The Star Wars in Abrams’ Star Trek

February 4, 2013 The Dark Moose 0

  (WARNING – RECYCLED POODOO – This is an entry from almost 4 years ago, when J.J. Abrams first rebooted Star Trek. This was my initial reaction, and one of my last TOS blog entries…) Moose Poodoo by: The Dark Moose date posted: May 17, 2009 8:50 PM  I would have never

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StarWars.Com Review: It’s a Trap!

January 16, 2013 The Dark Moose 0

  The StarWars.com website has gone through many iterations, as you know. In my last review I focused on their role as the “font of official Star Wars knowledge”. And really, that’s the original form the site took, and this is how I found it in the late 90’s. But it’s grown far

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Santa Claus – Jedi?

December 19, 2012 Matt Maine 0

  (WARNING – RECYCLED POODOO – This is an entry from almost exactly 7 years ago, when the Hyperspace Blogs at StarWars.com were brand new. This was one of my first holiday blog entries…) Moose Poodoo by: The Dark Moose date posted: Dec 21, 2005  I posed this question last

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Return of Kyle Katarn?

December 10, 2012 The Dark Moose 0

As a gaming fan for over 3 decades now, I have many fond memories of Pong, my ZX81, my ZX 48k Spectrum, Commodore 64, Atari 2600, Amiga 500, NES, Megadrive 8 and 16bit, 3DO, PC, PS1, 2 and 3, XBOX, blah blah blah… You get the picture!!  Some of the

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Before Spaceballs, there was Quark

December 5, 2012 The Dark Moose 0

  (WARNING – RECYCLED POODOO – This was my 24th entry from just after the release of Episode III, when the Hyperspace Blogs at StarWars.com were still brand new…) Moose Poodoo by: The Dark Moose date posted: Jun 24, 2005 11:44 AM Proof that shtoopid 8-year-old kids are pretty easily

ID, Please

November 7, 2012 The Dark Moose 0

Identity. It’s important in fandom. For centons I’ve been jealous of yonder Trekkies. Look at ‘em, with their unique moniker and their convenient “Live Long and Prosper” hands held up in victory salute over us Star Wars fans. I mean seriously, in the 35 years we’ve had this wonderful franchise

Handrails and Houseplants

October 24, 2012 The Dark Moose 0

(WARNING – RECYCLED POODOO – This is an entry from just before the release of Episode III, when the Hyperspace Blogs at StarWars.com were brand new. This was my second blog entry…good times…) Moose Poodoo by: The Dark Moose date posted: May 18, 2005 1:56 PM  On this Star Wars eve as

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Rocket Man

October 10, 2012 The Dark Moose 0

Neil Armstrong was the first hero of my generation. His crowning achievement came when I was 7 months old, and was the culmination of a lifetime of quiet courage and unblinking boldness. Every child I knew, mostly boys like me, held 3 prized toys among their Lincoln Logs and Tonka

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StarWars.Com Review: Emptypedia

October 1, 2012 The Dark Moose 0

With each issue I’d like to take you through the halls of my old “alma mooster” StarWars.com, provided to us by the skilled design Jedi at LucasOnline. Sure, I was never part of the paid staff. I was sort of a volunteer janitor that no one could figure out how