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Plants VS Zombies

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Popcap games have done it again, yet another brilliant port to iPhone / iPod Touch. If you are an iPhone owner and you haven't heard of, or purchased and played this yet, do it. With a 'tower defence' style gameplay, you'll keep the Zombies away from the front and back of your house as they 'braaaaaains' their way across your turf. The best thing about this game for me, apart from the great user interface and sound effects is without a doubt the comedic approach the developers have taken to zombie actions. How about a group of zombies performing a 'thriller' style jam across your lawn while they take out your defences? Or the crazy pole vaulting zombie? Maybe the ride-on-mower zombie. You can't help but to laugh whilst playing this! Taken from Popcap's official site:
Get ready to soil your plants in an all-new action-strategy game from PopCap! A mob of fun-loving zombies is about to invade your home, and your only defense is an arsenal of 49 zombie-zapping plants. Use peashooters, wall-nuts, cherry bombs and more to mulchify 26 types of zombies before they can reach your front door.
Each zombie has its own special skills, so you’ll need to think fast and plant faster to combat them all. But be careful how you use your limited supply of greens and seeds… as you battle the fun-dead, obstacles like a setting sun, creeping fog and a swimming pool add to the challenge. And with five game modes to dig into, the fun never dies!

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Posted February 20, 2010
 

Avatar Movie

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Last night I went with friends to see Avatar in 3D. James Cameron's latest film. Yeah, I took my time seeing it. Just happens I have a newborn and a toddler that I need to juggle my life around. On to the nitty gritty... What a great movie. How far has Sam Worthington come lately? I was pretty excited when I heard that he'd landed the Terminator movie, and now this! Sam is actually from my home town (Perth, Western Australia). He even went to the same school as my wife! Small world huh. On to the movie. Special effects, wow. Should we call it 'special'? Don't all movies have special effects now? Is there anything special about it anymore if it's 'normal'? Avatar is spectacular, from the moment you step in to the world of Pandora, you are overwhelmed with colour and 3D objects flying out of the screen. The depth and colours are incredible. The story is tried and tested as an old fashioned love story with a conflict. I will not delve in to the actual story, perhaps you haven't seen it yet. I don't want to spoil it. At no point is this film boring, yet I wouldn't label it an 'action film'. (although there is plenty of action. Action / drama?) It's nice to see Sigourney Weaver in a film again. I can't say I'm a huge fan of her but she was very good in this film, her part was great. Giovanni Ribisi plays the evil, heartless mining boss and does a good job. Everyone is just great in this film. The meld of 'sfx' and 'real' is top notch. I had a lot of trouble trying to figure out if characters were in make-up, or completely CG. That's a good thing. I recommend you see it, see it in 3D, then go see it again. No wonder it's smashed the box office and made over $1b. * avatar movie posted used without any permission what-so-ever

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Posted January 31, 2010
 

Philips 2.5" Hard Disk Enclosure Review

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 Latest purchase. Story is, I upgraded the hard disk in the Macbook Pro (80GB) to a new Seagate Mentus 7200rpm 320GB drive. It's much faster. The old 80GB drive went into this enclosure to use as a 'backup' until the system is all sorted.. It's a SATA enclosure, it has a usb interface, it's dead easy to open (screwless) and install the hard disk, it's literally a 30 second excersize. It cost me approx $25 AUD, I give it the thumbs up. See gallery below, including XBench test. [gallery orderby="post_name"]

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Posted May 30, 2009
 

Hellboy II: The Golden Army review

Last night Melissa and I watched Hellboy II: The Golden Army. A sequel to Hellboy. Now Hellboy was great, the characters were introduced well and the story was excellent. WHAT happened in Hellboy II? The makeup/costume for "little hellboy" at the start was just not right, Abe shoots guns and gets drunk? The paranormal research facility has turned into a 'men in black' style setup where every second room has dangerous creatures within. Harry Potter style "troll market", a frustrating love plot, no Agent Myers, what else? This movie felt botched to me, was overdone in some areas and seriously lacking in others. Lengthy boring scenes that brought nothing of value to the film and a huge amount of predictability in the script at times. I was disappointed in this film compared to the first.

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Posted February 4, 2009