OKAMI!! (literally translated: Kill me now)

So, I had been researching innovative new Wii Wii games and purchased OKAMI!! (a few months ago at a Mexican Flea Market.... See I take my wife nice places!). For me most of the game was spent trying to determine if the games weirdness was unique to OKAMI!!, or could be attributed to the Japanese. The game allows you, the unfortunate player, to use the "celestial brush" to cause all sorts of magical mayhem. As you progress through the game you earn new brush strokes, which allow you new fun ways to become frustrated as you are unable to draw basic circles in a way that the game will recognize. The came reaches an early crescendo when the player must draw 9 circles in a row, to music, and without error. I spent about 3 hours on this portion of the game. My favorite part was that the circle to make leaves magically appearmt a 50% chance of getting the leaves during each of the 9 steps, which means you have a .5^9 power chance of passing this stage each time you try.

Today, I sold this game to Game Spot for $5.20 and let me tell you, the joke is on them.

Perhaps you may have a different opinion... Like this individual had who made these "amazing" OKAMI!! themed sculptures out of pipe cleaners:














Or this person who has permanently tattooed their calf with the OKAMI!! wolf.


Anyway, my recommendation is to pass on OKAMI!! and save yourself years of counseling.

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

Rating: PG-13 (Painfully Graceless like a 13 yr old)

This movie is similar to the previous two movies because there was a mummy and Brendan Frasier. Unfortunately it lacked the charm, humor and one of the main actors from its predecessors. When a movie starts out missing one of its stars you know you are in for a treat, especially when they haplessly replace the same character with a completely different woman. Also, Alex is no longer British, but has an accent as if from Boston, and he's a real jerk. The movie is laced with uncomfortable family quarrel that is unexplained and unresolved.

Recommendations: Watch if you only get three stations on your tv and you're sick of seeing how crap is made, learning that the Grand Canyon is the biggest and best thing ever, or watching Andy, Gomer and Barney share one brain between them.

Highlights: Some cool special effects (Yetis and creatures). We didn't pay to see it in a theatre.

Disappointments: We did pay $1 dollar to see it. Writing and acting was really poor and not nearly as entertaining. No charm!