You Want A Long Development Time, I’ll Give You An Obscenely Long Development Time

By Patrick MurphyPosted on January 4, 2023February 1, 2023Cat Nerd, Projects, Short BusTags Cartoons, My History, Science Fiction, Space Opera, Story Time, VidgamesLeave a comment

So one of the developers in one of the game dev groups I’m in finally released his game after 14 years in development. He made a few comments about it possibly being the longest delay in development history. I'm 99% joking, but I have him beat on obscenely long delays. 40 years. No joke,… Read More »

Fixing Voyager Part II: Suder vs. Hirogen

By Patrick MurphyPosted on February 26, 2021February 26, 2021Cat NerdTags Geek, Science Fiction, Star Trek, TV, WritingLeave a comment

So the Maquis included at least one known serial killer, Suder. This was a plot point in a couple of episodes. He was introduced, locked up, and died “heroically” fighting the Kazon in Basics. Later on they introduced the Hirogen, an even less interesting threat force than the Kazon. They were shameless, uninteresting ripoffs of… Read More »

Caffeine

By Patrick MurphyPosted on October 4, 2020October 4, 2020Cat NerdTags Amusingness, Science FictionLeave a comment

It is by will alone I set my mind in motion and through the juice of Caff-Een the thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shakes, the shakes become a warning. It is by will alone I set my mind in motion. It is by will alone I set my mind in motion and through the… Read More »

Fixing Voyager

By Patrick MurphyPosted on August 16, 2020August 16, 2020Cat NerdTags Geek, Science Fiction, Star Trek, TV, WritingLeave a comment

Janeway has always been a problematic character. She wasn’t much of a Captain, and her incompetence was legendary especially when it came to the Prime Directive. Her expertise was in the Star Trek sciences, with repeated mention of her time as a science officer and endless smug “look at me sciencing” scenes. This is clearly… Read More »

Life Lessons From Kids’ Cartoons

By Patrick MurphyPosted on May 10, 2020May 10, 2020Cat LifestyleTags Cartoons, Ethics, Geek, Philosophy, Science Fiction, TVLeave a comment

When I was a kid, I had two real choices for cartoons before school: Robotech and GI Joe. There were some pretty significant differences between the two shows, and I think these differences are to blame for certain aspects of my personality; there's a reason I own two different DVD versions of the full series… Read More »

“Geek Cred”

By Patrick MurphyPosted on May 10, 2020May 10, 2020Cat LifestyleTags Gaming, Geek, Morons, Philosophy, Science Fiction, TVLeave a comment

I'm a geek by nature, not culture. I've noticed something hilarious since geek went mainstream. It's probably the same thing that happens when anything else suddenly becomes popular, but since I've always been out on the fringes this is the first time I've really seen it. That would be geek poseurs. Not geek… Read More »

TV Episodes That Annoy Me

By Patrick MurphyPosted on March 2, 2020Cat LifestyleTags Geek, Glacial Buddhalike Calm, Morons, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Science Fiction, TV2 Comments

There are a few generic TV episode types that almost never fail to annoy the fark out of me (although there are exceptions to every one of these). Note that these apply to single episodes, not entire series. In no particular order, here they are: The "Acting" Episode: Yes, we get it. You're actors. You like… Read More »

Starfleet Exterminated the Xenomorphs From Alien

By Patrick MurphyPosted on March 2, 2020Cat UncategorizedTags Alien Universe, Blade Runner, Judge Dredd, Movies, Predator, Science Fiction, Space Opera, Star TrekLeave a comment

Soldier, Blade Runner and Alien are the same universe. This is Word of God from an interview with Ridley Scott. Todd's generation of soldiers were predecessors to their genetically-engineered replacements. Their replacements were the predecessors to Replicants, who were predecessors to the synthetics from Alien. Weyland was a protege of Tyrell. At the beginning of… Read More »

Citizens of the Outside, Long Version

By Patrick MurphyPosted on March 2, 2020Cat LifestyleTags Inspirational, Science FictionLeave a comment

Here's the full conversation where the concept of Citizens of the Outside is described. "And you will teach me how—how to be a successful crook like you!" His brow furrowed at my words and his expression was grave. What had I said that was wrong? I chewed my sore lip with worry as he unrolled… Read More »