While traveling last week, I started thinking about the recent trend in airlines. Gone are the days of buying a plane ticket and being done. Now, you are constantly running into more ways to pay, many times for things you use to get free. Off the top of my head, Read more…
Last adventure, we left off with the heroic crew of the Pink Lady waiting on the dilapidated Kemal space station. They had made a trade with the Sullustan smuggler Taygeta Panaybe to exchange valuable Greel Wood for spice and a few other commodities. One part of the trade involved the installation Read more…
Last week I wrote about some guild drama that had taken place in my STO guild/fleet. At the time, I was just annoyed and venting. I thought it would all go away. I was very wrong. Two nights ago, things came to a head and a group of fleet mates Read more…
Today, I wanted to talk a little bit about dilithium in STO. This is the in game currency that is used for most everything of value. You can exchange it for Zen, the currency you purchase for real money and use to buy stuff from their store. Dilithium is needed Read more…
I started running a Star Wars: Edge of the Empire game this weekend. We had played a few sessions with the beginner game before and were all eagerly anticipating the full books release here at the end of April. When the book got delayed, we faced a choice; continue with Read more…
Hell is other people. Be warned, this is a little ranty. And by little, I mean it’s just a rant. I “run” a fleet (guild) in Star Trek Online. I use the quotes because, for the most part, we’re a pretty laid back group. We don’t organize raids (not that Read more…
I just wanted to put up a quick note here that I haven’t abandoned the blog. Been a bit busy and just haven’t had anything I’ve wanted to blog about. Some idea on whats going on: Aristeia In the final line-item editing stage. Mostly grammatical work. Not much for me Read more…
Not long ago, Cryptic announced an expansion for Star Trek Online. The highlight of this expansion is to be the addition of the Romulans as a playable faction. In the announcement it was implied that you can start as any faction, suggesting that the three factions would all be equal. Read more…
Get ready internet, April Fool’s day is here. That means companies will be releasing false information intended to annoy and surprise you. Game companies are the worst, predictably releasing news of an expansion or update that either is to awesome to be true or to stupid to exist. And, inevitably, Read more…
Back in 1990, Spaceward Ho! was my first 4X game. It introduced me to the genre, setting the stage for Civilization and every other 4X game I’ve enjoyed over the years. It was a fairly simple game by today’s standards but for a Mac game at the time, I image Read more…