Castlevania Judgment (Wii) »
by Trevor A. I love the Castlevania series. It’s had its hits and misses, but what franchise hasn’t? Of course, it’s known for it’s action/adventure oriented design. Heck, you can even throw in a little RPG into the game. Well, guess what. For this latest version on the Wii, the Castlevania team decided to enter [...]
Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party (Wii) »
by Trevor A. By now, you may have realized that the recent games we have reviewed on CasaCena are PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 games. Every once in a blue moon, a Nintendo Wii game or two finds it’s way near me. This time around it’s Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party. I still haven’t played [...]
Smart For Life–Update »
by Glen A. As predicted, this week did not go well for the Smart For Life diet. I tried, but it would have meant missing out on all of the once a year type of foods, and so I’ve been trying to keep myself from going too wild here, with some mixed success. In the [...]
Folklore (PS3) »
by Trevor A. Two very different characters are summoned to the small town of Doolin Village (located in Ireland). A 22-year old university student named Ellen receives a mysterious letter, supposedly from her mother. The only problem with that is… well, her mother has been dead for 17 years. Drowned in the belief of seeing [...]
Apple iPhone 3G 8GB (Black) »
by Glen A. I wasn’t going to buy an Apple iPhone 3G. I was going to wait. For what I use it most for–phone calls, texting, some web surfing, perusing the app store here and there, listening to the few songs I do have on it and once in a while I take a gander [...]
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe: Kollector’s Edition (PS3) »
by Trevor A. Mortal Kombat II was the last Mortal Kombat game I have ever played. Or at least to my recollection. That was back on the Sega Genesis. Man, that was a while ago. I miss the original Sonic the Hedgehog and Street Fighter II… Okay, enough reminiscing. On with the review! For starters, [...]
Eternal Sonata (PS3) »
by Trevor A. I like RPGs. No, not rocket-propelled grenades. Role playing games. Japanese RPGs in particular. The Final Fantasy series would have to be my favorite. Debuting on Xbox 360 in 2007, Eternal Sonata graces itself onto the PlayStation 3. Polish composer and tone poet, Frederic Chopin, is dying of tuberculosis. But since he [...]
Chamberlain Portable Wireless Intercom »
by Glen A. If you live in a house that’s larger than a one room hut, you’ve probably had the experience of raising your voice to try to locate someone in your house. I know I have. We have a two-story house, and inevitably I’m upstairs when I want to talk to someone downstairs. For [...]
Remote Start System »
by Glen A. Trying to come up with a gift for someone can be hard. Especially when that person insists that they don’t want or need anything. Now, when there’s no particular reason to say that–there’s money to do something within reason–it becomes even harder. Why are they saying that? What do they really mean [...]
Smart For Life–Week 2 »
by Glen A. After a rather raucous first week with the Smart For Life weight management system, things have settled down, somewhat. What I mean by that is, my body has become more used to the feeding times and my taste buds have grown more accustomed to the flavors of the food. Just in time [...]
Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Conspiracy (XBox 360) »
by Evan A. For the last few years, Christmas has started a little early at our house. In order to inject some fun into it, and not have all the wrapping obliterated off of presents in a matter of minutes Christmas morning, my dad started hiding presents before Christmas and making us look for them, [...]
Smart For Life–Week 1 »
by Glen A. Well, it’s been a week since I started the Smart For Life weight management program. I think I’ll update the progress once a week, unless something really important happens. Last Thursday morning (December 11), I began eating the cookies. I basically grabbed the first package on top–which happened to be blueberry. In [...]
Reebok 8000 ES treadmill »
by Glen A. For a while now, Angela has been wanting to get some kind of exercise machine. We’ve looked at stair climbers, stationary bikes, traditional and elliptical, and treadmills, but everything we looked at seemed overpriced, and the desire to buy something was overwhelmed by the reality of cost. The fact that the Bowflex [...]
PlayStation Home – Open Home Beta (PS3) »
by Trevor A. Note: This post is about the first three days of PlayStation Home’s release Home finally got out of the closed beta doors and allowed everyone to enter on Thursday, December 11. I went on the official PlayStation forum and GameFAQs to figure out when the heck it was coming out. I tried [...]
Madden NFL 09 (Xbox 360) »
by Trevor A. This year’s addition of the Madden football franchise has Brett Favre as the cover athlete. It is also the 20th annual installment of the series, with the first coming in 1988 on Commodore 64, Commodore 128, and the Apple II, simply entitled “John Madden Football.” Because of the NFL and the Players [...]
Brother MFC-7840W Wireless Printer/FAX/Copier/Scanner »
by Glen A. I’m not one for buying multi-functioning electronic devices. I’m thinking primarily about those DVD/VCR machines, or DVD/TVs. Inevitably, one side or the other fails, and then you’re stuck with replacing it, or doing without. Not sure why it is, but such devices just don’t seem to last as long as their standalone [...]
Motorola S9HD Stereo Bluetooth Headset »
by Glen A. In my ongoing quest to unleash the full power of my iPhone (okay nothing quite that dramatic), my search for a wireless headset to answer calls and potentially listen to the songs on the iPod part of the iPhone took a turn for the better when a friend suggested I get the [...]
Smart for Life 42-Day Weight Management Kit »
by Glen A. Several years ago (don’t really remember now how many), I bought a book called Body for Life. By the time I got a hold of it, it was already at it’s peak in popularity, but I gave it a try for six weeks, and had good results. I have no doubt had [...]
La Quinta Inn, Ripon, CA »
by Glen A. Along Hwy 99, about 11 miles north of Modesto and 22 miles south of Stockton lies the small town of Ripon, California (population, approximately 15,000). While there are surely attributes that would attract visitors to it, the reason why we ended up there was because of the La Quinta Inn. Prior to [...]
Disney’s California Adventure »
by Glen A. I mentioned in the Disneyland post that the last time I was there, Disney’s California Adventure had just opened up, and there wasn’t much going on yet. Things have changed in the last 8 years. Of course, it’s all relative to what you like. Like Disneyland, there’s still quite a bit for [...]
Disneyland–Anaheim, California »
by Glen A. Have you been to Disneyland? It’s the happiest place on earth, after all. How about Disney’s California Adventure? For parents, seeing the excitement in the eyes of the children makes a trip to Disneyland worthwhile. Dragging them around from one thing to the next that they’ve basically outgrown, is not. With statements [...]
Universal Studios Hollywood »
by Glen A. Some years ago, Angela and the boys visited Universal Studios Hollywood while staying with family in Southern California. It has only been within the last few years that Evan has grown tall enough to be allowed on all of the rides anywhere there’s an age or height or weight limit. Naturally, of [...]
Hard Rock Hotel, San Diego »
by Glen A. If you’ve been reading in the trip category, you’ve seen the kinds of places we’ve been staying in: Super 8, Quality Inn, Howard Johnson and La Quinta Inn. Nothing fancy, but that didn’t mean we weren’t paying a $100 or more per room for some of them. I’d say the must luxurious [...]
Hard Rock Hotel San Diego, CA »
by Trevor A. For more information, please visit the official site. I had never heard of a “Hard Rock Hotel” before. I knew of the Hard Rock Café (never been to one). We decided to come down to Southern California to spend Thanksgiving with my mom’s brother and sister and their family. Before any of [...]