Its Alive! Car Wars that is.

The Car Wars forums are buzzing with talk of the new 6th edition. If you backed the Steve Jackson Games Ogre Kickstarter at a minimum of $23.00 then you have access to the new 6th edition forums. Postings have been fast a furious over the last few days with discussions ranging from mechanics to content and everything else. Stop by and voice your opinion before its to late.

Linky: CAR WARS FORUMS

Mike Pondsmith on Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk RPG creator Mike Pondsmith talks about the upcoming Cyberpunk 2077 and his collaboration with CD Projek Red. I like the direction they are heading with this game, seems to be a small jump forward in the story arc and not a complete re-imagination like CPv3.

Cyberpunk 2077

The new trailer for Cyberpunk 2077 hit the net today and it looks great. I am a huge fan of the old RPG, I loved the dark gritty future packed with megacorporations, cybernetics and drugs, drugs, drugs.

Hopefully they stick with the world created in the original books and not the shitty Cyberpunk 203x which was absolute garbage.

I love the videoboard in the background with the female, I think her name was Alt. The same picture was used way back in the second edition rulebook, nice nod to the old school players. I'm keeping my fingers crossed on this one!

The Hobbit

In a little over one month the new Hobbit movie will be released to drooling Tolkien fans all over the world (myself included).  My friend is driving up from North Carolina so we can go and nerd out at the theater together, we are both very much looking forward to the new Peter Jackson directed joint.  

I was perusing ticket options today, I plan on seeing it in IMAX but there are several choices leaving me a bit confused as which version to see it in.  The first choice is IMAX 3D in High Frame Rate, this version is running at 48 frames per second instead of the standard 24 fps.  Its supposed to be much smoother and more lifelike although reviews are mixed.  Some love it and some hate it.  IMAX 3D is the second version offered, same as above minus the HFR.  Regular old 2D is the final version offered, I think I'll pass on this.

The decision for me is HFR or not?  Have any of my readers seen anything in HFR?  I would hate to have a movie that I have been looking forward to for so long be ruined due to a newfangled technology.  On the other hand it could be a mind blowing experience.  

Choices choices, how are you going to see the new Hobbit movie?

Car Wars T-Shirt Arrived!

Who's that giddy nerd pictured above?  

That's me, I received my "I made Steve Jackson work on Car Wars" t-shirt today!  It was part of the Ogre Kickstarter rewards and guarantees that SJ will be coming out with a new version of Car Wars, my favorite board game of all time.

I could not be more pleased and am going to have to bust out my Car Wars gear and teach the wife how to play.  Drive Offensively!

Sandy has arrived!

Hey folks,

I hope everyone on the east coast is doing well despite Sandy's worst intentions!  I am hunkered down at home and have yet to loose power, so its been a good day.  Luckily I live away from any flood zones and have few trees close to my house so I have less things to worry about than some.

It looks like the storm just made landfall which means we are probably around halfway through this "storm of the century", fine by me I just wish it would hurry up and blow itself out already.

Take care, keep an eye out for your neighbors and stay safe!

Chris Roberts is back with Star Citizen

Hey folks, I haven't been around here is a while but I figured I would drop a quick post about another juicy Kickstarter campaign!  Chris Roberts, creator of Wing Commander, is back with a new space based PC game.  He is creating a whole new universe with both military and privateer type campaigns.  There are going to be single player, co-op and multiplayer space battles, it looks pretty awesome.

Head over to his kickstarter page here: Star Citizen