December 2008
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Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Season 2 (Part 1)
—Review Score: 8/10— The first part of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Season 2 is over after 13 episodes. The second season continues the events in the first one after 4 year time skip. Gundam 00 Season 2 started strong, with exciting action sequences and lots of awesome mecha right from the first episode. Using the same 4 main Gundams formula, Season 2 introduces the new and improved...
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
—Review Score: 8/10— The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a drama movie which tells the story about Benjamin Button’s life. Benjamin is a special person who grows younger instead of older. The movie is an adaptation of a short stories with the same title. It gives a great lesson about optimism and life values, and the actor performances in the movie are great. The story...
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Happy Christmas to Everyone!
It’s Christmas time! Sadly it’s not a White Christmas in here right now, it’s been a clear sky (some clouds, too) all day and all night. Anyway, Happy Christmas to everyone… Too bad I can’t celebrate the Christmas with neither my family nor my friends. But hey, always be thankful for everything. It’s nice to have a Christmas somewhere else in a while.
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An Early Christmas Present
It’s still early dawn of December 24th, and I received my Christmas present already. Well, it’s a present from me, to be precise… Amazon-bought Sennheiser CX400 earphones. The replacement phones for my broken one. It’s a really good earphones, from which I savour my collection of music tracks in my Sony Walkman. Well, to think that I still believe in Santa Claus…...
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The Day The Earth Stood Still
—Review Score: 5/10— The Day The Earth Stood Still is a remake of an old movie with the same title. The trailer of this movie shown a lot of promise, showcasing only the no-so-many action scenes. The actual movie, however, isn’t all that flashy. The movie only shone on the visual effect department, but lacks on the story and the pacing. And the title isn’t about...
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A View of IMAX
My second IMAX experience, and my first one on commercial movie (considering the first one was in Keong Mas, and it was a documentary movie). I’ve got to give this technology a praise. High-definition digital projector? 12500 Watts of surround sound? Definitely will blow you away! Even a bad movie can become a decent one with IMAX. I watched The Day The Earth Stood Still in IMAX, and yet...
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Heroes - Volume 3: Villains
—Review Score: 6/10— Heroes, an NBC TV series, is back after the writer’s strike hit second season. The first season of Heroes was a blast, and thanks to the writer’s strike, season two was mediocre at best. Season three is split into two volumes, Volume 3: Villains and Volume 4: Fugitives. Volume 3 is over for this season and to sum it up, it’s disappointing. The...
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My Earphones...
Too many yanking my earphones cable resulted in one thing, broken cable right near the 3.5 mm plug connector. That’s right, it’s a farewell to my Walkman’s earphones. So long, my trusty fellow, I won’t forget your great sound and your short service time of almost 4 months. Now I just have to settle with the crappy white iPod earphones while I’m looking for a...
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Resident Evil: Degeneration
—Review Score: 9/10— Resident Evil: Degeneration is a CG movie created by Digital Frontier. The movie follows the game universe, with the setting 7 years after Raccoon City incident. This is a good start, considering the previous Resident Evil movies are not conforming the game storyline. After Raccoon City, Umbrella Corporation is closed because of its relation with the incident. ...
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Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
—Review Score: 8/10— Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars is the latest installation of EA’s staple RTS game. It’s been a while since the last iteration of the original C&C, Tiberian Sun, and yet suddenly C&C got numbered, three… As the staple of EA’s RTS spawning numerous spin-offs (Red Alert and General series), C&C brings back old formula...
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1 TB of Storage Goodness
I finally got my external hard disk drive delivered. It’s a 1TB LaCie with USB 2.0 connection. The drive is sexy, with sleek simple box design and glossy black finish. I could go better with eSATA interface though, but hey, one can’t ask for too much. With this peripheral in hand, I got all my computer needs right now. And more importantly, I got 1TB of storage goodness. Backups will...
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Soul Calibur IV
—Review Score: 8/10— Bandai Namco’s new installation of Soul Calibur is a great 3D fighting game. With the addition of Darth Vader in the roster, Soul Calibur IV is a success for combining one of the best 3D fighting gameplay and one of the most sought character. The basic gameplay of Soul Calibur is enhanced in SC IV with the addition of soul gauge and breakable equipments....
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007: Quantum of Solace
—Review Score: 7/10— The second movie of Daniel Craig as James Bond, Quantum of Solace picks up where Casino Royale left. The opening scene reflects the whole movie experience: action-packed and fast-paced. From the beginning the viewers are overwhelmed with exciting action sequence, and this movie is all about action. The action scenes are great, and they looks more natural than...
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Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
—Review Score: 8/10— Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia for Nintendo DS is a new iteration of Konami’s staple 2D action game. Incorporating most of the features in previous Castlevania, this game is very familiar to the veterans. Gameplay is the meat and potato of any game, and OoE delivers itself pretty well in this department. Utilizing battle system similar to Dawn of Sorrow,...
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Code Geass: Lelouch of Rebellion R2
—Review Score: 9/10— Code Geass: Lelouch of Rebellion R2 is the continuation of the events in the first season. After a certain time skip, Lelouch is back in Ashford Academy and somehow lose his memories of season one. With a nonstandard lead character, Code Geass R2 is an interesting animé to watch. Lelouch Lamperouge or Lelouch vi Brittania, the lead character, is somewhat dark...