Lollipop Magazine

F.E.A.R. 3 – Review

August 5, 2011

The series’ tight and responsive gunplay, coupled with its addicting (and not copied nearly enough) slow-mo mechanic, makes for another great-playing game.

Mortal Kombat – Review

July 29, 2011

The title may be all that has been streamlined: It takes a kitchen sink approach, one that actually enhances rather than obscures the game’s strengths.

Wanted – Weapons of Fate – Review

July 1, 2009

Great lighting effects, detailed environments, and interesting level designs in this sequel/prequel to last summer’s action movie. If only it played as well.

F.E.A.R. 2 – Project Origin – Review

June 1, 2009

If you missed F.E.A.R. 2 in February, now is the time to atone. This improves on the intense firefights from the first game.

ZZ Top – Fandango! – Review

October 20, 2006

The live half is the only officially sanctioned live recording from the band’s early years. The second half contains their best studio work at that point.

The Ditty Bops – Moon Over the Freeway – Review

August 4, 2006

Sounds of Prohibition and fedoras fill the album, as Abby DeWald and Amanda Barrett harmonize and waltz their way through slightly odd tales of love and life.

The Flaming Lips – At War with the Mystics – Review

July 14, 2006

Universally beloved, they somehow continue to make oddball, quirky music that caresses humanity’s collective soul while never staying stylistically stagnant.

The Corpse Bride – Review

June 23, 2006

The Corpse Bride is not The Nightmare Before Christmas. The visuals are less distinguished, the songs don’t stand out, and the story just kind of chugs along.

The Ditty Bops – Review

February 20, 2006

Expecting Fiona Apple-ish, mainstream “girl group slick pop,” I was elated to hear The Ditty Bops’ spin on ragtime/jazz swing/cabaret for the 21st century.

Static-X – Start a War – Review

January 27, 2006

Great for people who don’t know any better, or don’t ask for much from their music. Every lyric, every riff, ever beat here has been done before, and better.