Showing posts with label Dinosaurs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dinosaurs. Show all posts

Tuesday, 26 March 2019

Gaming Review: Jurassic World Alive.

Release date: 23rd May 2018.

Type of game: A Pokemon Go style game on the Mobile Phone. Where you go around catching dinosaurs rather than pokemons.

My thoughts: This is a really cool and amazing game. Just like Pokemon Go, you yourself travel around the open world and catching dinosaurs. Using darts to collect DNA samples and also being able to create hybrids of various dinosaurs (not all of them but still cool). There is a large variety of dinosaurs to collect and unlike Pokemon Go (where you'll have to hunt for them) the dinosaurs appear everywhere and all you'll have to do is click on them.

Any Dislikes: This game is huge. It takes chunks out of your battery life and you have to carry a portable phone charger with you. And it also asks you to play on Wi-Fi only when you try and get the game. Also there is a part of the game where you can fight other players, but the problem is that you find yourself fighting players that are many levels higher than you. Also this game can't be played everywhere. The signal goes out a lot and you may need to restart the game over and over again. Also the thing that shoots out the darts sometimes has a life of its own.

What I want to see in a future update?: Perhaps something educational where we can learn about the dinosaurs that we've had caught. I know that there is already something like that but perhaps it can be expanded more. Perhaps showing us where this dinosaurs once roamed, the food that it ate, and how it would spend it's day.

My score: Four stars.

Tuesday, 22 January 2019

TV Review: Dinosaurs

Release date: April 26th 1991 - October 19th 1994 (4 seasons, 65 episodes).

Story: Set 60 million years ago, this comedy show centres around a family of dinosaurs as they go about their daily lives.

My thoughts: This is a really cool show. The characters are memorable, the animatronics (created by the Jim Henson company) are amazing, and the voice acting is great. I used to watch this show when I was younger and I still enjoy it when I watch episodes on Youtube. It's a shame that the show isn't released on a Region 2 dvd. Yet it is still a great show and I would recommend it for anyone.

My score: Four stars.

Sunday, 14 October 2018

My top ten favourite cryptids and monsters.

No 10: The Mothman.
A being that is 20% man and 80% moth. It is said that when ever the Mothman appears, trouble and disaster follows. Many eyewitness accounts describe the Mothman as having the body, arms, and legs of a man but with the fur, wings, and head of a moth. With glowing red eyes. There is another version of this cryptid known as the Owlman.

No 9: Black dogs and Demon hounds.
These monsters (made famous by the Sherlock Holmes mystery The hound of the Baskervilles) are known through out north west Europe (including Great Britain and Germany). They are abnormally large dogs with jet black fur, glowing red eyes, and smoke coming out of either the nostrils or the mouth. They are known to chase after sinners and bad people in order to drag them into hell. But if you are not a bad person and just so happen to come across one, you will suffer from bad luck and misfortune.

No 8: Skin-walkers.
These cryptids are from Native American folklore and legends. They are normal people who when wearing the skin of an animal (a jackal in most cases) and chant a spell, will change mentally and sometimes physically into the animal (not to be confused with werewolves). There have been a number of sightings of Skin-walkers from early colonial times to today. From encountered a abnormally shaped wolf with bear like features to seeing a deer walking around on its back legs as if it was human. Skin-walkers can also mimic voices of people. They use this to lure their victims to their deaths.

No 7: The Goatman.
This one from the U.S.A is about a human/goat hybrid. He used to be either a scientist that was experimenting on himself or a murderer who had a curse put on him. But whatever version you heard, the Goatman is something you should never encounter. He is also known to carry an axe and (like Skin-walkers) can mimic other peoples voices.

No 6: Sewer pigs.
Before the urban legend of alligators living in the sewers came along. Pigs and wild boars were the original animals that were thought to live in the sewers. Tells were told of sewer workers being chased or seeing an abnormally large and savage pig wondering around the dark and damp sewer tunnels during the 15th and 16th centuries.

No 5: The Jersey devil.
This one is from New Jersey, U.S.A. It tells about a creature that is said to roam the countryside of the state. Legend says that a woman in post Independence War era had a thirteenth child. She didn't want another kid so she angry stated that "The devil can have it!". When the child was born, it was horrifying to look at. the child then ran up the chimney and escaped into the nearby forest. Where it grew up into a creature that is the stuff of nightmares.

No 4: Vampires.
Vampires were once living people who become demonic creatures after being bitten by another vampire. They have pale skin, arch nostrils, red eyes, and long and sharp teeth. They can be found all over the world and there are a number of ways of killing them or fighting them off. Some of the most famous vampires are Elisabeth Bathory and Count Dracula.

No 3: Mokele Mbembe.
Legend says that there are living dinosaurs living near the Congo river in Africa. Natives talk about a creature that resembles a Brontosaurus or a similar long necked dinosaur that swims in the river and would often attack anything that crosses it's path. Although they might have mistaken an elephant swimming for the creature (as elephants hold their trunks above the water as they swim).

No 2: The Kraken.
This legendry sea monster is a gigantic octopus that can pull ships under the water with his giant tentacles. It mainly swims in the North Atlantic oceans and the Nordic seas. This legends is possibly based around the colossal squid.

No 1: The Wendigo.
This is another creature from Native American folklore. It says that if anyone partakes in evil doings or cannibalism, then they'll transform (sometimes slowly and painfully) into a hideous looking being that resembles a abnormally long and thin shrived up corpse. They can also mimic other people's voices to lure their victims and in some versions of the legend, can cause harsh winter weather where ever they go.

Wednesday, 11 July 2018

TV Review: Monsterquest

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Release date: October 31st 2007 - March 24th 2010 (4 seasons, 68 episodes).

Story: A documentary series where a team of researchers try and find cryptozoogical creatures like Big-foot and so on.

My thoughts: This is a very good show. The show (like I said before) tries to find cryptid monsters like Big-foot, the loch ness monster, Mothman, and even the legends like alligators in the sewers. The show even looks into things like giant wild pigs, British giant cats, and packs of once domesticated but turned wild dogs. Even though they hardly find what they are searching for, it doesn't mean that they are not out there. If you are interested in these things then I would recommend you checking this show out.

My score: Five stars.

Monday, 9 July 2018

Gaming Review: Ark Survival Evolve

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Release date: August 2017.

Type of game: Action, Adventure, Survival game.

Story: You wake up on an island filled with dinosaurs, mythical creatures, and giant sized animals. You have to survive by building bases, making weapons, finding food and water, and taming the creatures. You also level up which will allow you to become stronger, faster, and will allow you to access grater things to build. Which would allow you to build laser turrets, castles, and even flying objects.

Any dislikes: There is only online multi player. And there is also no difficulty selection.

My thoughts: When I first saw lets plays on this game, I thought it looked really cool. A game where you tame dinosaurs and build civilisations with other players, it looked awesome. But then I played it and I was sadly disappointed. I kept dying (either from being eaten, starvation, or from the weather), it was extremely hard for me to tame a creature (and I didn't even know how to), I was constantly under attack, and many of the other players are not friendly. On the plus side it is amazing the amount of dinosaurs and creatures that you can find. It would be nice if you are allowed to choose what creatures that you want to find (either dinosaurs, the early mammals, or mythical monsters).

Things that I want to see in a future update or DLC: Easier ways to tame the dinosaurs, a difficulty setting, a creature setting, and a single player mode.

My score: Two stars.