Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse
Posted: January 27, 2013 Filed under: Books, Review, Star Wars | Tags: anakin, anakin solo, centerpoint, consortium, Corran Horn, Droma, duros, fondor, han solo, hapes cluster, isolder, jacen, jacen solo, james luceno, kuat, kyp durron, new jedi order, nom anor, ruan, Ryn, senator, star wars, viqi shesh, Vong, yuuzhan vong Leave a commentThe NJO action continues with Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse.
Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos I: Hero’s Trial
Posted: January 20, 2013 Filed under: Books, Review, Star Wars | Tags: chewbacca, Dark Tide: Ruin, Droma, Elan, han solo, jet, mara jade, new jedi order, russell blake, Ryn, Solo, star wars, Vegere, Vong Leave a commentContinuing with my string of Star Wars novel reviews, here we go with Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos I: Hero’s Trial (This Time It’s Personal: Part Two: The Re-Jedining: Redux: The Vong Strike Back: Three — seriously, how many subtitles is too many?)
Star Wars: Scoundrels
Posted: January 17, 2013 Filed under: Books, Review, Star Wars | Tags: crime syndicate, han, han solo, Lando, Lando Calrissian, perfect distraction, prince xizor, Scoundrels, star wars, Thrawn trilogy, timothy zahn, Xizor, zahn Leave a comment
Star Wars: Winner Lose All–A Lando Calrissian Tale
Posted: January 1, 2013 Filed under: Books, Review, Star Wars | Tags: Bink, e-book, Lando, Lando Calrissian, novella, star wars, Tavia, timothy zahn, zahn, Zerba Leave a commentReleased in early December in preparation for Zahn’s upcoming novel Scoundrels (released today — my copy is in the mail), Winner Lose All — A Lando Calrissian Tale is an e-book novella featuring Lando in a high-stakes sabacc game. The game — with a ten-million credit buy-in — features a rare and valuable piece of art. A small statuette, designed by a mysterious artist, which is completely identical to its twins (of which only seven exist in the galaxy). But an attempted break-in reveals that nothing is as it seems.
Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide II: Ruin
Posted: December 27, 2012 Filed under: Review, Star Wars | Tags: Corran Horn, Dark Tide: Onslaught, Dark Tide: Ruin, jedi, Jedi Knight, luke skywalker, michael stackpole, new jedi order, new republic, star wars, Star Wars Expanded Universe Leave a commentIt’s been awhile since a Star Wars book review. Truth be told, I’ve read several more and am still many reviews overdue. Star Wars is back on the brain, it seems, so I figure I’d continue my journey through the New Jedi Order series with a review of Dark Tide II: Ruin, which obviously continues from Dark Tide I: Onslaught. It is worth noting that the Star Wars EU has far too many subtitles.
Uncharted: Fight for Fortune
Posted: December 16, 2012 Filed under: Review, Video games | Tags: Card game, game disputed, golden abyss, nathan drake, playstation vita, SCE Bend Studio, uncharted, Uncharted Golden Abyss Leave a commentUncharted: Fight for Fortune, the latest Uncharted-related offering from SCE Bend Studios (the folks behind the excellent Uncharted: Golden Abyss) is a card-based strategy game dropped near the start of the month. It contains elements from all the Uncharted games, and from the Eye of Indra-video thing, and for an Uncharted fan (ie, anyone who owns a Playstation 3 or Vita), and at a mere $5, well, it’s probably worth the risk.
Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale
Posted: November 27, 2012 Filed under: Review, Video games | Tags: cross-play, final fantasy, nathan drake, playstation, playstation all-stars battle royale, Sly Cooper, street fighter, Super Smash Bros, vita Leave a commentWhile Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale hasn’t gotten a ton of play from The Daily Pletteau, I couldn’t resist picking it up the other day for the PS3 (and a free version for the Vita, of course.)
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Pure Chess
Posted: August 13, 2012 Filed under: Review, Video games | Tags: . gary kasparov, chess, lifelike graphics, no multiplayer, playstation, pure chess, vita, voofoo studios, what Leave a comment
I’ve always been a sucker for chess. I consider myself a smart guy and chess is a game for smart people so it only ever made sense to like it and to play it. I genuinely like it; there’s very little more satisfying than a very well executed checkmate that your opponent never saw coming. The downside is that I’m pretty bad at chess. Read the rest of this entry »
Gravity Rush
Posted: July 26, 2012 Filed under: Review, Video games | Tags: alias, dusty, gravity, gravity daze, gravity rush, kat, Keiichiro Toyama, Naoko Sato, ps vita, raven, review, shifting, unrealized brilliance Leave a comment
Gravity Rush is probably one of the coolest PS Vita games released yet. It’s innovative, cool, fun, but sadly it ends up being pretty dull in the end. Read the rest of this entry »
Star Wars: Revan
Posted: July 11, 2012 Filed under: Books, Opinion, Review, Star Wars | Tags: awful, bastilla shan, bioware, canderous, canderous ordo, carth onasi, darth scourge, don't read this, drew karpyshyn, horrible, knights of the old republic, kotor, kotor 2, meetra surik, nyriss, revan, sechel, sucks, t3, the emperor, the old republic, tie-in Leave a comment
I pre-ordered Star Wars: Revan. It’s a documented fact that I’m a huge KotoR fan, and so when this book was announced I had to have it. I pre-ordered it on my Kindle and the minute it was released I downloaded it and read it. Read the rest of this entry »
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