Jade Empire

Done. Enjoyable. Good ending (much better than KOTOR2), and fun little fighting/rpg game.

Ended up with Paralyzing Palm and White Demon as my main weapons. Great styles, they is.

( Spoilers to follow )

The Greatest TV Show Ever

For those of you who were geeks who lived in Ontario in the late '80s, early '90s, you'll have fond memories of Prisoners of Gravity.
The show, hosted by the_frantics survivor Rick Green and created by one of Mordecai's kids and Alan Moore's #2 fan, Mark Askwith,(and what a great picture THAT is) covered SF and comics in a way that was unique.

The show was about a guy who, fleeing turmoil on Earth, crashes his space car into an orbiting space station where, to pass the time, he interviews SF authors. Well, of course.

It was great. Authors got interviewed in these big hunks, which would be split down into various themes. It was also my introduction to the ethereal loveliness of Canada's Luminous Angel of Dark Fantasy, Tanya Huff. And the story of defying wardrobe expectations is nice.

There are also sequences with Canada's only yadda, yadda, yadda as well as the Gar & Judy "we can make Trek not suck" Reeves Stevenses, Spider "lemme play ya a song!" Robinson, and a cavalcade of various other writer types.

I think it came poorly timed for me. I was listening, but I don't know if I was hearing what it had to say too well. Or perhaps I'm just a simple guy.

All I know is it was a delight, and I miss it. The website is great.

Gaming News: Decipher gone?

Well, not gone yet, but everything points to bad news from the card mavens of the East Coast. This OgreCave article links to a piece in Inside Business (a more permanent link to the article on a blog) that indicates Decipher has sold its buildings, laid off 50 people this year, and is in arrears for tournament payments (several fans are going to be suing them for thousands in tournament winnings).

It also appears they're starting legal action against their former CFO.

On the other side, CEO Warren Holland is still optimistic, and notes that they have more staff today than they did when they launched the Star Trek & Star Wars CCGs. I wonder if that is solely salaried employees, or freelancers and volunteers too?

Gary Gygax article in Toronto Star

Gary Gygax and the history of the game are discussed in this article on Thestar.com. Bugmenot.com for a password if you need one.

The Snail mentions that they don't sell any RPG stuff anymore, but that's hardly surprising. I adore the manager's attitude. "They're an odd bunch."

Oh. My. God.

Once again, I've never seen TNA. I don't know if we get TNA in this country.

But I just marked out hard. The link is to TNA's Team Canada.

I love that logo.

Shout out to twillits for the heads up.

God, I would KILL to be able to wear their T-Shirt to Smackdown this week.

In other wrestling news, I'm upset. UWA has Darkstone wrestling Josh Prohibition for the UWA Canadian title on the 26th. Which means I can't go because of the Expo. Feh.