Red Alert 3 and Outlaw Star

Well, that Tuesday/Thursday plan fell apart pretty quickly.. ah well, I’ll just talk about both RA3 and Outlaw Star

What a guy

Red Alert 3 came out at the same time Fallout 3 did, so it’s been pretty overshadowed..  But it’s not by any means a bad game.  As far as the game goes, it plays much like the older games.  Campaign mode adds a co-commander that helps out a bit.  Co op with a friend is interesting, unfortunately it cannot be done over LAN yet..

A main difference between this game and the other RTS games is it’s focus on micro management.  Especially with the Japanese faction.

The women of Red Alert 3

Single player was ok, the co-commander is both helpful and annoying depending on how you use him.  Cut scenes were full of women and Tim Curry, so can’t complain too much.  The overall storyline is about the same as the others in Red Alert.  Faction has power, tries to take over the world.  Nothing we haven’t seen before.

I’ve been playing LAN skirmishes with/against a friend of mine.  We’re having quite a bit of fun with it.  Definately a fun multiplayer game, if you’ve got friends who enjoy RTS games this might be one to look into.

Anyway, on to Outlaw Star

The Crew of the Outlaw Star

Pretty good show, seemed like alot of the episodes didn’t flow very well.. but I enjoyed it.

It had a good cast of characters with many funny parts but also a good mix of serious business.  The serious business was mostly in the form of “can androids dream of electric sheep” revolving around Melfina.

I'd tap that

All in all, good show, I’d recomend it again.