“Do you think Lucasfilm think people came out of the movie going ‘I thought that Han Solo was brilliant, but he was a bit mean to that green guy?’” Famous fanboys Kevin Smith (who apparently loves Sith), Simon Pegg, and Edgar Wright mull over Star Wars old and new for Empire Online. And, in related news, Slate‘s Clive Thompson argues (mainly on the basis of the homemade Star Wars: Revelations) that Lucas should put the fans in charge of the franchise.
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Ready to Serve.
Slate‘s Clive Thompson reviews the most recent wave of MMORPGs, namely City of Heroes and World of Warcraft. The latter has already consumed several of my family members, and, frankly, I’m just afraid of it — my gaming binges are bad enough without adding an open-ended MMORPG to the mix. Sounds fun, though…
All Quiet on the Unggoy Front.
“More pointedly yet, the aliens refer to their defeat in the first game as ‘The Atrocity at Halo.’ Who wrote this thing, Noam Chomsky?” Slate‘s gaming writer Clive Thompson speculates on the political economy of Halo 2. I’m still traipsing about San Andreas at the moment (finished all storyline missions and only 65% complete), but, to no gamer’s surprise, I expect either this or Halflife 2 will be my next time-suck of choice.