http://reverttosaved.com Candid commentary on games, DVDs, music and technology by Craig Grannell Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:11:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Demon days Revert to Saved recently had Hellboy week, so you might already have an inkling that I'm a fan of Mike Mignola's blue-collar demon. However, the first Hellboy film didn't entirely deliver. Although it retained something of the spirit of the original comic, it lacked its humour and fascination with ... http://reverttosaved.com/2008/08/25/review-hellboy-2-the-golden-army/ It pongs. You won't want to break it out at a party. Etc. “It may seem familiar, but it’s like nothing you’ve ever seen before!” boasts Taito about Arkanoid DS. However, this isn’t entirely true—I’ve seen plenty of half-baked Breakout games over the years. The fact remains that Arkanoid was never that ... http://reverttosaved.com/2008/08/22/review-arkanoid-ds/ Rebellion's bought Blackfish, publisher of Death Ray, which will now go quarterly. Rebellion also owns 2000 AD... http://tinyurl.com/5srr4r # Most fun DS game of late: New International Track and Field. However, the throwing events are hateful (as in Zoo-Keeper-Quest-Mode hateful). # http://reverttosaved.com/2008/08/21/snippets-for-2008-08-21/ Look into my eyes, the eyes, the eyes, not around the eyes Judge Anderson is an anomaly in the world of Judge Dredd. Moral, emotional, occasionally zany, and resolutely human, she offers a social conscience that sits in stark contrast to the head-cracking grimness of the monolithic Dredd. As befitting a sometimes ... http://reverttosaved.com/2008/08/21/review-judge-anderson-shamballa/ My first audio piece for Cult of Mac, on Apple's disastrous 20th Anniversary Mac: http://tinyurl.com/5loej3 # http://reverttosaved.com/2008/08/17/snippets-for-2008-08-17/