How do you decide if you like something? Do you just roll with whatever subjective feeling you have at the time (ie first impression) or do you think about your experience later and analyze why you should or should not like something? Now that’s a pretty broad question. Objectively I Read more…
So it’s a new year. Yay? Many people have decried 2016 as the worst year ever. For some, the seeming abundance of celebrity deaths set the tone for the year. For others, politics overshadowed everything. And of course, personal experiences always trump (pun intended?) everything else. So was 2016 really Read more…
I first discovered the Star Wars Expanded Universe books in high school. I had just moved to Texas and my new neighbor turned out to be a bigger Star Wars geek than me. He introduced me to the books and I took off running with them. I really enjoyed Timothy Read more…
Last year sometime my three year old son decided he didn’t like the TV. I’m not exactly sure why. I think something scared him but I can’t really say for sure. He used to enjoy watching Sesame Street and Daniel Tiger, not exactly scary shows. At one point we showed him Read more…
Originally published 06 August 2012 Ever since the days of Star Wars: Galaxies, I’ve been fascinated with the concept of the “Force Tank”. Back in the early days of the now dead Star Wars sandbox game, everyone ran around in what was known as “90% Comp Armor”. This was by Read more…
Continuing our series of reposts from my articles on the fallen GSA website… Originally posted in 2012 Play-by-Post Part 2 Last time, I told you all about the often overlooked play-by-post RPG method. Today, I’ll outline a few tips and tricks I’ve picked up to help players and GM’s Read more…
After spending time with the Red Skull’s getting their shiny new ship repaired, our heroes are once again ready to journey out on their grand adventure. Deciding the Red Skull’s were to cavalier about the loss of lives among their members, the crew elected to seek out the Rebel Alliance Read more…
Emerging from the D’anjon Nebula with their brand new Consular class light assault cruiser, Redemption, our heroes receive a hail from an approaching Marauder corvette. They identify themselves as the Red Skull and demand to know what Redemption was doing in their nebula. A quick scan reveals that, while their new ship is Read more…
Been a slacker with blogging lately. Missed the write up of the last “Living on the Edge” session we had. So, now, we’ll get two for the price of one! When last we met, our heroes had tracked Cease Fussel to Vasch. Hoping to catch up with the man and Read more…
I recently saw some Youtube videos that posed the questions, “What if the Star Wars prequels were actually good?” Us geeks could debate forever the merits of the prequels. Many fans loath them. Some, like me, accept them for what they are and can find some good still in them. Read more…