Epinions Recent Reviews for mythor

This one's Diabolical too!

Fri, 24 Nov 2000 07:29:27 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mythor - Probably one of the more anticipated titles of late, Diablo 2 was virtually a hit before it ever hit store shelves around the world. The simplicity of gameplay, coupled with the intriguing storyline, and fluent combat and spellcasting system combined to...

Archived Web Services Reviews: Battlemail.com - Prepare for the fight of your life!

Sun, 8 Oct 2000 06:59:04 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mythor - This cool site lets you download a 'play by email' type game, in two different varieties at present. One game is a "Soccer (football)" type game, and the other is a "Kung Fu" game. I've downloaded both versions of the game, and quite...

Delphi Forums: Delphi! Delphi! Delphi! Oi! Oi! Oi!

Sat, 7 Oct 2000 02:27:18 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mythor - I think before trying to review Delphi, I need to provide a short explanation of what a 'message forum' actually is, so the less net-knowledgeable folk won't get lost at any point - I hope!

Message forum explanation

The basic...

Ooooooh, spooyawnoooky!

Sat, 30 Sep 2000 22:45:38 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author mythor - Okay, so maybe it's not yawn-worthy, but it made for a good title, right? ;-)

The Plot.

House on Haunted Hill centres around a group of young party-goers, invited to spend the night at the house from the title. As is...

Come back so that I might brain thee!

Sat, 30 Sep 2000 09:19:12 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mythor - Cable Guy is definitely one of the highlights of Jim Carrey's career, as this film shows that he can indeed play a character other than an amusing buffoon, and what's more, he can play the character very well.

The main...

The Wild Wild West Yul Brynner Style!

Sat, 30 Sep 2000 05:16:59 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mythor - This is one of my all time favorites when it comes to science fiction films, although, in most respects, it's not always truly science fiction. You'll see what I mean as I explain the basics of the movie below.

The title of the film,...

"Not Of This Earth" - It's just a pity it didn't stay away!

Sat, 30 Sep 2000 04:00:06 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author mythor - Ergh, I've seen two versions of this movie now (the one listed here, and an even newer remake), and they both stink beyond belief. Considering the poor quality of this version, it's hard to understand why anyone would want to create another remake, but I...

And ixnay on the more wishes wish!

Fri, 22 Sep 2000 12:37:57 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mythor - Yes, Aladdin is supposed to be a children's movie, but there's enough depth to the storyline, and enough clever jokes inserted to keep adults entertained as well. If you're a fan of Robin Williams, or just looking for a (mostly) light hearted laugh-fest,...

Hotbar: Ouch ouch ouch, HOT!

Sun, 17 Sep 2000 11:39:04 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mythor - Hotbar is definitely one of the hottest enhancements I've seen available for browsers, and it's one that I keep on coming back to, time and time again.

Basically, the Hotbar 'software' allows you to add a 'skin' to your browser. Unlike other...

The best first person shooter EVER!

Thu, 14 Sep 2000 12:49:23 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mythor - Or, at least, it certainly was the best of its time. By a long long way at that!

The original 3D shooter, Wolfenstein came quite a bit before "The Groundbreaker" game called Doom. Many people attribute the start of the...

Microsoft MSN Messenger Service: A nice alternative to ICQ.

Thu, 14 Sep 2000 08:20:22 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mythor - Realistically, MSN isn't going to be most people's first choice when it comes to an instant message client. ICQ has too great a stranglehold on the number one position at present for anyone to knock it off it's throne. MSN Messenger is certainly a worthy...

The force is strong with Terry Brooks

Wed, 13 Sep 2000 09:44:54 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mythor - At first I was doubtful that this book would be any good. What was Terry Brooks, a well known and highly successful FANTASY writer, who has penned such great fantasy tales as The Sword Of Shannara, doing penning the novelisation of The...

Quake for Windows: Do you like brown?

Wed, 13 Sep 2000 03:31:25 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author mythor - If brown is your colour, you're in for a treat with Quake!!

