Epinions Recent Reviews for jazzo

Virtual Tactial Espionage, a solid performer

Thu, 18 Apr 2002 07:25:10 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jazzo - Metal Gear Solid 2 isn't just the most highly anticipated game for the Playstation2, its the sequel to one of the most innovative titles of the PSOne, In the original, the hero, Solid Snake, foils a terrorist attempt to hold the world to ransom using a...

An Ogre, A Princess AND A Talking Donkey

Sun, 23 Dec 2001 05:11:26 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jazzo - It would be hard to be unawake of Shrek's release on DVD and video, thanks to a blanket marketing campaign and hype. It's one of those films, like Toy Story, which prove that animated movies don't have to follow the Disney formula, but can be...

Seinfeld of the Book world

Sun, 23 Dec 2001 04:46:27 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author jazzo - This is the Seinfeld of the book world: it's a book about nothing. Except it's Nothing with a capital N. The cetral question is one that has plagued scientists and philosophers throughout history: whit is nothing? You could be forgiven for...

Route this way

Sun, 23 Dec 2001 00:44:53 GMT
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jazzo - This is the most understated of all the Internet sharing devices. Four local ports and a WAN port are located at the rear of the ventilated case, altough the first socket is shared with an uplink port, meaning that you can daisy-chain a string of...

Easy to SyncPC

Thu, 19 Jul 2001 04:59:37 GMT
rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author jazzo - PCsync first appeared on the cable file transfer market last year as a lightweight alternative to its big brother, the venerable LapLink. The first version retains LapLink's elegant file transfer and synchronisation model, but reduced its foot-print and...

No One Lives Forever for Windows: You can play forever

Mon, 16 Apr 2001 01:29:31 GMT
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jazzo - First person shooters (and computer games in general) have come a long way since the days of id Software's Castle Wolfenstein. Increasing levels of sophistication and design aesthetics have delivered new levels of depth and immersion to gamers.
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Foundation for a good book by some Friends of Ed

Sun, 15 Apr 2001 12:29:47 GMT
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jazzo - Aimed at beginners as well as users of previous version of Flash, this book is a comprehensive introduction to the latest instalment of the leading Web graphics package: Macromedia Flash 5.

Starting from the very basics of the Flash 5...

Unitech UP-322 Rome II MP3 Player: Leading edge technology in an Old School Case

Sun, 15 Apr 2001 10:28:44 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jazzo - The Original Rome MP3 player was a standout, not so much for functions, build quality or features, but for its incredible versatility.

Now there is the new Rome MP3 II UP-322 player. This new unit is based on the previous model, but it has...

Expensive but well worth it

Sun, 15 Apr 2001 08:23:30 GMT
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jazzo - Warning this review asumes some prior knowledge of Video Editing and it also focuses on those who have had some interaction with previous version of Adobe Premiere

Adobe Premiere is the most popular video application of its kind. It is...

Tekken It's in the Bag

Mon, 22 Jan 2001 09:54:22 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jazzo - Tekken Tag Tournament (from now on refered to as TTT) is a Very awesome fighting style game for the Playstation 2. Basically a "port" from the arcade version, this game shows some of the true capabilities of the PSX2.

The...

iFeel your need for force feedback in a mouse.

Sat, 30 Dec 2000 13:56:11 GMT
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jazzo - The computer mouse is a simple and effective feedback device. You move it; the cursor moves. You click the button; the onscreen menu or button reacts.

However peripherals maker Logitech has developed a way to get you more involved in your...

PGA - Perfect Golf Action

Sat, 30 Dec 2000 13:33:51 GMT
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jazzo - Golf can be extremely satisfying and extremely frustrating. PGA Championship Golf 2000 manages to capture both of these elements.

"Here we are on the tee of this longish Par 4; he lines up, and whoosh, straigh down the fairway!"...

