Now Reading
Planned books:
- The Dark River (Fourth Realm Trilogy, Book 2) by John Twelve Hawks
- A Rulebook for Arguments by Anthony Weston
- Feed (Newsflesh, Book 1) by Mira Grant
Current books:
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In His Majesty’s Service by Naomi Novik
Recent books:
- Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks
- Dune, 40th Anniversary Edition (Dune Chronicles, Book 1) by Frank Herbert
- The Copywriter’s Handbook, Third Edition: A Step-By-Step Guide To Writing Copy That Sells by Robert W. Bly
- The Traveler (Fourth Realm Trilogy, Book 1) by John Twelve Hawks
- Jonathan Strange by Susanna Clarke
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Category Archives: PC Gaming
Post Launch Thoughts on SWTOR
During the Thanksgiving Day weekend I gave my Initial Impressions of Star Wars: The Old Republic. Since then the game launched, and is undergoing its weekly Tuesday morning [..]
SWTOR – After Launch
Like most MMOs, Star Wars: The Old Republic will need new content after launch to keep players in the game. World of Warcraft regularly adds Content Patches. These [..]
UPDATE – SWTOR Preorder Woe
UPDATE 3 (14 Dec 11pm EST) – The issue has been resolved. I just got an email saying thank you for registering your Pre-Order Code. Thank you to [..]
SWTOR Legacy Names
So now serious thought has to be given to a Legacy name. Posted by: James Ohlen “This build has our first iteration of the Legacy System! At its [..]
Game Moments that Stick with You – Zaalbar kills Mission
Back on the old original XBox is where I played the predecessor to Star Wars: The Old Republic came out, the original Knights of the Old Republic. It [..]
SWTOR Digital Copy or Physical Copy
Update: I pre-ordered the digital edition. So I’ve been wondering if I should pre-order Star Wars: The Old Republic by going to Best Buy/Game Stop which might have [..]
My Daily SWTOR Blogroll
These are the Star Wars: The Old Republic sites I follow every day (well… a few times a day usually). Ask A Jedi Darth Hater Old Republic.net Republic [..]
Star Wars: The Old Republic 60-Day Game Cards Available
The 60 Day Game Time Card are finally out for Star Wars: The Old Republic so that people can give the gift of time for the game. I [..]
My Thoughts on GamePro’s Review of Star Wars: The Old Republic
The folks at GamePro gave a video review of Star Wars: The Old Republic. I’ll let you check it out before I rip into them… at least the [..]
More Thoughts on the Star Wars: The Old Republic – UI
Rather than edit my Initial Impressions of Star Wars: The Old Republic post, I’ll carry on with more thoughts and opinions in newer posts. I recently read, Working [..]
More Thoughts on the Star Wars: The Old Republic – Light Side/Dark Side
During my Initial Impressions of Star Wars: The Old Republic, I noted that: You can gain light or dark side points as the game progresses depending on choices [..]
Initial Impressions of Star Wars: The Old Republic
Well, this past weekend was the stress test for Star Wars: The Old Republic. They let an apparent 1.5 to 2 million people download a near finished version [..]
WoW Update
I haven’t played World of Warcraft for a while and let my account lapse for now due to financial issues. I decided that maintaining a Netflix account is [..]
Some Thoughts on the Difficulty of Minecraft
The Boo update changed a few things about Minecraft. We got the Nether, very cool. A couple odd texture bugs: grass is different on the side than tops, [..]
Talking About Minecraft
I have been addicted to a new game called Minecraft of late. I’ll go into more details some day when words don’t fail me to adequately describe it, [..]
Initial thoughts on the WoW 4.0.1 PTR
So Blizzard has made the World of Warcraft 4.0.1 patch available on the Public Test Realms (PTR). PTRs are used to test patches before they are released to [..]
Archeology in Cataclysm
TotalHalibut has posted a video of one of the main things I am looking forward to in the upcoming Cataclysm expansion to World of Warcraft, the archeology profession.
Want a Free Extended Trial to World of Warcraft?
Dear friends and family, If you want to give World of Warcraft a try, let me know, I’ll send you a code that will upgrade the normal 10 [..]
Dear Blizzard, Why I Should Have a Cataclysm Beta Key
My Dearest Blizzard, I hope this letter finds you well. This is a busy time for you. Tonight at midnight you release Starcraft II to the world (my [..]
The Instance to Give Away Cataclysm Beta Keys
Already the best World of Warcraft related podcast, The Instance has recently announced they will be giving away keys to play the Cataclysm Beta! Oh Scott and Randy [..]