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I have not had a whole lot of time to write of late, so I figured I would start the week off with a little bit of everything. Funny that I put this together Monday and it is now mid-week. So it goes, and so I go, and so will you soon I suppose (with apologies to Billy Joel).<\/p>\n

2004 Election Musings<\/b>
\nI continue to be amazed at all the fall-out (err, crap) from the recent election. Conspiracies on all sides. Bush cooked the electronic voting machines to give him a +5% margin, while Kerry cooked the exit pools to discourage Republicans from voting. It is really just short of astonishing that people have this much time on their hands.<\/p>\n

I could go on forever, but I will spare everyone the grief and horror. I do find it funny that CNN kept stating that this \u201celection is too important for us to rush to judgment\u201d after several networks finally declared Bush the victor. I also thought it was funny that the Kerry camp was not going to concede the election because \u201cwe believe there are still some votes out there.\u201d WTF were they going to do? Shake the election tree? Freaking ridiculous.<\/p>\n

UGA vs. Auburn \u2013 Comes Down to Campbell<\/b>
\nNot that it matters much because it is easier to say after the fact, but I predicted to my step father that UGA would put a hurting on Kentucky, 56-10. The actual score was 62-17, which really does not matter since the Auburn games looms large this weekend.<\/p>\n

Speaking of which, no prediction yet but it comes down to one simple fact. If Jason Campbell plays well then Auburn wins, if not, then the Georgia ends Auburn\u2019s dreams of a Championship season.<\/p>\n

Football Manager 2005<\/b>
\nWhile I wait for my copy to arrive from GamePlay (hopefully today) I have been reading the sigames forum to pass some time, and to be entertained. It is always eye opening to read what different gamers complain about.<\/p>\n

The known bugs<\/a> list is pretty long and worth reading. Some of these issues are very minor, while others are more significant. Luckily sigames is know for quality support via patches. And then there is the MLS \u2026<\/p>\n

The list of MLS issues from this MLS issues thread<\/a> is nothing short of eye-opening (now transferred here<\/a>). If the MLS is really this cooked, then I will be one disappointed gamer. I just hope that sigames decides to address some of these problems in a patch, and not wait until FM2006.<\/p>\n

Katamari Damacy \u2013 Take Two<\/b>
\nI continue to be impressed with Katamari Damacy, which has to be a candidate for non-sports game of the year. Well, maybe GTA: San Andreas will win that, but Katamari Damacy is easily the most addictive and original game that I have played in years.<\/p>\n

As I described a few nights ago, the concept is amazingly simple \u2013 you roll around your katamari (ball) to make it bigger and bigger. You play in different levels and roll over all manner of items in order to \u201cstick\u201d them to your ball to make it a certain size within a set amount of time. My description may sound stupid, but it is amazing fun.<\/p>\n

I was trying to think of a game that contained the same sort of whacked out graphics and addictive sound track. From a graphics standpoint, I think Jumping Flash for the PlayStation may be a good starting point. If you ever played that game, then I think you have a decent idea of the approach Katamari Damacy\u2019s developers took. As far as music goes, there is no comparison; all tunes are completely original, catchy, and full of fun.<\/p>\n

I will try to do a more detailed write-up later this week, but suffice it to say that I am addicted to this game. If you want to try something completely different and cheap ($19.99)<\/p>\n

All for now \u2026<\/p>\n

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