My Review of The Secret World by Funcom

The Secret WorldModern Time Based MMO by Funcom & EA Off and on I have had the opportunity to participate in Funcom's beta weekend for The Secret World. The promises of a modern era MMO, with no rigid classes or levels seemed intriguing and worth checking out; despite having been burned in the past by Funcom's attempts at MMOs (Anarchy Online, and Age of Conan specifically).    Before getting into my thoughts of the game, let's talk about what I did. I first created a character on the Illuminati side. This starts you in New York, for a few minutes anyway. Several cut-scenes, some introductory on the 'follow-the-triangle'...

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Dust Off the Snow Shovels!

Dude; I'm either having a great time or sleeping way too much! The Black Keys Summer is over... face it, pretty soon it's gonna look like this. I'm using a Black Keys picture because they remind me of spring; for some reason. Certainly was an interesting one this time around. Had one of the worst storms since we moved up nort' (just South of the Wisconsin / Illinois border) and there was a lot of resulting damage. The mighty 'Sip overflowed and filled the floodways (built to be flooded) where people chose to live. Massive destruction was seen near DC due to an earthquake. Irene rained on the East coast's parade. Plus a bevy of other disastrous...

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Time Gone Bye Bye

My last post was the day before Easters? Wow... Me, I am disappoint. Felicia Day Well through an insomnia driven night, I created a personal twitter.So long have I resisted the tweet craze, but I finally caved and created one just for me. As my first tweet indicated, I am blaming Wil Wheaton and Felicia Day for being so friggin' interesting. Anyway, landed a job with a furniture rental company as their Senior Software Architect. Sure, I really want to be working on Pigz In Zen, Inc., but bills, and a distinct lack of marketing savvy have out voted me-- for now. It's good, though, they need my help, and the people are pretty cool. Besides,...

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What Season are we in Anyway?

Bet you thought that was about the weather, didn't you? Well it isn't, and it is too I guess. I could totally see our dog Hurley being this dog... When I said season I was speaking more like a television season, but in regard to my own life. Tomorrow is Easters (inside joke), otherwise known as the first Sunday after the first full moon after the first day of spring. No wonder they renamed it to Easter! Anyway, who doesn't love a holiday all about a large mutant rabbit breaking into your house, going into your fridge, and hiding the most colorful thing he finds all over your home? I for one welcome our new rabbit overlords... Yeah, yeah,...

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Being Fair Just isn't Fair

Okay; I totally forgot another show that we found via Netflix that is an absolute must. The IT Crowd. It was quite awhile ago that we first saw this show, and have long since blown through all the seasons (though in Great Britain they refer to a season as a series). This show is all sorts of wacky fun and is has one of our favorite long running jokes; "Hello IT. Have you tried turning it off and on again?" It all starts off with Jen Barber coming in for an interview. She, unwittingly, ends up the "Relationship Manager" for Reynholm Industries IT department, despite a complete lack of experience or understanding of IT. Incidentally, the title...

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On Your Recommendation

A Vorlon from Babylon 5 So I was talking with a friend of mine and it came out that I had never seen Babylon 5. Well he strongly advised that I correct that situation, but warned me that seasons 1 and 2 suck. Great, I can skip them then? No, of course not. Well I watched the hour and a half pilot on Netflix just now and he is right, the acting is horrible. The storyline was somewhat predictable, and the special effects were representative of their time. That said, however, it was far better than the original Battlestar Galactica, which I enjoyed (and more so the new BSG). Let's not even talk about V (considering I'm way behind on season 2,...

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Most Jerks Know that They're Jerks... Usually

Wiser words are rarely spoken! Sitting here watching Tosh.0 at my father in law's house with my wife, and using the air via the iPhone personal hotspot. Works pretty good, was even able to fire up Eve and update my skill queue. So anyway, while we're here in Bay City, MI we've checked out the butterfly exhibit and the dinosaur & motorcycle exhibits. Can you say Giganotosaurus? Didn't think so! It's pronounced jig-uh-note-uh-sore-us. Was excited to see the USS Edson listed as a ship museum in Bay City, but sadly it's not here yet. Oh well... The rumors say it may be here this spring, so maybe next time. Was hoping to spend a day visiting...

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