Q is stern... stern, but fair.

And so this is it: I am officially retiring the Commander Tim blog. When I started this site back in 2006, it was so that I could still keep in touch with all the fans of The Widget after its demise. Over time, it evolved into a place for me to simply post cool things, and also became the home of The Commander Tim Cast for an astonishing 106 episodes of face-rocking amazement. I tried to find reasons to update the site, posting little tidbits here from time-to-time while I was co-hosting over at GameHounds. But when it came right down to it, I realized that I’m not much of a blogger. So rather than leave the site hanging on an old random post, I’m simply going to put this final entry here. A huge thanks to everyone that helped bring content to this site over the years: my friend and former co-host CountZer0; my partner in crime, Sgt. Blogkitten; MacDragon for being willing to guest on a show 2 hours after we met; and my often maligned, but ever entertaining, former co-hosts Edgey and Big V. This is also a thank you to all the great friends and fans that I’ve had the pleasure of knowing, if only in passing. There’s too many to list here, so this blanket ‘thanks’ will have to do.

But don’t worry, at the time I’m writing this, The Widget is still going strong. Plus, you can always find me on Twitter if you really feel the need to hear some of my random ramblings. I’ll see you… out there.

And now we know. A new shirt design from Nerduo. The initial run has sold out, so if you didn’t get it, then you missed your chance.

If you grew up in the 80s, there’s a pretty good chance you remember Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future. The Landmark Entertainment / Mattel produced show was essentially designed to move piles of action figures off of the store shelves. And move them they did. Every single week, kids were invited to use their XT-7 jet to fire at the army of the vicious Lord Dread while watching the show. And the mind blowing part (when I was younger anyway) was that the show fired back! Sigh. Technology innocence, how I miss you. Even though the few Captain Power toys I had are now in the giant landfill in the sky, I still have a VHS tape of one of the Training Videos that was available. Maybe I’ll have to do an entire post on the totally radicalness (yes, I just made that word up) of the entire Captain Power concept. I never had the jets when I was younger (my friends had them, but they were too expensive for me), but I did have more than a few of the action figures. Even though I was starting to outgrow toys at that point, the cool colored bits of chrome on each figure were pretty cool. Couple that with the fact that the whole thing centered around the video game idea of shooting at the TV, and I was sold. Chrome and violence, that’s my weakness…

Anyway, for your Wednesday Awesome, enjoy this gag reel from the set of Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future.

The hard-ridin', hard-drivin', gaming heroes.

For anyone out there that enjoys hearing my dulcet tones radiating out of your computer’s speakers as often as possible, have I got a treat for you! I was recently honored with an invitation to be the guest on the latest episode of the Digital Cowboys podcast. For anyone not familiar, it’s a UK based video game/technology show hosted by a couple of guys named Alex and Tony. The episode was all about the history of the Sega Dreamcast, and they asked me to come on and bring my encyclopedic knowledge of all things Sega with me. I had a blast being on the show, and heartily recommend everyone to give them a listen. Their show is drop-dead hilarious, and their passion for creating quality entertainment oozes out of every second of audio. As far as I’m concerned, these guys are the best kept secret in podcasting.

In case any of you missed this after Pink Ninja Studios closed…

Until my schedule gets a little fluffier (and I rekindle my desire to do so), The Commander Tim Cast is on hiatus. I’m thinking possibly summer for a fresh new start, with a return to what the show was at the start; a 20 minute audio mind-dump on whatever I fancy that day. Well, until I get the gumption to get that rocking again, you can find me on the big Saturday show over at Gamehounds. For anyone not familiar, it’s an adult perspective video-game news and opinion show created by Gamer Edie Sellers and Cooper Hawkes. The show is a blast to do, and it’s a very quality production. Thanks to Edie taking on all the heavy lifting, podcasting is once again fun for me. It’s been a very long time since I’ve had that feeling. Anyway, just an FYI about that. Also, you’ll notice the general state of half-finishedness on this site. That will be changing soon as well. Like a good car mechanic; the guy who fixes ‘em all day usually has the worst running one.

Quite possibly the greatest accomplishment you’ll see all day.

WTF are you on about?

Then, it turned into this:

Which led to this:

And finally:

Now, it’s a thing. You’re welcome world.

What’s the lesson here? That no matter how much I learn, or how advanced I get my skillset, it always comes down to me putting captions on pictures. That’s just how I roll.

Check out these in their original home on Topixz.

http://www.topixz.com/commandertim

WTFW on Topixz (formerly of Pownce)

If you don’t think it’s funny, then why in the world do you read a blog about the ramblings of an aging geek?

There is no solution for this problem at this time.

Oh, I know a gaggle of Mac users that would LOVE to tell me differently for hours on end. :-)