Ocean's 11 (movie)- A fun, stylish heist movie. The plot was weak at times, but the cool-ness of it made it hardly noticeable. Also, while most Heist movies keep a few of the crook's plans a secret for a suprise twist, in Ocean's 11 you have little idea what the plan for the heist is until the day of the actual job, which really keeps you guessing. It's nothing deep, but these movies never are.
Heroscape (board/mini game)- This is a mini game where players play warriors taken from all throughout time who were chosen to fight in Ragnarok. Samurais and Cyborgs fight Dragons and Roman Centurians. I haven't played it yet but the pieces are very nice and the modular terrain could come in handy for players of any mini game. The minis are in the same scale as most mini games, have nice sculpts and are pre-painted with paint jobs that are a similiar quality as the Mage Knight figures being produced these days (although not as nice as the newest D&D mini set or Star Wars). The game rules very simple and easy to teach or learn. The basic rules remind me a lot of the classic Heroquest boardgame. The game is on sale a lot of places for only $30 (normally $40) and comes with 30 minis, a ton of the terrain pieces and everything you need to play. It's a very good deal. Four (non-random) boosters are out for it already that include new minis and the new minis look very cool as well.
Midway Arcade Treasures 2 (Video Game, PS2)- It's a great collection of mediocre games. The first Midway Arcade Treasures included all the greatest hits including Joust, Gauntlet and (my favorite) Smash TV. This game has many of the lesser known (and lesser quality) sequels like Spy Hunter 2 and Gauntlet 2, some well-known games that did not stand well against the test of time such as Wizard of Wor or NARC, and a few really obscure games like Crazy Kroozer. The games emulate pretty well and it is a really fun collection to play with and is well-worth the $20 price tag. It just isn't as good a collection as the first set. They menus are much better than the first MAT and there are a lot more options for settings on the games (including my favorite new addition: being able to turn off the infinite continues in games like Gauntlet 2).
Posted by Nuadha at December 22, 2004 4:48 PM