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Well, it's nice to see Livejournal back up and fairly responsive. I don't want to personally deal with any more social networking/blogging sites.

It's August already? Aiiyaah!

I still can't bring myself to pre-order SW:TOR. I fully expect to play it at some point, so that seems a little odd to me.

Diablo 3 only playable online? Bummer, but unsurprising. The game having an auction house option to use real money? Unsettling, but unsurprising. Both reveals are things that more games are moving toward and have been for a while, so I can hardly be shocked.

Hmm. I missed the new Thundercats premiere. Shame on me, or something. Have to track down the means to see that.
Edit: Okay, seen it now. Pretty good, and definitely going for the longer story arcs. I mostly like the new take on characters and setting. Interesting trivia point: I thought I recognized King Claudus' voice and, after looking it up, it's the same person who did Lion-O in the original series.

After three weeks, I finally got that darn Guild Wars quest done. Yay! On the down side, it reminds me that Factions really was my least favorite campaign in the game. Too much of it feels like senselessly slogging through masses of Afflicted in poorly-laid-out zones using nothing but brute force.

It's interesting to see someone's perspective on WoW when new to it. This supports my theory (which is hardly revolutionary) that we form biases based on what we're familiar with first.

So Fantasy Flight Games did get the Star Wars license, eh? But they've not announced any RPG lines with it. Hmm. Well, okay. Good for them, I guess. They've grown a lot from being one of the many, many non-WOTC d20 publishers.

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  1. kyn_elwynnAugust 2, 2011 at 9:59 PM

    Now Fantasy Flight can post a Descent expansion using Star Wars setting and characters!

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