Monday, March 28, 2011

About Wii Games: "Rango" Reviewed; Negatively

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From Charles Herold, your Guide to Wii Games

I don't often write really harsh reviews. Most of the time if I think a game is terrible I simply stop playing it and move on to another game. But the shortage of Wii games this quarter gives my readers a rare opportunity to see me trash a game. It's not the meanest review you will ever read - I'm not sure I'm mean enough to totally savage anything - but it's certainly not the kindest.

As for next week, who knows? I'm hoping a game will arrive that deserves my unbridled praise.


Rango Reviewed

There's an old joke in which two women are complaining in a restaurant. "This restaurant has such terrible food. It's inedible," says one, and the other replies, "yes, and such small portions."

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