Kind: Reviews
A post evaluating a product, service, or company.
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Review of Xenonauts
This review originally appeared on Steam. See more reviews by Dan. Xenonauts Rating: 👍 The original X-COM series (Enemy Unknown, Terror from the Deep, and even Apocalypse) were among the most-immersive, deeply-strategic, and thematically-beautiful games of the 1990s. 2012's reboot was fun, but it failed to capture the sophistication and complexity of the original: it …
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Review of for iPhone 5 Nano SIM Card Adapter Black
This review originally appeared on Amazon. See more reviews by Dan. for iPhone 5 Nano SIM Card Adapter Black Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ It's a bit of plastic, and it "just works"
It's a piece of plastic that you put a nano (or micro) SIM into in order to make it behave as if it were a … -
Review of Plugable 10-Port USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Hub with 48W Power Adapter
This review originally appeared on Amazon. See more reviews by Dan. Plugable 10-Port USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Hub with 48W Power Adapter Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ Works as a hub, but confuses my motherboard
On the upside, it works: once I'm booted, I can plug in devices (USB2 or USB3) and they're detected by the computer. The charging … -
Review of Mini Bench Vice
This review originally appeared on Amazon. See more reviews by Dan. Mini Bench Vice Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good, but a little fragile: be gentle!
The table clamp portion doesn't open very far, and if you accidentally try (even gently) to open it further than its full extent, the foot pops off and never re-attaches quite as … -
Review of Kryptonite New York 3000 Lock NYL with Bracket
This review originally appeared on Amazon. See more reviews by Dan. Kryptonite New York 3000 Lock NYL with Bracket Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A super-hardy, bulletproof lock with few downsides
This lock is pretty-much bulletproof. If you're looking for the strongest possible lock for your bike, this is the one to go for (perhaps coupled with a … -
Review of Focusing: How To Gain Direct Access To Your Body's Knowledge: How to Open Up Your Deeper Feelings and Intuition
This review originally appeared on Amazon. See more reviews by Dan. Focusing: How To Gain Direct Access To Your Body's Knowledge: How to Open Up Your Deeper Feelings and Intuition Rating: ⭐⭐ Wishy-washy pseudoscientific nonsense, wrapped up in unengaging writing
I can't imagine the person to whom this book would actually provide value. It's full … -
Review of Gunpoint
This review originally appeared on Steam. See more reviews by Dan. Gunpoint Rating: 👍 So much fun. A quick, silly, stealth-and-hacking romp through a ludicrous world of jumping, falling, leaping, climbing.
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Review of BioShock Infinite
This review originally appeared on Steam. See more reviews by Dan. BioShock Infinite Rating: 👍 Fun, beautiful first-person-shooter. I disliked Bioshock and I hated Bioshock 2, so I was glad to discover that Bioshock Infinite is not terribly like either of them, but is something else - something more fun - entirely. Playtime was a …
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Review of Little Inferno
This review originally appeared on Steam. See more reviews by Dan. Little Inferno Rating: 👍 This game was so much better than I anticipated. I was given it as a gift by my sister, who raved about it. "It's okay," I thought, as I stuffed things into a fire and watched them burn, "But is …
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Review of Dear Esther
This review originally appeared on Steam. See more reviews by Dan. Dear Esther Rating: 👍 Not so much a game as a semi-interactive ghost story in a beautiful, Source-powered landscape, Dear Esther is worth playing... so long as it's on sale. The gameplay's not long enough to justify a £6.99 price tag, and there's almost …
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Review of FTL: Faster Than Light
This review originally appeared on Steam. See more reviews by Dan. FTL: Faster Than Light Rating: 👍 This game is just pure fun. It's not easy, and there's a lot of learning to be done, but it sort-of reminds me of playing NetHack for the first time, if NetHack were set in the Battlestar Galactica …
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Review of Shiny EN001/NP01 Pre-Inked Paid Stamp
This review originally appeared on Amazon. See more reviews by Dan. Shiny EN001/NP01 Pre-Inked Paid Stamp Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ It's a stamp. It stamps. Hurrah!
It's a stamp. It stamps. It looks like it's going to dry out, but it doesn't. It works, and it's great.
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Review of Sid Meier's Civilization V
This review originally appeared on Steam. See more reviews by Dan. Sid Meier's Civilization V Rating: 👍 Needless to say, I can't recommend this highly enough. The pinnacle of the series of Civilization games still keeps me coming back time and time again.
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Review of Super Meat Boy
This review originally appeared on Steam. See more reviews by Dan. Super Meat Boy Rating: 👍 In an age where platform games are few and far between, and don't "feel" like platform games ever used to, one game tries to make an exception. And it's beautiful and fast and stylish.
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Review of Flight Control HD
This review originally appeared on Steam. See more reviews by Dan. Flight Control HD Rating: 👍 Good clean fun. Warning: addictive!