Ok, I’ve always loved Google, but this is very cool. They are going to have a booth at the Star Trek convention in Las Vegas, and are crediting Star Trek for predicting blogs. Link.

In other Trek related news (and I’m way late in posting this as I’ve been a bit under the weather) all the Trek Captains are going to provide voice work for the new Star Trek Legacy game by Bethesda, who did such a fantastic job with Oblivion. I can’t wait for this game in the fall. It might actually tear me away from Oblivion and the Sims2, lol.

Between being busy at work and discovering that I’m a little rusty at the whole music vid thing (this is my first one in six months) I’ve not been around too much lately. Hopefully, I’ll get caught up on everything soon. I know it’s a little early, but I may wind up working late the next few days.

Well without babbling on too much, here’s the vid, Change the World by Eric Clapton. A bit different from last year’s I think, but hopefully still fun for everyone. I’ve included both a windows media player and quicktime version, although I’m not sure how well Adobe Premiere Elements did with creating the quicktime files.  The filesizes on the quicktime ones are pretty enormous but I don’t know how to fix that with this program. I apologize if I missed anyone in the credits (I probably did).Comments/feedback always welcome.

Please download to your local computer (should just be able to right/option click and Save As). It is kinder to my bandwith and you’ll get a better playback.

Windows Media Player versions:

• Cable/DSL (30 MB)
• Dialup (4 MB)

Quicktime versions

• Cable/DSL (137 MB)
• Dialup (49 MB)

Lyrics to Change the World by Eric Clapton

Now playing: The Cramps - Aloha From Hell

Be careful of reading PS interviews if you don’t want spoilers for X-Men3. He’s been naughty lately and dropping spoilers (which could be misdirections) but best to avoid if you don’t want to be spoiled. Particularly avoid one that appears on Comics2Film, LOL.

Reminder: The June icon contest for stewart_daily. Submissions due by May 26. Please check this link for rules/submission info.

Now playing: Ray Charles - You Don't Know Me

I am hopelessly hooked on the PC game, Oblivion. I’ve played lots of RPGs in my day, but never has one been so immersive. For those that enjoy playing stealthy types, one of the main programmers from the Thief series designed the stealth components of this game. The stealth ability has greatly improved since Bethesda's previous game, Morrowind. For once, thief missions involve sneaking in and out of places like a cat burglar, rather than just assassin missions. In fact, it is a bit of a challenge to even find the thieves guild.

Patrick Stewart, Sean Bean, Terrence Stamp and Lynda Carter provide extra flavor to the game via voice acting. Patrick Stewart starts off the game providing the voice of the Emperor. In the hands of someone else, the dialog might have come across as cheesy. In Stewart’s hands, it gets the game off to a fantastic start.

I went through the opening scenario a few times, not just to hear Patrick Stewart (although that was an added bonus), but to test the new character creation model. Rather than  picking stats, skills, professions and a whole bunch of options, you pick a race, name, and gender and then start playing the game. At the end of the first scenario, the game will suggest (via a character in game) a possible profession. During your escape with the Emperor you come across many weapons and armor types and depending on what you choose and how you handle certain situations, the game will suggest a class. If you don’t like the class suggested, you can choose another or make one that is entirely unique. I really loved this feature. I can remember spending quite some time in other games choosing stats and skills and then after spending more than a hour preparing to play, find out I hated the mechanics of the game or whatever, and never play the game again. This is a very clever solution.

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Someone from PSN posted interviews of the TNG cast (minus LeVar Burton) on YouTube. Link to Patrick and Jonathan. Link to Michael and Marina (and possbly beginning of Gates). Link to Gates and Brent. Do these save locally or is that not possible with YouTube – ok admitting I’m a YouTube virgin, LOL.

Have a great Friday everyone!

I haven’t read the book yet, (I am such a slacker) but if you’re a fan of the book the DaVinci code or just a person who loves puzzles, Google has a 24 day DaVinici code challenge going. (Link)

Now playing: U2 - Staring At The Sun