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A solidly implemented DS RPG, with an interesting time-travel mechanic, and a deeply tactical battle system. However, the story, though competent and quite well-written, is also bland and slow-paced. The same applies to the graphics and music.
 
A strong dramatic movie that follows the sports formula a little too closely (complete with montages), but manages to achieve some emotional depth. Strong acting, especially by the lead. Fishburne's role should've been expanded a bit.
 
Solid SF, following the standard first contact pattern but fleshing it out with many interesting people and cultures in both species. In a way, the mirror image of A Woman of the Iron People, in which humans were the more powerful group.
 
Straight-up fantasy: an average woman from our world is transported to a land where magic is real and she happens to be royalty. Arnason manages to get a whole lot of mileage out of such a standard plot, but I still prefer her science fiction.
 
A beautiful and fully fleshed-out work of anthropological SF. I appreciated the internal problems among both species that dominated their lives even after first contact, and the optimistic-yet-not views on the structure of future human societies.
 
The only Xanth book that's at all worth reading. It's Anthony's typical style: funny, well-paced, and unpretentious, but also not very emotionally engaging. and frankly rather sexist.
 
A fun read, but a little on the popcorn side for Anderson. The plot felt like an odd cross between The Twilight Zone and a reality show, and none of the characters except the main antagonist, Havener, really caught my attention.
 
I like Anderson a lot, but I was totally unable to get into this book. As soon as the highly-pretentious, almost Mary Sue-ish character Storm was introduced, I was annoyed; when she refused to stop dominating the plot, I just gave up.
 
Now here is a story with some serious scale to it. Reminded me a little of the Red Mars series, in how it showed the world changing quickly and passing by the characters. The romantic part a little forced, but the ending was really innovative.
 
Somewhat different in mood from the original Dirk Gently book, it still hits all the right Adams notes. Thor was a particularly fun character. I'm also glad to see that even British people can appreciate the awesomeness of home-delivered pizza.
 
Solid comedy. It's a little blasphemous to say, but Dirk Gently is my very favorite Douglas Adams book. The characters felt a little more real to me than those in Hitchhiker's Guide, and the actual mystery behind the plot was thoroughly engaging.
 
A cool concept, explored intriguingly and with a lot of creativity. Very very short, though; I think it could've easily gone on twice as long, going into more detail about Flatland society.
 
An amazingly fluid and polished adventure game. It has a complicated plot, but one which always makes sense. The character animation is smooth and full of personality, the best I've seen on DS. Puzzles are a bit too easy, but very fun anyways.
 
This remake manages to make Ocarina look and play exactly like you remember it looking (rather than how it actually did way back in N64 days), which is no small feat, given the huge amount of nostalgia the original bears. A great game redone great.
 
Very fun, explored a lot of neat concepts, and dodged the early crappy-CGI bandwagon nicely. I just wish it had ended on a high note, instead of with a terrible dying whimper due to dwindling production funds.
 
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