Monday, November 03, 2008

Books - Larryboy and the Emperor of Envy by Sean Gaffney

Rate the book: 8

Larryboy and the Emperor of Envy is a funny children's novel with a helpful moral message. Larryboy who is the cucumber superhero of Bumblyburg, learns an important lesson based on a passage in his Superhero Handbook which may be recognised by readers as the Christian Bible; "A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones" from Proverbs 13:40. The intriguing characters excluding the protagonist in this work are as follows in order of appearance; the Milk Money Bandit, Lenny Carrot, Laura Carrot, Percy Pea, Renee Blueberry, Junior Asparagus, Mr. Asparagus, Chief Croswell, Archibald Asparagus, Bok Choy, American Pie, Scarlet Tomato, Electro Melon, Emperor Napoleon of Crime and Other Bad Stuff, Frank, Jesse, Bob the Tomato, Vicki Cucumber, Wally, Herbert, Officer Boysen, Officer Blue, all up 22 some original, others not. Junior Asparagus plays a major part in resisting the Emperor's nasty scheme with the realisation that contentment is the solution to envy and the Envy Formula invented by the Emperor with naughty intentions. Larryboy and the Emperor of Envy will appeal to anyone that enjoys children's novels, speculative fiction and a blatant theistic worldview.


----reviewed by Maria

Game - Lords of Legend

Game platform: Online
Game genre: Massively Multiplayer Online Game
Rating (Aust): G - General
Rate the game: 10

Lords of Legend is a very good game for kids or teens who are rarely home. This game is very good for the fact that while you are gone it makes money and AP ( attack points, check Lords of Legends guide for details). This game is recommended for fantasy game lovers and those with the lust for power. You can build your empire and destroy others empires with the touch of a button. All in all, this game gets a 8 out of 10 for the fact that fantasy game, can be played while not home and is just plain fun for power seekers.

----reviewed by Trevor

Games - Saints Row 2

Game platform: Playstation 3
Game genre: Action
Rating (Aust): MA 15+ - Mature Accompanied
Rate the game: 8

It was gennrally a good game it had some minor flaws like lag in massive firefights they fixed many of the problems that occured in the first Saints Row like when driving past buildings at high speed everything would still be loading the city is much larger than in the first one the missions are really not much different from the first one except with different gangs the fact that their is so many more weapons then the first one makes running around killing people better their are chainsaws swords lock on RPGs mini guns and more the cheats (if you like cheating for fun) are a lot better than the ones in the original game and even better than GTA4 the graphics were average they defiantly were not MGS4 graphics but it's a different game completely you can be a girl or a guy which is good their is heaps of customisations for cars and clothes you can buy cribs their are plenty of gang customisations like changing the cars your gang members drive they also introduced helicopters, planes, jet skis and boats overall it is a very good game and I would reccomend it to anyone really


----reviewed by Ethan