I stopped playing World of Warcraft two days before the 10 day trial was over, it just doesn’t have that holding grab after all. I guess for me this is due to the fact that the game is from 2004 and it just doesn’t hold together that well over such a long period. Also, the pay-to-play scheme isn’t doing it for me.

Still, the game itself, disregarding the graphics, is good if you like these type of games and have the time for it. For me, it’s back to Fallout 3 since some very nice DLC has been released.

It’s been hard for me to convince anybody to watch Tron because of its status in geek culture. Regardless of this, if you enjoyed War Games, The Manhattan Project or Weird Science for that matter, Tron will kick their asses².

Naturally, the demise of one habit fuels another; in my case gaming. If I can’t work on computer graphics, might as well enjoy them.

So in the last 2 months I have been playing some games. Firstly, I finished Half-Life for the second time, finished Half-Life 2 for the second time, after which I wanted a bigger blast from the past and blew the dust of my Wing Commander collection.

After finishing Wing Commander III, IV, and Prophecy, I needed something new.

So I gave in.

I have been avoiding playing World of Warcraft for a while now because of the stereotyping, subscription based game-play and my disappointment in Warcraft III (big fan of I and II).

But last night I downloaded the 10 day free trial and gave it a shot. Why not, right? I have to say that I am very pleasantly surprised. This game had me hooked in 20 to 30 minutes (after figuring out the controls).

After my wife (who felt the same way as I did initially) saw the game and the game-play, she also downloaded the trial and started getting hooked.

I’m finishing the 10 days for free and after that, I’ll most probably purchase the game/subscription for my wife and myself.

Now, let’s hope those stereotypes don’t come true…

This movie is absolutely nothing like anything in the Star Trek franchise which, in my humble opinion, is a good and refreshing idea. The story isn’t anything that will blow your mind but none of the Trek movies have had an original storyline, you have to admit that.

The only thing that irked me about the movie was that it didn’t quite feel like a Trek movie at first but that’s probably because I wasn’t familiar with these characters from any Star Trek series. It was a bit weird connecting the new characters’ faces to the old familiar names they have been given but after about 30 minutes into the film, everything seemed natural.

If you’re an old Trekkie and haven’t watched this movie because it’s not a TOS movie, just go see it already, you’ll be blown away by the guy who plays Bones. The franchise is being continued, thank God, just not in a very strict TOS/Roddenberry way.