Review of Barry

Dear Loyal Readers,

This blog was created with the intention of reviewing things that we enjoy, hate, see, feel, touch, taste or otherwise interact with. Also, it's fun to pretend that we have Loyal Readers.

It is only fitting that we begin by reviewing each other.

The best way to describe the relationship between Barry and myself is to say that he is the Martin Riggs to my Joe Pesci. In short, when we are together, you probably want to turn off TBS and go do something more productive.

We first met on a freighter fifty miles off the coast of Antarctica. Barry was serving as the ship's cook, and I was merely a deck hand, using my rare free time to work on my amateur photography. We spoke only occasionally, our duties keeping us mostly in separate quarters.

When a group of Ukrainian keel haulers boarded our vessel and stole the majority of our supplies (as well as severely damaging our engines and communication devices) we were left to slowly starve in the freezing seas of that oh-so-forgotten hemisphere. There were 64 good men on that ship. Only Barry and I lived to see Cape Horn three weeks later, by the grace of a small but sturdy lifeboat. On the fringes of death, life sprouted -- and we became brothers.

And now, my review (which is by no means all encompassing)

Pros:

- Barry is as smart as a whip, and just as quick. And hard.
- He is a fine teammate in Halo.
- He has the same sense of humor as me, which is a rare thing.
- He has a really cool girlfriend.
- The ability to function well in social situations, when applicable.
- He goes with me to get soup and salad.


Cons:
- His taste in video games, movies and television is occasionally slightly different from mine.
- Noncommittal.
- He played Human Frogger once, and I was skeered.
- Sometimes he's grumpy.
- Before I knew him, he intimidated me.

Replay Value:
Barry is not someone you are going to grow bored of in a weekend. He'll provide hours upon hours of entertainment, and that's just the main quest. Countless sidequests and mini-games will further enrich the experience, and in the process you'll discover a whole wealth of backstory that would make even Tolkien purists stand and huzzah! While the occasional fetch quest might slow things down a bit, you'll be hard pressed to not be smiling throughout the journey.

In the end, I give Barry a...

10/10