Old Game Tuesday – Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast

First person shooters were huge for me when I was younger, despite the fact I wasn’t very good at them.  That meant FPS’s that still had a single player story were much loved and more likely to be bought.  Jedi Outcast was the second ‘Jedi Knight’ game but the third…

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Old Game Tuesday – Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast

Movie Review – The Adventures of Tintin

I FINALLY got back to the theater yesterday, as we took the kids to see The Adventures of Tintin.  It’s a wonderful 3D animated adventure movie based on the comics by Belgian artist Hergé.  It uses the ever more prevalent performance capture, and since it has Peter Jackson co-producing along…

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Movie Review – The Adventures of Tintin

Friday Finds – LOTR and Star Wars

Hey, it’s been a while.  Vacations, children, car shopping, attending Sabres games in the press box, all take a toll on my time.  Onto the posts! The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim First Impressions – Oh yeah, this has a lot to do with the lack of regular content too. Skyrim…

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Friday Finds – LOTR and Star Wars

Ender’s Game News – Ben Kingsley and Hollywood Whitewashing

Some notes:  This post has some plot details of Ender’s Game: The Book, so if you haven’t read it (and WHY NOT) read the rest of this at your own risk. I hesitate to even write this, as Orson Scott Card’s books were a pretty fundamental part of my childhood,…

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Ender’s Game News – Ben Kingsley and Hollywood Whitewashing

Essential Software

I just got a new laptop (this Toshiba, if you are curious) and as such, have a blank slate for new software to install.  In case it’s helpful, here’s what I put on any new PC: System Tools: Daemon Tools – No, not for pirated software.  I have, over the…

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Essential Software

Skyrim Screenies

In case you want to see more of my adventures, including me blinding a bear:        

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Skyrim Screenies

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim First Impressions

I’m only maybe 5 or 6 hours into Skyrim, but I feel like I’ve seen and experienced enough to give you my first impressions.  It’s a downright beautiful game, it set my detail level to ‘High’ based on my specs and it was just ridiculous how good it looks.  I…

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The Elder Scrolls V:  Skyrim First Impressions

Old Game Tuesday – Super Dodge Ball

Super Dodge Ball might just be the ideal game from the 8-bit era that you didn’t play.  It’s exactly what the title says, your team (USA in our NES version) battles dodge ball teams from around the globe in a tournament.  Each team (from places like Iceland, Kenya and China)…

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Old Game Tuesday – Super Dodge Ball

Best Animated Film 2011 – Which Should Be Nominated?

As seen at Slashfilm, there will be at least 18 eligible animated movies to get Oscar nominations this year, which means there could be 5 nominees in the category.  I’ve actually seen most of them, aside from the four foreign ones and the ones releasing in the next few weeks. …

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Best Animated Film 2011 – Which Should Be Nominated?

Friday Finds – Kung Fu and Carmen Sandiego

Well, it was a busy week for me, though most of the creative juices were used at the Sabres site I run.  They had a rough week, what can I say?  Still, I got OGT out, and it’s one of my all time favorites, River City Ransom.  Check it out…

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Friday Finds – Kung Fu and Carmen Sandiego

Old Game Tuesday – River City Ransom

River City Ransom is one of those games that, if you’ve played it, you probably love it…but not a lot of people have played it.  I came across it by chance at the video store once, played the heck out of it, but it took me forever to find a…

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Old Game Tuesday – River City Ransom

Friday Finds – War Machine and The Hobbit

Happy Friday, all!  I’m getting back in the swing of things so got some posts down this week.  Not sure how many I’ll manage for next week, though, as I’m planning to fire up River City Ransom for OGT.  Might just nerd-snipe myself into oblivion there, love that game.  Anyway,…

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Friday Finds – War Machine and The Hobbit
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We need to talk about Starcraft 2

I kind of hate Starcraft 2.  There, I said it.  That feels better.  I guess, I should be more specific – I don’t hate the game itself, as it seems like a perfectly good (probably an all time great) RTS.  I had fun with the single player aspect.  What I…

The Forum Returns!

Ever so quietly, a link to the forum section of the site has returned.  Why?  Well, mostly because I wanted to play around a bit.  It’s been upgraded to the latest version of SMF for the forum software, and has a dice roller to make forum games much easier.  If…

Friday Finds – Diamond Weevils, Firefly and the Commodore 64

The holiday lull is over, I’ve actually got a few posts to put in here, woohoo! The Three Christmas Movies – Pretty much only three, minus a few classics that don’t fit. Movie Review – The Adventures of Tintin – A very good animated adventure. Old Game Tuesday – Star…

Old Game Tuesday – Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast

Old Game Tuesday – Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast

First person shooters were huge for me when I was younger, despite the fact I wasn’t very good at them.  That meant FPS’s that still had a single player story were much loved and more likely to be bought.  Jedi Outcast was the second ‘Jedi Knight’ game but the third…

Movie Review – The Adventures of Tintin

Movie Review – The Adventures of Tintin

I FINALLY got back to the theater yesterday, as we took the kids to see The Adventures of Tintin.  It’s a wonderful 3D animated adventure movie based on the comics by Belgian artist Hergé.  It uses the ever more prevalent performance capture, and since it has Peter Jackson co-producing along…

The Three Christmas Movies

So how many Christmas movie plots are there really?  As my wife watches all the Hallmark/ABC Family/etc. I realize there may only be three (this doesn’t include animated specials).  Let’s see: 1.  A Christmas Carol – Remade dozens of times, starring Captain Picard, starring Alistair Sim, starring Muppets, starring Mickey,…

Friday Finds – LOTR and Star Wars

Friday Finds – LOTR and Star Wars

Hey, it’s been a while.  Vacations, children, car shopping, attending Sabres games in the press box, all take a toll on my time.  Onto the posts! The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim First Impressions – Oh yeah, this has a lot to do with the lack of regular content too. Skyrim…

Ender’s Game News – Ben Kingsley and Hollywood Whitewashing

Ender’s Game News – Ben Kingsley and Hollywood Whitewashing

Some notes:  This post has some plot details of Ender’s Game: The Book, so if you haven’t read it (and WHY NOT) read the rest of this at your own risk. I hesitate to even write this, as Orson Scott Card’s books were a pretty fundamental part of my childhood,…

Essential Software

Essential Software

I just got a new laptop (this Toshiba, if you are curious) and as such, have a blank slate for new software to install.  In case it’s helpful, here’s what I put on any new PC: System Tools: Daemon Tools – No, not for pirated software.  I have, over the…

Thanksgiving Timeline

It’s time, once again, for what might be the best holiday of them all for grown-ups - Thanksgiving.  That goes double if you aren’t trusted to prepare food by your family.  You get awesome food, and it’s expected that you are going to eat a ton of it.  If you love…

Skyrim Screenies

Skyrim Screenies

In case you want to see more of my adventures, including me blinding a bear:        

Skyrim Stories – The Shakiest Swordarm In The North

This is a new series I’m doing, highlighting some of the cool cinematic moments I find myself in while playing Skyrim.  I hope you enjoy them. A rescue mission!  My first task as a new Companion is to head to a cave and rescue Camilla Valerius of Riverwood.  I collect…