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Browsing Posts published in January, 2010

My Madden Ultimate Team (MUT) pretty much sucks; still using my default starter pack team which may in some small way contribute to my awful record. I am currently 1-3, but have burned 6 contract cards. In other words, I only have enough cards left for 4 more games. That may not be entirely true, [...]

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If I were a fan of the Vikings I would be pretty upset this morning. As an anti Saints fan, I am none too happy. The better team, at least on this particular Sunday did not win. I guess for the next couple of weeks I am going to be a Colts fan. The early [...]

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At the risk of being told that I am talking to the south end of a north bound mule, or being called an EA Sports mouthpiece tool, I created my Madden Ultimate Team – “GA TX Falcons” (creatively yours, the Georgia Texas Falcons). I have read all the negative opinions about this new “free” mode, [...]

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Sunday Stuffs

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Here are a few random links for your viewing pleasure that I came across while surfing the web this morning. As I heard on SportingNews radio, legitimate web surfing; in other words it is too early on Sunday morning to be looking for some T&A. After the affair ends … A reminder for married folks [...]

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NFL Championship Sunday

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This is the glorious day that the Lord has made – for Championship football! Not much has changed since I wrote about the AFC and NFC Championship games last Monday. The Colts and Saints are still favored, but there seems to be a ton of momentum from the pundits that favors the Jets in an [...]

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Bloom County Returns

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Last month my wife of 16 years gave me the Bloom County Complete Library Volume 1 as part of an anniversary present. Bloom County is my all-time favorite comic strip. While I have had various paperback versions of this classic strip, there is something special about this new hardback version that is a complete blast [...]

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Friday Gaming Quickie

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A few PSN games that I am interested in purchasing are on sale are on sale this week (via PlayStationLifeStyle update): * Gravity Crash (now $4.99, original price $9.99) * ZEN Pinball (now $4.99, original price $9.99) * Critter Crunch (now $3.49, original price $6.99) * Braid (now $7.49, original price $14.99) * Burn Zombie [...]

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When I have time, which lately for serious RPG fun, is almost never. I have a backlog of PS3 titles that I have yet to finish, and in some cases start: Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Demon’s Souls, and Dragon Age: Origins. Adding White Knight Chronicles: International Edition (WKC:IE) may be a tad overkill at this [...]

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It has been a while since I posted a “Now Reading” post, so I thought it would be a fun diversion. Back in December I finished up The Icewind Dale Trilogy by R.A. Salvatore. It was a solid read for heroic swords and sorcery fiction based on Dungeons and Dragons; really the Forgotten Realms setting. [...]

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When PSN Games Fade Away

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I was cruising around N4G this morning I came across this article for Calling All Cars. Apparently as of Jan 14, Sony no longer hosts the game on its servers. The article shows that the game is still playable, as long as you (or a friend) hosts the game. My concern is that folks that [...]

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Keeping the Saints Down

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It’s no big secret that I am going to pull for the Minnesota Vikings over the New Orleans Saints in this weekend’s NFC Championship game. While the Falcons and the Saints have not much success in their limited franchise histories, the Falcons have been to a Super Bowl (notice I did not say “have won [...]

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At some point over the long weekend I stumbled across some news about Madden Ultimate Team. To me this looks like a free DLC engine to take additional cash from pre-teens or anyone else addicted to collecting things; videogame related or football cards. It has been a long time since I played Madden 10 or [...]

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One of my “New Year’s Resolution” was to drinking better beer. I enjoy beer with the best of them, but a lot of times I lapse into the cheap(er) stuff. This year I am going to try to go with more premium brews; sort of a quality of quantity deal. Maybe; that assume I am [...]

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Daytona Speedweeks Is Upon Us

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Speedweeks is the traditional start to the 2010 racing year, with the Rolex 24 at Daytona only a couple of weekends away (12 days to be precise). According to RACER, Team Ganassi will have the strongest driver lineup: Ganassi, which has won three of the past four editions of the legendary endurance event, will have [...]

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Button Dismisses F1 Shortcuts

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What a stupid idea by Bernie Ecclestone. Shortcuts in F1? Good grief! Ecclestone proposed the idea during a media event last week. “I’ve tried to push the teams with a number of proposals. Imagine a shortcut which a driver can use five times every race,” he said. “It would stop people from getting stuck behind [...]

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