Epinions Recent Reviews for TheRaven

Both Good AND Bad

Mon, 7 Aug 2000 21:13:57 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author TheRaven - I've had my FirStar account for nearly ten years now, though I didn't use it much until the last four years (due to lack of money to put in it :).

Over those years I have found the service, at least in my town, to be top rate, excellent.....

Zone Alarm: Security with Ease

Fri, 4 Aug 2000 19:29:49 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author TheRaven - ZoneAlarm is a newcomer to the crowded battlefield of personal firewalls, but it comes armed with an impressive combination of stability, ease, and power.

ZoneAlarm is a personal firewall. The purpose of a personal firewall is to protect a...

Marching Small Samuri to War

Thu, 13 Apr 2000 08:38:05 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author TheRaven - Shogun: Total War aims to be an epic masterpiece; a blending of pandering and backstabbing in feudal Japan with an intricate and realistic battle engine of grand proportions. Maneuver your armies to maximize the weaknesses of the enemy, all while...

The Sims: Virtual Insanity

Thu, 10 Feb 2000 01:14:21 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author TheRaven - Maxis (www.maxis.com), the creators of The Sims, have made many excellent games over the years, including the classic Sim City series of games. I have enjoyed many hours of enjoyment playing their titles. Until now.

In The Sims, you play both...

Team Fortress Classic: Old Favorite, New Face

Thu, 13 Jan 2000 20:35:33 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author TheRaven - Team Fortress, the original modification for Quake (1), was in its day the most popular online multiplayer game... period. The number of people playing Team Fortress outnumbered all the players of all the other online games in existence at the time!
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Microsoft Internet Information Server: Feature Complete, but Unstable

Mon, 25 Oct 1999 19:16:25 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author TheRaven - Microsoft's server operating system, Windows NT 4.0, comes complete with an industrial grade web server called Internet Information Server (IIS). The current version, 4.0, has been out for almost a year now, and is still the performance leader and...

The Matrix Justifies the Existence of DVD

Sat, 23 Oct 1999 05:02:07 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author TheRaven - This review is not about the movie, per se. It is about the excellent quality of the DVD edition of the movie.

I have frequently purchased or watched DVDs that did not seem to justify their existence. The quality was no better than VHS, and...

Textpad: Great New Look, Same Great Features

Sat, 23 Oct 1999 02:10:29 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author TheRaven - Textpad has been my editor of choice for almost three years now. Numerous features have kept me loyal despite the parade of pretenders to the throne that passed by my eye over the years.

- Powerful Regular Expressions allow me the control to...

Can the Masters Make Another Hit?

Sat, 23 Oct 1999 01:53:38 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author TheRaven - The talented crew down at id Software, the creators of Doom and Quake, are cooking up a new title with Quake III: Arena. This new title is going to focus on multiplayer combat, and very similar to games like Mortal Combat or Street Fighter, you will...

Team Fortress 2: Brotherhood of Arms: The Future of Multiplayer Action, Coming Soon

Sat, 23 Oct 1999 01:31:03 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author TheRaven - Though still an estimated four months away, Team Fortress II: Brotherhood of Arms is already looking to be the multiplayer hit of 2000. Developed by the same company that created the award winning Half-Life, they hope to revolutionize online teamplay...

Operating Systems/RedHatLinuxux: The Standard for Linux

Fri, 22 Oct 1999 23:57:55 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author TheRaven - RedHat is fast becoming synonymous in the eyes of the public with Linux itself (much to the dismay of the Linux aficionados). While RedHat is but one of many 'flavors' of Linux, it is decidedly the most popular, and is rapidly moving to a position of...

Microsoft Windows 95: Getting Old, but Still Useful

Fri, 22 Oct 1999 23:33:05 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author TheRaven - Windows 95 has been superceded by the newer, flashier Windows 98 (don't you just love Microsofts innovative naming system). Windows 95, in its day, was a radical improvement over existing operating systems, with tremendous improvements in ease of use and...

Still in Beta, but Looking Good

Fri, 22 Oct 1999 23:15:42 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author TheRaven - Asheron's Call is the new offering into the sparse and highly lucrative field of massively multiplayer online games. Joining the ranks with Everquest and Ultima Online, Microsoft hopes to carve out its own segment of happily paying gamers on the world of...

Microsoft Windows 98: Better than Windows 95

Fri, 22 Oct 1999 22:05:29 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author TheRaven - Microsoft catches a lot of flak from the entire technology industry for various reasons, mostly centered around the fact that it is a monopolistic corporate entity with no ethics bent on economic domination of the future tech empire. While I'm not...