This is my traditional time of year for catching up on my geek passions, while waiting for the annual new music drought to end. Xbox games received as gifts coupled with too much free time usually find me dorking out with some of the usual suspects...
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Battlestar Galactica webisodes
Only about two more weeks before the final 10 episodes get rolling, but you can feed you frack with some five-minute shorts on the SciFi Channel's website. Bonus geek points: you can listen to the webisodes with commentary from Jane Espenson. The first half of Season 4 will be released on DVD this week. -
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Xbox 360)
I wasn't very impressed by the demo version of this game, but the real deal is pretty fun and happens to have one of the best storylines of any Star Wars product in recent memory. Fans will be pleased to know the events in the game take place much closer to Ep. IV than Ep. III. Bonus geek points: you can download an extra chapter ($10) and two "character packs" ($5 each) that allow you to play the game as different geektastical Star Wars characters. -
Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Season 8
The ongoing revival of Buffy in Dark Horse Comics just completed it's coolest story arc yet, with the meeting of Buffy and future slayer Fray. Fray is one of my all-time favorite graphic novels, and the return of Karl Moline for the arc was a real treat. -
The X-Files
Received Seasons 1 & 2 on DVD as gifts. Nice! -
Jeffrey Overstreet's Auralia's Colors and Cyndere's Midnight
I'm on a mission to complete these first two installments of Overstreet's fantasy trilogy (with the third on the way in 2009). I'm restarting Auralia, but his natural prose makes re-reading the first half a pleasure. These books have been very positively reviewed, and I feel like a loser for not finishing them earlier. Plenty more info over at Jeffrey's site.
I'm also embarking on a project this week to size down my DVD collection by ditching many of the amaray cases in favor of CD/DVD storage binders. Not every last title (gotta keep those Criterions), but I'm on a 2009 mission to free up shelf space. CD jewel boxes, you're next!
