Stargate Worlds: Beggin’ for beta access

What’s the point of being an ubergeeke with a beta account if the damned server isn’t live yet?
All lamenting aside, after taking the advice given by Erin over at play-girlz.com (and I’m soooooo serious about that dash, people), I got myself an account on the Stargate Worlds site. That would be great, except the beta […]

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“Iron Man”: brave the lines, or give it a miss?

While I lost about 10 geek points by not going to the midnight showing last night, I did recoup at least 5 by hitting the first showing today. I wasn’t the only one missing work, either, because the theater was about half full, and it wasn’t even noon yet.
I’ll try to keep this as spoiler-free […]

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“Honor Harrington” makes appearance in “Space Opera” anthology

Maybe I’m the only one who missed this. “The Space Opera Renaissance” was published almost two years ago, but no one told *me* that David Weber contributed “Ms. Midshipwoman Honor Harrington”!
Honor Harrington is one of the best characters in science fiction. While Weber does go a bit long with the military spec-fic, his development of […]

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“Red Vs. Blue” Complete Series Box Set

I’m still new to machinima, but this one’s so good, at one time I spent more time watching it than television.
I first heard about this series at a party. A friend of mine was trying to convince me that this was the most hilarious thing in the world, and I was trying to convince him […]

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How eating an entire elephant will improve the quality of your life!

I’ve got what you might call a fear of living a mediocre life. That fear has led me down a number of interesting paths, from engineering school to amateur rockets, but until recently, my method of making progress was random at best.
One day a couple years back - I really don’t remember when - while […]

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