I am starduke, and this is starduke's blog. It's dedicated to, mostly, video games.
My motto is: If you are going to do something, do it with style.

• 31Oct 09

  Tagged, I have been

  I have been tagged...so here are ten facts about me...

  01: My nickname is Jake. My grandfather called me that, after his uncle Big Jake, who was a war hero. Big Jake flew planes in both World Wars. He died from cancer he got smoking cigarettes. If he hadn't smoked, I might have gotten a chance to meet my nick-namesake.

  02: I am in college studying Game Art. So, someday, maybe you'll play a game that I worked on.

  03: I own over 180 games, and have actually beaten most of them. The rest are either on my too beat list, or to stupid for me to play anymore.

  04: I am a Ninja (in training).

  05: My favorite game is the Elder Scrolls: Oblivion.

  06: My favorite TV show is a toss up between Stargate SG-1 and Star Trek: The Next Generation. I've been watching Stargate on Hulu. Colonel O'Neil is my favorite character in Stargate. Data was my favorite character to TNG, and I hated it when they killed him off in Nemesis.

  08: I am a an (as of yet unpublished) writer. You can read some of my work at the writer's lounge -stories by starduke

  09: I am multi-racial (or multi-ethnic)...part English...part Dutch...part German (most of that was from the now defunct country called Prussia, which is now part of Germany)...and part Basque. I was born in the USA, so I'm all American, really.

  10: Hello, ladies, I am single.

  • Posted Oct 31, 2009 6:31 am GMT
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• 12Oct 09

  Pardon me...

  Pardon me,

  Have you seen my brain?

  I seem to have lost it.

  I usually keep it in my closet,

  Next to my skeleton.

  However, it isn't there.

  I've looked everywhere.

  I think it may have been stolen.

  It was a rather valuable brain.

  Filled with facts and ideas,

  Mathematical formulas,

  Acomplete college education,

  And a life time of experience.

  It was willed to me by the previous owner,

  Who always said I lacked one.

  I must find it,

  you see.

  I need it to have wisdom.

  I need it to have experience.

  I need it to keep theskelaton in my closet company.

  He's getting lonely.

  So, I must ask you,

  Have you seen my brain?

  • Posted Oct 12, 2009 12:31 pm GMT
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• 1Oct 09

  starduke

  The Immortal Slayer

  by starduke

  I am Mekizu Artourius,the Immortal Slayer.

  I have green skin.

  (Not because I'm envious.)

  I have red eyes.

  (Notbecause I'm enraged.)

  I have grey hair.

  (Not because I'm ancient.)

  I have fangs.

  (Not because I'm a vampire.)

  I was just created that way.

  (In a test tube.)

  I was meant to be the ultimate warrior.

  (They succeeded.)

  I am an amalgamation of many strains of DNA.

  (Including Goblin, Elf, Human, Vampire, Werewolf and Gorilla.)

  I am faster, stronger, and more intelligent that any mortal.

  (They didmany tests that proved it.)

  And yes, I am immortal.

  (I hated the test they did that proved that.)

  I am immune to most kinds of weapons.

  (Even nuclear bombs.)

  I adapt to any threat.

  (They actually dropped a nuke on me.)

  Any weapon used on me I become immune to.

  (The bomb also wiped out my entire adoptive family.)

  I also heal speedily, drawing on the infinite energy of my soul.

  (It was the final test, that proved my immortality.)

  I was reborn in the ashes of nuclear fire.

  (I had to regrow by body completely after the blast.)

  I rebelled against my one-time masters.

  (I wanted revenge for what they did to my family)

  I utterly destroyed them.

  (That nukewas their last error.)

  I left Terra far behind me.

  (I thought thatI had no reason to stay.)

  Using on of their space ships.

  (It was a highly experimental prototype, like me.)

  I explored infinite space.

  (I also encountered non-terrestrial life.)

  I beheld the wonders of the nebulae.

  (Very beautiful cosmic flatulence.)

  I saw a star go super nova.

  (That one almost killed me!)

  However, evenspace, in all it's glory, left me with a longing for home.

  (I missed the food and the women the most.)

  I turned back toward Terra.

  (A very complicated procedure involving a button.)

  I made the long journey home.

  (Even with the faster-then-light drive I had purchased from the aliens it took a year!)

  I went into orbit around my home planet.

  (It was another complicated procedure involving a steering wheel.)

  I saw that everything had changed!

  (I didn't knowthat being gone for a few thousands years could change a world so much.)

  My old continent was now covered in ocean.

  (Along with all remnants of my home.)

  New civilizations had arisen, the old people's living together in harmony.

  (I'm related to all of them!)

  Peace and happiness seemed to reign.

  (Unlike the constant wars of the old world.)

  I landed in the seat of their world government.

  (Okay, it was really in the front lawn of the capitol building.)

  I introduced myself to their leaders.

  (They thought I was an extra-terrestrial!)

  They made me welcome.

  (Although they were somewhat disappointed when I told them I was from Ancient Terra, and not an alien.)

  When they found out what I was they were very grave.

  (Seems that test tube, genetically created, life-forms are illegal.)

  They were stunned when I told them how old I was.

  (The statute of limitations was over by a few thousand yearsfor whatever crime my creators had committed.)

  They told me how much the world had changed.

  (No more wars, everyone isequal, no slavery, and no assuming that green immortal people are evil, even though they were made in a test tube.)

  They told me how much it had stayed the same.

  (No official wars, but that did have rebellions, pirates, thieves, and the occasional space alien invasion.)

  They asked for my help.

  (Seems that peace had made them soft and easy prey.)

  They wanted my protection.

  (Especially from those pesky evil space aliens.)

  I agreed, as long as I had freedom to explore the new worldrisen from the remnants of my old home.

  (It had changed so much I felt the same excitement I felt when I first ventured into space.)

  I became the Immortal Slayer, guardian of Terra.

  (Evil alien scum beware, there's a new lawman in the Sol system!)

  • Posted Oct 1, 2009 11:01 am GMT
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