Star Wars: Underworld

Saw an article recently that reveals some details about the long rumored Star Wars live action TV show. Some highlights: Set between Episode 3 and 4 Focuses on the dark underbelly (hence the name Underworld) Has a “complex, dark, adult” tone Each episode is budgeted for $5 million There are Read more…

Primary Caucus

I’m torn between hating and respecting the primary/caucus system here in America. On one hand, it’s just the way a political party picks their candidate and it gets far to much attention by the media. On the other, we do live in a two party state (as much as this Read more…

SWTOR Check

It has been almost a month since SWTOR launched (well EGA anyways) so I thought I would update my thoughts on the game so far. Companions The companions are a great addition to gaming. For so long, you would go into a dangerous situation alone and take on scores of Read more…

Purple Haze

I’ve never been a huge fan of purple. Nothing against it, just wasn’t my favorite color. Unlike pink, which I detest. Until Attack of the Clones came out. Now, we’ll avoid talking about the prequels except to say that Mace Windu’s purple lightsaber just looked damn cool. I don’t really Read more…

The Ocaitchi Legacy

I recently finished chapter 1 in SWTOR with my smuggler character. One of the games features at this point is the unlocking of the Legacy system. There isn’t much to it right now, aside from earning xp towards legacy levels (that don’t mean anything yet) and the ability to have Read more…

What I’m Reading

I did a post awhile back about what TV my wife and I were watching. So I thought I’d do one now about what I’ve been reading. Dresden Files Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files are a fun series. I originally picked them up as a beach book to read on vacation Read more…

Nose to the Grind Stone

Well, the holidays are over. Time to get back to work. I have a novel to finish writing and then edit into a coherent story.  But first I have to remember what the hell I was doing two weeks ago. I’ve always had a love/hate relationship with the first day Read more…

2012, Here We Come

After yesterday’s look back at 2012, today we’re going to look forward to 2012. What does the year have in store for us? Games My outlook on games in 2012 is pretty limited. SWTOR is out and I expect that to be the main thing I play, at least for Read more…