Tag: tech

Ryan Chartrand Even though I’m pretty sure I’ve killed Darth Vader at least a thousand times and I’m almost positive the Death Star can’t be rebuilt like a set of LEGOs anymore, everything seems to reset itself nicely year in and year out thanks to Star Wars games. LucasArts, in one more attempt at truly […]

Ryan Chartrand Do you know where President Baker grew up? Baker Street. Right down the road from heaven: Forget the cute Hollywood sled dogs from “Eight Below,” leave the kids at home and tell the Disney Channel to interview someone else because it’s time for classic F-word bombing, fast car driving and shotgun blasting Paul […]

Ryan Chartrand If you want to view paradise, simply take a Gerry Rafferty CD and listen. Anything you want to do, do it. Want to the change the world, “Baker Street” lets you…do it: As hard as it is to admit, we “hardcore gamers” sometimes need a break from climbing raging colossi, solving the most […]

Ryan Chartrand It’s amazing to think that there are a whopping 10 “The Pink Panther” films. It’s even more amazing to think that Steve Martin thought “Cheaper by the Dozen 2” was a good idea. With his career dwindling down and his hair still making his age as ambiguous as ever, Martin decided to take […]

Ryan Chartrand I’d like to dedicate this week’s love to Mr. Gerry Rafferty and his discovery of “Baker Street;” the one place where dreams really do come true. Thanks, buddy: Before starting the regularly scheduled game review of the week, I thought it more important that gamers and the general public get a better understanding […]

Ryan Chartrand Woody Allen is back. It’s hard to believe that it has been over a decade since this brilliant director truly amazed moviegoers. “Match Point” may not be a masterpiece per se, but knowing that Allen has regained the touch that made his films so mesmerizing in his prime, is reason enough to rejoice. […]

Ryan Chartrand Right when the world thought Will Smith had defaced the western genre entirely, Neversoft, developer of the overly popular “Tony Hawk” series, decided it was time to tell a gritty, gory and gun-slinging story in a free-to-roam world. The idea of “Gun,” Neversoft’s exploration into a world devoid of Tony Hawk, is far […]

Ryan Chartrand             The trailer for Hostel warns America that paramedics were called during certain screenings of the film in response to moviegoers’ inability to stay conscious during scenes of extreme brutality. What the trailer meant to say was, “I dare you.” America answered the dare and helped Hostel rise to the top of the […]

Ryan Chartrand They have returned and they are coming for us all. They have gathered in numbers greater than ever before. This time, they intend to leave no survivors. Stay away from your television at all times to avoid their attempts to brainwash your feeble mind. If this means missing The O.C., then prepare to […]

Ryan Chartrand Greetings fellow screeners! What do Jack Black, Adrian Brody and Naomi Watts all have in common? They all witnessed Peter Jackson shed several pounds of weight before anyone had a chance to scream “Wait, where’s Tom Bombadil?!” Peter Jackson’s latest motion picture extravaganza, “King Kong,” also features all three of these thespians as […]

Ryan Chartrand In my first column of the year, I asked Cal Poly a question that leads up to this very day: have you ever read a book that quenched your thirst for life so much that you went and saw its film adaptation only to be disappointed? This week marked the fourth time that […]