Archive for August, 2005

PAX 2: The Fall of Bellevue

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005

So I was in attendance for PAX this year and have to say, PA learned much from last years festivities. The increase in space made the even much more entertaining for me as I was able to attend all of the panels I was interested in. 3 full days with little sleep and wall to [...]

More Shadowrun Nuggets

Thursday, August 18th, 2005

A Combat Mage character sheet has been posted today. This one has a few more interesting pieces to it:
Essence may still be a maximum of 6.
Astral Combat and Counterspelling are active skills.
Having a common mild allergy gains you 10 Build Points - almost enough to be a magician.
I did not mention the initiative thing [...]

Xbox 360 Pricing Revealed

Wednesday, August 17th, 2005

Gamespot.com has released information from Microsoft regarding Xbox 360 pricing.
There will be two different base systems available, the one for $299 will include:
•Xbox 360 console
•Wired controller
•Detachable faceplate
•Xbox Live Silver membership
•Standard AV cables
The more robust package will include all of the following for $399:
•Xbox 360 console
•20GB detachable hard drive
•Wireless controller
•Wireless Xbox Live headset
•High-definition AV cables
•Ethernet cable
•Xbox [...]

Serenity

Tuesday, August 16th, 2005

I know I have talked about it to a few people, but for the rest here is some more information.
I am a fan of a short lived show called Firefly. Now this show was not short lived because it was a bad show or because it lacked originality. It was short lived because Fox decided [...]

Shadowrun Fourth Edition - TOC

Monday, August 15th, 2005

The table of contents for the Fourth Edition of Shadowrun has been posted on the Shadowrun page .
Though detailed information is obviously not listed, there is quite a bit of high level information available just from reading this table. For instance, there is no mention of otaku, but there is a section of the [...]