Advantages: Provides a genuine feel of speed
Disadvantages: Gets boring after a while

...Sonic riders: Zero Gravity is the latest adventure from to speed onto the wii. Durasticially changing the classic sonic format, 'Riders' see's our favourite hedgehog take to hoverboards and zoom around at high speeds. Well developed cutscenes explain the simple storyline which see's sonic and his usual band of cartoon friends racing in order to regain the chaos emerald which was stolen from them. Although Sonic never leaves his board, the game provides surprising variety as you will be racing through a wealth of areas ranging from Futuristic cities to sandy ruins. There is also a multiplayer option which boasts a variety of game modes which can host up to four players splitscreen. I enjoyed this multiplayer mode however I felt that it was best enjoyed with only two people as details where hard to make out whilst staring at only... Read review

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Advantages: high-action and amazing scenery
Disadvantages: subtitles

...Zero gravity is the most amazing ingredient of Ang Lee’s martial-arts adventure. Its characters are early 19th century mandarins, warriors and brigands. They don't walk if they can run, don't run if they can leap and don't leap if they can float. One minute their feet are on the ground. The next, they're airborne, as if gravity never existed! Truly amazing - I've never seen anything like it! The fantastic mountain scenery of mid-China adds to the magical properties of the film and the amazing skill and reactions of the cast in the fight-choreography is incredible! Fight choreographer Yuen Wo Ping should be credited with a truly outstanding performance! I myself have a black-belt in karate and have also done sword-fighting for several years. The fight scenes are well performed, with good technique (which I can look upon with envy... Read review

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Advantages: Great Visuals, Very Fast, Good Track Design
Disadvantages: Dull, Dull, Dull - Battle element is poor

...I have always been a big fan of the F Zero franchise. The N64 version (F-Zero X) was absolutely fantastic putting all other futuristic racers to shame. The general concept of F Zero is that you race around imaginatively laid out tracks in gravity defying spaceships at breakneck speeds, battling it out with 29 other ships on the screen at once. You can't do this on any other game - which is why I find the series so appealing. Having parted with £39.99 for the Gamecube only F Zero GX, I got home hoping for big improvements over the N64 version (which is coming up to 6 years old!) I was left kind of dissapointed. Unfortunately I have to say that I find this new addition very dull and adds very little to the formula - in some ways I find that this isn't as good as the former. Firstly it's not as easy to battle with other racers, which... Read review

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Advantages: It smells great
Disadvantages: It's a bit pricey

...Although in another op I complained that Lynx is too expensive, I just can't get enough of Lynx Gravity - that's why I decided to try the Lynx Gravity shower gel and I'm glad I did. It doesn't smell an awful lot like the deodorant but it has its own unique, fresh/clean smell which lasts for hours after taking a shower. It comes in a black bottle with Lynx Gravity revitalising shower gel written on the front. On the back it says it's a combination of an invigorating masculine fragrance and a conditioning formula that does not dry out your skin. It definately does the job of getting you clean very well and you don't need to use alot of gel to get clean and smell great. It says that if you get it in your eyes you should immediately rinse them with warm water. It gives you a list of ingredients - important if you have any allergies... Read review

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Advantages: Like there previous albums but better.
Disadvantages: Not many songs on the album.

...~~~ Background ~~~ Our Lady Peace are an Canadian band and have been around since 1994 when their first album “Naveed” was released. The album review for this is their fifth album “Gravity” I bought the album after hearing “Not Enough” from the album on WWE wrestling programming. Instantly liking the passion about it I bought the album from HMV. ~~~ The tracks on the album ~~~ The album contains only ten tracks and has a complete running time of 41 minutes and 32 seconds. The figures in brackets are the run times for each song. 1. All For You (4.14) – A brilliant tune to open the album full of rock and recognisable lyrics. 2. Do You Like It (3.58) – One of the more recognisable songs of the album with great tune and lyrics. I find myself singing along to this a lot. 3. Somewhere Out There (4.11) – One of the slower songs... Read review

