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…
I enjoyed writing these pieces over the last few weeks. Makes my television viewing habit feel less like a lazy waste of time if I then talk about it on the internet…I guess? Though the title doesn’t really work as this is another show I’ve watched by myself. Which is a Read more…
After downing an Arkanis Mining Guild patrol ship, our intrepid heroes have a chance to take a look at their spoils. The ship is in reasonably good condition, having been disabled with ion cannons and crashing into relatively soft sand. Emiko manages to bring the engines back online while Verci Read more…
X-Rebirth finally has a launch day, Nov. 15th. Already available for pre-order on Steam. I’ve been interested in this one first awhile. I enjoyed X-3 a lot. Built up a massive fleet of ships and a huge starbase. I had a lot of fun exploring and building. But it did Read more…
For the final entry in this stretch, we’re taking a look at Mad Men, season 6. Like many shows, we got into this one a bit late, starting right before season 4 aired. This season was the pinnacle of the most common description I’ve heard for the show, “a slow Read more…
When we last left our intrepid heroes they had succeeded in defeating a team of bounty hunters sent after them. With an annoying Imperial officer still taking up valuable space the crew sought out Lieutenant Thon of the Rebel Alliance. Though the message was cryptic, Thon agreed to meet with Read more…
I recently did my annual car registration here in Texas. This time, however, they also sent me a new set of plates. Apparently you need new plates every seven years. That’s when I realized that come mid September, I’ve lived in the same place for the last seven years. Growing Read more…
Continuing a look at recent TV; How I Met Your Mother In summary, this was a wasted season. That’s to be expected with a show like this though. The entire premise is building to the act of meeting the narrators wife. An interesting concept. The fact that its on network Read more…
Amazon had a deal last month for the entire series of Stargate: Atlantis for only $35. We already had season 1 but jumped at this.It used to be on Netflix but had gone away and for $7 a season, good deal. Naturally I started rewatching it. This would probably be Read more…
I’ve played through a few games of Civ with the Brave New World expansion. Overall, I’m loving the expansion. Lots of cool new features that really change the end-game dynamic, for the better. I’m going to take a look at the main new features of the game below. Culture/Ideology By Read more…