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Everything That’s Star Wars: The Old Republic, Except the Video Game
At New York Comic-Con last week, I found a case full of Star Wars: The Old Republic stuff. Not the video game. The stuff. Books, comics, statues, and even Razer’s Old Republic mouse and headset (apologies for not being sure it was Razer’s in the video. It is!) So if the December 20 game isn’t…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 17, 2011 -
I’m Flip-Flopping on Star Wars: The Old Republic
My biggest problem now with Star Wars: The Old Republic is that I recently switched my home computer to a Mac. This is a problem, because, several months after I first played it… years after it was first hyped.. I finally want to play Star Wars: The Old Republic, this December’s PC-only massive Star Wars…
By Stephen Totilo Published October 17, 2011 -
This Star Wars Case Mod has Doubled its Efforts
A Dutch site recently held a competition asking people to take a stock PC case —in this case a Corsair 600T—and spice them up a little. The results are spicy Given the fact the modders couldn’t craft their own cases (tasked only with designing a case), what they came up with is still impressive. There’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 11, 2011 -
What Are We Supposed to Do With These Old Republic Companion Characters?
No matter which profession you choose or how much of a dick you are, BioWare’s Star Wars: The Old Republic loads players up with colorful companion characters, ready to fill any hole that might come up. Not like that — well, not like that officially. You can keep your sexy Old Republic fan fiction to…
By Mike Fahey Published October 7, 2011 -
Here is How Star Wars: Galaxies Will Be Won
With the dawning of Star Wars: The Old Republic, Star Wars: Galaxies, aka “that other old MMO,” is headed for extinction. The game is going to wind up with a gigantic PvP throwdown for dominance settling once and for all (sorta) who runs the galaxy, Empire or Rebels. Here’s how it will be scored. It’s…
By Owen Good Published October 6, 2011 -
Star Wars, As Explained by Some Japanese Lady
At this year’s Tokyo Game Show, Luke and I had our collective mind blown after speaking to multiple Japanese colleagues who had not seen Star Wars Mika has seen Star Wars and explained it in the above video. Her native language is not English—and she does a valiant job! And before you crack snide jokes,…
By Brian Ashcraft Published October 6, 2011 -
This Four Year-Old Kid Lets us Relive the Magic of Star Wars All Over Again
After so many decades, so much merchandise and so much tinkering, it’s easy to forget just why so many people fell in love with Star Wars as a kid. It’s because of moments like this. Watch, as four year-old Faris is treated to his first viewing of Empire Strikes Back, the film’s spoiler having been…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 4, 2011 -
You’re Not in The Old Republic Beta, But You Can Explore the Galaxy in 3D
After accidentally getting thousands of gamers’ (myself included) hopes up with an erroneous beta email, BioWare makes up for it (slightly) with a nifty 3D galaxy map, allowing potential players to see all the places beta testers are hanging out, having fun. All you need to browse the planets, sectors, and starships of The Old…
By Mike Fahey Published September 30, 2011 -
BioWare’s Cruel, Accidental Tease For Star Wars Fans [Update]
A ton of people on the mailing list for BioWare’s Old Republic MMO received an email earlier today that basically said “hey, how’s that beta treating you?”. Even though they weren’t in the beta. Cue an instantaneous freak-out as millions of voices (well, thousands) cried out in terror (well, excitement) and were suddenly silenced, users…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 29, 2011 -
Star Wars: The Old Republic Ships on Dec. 20, Subscriptions Detailed
Star Wars: The Old Republic launches on Dec. 20 in North America and Dec. 22 in European territories, Bioware and LucasArts said this morning. “This is an incredible moment for everyone at BioWare and our partners at LucasArts who have dedicated their lives to build this extraordinary game.,” Ray Muzyka said during the 2011 Eurogamer…
By Brian Crecente Published September 24, 2011 -
It’s Time To Align Your Star Wars: The Old Republic Guild
Phase one of guild creation for The Old Republic is complete, resulting in thousands of pre-game guilds just waiting to form on launch day, but what server will they launch on? That’s where phase two comes in. Let’s get aligned! Having your guild formed before the game comes out is all well and good, but…
By Mike Fahey Published September 21, 2011 -
If These People Don’t Like Star Wars: The Old Republic, There’s No Hope
Can you tell if someone is having fun by the look on their face while they are playing a game? What if that person is dressed as a Jedi and is playing upcoming massively-multiplayer online game Star Wars: The Old Republic? OK. What if the person is dressed to fly a TIE fighter? I snapped…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 20, 2011 -
CultureTotal RecallThis Star Wars Game Was So Bad They Should Have Made More Of Them
Over the past thirty years there have been plenty of memorable Star Wars games, from the Super Star Wars series to X-Wing to Jedi Knight to Battlefront. They’re all classics, not just awesome adaptations of a movie franchise but awesome games in their own right. Star Wars: Yoda Stories is not one of those games.…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 20, 2011 -
Monster Hunter, These Aren’t the Droids You’re Looking For
We’re in the eye of the storm as far as cosplay goes for 2011. We’ve just come off a hectic past few weeks with Gamescom and PAX, and this coming weekend will see the Tokyo Game Show’s annual delight of people dressed up as other people who don’t really exist. But for now? We’re going…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 12, 2011 -
Culture
This Concept Art Features X-Men, Jedi Knights (and Jedi Outcasts!)
Most of the time on Fine Art I look at new stuff, or at least somewhat contemporary art. Sometimes, though, I like to look a little further back. Today is one of those days, and it’s a real treat. Today we look at the art of Jeffrey Moy, who among other things did concept art…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 8, 2011 -
Star Wars Meets Disney? The Muppets? This Continues To Please Me.
For a little while now, the revamped Star Tours attraction at Disneyland has been selling some rad figures mashing up famous Disney characters with those of the Star Wars universe. And now there are more of them. These images have popped up on a Chinese blog and show a new series, which while heavy with…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 2, 2011 -
Finally, a Star Wars Game Where Everybody Dies
In the Star Wars universe, nobody ever really wins anything. When good “wins” evil remains, and when evil remains, good goes into hiding to repeat the cycle. That won’t be the case when MMO Star Wars Galaxies ends, though. When it ends, it’ll end. With the game being shut down on December 15, the developers…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 31, 2011 -
There Really is a Lando Calrissian Society, and I Just Filmed Their Rally
First, I noticed that the people pushing past me near the Star Wars: The Old Republic booth at Penny Arcade Expo today were wearing teal capes. Then I noticed they had moustaches. This was the Lando Society, and they had a simple, ridiculous message to shout at the top of their lungs: “Never forget.” They…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 27, 2011 -
Aren’t You a Little Short for a Tanooki Trooper?
One of my favourite Tumblr sites, Game & Graphics, which celebrates great graphic and visual design in games, has decided to go into the t-shirt business. And what a way to start. This Mario x Star Wars shirt is available for €17, and ships internationally. It makes for a rad t-shirt, and in the meantime,…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 25, 2011