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David. No Bob. Just David.

Sun, 17 Nov 2002 07:55:06 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dopple - David Cross is funny. David Cross is an intelligent man. He was one half of the duo Bob & David, whose HBO series Mr. Show consistantly produced ingenius sketch comedy for five seasons. He also resents most of what passes for comedy. Recently, he made...

Old Giants Still Rocking

Sat, 16 Nov 2002 18:32:09 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dopple - A spacy, light, experimental mood permeates They Might Be Giants seventh studio album, _Mink Car_, and it is very welcome. The band hasn't sounded this loose since their 1990 breakthrough _FLOOD_. Every album since then had been getting gradually...

Worst of the Best

Thu, 14 Nov 2002 18:44:23 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dopple - In 1996, They Might Be Giants released Factory Showroom, and the response was pretty lousy - critics bashed it, the record company did little to promote it and it wasn't much success commercially, and even TMBG's loyal fanbase kind of scoffed at it.
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99% Organic, Naturally Improved Giants.

Thu, 7 Nov 2002 18:52:01 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dopple - Live albums can often be useless. While live shows are usually the best way to experience any real band, it's somewhat pointless on record. Sloppier versions of the albums with crowd noise in between songs. It's just not the same as being there, and...

One Last Gem From Space...

Mon, 30 Sep 2002 01:41:56 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dopple -

Ask me which Pixies album you're best off buying first and I'll be stumped..."Trompe Le Monde" and "Come On Pilgrim" are my favorites, but probably not as accessable as "Doolittle", but then "Surfer Rosa" might be the real masterpiece...it's...

Third Times a Chore

Fri, 16 Aug 2002 15:39:28 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author dopple - Theres no denying it - all is not well in the Austin Powers franchise. While the third film, Goldmember, had an extremely strong opening weekend, there was a strong dropoff in business after that. I work in a movie theatre, and after two weeks, the...

ID Software Final Doom: DOOM died before this hit store shelves

Mon, 28 Jan 2002 16:16:39 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author dopple - DOOM's time is over. It didn't have to end so soon.

The original DOOM was ID Software's much-hyped and much-loved successor to the mother of all first-person shooters, Wolfenstein 3D. DOOM featured a much more realistic 3D environment with...

DOOMed to the nostalgia aisle

Mon, 28 Jan 2002 12:25:33 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dopple - DOOM is a classic game. It belongs right up there with Pong, Space Invaders, Pac-Man and Super Mario Bros. - granted, it popularized a much more violent genre, but it was indeed just as revolutionary and important in the history of video games as any...

What Lies Beneath? NOTHING!

Wed, 23 Jan 2002 15:24:17 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author dopple - I admit I'm not a Robert Zemeckis fan - I've found most of his films to be based on interesting ideas, but taken to the cheesiest and most awkward places. This had little bearing on my overall opinion of this movie though, because I didn't even know he...

Return to Simpler Times

Fri, 18 Jan 2002 08:10:18 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dopple - Namco has decided to be very stingy in dealing out it's classic arcade games for the Playstation, which would be frustrating if it weren't so easy to play all these games for free on your computer...

Not only is Namco using the tiniest bit of...

It's Like Stepping Into A VERY Tiny Arcade From 1982

Tue, 15 Jan 2002 23:31:48 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author dopple - If Namco was just going to release 1 cartridge of it's Namco Museum series for the Nintendo 64 (5 volumes were released for PC & Playstation), you'd think they'd have crammed a little more in. Theres the simple fact that you could fit an entire vintage...

Atari 2600: From The Arcade to the Atari - Some Classic Game Reviews

Mon, 14 Jan 2002 20:31:14 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author dopple - If your a collector, this review doesn't matter because you do need one of these babies in your collection at one time or another because it basically jump started the mutli-game home video game console as we know it. But if your interested in...

A Passable Handheld

Sun, 13 Jan 2002 06:26:07 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author dopple - I never really understood the popularity of the original Gameboy, especially when far superior systems like the Sega Gamegear and Atari Lynx hit store shelves offering better technology and cooler games - yet for some reason Nintendo's primitive, slow,...

