Sunday Afternoon ShackReviews

The price of a replacement drive plus shipping will end up being a pretty big chunk of the $150 to get an all new xbox.

Legend of Zelda link goes to the Lego Star Wars demo :(

so klerck suicide'd himself?

Cubivore is hands down the oddest game on the GC. The graphics aren't fancy (everything is cubical- including the sun and the moon) and the gameplay is pretty simple, but there's a completely off the wall sense of humor pervading the entire game which makes you want to keep playing.

Where else do you get a poem a day, plus a mating tunnel where you get to impregnate your harem of female cubivores to pass your meat, horn or tooth flaps on to the next generation?

I loved Domination too, enough to buy it. Since I couldn't find it in any stores I had to order it though. =( Until it gets here I've been playing Massive Assault Network(which is the online version of Dominations prequel). You can download the game for free and try it out playing against other players with a few limitations, like only being able to do World War on one map. If you want to play on more worlds and go up in ranks then it costs $6 per month.

http://www.massiveassaultnetwork.com

The online games are a turn based tag system. You challenge or accept challenges from other players to start a games turn. Then after your turn is finished it kicks you back to the chat menu where you can either wait for the other user to finish his turn (this can take a day or more depending on how active the person you are playing is) or start/continue another game(usually what happens).

I like it this way since I can check my incoming games during breaks and play through my turns before getting back to work. =)

109% recommended

Nice to see "E.V.O. Search for Eden" for the SNES getting allot of love these days:
http://www.rpgclassics.com/shrines/snes/evo/

It was a very strange game for its time. Still fun to play today, though a bit too easy.

I have a first run model of the Xbox and am thinking about replacing the error-prone Thompson DVD Drive with a more reliable later version. I'm aware that aftermarket Thompson replacements are being sold but to be honest, I'd feel better if I had something that is KNOWN to function correctly. Would replacing it with a brand other than the current model cause issues?

the contols were wacky in the Lego demo, any help?

I don't know if this is a bug, but with shackreviews, that colored bar at the bottom(the thing that shows what percentage thought the game was exceptional, etc..) doesn't show up in firefox for me. Works in IE though.

Just something I noticed, might just be me.