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LG VX6100 Cellular Phone: The Affordable LG VX6100

Sun, 10 Apr 2005 23:54:53 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gorocco - It has taken me an incredibly long time, but I finally gave up my Nokia 6160 (dubbed the “football” by my friends due to its girth) and signed up with a new wireless carrier. I was not looking for much with a new cell phone, besides having something...

The Comes the Future of Portable Gaming: the PSP!

Thu, 7 Apr 2005 20:38:41 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gorocco - After much anticipation, Sony has released its vision for the future of portable entertainment, the Playstation Portable, or PSP. It is a slick look multitasker, but how does it match up to all of the hype? The Nitty-Gritty The PSP is...

Luxury and Sports Car Combined: The Infiniti G35x AWD

Thu, 13 Jan 2005 02:57:53 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gorocco - Infiniti's G35x AWD is an interesting model for a luxury brand car. It doesn't highlight the comforts of driving. No, it screams for the excitement of driving. Using the robust 280 horsepower, 3.5 L V6 engine from Nissan's 350Z and featuring an...

My Road to the White House

Wed, 5 Jan 2005 19:32:55 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author gorocco - The 2004 elections are long over, but a lot of questions linger after the polls closed. OK, there are not a lot of unanswered questions lying about, but UbiSoft's The Political Machine lets you play through a bunch of "what if" scenarios for the...

I Came, I Saw, I Was Conquered

Tue, 4 Jan 2005 11:18:30 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gorocco - The History Channel's Historical Battles only wet my appetite for Creative Assembly's Rome: Total War (Rome:TW) . Imagine a top notch strategy game such as Medieval: Total War upgraded with a fully realized 3D engine. Before, the Total...

Bejeweled Deluxe: A Diamond in the Rough

Fri, 26 Nov 2004 17:00:55 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gorocco - Nowadays, it is hard to find a PC game that is fun and does not require you to upgrade your computer with the biggest and baddest components around. And after you done with these games, there is usually little joy in replaying them. Bejeweled...

Zuma Deluxe: Zuma Deluxe: The New Drug

Tue, 16 Nov 2004 17:47:24 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gorocco - There is trouble brewing on my desktop. Those wacky guys at PopCap Games, creators of simple little games such as Bejeweled and Bookworm Deluxe, have launched yet another attack on my productivity: Zuma! Simple, Yet Frantic...

Light and On the Go: Sumdex's eTech Messenger

Tue, 16 Nov 2004 14:39:25 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gorocco - I just bought a Dell Inspiron 8600 laptop. When I purchased the notebook from Dell's website, I neglected one small, annoying thing... I did not buy a case for it. It's a laptop, I thought; it's supposed to be portable. Well, widescreen...

Power on the Go: The Dell Inspiron 8600

Thu, 11 Nov 2004 23:56:46 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gorocco - I spent months shopping around for a notebook computer, trying to get the most bang for my buck. After much searching (and a crazy $750 coupon from Dell), I found my treasure: the Dell Inspiron 8600. What was I looking for in a laptop?...

One Ring to Rule the Christmas Season

Sat, 21 Dec 2002 14:35:16 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gorocco - It has been one year since we last saw hobbits on the big screen, and it has been well worth the wait. Peter Jackson's interpretation of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings is back with the second part of this modern fantasy epic: The Two...

Ensemble Studios Brings Us To Another Age

Fri, 13 Dec 2002 19:50:29 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gorocco - With all of the RTS games out there, the phrase "beating a dead horse" more than applies to this genre. We've seen everything from humans and orcs to Star Wars licenced games. Now, Ensemble Studios, the happy folk who brought us Age of Empires (AOE) I...

Warcraft III For Windows: Zug zug! Orcs want pie too! (Pie w/o)

Thu, 12 Dec 2002 00:45:11 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gorocco - In Warcraft, the Orcs beat the Humans, razing their lands and forcing them to flee to the North. In Warcraft II, the Humans form launch a counterattack and scatter the orc tribes. Now, the war between Orcs and Humans will rise to a new level. But what...

