I finally decided to go ahead and get a Kinect. Why? Pretty much to play the new Star Wars Kinect game. Okay, while that was the motivator to do it now, it wasn’t my only reason. I’ve liked the idea of a Kinect since I heard about it. The idea Read more…
I just finished the last episode of the DS9 Featured series in STO. Overall it was fun. I didn’t enjoy it as much as I had the previous FE’s, but I also didn’t have SWTOR to compare those too. That makes a difference. The biggest downside with all of them Read more…
I love 4X strategy games. Especially turn based ones. One reason Civilization is my favorite game series of all time. In addition to the new Civ expansion coming this spring, there are another few strategy type games I’m keeping an eye on. Legends of Pegasus I recently read about Read more…
Bioware held their Guild Summit for SWTOR today. A lot of interesting bits of information filtering out. No one from Republic Sentinels was invited to attend, unfortunately. There is so much information I can’t really comment on most of it. Darth Hater has a great summary of everything, so check Read more…
There are some changes planned for the SWTOR economy in the near future. Patch 1.2 is supposed to have a fair number of changes for many things, especially crafting, but it looks like patch 1.1.5 will already have some of the groundwork. …including the much requested removal of light side Read more…
I just played the second episode in the new STO Featured Episode Series “The 2800”. I was both impressed and reminded that the game sucks. It’s funny how something can do both things. The Good The new Bajor map looks great. It has a very Bajoran feel to it Read more…
Late Spring 2012. Civilization V’s first expansion pack, Gods and Kings. As historically, I have been sucked into a Civ binge during this time (it started back just when school got out), this is good timing. As with most expansions, this one will add new units, new wonders and new Read more…
Having some trouble picking a class in SWTOR? What to know how they are different from each other? Well here’s a quick and dirty guide based just on their game play mechanics. I warn you, I haven’t personally played all of them, so some thoughts are based on observations in Read more…
I ran my first, successful, hardmode flashpoint last night in SWTOR. It was a lot of fun. We tried the mission about a week ago and failed due to a bug making it impossible to beat. Since then, a couple people in the guild have made a few successful runs, Read more…
My smuggler has been at 400 Armstech for awhile now. My Jedi has also been at 400 Cybertech for about as long. What have I learned? That at max level, Armstech is fairly useless. It was nice making barrels for my guns as I leveled. It will be useful when Read more…