Soupa Saiyan – Restaurant Review
Before moving from Florida, I made a short list of places I wanted to either revisit before leaving or visit for the first time to experience. Among places like Disney World and my favorite Starbucks were little restaurants that I’d heard about but hadn’t gotten to try. Orlando has a surprising amount of really good … Continue reading
Game Review: Life Is Strange (PC) + A Giveaway!
Developer: Dontnod Entertainment Publisher: Square Enix Genre: Episodic Graphic Adventure Mode(s): Single Player Perspective: Third person Platform Played: PC Final Score: 9/10 I purchased this game without having done much research on it beforehand because it was on sale and “it looked cool”. While normally it takes a little bit more to persuade me to make a purchase, my inherently impulsive nature … Continue reading
Book Review – Divergent
Title: Divergent Author: Veronica Roth Publisher: HarperCollins, 2012 Pages: Paperback Edition, 487 pages Rating: 4.5/5 I’ve been on a reading kick lately, and I’ve been revisiting my favorite genre in life – YA Fiction. I’m not ashamed to admit that the pretty covers draw me in, or that the easy to follow plots and angsty, emotionally turbulent characters have me speed-reading through my … Continue reading
Book Review – Ready Player One
Title: Ready Player One Author: Ernest Cline Publisher: Random House, 2011 Pages: Paperback Edition, 384 pages Rating: 5/5 Ready Player One is the ultimate underdog story written by 2009’s Fanboys screenplay writer Ernest Cline. Set in the not-so-distant future of 2044, the world has changed and is more depressing than ever, and we’ve finally run out of our Earthly … Continue reading
Review: HabitRPG | Gamify Your Life
I am the kind of person who loves lists. I’m pretty sure that at one point I have made a list of categories for my lists so as to keep track of them. I’m really organized and if “really good ability to follow through and check things off lists” were something I could put on … Continue reading
Local Review: Hotto Potto
Location: 3090 Aloma Ave, Winter Park, FL 32792 Hours: Mon-Thurs (11a – 2a), Fri-Sat (11a – 5a), Sun (11 – 12a) Price: $$ Score: A I am of the firm belief that if you try something and hate it, you should probably try it again a few years later. As you age, tastes in things change and things you’ve … Continue reading
5 Reasons to Buy Eminem’s New CD – A Semi-Review of the Marshall Mathers LP 2
My taste in music has always been a little… Diverse. Growing up, my parents didn’t live together so I would go from listening to NWA and reggae with my mom to Metallica and then, later, country music with my dad. I’ve always listened to almost everything equally, and one of my all-time favorite musicians is … Continue reading
Game Review: Bioshock Infinite (PS3)
Developer: Irrational Games Genre: Action-adventure, FPS Mode: Single Player Perspective: First person Platform: Playstation 3, PC, Xbox 360 Rating: Mature 17+ Final Score: 9/10 Welcome to Columbia, the beautiful City in the Sky. In Irrational Games‘ Bioshock Infinite, you play as Booker DeWitt (Troy Baker), a man of questionable moral integrity and a murky past. Set mostly in 1912, your initial … Continue reading
I’m Blue! – Color Oops, Prism Lites & Blue Hair Dye Review
I’ve been waiting for months to dye my hair blue because I wanted to make sure it was both strong enough and long enough to handle the bleaching process it’d take. I had dark brown dye (that looked black) over red dye over a faded orange mess from the bleaching I did three months ago … Continue reading
Game Review: The Last of Us (PS3)
Developer: Naughty Dog Genre: Survival horror, action-adventure Mode: Single Player, Multiplayer (online) Perspective: Third person Platform: Playstation 3 Rating: Mature 17+ Final Score: 9/10 Naughty Dog had some big shoes to fill after the success of its Uncharted trilogy (let’s please not also forget Crash, who will forever hold a bandicoot-shaped place in my heart), and if reviews and the fact … Continue reading
