I have a problem. It seems I can’t get through video games any more. I used to play games and beat them. Now, I’m lucky if I can get a few hours of enjoyment from them. I’ve had to restart Halo 3 three times because of various technical problems and I’m probably only about a third of the way through the game. In Star Wars: The Old Republic, I can’t seem to get past level 24 on my Jedi Consular character, and in World of Warcraft, I think I’m stuck at level 25 for my Mage. I’m at level 13 on Skyrim, but that one seems to be a bit easier than the others.

Maybe I’m just old or something, but I think games have gotten too hard to play these days.

I’m frightened at this new breed of zealot who is shifting the blame from the acts of a single human being to an entire sub-population of people. While this type of zealotry is not new, this specific breed is beginning to show extreme prejudice against the human rights of a large number of people who have done nothing wrong. This behavior has historically led to lynch mobs, civil wars, and genocide.

We must protect the innocent and stop this trend toward blaming others for the actions of a single person.

First, let me start off by saying how excited I am that Disney now owns Star Wars. I’m looking forward to what they do with the whole thing. It’s already licensed like crazy, so we shouldn’t see a big change there.

Now, on to their selection of JJ Abrams. I don’t have a problem with the fact that Star Wars and Star Trek will be directed by the same guy. It’s all good in my book. I have nothing against Star Trek, but I’m probably a bigger Star Wars fan (I own multiple Star Wars T-Shirts and not a single Star Trek shirt). Abrams kept me interested through an entire run of “Lost”, even if much of the story made no sense when you look back on it as a whole. It was still good entertainment, and that’s what I want Star Wars to be. I don’t want “true to canon”, I want entertainment in the Star Wars universe with Jedis(TM), Lightsabers(TM), Wookies(TM), Jawas(TM), Hutts(TM), Wampas(TM), Droids(TM), and all the other creatures we’ve come to expect from Star Wars(TM).

Update: It seems that Lawrence Kasdan will be writing a new film, as well. http://starwars.com/news/new-spinoff-films-set-to-expand-the-star-wars-galaxy.html

New site theme.

I’ve decided to move away from the magazine format due to the sheer amount of work it takes just to create a single post (each post required a post image of a specific size). I pulled out an old theme that I created back in 2010 and decided to use that instead. Check it out if you’re reading this on RSS. http://cerkit.com/blog/