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The Critic Returns
Posted By machievelli - 07/03/09
Happy 4th of July to all my American compatriots. The company is throwing a barbeque for those of us working today. I will be replete long before I go home.

This week we had good stuff from kotorfanmedia with MoonMythology leading the line up with Crush and Alcohol Issues
Lord Zeuss follows with Retribution - Interlude and Blaine Averre rounds out the Picks of the week with I'm Not Such A Bad Guy

This weeks’ Best of the best were split between the tragic Where She Could Not Follow from AthenaPrime and Dakari’s alternate universe look with
Malak Rising

Well time to get fireworks. Signing off…
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The Critic Returns
Posted By machievelli - 06/26/09

Meanwhile back at my work; would you believe they offered another shift option yesterday? Sure I want to get up at 4 AM to leave at five…

But on to the good stuff. From kotorfanmedia we had some interesting ideas of how the first portion of the game (Ship departure to Endar Spire) from Hitokiri Akins with KOTOR Version 2-Chapter 1-Awakening

We have ‘when they were young stories of Revan and Bastila from Leiko with
Back to the Past, Chapter 1 and of the Exile and Atris with A.R. Minion’s Path of the Exile: Prelude Series

But Bobgens001 walks away with this week’s best of the best with
Trial Of The Spirit - Chapter 1 of 4

Well, back to my own writing. Signing off…
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The Critic Returns
Posted By machievelli - 06/19/09
I had a good week this time; primarily because things surprised me. From kotorfanmedia we had Crucival with A Black Rose, By Any Other Name... Jae Onasi with a reprise pick of the week with Pookie; Then Back in Blaque’s A Picture On The Mantle, Nivenus with Trust Issues followed by BobGens001’s Disgraced Knight's Atonement: 1 - Revelation

This week it was a crap shoot as to whom would win Best of the Best, until Tysyacha posted her work. 2014: The final chapter 1984 redux over at Coruscant Entertainment Center. Without even trying she won this week.

Of all, she chilled and made me look deep within my heart, and found the darkness she portrayed.
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Obsidian still wants to make KotOR 3
Posted By Char Ell - 06/14/09
GameBanshee's Buck Birnbaum recently interviewed Obsidian Entertainment CEO Feargus Urquhart and posed the following question:

"With BioWare's Star Wars: The Old Republic MMORPG on the horizon, do you personally think there will ever be a "true" Star Wars: KotOR III? Why or why not?"

To which Mr Urquhart replied: "I don't really know. A part of me hopes that there will be, because I think we can do things in the more single player story based RPGs that you just can't do in an MMORPG. Like I said, I really hope that there is one, with BioWare busy on the MMO; I hope LucasArts gives us a shot at making KotOR III."

Source: GameBanshee

Post your thoughts on Obsidian's desire to make KotOR 3 on the forums
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The Critic Returns
Posted By machievelli - 06/12/09
A week off. My book Gryphonrider III has reached almost 450 pages, and thirty of them were written this week! But I took a break from that to do the critiques these week.

From Coruscant Entertainment Center we have the contestants from ‘That certain song’ contest that ends this next week. First Adavardes give us
Tick Tock a descent into madness lovingly portrayed. The other is Vanir’s
Intention

Over at kotorfanmedia we had a number of works running the gamut from light to dark starting with Koon’s Light Gabrielle’s dark side work Irreversible Mercury Magic’s The March of the Black Queen where the main character isn’t the bad guy, and saying good bye with Bastila Skywalker’s Awkward Memories.

But this week went to the absurd KOTOR and I by Bling Masta which tickled me so much I actually told others about it all day today.

Well the world goes on and I have more of my story to write.

Signing off…
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StarWarsMMO.net interviews TOR executive producer
Posted By Char Ell - 06/06/09
Sister site StarWarsMMO.net made the road trip to this year's E3 at the Los Angeles Convention Center to get their own hands-on experience. Fortunately they were able to land an interview with Tom Nichols, Executive Producer for MMO Production at LucasArts. Mr. Nichols shared some interesting tidbits about the ties between the KotOR games and the upcoming MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic.

Jeff: "How closely will the Old Republic's story intertwine with that of the original Knights of the Old Republic games?"

Tom Nichols: "There are some connections, and some characters who are descendants of some of the characters who were made famous by the games, but because of the 300 year time difference you won't see the exact same characters. We've talked about maybe there are some characters that do not age like humans do. Like HK-47."

Kudos to Jeff and True_Avery on a job well done and many thanks! Read the entire interview at StarWarsMMO.net.
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The Critic Returns
Posted By machievelli - 06/05/09
Three schedules in as many week. 3 to 11 until three weeks ago; 10 to 7 week before last, and 12:30 to 9 this week. But now I’m on my permanent schedule.

Obviously I have no life. But I have you out there to review…

From kotorfanmedia we had a mixed bag, primarily because while I am now deep into the the Light Side Male Revan category two of the ones below should be in one of the Exile categories instead. We have Kandon Kuuson’s The Return Madison Desdemona’s The "I Love You" Song The Disciple‘s Acts of Retribution-Chapter I Gabrielle’s Click-Pop Snap-Hiss

And this Week‘s Best of the Best, Midnight Hawk with
A Long Time Waiting

I have a full week off starting tomorrow, so I’m going to try to have part of a life at least.

Signing off…
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Chris Avellone reveals the identity of the "True Sith"
Posted By Pavlos - 06/03/09
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Hidden away at the bottom of a (mostly mundane) interview with Kotaku, lead designer of KotOR II, Chris Avellone, has shed some more light on the nature of the "True Sith" mentioned throughout the game, revealing them to be the "survivors of Naga Sadow’s empire".
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E3 trailer for The Old Republic
Posted By Char Ell - 06/03/09
BioWare and LucasArts have released an eye-popping new trailer for Star Wars: The Old Republic with a distinctly ROTS-like feel, no doubt in large part due to the ROTS music in the background. Entitled "Deceived" it portrays the sacking of Coruscant, one of the events that takes place before the start of the game. Take a look for yourself at the official TOR website.
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LucasArts President Speaks, At Length Even!
Posted By Char Ell - 06/03/09
At long last, LucasArts President Darrell Rodriguez has moved past obligatory comments in press releases and has written in some depth about the company he has helmed for the past year, giving LucasArts fans some idea of what the publisher has in store for the future. Writing in a blog on developer website Edge Online, Mr. Rodriguez reviews the games being shown at E3, reveals a "heritage program" at the publisher, and reports the publisher's renewed focus on creating games with great stories and memorable characters, including building new IP.

Source: Edge Online
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Dragon Age release date revealed with new trailer
Posted By Char Ell - 05/30/09
BioWare and EA have provided GameTrailers a new M-rated preview trailer for Dragon Age: Origins. Understandable since BioWare have repeatedly said DAO is a dark fantasy. Can't wait to get your hands on this game? Mark October 20 on your calendar as the day you will be able to get your first DAO fix.
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