Lollipop Magazine

Kids in the Hall: Same Guys, New Dresses – Review

January 3, 2003

The group got back together and hit the road with an old school stage show that allowed them to create fresh material in front of a live audience.

Soldier of Fortune 2 – Double Helix – Review

January 3, 2003

Moral ambiguity is squelched early in the game. The bad guys aren’t generic thugs, they’re first-rate terrorists with a biologically-engineered plague.

Phantom of the Opera – Review

January 3, 2003

For the second time, Cleopatra Records have re-released a classic, silent-era horror film, replacing the original soundtrack with a Gothic industrial mix.

Spider-Man – The Movie – Review

November 8, 2002

While neither a remake nor a sequel, Spider-Man: the Movie retains all the elements that made its predecessor the best comic-based video game ever released.

Star Trek Bridge Commander – Review

November 8, 2002

A valiant attempt to produce a Star Trek ship command simulator that lets you interact with a virtual bridge crew from the captain’s chair.

WWF Smackdown – Just Bring It – Review

November 8, 2002

Just Bring It is the closest anyone has yet come to cramming the bawdy spectacle of professional wrestling into a console system.

The Night I Died – BANG BANG BANG – Chapter four – Fiction

November 8, 2002

So I stand there, and they sit there, and we all look at each other until I can’t take it anymore, so I shoot the man in the wheelchair in the shin, which I guess has no real effect except it gets him talking.

Return to Castle Wolfenstein – Review

August 2, 2002

Return to Castle Wolfenstein is a game that lets you run around and kill Nazis, tons of them, and what could be more fun than that?

Bloody Roar 3 – Review

August 2, 2002

Straight out of the box, Bloody Roar 3 is an instantly accessible and enjoyable chaotic flurry of flailing bodies, punches, kicks, throws, and counter attacks.

The Night I Died – BANG BANG BANG – Chapter three – Fiction

August 2, 2002

Above me, more mess in the sky. Like four or five copters and lights flashing around. And then, and then, all that flash replaced by different flash, I guess studio flash ’cause I’m at the studio. Those dumb lights that move and shake. These fancy cars and important people…