The 2001 Honda Civic is a great car for a used car. My Civic was purchased in January 2001 and currently with 88,000 miles on the odometer is has been a great car. There has been no major problems with my car since purchase. A few months after my purchase, Honda issued a recall on the radio due to a glitch where it reset it self, but I can not remember any other major recalls since then. I boug...

I bought my Nintendo GameCube in early 2002 at Fry's Electronics for $199.99. It came with a free game, All-Star Baseball 2002. I have owned my GameCube ever since and it has become my preferred gaming console. The early consoles feature a component input which is the best way to play the console. The GameCube controller fits nicely in anyone's hand. There are several great GameCube gam...

Elite Beat Agents is a big surprise. This is one of the best Nintendo DS games to own. Elite Beat Agents gameplay is actually a little hard to describe. You have to keep the beat to the song by tapping on the bottom of the screen. The premise is that the Elite Beat Agents help people in trouble out through several comic book-like stories by keeping the beat to songs. The game has a great learni...

I bought my Apple MacBook Pro in June 2006. After my purchase, ever so randomly, my computer would crash hard demanding to be reset. After three trips to the Apple Store where the employees believed that I was crying wolf, the system crashed hard during a reinstallation of the operating system. My computer was shipped to the Apple Repair Center in Houston, TX. A few days later I receive a call...

The Nintendo DS launched in the US at the end of 2004. At first, I was skeptical of the dual-screens and touch pad. I thought of it more as like a kiddy Palm Pilot. I was definitely wrong. Today, the Nintendo DS has proven that it is the handheld game system for everyone. The game selection on the DS is huge without the additional bonus of being compatible with the enormous Game Boy Advance li...

Released during the holidays in 2006, The Fountain slipped under the radar from audiences at theaters. Now, released on DVD, the movie is definitely worth a rental. The film is directed by Darren Aronofsky (other works include Pi) and stars Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz. The story may seem confusing at first to many viewers but as the movie progresses it starts to makes sense and becomes deep a...

Back in 2002, Greg the Bunny infiltrated the airwaves of the FOX network for just 13 episodes. Sadly, not many viewers fell in love with the innocent little bunny. Now the complete series is on DVD with two never before seen episodes! Greg the Bunny features many well known comedy stars such as Seth Green, Eugene Levy, and Sarah Silverman. The premise is that puppets live side-by-side humans in...

Released in 2003 for the Nintendo GameCube, Viewtiful Joe brings new style and gameplay to the dying 2D platforming genre. The basis of the game is that Joe and his girlfriend, Silvia, are out on a date watching a classic superhero movie starring Joe's favorite superhero, Captain Blue. When Captain Blue is defeated, the movie enters reality and the unknown protagonist kidnaps Silvia. Joe en...

In January 2005, Capcom released Resident Evil 4. After receiving several great reviews, I decided to go ahead and buy the game at full retail price.  Much to my amazement, Resident Evil 4 is a beautifully crafted game with an engaging story and a behind-the-view perspective that is unique from other third-person shooters. The game is different from other Resident Evil titles in that the c...

As Pierce Brosnan's final role of James Bond, Everything or Nothing is a third-person action adventure game that is a lot of fun to play. The graphics are slightly about average for a GameCube game and the controls are tight and easy to figure out. James Bond travels to many exotic locations throughout the game. Many of the locales are beautiful and full of color while some are boring and b...

After test driving the new Ford Focus, I have come away severly disappointed. The new Focus has no appeal. The car feels extremely cheap from the plastic interior to the faux side accents that make the car laughable. Look around at the body at the weird edges and angles. Grasp your hand around the cheap plastic door handles. Performance is just average and it is not as fun to drive as a Mazda ...

The Nintendo Wii is fun for everyone! First, the Wii comes in some of the most brilliant packaging I have ever seen and has easy installation. With the Wii's built-in WiFi, it is easy to hook up to any home wireless network. From designing personal characters called Miis to play in games, looking up the weather and news, or browsing the Internet, the Nintendo Wii does it effortlessly. My whole ...

In all, Wii Play is not a bad deal. You get a Wii remote with the game which alone costs $39.99, so you get a game for $10 more. Wii Play is a collection of 9 minigames, which are fun in multiplayer but boring in single player. The single player challenges are too easy but competing against others in multiplayer adds a lot of fun and replay value. The minigames include a duck hunt style shootin...

For the Nintendo Wii to work properly, the system comes with a sensor bar that you have to plug into the console. With my parent's home theater setup, the cord from the sensor bar to the console sticks out like a sore thumb. To fix the problem for aesthetic appeal purposes, I bought a wireless sensor bar from NYKO technologies. In all, the wireless sensor bar does it main purpose well; it e...

The Honda Fit is a great surprise. If anyone is sick of having to make frequent trips to the gas station but wants the space of an SUV the Fit is your answer. The vehicle is spacious with backseats that fold flat into the floor and a passenger seat that folds flat. On gas mileage, the Fit gets about mid-30's on a gallon of gas. Many people may laugh at its 109 horsepower 4 cylinder engine, ...

Metroid Prime Pinball is probably the game that I play the most on my Nintendo DS. First of all, the game plays great on the DS. The game is a mixture of 2D and 3D that spans across the DS's two screens nicely. The ball physics are tight and some of the best I have seen in a pinball game. The tilt or nudge is used by placing your thumb on the touch screen and moving it in any direction. It ...

Ghost Squad for the Nintendo Wii is an arcade port of the 2004 original. Instead of light guns, users play with Wii remotes. The controls feel great and the game is a lot of fun to play. Sadly, there are only the three missions in the arcade mode just like the original. Anyone can play the entire game in less than 30 minutes. Thankfully, the developer of the game added much more to this game in...

I bought this game during the summer of 2007 because of word of mouth. I have played several games over numerous genres, but Phoenix Wright is definitely unique. Basically, it is like a video game version of Perry Mason. You play as rookie lawyer, Phoenix Wright, through five linear cases. In each case you have to discover clues and use them correctly in the courtroom. What makes the game engag...