Things I'm Exited For

I'm sort of in-between reviews right now, so I figured I'd make a post about games that I'm anxiously awaiting and books that can't come out soon enough.  The first on this list is The Book of Unwritten Tales, which is out, but I currently can't afford it.  Because I'm broke.  Anyway, here's a trailer.  

Now, I'm a huge fan of these kinds of games, obviously.  I've mentioned both King's Quest and Monkey Island before, and they're both in this style.  Those games are almost twenty years old, though.  This one just recently came out, and I can't wait to give it a go.  I really hope this means that the genre of point and click adventure games is coming back, because what's better than puzzles, slapstick comedy and high adventure all in one package?  Maybe chocolate, but you can't stick chocolate into your computer.  Well you could, but you'd get melted chocolate, and that would be sad. 

 Star Wars 1313 was just announced recently and was demonstrated at E3.  And it looks awesome.  It's been so long since all the divisions of Lucasarts banded together to make a Star Wars game of any sort, let alone one that looks this amazing and promises great gameplay that carries similarities to the widely popular franchise of Mass Effect.  It's got so many things that I love wrapped in one package that I cannot wait for a release date.  Third-person shooter Star Wars action/story goodness.

A book that's written by the story writer for my favorite game ever?  Who could ask for more?  If this book is anything like Star Wars: Revan, I think I might bounce off the walls awaiting this epic novel.  It's release date is currently November 13, 2012.

The Sith Empire is in flux. The Emperor is missing, presumed dead, and an ambitious Sith lord’s attempt to seize the throne has ended fatally. Still, Darth Karrid, commander of the fearsome Imperial battle cruiser Ascendant Spear, continues her relentless efforts to achieve total Sith domination of the galaxy.

 

But Karrid’s ruthless determination is more than matched in the steely resolve of Theron Shan, whose unfinished business with the Empire could change the course of the war for good. Though the son of a Jedi master, Theron does not wield the Force—but like his renowned mother, the spirit of rebellion is in his blood. As a top covert agent for the Republic, he struck a crucial blow against the Empire by exposing and destroying a Sith superweapon arsenal—which makes him the ideal operative for a daring and dangerous mission to end Ascendant Spear’s reign of terror.

 

Joined by hot-headed smuggler Teff’ith, with whom he has an inexplicable bond, and wise Jedi warrior Gnost-Dural, Darth Karrid’s former master, Theron must match wits and weapons with a battle-tested crew of the most cold-blooded dark side disciples. But time is brutally short. And if they don’t seize their one chance to succeed, they will surely have countless opportunities to die...

 

 Yeah, so maybe I like Star Wars a little...

Scoundrels is set to release December 26, and I'm super excited for it.  It's said to be an Ocean's Eleven type heist, and with Han, Chewie and Lando as the main characters, what can go wrong?  

Han Solo should be basking in his moment of glory. After all, the cocky smuggler and captain of the Millennium Falcon just played a key role in the daring raid that destroyed the Death Star and landed the first serious blow to the Empire in its war against the Rebel Alliance. But after losing the reward his heroics earned him, Han’s got nothing to celebrate. Especially since he’s deep in debt to the ruthless crime lord Jabba the Hutt. There’s a bounty on Han’s head—and if he can’t cough up the credits, he’ll surely pay with his hide. The only thing that can save him is a king’s ransom. Or maybe a gangster’s fortune? That’s what a mysterious stranger is offering in exchange for Han’s less-than-legal help with a riskier-than-usual caper. The payoff will be more than enough for Han to settle up with Jabba—and ensure he never has to haggle with the Hutts again.

 

All he has to do is infiltrate the ultra-fortified stronghold of a Black Sun crime syndicate underboss and crack the galaxy’s most notoriously impregnable safe. It sounds like a job for miracle workers . . . or madmen. So Han assembles a gallery of rogues who are a little of both—including his 

indispensable sidekick Chewbecca and the cunning Lando Calrissian. If anyone can dodge, deceive, and defeat heavily armed thugs, killer droids, and Imperial agents alike—and pull off the heist of the century—it’s Solo’s scoundrels. But will their crime really pay, or will it cost them the ultimate price?