A blog reviewing and suggesting games, books, music, sites, movies and television series, etc., everything to please geeks in general!noreply@blogger.com (Bob)Fri, 8 Nov 2024 10:33:28 -0500Blogger http://www.blogger.com17125http://geekmodeenglish.blogspot.com/en-usnoReviews and suggestions of games, books, music, websites, movies and television series, etc., with a bonus webcomic!noreply@blogger.comhttp://geekmodeenglish.blogspot.com/2010/09/halo-reach-will-be-out-in-couple-of.htmlFull of ****MiscellaneousVideo gamesnoreply@blogger.com (Bob)Thu, 16 Sep 2010 00:24:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480300250233484927.post-3075947544290142150Article originally written in French by Solo the CyberpunK and translated in English by DarkEvil.See original here.Halo: Reach will be out in a couple of days and I can't help but share my hatred towards thousands of Halo fans who'll soon run to buy this game. I completed Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, Halo 3 and Halo 3: ODST and I still can't manage to understand what's so great about this game. 4http://geekmodeenglish.blogspot.com/2010/07/article-originally-written-in-french-by.htmlBooksComicsGeeks' choicesGraphic novelsMoviesnoreply@blogger.com (Bob)Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:28:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480300250233484927.post-8487165254199048877Article originally written in French by Solo the CyberpunK and translated in English by DarkEvil.See original here."Geek's choice!"Scott Pilgrim, it's 6 volumes of about 170-180 pages each sold at about a dozen dollars. 5 are already out and the last one is supposed to come out at the end of July 2010.Scott is a 23 years old guy, unemployed, living with his roommate and friend Wallace in a small 0http://geekmodeenglish.blogspot.com/2010/05/geek-mode-webcomic-1.htmlWebcomicsnoreply@blogger.com (Bob)Thu, 27 May 2010 02:00:00 -0400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480300250233484927.post-2649338836623040118Cliquez sur l'image pour agrandir »0http://geekmodeenglish.blogspot.com/2010/02/at-comic-book-store.htmlBooksGraphic novelsGuidesMiscellaneousnoreply@blogger.com (Bob)Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:32:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480300250233484927.post-54334891053290270Article originally written in French by Solo the CyberpunK and translated in English by DarkEvil.See original here.There are other things than the well-known superheroes in graphic novels. It might be difficult to get good suggestions if people you know don't read these types of books. Here is some advice for a start.By navigating on the DC Comics website, I discovered that the release of the 0http://geekmodeenglish.blogspot.com/2010/02/bigger-stronger-faster.htmlDocumentariesMoviesnoreply@blogger.com (Bob)Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:13:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480300250233484927.post-7111732976782782605Article originally written in French by Solo the CyberpunK and translated in English by DarkEvil.See original here.It's a documentary about the use of steroids in America. The subtitle being "The Side Effects of Being American". The question asked by the movie is: "how much is this drug used in the United States?" Only when you look at the whole question from some distance do you realize that not0http://geekmodeenglish.blogspot.com/2010/02/dragon-ball-first-16-tomesanime-series.htmlAnimesBooksGeeks' choicesMangasTelevision seriesnoreply@blogger.com (Bob)Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:04:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480300250233484927.post-7576044102962350643Article originally written in French by DarkEvil, also responsible for the English translation.See original here."Geek's choice!"First of all, so as to not create a confusion, this article's goal is mainly to talk about Dragon Ball (the first 16 tomes of the manga and then, the anime series), not Dragon Ball Z or Dragon Ball GT.Now that this is taken care of, I've always liked the Dragon Ball 0http://geekmodeenglish.blogspot.com/2010/02/homestarrunnercom.htmlWebsitesnoreply@blogger.com (Bob)Fri, 5 Feb 2010 14:58:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480300250233484927.post-1128843209148575068Article originally written in French by Solo the CyberpunK and translated in English by DarkEvil.See original here.Strong Bad and the Homestar Runner gang have become a lot more popular lately with the series of adventure games available online at TelltaleGames.com or on the Wii as a WiiWare, Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People. The characters originally appeared on the site 0http://geekmodeenglish.blogspot.com/2010/02/punch-out-wii.htmlVideo gamesnoreply@blogger.com (Bob)Wed, 3 Feb 2010 22:00:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480300250233484927.post-4618035036562320480Article originally written in French as a collaborative effort between Solo the CyberpunK and DarkEvil. It was translated in English by DarkEvil.See original here.This article will be presented as a review by Solo the CyberpunK with replies by DarkEvil, since both contributors have an opposite opinion on the subject discussed.Legend:Solo the CyberpunKDarkEvilI just tried Punch-Out!! for Wii. I 0http://geekmodeenglish.blogspot.com/2010/01/actraiser.htmlGeeks' choicesHidden gemsVideo gamesnoreply@blogger.com (Bob)Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:10:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480300250233484927.post-3862212956582862668Article originally written in French by DarkEvil, also