Jurassic: the Hunted - I beat it. Wow... that was quick. There's no timer in the game, but I'm putting it around the 4 hour mark. I'll hopefully have my review up on the weekend sometime. It was fun, but not $30 fun. $10 fun for sure.

Here's some video from the first few levels. It's too bad I didn't end up capturing some of the levels that followed, as I did end up squaring off against some giant scorpions, pterodactyls, a t-rex, and a spinosaurus. With a game this short I may have time to go back and get some more footage though



For my next game... I'm not 100% decided on. I'm still stunned by the fact that I already beat Jurassic.
I may spend a night collecting some more video of a game or two, just for fun. Maybe I'll finally go back and wrap up Star Trek: Encounters, or maybe start a whole new game. I'll decide later.


In my last post I put up a review of Jak & Daxter: the Lost Frontier.


No actually, I don't accept it. Where's the "I live in an alternate reality" button? I think it's mapped to square.

Jak & Daxter: The Lost Frontier is now finished! At least the storyline part is. Once I get through my entire library of games, I'm going to have to go back and get 100% on all of them

Anyway, enough dreaming and pretending like I have all the time in the world. My review has been posted. I think this one has a little bit of a different feel to it compared to my other reviews. It's subtle, but it's there. Anyway, I hope you enjoy it.


So now I'm on to my second game that I got for free from work - Jurassic: the Hunted. An FPS where your modern day character is somehow transported to an island of dinosaurs after jumping out of an airplane that was flying over the Bermuda triangle. Look... I don't need a sensible story to have some fun

I'm currently on Level 6. You know what it makes me think of? It makes me think that this game was originally conceived shortly after the success of Doom when tons of FPS games were being produced, but they only got around to putting it out there now. The script and accompanying voice acting is so cheesy, and so far the level design is very linear, but it's still fun to run around and shoot dinosaurs. Fun, from a simpler time

I should have some video posted soon.


In my last post I talked about my thoughts on the movie "Doubt".

Doubt stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Meryl Streep, and Amy Adams. The story is about a nun (Streep) investigating a priest (Hoffman) whom she suspects is beginning an "inappropriate relationship" with one or more of the alter-boys.

The script itself is pretty uninspired. It's straightforward, and plays out pretty much like you expect. Where the movie does shine is in the character building of each of the 3 main players, and the great performances that each one were able to bring to the screen. With lesser quality actors this movie would have felt very slow and boring. Thankfully that wasn't the case, and they were able to pull off an interesting drama.

It's not the worlds greatest movie by any stretch, and it's definitely not for everyone, but I thought it was worth watching. What I took away from it, was that it was not so much about a priest who is potentially a pedophile, but more about people with power. On one hand there's someone with the power of authority, and on the other is a person with the power of integrity.

A quiet movie for a quiet night in, with some serious themes. Not exactly a popcorn movie, but recommended for those that are in need of a drama, and don't mind heavy religious themes.




J&D:tLF - I'm 61% complete, but that's overall completion. Based on some of the things I've heard, I'm guessing the end of the game will come somewhere between 70% and 80% completion, and the rest will be side missions. I've completed a few side missions, but I'm sure there's lots more out there to find. As for Precursor Orbs, I think I'm up to 50.