Civilization V, StarCraft II beta system requirements, and World of LordCraft.

So I’m sitting here and Jurassic Park is on TV, it’s the first time I’ve seen it in… about ten years.
1 – I completely forgot Newman was in this.
2 – I completely forgot how awesome the first hour or so is, the sense of discovery, Jeff Goldblum bizarre line deliver, Sam Neil being Sam Neil… all great [...]

Star Trek Online launches, Warcraft posters, and Age of Conan

In one of those supremely rare acts of beautiful universal confluence, today, February 2nd, the launch date for Star Trek Online, is also my birthday. This means of course, that I have had no qualms in getting myself a Collectors Edition box from Amazon (with the liberated Borg Bridge Officer) and a Digital Deluxe Edition [...]

Pick a Bloody Side: New Factions in Conan’s Rise of the Godslayer

There’s a reason why playgrounds are memorable for us as kids. It’s where teams are picked for dodgeball/basketball, and where one side inevitably loses their lunch money or dignity. It’s that brutal dirt pit where we learn winning = COOL.

Please, noooooo! Arm bruises are the least painful part of losing.
A couple of decades later, us [...]

Star Trek Online Beta, The Old Republic Launch Window Rumored and… WoW!

Scrambled eggs, smoked salmon, a croissant and a tall glass of fresh orange juice for breakfast. There are few better ways to start the day. Oh, and of course the requisite episode of Star Trek (The Original Series this time) running in the background. I figured since I plan on getting my STO on shortly, [...]

Star Trek Online, The Old Republic and Age of Conan.

Sad to say, but the absurd headache and general ill-feeling in my noggin is not the result of excessive New Year’s revelry, but rather the after effects of a particularly painful dental surgical operation. Wisdom tooth pulled, an an impacted molar removed (after grinding the jaw bone away to get to it) means that [...]