Space, The Final Frontier

Sat, 30 Dec 2000 11:13:16 GMT
rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author jazzo - Most Star Trek fans would love to command one of the huge Klingon warships featured in the show. Klingon Academy gives you the opportunity by dumping you into the captain's chair of a Klingon battle frigate.

The game begins after the...

Zone Alarm: Dont let your zone get penetrated, Get ZoneAlarm

Sat, 30 Dec 2000 10:31:13 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jazzo - If logging and checking every last thing your system does interests you, then you'll love ZoneAlarm. It checks and queries just about everything. This is admirable, as very little can get past it.

Although, having a pop-up window ask you to...

Netscape just scraping in.

Thu, 28 Dec 2000 08:35:34 GMT
rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author jazzo - A while back Netscape released its preview beta of Netscape 6. It was slow, buggy and didnt stand a chance to Internet Explorer 5. To those who didnt understand the technical aspect of the Mozilla project, this was especially true.

It's...

Adobe Acrobat Reader: Great Product, if you need it.

Thu, 28 Dec 2000 04:17:36 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jazzo - Adobe Acrobat Reader is a great product, for those of you who will need to use it. This Review attempts to explain its good points, and some of the reasons you might use it.

What it is

Acrobat Reader is essentially a program to...

Affordable Internet with excellent performance.

Sat, 4 Nov 2000 02:08:27 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jazzo - With the introduction of many broadband internet services around Australia, many people are left in the dark. Be it that they cant get cable or adsl because of its ridicuosly high pricing, or it just isnt available in their area. Many people are forced...

Army men: really ?

Sun, 16 Jul 2000 04:41:09 GMT
rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author jazzo - The makers of this game claim that it is "real combat but plastic figures". Trust me, in my opinion its not.

Gameplay

The gameplay of Army men 3D is mediocore. In general, you have to complete certain missions...

Thehungersite.com: Support a good cause

Sun, 16 Jul 2000 02:51:24 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jazzo - The Hunger site provides an excellent opportunity to do you bit for the starving people in Africa and other 3rd world countries.

Cost

The hunger site is totally free. Each donation made, is achieved by clicking the donate...

The Perfect Cross

Fri, 14 Jul 2000 11:15:39 GMT
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jazzo - Microsoft has created a excellent operating system for the home user with their release of Windows Millenium. In general the release is a perfect cross of Windows 98 and Windows 2000.

Stability

General stability has been...

Bepaid.com: Bepaid from another company, not this

Thu, 13 Jul 2000 12:39:11 GMT
rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author jazzo - My opinion: Bepaid is a scam.

Bepaid has two main factors which makes it earn my Scam rating :-)

When this fiasco first began, everyone was like WOW 20-100 dollars an hour !!!!!!!. The fact of the matter is, even if you do...

Gran Turismo 2 for PlayStation 1: Lets go driving, without seatbelts

Thu, 13 Jul 2000 11:55:21 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jazzo - Gran Turismo 2 is the ultimate racing simulation game. With more cars then you can count and enough tracks and races to keep you playing, I cant put this one down.

ARCADE MODE

To be honest, I haven't really gotten around...

Not just a mobile, its a status symbol

Fri, 7 Jul 2000 09:03:43 GMT
rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author jazzo - I recently purchased an Ericsson T-28 mobile phone and upon opening the package, I was amazed.

Ericsson's new mobile phones are incredibly small and light, yet seem very versatile. These phones are generally the same width and height as a...

Microsoft finally creates something good

Fri, 7 Jul 2000 04:51:22 GMT
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jazzo - Microsoft has definately created a winner with Windows 2000.

First of all, this system is extremely stable. My highest system uptime is currently at 4 and a half weeks. To make this even better, I am still activly using this computer, so its...

Actbig.com: Act Big, But Quick

Thu, 6 Jul 2000 02:33:10 GMT
rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author jazzo - The ActBig.com program is truely an innovative web service available to users of the internet.

Basically how it works is, A "Bloc" is created for each product, and tells you the price that you will receive the item for if you buy...