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They were read by 8 year olds. The comic book market as a whole is getting aimed more at the late teens, and twenty-somethings in general.. At least Marvel and DC tend to push that slightly more emphasis rather then the pure kiddies.

Elfhome - Wen Spencer A nice little mix of fantasy meets sci-fi..

I'm sentimental about books, regardless of whether they're easily available or not. Plus it's a bit of a waste of resources in general if all you can do is burn them... Edit: Yeah, the link was playing up earlier, but I think it was something to do with the vancouver sun website, it was glitching even from googling the story. But I think it's all up and running again now.. Also -

Vancouver Sun - Thirty Ton Book Collection to be Burnt

Well I've wrapped up the Sith Inquisitor and Smuggler class stories, both had some quite entertaining moments. Although I think the Smuggler's peaked before Act 3. I'm actually enjoying the mix of competition/revenge of the Bounty Hunter through the prologue and Act 1 as well. The Jedi Knight story in Act 2 seems to get a little wonky, but I've only made it to Quesh so far on that and I'm curious how the whole "Emperor's Moon" thing plays out... I've got to say, the Sith Warrior's storyline seems interesting so far, but I've only just started Act 1. Hm, I have to say the way they have the Sith Warrior's Mentor with the massive intelligence network and a Jedi padawan with the force ability to see "the heart of men" sets up a few potential twists to come. Although I will say, much as I want to explore that further I just can't face Balmorra again at the moment. Considering I ran through it imp side the other week with my BH, and Republic with my Jedi Knight a few days ago...

For the really random trivia, late 1800's the colour scheme was reversed. Pink was a traditional boys colour and blue (at least the lighter shades) was used more by women..

I took a short break from research and odds and bods to jump online today around lunch. Heh, and even though I use an east coast server from the UK, it was interesting to see there were still around 80-100 people populating both Republic and Imp fleet stations. And the assortment of people doing the "hey, I'm originally from x server, who else was on there? " and people connecting their old friends lists again and the massive shift in guilds and wotnot...

I have to admit, whilst I like a lot of the ideas King has developed, I've found most of his actual writing to be kind of crappy. There's a few gems, but most seem (from an enjoyable read viewpoint) kind of dreary and more in the make a serious effort to turn pages then a sit down and read in some flowing hours...

It's amusing..and it's true - well, if I had a daughter...

To return to the TOR relevance.. They're continuing on with the assorted server transfers, and I must say you can definitely notice it. Corellian Run seems to be one they're encouraging people to shift to, and has over 290 folk on Imp Fleet at the moment.. and around 250 on Republic Fleet.

Well the relatives are back for anther two weeks... And there is something decidedly odd about the turnabout when a parent is so ill that you're the one putting them to bed...

Something old and new.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8exsw6yKXw&

I find the Ranger / Spirit Shaman mix fairly useful, although I headed towards teh Shadow Dancer prestige class as well..

Wrapped up the Smuggler class-quest and kicked the Voidwolf's arse. Hm, although it doesn't quite have the sheer emotional satisfaction of prologue ending or the Act 1 end-point. Still, getting the Republic's highest civilian award for basically taking control of the criminal underworld is kind of amusing... Now I'll have to psych myself up to wrap up some of those Corellian world quests.. Think I'll have to start focusing some time on the Bounty Hunter now. I do want to have a splurge on Sith Warrior, but got him almost finished Dromund Kaas, but I can't face Balmorra just yet. I covered it on my Bounty Hunter the other week and my Jedi Knight is just wrapping the bonus series there.. Hm, so in 6 months I've gotten two characters to 50th, and completed their class stories, I've got another to level 40 and in the early stages of Act 2, and a couple of others in their teens-to-twenty-something levels. I'd say it's certainly about pacing the classes and which faction you're doing along with how quickly you rotate through the planets.

Hm, whilst I am still cheerfully kicking around on Corellian Run. That and occasional pokes on the public test server to see what changes are coming...

Dang, had some glitch on the latest patch update, so now it's re-downloading the whooole shebang. Ah well, something to leave running in the background.

I've been caught out a few times. I don't drive, haven't got a drivers licence. I once had to use a 6 year old university id that for some reason was still in my wallet to prove my age and identity. But if it comes down to anything really serious, I'm pretty much screwed unless I happen to be casually walking around with my passport.

To be fair to the books, they didn't actually have the leaping quite that absurd. The film definitely pushed the "superman leaping" which was somewhat... silly.

Yeah, I really enjoyed John Carter. It mashed up some of the books, but it really kept the soul of them throughout the whole thing. A lot of people had trouble with how it looked like it ripped off so many other sources, but technically it's the reverse. One of those that inspired so much over the last century that what was original and sparkling has become standard story tropes. It's a shame that with it tanking so badly it's unlikely to get a follow-on. Part of the trouble it had was the Director is a major fan of the books, and thought that everybody knew who John Carter was. He made some comment about how he considered John Carter to be a name known in every household like Batman is. And due to his successes with Pixar, the studio had given him total control, including over the advertising campaign before it was released. Which pretty much made it seem very genericy blah to everyone who didn't know what John Carter is.

On the completely lesser scale of life trouble, I found a charge on my credit card that shouldn't be there. Phoned up the bank to report it, and got my security locked in the attempt. So I had to go through a completely different process to unlock my security so I could report a potential problem. Now they've cancelled my card as the quick and dirty fix... So no new books or such from amazon for a week or so until a new card turns up and its all resolved.

It's a recognisable voice, and you keep meeting wildly different characters with the same voice.. There are a couple of other voices that keep cropping up.. but her's was the first I noticed. But then, she voices three characters that are literally about 40 seconds travel apart from each other in Whiterun which is the first city you reach in the game.

Offhand, it comes to.. hm.. : In Whiterun, she voices Adrianne Avenicci the blacksmith by the city entrance, Aela the Huntress in the companions, and Uthgerd the Unbroken in the inn.. In Riften she's the voice of the Jarl Laila Law-Giver, aand the voice of Iona, the housecarl you get when you buy a house and become Thane.. In Solitude, the Legate Rikke, and Bryling one of the Thanes, and in relation to a Solitude quest, the voice of Queen Potema.. In Dawnstar, Brina Merilis... In Markath, it happens to be Faleen the housecarl to the Jarl.. In Windhelm, Voldessa Giryon the dunmer "pirate", and Adelaisa Vendicci the Imperial soldier who can become a follower, In Falkreath, Zaria in the alchemist's shop There's Sorli the builder, oh and the ghost of Breya in some Dwemer ruin.. I don't think it's so much that they re-use her as a voice actress, it's that she's not just voicing bit players, but a chunk of "important" one's that you'll talk to repeatedly in the course of the main story and the other story-quests, not simply odd miscellaneous quests you could easily miss.

That's just because those lame kids grew up to have a lot of disposable income. I got about

Hey, I funded a trip to America for a friends wedding by putting some of my old boxed Transformers on ebay a few years ago. (Technically, that was a year or two before Michael Bay released his film..)