Happy New Year! Chris and Rafe get together to talk about their Christmas video game swag (Catherine for Chris, Batman: Arkham Asylum and City for Rafe). We follow up on a few stories we’ve talked about in the past few episodes – responses to that awesome Modern Warfare advertising Rafe liked and the Half-Life rumors) before discussing more in depth thoughts about Star Wars: The Old... 

Star Wars: The Old Republic may be the newest entry to the MMORPG game, but it still gets to suffer the growing pains of other games. It seems there are some elements of gaming culture that we can’t overcome, regardless of how many games come out. One of those aspects is poor behavior on the part of the players. Yup, no matter how new a game title may be, the same asshat players manage to ruin it... 

As I mentioned yesterday, it’s a big week for Star Wars: The Old Republic, with early access opening up in the next few days to players who pre-ordered the game. I know quite a few people who pre-ordered blindly, confident in the product that is Star Wars. I also know others like myself who pre-ordered on the heels of participating in part of the closed beta testing. I got to participate in two separate...