Epinions Recent Reviews for excremento

It's All About Presentation

Mon, 24 Dec 2007 16:15:44 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author excremento - More than three years ago, I wrote a review about my first iPod, a 20 GB 4th gen model. I'm now on my third iPod, after having an 80-GB 5th gen model. For me, the iPod Classic is the best non-touch screen iPod Apple...

Madden 07 Best Yet for PC

Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:23:38 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author excremento - I haven't had the current version of EA Sports' Madden series since Ma
dden
2003 (for Windows). As that review makes clear, I have been waiting for an iteration of this venerable franchise to offer challenging game play...

Remarkable profile of monumental personality

Sun, 9 Apr 2006 22:04:32 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author excremento - A lot has happened since I wrote my last review. I'm in graduate school and my fourth daughter was born. One thing that hasn't changed is my love of books (never mind that I finished reading this book in Feb. of 2005). Probably not too many people...

Plant Shines Great Music All Around on ReArranger

Mon, 4 Jul 2005 17:25:48 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author excremento - Anyone who is familiar with my reviews knows I am a big (huge) Led Zeppelin and R
obert
Plant fan. I've been waiting for Percy to get back in the studio and lay some tracks. Mighty...

MVP Baseball 2005: EA Sports Gets it Right with MVP 2005

Mon, 4 Apr 2005 15:25:06 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author excremento - I've been playing baseball games on the PC for about 8 years now, and baseball video games are probably my favorite game genre ever. When it's done right (High Heat 2002) it can be loads of fun. When it's done wrong (EA's Triple Play, pick...

buy.com: No worries--easy transaction with Buy.com

Wed, 9 Feb 2005 16:11:29 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author excremento - I've been piecing together a new computer, and obviously want to get the best price on the components. After some research I found that Buy.com had the SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS Gamer soundcard for the best price, $111.14, with free shipping. I...

An Interesting Look at Reagan's Correspondence

Tue, 19 Oct 2004 14:46:09 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author excremento - I was 9 years old and in 3rd grade when Ronald Reagan was first elected president in 1980. When he finally left the White House in 1989, I was in the middle of my junior year of high school. My "political awakening" occurred when Reagan was in...

A Splendid Biography of the Splendid Splinter

Fri, 15 Oct 2004 21:38:52 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author excremento - There are few names in baseball that evoke reverence (and perhaps disgust) like the name Ted Williams. Teddy Ballgame was truly one of the game’s greats. Depending on who you ask, he was easily one of the three or four greatest to play the game...

My iPod Odyssey: PC User Loves His Pod

Fri, 8 Oct 2004 20:54:29 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author excremento - The Background In July of 2003, a coworker showed up one day with his new 10 GB iPod. This was a Gen3 Pod, and I thought it was one of the coolest things I'd ever seen. I decided right then to start saving my money...for an MP3 player...

New Beginnings: Clancy Starts Over

Mon, 1 Mar 2004 19:18:10 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author excremento - This review includes some plot spoilers I don’t know what it is, but I don’t enjoy Tom Clancy half as much as I used to. The Bear and the Dragon was a joke, a rehash of Debt of Honor, full of foul language and a deus ex...

ALIAS addict confesses all

Sun, 25 Jan 2004 19:19:10 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author excremento - My feelings for A
LIAS
are anything but restrained. I’ve never felt so fascinated with a television show. Every Monday after a new episode airs, I’m sending off e-mails to friends who enjoy it as much as I do...

Sixty Six To Timbuktu [Hyper CD] - Robert Plant: A worthy collection for a stellar career

Thu, 1 Jan 2004 03:47:21 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author excremento - For as long as I’ve followed his solo career, Robert Plant has been anything but predictable. Never one to rest on past glories, Plant has always been willing to try something new, to experiment, to let his abundant hair down, as it were. Plant makes...

High Heat Baseball 2004 For Windows: Could have been something special

Tue, 30 Dec 2003 20:25:33 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author excremento - I first discovered the High Heat baseball series in 1999 (High Heat 2000). I was writing game reviews in a school newspaper I was publishing, so I was getting free games all the time. I thought it was much too hard. And, the graphics were pathetic...

