Monday, March 31, 2008

Top Space Sim Games

Freespace 2
Freelancer
Darkstar One
X3: Reunion
Wing Commander Prophecy
Independence War 2: Edge of Chaos
Spaceforce: Rogue Universe
Star Wars Empire At War
Galactic Civilizations I/II
Master of Orion II

Note: Some very good but older (like DOS games) space sims are not included. Others I may have failed to mention.

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Favorite FNMs

Faith No More *** Favorites ***

  • Stripsearch - "F for fake"
  • Ashes To Ashes - "Give the same to me then I'll be closer"
  • Digging The Grave - "Comfortable.."
  • Epic - "You want it now but you can't have it"

Thursday, March 27, 2008

Freelancer (PC)


Got an old space sim game called Freelancer by Digital Anvil, which was published and released by Microsoft on March 2003 (Wikipedia and GameSpot).

It is an open-space, free roaming simulation of a privateer.. uhmmm.. I mean a freelancer in the Sirius star system. You get paid (in credits) from a wide variety of jobs and trading which you can use to upgrade your ship or to buy another one. Although released in 2003, it is a 2001 game (or perhaps older) and the 3D graphics are expected to be from early year 2000 games.

I'm gonna get busy in the next two weeks hauling cargo and blasting pirates.


Minimum System Requirements:

System: PIII 600 or equivalent
RAM: 128 MB
Video Memory: 16 MB
Hard Drive Space: 1300 MB

Jericho 2x07

Patriots and Tyrants [MORSE: IS STILL THERE]
The last episode of season 2 due to the show being cancelled.

Rob and Jake goes to Cheyenne to get the bomb back. There they meet up with Gray, who then returns back to Jericho. The two continued on their mission, got the bomb, and went over to the Texan Consulate in Cheyenne to seek political assylum.

Meanwhile in Jericho, Beck got hold of Hawkin's laptop and found out about the connections of Jennings & Rall with the new american government in Cheyenne. Eric ran out of options and tried negotiations for an alliace with Constantino, but he did not go through with it because it involves killing american soldiers to defend their town and that's not what they are. While Stanley and the others were burrying Bonnie, Beck came to them and tells them they are free to go and he will not be taking orders from the Cheyenne government anymore.

Rob and Jake transports the bomb to Texas by the Texan Ambassador's plane and is tailed by two Cheyenne Jet Fighters. They were about to be taken down by Cheyenne's planes when Texan jet fighters appeared and took down Cheyenne's. Rob and Jake was escorted to Texan airspace with the bomb to be examined by the Texan independent government.

In Jericho, the DONT THREAD ON ME flag is now raised instead of the Cheyenne's Allied State's flag. Beck's men were shown Robert Hawkin's laptop and decided to side with Beck and the rest of Jericho's residents.

Note: At this point in the TV series Jericho, the Allied States of America (Cheyenne) and the Independent Texan Government (Texas) are now at war because of the air incident with Robert and Jake while transporting the bomb. Texas will side with either the eastern part of Mississipi's states or on the Western part, will depend solely on the result of the bombs "examination". The bomb could either be a fake or the real deal, which could be a plot twist to extend the storyline of the series.

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Movies <-this-> Week (Mar 08 4th Quarter)

Finally got my hands on Cloverfield and 10,000 BC.
Watched the 1998 film Godzilla again, after watching Cloverfield.. Godzilla is way much better and had to watch it again because I missed it.

Summary:

  1. Cloverfield
  2. 10,000 BC

Jericho is Cancelled Again!

After its cancellation last season (season 1), and after the "NUTS", Jericho came back only to be cancelled again. Sigh.. this is going to be another FIREFLY, a great show cancelled because the ratings say that very few are watching it. I mean, even if no one is watching it they can't say that no one is interested in it. Maybe its the timeslot that's giving the low ratings (like with the case of Firefly). Anyway, they are gonna make a movie out of Jericho soon.

Sunday, March 23, 2008

Firefly Theme Song

Main Title Theme Written by: Joss Whedon
Performed by: Sonny Rhodes

Take my love, take my land
Take me where I cannot stand
I don't care, I'm still free
You can't take the sky from me
Take me out to the black
Tell them I ain't comin' back
Burn the land and boil the sea
You can't take the sky from me
There's no place I can be
Since I found Serenity
But you can't take the sky from me...


