Update: I have no words except, AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
I can’t express how excited I am for Star Trek: Picard… well okay that’s not true, this would be a very short post if that were true.
But seriously, just a few years ago I never would have thought this would be happening. The Next Generation era had gone by the wayside, replaced with prequels and reboots, and that was just the way of things.
Now we get to return to the era and at least one of the characters I grew up with, Picard.
So just to be upfront, this post is kinda of an ad for a project I’ve been working on lately. I’ve been creating a board game price comparison site, Board Gamer Deals, which does, well, exactly what it sounds like! You can go to the site, search for whatever board game you’re looking for, and the page will search for the latest pricing from a number of retailers. My database of games is growing every day. Also, if you search for a game that I don’t already have, the page will be automatically generated!
I’ll just get this out of the way at the top. I really enjoyed the first episode of The Orville.
The Orville is half Star Trek satire, half it’s own thing. Actually, I don’t even want to say it’s satire at all, it’s really not. It’s a Star Trek-style show with a humorous bent. The aesthetic is very clearly TNG era Star Trek. At least as much as they can get away with, without being sued by CBS.
Having been born in late 1983, I obviously missed out on the chance to see one of my favorite movies on the big screen. Next week, that finally changes! I’ll be going on September 13th to see Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan in theaters! I couldn’t be more excited about it!
So as I’m writing this, I’m watching the Rocket League RLCS Season 4 EU Play-In games. That may sound like a mouthful and you may think I’m speaking gibberish, so I’ll explain. No, that will take too long, let me sum up. Skip next paragraph if you already know what this is.
The official Star Trek: Discovery twitter account has been posting some interesting clips lately. Revealing props such as the new communicator and phasers. And damn, do they look great! I fully expect and hope to see a good look of the new tricorder soon.
I can’t express to you how much it needs to be October so I can watch this. Like, right meow. In the mean time, we get to stare at this poster image for a few months. And binge on the first season over and over. Now If you’ll excuse me, I’m going to do just that.
So I happened to read this little piece on Blizzard Watch, and it got me thinking. What would I want to happen with Artifact weapons in the Post Legion world (of warcraft)?
For me it’s kinda simple, how the hell do we go back to random drops after wielding such iconic weapons as Doomhammer or Ashbringer? Being a guy that mostly plays Paladin and Shaman, that was a huge deal for me. I just don’t see how that could be topped.
It’ll soon be time to head back in time down nostalgia lane and play the original StarCraft again, in full remastered glory! StarCraft: Remastered launches on August 14, 2017 and will run you $14.99. Full 4K widescreen support, remastered dialogue and audio, and a game faithful to the original all means this promises to be awesome.
StarCraft holds a special place in my own heart. It was the game the first got me into Blizzard games. It was also the game that solidified me as a PC gamer. I think it might actually be one of the first games I played from beginning to end. Can’t say I was ever any good at multiplayer though. But still, I very much plan on picking this game up and playing through all over again.
So while I may not have ever really been a comic reader growing up or after, I’ve come to love the Marvel Cinematic Universe. I tend to be a little behind on the TV stuff though, but this look at the new series seems pretty interesting.
Marvel’s Inhumans series initially was going to be a movie, was postponed / cancelled, sat around in development hell for a minute, and is now back in TV show form. I’m not entirely sure why all the back and forth but I’d sure like to find out, I’m always fascinated by what goes into making a movie or show.
Being a guy that has very little familiarity with the comics, this trailer has me interested. Not excited or mad, just interested. It’s been said that the powerset of the Inhumans would be difficult to pull off on a tv budget though, so I am curious how well that is going to work out.
I can’t say this got me super hyped up though. Inhumans gets a resounding “Meh.” from me.