Black and Blue and Red All Over
My second review for Ace Gamez - that motley lot of British game journos fool enough to initiate me into the gang - is up on the front page now. Click through here to read how I craftily temper my disappointment with Condemned 2: Bloodshot with a diatribe about the heretofore unparallelled genius of the first level of Criminal Origins, the first game in what has become an apparent go-to franchise for F.E.A.R developers Monolith. I’m perversely pleased that my review has dropped the Metacritic average for the game a point - honestly, the overwhelming enthusiasm with which some press outlets heralded the release of Condemend 2 has me at something of a loss. It’s a pretty game, to be sure, scary and tense and assuredly excellent at times, but fundamentally flawed; you might even say broken, at least from the halfway point. Head on over the read the rest.
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In other news, today marks the fifth day since my 46′ Sharp Aquos LCD took leave of its senses and ran away with some repair-people. It suffered from excruciating banding since the day I bought it, which - although it wasn’t enough to convince the appaling Sharpserv customer service to sort it out - has since developed into a rather more obvious problem: alternate lines of pixels dying altogether. Thankfully I sprung for an extended warranty and the repair agent has recommened my insurers cough up on the new-for-old policy I took out. Excellent news indeed.
But in the meantime, no TV, no games, no Blu-ray. I’ve been prodigiously productive since my baby left me, but I’d take her back in an instant - if only to tide me over until I can talk my way into a new (and perhaps slightly bigger… oh yes) model.
Later tonight or tomorrow, All Things Uncertain readers can look forward to a spontaneous little riff on what to expect of the spectacular season of Summer movies that await us. I mostly mean the new Batman, of course.
