apparently, some of the people I work with have to much spare time on their hands….
here are some of the jokes I’ve received in the last day or two:
Category Archives: Just Stuff
KOTOR-Defeated
So..it took about 43 or 44 hours of game play..
but… I beat Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. I had purposefully avoided reading to many of the reviews of the PC version.. so that any twists in the story would come as a surprise. And I can say, I honestly did not see the big twist in the game coming… I’m not going to say what it was here, in case there is anyone reading this playing the game that hasn’t found the twist yet. But, for those of you who have played the game..you know what twist I’m talking about.
When I played it through this time, I played it ‘good’ and went towards the light side. I’m curious as to the story differences if I were to go through it as a dark sider… Maybe I’ll run it through again… of course, if anyone’s played it through dark side, you could always let me know what the differences in the story arc are.
All in all, I’m impressed with the game, even though my iMac doesn’t meet the system requirements, the game play was still smooth (for the most part, it did bog down and get a little screwy in areas where there were lots of characters, and lots of interaction (background changes, sky changes, etc…) but.. even those were livable (once I got the hang of controlling my character in those areas). If it didn’t take almost 50 hours to play all the way through, I’d probably play it through several more times. But, 50 hours is a lot…so I’ll probably run it through 1 more time to play evil.. and then shelve it, until KOTOR2 gets released, then I’ll play again, while waiting for the Mac version of KOTOR2 to get released.
Star Wars: Episode III Trailer
It premiered Friday in front of Pixar’s The Incredibles..so, of course its making its way around the ‘net.
I found a decent copy here. Its about 10 megs.. so if you’re on a slower connection you might want to wait for the official trailer release on Starwars.com or Apple’s Quicktime Trailer site so that you can pick from different resolutions.
My thoughts…. I can’t wait for May!!!! From what’s been revealed in the trailer, it looks like a fitting ‘end’ to the Star Wars Saga (or at least… the movies set in the SW Universe). I know Lucas has said on numerous occasions that all he plans on doing is 1-6, so, unless he has a major change of heart.. this is it… Although.. it now appears that there is a TV series being considered, and I’m sure the Comics and Books – And hopefully the RPG will continue to expand the universe..
I’m thrilled with the glimpses of Wookiees on Kashyyk, The emperor in a Lightsaber duel…the quick glimpses of space combat… from what I’ve seen, the opening combat sequences is supposed to be one of the best, and longest in movie history! I wonder if January is to soon to go stand in line?
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic :
So I got a copy yesterday. I haven’t had a whole lot of time to play it.
But.. I did find out that it will run on my machine, even though its a little bit below the system requirements. I do need to turn some of the video goodies off, and I need to make sure I’m not running anything super memory intensive (like burning a DVD, rendering video) in the background.
From what I’ve seen…the graphics are excellent, the gameplay is good. I think this will be a fun one to play. Of course… if I had a dual processor G5… it’d be even better…but.. that’s not in the budget for the immediate future (unless a whole lot of people suddenly start buying songs through the iTunes Music store link on the right)
I’ll have another update once I’ve had a chance to play for more then 5 minutes…
Fall TV Shows
So.. most of the shows have been running for a week or two now.. and here’s my opinion of some of this fall’s TV lineup
Star Wars
Yesterday, Aspyr announced that SW: KOTOR is shipping.
Its expected to be in stores on the 1st of October… which works out nicely for me..since the first is payday =)
And of course, the big Star Wars news this week, is that the ‘original’ trilogy (episodes 4,5,& 6) go on sale on DVD today… I plan on picking mine up at lunch time from the Virgin MegaStore down the street from my work. I haven’t decided yet if I’m going to get the ‘light side’ packaging or the ‘dark side’ packaging. I suppose I should actually wait to see what they have in stock, before I make up my mind. George Lucas, in his never satisfied with his work way, has re-done some more of the movies (in addition to the changes that made these the ‘special editions’ back in the 90s. The Han Solo/Greedo scene that was the source of so much commentary in the special editions, has been re-done, again. Apparently, this time they fire at the same time, and Han dodges Greedo’s shot…
Definitely looking forward to picking up the movies..and spending 6 hours this weekend watching them!
