I know, it's supposed to be "the Fallen Empire" in reference to the Eternal Empire. But if you think in terms of the conquered Republic and Empire, using 'a' in the title could then refer to the player character as a knight of their respective faction. Anyway, I played through the first 9 chapters of the new expansion on my Jedi Knight, so a little ( Read more... )

So, that makes 3 level 50s in 2 months. Definitely waaaay faster than the time it took for my Inquisitor or Smuggler. Thanks to the 12x class XP bonus, I was able to level with just the class and main planetary questline. It certainly brought the class stories into sharp focus, undiluted by extraneous quests. Thinking about it, I think the Agent ( Read more... )

I've been playing Star Wars: The Old Republic for some time now. It was quite fun rampaging around as a (literally) power hungry Sith Inquisitor, then as a wise-cracking Smuggler after a legendary treasure. Storywise, however, nothing really stood out. Then I created an Imperial Agent. After manipulating the Hutts into siding with the Empire and ( Read more... )

Finally managed to catch Avengers over the weekend. I thought it was pretty fun, and some of the lines or gags were just hilarious. Got quite a few laughs in the audience, on a Sunday night no less!

[Spoilers and show-related thoughts]One of my favourites is at the beginning, when Hawkeye gets shot and Black Widow rushes up to assist. "Will someone take care of that bunker please?" ( Read more... )

The new Avengers movie opened here last week, but I've been holding off, partly to avoid the crush and partly because this week's episode of S.H.I.E.L.D. will lead into the movie. Which of course makes me wonder how it will all tie together.

[Spoilers and wild speculation]We left off last week with Coulson surrendering to the "real" S.H.I.E.L.D. Since Gonzales stated that he ( Read more... )

For the past few months, my video card has been cranky, sometimes refusing to start up so that Windows boots but with no display I have to shut down again using keyboard keypresses. I think the problem goes back to when I got a new extension cord with a special surge protector. Each time I turned on the switch, I'd see a green spark at the switch ( Read more... )

Wow, hard to believe it's nearing the end of the year. The second season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has already started, but right now, I've been reminded of the first season and its big event, the tie-in with the Captain America 2 movie and the remergence of HYDRA ( Read more... )

Been watching a few episodes of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the major impression that I took away with me so far is that they love Mass Effect. A lot. The obvious one that immediately jumped out at me was the high-tech sniper rifle that Ward uses to shoot Mike Peterson at the end of the first episode. It had a very distinctive curve in the styling ( Read more... )

Been gaming quite intensely these past few months. Mostly Mass Effect, of course, but after completing a second runthrough of the original game, I got a hankering for some strategy. I sometimes dabble in real-time strategy games, and I really love the turn-based Heroes of Might and Magic series. But man, strategy games stress me out. I absolutely ( Read more... )

Well, that was amusing. Almost immediately after I'd finished Citadel, I reinstalled ME1 and jumped right back in, determined to play the flipside to my canonical run through. That meant a female renegade Shepard, and decisions opposite to those I'd made the first time round. Though even at the beginning, I was aware that there were some things I ( Read more... )