The Surlaw Reviews - 1/2/23 - 2022 Year in Review

The Wobbler · Post by **The Wobbler** » Mon Nov 19, 2012 2:26 pm

I played the first five or six floors in co-op with my wife and she got sick of it way faster than I did. I did finish it after the review was posted though! The ending is the best part of the game

Pepsi Ranger · Post by **Pepsi Ranger** » Tue Nov 20, 2012 2:34 am

Wow, Toejam & Earl. What a blast from the past. I remember a friend of mine renting it one weekend and us playing it for about an hour before getting bored with it. Yet, for some reason it had appeal. I think we liked the co-op split part of the game. I do remember it taking forever to do anything in it, and the disappointment that came from losing after having accomplished so little. But, that's what made the early '90s so great.

As for the game's cult status, I think that had largely to do with the marketing push for the game. I seem to recall it saturating the advertising industry for months. That was the only reason why I wanted to play it in the first place. Back then, you had Sonic and Toejam & Earl stealing the Super Nintendo's thunder. I think Comix Zone tried to steal a little also, but by the time that one came out, everyone's console niche had already been carved out.

The Wobbler · Post by **The Wobbler** » Tue Nov 20, 2012 4:34 am

Comix Zone, now there's a terrible game I look forward to tearing into once I get to it. Great concept, absolutely abysmal execution.

On a happier note, I like Yoshi.

Post by **TMC** » Tue Nov 20, 2012 4:44 am

The ending was pretty nice. I'd really like to try making similar split screen co-op games eventually. Would like to add support to the OHR for multiple views on the map/multiple maps.

The Wobbler · Post by **The Wobbler** » Tue Dec 11, 2012 1:41 pm

First movie review since August: Cosmopolis, a movie you probably won't like. I did.

TheCube · Post by **TheCube** » Tue Dec 11, 2012 5:01 pm

Neat, I've never heard of Cosmopolis. I'm a fan of Cronenberg's work in the same way I'm a fan of child birth: from a safe distance. This, however, sounds like a movie I could actually watch.

I was glad you mentioned American Psycho, because it sounds a lot like that movie (never read the book) thematically at least. That's a movie that resonates with me even though it's mostly BS.

I'll have to give this a shot when it comes out on DVD.

The Wobbler · Post by **The Wobbler** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 5:54 am

I've finally reviewed them all: Mass Effect

The Wobbler · Post by **The Wobbler** » Sat Dec 29, 2012 8:12 am

Django Unchained First few paragraphs are for people who haven't seen it yet, rest is for people who have.

The Wobbler · Post by **The Wobbler** » Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:52 pm

Woah now I'm way behind on updates here, look at that. I know you goons are reading these from the pageviews coming from here, so don't forget to comment.

Carnival - My wife goes to the arcade.
Dragon's Dogma - A dragon stabbin' game.
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link - The Best Zelda.
Super Mario Bros. 2 - The Best Mario.

I also wrote a thing about my favorite stuff of 2012.

Meowskivich · Post by **Meowskivich** » Fri Jan 11, 2013 1:56 am

the best Platformer RPG style zelda game of the lot. I'll have to read these.

msw188 · Post by **msw188** » Fri Jan 11, 2013 3:17 am

Agree with pretty much everything brought up for Zelda and Mario. Except that palette swaps of enemies never bothered me.

msw188 · Post by **msw188** » Fri Jan 11, 2013 5:22 am

Okay, that Carnival review has a picture of the game, and some of the targets (apparently the dangerous ones, according to the review) look like sprites of that awful 'evil ghost-duck' thing that could travel through walls and kill you in some old game. I can't for the life of me think of what this game was called! It was a computer game, maybe a DOS game. The object in each level was (I think) to find this cup/trophy looking thing, while avoiding this duck.

Does anyone know what I'm talking about here? I feel like you still see references to this every now and again.

The Wobbler · Post by **The Wobbler** » Fri Jan 11, 2013 5:42 am

The Duck-Dragon from Adventure, perhaps.

msw188 · Post by **msw188** » Fri Jan 11, 2013 6:01 am

YES that's it. I guess it doesn't actually look THAT similar. Wow, thanks for coming through on that!

And I've really enjoyed a lot of the reviews on your site. Just read the Dark Knight Rises review (finally saw it a week before xmas); agree for the most part. I still like the second movie better, which felt like almost a psychological thriller at times. This one just feels like a super-solid action movie. Any 'message' is too muddled for me. The humanity of the secondary characters was great, as you indicated.

The Wobbler · Post by **The Wobbler** » Fri Jan 11, 2013 6:05 am

Glad you're enjoying them! I'm trying to decide whether to go with Skyfall, Wreck It Ralph, or The Hobbit for the next movie review, I could go for any of them right now. Tomorrow's going to be another NES game though.