Archive for June, 2006
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Thursday, June 29th, 2006 at 10:03 pmWrestling Spirit Two was released by the good folks at Grey Dog Software.
I’m Back
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006 at 4:52 pmSorry for the slow posts this past week. With Jonathan in the UK and my recent return from lovely Seattle, Washington, I think we’ve both sampled quite a lot of beer. And completely forgotten about computer gaming. Greetings to any readers who frequent the Collins Street Pub in Seattle. A fine […]
Off to the UK
Wednesday, June 21st, 2006 at 9:06 pmI am taking off to the UK on business this Friday; will be back on July 1. I am sure I will post here and there, when the opportunity presents itself, but if I am not around, know that I am having a delicious cold one (or three). I am actually looking forward […]
Speaking of Predictions
Wednesday, June 21st, 2006 at 8:51 pmSo I was wrong about Georgia; I thought they would have a better showing in the CWS.
So what of Team USA’s chances over Ghana tomorrow morning? You have to score to win, so for starters the US is going to have to figure out how to get the ball in the net. No […]
FM 2006 Revisited
Wednesday, June 21st, 2006 at 12:30 pmIn the World Cup spirit, I finally seriously loaded and updated Football Manage 2006 while I wait for Out of the Park Baseball 2006’s next patch. I forgot how much a pain it is to keep a game’s CD-ROM in the disk drive in order to play it. Since most of my gaming […]
Double Standard
Monday, June 19th, 2006 at 7:20 pmWilliam Abner is taking a close look at PureSim 2007 over at the Blog for the Sports Gamer. He’s making some good observations about the game’s mechanics, but the most interesting thing he writes is:
“Now, if this were OOTP people would be screaming from the rafters. To me, this is equally as messed up […]
Soccer Goes Mainstream
Saturday, June 17th, 2006 at 9:52 pmPeople at work get tired of me fussing, cussing, and complaining about the lack of passion for soccer (yes I know it is football everywhere else) in the US. I long for the day when there is some pride in what the National team does on the international stage. I want people to […]
Inauspicious Start for the Dawgs
Saturday, June 17th, 2006 at 9:18 pmGA had a chance (so says the announcers - I was watching the World Cup), but in the end they could not hold on against Rice. I guess I should not feel too bad because I had Rice beating UGA in my office pool. I actually picked several of the CSW teams correctly: […]
PO’ed in Kaiserslautern
Saturday, June 17th, 2006 at 5:12 pmUn’fing believable. What a poorly officiated game. When is the US going to score? I guess a tie is better than a loss, but now we have to play the “if we beat Ghana and Italy beats the Czechs …” game. To be honest, without studying it more, I am not […]
So Close!
Saturday, June 17th, 2006 at 5:02 pmMy entire house erupted with thunderous shouts of “Goooooaaaaalllllll!!!!!” when the US scored their second goal. Man, what a let down when it was taken away.
Ghana! Ghana! Ghana!
Saturday, June 17th, 2006 at 1:43 pmHoly crap! Up 2-0 with 7 mins to play. Makes you really wonder WTF happened to the US earlier this week? I know the Czech Republic is hurt, but still, what an amazing upset in the works.
Now it is up to Team USA to do their part! USA! USA! […]
Player Development Part 2
Saturday, June 17th, 2006 at 1:41 pmLet’s now turn our attention to where players on major league rosters were drafted in OOTPB 2006. I took a look at the Jacksonville Sharks (in my IOSBL league) to see where the major league 2035 roster players were selected in the draft. The Sharks were six games under .500 in 2035, so […]
Braves. Fork. Done.
Saturday, June 17th, 2006 at 9:50 amWell-done. I have not see the Braves play this bad in a long, long time. After a hell of a run, you have to expect that all good things come to an end sooner or later. I know it sounds silly for me to complain about the Braves not being a “big […]
Oops! 24 Hour Blunder
Saturday, June 17th, 2006 at 9:41 amIn what was a major oops, I forgot that today is LeMans day! What did you expect with a birthday party for my 4-year old, World Cup, the Dawgs in the CWS, and a crazy work schedule. Not to mention that my Orlando Dolphins of the JOBL ran away with their division, which […]
Homeward Bound?
Saturday, June 17th, 2006 at 9:16 amToday’s game against Italy is a rare chance for US soccer to gain a degree of respectability. I am not sure if anyone realistically expected Team USA to down the Czech Republic, but I doubt that many expected total embarrassment. I just have to wonder which team will show up today? The […]
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