Spore

Spore, by Maxis, is a game that came out recently in 2008 for the PC and MAC. Spore takes you through five stages of evolution, each stage you have to befriend creatures and build a civalization that way, or you can fight and kill and bring other creatures to extinction to rule the galaxy. In Spore the first stage of evolution is the Cell Stage. Chomping you way through plants or other cells entirely you strive to get to land and evolve into a creature. You can chose herbivore or carnivore and unlock weapons and attachments that make you faster throughout the whole stage, by killing big cells, or finding meteorite bits. Then as you grow you find yourself going into land, evolving into a creature. While a creature you can befriend or fight other animals. Find bones to get new parts for your creature and evolve into the strongest or charmiest creature on the planet. After migrating to another nest several times you make fire and evolve into the tribal stage. Yet again you can either befriend or kill other tribes until you have all of them under your influence or control. Once finished dominating all the tribes you can move onto the Civalization stage. You make buildings and create vehicles for you creature to ride around in to religously influence other civilaztions to join you, or you can bribe them, or, as always, you can annihlate them. After taking control of the whole planet, every civilatioin, you move onto the Space stage. Riding through space in a customizable spaceship, you must dominate the galaxy and get to the center of it. Heavily guarded by the Grox, an evil civilization ruling much of the galaxy, guide your way through to the center of the universe to get something unknown. I give Spore (the videogame) 9.5 out of 10 stars for amazing game and how you can customize pretty much everything.

Spongebob Squarepants

WHO LIVES IN A PINEAPPLE UNDER THE SEA! Spongebob Squarepants duh... Spongebob Squarepants, the sensational Nickelodeon cartoon that is broadcasted in many many countries. Spongebob Squarepants is the number one cartoon in many countries and has many episodes. Spongebob Squarepants' uniqueness is that it is just so weird. When presented to them, Nickelodeon made a huge risk actually making and broadcasting episodes on t.v. Either it would be a hit, or everyone would be going "Wha...?" Spongebob is extravagently funny for anyone, any age. It's very interesting how the whole show is done and it might be the reason why so many people like it. While most T.V. shows are about kids or teenagers, Spongebob Squarepants is about adults with jobs that have gone to college and live alone without parents. While they are all adults, they all show more of a twelve year old side rather then a mature adult side. Spongebob and Patrick are pretty much just kids while Squidward is like a young adult annoyed by them. Mr. Krabs is the only real adult other then random characters that walk in the streets and what not. I think that Spongebob Squarepants was also such a sucess because of all the weird things in it. Its a sponge, who lives in a pineapple, neighboors with a squid and a starfish who live in and Easter Island Head or under a rock. There's a restaurant called the "Krusty Krab" owned by none other than Mr. Krabs himself. Spongebob and Squidward both work there. Then there's the little tiny evil character, Plankton. Plankton is exactly what he is, a plankton. Plankton's life goal is to steal the krabby patty formula and harness its "energy" and use it to rule the world. Sadly, right after the Spongebob Squarepants movie, the creator resigned and since then many people have agreed that the episodes have gotten boring, not funny, gross (not like it wasn't gross before but what there putting into them now is just disturbing) and other things not good. Many people (like myself) think the episodes are getting better, but they still just don't give that kick they used to. Overall I really do love Spongebob Squarepants and if you haven't watched it yet "QUIT YER' LOLLYGAGGIN' AND GET TO IT!"

Call of Duty : World at War

Call of Duty : World at War is the first game of many I shall rate and give my personal opinion upon. Call of Duty : World at War is a very fun online game. There are many game modes and weapons you can chose from, customizing classes for your marine to use against the enemy. Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, Free for all, and more are some of the fun game modes you can play in. Something new that has never done in any of the Call of Duty games before is a special cooperative game mode called Nazi Zombies. In the game mode Nazi zombies, you and three friends defend your self from round after round of attacks from Nazi Zombies. Currently there are three Nazi Zombie maps out, Nacht Der Untoten (Night of the undead), Verruckt (Crazy, insane,) and Shi no numa. I give 9.5 out of 10 stars to Call of Duty : World at War, for hours of long lasting gameplay.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)

I recently saw Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in the theaters. This is the first movie of many more to come that I rate and give my personal opinion on. I thought that the movie was very good but left out a lot. I think everything either happened exactly as it was in the book, or it didn't happen at all. I felt that the ending was rushed, there was supposed to be a fight and you didn't really find out Fenrir Greyback was a werewolf. I definitely think that the book was better then the movie. I also feel like they didn't really use magic much. Every fight (like with Malfoy) they didn't say any spells they just kind of shot silver beams of light at each other, other than when Harry yelled "Sectumsempra" to curse Malfoy with the curse from the Half-Blood prince book. But there were a lot of good things to the movie too. I give Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film) 4 out of 5 stars.

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase

I recently read the book The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken is the first book of many that I will rate and give my personal opinion upon. The Wolves of Willoughby Chase is a nice little tale about a girl and her cousin living in a very big chase in the middle of the woods. in the beggining of the story Bonnie is waiting impatientally for her cousin Sylvia. Then her governess comes, being quite rude to the maid and Bonnie. The train conductor of the train Sylvia is on comes and reports to Sir Willoughby that the train has been stopped by the wolves. Sir Willoughby then sends the train conductor, Bonnie, and one of Bonnie's servents to go to the train by cart to pick up Sylvia. They get to the train and a man Sylvia met on the train got knocked out and they take him back to the chase too. Sir Willoughby and his wife are leaving for a vacation leaving the mean governess all alone with Bonnie, Sylvia, and all the servents. That is where I shall stop my beggining summary. I give this book 4 out of 5 stars for its great story and happy ending.

Digital Art

This picture, from the Eric J. Heller Gallery, is one of the many more pictures to come that I will rate and give my personal opinion upon. The picture is almost like your inside of some kind of hive of an unknown insect, that travels deep deep down. It's like a building with windows built right out of a mountain and it has a peak. I give this picture a 3 stars out of 5 stars, for the interesting design and nice lighting effects.