ledman86

Once in a while there is a song stuck in your head, you play it again and again.. And it won't let go until a week or even more. Worse, it forces you to spread it wide and thus help it to reproduce ^^ And that's what I'm going to do with this post :)


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No I'm not dead yet :D Just busy with school, life and whatsoever (and lazy of course ^^ ). I have a new PC (after 6 years) and I'm SOOOO behind in games. I started with Mass Effect which is nice space opera FPS with RPG elements and good story. Humans, Aliens, old extinct races.. Now I'm in sequel, changes to gameplay are questionable but I have bigger ship, personal "yeomen plus ship counselor" and even british-accented ship engineer :D I guess someone at Bioware watched too much Star Trek :))



Ok, but this isn't about Mass Effect. It's about upcoming MMO, Star Wars MMO specifically. Star Wars: The Old Republic is MMORPG set in times of Knights of the Old Republic games (300 years after second game), developed by Bioware and it's Star Wars! I dont' like MMO, they have very repetitive gaming style and, if you want it to be fun, very time consuming. TOR should be different, Bioware emphasize story elements for each playable class, you will have your own ship and companions like in KOTOR etc. I found myself nice little czech PVE Republic guild and since there would be swarms of Jedi (and Sith) and I like Han, Lando, Kyle and other "scruffy-looking nerfherders" I'm going to play Smuggler class.



There was a huge open beta testing through whole weekend at the end of November in which I tried Imperial Agent. He's the Imperial counterpart to Smuggler (they have the same game mechanics). I chose him because I didn't want to spoil the beginning of Smuggler story line and because I could choose Chiss as a race. Yes, Imperials can be a Chiss Agent (or Bounty hunter). I played for almost three days and it was fun. It's basically like KOTOR with multiplayer, much nicer (and bigger) exteriors. Quest are fully voiced with cinematics and *meaning*(!), which is definitely not usual (in MMO). Seems like Bioware is bringing back the RP to MMORPG. Can't wait to experience the full game and all its options :)

Your favorite song at this time last year. Month already? Huh. Song is good, but the video is much better. Also comes with morale lesson: you can be good, bad or neutral.. in the end it's the girl who brings you doom :)

A song from your childhood. This is a little cheat, because there are more songs than one ^^ Czech versions of old Disney cartoon theme tunes, including Gummi Bears, Rescue Rangers, TaleSpin and DuckTales.

A song that makes you feel guilty. Yeah, the question is 'guilty of what?' Just the first song that comes to my mind that is capable of that. Composed for his girlfriend lost in earthquake. There is guilt over things you lost, I think.

A song that you wish you could play. Hm, anything on piano? Just take random pick from Chopin or maaaybeee... Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence by Ryuichi Sakamoto, famous and skilled musician. The movie featuring David Bowie, Takeshi Kitano and young Sakamoto himself as main cast is worth seeing.

A song that you can play on an instrument. The truth is I can't play any instrument. Unless you count flute which I learned in high school (compulsory) and still remember the basics. I had had the chance to learn piano when I was about 10, but missed it. I still regret that decision ;_;

A few weeks ago I stumbled upon some japanese anime action figures and models e-shops and I found out that there are miniature models of spaceships from my favorite sci-fi anime! Fanboy mode on! I'm not that kind of fan that would readily buy merchandise from its favorite anime/manga. And figures... they just stand on shelf and collect dust. But I understand they have certain significance for the anime industry. Well, the reason we have now so many anime and manga from Gundam franchise is because of hobby mecha models (the first Gundam anime series was shortened due to budget etc.).
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A song that makes you laugh. Czech only I'm afraid. I usually hate czech covers of famous songs but this is different :D

A song that you want to play at your funeral. There is no other option. Graham Chapman had it and I want i too! Wonderful movie (this is from musical oratory though).