Darth Drabek

I never thought I'd see anyone (attempt to) defend Brendan Fraser's acting ability. For God's sake, he was George of the Jungle!!! Plus, he's been in at least one movie with Pauly Shore. That should disqualify him from working in Hollywood ever again.

He would be great, but I don't think Vin Diesel would go for such a bit part. Bandon wasn't exactly a huge presence in KOTOR, which is my only beef story-wise with that masterpiece.

Thank you sir. I love making mix CDs - that was one I burned the other day.

It's mixtape time! Afghan Whigs - Going to Town Pixies - Head On Boys in the Band by those drugged-out losers, The Libertines Transplants - Diamonds and Guns Morrissey - Suedehead Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Tell Balgeury, Balgury is Dead New Pornographers - Mass Romantic Jets to Brazil - Conrad Joe Strummer and the Mescalaros - Get Down Moses Spoon - Everything Hits at Once Franz Ferdinand - Auf Achse Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak Stereophonics - T-Shirt Sun Tan Social Distortion - Don't Drag Me Down Rocket From the Crypt - Born in '69 Toadies - Away Rilo Kiley - Portions for Foxes The Arcade Fire (although I think they are pretentious pansies I'm a sucker for big choruses and key changes) - Rebellion (Lies) Rage Against the Machine - The Ghost of Tom Joad 19 tracks, 78:11

Rudy.

Elvis Costello - The Beat, off my favorite album of his, "This Year's Girl"

It's me! Except my hair is darker, my hawaiian shirt isn't blue, I play a black Gibson SG not a gold Les Paul, and I really don't look that much like a fratbag. Eh, but it was fun to make, so oh well. The beautiful green bottle would be Moosehead, Canada's greatest export.

For what it's worth, Penny Arcade weighed in on the announcement/interview: LINKITY-LINK. Tycho's comments in the post run counter to the sentiment of the strip. ANNNND, there are bonus Star Wars references thrown in for free!

Nice one! How about KOTOR 3: Crouching Wookiee, Hidden Gizka

I've been listening to the album As the Eternal Cowboy by a cool band called Against Me! (exclamation point is theirs) It's rousing punk rock with a political bent. So if you're into that stuff, check it out.

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One thing a non-force sensitive PC has going for it is the legitimization of ranged combat. I'm sorry, but if I know I'm getting a lightsaber later, I'm not spending feats on rapid shot or blaster specialization. I'm sorry, I'm just not. The idea of a level 20 dedicated scoundrel or soldier is interesting, but the masses aren't gonna buy a SW RPG with not a lightsaber to be found. Maybe this could be a solution to the huge storyline questions posed for KOTOR 3. New PC flies with a motley crew of new and returning characters to find out what happened to the Exile who went to find out what happened to Revan. This way you get your "regular Joe" PC and you get some Jedi NPCs. Of course, if you get those royal badasses to join with you, your pitiful new PC will soon be relegated to rotating stock in the Hawk's pantry.

I believe I read here a while back that she will only answer that question if you ask during the first conversation you have with her on the Ebon Hawk. Others here could confirm or deny this, and probably will.

If you have a pretty good CD drive in your computer, you are going to be shocked at how long it takes the Xbox to rip CD audio to its hard drive. You'll probably get sick of waiting around long before you run out of hard drive space. My friend has his (modded) box on a home network and transfers mp3s that way. If that's an option for you, it's much faster. Also, modded Xboxes with an explorer style program can copy audio or video from data CD-RWs.

KOTOR III: Greedo Shot First KOTOR III: KOTOR With a Vengeance KOTOR III: Dr. Zelka (Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let the Developer Make the Freaking Game) KOTOR 3D: Hail to the Sith, baby! KOTOR U2: How To Dismantle a Joshua Tree You Can't Leave Behind Under a Blood Red Sky

"First of the Gang to Die," off Morrissey's newest album. Catchiest single I've heard in a long time. He performed it on Conan a few months ago dressed like a Catholic priest. The band was on fire. It was brilliant, and that's when I decided I had waited long enough to "try" Morrissey/The Smiths. Well, I guess it's not a joke. I don't think the pixies fall into that "art-noise rock" genre at all. There's a lot of substance in their songs (with a few exceptions). I'm not going to weigh in on Sonic Youth, because I've only listened to a few of their songs. They seemed to be all avant-garde, no substance - not really my thing.

What's the name of the single (w00t) Audioslave: Like A Stone Exploder <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The new single is called "Be Yourself." Yeah. Seriously, Chris Cornell is a great singer and I'm glad he's finally kicked his demons, but the lyrics on this sucker are sappy "I'm OK, you're OK, we're all special and unique snowflakes" sort of stuff. We aren't exactly talking about "The Day I tried to Live" or "Fell On Black Days," here.

(Famous) Grunge hierarchy: Soundgarden STP Alice in Chains Nirvana, Pearl Jam Bush Silverchair, Candlebox Hole Creed/3 Doors Down/Days of the New/Puddle of Mudd, Nickelback ect. ect. "Nickelback? Well, after listening to them I wanted my nickel back!" sigh....

Come on, you're not even intrigued to hear if Cornell can pull off "Killing in the Name of?" What about the Soundgarden tunes? Soundgarden was (hell, is) one of my all-time favorite bands - although I will never understand why they released "Spoonman" as a single. Admittedly, the new single is lame. The debut album was pretty good though. Not as good as SG or Rage were, but hey, that's the past. As for Morello, his politics and his degree, well, if we go socialist he'd be giving me some serious cash, that's for sure. And Lenny Kravitz is the worst songwriter in the world. He makes Vince Neil look like Morrissey.

I tell you what I would like to be listening to right now...a nice soundboard recording of Audioslave's Las Vegas show on the 14th. Apparently at the first show of their new tour, the guys played a few golden oldies. My jaw would have hit the floor if I saw this. http://www.audioslaved.com/ftopict-6307.html

Let me be the first to be anal and correct you: The name of that song is "Bullet with Butterfly Wings." Right now: Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - The Ballad of the Sin Eater Ted lets out a load of "ugly American" guilt. You didn't think they could HATE ya now, didya?

I heard (from a pretty heavy-duty Catholic) the next time a Pope takes the name of Peter, the end times will be upon us. REPENT!

So what if the name Malak has been around? At least it's a suitable name for a Sith Lord. If you were on the cusp of galactical dominance would you rather have an "original" name that inspires laughter instead of fear? Two words: Freedon Nadd There was overreaction on both parts back there, but I just hate it when people pull rank because they have more posts. KOTOR was a fun game - I think that would be board consensus. So before you drag up a 1960s cartoon as an excuse to bemoan Bioware's alleged lack of creativity, please don't rely on a seniority-based urination contest to prove your point. Yikes.

I've been listening to the first Violent Femmes album lately. Those tunes have really stood the test of time. Also, I ran across the Jets to Brazil (laozi mentioned them the other day) album "Orange Rhyming Dictionary" the other day and picked it up. I've listened to it almost the whole way through and I'm thinking it's pretty damn cool.

I respect Fugazi's DIY-ethic, and I know some people that absolutely worship them - but I never could really get into their music. Right now: Swingin Utters - The Next in Line