All Consuming : Jacob Jones

A story about "Street Fighter IV"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Jacob Jones) — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:39:19 GMT

Street Fighter IV

by Capcom

selling it back for a better game.

Consumed "Street Fighter IV"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Jacob Jones) — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:39:19 GMT

Street Fighter IV

by Capcom

NOT WORTH IT!

Consumed "Assassin's Creed"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Jacob Jones) — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:37:13 GMT

Assassin's Creed

by Ubisoft Montreal

WORTH IT!

A story about "Assassin's Creed"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Jacob Jones) — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:37:13 GMT

Assassin's Creed

by Ubisoft Montreal

finished last night, and boy does that leave a..lame taste in your mouth. but i really did enjoy it more towards the end, running around on rooftops, stabbin guys, running, throwing knives, running. its a fun game, but they dont quite follow all the way through with it, and give you a rather narrow way in which you can have fun. im glad im finished with it, and will definitely buy the sequel whenever that comes out, but will wnjoy the break from it.

A story about "The Death and Life of Great American Cities"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Jacob Jones) — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:32:01 GMT

The Death and Life of Great American Cities

by Jane Jacobs

the first, i dunno, 20 chapters or so of this are really good, but it kind of petered out for me at the end, describing scenarios that were just too specific to be very interesting, in terms of perennial city development ideals. but jesus its a damn good book, well written, personable, and illuminates many of the problems plaguing urban societies, calls out the housing projects in new york as being failures as they were being built.

A story about "World of Warcraft"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Jacob Jones) — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:12:46 GMT

World of Warcraft

by Blizzard Entertainment

my brother has been playing this more on than off the past..i dunno, 4 or 5 years, and i always considered it a bizzare, unhealthy passion thing of his. but after some of my other friends talking about it and a few lengthy discussions with my brother, i started. my friend warned me about it, and..to be honest..its ok. i understand why it can suck hours out of your life. for one thing it seems to take forever to get anywhere you need to go. and if you have friends on there, then its really like youre all just hanging out anyway. but i dont feel like my life changed or anything. i feel pretty normal. its fun, but not total life devotion fun. maybe thats just because i need to lvl..

Consuming "World of Warcraft"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Jacob Jones) — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:09:32 GMT

World of Warcraft

by Blizzard Entertainment

A story about "Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Jacob Jones) — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:05:01 GMT

Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition

by Capcom

i played some of this on ps2 because my brother goin crazy over it, and was slightly interested. when it came out on wii for 30 bucks new it was a no-brainer.
wow. what a fantastic game with tremendous replayability. but more than that, this is the superior version. they took all the stuff from both the ps2 and gamecube versions, added in the motion controls, and it simply plays beautifully. after playing metroid i was disappointed in the having to use the nunchuck to turn thing, but i got used to it pretty quick, and the control scheme really is ingenious. too bad it doesnt sound like theyre porting dead rising very well…
but if you havent played re4 ever, or if you really want to see the best way to play it, this is the easiest buy on the wii so far.

A story about "Street Fighter IV"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Jacob Jones) — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:00:22 GMT

Street Fighter IV

by Capcom

im annoyed by this game. its always had a difficult learning curve, which is why i couldnt afford to ever get really good at it when i was a kid playing at the arcade, cause we didnt have a super nes. but now, as a grown man, i just dont care anymore. ive been hacking away at the challenge stages, learning all the moves, the instructions to which can be indecipherable, and i just find myself wanting to play something else. bah.
also, why not on wii? the graphics arent that far above the best looking stuff on there, and that would double their sales easy, everyone on there wants a good fighting game other than brawl. if they could get the online worked out, itd be great.
also, i hate how if youre going through arcade mode, any ol dumbass on live can butt in and challenge you. l-a-m-e.

Consumed "Outlander"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Jacob Jones) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:51:31 GMT

Outlander

by Howard McCain

WORTH IT!

A story about "Outlander"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Jacob Jones) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:51:31 GMT

Outlander

by Howard McCain

”..this year’s best movie about Vikings led by a space messiah to kill an alien dragon.”

A story about "Whale Rider"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Jacob Jones) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:46:23 GMT

Whale Rider

by Niki Caro

i dont know, maybe im just a hater, but good god this movie was..not bad, just super dumb.
for one, her grandpa keeps sayin, oh, our tribe has been visited by this curse, things are bad blahablahblah, all against the most beautiful backdrops that the planet has to offer. just really hard to feel sorry for any of them.
it just didnt make sense, none of it, and the society isnt that alien. the characters were so one-dimensional it was painful to watch. most of this movie was. my girlfriend and i just kept laughing at the people on screen, not when we were supposed to either.
i dunno, maybe i have a heart of stone, but this was just a trite, dumb, emotionless pile of a movie.

but yes, it did look awfully pretty.

A story about "Chrono Trigger"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Jacob Jones) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:33:52 GMT

Chrono Trigger

by Square Enix

id never played through this before. wow. im on my second playthrough now.

A story about "Portal"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Jacob Jones) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:19:00 GMT

Portal

by Valve

good lord, it really is as good as everyone says it is.

A story about "Beautiful Katamari"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Jacob Jones) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:18:17 GMT

Beautiful Katamari

by XBox 360

a little more streamlined and mainstreamed from katamari damacy, it still possesses the innate charm of the original. the online seems to be kind of spotty, but its all in good fun.

Consuming "Beautiful Katamari"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Jacob Jones) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:16:56 GMT

Beautiful Katamari

by XBox 360

A story about "Soul Calibur IV"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Jacob Jones) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:16:09 GMT

Soul Calibur IV

i played a lot of 2, skipped 3 for some reason, and my brother picked this up for me. its exactly as it should be: the best fighting game. ive played them all, and this one is consistently the most fun and challenging, but not maddeningly so. simply the best.

Consuming "Soul Calibur IV"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Jacob Jones) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:14:35 GMT

Soul Calibur IV

A story about "Left 4 Dead"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Jacob Jones) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:13:59 GMT

Left 4 Dead

by Electronic Arts

quite entertaining indeed. yes, what you see is what you get. no storyline, nothing ever really changes. but that doesnt make the formula that valve cooked up with this one any less sweet. man thats cheezy.

Consuming "Left 4 Dead"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Jacob Jones) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:13:02 GMT

Left 4 Dead

by Electronic Arts

A story about "Assassin's Creed"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Jacob Jones) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:12:48 GMT

Assassin's Creed

by Ubisoft Montreal

chugging along here, think im through the third mission, and im already almost bored, its just..repetitive man, it just is. its not a bad game by any means, and i plan on finishing it, but jesus does it get dull sometime. not dull..just…theres only so many things you can really do. im glad i didnt pay full price for it is all im sayin.