The story behind a watershed album

Mon, 29 Dec 2003 18:10:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author excremento - “Us and Them” is the reason I am a Pink Floyd fan. To this day that song is, for me, the ultimate Pink Floyd expression. Through “Us and Them,” I discovered the perfect grandeur of Dark Side of the Moon. In my opinion, it is the...

A Great Set for a Great Show

Fri, 26 Sep 2003 19:01:06 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author excremento - I have been a dedicated fan (given that fan comes from "fanatic") of ALIAS since it debuted in 2001. From the first extra-long, commercial-free episode, I was hooked. This DVD set is a must-have for any fan of the show and is crucial for anyone who wants...

Jimmy Page's gift to humanity: 5 hours of live Zeppelin!

Tue, 27 May 2003 22:33:46 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author excremento - For Zeppelin fans who do not collect bootlegs, the new Led Zeppelin DVD will be a revelation. Even those of us do collect can't deny the power of this collection, as assembled by Jimmy Page himself. The chance to see and hear Zeppelin in this clarity and...

Is 31 years worth the wait? YES!

Tue, 27 May 2003 21:46:31 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author excremento - Even since Zeppelin's biggest days, Jimmy Page has wanted to release a live retrospective of Zeppelin. "How the West Was Won" is not that Holy Grail, but instead uses two superb shows from California to showcase the band in flight.

June 25,...

A fascinating, revealing look at a charismatic artist

Tue, 4 Feb 2003 14:31:28 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author excremento - Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey aired on AMC in October. It happened to be the night of my daughter's birthday party. I was unable to watch it, so I taped it. But, I only ended up with about 1/3 of the program. What I had, I watched several...

A General Patton I never knew

Fri, 24 Jan 2003 12:17:56 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author excremento - Stanley P. Hirshson’s General Patton is a very well written, revealing and very satisfying look at the American military icon, General George S. Patton, Jr.

Perhaps like many who are interested in this book, my prime connection to...

Madden NFL 2003 for Windows: Gameplay still not on par with graphics

Mon, 25 Nov 2002 21:12:18 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author excremento - Please consider this a 3 1/2 stars review.

Madden 2002 was a beautiful game, but once one got accustomed to playing it, there was almost no way for the human player to lose a game. The passing game was much to easy, and the computer offense...

A stat lover's dream!

Tue, 10 Sep 2002 14:41:16 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author excremento - In 2001, Bill James published the “The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract,” and introduced a new stat he had devised, the Win Share. In that volume, he told readers that a second volume, Win Shares, would follow in the spring of 2002.
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Better than his last effort, but lacks spark

Mon, 9 Sep 2002 17:55:01 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author excremento - I’ve been a Tom Clancy fan for about 14 years now. Among my favorite of his novels are “Red Storm Rising,” “The Sum of All Fears” and “Executive Orders.” I think my very favorite is “The Cardinal of the Kremlin.” That novel is a good, deep spy story,...

More like 3.5 stars. Nice return for the solo Plant

Thu, 1 Aug 2002 14:34:26 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author excremento - For me, Robert Plant’s 1993 album, “Fate of Nations,” is his best work since 1980. The 11 tracks on that album were the perfect vehicle for him. “29 Palms” is probably the catchiest, most commercial track he has ever written. “Come Into My Life” is a...

Eye candy is everywhere. What about the gameplay?

Wed, 19 Sep 2001 19:29:28 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author excremento - Now that I have invested in a GeForce3 GPU, I can say that Madden 2002 is one of the most beautiful games ever made for the computer, and the best-looking sports game ever.

Players are very sharp, right down to the hairy arms or flabby...

Falcon 4.0 Revisited: Well worth it

Wed, 25 Jul 2001 16:52:51 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author excremento - In early 1999, while serving as the faculty editor of a school newspaper, I had the chance to review Falcon 4.0. I was excited about it then, but I could tell this game was a beast. It crashed a lot, it needed a mega-system to run, and it was hard to...