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I had started Psychonauts before Assassin's Creed. At first I found the game annoying. The music annoyed me. All of the dialog cut-scenes annoyed me. And then I played and beat Assassin's Creed and came back to this game. It was like a breath of fresh air. I suddenly enjoyed it all.

It's really astounding how much they threw into this one game. The boss battles, the collectibles, the various psychic powers, etc. Assassin's Creed had a bunch of flags. I want to give Assassin's Creed the finger right now. Anyhoo ... Psychonauts is a hard to find title just like Ico (another excellent game BTW). But, spend the $12 and you won't be disappointed.

My one gripe with this game was they sort of ratcheted up the difficulty at the end of the game to some weird level. Don't get me started on the meat circus.

I'd give the game and 8.5/10.

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*yawn*

It's not that I breezed through Assassin's Creed, but the game only took me maybe 3 nights to play through it all. I was quite disappointed. Early buzz was high for this game. But, I wholly concur with the New York Times review of the game.

This is all pretty fun, but by the time you have assassinated your first victim you have experienced almost everything there is of the game. After that it is simply a matter of going to a city, climbing towers, fighting guards, assassinating someone, escaping, and then doing it all over again. The game is never bad, but repetition makes it less and less good.

And yes, I used Eagle Vision to peep all the writing around the room after the credits. And yes, I know it's a planned trilogy. It's an OK start, but honestly, this game could've been much better.

I'd give it a 7.5 out of 10. I don't know if I could go 8 out of 10. Repetition made this game utterly boring.

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I had dinner this past weekend at Asiate. Excellent food.

Sorry, no signed menu although I did get to go back and talk to the chef for a bit after dinner.

And here's my big gripe about the entire evening. This restaurant has a 4 star rating from the Mobil Travel Guide for 2007. So, tell me again why they let people wearing jeans into the restaurant? The fact that you're in a hotel is no excuse. It's the Mandarin freaking Oriental hotel. If you can stay at this hotel, you can afford a decent pant, shirt, and jacket. If their dress code says "Smart Elegant" for dinner, they sure as hell don't enforce it!

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