News
Space Combat in SWTOR: a glimpse
August 18, 2010 · Leave a Comment
It’s been the hot point of discussion over the past month or two in SWTOR circles, and things are about to get much hotter. Bioware have released a trailer of the space combat component of SWTOR. As you’ll see in the trailer below, it’s looking like a mighty nice aspect of the game, particularly given that a lot of people see it as purely a bonus in the MMO context. Sure, it’s space combat on rails, but it still looks like a heck of a lot of fun and appears to faithfully continue the pedigree of previous space combat games in the Star Wars franchise. For all of the 40... [Read the full story]
Community
Put on the hardhats people…
September 3, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Lets build! Okay, who wants to build stuff? Whether it is swords, guns, buildings, starfighters, capital class starships like Star Destroyers or space stations like the Death Star… Um, wait a sec… No, I don’t think I want to build a Death Star. People tend to blow them up before they can really be used. And it is just so insulting, it was always those pesky small fighters doing it too. And the Millennium Falcon – every time that ship shows up, Imperial insurance rates must hit the roof. Man, if I were an insurance agent in the Star Wars universe, you couldn’t pay me enough to... [Read the full story]
Machinima
Hope: the new SWTOR trailer
June 16, 2010 · Comments Off
Today saw the launch of the second cinematic trailer, and like the first it’s a tasty piece of art. Hell, it’s more than that, it’s a piece that evokes the same level of excitement that the movie releases did for me – it’s a tight, dramatic 5 minutes that further tweaks the excitement levels. Plus getting to see a Jedi hold off a lightsaber with her bare hand tops it off nicely don’t you think? Edward will be dissecting it for TOROZ in the next day, but just for posterity, here’s the link to watch it on the SWTOR site, or you can watch it here: Also, am... [Read the full story]
Events
Sith Sunday – SWTOR in the news
July 18, 2010 · Comments Off
It’s been a rather big week for SWTOR news this week – the larger number of people involved with beta-testing is certainly creating some momentum, including on our own forums: 1. Bioware released a music trailer (more on that from us later in the week), an in-depth developer blog on music in SWTOR, and the seventh issue of Blood of the Empire. 2. From the TOROZ Forums Part 1: There’s been some enjoyment of Star Wars-related humour, including the Yoda TomTom video and the classic Chad Vader series. If you’ve got some favourite Star Wars humour we’d love you to share... [Read the full story]
Opinion
Put on the hardhats people…
September 3, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Lets build! Okay, who wants to build stuff? Whether it is swords, guns, buildings, starfighters, capital class starships like Star Destroyers or space stations like the Death Star… Um, wait a sec… No, I don’t think I want to build a Death Star. People tend to blow them up before they can really be used. And it is just so insulting, it was always those pesky small fighters doing it too. And the Millennium Falcon – every time that ship shows up, Imperial insurance rates must hit the roof. Man, if I were an insurance agent in the Star Wars universe, you couldn’t pay me enough to... [Read the full story]
News
Space Combat in SWTOR: a glimpse
August 18, 2010 · Leave a Comment
It’s been the hot point of discussion over the past month or two in SWTOR circles, and things are about to get much hotter. Bioware have released a trailer of the space combat component of SWTOR. As you’ll see in the trailer below, it’s looking like a mighty nice aspect of the game, particularly given that a lot of people see it as purely a bonus in the MMO context. Sure, it’s space combat on rails, but it still looks like a heck of a lot of fun and appears to faithfully continue the pedigree of previous space combat games in the Star Wars franchise. For all of the 40... [Read the full story]
Put on the hardhats people…
Lets build! Okay, who wants to build stuff? Whether it is swords, guns, buildings, starfighters, capital class starships like Star Destroyers or space stations like the Death Star… Um, wait a sec… No, I don’t think I want to build a Death Star. People tend to blow them up before they can really be used. And...
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Blaster versus Lightsaber
Ok, we all know what happens when someone brings a sword to a gunfight. Now it is POSSIBLE for a highly skilled and sneaky sword wielder to beat a person with a gun. It has been done. Much as I detest the idea of drawing on Hollywood for examples, the 1971 Charles Bronson movie Red Sun shows what happens when an overconfident...
[Continue reading: Blaster versus Lightsaber]Good Sith and Evil Jedi? Wha…?
Light or Darkness Jedi and Sith. Light and darkness. Good and evil. Simple, right? Bioware seems to be hell bent on making what we thought was simple complicated. The whole good/bad thing gets kind of fuzzy, like Dr. Peter Venkman from Ghostbusters put it. Those of us who grew up with the original Star Wars trilogy...
[Continue reading: Good Sith and Evil Jedi? Wha…?]Time to fight!
Well, it’s official. And yes, I admit I had a geekasm when they announced that Star Wars: The Old Republic would include space combat. Yes, I even went ‘squee’. Can you blame me? Most of my fondest memories are of X-Wing, TIE Fighter, X-Wing vs TIE Fighter and X-Wing Alliance. What can I say? I am not a pilot...
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Is privacy going the way of the dodo?
Say it ain't so! Well, it’s official. Anonymity is on its way out on the internet. Recently, Blizzard Entertainment announced the RealID system for the World of Warcraft MMORPG. The stated idea of the system as to provide a social aspect to the game. If that was what they intended, they failed miserably. What...
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How Do We Get There? And Can We Smash Things Along the Way? Huh? Can We?
Oh.... Dear... We all know what this is, right? Who doesn’t want to drive something like that? As long as those pesky airspeeders are kept away, you would be virtually unstoppable. One of my favorite memories from a video game is from Battlefront 2 when you get to pilot the AT-AT in an assault on the Rebel base on...
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Community
Lets build! Okay, who wants to build stuff? Whether it is swords, guns, buildings,...
Good Sith and Evil Jedi? Wha…?
Light or Darkness Jedi and Sith. Light and darkness. Good and evil. Simple, right?...
Well, it’s official. And yes, I admit I had a geekasm when they announced that...
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Events
Sith Sunday – SWTOR in the news
It’s been a rather big week for SWTOR news this week – the larger number...
Is privacy going the way of the dodo?
Say it ain't so! Well, it’s official. Anonymity is on its way out on the internet....
Last year was absolutely EPIC at E3. The cinematic trailer for The Old Republic was...
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