A Hit & Miss Design

Sat, 12 Jan 2002 15:50:53 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author dopple - I tend to like Nintendo's controllers. The NES controller may have been a sharp square, but you got used to it. The SNES controller was nice and round, and very comfortable (so long as you placed your hands around the top like you were supposed to)...

Brucio's Solo Statement: Success!

Fri, 11 Jan 2002 22:31:08 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author dopple - I know I put his dark and serious nature in the 'con' column, but that's only because it's likely to throw off a few listeners of the album. Myself, it's the dark and serious thrown into the light and witty that makes me love SHAME-BASED MAN, and...

South Park: Bigger, More Clever and Unintimidated by the MPAA

Fri, 11 Jan 2002 22:02:42 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dopple - When I first heard they were making a South Park movie, my expectations were low. For one, I thought the series itself had run out of steam long ago - it's popularity as well. After it's nice first season, every episode was about some monster or plague...

Humble Beginnings

Fri, 11 Jan 2002 21:30:02 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author dopple - I love(d) the Simpsons. I have to put the "(d)" in there because I think that for the last couple of years, the show has been an empty shell of it's former self with little more than hollow slapstick humor, lame celebrity cameos, and a new writing team...

Nintendo Super NES: The Limited Lifespan of SNES Classics...

Fri, 11 Jan 2002 17:08:56 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author dopple - When it was first released, the Super Nintendo could hardly hold a candle to the popularity of the Sega Genesis, the system that pretty much won the 16-bit console wars. It was even a tad slow getting out the big games. Over time though, the Super...

Does it have the Play to match the Power?

Wed, 9 Jan 2002 14:54:22 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author dopple - Seeing as I reviewed PS2 and Gamecube, I figured I may as well weigh in on the XBox, having got some good playing time under my belt and a few strong feelings about it.

Honestly, I don't have the best feelings about XBox. It's not merely that...

Nintendo's Dedicated Little Gamecube is my Pick for the Console Wars

Wed, 9 Jan 2002 04:13:31 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dopple - I think you should get a gamecube, if you feel you really need a modern gaming console. Of course, there are many better things you could do with your money, but your bored and want the latest in home video games? There are 3 options, and I think the...

Sony PlayStation 2 Slimline Console: Sony creeps back into the crowd

Wed, 9 Jan 2002 02:57:37 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author dopple - Well, the Playstation was to the 1990s what the original Nintendo Entertainment System was to the 1980s - basically, the system that brought the video game industry to new heights, and built up massive popularity and a huge game library. Like the NES,...

Nintendo NES: The Best of the Vintage Consoles - and not beyond repair!

Sat, 29 Dec 2001 15:10:40 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dopple - I really think you had to have grown up with an Atari to be able to play one of those things today. In my opinion, the first really great home video game console is the Nintendo Entertainment System, aka the NES. Not only was it the most popular of...

Where Nintendo Really Lost It...

Fri, 28 Dec 2001 17:15:38 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author dopple - As Sony and Nintendo have put forth their next generation consoles - the Playstation II and the Gamecube, their last-generation systems and games have come down quite a bit in price. You can now pick up a Playstation One for about $90-$100 in most...

Opera: Opera 6.0 - new, improved, but still short

Fri, 28 Dec 2001 03:19:39 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author dopple - It is frustrating that I can't use Opera as a primary browser - I don't care for Internet Explorer, and Netscape is not very reliable, but both those monolith browsers are unfortunately superior. Opera is always *on the verge* of becoming the perfect...

Super Mario Advance for Game Boy Advance: Panic Time with the Mario Gang

Mon, 24 Dec 2001 04:34:40 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dopple - The Nintendo Gameboy Advance, despite it's size and dim display area, is a powerful system. It can run extreme sports like Tony Hawk's Pro-Skater, 3D shooters like DOOM, and the classic battle racer Super Mario Kart. But most of all, it can run a 2D...