It`s sad how firefly was cancelled after only 14 episodes, 3 of which were never seen in the original season airing of the series. That means no more Summer cameos but she's still there in the Serenity movie and of course the Terminator series.


I want more of River Tam!


Saturday, March 22, 2008

T`was The Days Before Easter

It was the days before easter
None were stirring except me and my PC
My firefly downloads are at about 96.8% done

Its gonna be another marathon
With cigarettes and chocolates for popcorn
I will see Summer once more
While waiting for season 2 of Terminator


Happy Easter!

Friday, March 21, 2008

Firefly



Just found a good western sci-fi tv series called FIREFLY.
Found out about this after I have seen Serenity the movie (2005, imdb).
Serenity was the name of their ship, it is a firefly class transport (small frigate).

Summer Glau,
the terminator sent to protect John in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, also stars in this series and in the movie as River Tam.

Status Report

TV Series:

  • Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (done with Episode 1)
  • Battlestar Galactica: Razor (done with TV movie)
  • Battlestar Galactica (All-New @ 2003, done and burned Seasons 1 to 3)
  • Stargate Atlantis (done until s2ep13)
  • Stargate SG-1 (done until s2ep4)
  • Knight Rider (done with the 2008 pilot episode)
  • Jericho (done until s2ep6)
  • Heroes (done with Season 2)
  • Avatar the Last Airbender (done until s3ep13)
  • Prison Break (done with Season 3 if s3ep13 is the last episode)
Currently watching:
  • Firefly Season 1
  • Serenity (Firefly the Movie)

Movies to watch:

  • 10,000 B.C.
  • Cloverfield
  • ..and waiting for more upcoming movies..
Games still on my PC (I still want to play and/or finish them):
  • Oblivion + Shivering Isles
  • Need For Speed Underground
  • Bioshock
  • Galactic Civilizations II
  • Black & White + Battle of the Gods
  • Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic
  • Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
  • Warcraft III + Frozen Throne
  • The Witcher
Games finished (only the best ones that I can remember):
  • Half-Life 2 + EP1 + EP2
  • The Witcher
  • Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
  • Prince of Persia: The Warrior Within
  • Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
  • Thief Gold
  • Thief III
  • Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen
  • Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
  • Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2
  • Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen 2
  • Legacy of Kain: Defiance
  • Dungeon Keeper 2
  • Doom III
  • Master of Orion
  • Master of Orion II
  • Master of Orion III
  • Lords of Magic Special Edition
  • Final Fantasy VII
  • Final Fantasy VIII
  • Mechwarrior 3
  • Mechwarrior 4: Mercenaries
  • Mechwarrior 4: Vengeance
  • Need for Speed: Carbon
  • Fallout 2
  • Fallout Tactics: The Brotherhood of Steel
  • ..and other games whose CDs/DVDs I could find no more..

The Witcher (PC)


My name was Geralt of Rivia, a professional monster slayer!

Done playing The Witcher.. nice game!
Played with version 1.1a (PC ENG), so far bugs are very low to non-existing.
Graphics was very good, I'd say a 9 out of 10.
Audio and sound effects.. perfect in my opinion.
Storyline is good, information on plots depend on the actions you make throughout the game.
Animation is excellent! 10 out of 10.
I like the potion-making style of the game, meditation.. as if you are really preparing it.

I could compare the creators of the game CD Projekt Red with Blizzard North, the guys who made the first of the Diablo series. They really know how to make an RPG.

Нас не догонят



Not Gonna Get Us, in russian.

Yulia, Я люблю вас!

PC Specs

CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4000+
System RAM: 3.0 GB DDR2-800
Video Card: Inno3D nVidia GeForce 8800 GT OC
Video RAM: 512.0 MB
Vertex Shader Version: 3.0 @ DX9; 4.0 @ DX10
Pixel Shader Version: 3.0 @ DX9; 4.0 @ DX10
Sound Card: Realtek HD Audio (Stock, On-board)
DVD: HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GSA-H55L (LightScribe™)

System Requirements Lab