Tracert to a new hope

[edited] back in the early 2000s, you could do a tracert -h 100 216.81.59.173
and it resulted in the script for Star Wars IV: A New Hope:

tracert -h 100 216.81.59.173

[edit] Sadly the site making this magic happens has dissapeared since. But once upon a time, you could tracert to a new hope.

2014/08/132023/05/15 by wereallgeeks Categories: 100% Geek, Computers and technology, GeekynessTags: Geek, internet, networking, Star Wars, tracert

Let the wookie walk.

Anyone who met Star Wars’s Chewbacca actor Peter Mayhew were impress how nicely him and his wife Angie are with fans. They like to talk to people, explain where they come from, what they’ve done, how our favorite wookie came to be. It must be the millionth time they say it, but they still love it.

[Edit] Sadly the website petermayhew.com is no longer in operation. This is a picture of Peter and Angie.

At the same time, fans are always saddened by the difficulty Peter has to stand up.

2013/08/242023/06/12 by wereallgeeks Categories: 100% Geek, GeekynessTags: Chewbacca, Geek, Gigantism, KickStarter, Peter Mayhew, Star Wars, Wookiee

Star Wars X-Wing miniatures game: Game or display piece?

Anybody who’s into Star Wars should have heard of this game by now: Star Wars X-Wing Miniatures. The game is awesome on so many levels.

This game is a “miniatures game.” Notice the lack of the word “collectible?” That’s because, as opposed to other miniature games such as WizKids’ heroclicks, the game isn’t about “collecting” but about “playing”. The wrong part of any product labelled “collectable” is that they aren’t really about collecting, but about trying to collect: you are supposed to purchase lots and lots of packs to find the one piece you are trying to acquire. Gotta catch’em all. Just like baseball cards. But we’re not talking cards here, but 1:270 scale ships. Extras do take up some room.

The X-Wing miniatures are awesome, very displayable, with even the translucid base to be exposed on shelves.

Anyone who likes Star Wars will enjoy the quality of the sculpts. They are prepainted in such a way that almost compete with collection-oriented pieces. While the scale itself isn’t all that big at 1:270, giving X-Wings at about 1 square inch, it still is realistically playable on a table. At that scale, the Millenium Falcon is about the size of your fist, and a Star Destroyer would still be about 10 ft long! But “small ships” are just big enough to be used in any Star Wars RPG styled game, or on your shelves in a diorama. They really look great as squads.

2013/07/172013/08/02 by wereallgeeks Categories: Geek lounge, Tabletop gamesTags: LucasFilm, miniature, Star Wars, strategy, tabletop, X-wing 5 Comments