Oh, hey, it’s my favorite kind of review! The positive kind, that is. Rockin’ Comics started a new feature reviewing webcomics, and we were first on their list! Check it out here: http://www.rockincomics.com/webcomic-wed-31812-nnfb/
Oh, hey, it’s my favorite kind of review! The positive kind, that is. Rockin’ Comics started a new feature reviewing webcomics, and we were first on their list! Check it out here: http://www.rockincomics.com/webcomic-wed-31812-nnfb/
I’ve been flying through the Millenium trilogy, aka The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo series. Its pacing is somewhat inconsistent, occasionally going into lengthy, meandering exposition to set up a significant plot point, or dumping an intricate history of a newly introduced character in your lap all at once. But those complaints are minor, because the series’ highs are significantly higher than its lowest lows!
I think Lisbeth Salander is a fantastically fleshed out character with a great back story and a personality that makes getting through all the Salander-less chapters almost a chore just so I can get back to more of her anti-social antics! I haven’t seen the American version of the first film, but I did watch the Swedish version on Netflix. It was pretty good, and actually made some minor changes that I’d thought would’ve been good for a movie while reading the book, but over all I think the characterization in the book is far stronger.
Merry Christmas, Ina and Yori, you frisky kids!
So I’ve been playing me some Star Wars: The Old Republic (and by some, I mean a lot). I’m on the Lord Adrass RP-PVE server, smuggling spice and running blockades with my gunslinging smuggler, Captain Postle Wattle. (‘Postle-wattle’ technically, since they won’t allow spaces in names). You know, I tried WoW long ago and didn’t care for it at all, but SWTOR is just so much more immersive in its story telling! And this is some seriously good storytelling. I can almost pretend the prequels never happened. But, no, the prequels will never go away… Still, SWTOR almost makes up for it.
I’ve been sketching Star Wars stuff lately, but can you blame me? The dude on the left is my idea of what the Sith Emperor looks like. He’s totally immortal, you know. The other two are just Jedi and Trooper dudes. OH MAN IT’S COMING IN JUST FOUR MORE DAYS (assuming I get early access on the 13th, that is).
This is so far from the badass stuff I usually draw, I’m almost ashamed. Almost…
I’ve been playing some Uncharted 3, and, geez, that Nathan Drake is such a great guy! Forgive and forget is his eternal motto. Try to choke him to death? He’s cool with it. Shoot him in the arm? Well, he might shoot back, but it’s all in good fun! And, I mean SURE, Drake’s killed, literally, HUNDREDS of dudes. But they were all bad people, so it’s justified! No hard feelings!
Ok, this is a total nerd moment (as are most of my moments), but today is the release date for the latest Star Wars novel; Revan by Drew Karpyshyn. I shall now tell you why I think this is awesome. Firstly, it’s a novel focusing on the lead character from Knights of the Old Republic, specifically what happened to him after the end of the game. As far as Star Wars lore goes, this is some big revealing stuff that touches on the origins of the seemingly immortal Sith Emperor! Also, Karpyshyn (what an awesome last name) is the same guy who wrote the Darth Bane trilogy, as well as the Mass Effect novels. He’s got a fantastic writing style, especially when it comes to action scenes. I dig how he uses words like ‘pulp’, ‘grind’, and ’snap’ in his description of violence. The visuals that come to mind are always wonderfully gorey! Makes me want to draw some bloody fanart.
Anyways, I’m picking up the audiobook asap.
Do I even need to preface this rant with the fact that I’m a huge Star Wars nut? Probably not.
So I found myself with access to this weekend’s Star Wars: The Old Republic server stress test. I told myself I wasn’t going to spend all weekend playing the game since I’d lose all the progress I made and have to start from the beginning once the actual game releases on Dec, 20th. Yeah, I TOLD myself that, but I still ended up taking a Smuggler, Jedi Consular, and Sith Warrior up to level 4, and a Bounty Hunter all the way to 10. I can, I think, potentially see my life draining away when this game’s released. I always try not to dip into RPGs for the simple reason that I tend to love them, and lose myself in them for 80+ hours. And those are the ones that actually have a concrete ending! Now I’m faced with the first MMO that’s ever interested me (not including Star Wars: Galaxies, but I didn’t have a proper PC to run it when it was in its heyday), and it actually focuses on a single player experience!
In fact, it really IS like playing Knights of the Old Republic, which was one of the best Star Wars gaming experiences I’ve had to date. For someone who’s turned off by MMOs due to their steep learning curve, SWTOR is the perfect balance, letting a new player focus on learning at his own pace while playing the game as a(n enjoyable) single player experience until he’s feeling confident enough with the mechanics to start jumping in with other players. Very social gamers have no problem just jumping in and asking for directions in standard MMOs, but I’m sure plenty of gamers like me tend to be a little more wary when it comes to socializing in online games, and usually just stick to single player experiences. SWTOR may honestly be the ultimate beginner’s MMO, giving a player who’s no into MMOs or even social gaming in general a perfect diving board for the genre.
Anyways, I’m not certain how social I’ll inevitably be when I’m playing the full game. I admit that this weekend I pretty much just treated the game as if there was no online component, but I can potentially see myself making plenty of like minded Star Wars obsessed friends over the course of my inevitable 1000+ hours of playtime. Is anyone else as stupidly excited about this game as I am??
