Food Review: Papito

09/13/2011

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Dinner with parents + Mexican restaurant ran by French owners = a dinner at Papito. 

Papito is a sister resturant to Chez Maman and Chez Papa all of which are located within the same block in Potrero Hill in San Francisco. 

My favorite item from Papito is the Hambergersa which is a hamburger made with chorizo. Tonight however i opted for the Tempura Chicken Quesadilla. It's a fair amount of food but a tad pricey for $10. The rest of the menu is reasonable for what it is. 

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Game Reviews: Bastion and Deus Ex: Human Revolution

09/13/2011

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Bastion is the best downloadable game I have played this year. 
The art style is bright with a wide color palette. The game play and story was so entertaining I played through the game twice. (Bastion offers "New Game Plus" which allowed me to keep everything I earned from my first game to use in my second play through.)

But the best features of the game are how the story is told and it's hauntingly beautiful music. The game is narrated by a man the player encounter in the game, who recants the player's exploits while they are happening. The dialogue is never repeated and the narrator picks and chooses points in the game to let silence or the music tell the story when he is not speaking. 


The music is a fusion of classical strings and brass, guitar riffs, and techno beats and bass. 
It a mash up that perfect compliments a universe that pull inspirations from the Scifi, Western, and Pixar movies. 

I highly recommend that game at only $15. 

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Deus Ex: Human Revolution does so many things perfect that it hyper exaggerates their small flaws. 

The near future represented in the  video cut scenes, emails, news clips, articles, and ebooks provide such incredible rich detail, that it makes you wonder why you are walking around the half empty 
back lots of Detroit and Shanghai.  

The games greats strength in game playing are the vast options of how to handle just about any situation through a variety of means. However, the game clearly has a preference for players who play stealthy and hack computers rather than preform activities that are brash and confrontational by providing greater experience and rewards for the former. 

The graphics of individual levels are gorgeous but the facial animations of the people are hard to watch (after playing LA Noire ) and follow squarely in the uncanny valley.  

Ultimately my negative critiques are nits that I picked and I really had a great time playing the game. If the game wasn't so long to play I would consider playing through again immediately. I really want to love this game and it is close but liking it a heck of a whole lot is not bad either. 

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Impossible Machine: My Latest Card Game

09/01/2011

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I recently came back from my first trip to PAX. PAX is the largest fan run gaming convention in the US. From, board games, to card games, toys, and videogames, there is something for just about anyone at this convention. 

The grounds surrounding the convention halls have open tables allowing space for people to place games they brought, try out games they borrowed from an on site game library, or catch a quick lesson on a new game from numerous enthusiast and volunteers. 

My favorite game I demoed is called The Impossible Machine and is a game that is play with 2-5 people. Players combine cards by building of other other players cards until the group has constructed their own Rube Goldberg Machine.

At anytime the machine can be started and parts start falling off. The player would managed to contribute the most cards to the device before to stops running is the winner. 

Its a quick game to learn and offers a fair amount of fun for a small group. 


Missed the chance to pick it up for $10 but still managed to get it here in San Francisco for $15

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