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First Mass Effect, now this. I’m going to end up cracking and getting a 360 at somepoint, I can feel it…
The way they’ve got the different simulation technologies interacting though really is incredible.

Well, since I previously talked a bit about replaying Knights of the Old Republic, I figure I should revisit its sequel as well.
Set an uncertain amount of time after the original, the player takes the role of the Jedi Exile. The Sith have returned to the galaxy, wiping out most of the jedi, and [...]

So, last night I cracked and started playing through Knights of the Old Republic again.
It and its sequel are two fantastic games (although the second has its problems due to its rushed nature), and I never tire of playing them. I tend to play through each of them a couple of times a year, [...]

I was chosen to be best man at a wedding over the weekend, but the bride and groom decided that they wanted to steer away from the more traditional best man gift. As a result, I’m now the (very) proud owner of a Master Replicas ForceFX Lightsaber.I’m amazingly impressed by it. [...]

Right, I really should talk about something other than my Linux setup for a change
I picked up quite a few comics last week (by my standards). Countdown #51 was interesting. It didn’t blow me away, but it was a solid enough first issue. Largely I’m on board with it at [...]

Ran the latest bunch of Ubuntu updates last night, which nicely killed my installation. Fortunately I eventually twigged that the updates had included a new kernel image, and was able to reboot off the old one. Fiesty Fawn (Ubuntu 7.04) was released yesterday, so that’ll be the weekend’s project.
Finished replaying Star Wars: Knights [...]