Epinions Recent Reviews for marty1982

Is this largely loved/hated arcade racer still worth playing?

Mon, 6 Jul 2009 12:38:49 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author marty1982 - Note: This review is for the game's 2008 Virtual Console re-release. The graphics in this version have been cleaned up a bit thanks to the Wii's progressive scan support. And the original's framerate problems have been eliminated through the...

"Who Is Your Daddy, And What Does He Do?"

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:31:06 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author marty1982 - 32-year old Sonny Koufax isn't exactly what you'd call a go-getter. He lives in an abandoned warehouse in lower Manhattan, works only one day a week (at a toll booth), and is living almost entirely off a $200,000 settlement he obtained from an automotive...

Enter A World Of Blue-Haired Girls, Flying Cats, and Horrendous Inventory Systems

Wed, 6 May 2009 13:51:09 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author marty1982 - Nostalgia can be a good or bad thing, depending on how you look at it. While we all like to reminisce about the "good ole' days", sometimes we can be easily misled into thinking what we grew up with was better than it actually was. And of course, as...

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy Kong's Quest for Super Nintendo: "It's Even Tougher Than The Original" - Donkey Kong Country 2 For The Super NES

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:10:59 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author marty1982 - The original Donkey Kong Country was a smash when it was first released in November, 1994. Not only did the game succeed in giving the Super NES the killer app it needed to overtake the Sega Genesis, but it also showed that the aging...

Death Magnetic - Magnetically Attractive To Old Fans Or The Final Death Of Metallica?

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:17:09 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author marty1982 - Be prepared for a typically long review.No album this year has been hyped more than Metallica's latest opus Death Magnetic. It's been 20 years since the band has released a true thrash metal album. And since then, we've had three...

Mere Christianity - Honestly One Of The Finest Books I Have Ever Read

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:22:37 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author marty1982 - One of the most difficult journeys every Christian faces is learning to understand just what he believes in. Many of the more thoughtful and reasonable analyses Christianity is based on are neglected in favor of a more accessible "baby Christianity"...

2.5 Stars For An Average 2.5-D Platformer

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:26:25 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author marty1982 - By 1996, it was pretty clear that 3D graphics were the way of the future in video games. What wasn't so clear, however, was what to do with them. Moving video games into the third dimension, particularly with platform games, was a surprisingly...

Train Of Thought by Dream Theater: Sometimes It's The Best Albums That Receive The Most Scrutiny - Train Of Thought

Mon, 5 May 2008 15:38:29 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author marty1982 - Dream Theater has always been the type of band you either love or hate. Many people (myself included) love the band for their musical proficiency and unusual maturity, while others hate the band for their "wankery" (a term coined by prog-metal detractors...

Friends "Grows Up" - For Better And For Worse

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:02:58 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author marty1982 - After the cancellation of Seinfeld in mid-1998, Friends took over as the hottest sitcom on American television. The show (like Seinfeld) essentially took ordinary real-life situations and made them funny through sharp writing and witty dialogue. However,...

The Peak Of Nintendo's Dominance And The Start Of Nintendo's Downfall - The Super NES

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:53:39 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author marty1982 - Ask anybody today what the greatest gaming system of all time is, and you're likely to hear one of these three systems: The Sony Playstation, the original NES, and the Super NES. All three of these systems were key to shaping video...

Undoubtedly The Quintessential Nintendo 64 Shooter

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:11:45 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author marty1982 - You probably wouldn't know it if you'd just gotten into video games within the last five years, but there was a time when the Nintendo 64 was a fierce competitor to Sony's venerable Playstation. Of course, today the Playstation is seen as perhaps...

Zany, Original, And Totally Lacking In Depth - System Of A Down's Acclaimed Sophomore Record

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:57:18 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author marty1982 - System Of A Down is one strange band. And I don't just mean musically. All it took for them to be given the not so coveted "nu-metal" label was to have a hit single (Sugar off their 1998 self-titled debut) and almost accidentally gain a ton...

Donkey Kong Country for Super Nintendo: One Of Those, Ahem, "Rare" Games That Manages To Do Everything Right, And Then Some...

