Archive for the 'review' Category

Review: Yoshi’s Island DS

Tuesday, November 14th, 2006

The Rise and Fall of 2D Gaming
In 1998, Nintendo released Super Mari World 2: Yoshi’s Island for the Super Nintendo. This, to me, was the last great platformer of that era. In fact, it was the last game I ever completed on the SNES. At the time I was impressed with the solid and comfortable [...]

Review: Speck Toughskin for Sandisk Sansa e200 MP3 Players

Saturday, October 7th, 2006

I recently picked up a Sandisk Sansa e270 MP3 Player. I’m usually pretty rough with my gadgets, particularly the small ones, so getting the right case is the first thing I do whenever I get a new device. There are a few things I look out for when shopping for a case (in no particular [...]

Review: Walmart Music Downloads

Wednesday, August 30th, 2006

A few months ago I decided to dip my toe into the legal online music download pool. I love shopping online and I love getting new music. I had been hesitant to try any of the download services up `til then due to the heavy restrictions placed on the music. However, after lots of hunting, [...]