11Jun04 (Monthenor): Harry Potter and the Prisoner of
Azkaban is quite a departure from the first two movies, mostly due to
the new director and his love of a single transition. It still rocked
my casbah, but I could understand where Trenton wouldn't be too
thrilled. I invite all of you to stay through the credits, at least
until around the last Visual Unit and Soundtrack sections, and watch
the lower-left corner. You tell me what those
footprints are doing in the closet. No, really, tell me. I lead a
sheltered life. I haven't played very far along, but the new
Transformers game is hot shit. Despite being based on the incredibly
irritating Transformers: Armada (Pokemon, basically), despite using the
new updated transforming sound instead of the nostalgiac 80's version,
this game has rocked hardcore for two levels now. I'm playing on the
sissiest difficulty, which thankfully isn't all that difficult, and every
aspect of the game is perfect. I'm not a steady hand with the
dual-joystick control yet, but that's my fault. And hell, you could just
stand around all day in the Amazon with your buddy Optimus Prime,
transforming from truck to robot and back again. It's soooo beautiful.