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Dash Express GPS review pt. 3 – Almost there…but not quite yet

I covered a couple of problems with the Dash Express GPS receiver in part 1 and part 2 of my review, but there’s a growing list of frustration with the Dash that make it feel like I’m more of a beta tester instead of a paying customer.

Routing Issues – The primary function of a GPS [...]

My Road Trip with Dash (continued)

After acquiring my Dash Express GPS (read about it here), my first real test with it was my road trip to Houston. You know, for business (not “business”). It’s my first and only GPS system, so I unfortunately don’t have a TomTom or a Garmin to compare it with, but my understanding is [...]

Grand Theft Auto IV - Full Review

Here’s the entirety of my Grand Theft Auto IV impressions and review, all gathered up into a neat little pile for you:

Part 1: The Story
Part 2: The Gameplay
Part 3: The Problems
Part 4: Multiplayer
Part 5: The Final Word

GTA IV - The Final Word

Grand Theft Auto IV is a great game. It’s fun, it’s impressive, and it has plenty to justify the $60 price, well after the 30-40 hour single player campaign. So, taking that into perspective, the fact is that GTA IV is more evolutionary than revolutionary.
The single-player story starts out strong, but loses steam near [...]

GTA IV - Multiplayer

One of the biggest new features of Grand Theft Auto IV was the brand-new multiplayer modes. GTA hasn’t had proper multiplayer since my friends and I got together and had a LAN match playing the original GTA, so it’s been a while. Rockstar jammed a crapload of multiplayer modes into the game to [...]

My Road Trip with Dash

I’ve had my Dash Express GPS for a few weeks now, but I haven’t had the chance to really put it through its paces until last week, went I went down to Houston on business (not “business”). The Dash is unique in that it’s a GPS device with a built in GPRS internet connection [...]

GTA IV – Problems – Welcome to Glitcherty City

Grand Theft Auto IV is shaping up to be one of the biggest and best games of the year, but it’s still got a few chinks in its armor. One of the biggest drawbacks of the “open world” or “sandbox” genre of game (which the GTA series pretty much pioneered), is the fact that since [...]