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Only five more months to go, so that we can go to the cinema see the new Star Trek XI, directed by J.J. Abrams.

The movie will be a return to origins, where we will see the young days of the crew of Star Trek. Kirk, Sulu, McCoy, Ahura and Spock, among many others, will make us company during the duration of the movie.

A second trailer has emerged, and this must be torture. A trailer like this, and we still have to wait five more months. So far, it looks like the original canon will not be followed, so maybe this means a new era for Star Trek will begin now.

Maybe one day we may have more than a glimpse of NCC-1701-J.

Also, make sure to check the trailers following this link.

A return to origins:

After having finished Red Alert 3, I decided to install again the First Decade, a collection of all Command & Conquer games (well, almost all, Sole Survivor is not included), and play them in order.

So now I have started on the first C&C game, Tiberian Dawn, or just known as Command & Conquer. Unfortunately my free time is not much, so I can’t play as much as I would enjoy, although in the weekends I am able to be until 3am playing, he he.

I’ve also used a community patch, that you can grab on EA official forums, to be able to play at 1024×768. It really looks like a new game.

In the immortal words of the ‘Commando’: I’ve got a present for you!

On November 31st was the official release date for this great game. Being myself a big fan of the series, of course I had to pop up to the closest game store and get myself a copy of the game.

Since then, I’ve already finished the Soviets story and started on the Allies story. The cutscenes are great, with the actors giving a good sense of atmosphere to the game. The acting is good, the history as well, and also during the game there are small videos to keep you up to date on the battle events.

The game is slower than the previous Red Alert’s, but this contributes to the missions being longer and also to be easier to plan a strategy to finish the enemy. On Red Alert 2 I found myself several times just building and building a type of unit and sending against the enemy until he fall.

In this new game, when you play the single player missions, you can play with a co-op IA general, or you can play with a friend online. This is good, since you can have the help of someone to accomplish the missions.

The units are good as well, many of them are already familiar to whom has played the previous Red Alert. Some have disappeared, because of the story. I don’t want to get into much detail so I won’t spoil the story for you.

The graphics are very good, with no slowdowns as far as I could find. The soundtrack is probably the best on all the C&C universes. Simply astonishing.

Overall, is a great game, and although slightly different from the previous Red Alert, if you are a fan of the Red Alert universe I’m sure you will enjoy this game as much as I’m enjoying it.

Rating: 9/10