SFxMM… Take 2

Downloaded the new version of SFxMM last night after many attempts to get the damn site to show the proper download link.

This one runs a bit better than the first version, although music and sound still breaks up on occasion. I can, at the very least, play the game remotely properly with my wireless 360 controller.

Initial thoughts? Not a badly made game. Quite a nice challenge. The idea isn’t that bad…

Maybe up for review? Who knows?

John Cena Praising Dolph's Work? So Much For His Push…

From wrestlenewz.com:

WWE officials were very impressed with Dolph Ziggler’s performance in the match against John Cena on the January 7th RAW.

Not only did Ziggler receive high marks from officials, but John Cena was heard telling people about how smooth Ziggler worked the match and how he never has a bad match. There’s a feeling that 2013 will be a big year for Ziggler after all.

John Cena praising Dolph Ziggler? Sounds like things are looking up for Dolph, right? Yeah, sure. Just ask Zack Ryder or Evan Bourne how high praise from Cena helped their careers. Oh wait, it didn’t.
John Cena IS career poison. He needs to go… and FAST.

The Hobbit… In Few Words

Kevin Smith has more walking scenes to mimic in his future public speaking ventures if he wants to mock the Rings once more.

In all honesty, it looks decent. The battles were as well done as million dollar CG will allow, and the story was alright for the most part. However, it tends to drag at times and there were a couple of occasions where I was falling asleep. Sometimes, story decompression isn’t such a good idea.

Not a bad flick, but could have been shorter. We’ll see about the next one.

The Weight Of Worlds… Cover

I don’t care if the story in this book ends up sucking. This is probably one of the best covers to come out of the Star Trek novel department… mainly because it’s in wondrous color, hearkens back to the days of colorful Trek novels, and looks somewhat, remotely vibrant and full of life.

We need more novels with this kind of cover artwork, not the drab monotone covers besieging the so-called expanded universe novels of TNGDS9VOY or whatever.

(2024 Update: Yeah, so… breaking the kayfabe on this thing over a decade later, the “art” used are stock renders of the various TOS characters that would be used for various press bits. Knowing that piece of business, this cover comes across as less than stellar. Within the context of everything else, however, in a sea of Trek novel covers that were nothing but CG images and seldom an actual character on the cover, this was brilliance. Fortunately, Trek novels would get some nicer looking covers over time.)

The Winners And Losers Of 2012

Trying to come up with a definitive list of highlights and lowlights in 2012 has been something of a daunting task since I mostly consider 2012 to be a pretty miserable year on a personal level. And with 2013 only a few days old, I was able to sum up a rather modest listing of highlights and lowlights… or in the proper vernacular of this blog, winners and losers of 2012. The list is after the break.

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