Archive for September, 2010
- Dr. Doom vs. Vader – Fanboy overload! 15 CommentsPosted by Jeremy Conrad on September 30, 2010 under Pics
We love Star Wars here. And we love comics. So this pic really should send anyone who loves both into a geekgasm! Two of the coolest villains ever going at it. But who would win in a fight between Doom and Vader? Sound off in the comments below with who you'd pick to win this ultimate fight.Art by Jim Calafiore.... more. - How Empire Strikes Back should have ended 0 CommentsPosted by Jeremy Conrad on under Videos
How it Should Have Ended is a series that puts animated endings to popular movies. They've posted their latest episode and it's how Empire Strikes Back should have ended. If you've seen any of the previous episodes, you know how it goes. It takes a popular movie and re-does the ending in a humorous way. This one is one of their better episodes, and the animation quality has really improved lately ... more. - FFXIV: Made in China? 21 CommentsPosted by Jeremy Conrad on under Gaming
If you're a MMORPG player, you owe it to yourself to read Lum the Mad's blog. Lum has been around the MMO scene forever, prior to going to work for Mythic on DAoC and further MMO adventures. Last week when Final Fantasy XIV launched for the Collector's Edition, he uncovered startling signs that the game was... more. - Final Fantasy XIV Review 40 CommentsPosted by Jeremy Conrad on under Gaming, Reviews
Square's long-awaited sequel to Final Fantasy XI is finally out, but should you spend your time and money playing it? The answer to that question will really depend on how much of a blind lemming you are to the Final Fantasy games. I say blind lemming as that is the only way anyone really could choose to play Final Fantasy XIV over the multitude of actual working MMORPGs on the market. Square has ... more. - Heir to the Empire receiving a 20th Anniversary re-release! 1 CommentsPosted by Jeremy Conrad on September 29, 2010 under News
In 1991 Timothy Zahn revived the Star Wars franchise and launched the Expanded Universe with Heir to the Empire, the first chapter of the epic Thrawn trilogy. Now for its 20th Anniversary the book is being re-released in a special edition hardcover. The release initially appeared on Amazon earlier this morning, but now StarWars.com<... more. - 10 Most Awesome Star Wars Villains 12 CommentsPosted by Jeremy Conrad on under Featured, Lists, Star Wars
Sure, the Star Wars universe is filled with heroics. From the noble Jedi to a scoundrel turned hero, there's no shortage of good there. But we all know the real reason you love Star Wars; the villains! Below we've tracked down the ten most awesome villains in all of Star Wars.Darth VaderWhile the Prequels may have slightly lessened Vader's menace (it's just not the same when you see he w... more. - Guybrush Threepwood in The Force Unleashed 2 0 CommentsPosted by Jeremy Conrad on under Gaming
This isn't a joke. Lucasarts revealed via their Twitter/Facebook feeds that there will be an unlockable Guybrush Threepwood skin in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2. For those unfamiliar with him, Guybrush is the main character in Lucasarts' classic Monkey Island series which has recently seen a revival due to Telltalle Games putting out a new episodic adventure and Lucasarts re-releasing the firs... more. - The Phantom Menace re-released in 3D in 2012 0 CommentsPosted by Jeremy Conrad on under News
We've known this was coming for a long time, but now it's official. The Star Wars saga will be re-released in 3D beginning with Episode I in 2012. Depending on how The Phantom Menace does in its re-release the remaining five movies will be released each year following. So Attack of the Clones will be 2013, Revenge of the Sith in 2014, A New Hope in 2015, The Empire Strikes Back in 2016, and Return... more. - Lightsabers in Dead Rising 2 1 CommentsPosted by Jeremy Conrad on September 28, 2010 under Gaming, Videos
Capcom's sequel to the early Xbox 360 game Dead Rising is in stores today, complete with lightsabers. One of the big features of the game is the ability to create weapons out of nearly everything. Throughout the game you'll pick up various items and they can be combined in workshop rooms to create many different kinds of zombie-killing weapons. Naturally, the coolest one of these is the lightsaber... more. - Rumor: New round of Old Republic testing starting 0 CommentsPosted by Jeremy Conrad on under Gaming
There have been a couple known rounds of closed, completely NDA'ed, testing for The Old Republic so far. The first of which was just over a weekend followed by an apparent larger scale round. Now word is coming out that Bioware has added another batch of players to the testing pool. If you want to be considered, just head over to www.swtor.com and create an account (if ... more.













