Archive for October, 2005
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Monday, October 31st, 2005 at 7:14 pmYet another icon from my gaming youth may go the way of the dodo. There are reports that EBGames.com will likely be merged into Gamestop.com under the Gamestop banner.
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Quake 4. Disappointed.
Monday, October 31st, 2005 at 11:47 amI purchased Q4 based on a work friend’s undying devotion to the series and promises that her husband would be hosting on their home game server. Nothing like wishing the person in the cube next to you a “good morning” along with a “I told you I hit what I aim at”, I thought. […]
NCAA Football 2006 - Strange Bug
Sunday, October 30th, 2005 at 8:14 amGeorgia beat Florida in my game, that is strange enough, but not the actual bug I came across today. I have had little time to fire up the PS2 of late, so when the opportunity presented itself (kids at mom’s house, and wife taking a nap) I had to dig the game out. […]
Vince Young for the Heisman
Sunday, October 30th, 2005 at 8:12 amHopefully Texas will make a comeback and take care of the Cowboys, and I can only assume that Vince will have another amazing game. As I sit here and write this entry (CG is still down due to bandwidth issues), Texas just pulled to within 9 (28-19) early in the 3rd quarter. Vince […]
Bandwidth and Stuffs
Sunday, October 30th, 2005 at 8:11 amIt looks like we busted our allotted bandwidth for October. I did not think we were getting that much traffic, but last month we almost exceeded our bandwidth, and now the site is down until tech-support decides to turn the governor off. I told Chris that a lot of folks must love him […]
PBR
Sunday, October 30th, 2005 at 8:10 amThree things happened while I was in London that potentially spoiled me to the local Columbus, GA cuisine for many (many) weeks to come. First, I had the best Chinese food ever – today’s take out from one of Tonya’s favorite places paled in comparison. Second, pizza will never be the same thanks […]
Dawg Gone …
Saturday, October 29th, 2005 at 8:26 pmGoing into the season I had low expectations, but it is funny how quickly hope changes after Georgia put together a nice string of victories. Then DJ goes done, and today the dreaded Gators managed to take care of business 14-10 in Jacksonville, FL.
I guess I will look at the box score tomorrow morning […]
SOM Sale
Saturday, October 29th, 2005 at 9:51 amThe annual Strat-O-Matic sale has begun. From their web site:
“Our annual $10, 3 for $25 sale is here and will run through 12/31/05. For more info on which card sets are on sale please go to the Products section.”
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Problems?
Friday, October 28th, 2005 at 5:32 pmMy Civilization IV installation was smooth as silk. No problems to report. I am running the game at 1600×1200 and my 6800GT isn’t missing a beat. People are reporting all sorts of problems installing and running Civ IV. I am not one of them.
However, the install and play CDs are mislabeled.
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Interesting Rumor
Thursday, October 27th, 2005 at 3:10 pmThere’s chatter over at the Grey Dog Software forums that Joe Stallings, former head of .400 Software Studios, is somehow involved with EA Sports’ new football management sim. I had no business dealings with Mr. Stallings, but he seemed like a decent fellow during my interactions with him. He and the other co-founders […]
More Evidence of PC Gaming’s Demise
Thursday, October 27th, 2005 at 3:01 pmHere’s a news bit from Sports Interactive:
“SEGA Europe Ltd and Sports Interactive are delighted to confirm that last Friday’s UK launch of Football Manager™ 2006 has netted retail sales of over 100,000 units during its first weekend of release according to Chart-Track retail estimates. Football Manager™ 2006 is now the 2nd fastest-selling PC game of […]
More Civilization Woes
Thursday, October 27th, 2005 at 1:01 pmFolks with ATI video cards - good luck installing Civilization IV. The game is crashing and it isn’t clear if (a) DirectX or (b) the screen resolution is the culprit. Throw in the incorrectly labeled CDs and the French tech tree snafu to a less then impressive release. The game itself is […]
Tech Trees
Wednesday, October 26th, 2005 at 3:34 pmThere are reports floating around the internet that some lucky pre-release Civilization IV purchasers in the USA received a free version of the tech tree in…French. Don’t know if this is a mistake or if there are a lot of people at Take 2 laughing very hard right now.
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Damn
Tuesday, October 25th, 2005 at 7:16 pmThere are many stories written about Iraq, but the stories like this are the ones that really get to me.
These Are The Good Times!
Tuesday, October 25th, 2005 at 5:47 pmFor those keeping score, FM 2006 was shipped, or “dispatched” as our UK friends say, to me yesterday. Should arrive sometime next week. I also got notification that Civilization IV was shipped today and I should get that on Thursday.
It just baffles me that people actually think PC gaming is dead or near […]