Virtual Tourist 4/22/12 - Star Wars The Old Republic and Minecraft

Let's see what trouble I've been in the gaming world this past week, shall we? :P (New planet so the bombardment will be heavy! Hee!)

Last few pics of our Republic toons on Balmorra.

Imperial base we ran across. Intimidating isn't it?

Lots of bug flumes spewing green gas.

Close up of a bug flume. Seems more than just bug town have been infected now.

Finally tried to get some pics while in space. Not EASY! I am fighting for my life here. No time to do proper tourism. All space missions are timed. Fun too.

Hubby's smuggler got sent back to Tatooine for a personal mission. I joined him when he ran into some issues.

Loved how the sun was glinting off the sand crawler.

Dune sea. We also went back to the spot with the datacron we'd found before but could not reach. Still didn't find a way (but wait till you get farther down! Bwahahahaha)

Tried to take more space combat pics. 

Love the sun on this one.

We then traveled on to Quesh. Found the officers companion interesting.

Isn't that gorgeous?!

Quesh is a poisoned and polluted planet. Very dark atmosphere literally and figuratively.

Some local Quesh plants.

Yet even here there are things of beauty.

Freshly killed frog thing.

Nasty hunter thing.

Now for my Imperial Spy - she's on Tatooine.

Cool panel array.

Destruction R Us.

Imperial base inside a cliff side.

Ah, home sweet home! Or as my companion said - A piece of Nar Shaddaa.

This poor soul had been taken over by a nano machine infestation guided by a malicious intelligence. He glowed and had weird red vapor. If you click for the larger image, you should be able to see it. 

Ah, Sith guards. So very intimidating.

A field of debris from a crashed spaceship. 

A pissed off sand people mount. Shot him on accident. :( 

Thought this was a cool approach to the hideaway. 

Bwaha bwaha bwahahahaha! Was finally able to find the way over to this datacron! (It shone red when I saw it with my Jedi but white for my spy.) Had to sneak through a high level zone of Sand People and worse past a super nasty one at the final edge, but climbed some rocks to get by.

Finally! After staring off and on at this thing I find my way to you! Aim +3 X-620 Y -25 Z 479. Bwahahahahaha!

Tried to catch the cool graphics that appear when you hit the buttons for a pickup. Hee!

Only a couple of shots for Minecraft this week. Didn't get to play as long as usual.

Tunnel through the jungle. Easier than doing a road up top.

Road construction into a second tunnel. Vegetation is really thick in the jungle biodome. Dang!

Virtual Tourist - Star Wars The Old Republic and Minecraft 4/1/12

Good morning/afternoon/evening! Welcome back!

Close up of my Jedi (couldn't remember if I'd shared it before) Tarrah

And finally a close up of my Imperial Spy Larana. I find them both terribly beautiful, each in their own way. No?

On Balmorra with the Jedi.

Super cool moving 3D hologram of a weapons driod. If you click for the bigger version you can see labels that pop up around it describing systems and whatnot. So cool!

Some super deep elevator shafts at the Droid Factory.

The huge assembly line was way cool.

And what is a giant factory without giant energy couplings!

We were down here twice, second time we found this! Bwahahahaha! (Dang it! I misplaced the coordinates! To get to it though, you have to go to the floor with the assembly line. This one is at the super deep elevator shaft. Behind one of the conveyor belts, there's a recess. You blink, you'll miss it, hubby did. Hee! Had to call him back over.)

Floating dead guy. Heh heh. And he kept swinging his light stick like he was practicing baseball. 

A closeup of the datacron.

Now onto Tatooine with the spy.

Jawas doing what Jawas do best.

Starting Imperial town with their trusty Imperial robot guards keeping the streets safe from Republic interlopers. :P

Took my close up pic from this one. Totally a coincidence the sidekick ended up the same race. lol. I got more bling.

Mos Ila Cantina.

Love the look of the gate area.

Interesting hallway of the medcenter

Love those houses.

Back on Balmorra we logged in to a surprise.

That's a player dancing up there. No idea how he got there. But he was having a good time. lol.

Surprise datacron! In Bugtown there's a locked chest on the middle of a split bridge. Found the key with the Junk Dealer vendor across the lake by the shuttle. Cost 5,000 credits but I decided to risk it and we were so glad I did. Since we were grouped, it allowed him to get it as well. Awesome!

Loved that Balmorra sky!

Hard to reach vantage point, but what a view!

Jealously guarded power coupling?

Dude was not doing very well holding in his lunch. Bleah!

Impressive bot, no?

Tatooine again! I was busy. lol.

Destroyed land cargo ship, still fresh.

Some nice Sand People art!

Now to Minecraft.

The guys have been busy! I finally got back to road building.

There's a Skelleton riding a spider in here. The graphics got weird and riding was done in more than one way. o.O

The kids have changed the wall around the village. I think this looks way cool!

A friend of their has figured out how to make the blocks for a huge circle and it making a round high rise. Looking pretty cool! Haven't checked out the obelisk nearby yet. Once I get a road over there though...

Wow, I didn't take pics of my place. AGAIN! Argh! lol. Finally got all the stone replaced with the mossy stone brick. Looks so good!

That's it for this week. Enjoy!