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I am prone to writing too much. On and on. I am verbose.

And even though I am not a great speaker, I talk too much at times as well, stumbling, mumbling my way to some sloppy kind of communication.

So, about Apollo Justice, Ace Attorney, I am officially tired of the Ace Attorney series.

I’ve played every game in the series, reviewing the first and third. When I played the first Phoenix Wright game, I was super into playing a lawyer and would yell out, “Objection!” and “Take That!” into the DS microphone. “In your FACE, Edgeworth!”

With Apollo Justice, the fourth game in the series, I found myself just trying to go as fast as I could. I even used a walkthrough for the very last segments of Apollo Justice, just so I wouldn’t have to think

Played any of the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney games? Rename all the characters and you have Apollo Justice.

The same game. For the fourth time.

But let’s be positive. The story and writing, fantastic. The gameplay linear and not always logical. 

The same game. For the fourth time.

I used to think I could be a bad-ass attorney, and now I’ve resigned to the fact that I can be a bad-ass reader of dialogue instead.

But should you buy it? If you’ve never played a Ace game, yes. If you’re an Ace veteran and think you still love Phoenix Wright, then also yes. But rent it if you can. You may find yourself a little bitter that you couldn’t have just read out the story in a comic book GameFaq.

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Billy Mitchell is a big time douche.

Brian Kuh is an even bigger douche because he’s Billy Mitchell’s willing homosexual sex-slave.

Those stories and more on….The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters!

I like movies. I like video games. I like documentaries. All 3 combined = The King of Kong, a look at classic arcade video gaming competition, specifically the battle over the world scoring record for Donkey Kong in which you’re introduced to guys like Mitchell, Kuh, and Steve Wiebe, the good guy of this story.

I knew who Billy Mitchell was before watching this movie. I also knew about Twin Galaxies, the gaming scorekeeper for classic games. This documentary is about Mitchell, the record holder for Donkey Kong, but more so, Mitchell the character. It’s also about Steve Wiebe, who has to battle and Mitchell the (ego) symbol more than he actually battles the man in his quest to gain the record.

It’s a very good movie, and while I can never be sure if a documentary is slanted right, Mitchell sure comes out of it looking like a jackass, Kuh is just a buffoon, and Wiebe is just a normal guy you want to root for.

I don’t know why I have to even diss him in this post, but you just have to hope that Kuh has a moment where he remembers he’s human (”I think therefore I am”?) and doesn’t have to be a boob. Watch the movie and you will surely agree with me.

I gave it a 8/10 on IMDB, and I highly recommend it if stories about video games interest you at all.

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Orcs and Elves is Doom RPG in a fantasy-dungeon-style setting with better music. And that is good if you like simplicity, and linear progression, which I do.

There you go, the quickest review I can do.

But wait, there’s more!

In more detail, Orcs and Elves (OE) is another mobile game from John Carmack and ID Software, with their first being the previously mentioned Doom RPG (DRPG). OE, like DRPG, featured a really nice 3D engine and quick, if somewhat brainless, gameplay. Where DRPG has only been released for mobile phones, OE was also released for the Nintendo DS, and features a nice musical soundtrack.

Where DRPG was a first person shooter in turn-based trappings, OE is more of a traditional dungeon crawler- go through the dungeon destroying trolls and evil to save the world. You’ll become more powerful through time, earning or buying new weapons and potions and learning new magic spells on the way. Again, it’s all nothing fancy, but it’s enjoyable. The game is probably a bit too short (6-7 hrs) for a DS game (I think I read it had added content versus the mobile version, which also happens to be much cheaper), and for me, replay is low. Linear, and light on story (that doesn’t mean the plot is badly constructed however, I liked it), it’s hard for me to want to get back into it. It’s one of those games were you just try to race to the finish, rather than cherish every moment of the experience and hope (subconsciously) it never ends.

I’d recommend it to everyone for when it goes on sale for around $20 USD.

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Books:

• Comics:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Volume 1: The Long Way Home by Joss Whedon, Georges Jeanty, Andy Owens, Jo Chen Read more about this title…

Strangers In Paradise Pocket Book 5 (Strangers in Paradise (Graphic Novels)) by Terry Moore Read more about this title…

Strangers In Paradise Pocket Book 6 (Strangers in Paradise (Graphic Novels)) by Terry Moore Read more about this title…

• Video Games:

Game Over Press Start To Continue by David Sheff, Andy Eddy Read more about this title…

The Making of Doom(r) III: The Official Guide by Steven L. Kent Read more about this title…

Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture by David Kushner Read more about this title…

The Ultimate History of Video Games: From Pong to Pokemon–The Story Behind the Craze That Touched Our Lives and Changed the World by Steven L. Kent Read more about this title…

• Work:

The Innovator’s Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business (Collins Business Essentials) by Clayton M. Christensen Read more about this title…

• Basketball:

Seven Seconds or Less: My Season on the Bench with the Runnin’ and Gunnin’ Phoenix Suns by Jack McCallum Read more about this title…

DVD:

• Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, $36.58

From Amazon, Half.com, and DeepDiscountDVD.

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