It's everywhere you look. Walls, floor, ceiling, enemies, weapons, practically everything has a brown tinge to it in Quake. While the detail in some objects and enemies is pretty good, it's...

imood: Are you a moody so-and-so? Here's another way to show it!

Fri, 8 Sep 2000 13:35:10 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mythor - imood.com is basically just meant to be a way for your friends to find out how you're feeling when you're online. What happened to just asking? Don't look at me! imood.com isn't my idea! ;)

The main way in which you let people know what your...

AudioCatalyst: CD Ripping and MP3 making made very easy.

Thu, 7 Sep 2000 11:07:16 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mythor - I'll be honest - I don't use the Xing MP3 player bundled in this package usually. Xing's mp3 player seemed to me to be very much inferior to the brilliant WinAmp in virtually every way. I'll give it a quick once over nonetheless - just warning people who...

Ricoh Internal CD-RW drive: Ricoh's MP7063A - 32x/6x/4x CD-RW. Fast and cheap CD burning

Mon, 4 Sep 2000 01:17:12 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mythor - A fully customised music cd in 13 minutes? You bet! This baby burns cd's quickly and reliably, and it'll also read cd's at a good pace too.

I recently gave in and purchased the Ricoh MP7063A from a computer fair that was held near me. The RRP...

"This mission is way beyond fubar!"

Sat, 26 Aug 2000 04:18:22 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mythor - One of my favorite "quotes" from the game is the title of this piece, and it sums up the situation you find "yourself" in, within the game, extremely well.

You and your squad are meant to be (I assume) rescuing a bunch of...

Not a bad 'scope for a budding astronomer.

Sat, 12 Aug 2000 20:03:09 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mythor - I have to admit, I am, and I use the term loosely, an amateur astronomer, so perhaps my point of view is a little skewed, in that I was never really expecting a lot from this telescope in the first place. All I wanted to use it for was to see distant...

Squeak squeak!

Sat, 12 Aug 2000 15:03:54 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mythor - Nah, seriously, this mouse doesn't squeak, thank god! I did have a (computer) mouse that did once though, but that's another story, for another time.

The Logitech First Mouse is a well designed mouse. It's built so that either righty or lefty...

Treeloot.com: They should call it "Tree RORT"

Fri, 11 Aug 2000 13:35:56 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author mythor - I've only heard of one person who's actually won anything at TreeLoot.com

They won a stuffed monkey.

They're still waiting for their prize.

I'm sure if it was a complete scam it'd get shut down by someone, but with all the...

WinAmp: Wwwwwinamp, it really kicks the.. Ermm, yeah.

Fri, 11 Aug 2000 13:11:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mythor - WinAmp is probably one of the better music players out there at the moment, and its recent(ish) shift to being 'free' software has only helped its popularity.

The main usage of WinAmp is of course to play mp3s, and it does this very well. It...

X_Chat: eXcellent - Chat!

Thu, 10 Aug 2000 17:28:11 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mythor - Having previously only used ircii and bitchx for irc chatting in a UNIX environment, X-Chat makes for such a huge difference in chatting within UNIX that it's really not fair to compare them - So I won't!

The best comparison I can think of, if...

The Gimp: Bring out The Gimp!

Sat, 5 Aug 2000 17:35:47 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mythor - The Gimp is a truly great piece of software, and certainly one of the best FREE programs I've used in a long time!

I've only recently made the jump to using Linux (although I am dual booting Linux and Win95 - can't give up my FrontPage2000!),...

Red Hat Linux: Don't let the cute little Linux penguin fool you!

Sat, 5 Aug 2000 16:01:51 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mythor - Don't let that cute little Linux penguin fool you! Linux is most definitely NOT an operating system for newbies!! If you've never even dabbled in a little UNIX (of which Linux is just one of many variants) then you'd probably do well to...

Desktop Horizon: What's that just over the Horizon?

Tue, 4 Jul 2000 03:50:37 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author mythor - Well, whatever it is, it certainly isn't Desktop Horizon. *sigh*

Desktop Horizon (hereinafter referred to as DH - I'm feeling lazy. ;)) were one of the 'earlier' startup companies on the scene last year. After a big long period of...