Interesting Headlines
A few news articles caught my eye today…
The first one: [cnn.com] is funny…apparently some guy was getting ready to shoot some puppies (that’s not the funny part…) and he was carrying two of the puppies, when one of the pups got ahold of the trigger..and shot the guy in his wrist. So..let that be a lesson to all you puppy shooters out there.. the dogs are starting to shoot back!
The second one: [cnn.com] just pisses me off. Bushmaster has settled a lawsuit that was holding them partly responsible for the DC Sniper shootings (the gun the snipers used was made by Bushmaster).. this is the first anti-gun lawsuit that has resulted in any type of award going to the plaintiffs… and I’d have to imagine it won’t be the last one now. I just have one question.. how come none of these idiots that are suing gun companies for making guns, are suing car companies for making cars? It’s just as easy (actually, easier.. you don’t have to be 21 to buy a car) to kill someone with a car… how come the parents of the girl injured in Fort Collins while car surfing aren’t filing a lawsuit against Buick for not including hand/foot holds on the top of the car to prevent car surfers from falling off? why don’t the parents of these kids sue the manufacturer for making a car that can roll over?
What ever happened to personal responsibility? its not Bushmaster (or the gun dealer)’s fault that Malvo and his buddy were shooting people.. it’s Malvo and his buddy’s fault. These type of lawsuits are as stupid and frivolous as the ones filed by fat people blaming McDonald’s for making them fat (after all, McDonald’s has such a history of holding a gun to people’s heads and forcing them to order the Super Sized meals and then making them eat the whole thing)
Makes me think Shakespeare was right “Kill all the Lawyers” (no..I don’t remember which play/character said it) It’d definitely cut down the number of these stupid lawsuits
TiVo & Netflix
An interesting rumor is making the rounds…
Both companies are denying it..but, according to Newsweek, Netflix and TiVo are about to announce a partnership that will allow people who subscribe to both TiVo and Netflix to download the movies they want to watch, instead of having to wait for them to be mailed out…. if its true…its the perfect couch potato subscription…
If it’s true…it’ll be interesting to see how they work out the details (how long do you ‘rent’ the movie for…how do you ‘return’ it, how many times can you watch it.. etc..)
Now…if TiVo would just release a stand-alone HDTV unit… I’d get one and be a happy camper…
Aliens Vs Predator
Thanks to the fine folks over at Starland I was able to attend a sneak peak of Aliens Vs Predator tonight.
Overall – A good movie. Although, I think this is going to be one of those movies that you either love, or hate… I don’t think there is going to be much of a middle ground.
Bad – way too SHORT!!!!!! The flick was nowhere near as long as I would have liked. Not a reason to not go though… I’m hoping the DVD release will have some extra footage
Good – Everything else… Good FX, Good Acting, Decent Story… I don’t remember much from the original AvP Comics.. I read them long ago… so I couldn’t tell you if the story in the movie is anywhere near the one from the Comics..and frankly.. I don’t think I’d care to much if it wasn’t. I like the story and how they worked both Aliens and Predators in…
Makes me want to add the Predator and Alien movies to my Netflix list… except.. I know that they’ll be on EVERYONE’s netflix list within the next week or so…
Favorite line from the movie: “Its like a condom. I’d rather have it, and not need it, then need it and not have it.” Soundtrack for the movie is available through the iTunes music store..and I think this is the first movie, that actually had that information in the credits…first I remember at any rate.
Oh yeah..the one trailer attached was for a movie called Taxi… it looks absolutely hilarious! Jimmy Fallon/Queen Latifah
Episode III Title Officially Announced
Lucasfilm made the announcement at Comic-Con
There is an ‘official’ story about it on CNN . The official title is now: Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith.
The logo is identical to that used for Episode VI (Return of the Jedi), which helps tie the prequel trilogy back into the original trilogy (which hits shelves on DVD in September!) Also revealed at Comic-con were drawings of Kashyyyk (Homeplanet of the Wookiees). Looks like Lucas is well into post-production for Episode III, which is scheduled to hit theaters in May of ’05. I wonder when tickets will go on sale?