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Advantages: A fine mixture of styles and sounds, tightly composed
Disadvantages: A mood album, not all tracks fit every day

...by the brilliance of something so well crafted and thought out. Because that’s what ‘Flights Of Gravity’ is, it is most definitely an album of thought and craft, no mindless rock here and although sitting within the alt-rock genre there seems to be something to pull most keen music fans. It’s what I’d class as a musicians album and I hope it’ll enjoy the slow burning cult status of other albums in its field. I’ll draw no comparisons here as they may be somewhat premature or may be slightly grandiose but the potential is there and only time will tell. I imagine ‘Flights Of Gravity’ will slowly bring this band into many peoples living rooms and earphones, as there is plenty of growing room yet. Matt and Rich have obviously found a working relationship that brings the best out of them both. And producer Paul Ford has given them the time to develop... Read review

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Advantages: Two or three very good tracks.
Disadvantages: Most of the tracks are nothing to write home about.

...Another Late Night seems to be a lesser know release of zero 7's, which is not good for a band who are generally not that well known to begin with! I can understand why, however, as this is not like other zero 7 albums so is perhaps ignored to some extent even by fans of the group. Enjoying the likes of Simple Things, When It Falls and/or The Garden are unfortunately not enough for me to recommend this to you; although I guess it might help to a little. Although mixed by zero 7 this does not contain their unique 'sound' which fans of the group will notice right away. This is, however, a relatively chilled out and relaxed album which is well produced, making for great background music and perhaps a couple of quite upbeat tracks which are very good, although not of typical zero 7 style. Overall this album gets 3 stars from me, although... Read review

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Advantages: microbrewed beers, great pizza, decent priced pints
Disadvantages: can be busy, service slow at times, not so great pizza and pasta

...Pizza and beer. What a great combination. Me being a bit of a foodie (some might say snob) I am very particular about my food and drink. A Pizza Hut deep pan ham and mushroom and a pint of Stella will not quite do the trick for me. I like my beers micro brewed and my fast food gourmet. When I want pizza and beer I head for London's trendy, bohemian and rather picturesque Blackheath home to Zero Degrees, one of my favourite wining and dingng places in London. Zero Degrees is a restaurant and bar with a difference. You will not find any Stella, Grolsch or even Tiger beer. Zero Degrees has its own micro brewery that produces natural, chemical-free beers which are also very reasonably priced. It was for this reason I sought out Zero Degrees after reading a a short article in a local newspaper. It was not until my first visit... Read review

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Advantages: Ability to Beta Test Counter Strike : Source
Disadvantages: Just cs with bots

...to buy the game. So they recruited the help of another games developer to create the single player version of counterstrike named Counter Strike : Condition Zero which would be created by ritual a company known for the game American Mcgee's Alice which was a flop. After a bit of development time Valve sacked them and employed gearbox who created the addon packs for half life. The game was delayed, delayed and then came out... nonono it was delayed and when half life 2 was announced it was still delayed. Then after years of production and people whining at valve it was released on 2004. So the release date came and i had been playing counter strike for 2 years and didn't even think twice at buying it since it was single player orientated. So i did the wise thing and borrow it off my friend. The first thing i noticed when i got it was... Read review

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Advantages: Tastes just like Coke but with no calories and no diet cola disappointment.
Disadvantages: Contains somewhat controversial Aspartame

...It looks like Coke. It smells like Coke. It even tastes like Coke. Yet with only .5kcal per 100ml serving, how it in the world can THIS be Coke? The answer - Coca-Cola Zero. Call it a miracle if you wish or bow down before the Coke wizards and kiss their feet. This is the drink that diet cola haters have been dreaming of - great cola taste without the calories. Zero launched in the United States in 2005 and quenched the thirsts of dieters everywhere. Run a search on Google and you can even find lots of soft drink fanatic forums that discuss Zero and one that features an ongoing debate about the product. Is this Diet Coke with a different label? Is this Coke 2 re-vamped? Oh no, it's definitely Diet sold as non-diet just for those that don't like a dieting image…blah, blah, blah. The debate goes on and on... Read review

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