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Razer DeathAdder

I have experimented with a lot of different mice over the years, and even taken a critical eye to several. It used to be that a basic “point and click” device was all that I needed, and as I progressed in my use of the computer form became a factor as I was using the computer in my daily life more and more. Yes, in this job, there is a lot of typing, but ...

Sharper Image SRS Noise Canceling Headphones

Everybody by this point in time should know the benefit of noise canceling headphones. Not only do they allow you to listen to music (or movies, or whatever) on airplanes and in other locations with a high ambient noise level, but it also allows for listening at a lower volume than usual in situations like that. Often times I have personally attempted to use regular headphones on a plane only to “give up the ghost” ...

Disc-Go-Pod Plus

I used to use one of the $11 CD cleaners, the one that looks like an enlarged CD case with an off-white pad inside that you place a few drops of “cleaning fluid” and then manually crank the CD around and around. That got tiring real quick when my kids started handling my collection and things would take longer and longer to clean using this method. If a CD was scratched beyond repair I was ...

Ultimate Avengers

One of the most enduring groups of heroes that the comic world has had is Marvel’s Avengers. Not the first supergroup by any means, it brought Marvel’s character depth top a group setting, allowing for even deeper storytelling. A number of lineup changes have helped Marvel showcase not only “A-list” heroes in a different setting, as well as giving some of the lesser known heroes a place to call home within the Avengers, but several ...

Dawn of the Dead

At a very basic level, it really isn't difficult to appreciate a zombie film. There's just something inherently entertaining about shambling corpses chasing after moist brains, usually those belonging to a motley group of people destined to self-destruct either through in-fighting or by standing too close to exposed windows. Of course, George A. Romero's movies don't usually find themselves trapped exclusively on this basic level, instead moving up towards that very organ the living dead ...

Cry Wolf DVD

When it hit theatres, not many people went to see director Jeff Wadlow’s feature-length debut, Cry Wolf. Of course, it’s no surprise. As the winner of a Chrysler film grant for one of his shorts, Wadlow’s total budget wasn’t much bigger than the size of the grant, about a million dollars, or as Hollywood likes to call it: the food services budget. But Wadlow went with a relatively unknown cast and proved that, even 10 ...

The Devil’s Rejects DVD

Director Rob Zombie made his mark in the music world before turning to the genre of film. Part of the goth metal scene, Zombie has spent years playing up the appeal of the occult in any piece of entertainment he’s put out into the world. His first movie, House of 1,000 Corpses, was his take on the standard horror movie, with big nods to directors like George Romero. While the flick was never a runaway ...

Children of the Corn PSP-UMD

I remember watching – believe it or not – Good Morning America sometime in 1984, about the time Children of the Corn was just about ready to appear for the first time in movie theatres. The guest that fine morning was Stephen King, who was on to promote his latest novel (I think perhaps it was Christine or Pet Sematary) and talk about how many of his books were suddenly making it to the silver ...

Hellraiser PSP UMD

Apparently, Hollywood thinks PSP owners are idiots. That’s because, like so many PSP UMDs out today, the Hellraiser UMD is about as plain-jane as a movie package can get. The horror classic is on display here in all its original gory glory. So if you like the movie, don’t own it and want to play it on your PSP on the go, I suppose this will get the job done for you. The trouble is, ...

Stargate: Extended Version UMD

These days, the Stargate franchise is probably best known for the excellent Richard Dean Anderson TV series Stargate: SG-1 (and its spin-off, Stargate: Atlantis), but it all started back in ‘94 with this groundbreaking sci-fi film starring Kurt Russel and James Spader (who’s lately been getting massive acclaim for his own TV series, Boston Legal). While not the perfect sci-fi film, Stargate featured an amazingly original premise and jaw-dropping (for the time) special effects that ...

Family Guy: Stewie Griffin the Untold Story

In the two weeks or so between the release of this direct-to-video movie and this review, Family Guy: Stewie Griffin The Untold Story has sold in the neighborhood of about $42 million in counter sales. That’s over two million copies sold at about $20 a pop. But yeah, Fox was right to cancel the show three years ago. So right, they brought it back! Can you say, "Most egg on your face since NBC canceled ...

UNIVERSAL SOLDIER

It appears someone didn't do their research when writing the script for this movie. Going in, you should know before hand that the film asks you to suspend enormous amounts of disbelief, trading you hefty amounts of over-acting and violence. You really shouldn't expect any different from a film starring Dolph Lundgren and Jean-Claude Van Damme. Universal Soldier tells the tale of a top-secret military program where deceased soldiers are reanimated, reconditioned, and rehabilitated to become ...

First Blood UMD

When it debuted in 1982, First Blood, a screen adaptation of David Morrell’s Vietnam vet novel, was a big hit that Sylvester Stallone really needed to revive his career. Although the two sequels that followed turned the character of John Rambo into a comic book superhero, in this first film he is still drawn as human – depressed, demoralized, on the outside of society looking in, determined when pushed too far certainly – but still ...

World Poker Tour

“I’ve been doing the wrong thing all my life. That’s why I’m a bad boy.” After cracking in to World Poker Tour Season 2 I wasn’t sure what to expect when I popped the Bad Boys of Poker into the DVD tray. The full season was wrought with tension from episode to episode, not knowing who will make it to the final table in each location, or how that table will play out. This special (as aired ...

Pelican GBA SP Sound Kit

I hate earbud headphones. HATE. I find them uncomfortable, they always seem to slip out of my ears, and often companies don't mark which one is supposed to go in the left ear and which is supposed to go in the right. Pelican's GBA SP Sound Kit uses earbud headphones. What's more, I find these earbud headphones uncomfortable, they're always slipping out of my ears, and there's absolutely no indication which one is supposed to ...

FPS Master

The FPS Master is a decent peripheral whose time seems to have come. With the proliferation of shooters on videogames consoles, it was only a matter of time before something like this was cooked up. Giving the player the option to hold a controller like two guns (as opposed to the controller method) helps to immerse the player into the role of a given game – provided that game is a shooter. The FPS master ...

Katana

Everybody loves the PlayStation 2 controller. 2 analog thumbsticks, shoulder buttons, and everybody knows the layout since everybody has a PS2. I don’t like the PS2 controller. I find it too small and sometimes get the shoulder buttons mixed up. I welcomed the Katana from Elite Interactive wholeheartedly, as it had a decent size and feel. Slightly larger than the typical PS2 controller, The Katana fits into “normal” sized hands and has cushioned grips to keep those ...

Pelican Chameleon

The Pelican Chameleon is another in a long line of third party PS2 controllers; thankfully, there’s actually something to set this one apart. The design of this controller feels more natural for many games – the L2 and R2 buttons are tucked underneath, allowing for the hand to have a natural curve when holding it. This feature however is somewhat marred by the fact that the controller is somewhat smaller than the typical PS2 controller. ...

Xbox Game Manager

When I first heard about the Xbox Game Manager being touted as the first and only authorized surge protector for the Xbox, I was skeptical. Why would somebody pay a premium price for something that could be obtained for a lesser ammount? The Xbox Game Manager is just another high end surge protector, right? Wrong. First, what sets this apart from the "standard" surge protectors that you find at your local department store would be the level ...

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