Doctor Who?

BBC Books have become very good about releasing Doctor Who material here in the states. In addition to all of the new novels (the small hardback ones) they’ve started putting out various other titles.

I recently purchased the following:

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The first is a picture book of baddies from the show, and the second is a short story masquerading as a full sized novel. The first one is excellent considering the low price (US$10) and although I haven’t read I Am A Dalek yet, it was a mere $5

I have my eyes open for the companion book to Monsters and Villians entitled Aliens and Enemies, which features the impressively redesigned Cybermen on the cover…

Five in a row…enough updates for you Bernard 😉

None Shall Be Forgotten

The difference between someone that likes playing videogames and someone who has almost dedicated his life to videogames is illustrated by the following shot:

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That’s a shot I just took of my Neo-Geo Pocket Color handheld system, which I was using to try out the four new games I got today in the mail. Yes, this is the system that failed seven years ago, and yes, one of the games I got is the near-legendary finished-but-never-released Faselei by quirky (but great) Japanese developer Sacnoth.

+329 dam FTW!

So with the end of summer fast approaching so to do my days in Azeroth draw to an end. I speak of course, of World Of Warcraft, which I have been playing like a man possessed.

During this second life in WoW, I have been promoted to ‘Council’ level in my new guild (second only to the Guildmaster) and upgraded my gear to just about the theoretical best possible without spending amazing amounts of hours (like 30+ per week) in 40 player raids. I think it’s safe to say that Momomo (my character) is ready for the upcoming expansion so she can reach new levels of power.

Here’s a shot – at full resolution – of what a raid boss battle looks like:

lucibattle.jpg < Widowmakers versus Lucifron

That is my guild battling the boss Lucifron, in the Molten Core dungeon. 40 players are engaging him at once (and his two lieutenants). As a mage, one of my principle duties in the fight is to remove Lucifron’s nasty curse from other players (note the feedback on bottom left of screen). I’ll leave you all to marvel at how busy that screenshot looks…you should see it in motion 🙂

Here’s a shot of a recent pet I obtained in the game:

darter.jpg < Momomo’s new pet

And here’s a telling shot of the /played command, which tells the user how long they have played:

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And that’s total time played. Which means I have spent over nine-hundred hours playing just this one character…