Battleship Review [Movies]

In 1943 the Milton Bradley Corporation launched a pencil and paper game entitled ‘Broadsides, the Game of Naval Strategy’ whose origins would ultimately evolve into the board game known as “Battleship”.

In 2012, Hasbro and Universal decided to release a movie version of Battleship, which seems nothing more than an in-name-only recreation of the classic game that most families have stored in their basements somewhere.

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Yoshi's Two Cents: Syndicate [Xbox 360]

ED: Yoshi’s 2 Cents is a semi-regular segment on gaming pioneered by FatYoshi.  Every once in a while, there’s a game that slipped your playlist or you simply ran out of time to review upon release.  This is such a case, and since the game was worthy of mention, you get the shorten version or a late review.

Keeping with the reboot feeling this week, the game we’ve chosen for our Yoshi’s Two Cents is Syndicate. This game is a reboot of the original Syndicate game that was released by Bullfrog Studios in 1993. The original was a tactical shooter and this one has been switched to a first person shooter. Having never played the original I can’t comment on how well they’ve done with the reboot but the gameplay is well done—the story maybe not.

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The Dictator Review [Movies]

In his third starring role, British improv phenom Sacha Baron Cohen brings his famous over-the-top crudeness and ability to draw laughs from extremely awkward situations with his latest release The Dictator.

Unlike his previous releases Borat and Bruno, this film actually has a script (if you can call it that), which the film stumbles through for the brief 83 or so minutes.

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Max Payne 3 Review [Xbox360]

It’s been almost 10 years since the release of Max Payne 2: The fall of Max Payne and in that time video games have come a long way. The first two games were released on the original Xbox and the PS2 so it’s been a while. That change translates into the game and while time has done the series a lot of favors, it just doesn’t quite feel like a Max Payne game. While the changes are a little tough for classic Max Payne fans, once you get past this you’re in for an amazing game.

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