Logan Griffen, played by actor David Blue, made an unremarkable debut on CBS's now canceled series Moonlight. At first, Logan just seems like your average primetime techie. He has all the gadgets and brains he needs to help the main characters hack whatever, whenever they call on him. Just check out the basement where he lives:


Logan takes a call from Mick St. John. Mick needs him to "triangulate the location" of someone who's been kidnapped.

Now, I should probably mention that Logan is also a vampire. You can even see his glass of blood in the picture above. That's just part of the Moonlight canon. On the show, "vamps" more often buy than bite when it comes to the procurement of blood. But, I digress. It's not Logan's fangs and super-strength that make him interesting to me. It's not even his triangulation skills.

According to Mick, "Logan is the vampire version of a slob," but I don't see him like that. Instead, I see Logan as the vampire version of...a gamer. One of the first games Logan plays on Moonlight is Guitar Hero.


"Check this out. Expert level. I'm playing my new coffin guitar, and I just activated...star power!"

In the next episode, when Mick stops by the basement, he again finds Logan with a plastic guitar in hand. Mick asks, "Is that all you do?" He clearly means to imply that Logan does nothing but play Guitar Hero. But, wait! Logan is obviously playing a different game entirely.


Anyone with Rock Band will recognize that Fender Stratocaster. I wonder if Logan got a defective one like I did?

Logan doesn't bother spelling out the differences between Guitar Hero and Rock Band. Instead, he simply counters Mick's demeaning question with, "No. Tuesdays and Thursdays I rule World of Warcraft." I suppose the next few episodes of Moonlight must involve only Tuesdays and Thursdays, because Logan is noticeably absent from them.

Fortunately, Logan comes back in full force in the last episode of the season. He is an integral part of Mick's plan to rescue a vampire who has been arrested by the L.A.P.D. Mick asks him to hack the city's traffic lights so the police transport will have to stop and go when Mick wants. Logan agrees, but insists on a the code name of his choice.


"Can my code name be Lando Calrissian?" I know it doesn't hint to his gamerness, but it's pretty hilarious anyway.

When things don't work out as Mick had hoped, he calls on "Calrissian" for assistance. If you've gotten this far, the clip below is a must watch.



And with that final and fateful scene, Logan earned my respect and admiration. He goes down as the first entry on my list of "favorite fictional gamers."


"Calrissian, out."

[Screencaps Courtesy of Moonlight Love]