Matt Graham

Awful. Just awful in comparison to the wonderful writing/characters of The Practice (S1-S6). This is a victory lap for liberal people (I am part of the tribe too) where the fight for 'truth' is already won and we get to witness our smug main character pontificate about how incredibly smart he is throughout the series. I don't like my intelligence being insulted and having to endure shallow writing geared towards the simply minded binary 'left/right' people. This is essentially the fun house bizzaro world fox news for liberals. It's just plain embarrassing and obvious and poorly executed. The only character I actually liked in this damn show was Jerry ---- I actually managed to get a laugh or two out of him and I was in his corner rooting for him since he actually had some interesting court cases/arcs throughout the series. The rest of the cast ends up being a revolving door of plot lines abandoned or they remain completely static in personality. What happened? The practice was a top tier show for it's first 6 season and it completely mops the floor with Boston Legal's writing. Juvenile and obvious --- This show is a slog to endure for anyone who appreciates creating/complex writing and characters. Maybe it was a cry for help from Kelley going through some difficult times? I hope the man got the help he desperately needed and can get back to writing shows like "The Practice".

Back in 2014 this was considered 'game of the year' by many. This was before The Witcher 3 came around and raised the bar for quality storytelling and engaging game play. The story and 'scripted' scenerio's in DA:I are the best part of the game. They are not up to the high story/character standard set by origins or DA:2 but still quite good. Where the game falters is in the MMO elements and soul crushing banality of exploring 10+ open worlds being relegated to empty fetch quests. The pacing of this game is absolutely atrocious and it has a monumentally negative effect upon my enjoyment of the game. I would rather the game be completely 'on rails' if it means that the side quests are interesting and engaging. The game is saved by the overall excellent Trespasser DLC and it has quite the hook for the next games to come. If you are going to do open world RPG you really need to step up your game in terms of proper pacing and engaging side quests. This is not something I would want to play through twice --- it was getting pretty painful in that 'part time job checklist' way. Time to see how they did with Veilguard.

I am not a big Anime afficinado but I don't have anything against it. What I really enjoyed about Cyberpunk 2077 was how human the characters and situation felt throughout my playthrough. Edgerunners is extremely pretty but lacks the nuances of character building present in the video game and I find the 'balls to the wall' action to completely destroy any type of immersion I could possible have in believing that this is something that could potentially happen in life. If you want to see some truly impressive visual art then this will work for you --- if you want some heartbreaking human drama and quality character development then you should stick to the video game.

To be fair ---- I did not give this game a fair shot. It lost me within 20 minutes of playing the game when the 'Borg' attacked and I needed to defend the ship. What's up with that? I need some type of a lead up story --- not just 'things' happening that I react to. How am I supposed to get invested in this game? I can see where this is going ----- your standard 'shoot bag guys and get loot' and rinse and repeat with no compelling reason to do so. It'll never happen ---- But star trek could work if a triple A developer like bethesda, bioware, larian, ect ect took control of it. Maybe I will give the telltale game a shot *shrugs*

This is a 10/10 game for about the first 50 hours..... .... I enjoyed this game most when it was concentrating on the personal journey stories... Towards the end of the game the storyline just got ridiculously inflated and my engagement with the story fluttered like a butterfly out of the window. The last few dungeons are tedious and sucked away all the love I had for the early part of the game. This game has heart and soul but the developers couldn't restraint themselves and they went way overboard with the story. My recommendation is to stick with the personal 'low stakes' story elements for the next one ---- that's what drew me into this game. I recommend playing it for the wonderful first 50 hours --- i just wish they could have kept up the quality for the entire game.

The grind is real. I had the misfortune of playing Persona 5 before Persona 3 ---- #5 is such an evolution of this series with the dedicated dungeons and a vast improvement in social links, battle quality, music, activities and heart and soul. I did not enjoy my time playing this game at all and I did not latch on to any of the characters. If you enjoyed Persona 5 and think you might enjoy 3 ---- I would suggest you just forget about it and stick with 5.

Wow! I'm a big sci-fi fan and I have been dying of thirst for quality science fiction and great writing. Black mirror delivers a memorable and challenging story set in a dystopian future executed masterfully. Instead of following the herd and creating a serialized mundane mystery box we get carefully crafted individual episodes with a beginning/middle/end that flow beautifully together. Make more ---- This is great.

One commentator put it this way and it captures my feelings about this show ----- "It feels like someone is making fun of your favourite thing. They're laughing at me, not with me seeing as I'm definitely not laughing." This was a devastating wrecking ball of a season from a creator who clearly knows a lot about star trek yet chooses to use it as a punching bag.

Started strong but became tied into a non sensical writing knot by the end. This show was at it's strongest when Picard was having discussions with dahj/soji and became absolutely dreadful when it switched the half baked romulan and borg arcs.

5 stars out of 5 stars reviewing this game in 2020? I'm not calling you crazy but you are drunk on nostalgia. Okay, let's get to my positives: - Auron, Wakka, Rikku all have good quality voice acting and writing for the most part. - I like the visual effects far better then the brown blandness of FF12 --- this one has some life in it and at times has interesting scenery. - The premise of the story is quite intriguing and held my attentions until about halfway through when the wheels fell off. The negatives: - Tidus …. the main character of this game is a gigantic dork that you want to smack around most of the time. In an RPG having the main protagonist being a dork greatly limits by ability to immerse myself in the world. - The story goes completely off the rails towards the middle/late game... Who the hell is YuYeven? An alien spider? Societies fear? What the hell? - The dialogue is laughably bad at times and perhaps reflects a cultural difference between japan/north America. - The battle systems ceases becoming fun about halfway through the game and I was left frantically rushing to beat this game so I didn't have to bore myself to tears grinding. Back in 2000 this game was excellent but time has not done this game any favours. Modern RPG's have eclipsed FF10 by a wide margin in terms of story and character building. If anything good came out of my playthrough it would be the appreciation for modern classics like Mass Effect/Fall Out New Vegas/Witcher 3. I am thinking twice about my Final Fantasy series replay mission after this experience.