By Frank on January 25, 2010
We near the end of the month of January, and going to work or school might seem like it’s the total dumps. When you’re freezing your ass off, finding out there’s no parking, and figuring out how to make it through the day without becoming a total zombie, it’s hard to think of things that [...]
Posted in Case Of The Mondays Cure | Tagged Case Of The Mondays Cure, Star Wars
By Frank on December 10, 2009
Wow – that cold, cold weather is really doing a number on my updates. You see, my computer is right next to one of our windows, and while the insulation is passable it’s not as good as it could be. I love being happy, but it’s hard to type that out when your fingers threaten [...]
Posted in Gaming, Star Wars: The Old Republic | Tagged Gaming, Star Wars, TV and Movies
By Frank on November 4, 2009
So this is a bit old since Halloween is past, but there’s nothing like live TV, a national audience, and the fact that you probably haven’t gotten work in years to make you a little ecstatic.
Oh – that, and the liquid courage probably doesn’t hurt either.
Check this video from the Today show on Halloween. It [...]
Posted in Social Geekery, TV and Movies | Tagged Star Wars
By Frank on August 7, 2009
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Smugglers – the only folks who could probably get away with romancing a Jedi without getting their hands (or worse) cut off for it.
That’s what today’s developer blog for TOR talks about when it tries to typify the Smuggler class and how it is conceptually tied to the game as a whole. The [...]
Posted in Gaming, Star Wars: The Old Republic | Tagged games, Star Wars, TOR
By Frank on July 3, 2009
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Bioware’s Community guy, Sean Dahlberg, promised Star Wars: The Old Republic followers like myself a brand new “Galactic Timeline” video today, and they delivered, with an account of the return of the Mandalorians, allied with the Sith to battle the Galactic Republic and the Jedi. For those who don’t know, the [...]
Posted in Gaming, Star Wars: The Old Republic | Tagged BioWare, Massively multiplayer online game, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Old Republic
By Frank on June 8, 2009
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SW: TOR Blog Moon over Endor put up an article about a few Bioware updates about the MMO, and one of them caught my eye. Ayane talks a bit about the developer blog update where Bioware devs talk about creating and conceptualizing the Trooper class.
The thing that caught my eye was one particular [...]
Posted in Gaming, Star Wars: The Old Republic | Tagged BioWare, Massively multiplayer online game, Star Wars
By Frank on June 3, 2009
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Destructoid’s well-muscled Brad Nicholson has some on-the-E3-show-floor impressions of Star Wars: The Old Republic’s demo that Bioware’s been touting. Some of the highlights:
-Bioware’s traditional moral choices dialogue screens will be present with NPC interaction – but they’ll also be shared among a party if you’re in it so everyone can [...]
Posted in Gaming, Star Wars: The Old Republic | Tagged BioWare, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Old Republic
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