Lollipop Magazine

Borknagar – Epic – Interview

September 27, 2004

An interview with guitarist Øystein G. Brun

X-ecutioners – Revolutions – Review

September 20, 2004

At first listen, Revolutions is great party music grooves and beats that won’t quit. Continue to x-plore their sonic landscape, and be prepared to be schooled.

Into Eternity – Buried in Oblivion – Review

September 6, 2004

Like a beacon in the darkness, championing lightning fast guitar work, blazing blast beats, and superior melodic harmonies intertwined with demonic growls.

Edguy – Hellfire Club – Review

August 30, 2004

Those nutty dudes in Edguy have gotten me hooked. There’s an unabashed sense of fun and a joy for music in their latest, and I can’t help but love it!

There’s some story about recovering a sword to save the world – told throughout with poorly-acted cut scenes. But who cares, really? What we want is hot ninja-on-ninja action! And we get that in spades.

Manhunt – Review

May 23, 2004

Manhunt ups the bloodletting by an exponential degree. You’re a criminal, but now you are the hunted. The grisly nature of the game becomes rote and pedestrian as it plods along.

Baldur’s Gate – Dark Alliance 2 – Review

May 23, 2004

Our story, again, is contrived and poorly realized. Bad CG with even worse voice acting, taking place immediately following the resolution of the first game.

Virtua Fighter – 4: Evolution – Review

February 2, 2004

A complete package in every sense of the phrase. It has enough game to keep you occupied for months, and it just so happens to be the best 3-D fighter made.

Max Payne – 2: The Fall of Max Payne – Review

February 2, 2004

Billed as a film-noir love story set on the hyper-violent streets of New York City, it delivers like a 50-caliber bullet to the temple.

The Getaway – Review

July 23, 2003

One of the most expensive games produced, Sony billed The Getaway as the first complete movie-game experience. It has great technology (for a PS2 game).

Eric Chon