silver Era, I'm perpetually amazed at how far removed video games are from those old days. I'm well aware that we'll never see another Sega console on the market, but I can't help but be shocked at some of the things Sega... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~476342554244 Sun, 5 Jul 2009 14:18:48 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_476342554244?linkin_id=8003929 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