responsible for the English translation.See original here. & "Geek's choice!"It's not even necessary to have played the Dragon Quest/Dragon Warrior and Final Fantasy series to know about them, unless you're living under a rock which is itself under another rock. The games released under these licenses have obtained a legendary status in the 0http://geekmodeenglish.blogspot.com/2010/01/ghost-world.htmlBooksGeeks' choicesGraphic novelsMoviesnoreply@blogger.com (Bob)Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:16:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480300250233484927.post-6606943039343777803Article originally written in French by Michael Groulx and translated in English by DarkEvil.See original here."Geek's choice!"Here's your first cinematographic review and I took the opportunity to start things big by also making this our first graphic novel review, all in this one article. You might've guessed already, but this review will be about a movie based on a graphic novel. You 0http://geekmodeenglish.blogspot.com/2010/01/knuckles-chaotix.htmlVideo gamesnoreply@blogger.com (Bob)Sun, 24 Jan 2010 01:14:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480300250233484927.post-9045808979444499152Article originally written in French by Solo the CyberpunK and translated in English by DarkEvil.See original here.Being a great fan of the Sonic the Hedgehog series (those in 2D, I'll attack the Sonics in another article), there was only one game up to this point that I hadn't played until knowing the music by heart: Knuckles' Chaotix...The main issue with this game is that it was released on 0http://geekmodeenglish.blogspot.com/2010/02/collaborations.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bob)Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:05:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480300250233484927.post-479198257851909188From time to time, two or all of the site's contributors don't agree on a review or it can happen that an article requires the suggestions, commentaries or knowledge of more than on contributor. Here is a list of articles written in collaboration (all translated from French to English by Bob), by release date, with information about involved contributors between parentheses.Legend: = negative 0http://geekmodeenglish.blogspot.com/2010/02/articles-written-by-solo-cyberpunk.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bob)Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:04:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480300250233484927.post-4799841351793885976Solo the CyberpunK or Solo (you'll guess he likes the cyberpunk universe), for short, is Geek Mode's creator, with Bob's collaboration. Furthermore, he's the creator of the Geek Mode webcomic; Bob shares him ideas from time to time. Solo is somewhat our music expert, especially electronic music. He also likes graphic novels and he particularly likes everything that's original and special, be it a0http://geekmodeenglish.blogspot.com/2010/02/articles-written-by-michael-groulx.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bob)Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:03:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480300250233484927.post-587910592016407201Michaël Groulx or Mic, for short, contributes articles about products that left an impression on him at the time. Like all of us, he is a gamer and he really likes to watch movies and some television series. He's not a big reader (he's only beginning to read a little bit more) and he's not particularly a fan of electronic music (he listens to other musical genres). His articles will be less 0http://geekmodeenglish.blogspot.com/2010/01/articles-written-by-darkevil.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bob)Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:02:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480300250233484927.post-5049151109536209976Bob a.k.a. DarkEvil collaborated at the creation of Geek Mode with Solo the CyberpunK or Solo, for short, who had the idea. Apart from writing articles for the site, he usually does some maintenance work, cosmetic changes and he adds new functions from time to time. Bob is particularly interested in anything that might entertain him. He mainly likes video games, then movies and television series,0http://geekmodeenglish.blogspot.com/2010/01/our-evaluation-grid-for-video-games.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bob)Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:01:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480300250233484927.post-8376990629500891706À la toute fin de ce message, vous trouverez notre système de pointage particulier pour évaluer les jeux vidéo en général, mais d'abord, des informations importantes. Nous, à Geek Mode, pensons qu'une critique, pour être bien faite, doit être faite en tant que consommateur, un consommateur qui vit à l'époque où le jeu est sorti (très important puisque nos critiques peuvent porter autant sur le 0http://geekmodeenglish.blogspot.com/2010/02/top-10-of-each-contributor-and-best.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bob)Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2480300250233484927.post-6132334672159851987Here are our lifetime top 10s and the best purchases we could find on the Internet. We are ordered alphabetically by user name. Note that this list can be modified at any time, to keep with current times (in the case of top 10s, we try to be as accurate as possible as to what we think right now and they should be changed less often if at all).Bob's lifetime top 10Our best recent purchasesChrono 0