Sat, 29 Dec 2007 23:08:15 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author marty1982 - November, 1994. Sales for the Super NES are behind those of the Sega Genesis. Worse yet, a new generation of gaming systems is coming and Nintendo's own next-gen system (the "Ultra 64", known now as the Nintendo 64) won't be out for another couple years...

That's My Bush! - The Definitve Collection: Mr. Parker and Mr. Stone's Diamond In The Rough

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:57:24 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author marty1982 - Warning: This will be a very long review, and perhaps less of a review than a show description. The idea couldn't be better. Take the current president of the United States, the first lady, and throw them both into the most deliberately cliche...

A Solid Retrospective Of One Of The Greatest Rock Bands Of All Time

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:28:08 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author marty1982 - In many ways, listening to Queen is like listening to a musical journey through vocalist/pianist Freddie Mercury's life as a rockstar. The Queen of the 70's was very playful, rebellious, and eccentric. Perfectly fitting Freddie's promiscuous lifestyle at...

Proof That More Is Definitely A Good Thing

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 15:25:25 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author marty1982 - Super Mario World is one of those games that people didn't really "get"/understand when first released. When it was released as a launch title for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Super NES) back in 1991, Nintendo was already facing heated...

Still A Little Rough Around The Edges, But A Definite Improvement Over The Original

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:24:58 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author marty1982 - In my review of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 (http://www1.epinions.com/cont
ent_171681681028),
I declared it one of the most overrated games of the last generation. Looking back, I was probably a little too hard on it. It was certainly a very new type of...

Dave Mustaine Lays Off The Risks And Gets Back On Track

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:21:28 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author marty1982 - When a highly-respected band releases at least one dud, there's always a certain level of optimism that their next album will whip them back into shape. Much like an ex-girlfriend, it's sometimes difficult to let go of a band you once loved and adored...

Out With The Old And In With The New: Queens Of The Stone Age's Debut

Fri, 7 Sep 2007 17:18:17 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author marty1982 - Before Rated R made them critical darlings, before Songs For The Deaf made them mainstream rock sensations, and before Lullabies To Paralyze broadened their sound; Queens Of The Stone Age released a cute little self-titled...

The Doom 64: Total Conversion For Doom II - Classic Doom or Classically Doomed Download?

Fri, 17 Aug 2007 22:05:48 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author marty1982 - Note: This review is for the Doom 64: Total Conversion download. For those of you who don't know what this is, it's an almost pixel-to-pixel port of the Nintendo 64's Doom 64, using the Doom 2 engine. As long as you have the DOOM2.WAD file available...

Is The Madman Finally Running Out Of Time? Well, Yes And No

Mon, 6 Aug 2007 22:18:11 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author marty1982 - The funny thing about controversial rocker Ozzy Osbourne is that, despite being one of the most influential (and outrageous) musicians in musical history (along with often being called the "King Of Heavy Metal"), he's really only remembered for two...

Possibly The Most Underrated Console Ever - My Tribute To The Nintendo 64

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:48:09 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author marty1982 - July 18, 1996 September 29 is only two months away. We're all waiting with baited breath for possibly the greatest day in the history of gaming. It's on this day that "Dinosaurs Will Fly" and video games will be changed forever. What big event...

Friends Comes Out Of The Darkness And Produces The Best Season Of Its Entire Run

Sun, 1 Jul 2007 17:37:16 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author marty1982 - You know, I originally didn't think it was possible to top Season 2 of Friends. Not only did the season show Ross Geller and Rachel Greene finally getting together (among other memorable plots), but it showed the actors more confident in their rolls and...

"Welcome To The Era Vulgaris. Please Watch Your Step."

Sat, 23 Jun 2007 17:05:21 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author marty1982 - Era Vulgaris has been out for less than two weeks now, and already it's stirring up even more controversy than 2005's Lullabies To Paralyze. An album people either absolutely loved or absolutely hated. With it, the Queens forewent both the...

Sepultura Strays From Their Roots Even Further, And Releases One Of Their Best Albums Yet

Sun, 15 Apr 2007 14:03:20 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author marty1982 - You've got to hand it to Sepultura. The band has had one of the most storied (albeit tragic) careers of any metal band ever. Beginning as a proto-death metal band, they soon grew into one of the most powerful thrash metal bands on the planet with...