Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Chore Wars

Defeated Water Elemental, Zombie, and Paper Golem.

Made Level 32 Shaman.

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Chore Wars

Defeated Water Goblin and Angry Shopkeeper.

Made Level 30 Shaman and Level 31 Shaman.

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Chore Wars

Defeated Water Goblin.

Made Level 29 Shaman.

Monday, March 21, 2011

Chore Wars

Defeated Gelatinous Cube and Whipvine.

Made Level 28 Wizard (after being a shaman for a very long time).

Competitive Mining

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/21/us/21mining.html?pagewanted=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha23

"The high-pressure action of gold-panning."

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Chore Wars

Defeated a Tentacle Beast but was defeated by an Enraged Shopkeeper.

Made Level 27 Shaman.

The End of V, Again

http://blogcritics.org/video/article/to-v-or-not-to-v/

I missed most of the episodes.

Saturday, March 19, 2011

Chore Wars

Defeated a Squirrel and a Triffid.

Made Level 26 Shaman.

Friday, March 18, 2011

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Chore Wars

Defeated Wood Elemental and Water Elemental.

Made Level 23 Shaman and Level 24 Shaman.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Chore Wars

Defeated no monsters but made Level 22 Shaman.

Eden Eternal

http://edeneternal.aeriagames.com/

Not to be confused with Eternal Eden, but the names are sort of close.

Anime-style graphics.

Cute trailer.

I could not find the system requirements.

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Chore Wars

Defeated Fire Elemental, Paper Golem, and Cactus Beast.

Made Level 21 Shaman.

Monday, March 14, 2011

Chore Wars

Defeated Red Dragon, Tentacle Beast, and Whipvine.

Made Level 20 Shaman.

The Sims Medieval

http://www.ea.com/the-sims-medieval

Cute trailer at the above link.

And cute outtakes at the following link.

Transformers online game

http://www.jagex.com/corporate/Press/releaseTransformers.ws

If it is a browser game, and it is free to play, then I will try it.

Sunday, March 13, 2011

The Man from Laramie

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048342/

Jimmy Stewart in a Western classic.

Not one of my favorites but well worth watching.

Jack Elam and Arthur Kennedy are both good in supporting roles.

Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy

http://www.abbottandcostello.net/

One of my favorite Abbott & Costello movies and one of my favorite Mummy movies.

Worth watching over and over.

Hill Street Blues

http://www.hillstreetblues.tv/

I have fond memories of the TV series.

Red Riding Hood

We saw Red Riding Hood this afternoon.

Dark, scary, and violent considering the PG-13 rating.

Amanda Seyfried, Virginia Madsen, and Julie Christie were all good.

Red Riding Hood

http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/movies/117743423.html

"Tedious" according to Dudek.

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Chore Wars

Defeated a Red Dragon and a Cactus Beast.

Made Level 18 Shaman and Level 19 Shaman.

Radix Tetrad

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radix_Tetrad

I have not yet read any of the four books.

The Martian Chronicles

http://www.greenmanreview.com/book/book_bradbury_martianchronicles.html

Positive review.

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Chore Wars

Battled no monsters but made Level 16 Shaman.

Straitest

Latest Greatest Straitest Hits by George Strait

Weepy, dreary, and largely forgettable modern country music.

Particularly ironic because the second track, "Murder on Music Row," laments the passing of traditional country music.

Lucky for me, I listened to the library copy instead of buying it.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Stephen Baxter

http://www.stephen-baxter.com/index.html

Prolific science fiction author.

Evolution

http://www.scifidimensions.com/Feb03/evolution.htm

The reviewer highly recommends the Stephen Baxter novel.

Mammoth

http://www.scifidimensions.com/Jun06/mammoth.htm

A not very positive review of the John Varley novel.

Chore Wars

Defeated Gelatinous Cube, Tentacle Beast, and Whipvine.

Made Level 15 Shaman.

Monday, March 7, 2011

Chore Wars

I was defeated by an Enraged Shopkeeper, but I made Level 13 Shaman.

The Hugo Awards

http://www.thehugoawards.org/

Another place to find the titles of science fiction novels.

Hyperion

http://www.keepingthedoor.com/2009/10/28/dan-simmons-hyperion-review/

Gushy review of the Dan Simmons novel.

I am not sure any novel can live up to the expectations generated by a review like this.

Elric

http://www.stormbringer.net/elric.html

Michael Moorcock's anti-hero is one of my all-time favorite characters.

Classics of Science Fiction

http://classics.jameswallaceharris.com/ByRank.php

I have only read 6 of the top 25.

Top 15 Science Fiction

http://listverse.com/2007/08/18/top-15-great-science-fiction-books/

Stranger in a Strange Land is #2.

Very different than my own list would be.

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Chore Wars

Defeated a Tentacle Beast.

Made Level 12 Shaman.

Stellar Wormholes

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/70599/title/Stellar_wormholes_may_exist

Sounds like science fiction.

Would be truly excellent if it were confirmed.

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Chore Wars

I defeated a Fire Sprite, a Water Elemental, and a Whipvine, but I did not gain a level.

Friday, March 4, 2011

Chore Wars

I made Level 11 Shaman today.

Rango

We saw Rango tonight.

Fun movie but I would have preferred more rude talk, smoking, and killing.

Good soundtrack.

And a lot of humorous moments.

I laughed so hard I almost suffered incontinence.

Rango

http://movies.nytimes.com/2011/03/04/movies/04rango.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha210

Johnny Depp, rude talk, smoking, and killing.

I am definitely going to see this.

The Adjustment Bureau

http://movies.nytimes.com/2011/03/04/movies/04adjust.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha28

Very loosely based on the Philip Dick story.

I probably will not see it until it comes out on DVD.

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Chore Wars

I made Level 9 Fighter and Level 10 Shaman today.

I defeated a Water Elemental and a Cactus Beast.

But I was defeated by a Red Dragon.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Chore Wars

I made Level 8 Fighter today.

Defeated a fire elemental, a water elemental, and a whipvine.

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Chore Wars

I made Level 7 Fighter in Chore Wars.

Bloodline

http://www.lvrj.com/blogs/booknook/Bloodline_another_great_Repairman_Jack__novel.html

I have not yet read any of the Repairman Jack novels.

Trion Rift

http://www.riftgame.com/en/

Looks like an interesting game, but it requires the Windows OS which I do not use.