To anyone that used to play the X-Wing series of games.

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Now I want to find my copy of TIE Fighter but I have to finish my dissertation :(

Thanks to tears_of_nienna's LiveJournaling yesterday, I decided to play Battle for Middle Earth 2 last night (and conquered all the lands).

In the final battle that actually took place at Minas Morgul, I spotted one of my AI allies had a hero unit in battle and I was so amused I had to take a screenshot.

Saruman the Pink

Portal fans should appreciate this ;)

So the New Republic 5th Fleet is 10 years old today. I wasn't around at the very beginning (I joined February 2001), I doubt many fanclubs make it this far so I feel glad to be part of something that has lasted so long.

To celebrate, I created a little something and thought I'd share:

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As I watched this broadcast, I felt like banging my head on my desk at the stupidity of these people. While it's not about this specific situation, here's quote that fit's the situation perfectly.

"As Harlan says, you're not entitled to your opinion, you're entitled to your INFORMED opinion. If you haven't bothered to be informed about something, ( Read more... )

It occurred to me that I never wrote about what I did over Christmas. Well that's easy, I spent most of the time playing Mass Effect (which is very very addictive, I played through it twice in 10 days...and there's STILL more to see) and when I wasn't doing that I was playing Star Wars Miniatures with friends ( Read more... )

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So, I wonder if it's too late to get one of those built in time for christmas. It would certainly liven things up a bit ;)

Barbie meets Star Wars and annoys someone on cloud city: linkStar Wars Lego for the Wii is rather fun, even though it's just the first two games combined into one. Lightsaber combat does involve waving the Wiimote around, it's not perfect but it's a good taste of what The Force Unleashed will hopefully offer ( Read more... )

Abducted from elise-maxwell: If you comment that you are interested, I will choose seven interests from your profile and you will explain what they mean and why you are interested in them. Post this along with your answers in your own journal so that others can play along.

Daleks are a race of beings from Doctor Who and are one of the most well known villains ( Read more... )

At last!

Lucasarts announced The Force Unleashed will be ported to the Wii and released early next year (I imagine at the same time as the other formats).

Let's hope they do a good job with it.

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