Finally…a Star Trek movie my wife wants to see.

My wife really doesn’t like Star Trek, and I’ve forced her to see just about every Next Generation film that’s come along, despite her protests.  I was bound and determined to make her like it.  Didn’t work.  Still, even she admits that the new Star Trek flick, by JJ Abrams, looks pretty darn good.  At […]

Madness at the Movies: Watchmen (Paul's Take)

Comic fans are an interesting breed.  In general, most comic fans hate any changes made to the storylines of their favorite comics when those comics are adapted to cinema.  Still, the most successful comic adaptions, like Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, the original Superman movies with Christopher Reeve, and the X-Men series come with […]

Fear the Con 2 – 1st Day Recap, pt 2

After wrapping up my turn in Don’t Rest Your Head, I moved over to my next game, Succession Wars. Succession Wars is an eighties era,  out-of-print number from now-defunct FASA.  It’s a turn-based strategy game combining elements of territory grabs (ala Risk) and player negotiations (e.g. Diplomacy) with a healthy application of Battletech backstory applied. […]

Dissenting Opinions: The LG Lotus Sucks

Is there some unwritten rule that it’s okay to release technology before the bugs have been worked out? The Xbox’s Red Ring of Death and Microsoft Windows Vista major issues are just two examples of items that, let’s be honest, should never have been released. I’m having some major issues with my LG Lotus phone […]

Finally a reason to buy a Ps3!

The problem with games that take years to make is that, typically, the games, at least graphically, are already obsolete when they come out.  I can’t help but feel that DC Universe Online, as excited as I am about it, looks like a Playstation 2 game.  I know the power of the Ps3 is what’s […]

Fear the Con 2: Slot 5

Currently wiping commie scum off the face of the North American map. Worse their Red Monkeys rendering U.S. Citizens to mindless Zombunists!!! We’re playing 50s era superheroes with the Marvel Super Heroes RPG rules.