In our fifth and final sandbox episode, Paul joins the crew. He pitches several character concepts to Tim, Wayne, John and Aron. There’s quite a bit of mocking.
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In our fourth sandbox episode, we flesh out the crew with non-player characters, discuss a bit more about cool-things-we-want-in-the-game and end with some character mechanics.
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This time around, we decide on class of starship and name as well as kick around a few storyhooks. One thing we mis-state all through the episode is the class of starship we settle on. Excelsior not Excalibur.
Sorry about that.
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In our first episode, we decided on the type of game we wanted to play. This time, we settle on characters. Tim, Wayne and Jake pitch their Captain concepts while John helps sort them out. Additionally, the departmental leadership is resolved. After listening to this episode, you will understand why we started calling this series STAR TREK: SHORT BUS.
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One last thing, Deep Space Nine is now streaming on Netflix. That’s pretty flipping cool.
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Source: StarTrek.com
“You’ve heard the rumors, and now StarTrek.com can officially confirm it: Star Trek: The Next Generation will be released in high-definition Blu-ray, starting in January with a sampler of several popular episodes, followed by a season-one set to be released later on in 2012, and subsequent seasons beaming down after that. Each of the 178 episodes spanning The Next Generation‘s seven seasons will be transferred to true high-definition 1080p for release in the Blu-ray format and, eventually, for runs on television and digital platforms in the U.S. and across the world. Star Trek: The Next Generation will, as fans know, be celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2012.”
The sampler will include the feature-length version of the series pilot, “Encounter at Farpoint,” as well the fan-favorite episodes “Sins of the Father” and “The Inner Light,” the former from season three and the latter from season five. Not sure I’m on board for the sampler, but I know sales of it will affect the blu-ray releases of the full seasons. If Paramount is smart, they’ll throw in a coupon for the full season sets – then I’m definitely on board.
I’m super excited to see TNG on Blu-Ray, especially with new effects and remastered from the original negatives. It’s going to be like an entirely new experience – what say you? Will this be enough to make you guys purchase?
Oh, and hey, if you’re a Trek fan, make sure to check out our brand new actual play, Star Trek: Aegean, which just released its first episode here!
I forget what put me in the mood, but I’ve had a desire burning within me to run a Trek role playing game for awhile. As a guy who’s GM’d Star Trek for decades, it’s been awhile since I’ve had an active crew. More than two years. Longer maybe?
So I put out the call…
Joining the crew are Funnybooks’ Tim and Wayne, Thistledown John and Knights of Reignsborough artist Jake Ekiss.
In this first episode, the guys establish their Star Trek street cred and discuss what they’d like to see in a Star Trek game.
Star Trek: Aegean is sponsored by SausageFest.
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Evil doers rise
Now Avengers assemble
With hammer and shield
Join the Haiku Avengers along with Aron, Paul, Tim, Wayne and Andrew for another exciting week of comics, p0rn parodies and poetry!
This week’s sound engineering provided by DJ Kitteh.
DJ Kitteh scratches some badass tunz.
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The nation thawed out long enough for us to get our comics this week. With two weeks worth of books to talk about, we needed some extra help. So Andrew from Back Seat Box Office joined us for the heavy lifting. Hunker in with Aron, Paul, Tim, Wayne and Andrew for the awesomeness of Super Gorillas, Powder Man & Iron First, and Aron’s secret shame.
Don’t miss out on Paul’s all-new serialized fiction, Supernatural Straightjacket!
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Some kick ass movie news today – I compiled the best of the best below!
Batman: Under the Red Hood trailer!
Man, I’m really excited about this. I really enjoyed the original tale in Batman, written by Judd Winnick with art by the ever-reliable Doug Mahnke, which featured the return of Jason Todd. Even though the reason (Superboy punching reality) has been made fun of to this day, Winnick sure did a heck of a job making Todd a great villain, with clear motives – something I haven’t seen done as well by other writers. DC is adapting that tale into what appears to a be a kick-ass animated movie, featuring the voice talent of Bruce Greenwood, Neil Patrick Harris, Jason Isaacs and Jensen Ackles. It’s due out this July.
Bad Boys III!
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=65370
It’s just good news after good news today, let me tell ya. I loved the original Bad Boys, but Bad Boys II was even better. Sure, most people hated the fact that it was two and a half hours long, but not me – I loved the hell out of it! Now Martin Lawrence is talking about a Bad Boys III. While I doubt we’ll see it anytime soon (ol’ Michael Bay is working on Transformers 3 first), I think both Lawrence and Will Smith are never better than when they’re in these films. I’ll be there opening day if they do another one.
Batman says “Screw you” to 3D!
http://www.cinematical.com/2010/04/20/wally-pfister-talks-about-shooting-batman-3-in-3-d/
Thank God! Some stupid Hollywood jerk isn’t trying to take advantage of 3D for the higher ticket prices? Who else but Christopher Nolan would be wise enough to say, “enough is enough with this 3D nonsense” and finally put his foot down and do a damn good film without any gimmicks. Except maybe IMAX. But anyone who saw The Dark Knight in IMAX would know that, unlike 3D, a Batman film in Imax would probably be the greatest thing ever. Ever.
No more Nimoy?
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/joshw24/news/?a=17281
While most sites are wondering what this means for Star Trek 2 (wasn’t sure how they’d work Spock Prime in there anyway), I’m left wondering what this means for Fringe. Though the ratings-struggling show hasn’t been renewed yet, I’m sure it will be. Maybe William Bell will die at the end of the season?