[Game Review] Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Wii)

Overview:

System: Nintendo Wii (Also On: Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, Nintendo DS)
Developer: Krome Studios/LucasArts
Publisher: LucasArts
Genre: Action

A while back, Patrick reviewed the Xbox 360 version of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. Because of this, I’m not planning on going too in-depth with my analysis of the Wii game, but I will tell you everything you need to know. If you are more interested in the 360 rendition of the game, check out Pat’s review. Continue reading

[The Everyview Update] 09/27/09 – New Layout, We Need More Writers

Don’t be deceived by the slick, professional new look of the site, we’re still the same incompetent morons we were three days ago, we are just more handsome.

Anyway, it may take a little while getting used to the new layout of the site, but it is 100 times better than the old one. We still have the feature posts section, but it has been cut down to show only four posts instead of ten. The categories are at the top of the page now, so you can get to your topic of choice much more quickly now. And once there, you’ll notice that Category pages are displayed just like the front page, only without the sliding feature posts section. You’ll notice there is now only one sidebar making much more room for the articles so reading no longer feels cramped. We’re still getting used to everything as well, so some things may seems a little sloppy right now, but we’ll get everything going 100% here in about a week.

Just don’t be shy, click around and explore the site until you learn how to navigate, though I’m sure you’ll find it’s much easier to get around with the new layout than ever before.

Also on the agenda is a problem that has plagued Everyview since its birth. We need more writers. Three core writers and a couple of contributors aren’t enough to cover everything we want to, so we are opening our doors to any capable writers who want to join our team. It’s purely volunteer, but lots of people will be able to read your work and writing is the best outlet for creativity. We are primarily looking for writers to review books, games, and tech, but if we’ll take anything. As long as you’re at least a decent and entertaining writer, we’d love to have you! Send us an email to let us know if you’re interested!

That about sums up this week’s updates! Since we only post dry, boring updates on Sundays, check out the Weekly Awards, which we hand out to entertaining and awesome blogs that you should be reading!

There you have it! This week’s Update closes to an end. As always, keep reading Everyview!

[Energy Drink Review] Steaz Energy: Orange

steaz tempAs we all know, organic energy drinks are usually disgusting. There’s just something about being filled with enough chemicals to kill a rhino that makes energy drinks so appealing in the first place. The chemicals are often necessary for an energy drink to be good. They either cover up all the bad tastes or simply paralyze your tongue so that you can’t taste them.

Steaz is different, though. This is the first Organic Energy Drink I’ve ever drank that I actually enjoy drinking.

When opening the can, however, first impressions are weak. The aroma that strikes is an earthy, dirty tea scent that is every so slightly reminiscent of that God-awful Black Jack Gunpowder Green Tea crap I reviewed a while back. Thankfully, though, there is a pleasant Orange undertone added that does a decent job of bring in whole package together. It may not smell great, but it’s pretty good for an organic tea-based energy drink. Continue reading

[Tech Review] Schwinn 12-Function Bicycle Speedometer

I’m sure most of you are wondering why I thought it would be necessary to own a speedometer for my bicycle, so I’ll go ahead and explain myself. I’ll start by telling you that no, it isn’t because I didn’t want to accidentally surpass the speed limit, though my muscular and tone legs are probably more than capable of pulling that off.

I was riding down a hill on the side of one of my town’s busier streets and decided to cut through the grass and hop off  a curb and into the road. Apparently there was a ditch in said grass that I was unable to see, because the grass was evenly cut so the turf looked smooth. I hit the ditch and was thrown over the handlebars a good ten feet onto the asphalt, landing on an awkward combination of my head, neck, shoulder, and knee. Continue reading

Spot On Energy Patch Contest Winners!

I’m sure that everyone who entered our Spot On Energy Patch contest is bleeding from their pores with anticipation to find out if they won or not, but it’s finally time to put all the suffering to an end. Without further delay, I present to you, the Everyview reader, the five winners of our random drawing.

  • Paul Prince
  • Ian Neal
  • Josh Mc
  • Erin Brooks
  • Susie

Congratulations to the five winners, an email will be sent to you shortly. Remember, you only have 48 hours to respond with shipping information!

To everyone else who entered, better luck next time! There’s no telling what other awesome stuff we’ll be giving away in the future, so as always, keep reading Everyview!

Special thanks to Spot On for sponsoring our contest and providing their amazing product as prizes to our readers!

Energy Patch Contest is Over, Winners Announced Tomorrow!

That title pretty much says it all, but for those of you who hunger for more of my writing I’ll go ahead and make an entire paragraph and a half post for you. No thanks are necessary.

Our latest contest, sponsored by the amazing folks over at Spot On Energy and featuring their amazing product, officially ended yesterday which means that the five winners will be announced very soon. Winners will be contacted via email and have 48 hours to respond to me with their shipping information. If a return email isn’t sent in two days’ time, another person will be randomly drawn and selected as a runner up. In short, check your email!

Thanks to everyone who entered, and good luck to all of you! The five randomly selected winners will be announced and contacted tomorrow, so keep on your toes!

[Game News] Need For Speed Nitro Wii Trailer

I just watched this over on IGN and had to share it with you guys. For those of you who don’t know, Need For Speed Nitro is a Nintendo-exclusive addition to the popular Need For Speed series. Nitro features an awesome art style, gorgeous visuals, funky music, and heavily arcade-inspired gameplay which are all showcased in this trailer.

[Food Review] Kellogg’s Keebler Cookie Crunch Cereal

keeblercookiecrunchOverview:

Elves are like midgets. Happy, giddy little midgets that prance around in pointy clogs giving away the most awesome of things. Presents, cookies, kicks in the shin, nothing is better than a miniature person that gives you free things. And they obviously make great slaves, too, as the fully-grown people over at Kellogg’s marched their long legs over to the Keebler HQ and used their intimidating height to bully the dwarfed little elves into making a cookie-themed cereal to be marketed to obese American children all across the country.

And I’m sure the fat little bastards are eating this crap up.

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