*VICTORY!!! We just won our first war against Vandaly Industries today and spirits are high! They folded like laundry before our superior strategy and towering might! It was not long before the once terrible George_Castanza called a full retreat. We're already planning our next conquest so it's not too late to join up. Our ultimate goal is to take on and vanquish the rogue Ink Tank Navy. Join the good fight today!*

*The war is on. AGAIN! This time we've targeted Vandalay Industries. If you're on the fence about joining our fleet now is the time to show your support. We're getting more organized and frankly having a blast. Follow this link and join up today! *

*Well Crap. It looks like the war's off. Apparently a game mechanic bugged that should have prevented me from ever challenging a fleet so far up the ladder from ours. We wre really amped to go at it too. The Admins say that the game is being restructured so we'll be able to duke it out soon regardless of our place on the ladder so there's that to look forward to. In the mean time I've got my eye on Vandaly Industries the owner of which is the one and only Gearge Costanza. Your days , George. They have numbers on them. *

...and what a magnificent beast she is. Our banner cuts silently through the night stained nothing of deep space, her colors brought to violent life in the sporadic glow of phaser fire. The enemy is well within our sights and the game is now only one of time. The Captains know that certain scourge cannot be allowed to exist in a universe where good men work and drink and love and do good things. One such Scourge is the Ink Tank Navy. They have festered long enough and must be cut out from their dark hole by a strong swift hand once and for all!!

If you hope to count your pointless civilian lives among the greatest men and women of our species then take up the Starcorp banner NOW! Help us rise up with the fury and glory of a dying GOD and strike down with abandon upon the place where they live!!

Do not miss this chance at immortality!!!

*Any persons listening to this message have in doing so automatically signed up for Star Corp training, relinquishing all civil rights to its parent company Starcorp as well as power of attorney and next of kin privileges upon your expiration.*

I hope not. I decided a long time ago that one of my character's was going to be homosexual. I've known a few gay people not to mention a handful of my family members are also gay so I guess to me it's not realistic to portrait a world without them. I was vacillating for a while between Gordon and Donna and decided that Gordon needed something to take some of his edge off, make him a little more relatable. I'm not sure how much the fact that he's gay does that since he's the exact same character he was before this strip. I have no intention of changing that. My only hope is that this will make the character more interesting and better serve the comic in the long run.

It looks like many of you are getting as hooked on Star Pirates as I am. Yay fractured productivity!! If anyone wants to join Starcorp you can join using my referral code (that way I get mad crazy bonuses. I'd say you don't really get anything out of it except that I know how much you like when I get bonuses). when Starcorp gets big enough we will declare war on some unsuspecting webcomic fleet and thrash them soundly about the neck and head. Now you may be thinking to yourself "War, Tauhid? Ok, but what is it good for? Yea-ee yea-ee yea-ee yea." to which I would reply "An awesome distraction from work. Say it again!!"

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Have you guys heard of this game yet? I just discovered it this weekend and by "discovered" I mean their ad department approached me to run an ad campaign. Now, I'm certainly not the kind of guy to turn down money but I have to admit I was a little apprehensive. The reason I was cautious is because before we started working on the ad the game rep. asked me to play the game for a half an hour or so to see what I thought. I agreed to do so but in my head I went "DAMMIT!" See, by agreeing to play the game I lost all plausible deniability if the game sucked and while I do enjoy money I simply could not recommend a game (in my blog) that I don't enjoy or have an interest in. I mean I knew what kind of game it was and I have made it a point to avoid them like the plague.

And then I played it.

Let me preface this by saying; I'm a graphics guy. In fact, I never played any of the Civilization series because graphic were never given much consideration. I've always needed to see things blowing up or bleeding out to appreciate my in game actions. So for the first five minutes of Star Pirates I really just wanted to get to the end of my half hour and fulfill my obligation. But by ten minutes I'd discovered the slot machine and was intrigued. By 30 minutes I knew I'd be playing an hour. After two hours I'd say that "hooked" is not quite strong enough of a word. It's been nearly a week and I pretty much have at least one browser window open with the game running at all times.

The beauty of it is that you can get so much done in game without committing too much of yourself to the act of playing. I'm a level 28 Warship Mk III with like 3.5 million in the bank and I like to mine asteroids and play the stock market on the side. When the mood strikes me I'll play the slots or such blast off and destroy weaker ships until my hands forms into a claw. And I don't stop then. You can play this game with a claw hand. You can't play word of Warcraft with a claw hand.

I've just started a fleet because my ship's name is S.S. Gossamer and it's only natural that it be a part of Starcorp. My user name is Hap Banning and If you want to play this FREE scifi MMO then feel free to use my referrer code 8599 and give me a yell. The other great thing about this game (besides its FREEness) is the mature and friendly community. I've never had a problem getting my questions answered and admins are easy to get in touch with. If you like these kinds of games this is a must try and if, like me, you never played them before I'd still recommend you give it a spin because, hey, it's FREE!

In closing I'd just like to say that if you online attack me I will punish you. You'll understand what that means when you log on.