Monthly Archives: May 2011

Supernatural Season 6 finale (Spoilers)

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So anyone who watched last night’s 2 hour season finale of Supernatural must have been surprised. Or maybe not so surprised. I certainly was. This post will contain quite a bit of spoilers, but rest assured, I will warn you before I go into spoilers.

For those who don’t know what Supernatural is, it’s a show about two brothers who have lost their parents in an ongoing battle against demons. They call themselves hunters, but they don’t hunt animals. They hunt monsters. They know about the things that go bump in the night, and they’re afraid of the dark because they Really know what’s out there.

Sam and Dean Winchester are the last line of defense against everything that’s evil. These guys are Really monster and ghost hunters.

This is where I will leave off and let you know anything after this will have spoilers for the season finale. If you have not watched the show or this episode and don’t want to be spoiled, then you should stop reading this post now. This will be like a mini-recap of the show(s), so if you’re just looking also to learn what happened and don’t care about spoilers, then feel free to read on.

Fair Warning: this is a pretty long post, since it covers 2 episodes. You’ve been warned!

SPOILERS ARE AHEAD, DON’T READ ON IF YOU DON’T WANT TO KNOW! Again, sorry about the caps.

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Castle season finale (spoilers)

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I don’t know how many people who read this site (if any readers even exist nowadays) watch the show Castle on ABC, but I’d like to throw out a short mini-review of the season 3 finale. I understand that the show has been picked up for a Fourth season (applause). Now beyond this, there are going to be spoilers. First, allow me to summarize the show (for those of you who don’t know anything but should be watching), then that should give enough of a gap to avoid spoilers for those who have the season finale on DVR and haven’t gotten to see it yet.

Basically it’s a show about writer, Richard Castle (Nathan Fillion) gets to “follow” a homicide detective, Kate Beckett (Stana Katic) for research purposes. From here, you can only imagine what kind of things might happen, funny and not so funny. This may include a bullet-proof vest for Castle with “Writer” on it, instead of “Police”. A very witty and entertaining show about love, mystery, and betrayal. I think season 2′s tagline summed it up nicely: “There are two kinds of folks who sit around thinking about how to kill people: psychopaths and mystery writers. I’m the kind that pays better.” That’s pretty much Castle for you. I hope to someday be one of those writers that gets paid well. Now, on to the mini summary!

THERE ARE SPOILERS AFTER THIS. STOP READING NOW IF YOU DON’T WANT TO READ ANY SPOILERS.

Sorry about the caps, but you gotta warn people before they read. Otherwise it gets ugly.

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The First Templar installation via Steam

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So today Meesh bought the 2 pack of The First Templar from Steam. If you’re not familiar with Steam, it’s a gaming platform where you have all your games in a central location. It’s pretty convenient. Anyways, since she bought a 2 pack, she gave me the other copy of The First Templar as a gift. The game was just released. According to the Steam store, it was released on May 12. Well, it’s the 14th now. In the game description in our library it says “The First Templar is coming soon”. Excuse me? It’s already out. So we are unable to install. So what gives Steam? I have sent in a question to support. However, from past experience, they will most likely respond to me AFTER the game is miraculously able to install. This was the case with Bejeweled 3 as well when it was “released”.

I’m trying to be polite with them, but it’s tough. This isn’t the first time I’ve had an issue with this. I’m not the only person having issues either. So I wonder what the issue is. What exactly does Steam have to do with a game before they can release it on their platform? Is it time to just go ahead and buy a game the old-fashioned way by going to the store?

[UPDATED] So the Monday after the release of the game, it was able to be installed. I guess Steam doesn’t currently work on the weekends. How disappointing. I got a response to my help request yesterday, however. This is mysterious to me. I can understand the backlog. But the support request gave me the most extreme solution. Deleting files and restarting my computers. I was only unable to install the game. It makes me wonder if the support staff even read the email.

Then there’s this other issue. I know for a fact that they can tell if I’ve already installed and/or played the game. So why is the tech support giving me this solution? I guess the support staff had so many support tickets to respond to, they had to just cut and paste the solution. I hope that they send me a survey about my experience. We’ll see.