Kevin C. Wong

Spot Reviews 09/27/24

Terminator Zero (2024) [+] Anime story running 8 episodes. Resistance soldier Eiko (Sonoya Mizuno) goes back to 1997 Tokyo to stop scientist Malcom Lee (André Holland) from activating Kokoro (Rosario Dawson), an AI he designed to stop Cybernet from destroying the Earth... Good animation and soundtrack, action and gore, voice acting, story, and pacing. Nice throwaway line about how Skynet keeps sending back Terminators and the Resistance sends back protectors and each time it creates a new timeline, hence why all Terminator stories set in the "past" don't need to be coherent.

MasterChef: Let's Cook (2021) [/] Apple Arcade game where you make dishes for a cooking competition show. You get a recipe then gather the ingredients from the cupboard. Cut up ingredients (with precise swipe motions), roll things (swipe up and down), spread sauce (tap, hold, move around to spread sauce). Cook. Prepare the plate -- you get a couple of choices for each ingredient then have to hover and place the ingredient correctly. Then judges score it with comments so you can guess what you did right or wrong. An ok kids game -- I didn't play it much because it's a little laggy on my old iPad Pro.

Giovanni Rana Beef & Short Rib Lasagna [/] I guess this is a Costco exclusive as the regular Giovanni Rana site doesn't mention this exact product. Anyway, it's lasagna with mostly little beef meat ball and the occasional bit of short rib. Tastes fine and it's pretty heavy so quite filling.