Jason Ellis

Jason Ellis

RandomStringOfWords.com

a space for sharing ideas, reflections, and the occasional strong opinion. If you're here, you're probably curious about something I've built, said, or am working on. Either way, I'm glad you found your way here.

Most Recent Blog Posts:
Game Review: Empire: Total War
March 9, 2009

Game Review: Empire: Total War

So I have long been a fan of the Total War franchise created by Creative Assembly..  Their games have always been pretty fun -- but...

Software Review: Windows 7 Beta
February 5, 2009

Software Review: Windows 7 Beta

I'm generally slow to change operating systems..  When it comes to making one of those sweeping changes, traditionally I was the equivalent of an old...

Game Review: Dawn of War 2
February 1, 2009

Game Review: Dawn of War 2

I love Warhammer.  I have played Warhammer table top war game both fantasy and 40k pretty much since they came out.  I also have the...

World of Warcraft, #134 Error -- Fixed
January 30, 2009

World of Warcraft, #134 Error -- Fixed

It's fixed!  The dreaded 134 Error is no more!   And for the most part the Blizzard tech support people are completely worthless.. But I...

25man Malygos
January 18, 2009

25man Malygos

So we have been playing a LOT of World of Warcraft of late.  I must admit I'm very much enjoying it for the most part. ...

Game Review: Mirrors Edge
January 16, 2009

Game Review: Mirrors Edge

Mirrors Edge for the PC is a first person action-adventure puzzle game with an extremely compelling story line and quite possibly the most frustrating game...

Game Review: Left 4 Dead
January 14, 2009

Game Review: Left 4 Dead

I have to admit that I'm not a huge fan of zombie thrillers, so I was hesitant about picking up the latest game from Valve;...

Game Review: Railroads!
January 5, 2009

Game Review: Railroads!

I'm a bit of a Sid Meier's fan -- He will likely go down in history as the king of turn based strategy games with...

World of Warcraft and Error #134
December 22, 2008

World of Warcraft and Error #134

The Blue Mods at the Blizzard World of Warcraft forums asked me to post about my problems so I did... again..

Jack Tompson has been disbarred
October 30, 2008

Jack Tompson has been disbarred

So, the infamous anti-gaming crusader Jack Thompson has finally met his match in the form of the Florida Supreme Court who this week permanently disbarred...

Game Review: Farcry 2
October 28, 2008

Game Review: Farcry 2

Open world game play is all the rage. The industry has decided that linear is out and that open ended randomness is in!

Windows XP Sp.3 ...
September 15, 2008

Windows XP Sp.3 ... "Access Denied!"

 "Updates are ready for your computer.  Click here to download these updates. " But don't expect Windows XP to actually know how to install them.