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Makazie One – Star Wars Fan Film


A very well done Star Wars fan film (also, holy crap, actual content on the site, I’m just as surprised as you =)

http://www.makazieone.com/home.html

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/6472789[/vimeo]

Makazie One – Star Wars Fan Film from Clutch on Vimeo.

Set in the Star Wars universe during the time period between Episodes III and IV, an elite soldier has been sent to track down and destroy a known threat to the Empire through intense ground battles and haunting imagery of death that surrounds the environment. The unsuspecting enemy to the new Imperial order has no idea what he is up against when the two finally meet for an action packed surprise ending.

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Lego Left4Dead


Someone went and made Legos of Valve‘s Left4Dead. Pretty well done.



From
http://saber-scorpion.com/lego/left4dead.php

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Pearls Before Swine author’s blog


I read a ton of webcomics, and I’ve just found that one of the funniest things about them… is a blog written by one of the artists.

Stephen Pastis, the guy who writes Pearls Before Swine, writes a blog which, at the risk of being a offhanded compliment, is actually funnier than his comic.

An example:

The Secret of a Long Marriage
August 29, 2009

Saw a sweet-looking old married couple in the grocery store.  Both of them looked to be in their eighties.

Every time I see couple that old, I stop and stare, amazed that two people can stay together that long.  I’m always curious as to their secret of marriage longevity, and wonder whether it would help in my marriage with Staci.  In this particular case, I could hear them talking.

“Should we get milk?” asked the old man.

“We have milk,” she said.

“More milk,” he said.

“We don’t live in the woods,” she said, “We can come back and get milk whenever we want.”

“Shut your mouth,” he replied, “Shut your mouth.”

I’ll have to try that line on Staci.

I’ll let you know how it goes.

8/29 UPDATE:

Experiment not going well.

Another recent favorite:
http://stephanpastis.wordpress.com/2009/08/31/love-thy-neighbor-or-at-least-give-them-nicknames-you-can-remember/

And his blog’s top page:
http://stephanpastis.wordpress.com/

Star Wars MMORPG Officially Announced!


Bioware and Lucasarts have finally officially announced the Star Wars MMORPG that we have all known about for months now!

The game is called Star Wars: The Old Republic and is set in the Star Wars Galaxy Far Far Away approximately 300 years after the end of the Star Wars KOTOR (Knights of the Old Republic) RPG, also made by Bioware.

The official site is here: http://www.swtor.com/.

All Systems Online and Functional


All systems online and functional!

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