This week's theme was retro-gaming. I commented to some friends that I was amused that the first thing I did after getting a blazing-fast new PC was to install the oldest games I could find on it. Command and Conquer, C&C Red Alert, and C&C Tiberian Sun won't run, even in the XP Virtual Machine - might be out of luck on those. But I did lose many hours to Age of Empires 1 and 2.
I also signed up at Steam to take advantage of a weekend sale - all five X-Com games for a whopping $2.
Not to be outdone, City of Heroes has started to claim more of my time again - though with the advent of Star Trek Online this week, that may change.
On an entirely different retro-gaming front, I may have agreed to participate in a first-edition AD&D game. I'm not sure, I may have blacked out.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
New Comics Day
Huge week at the comics store.
Still reading, not even halfway done yet...
- X-Babies #4
- Guardians of the Galaxy #22
- Fantastic Four #575
- Jack of Fables #42
- Madame Xanadu #19
- Irredeemable #10
- Robocop #1
- Justice League : Cry for Justice #6
- The Web #5
- World's Finest #4
- Gotham City Sirens #8
- Supergirl #49
- Superman #696
- Superman : Secret Origin #4
- Teen Titans #79
- Batman and Robin #7
- Detective Comics #861
- Wonder Woman #40
- Justice League of America #41
- Justice Society of America #35
- Blackest Night : JSA #2
- The Atom and Hawkman #46
- Green Lantern #50
- Tarot #60
- Knights of the Dinner Table #158
Still reading, not even halfway done yet...
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Week in Geek
An award-winning post for most tags!
My new PC arrived this week, and it is lovely. I had a bit of a scare yesterday when it froze up and then would not POST after reboot, but after re-seating all the components, it seems fine. So something was simply loose. Windows 7 is lovely as well - I've had good luck with everything running so far except my flatbed scanner whose era was sometime around Windows 98.
Finally finished Lego Indy 2, and have started working on Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 again, but I think I'll be heading into Dragon Age, soon.
I got to run my Mutants and Masterminds game last weekend, where we finally got to introduce the third regular member of the team. I think if I can pick up one more regular player, I'll be happy - I can use an NPC for the fifth pilot.
I've been reading the first volume of Showcase Presents : Green Lantern, collecting Hal Jordan's Silver Age adventures. I'm about halfway through, but I think it'll deserve a post of its own when I'm done.
Lastly, I had an excellent stroke of luck yesterday - on one of my irregular toy hunts, I managed to turn up the Marvel Universe figure of Bullseye, one of the very few I had missed, as well as the 'Super Powers' version of Parademon from the DC Classics line. Toys 'R Us is apparently exclusively reactivating certain oldler DC Classics waves - I may yet find an Aquaman to complete the Gorilla Grodd wave.
My new PC arrived this week, and it is lovely. I had a bit of a scare yesterday when it froze up and then would not POST after reboot, but after re-seating all the components, it seems fine. So something was simply loose. Windows 7 is lovely as well - I've had good luck with everything running so far except my flatbed scanner whose era was sometime around Windows 98.
Finally finished Lego Indy 2, and have started working on Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 again, but I think I'll be heading into Dragon Age, soon.
I got to run my Mutants and Masterminds game last weekend, where we finally got to introduce the third regular member of the team. I think if I can pick up one more regular player, I'll be happy - I can use an NPC for the fifth pilot.
I've been reading the first volume of Showcase Presents : Green Lantern, collecting Hal Jordan's Silver Age adventures. I'm about halfway through, but I think it'll deserve a post of its own when I'm done.
Lastly, I had an excellent stroke of luck yesterday - on one of my irregular toy hunts, I managed to turn up the Marvel Universe figure of Bullseye, one of the very few I had missed, as well as the 'Super Powers' version of Parademon from the DC Classics line. Toys 'R Us is apparently exclusively reactivating certain oldler DC Classics waves - I may yet find an Aquaman to complete the Gorilla Grodd wave.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
New Comics Day
I am very happy with the Blackest Night tie-ins this week, including Starman and the Phantom Stranger.
And Power Girl is always awesome.
- Incorruptible #2
- Fables #92
- The Incredible Hercules #140
- Azrael #4
- Streets of Gotham #8
- Outsiders #26
- Superman/Batman #68
- Brave and the Bold #31
- Power Girl #8
- Green Lantern Corps #44
- Blackest Night : The Flash #2
- Starman #81
- The Phantom Stranger #42
And Power Girl is always awesome.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
New Comics Day
UPS damaged a box of comics at my local shop - means I won't get Adventure or Magog till next week. Here's what I DID get!
- Incredibles #4
- Angel #29
- Buffy #31
- Absolution #6
- Titans #21
- The Shield #5
- Green Arrow / Black Canary #28
- R.E.B.E.L.S. #12
- Action Comics #885
- Batman #695
- Booster Gold #28
- Catwoman #83
- The Power of Shazam #48
- Secret Six #17
Friday, January 8, 2010
Belated New Comics Day
Oops. Slipped my mind - with my vacation, I'm hardly sure of what day of the week it is.
That's all!
- Cinderella : From Fabletown With Love #3
- Red Tornado #5
- Red Robin #8
- Doom Patrol #6
- The Great Ten #3
- JSA All-Stars #2
- Superman : World of New Krypton #11
- Weird Western Tales #71
- Suicide Squad #67
- Blackest Night : Wonder Woman #2
- Knights of the Dinner Table #157
That's all!
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