Anyway, I drove right by/through Randy and Scott’s area of the country. I probably wasn’t really that close to either of you, but it’s a lot closer than I’d normally be. It’s too bad I didn’t think to try and meet either of you guys, although I’m sure holiday plans would have probably made that difficult. Oh well.

To be fair… no one will play regular Scene It with me either. Last time I played I had to be my own team vs everyone else.

But yeah, I love cooking gadgets, so I understand completely. :)

And it’s far from being a flop. Whilst the box office may not be as high as a kite (though nothing to blush at) like Cars from a few years ago the merch sales are more than making up for it. I know at my store alone we flew through a lot of it and have been having trouble keeping it on the shelf since we got it in.

Hopefully we can get some great non-Princess stuff in the future as well. I’ve always been of the opinion that animated non-Princess Disney were always the best (My two favorites were always 101 Dalmatians and Robin Hood).

Also, the Steam holiday sale has been very interesting so far. I’ve picked up Indigo Prophecy (made by Quantic Dream, the studio making Heavy Rain) and a couple of indie games for dirt cheap. The sale continues through the coming weekend, so I’m planning to keep an eye on the daily deals.

As stressful as the holidays are normally, I’ve had a bunch of extra stress on my plate the last couple weeks. I’m starting a new job in January, and so I’m having to get everything ready to move across the state to Raleigh as soon as possible. Getting a new job (with a pay increase :D ) is great, but I hope it won’t take very long to get settled in my new place. Hopefully things will be a lot less stressful for me by the end of next month.

Borderlands and DJ Hero for the Xbox 360
Star Trek (The new movie) and Transformers ROTF on Blu-Ray
The Hedge Knight comic (George R.R. Martin)
Torchlight, Trine, and Audiosurf on Steam

Add those to tons of new socks (Yay!) and my new computer, and it was a good Christmas this year. Borderlands has been fantastic so far, but I’m still waiting for my new copy of DJ Hero to arrive (Received the wrong platform initially).

There are 4 seasons of 13 hour long episodes each (Plus one Christmas special each year after the first year). Then this year, there were 4 specials plus the Christmas special.

As you watch, there are some episodes that you should definitely look forward to, and pay special attention to. They are written by the new showrunner, Steven Moffat. They are:

Season 1, Episode 9: The Empty Child
Season 1, Episode 10: The Doctor Dances
Season 2, Episode 4: The Girl in the Fireplace
Season 3, Episode 10: Blink (My Personal favorite of the series)
Season 4, Episode 8: Silence in the Library
Season 4, Episode 9: Forest of the Dead

Great episodes, and a good glimpse of what is yet to come.

As for presents (although it was for my birthday 2 weeks before and not actually for Christmas itself), I was totally stoked to receive the Doctor Horrible comic book and DVD from my boyfriend.

Hope to get some new articles out very soon, that is if you guys will still have me. Keep up the great podcasts. Nice to hear your voices again.

*ahem*

Scott and Randy, if you haven’t seen it already, go see Princess and the Frog right now. It is the best 2D animation from Disney since the early 90s. It has great characters, great animation, and a great story. It is definitely worth seeing, and 2D animation is far from being dead, IMHO.

I also wanted to mention that I am really looking forward to Darksiders, especially after watching the 30-minute gameplay footage that IGN put up last week. It is being described as a combination of God of War with Zelda. Add in the colorful comic-styled art design, and you’ve got a game that I just have to play.

Yeah, how awesome was the Dexter season finale? It shold be back about the same time next year. The Sopranos long hiatus was kind of an exception, but it was REALLY annoying.

Just a note. They don’t know Murphy’s cause of death yet. There are drug and anorexia rumors, and also a pre-existing condition, so who knows, yet. It’s just sad though.

I don’t think Lost is taking a break are they? The Olympics are on NBC, not ABC. At least I hope so.

Can’t wait until Chuck too, mmm Yyvonne Strahovski :)

So I wonder how powerful your computer has to be to play the Star Wars MMO?

I also agree with Randy in that the 2nd season of the show appears to have a much bigger budget than the 1st. That was apparent within a couple minutes of the first episode of this season.