Not Worth 108 Stars This Time Around

Fri, 6 Dec 2002 22:09:16 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author gorocco - Suikoden has always been one of my favorite console RPGs. The combination of a strong story and the Pokemon-like "gotta get 'em" all play with the 108 collectible characters made for two solid games. Now the third game is here just in time for the...

Bring out the Dungeon Master in You!

Tue, 25 Jun 2002 19:16:41 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gorocco - Bioware Corp, the group responsible for bringing the epic computer role playing game (CRPG) back to the forefront with the hit Baldur's Gate series, is back with Neverwinter Nights. With promises of a robust scenario editor and the ability to...

Now here's a Mouse!

Mon, 17 Jun 2002 19:55:55 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gorocco - Since I got my new Dell computer, I have been using the old fashioned mouse included in the package -- a small, black mouse with two buttons and a rubber ball. It was time to move up in the world.

I came across the Microsoft Wheelmouse...

Serious Sam For Windows: Look Ma! I'm a Lumberjack!

Thu, 6 Jun 2002 00:17:06 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gorocco - "Serious" Sam Stone is back!

In Serious Sam: The Second Encounter (SS2), Sam is back with more of everything!

In a stand alone package (you don't need the first Serious Sam to play this), SS2 delivers an action packed sequel...

Move Along Visor, Here Comes the Treo 90!

Mon, 3 Jun 2002 18:38:16 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gorocco - Handspring has been shifting their focus from the Visor line to their combination phone/pager/PDA Treo line. Apparently, the Treo line extends beyond these all-in-one devices as their new Treo 90 is all PDA. And the Treo looks like a nice successor to...

Use the Force, Kyle!

Mon, 3 Jun 2002 00:33:31 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gorocco - Every great game deserves a sequel... or at least, that's how the games industry thinks. And Dark Forces 2: Jedi Knight definitely falls into the category of great games. It was a first person shooter that incorporates a solid story with actual...

For Freedom!

Thu, 16 May 2002 21:23:12 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gorocco - Once upon a time, there were a bunch of ordinary people living on a hunk of rock called Earth. Oblivious to the greater powers out there, they continued to live out their very ordinary lives. Little did they know that they were next on an...

Smudging Snake's Legacy

Sat, 27 Apr 2002 01:04:39 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author gorocco - Metal Gear Solid (MGS) was one of my favorite games for the PS1. At the time, it was so different than most everything out there. Your mission was to take covert operative Solid Snake, infiltrate the Shadow Moses facility, and investigate Metal Gear, a...

Diablo Killer, I Think Not

Thu, 11 Apr 2002 02:11:51 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author gorocco - Dungeon Siege was supposed to be the Diablo killer. It was a much hyped, action orientated CRPG where story took a back seat to some great hackin’ and slashin’, with lots and lots of looting on the side (with the much talked about pack...

Pro is to Platinum as Neo is to Deluxe

Wed, 10 Apr 2002 00:26:07 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gorocco - Continuing my quest for a new PDA, I decided to take a look at the latest and greatest in Handspring's Visor line: the Visor Pro. Now that the Visor Neo has replaced both the Deluxe and Platinum models, Handspring needed to up the ante for a new,...

The Visor Neo - Nothing New About It

Sat, 6 Apr 2002 02:26:47 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author gorocco - My first Palm unit was a Handspring Visor hand-me-down from my brother, a unit that he got for free after opening an account with an internet bank. I never thought the Visor would be anything more than a nifty little electronic toy that I would someday...

Why I Have Not Been Writing on Epinions

Sat, 6 Apr 2002 01:26:49 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author gorocco - Note: This review only covers Bejeweled

Many years ago, there was a nifty little game called Tetris. The premise was mind bogglingly simple: line up a bunch of fragments into a straight line in a well and earn points. If you reach the...

Sega's Virtua Masterpiece, Number 4

Tue, 2 Apr 2002 03:07:08 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author gorocco - Finally... Virtua Fighter has come to the Playstation 2!

The Virtua Fighter series has always emphasized technique and skill versus obscene 10+ hit combos while pushing the envelope on graphical and audio presentation. And for fighting...