{"id":817,"date":"2007-02-25T14:12:52","date_gmt":"2007-02-25T18:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2007\/02\/25\/sundays-stuffs-roundup\/"},"modified":"2007-02-25T15:31:57","modified_gmt":"2007-02-25T19:31:57","slug":"sundays-stuffs-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2007\/02\/25\/sundays-stuffs-roundup\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday’s Stuffs Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Blu-ray<\/strong>: So I am walking around Target yesterday (my wife sent me to spend money at her favorite store since she was not feeling well) and while I was looking at the DVDs, I overheard a couple of young dudes talking about Blu-Ray. Conversation was along the lines of<\/p>\n

[dude 1] \u201cWhat is the difference between Blu-Ray and DVD?\u201d
\n[dude 2] \u201cBeats me. Never heard of it before.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The interesting part of this conversation was that these guys are obviously GIs (Fort Benning is in Columbus, GA). Stereotype coming, but I expected young dudes to know the difference between Blu-Ray, DVD, and HD-DVD formats, but they did not have a clue. Sony may have missed the boat on this one.<\/p>\n

HD Hockey<\/strong>: Every once in a while I try to get into hockey, but it never works. Everyone says that you have to watch the game in person, and while we do have a decent lower level minor league team in my area (not to mention the Thrashers are 90 minutes away); I can never seem to get into the sport. Last night, one of the HD channels had Nashville (vs. some other team that I cannot recall), so I tried to watch for a few minutes. I can see why everyone raves above HD hockey (better puck viewing, and more action shows on the TV at one time); I still could not get into the game. I am sure I will try again, but for now, hockey is still not sticking with this Southern boy.<\/p>\n

How the other half live (Part I)<\/strong>: In the February 26, 2007 SI, I read that Ken Griffy Jr. (Reds often injured outfielder) broke his left hand \u201chorsing around with his kids on the family\u2019s yacht in the Bahamas in December.\u201d I can only imagine.<\/p>\n

How the other half live (Part II)<\/strong>: Or maybe we should title this one \u201chow many millions is really enough?\u201d I read in this morning\u2019s paper that Atlanta Falcons defensive end Patrick Kerney has voided his contract. Boo hiss. I realize that he is coming off of surgery, and he can make more money as a free agent, but what ever happened to team loyalty? Kerney was quoted by the AP as saying:<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve only got about five more years to play, and I\u2019ve got to make the most out of it. As great as it would have been to finish my career with Atlanta, where everybody, especially the fans, have been great to me in my eight years there, the business side is there.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thanks for that Patrick. I cannot honestly say what I would do in his position, but what happened to the days when players would spend their entire career with one team? The reality is that the Falcons could cut Kerney at any time \u2013 contracts in the NFL are not guaranteed \u2013 at the same time, the Falcons were not looking for a change in direction.<\/p>\n

EA Sports is lazy<\/strong>: Unbelievable. Why would EA Sports be so lazy as to swap MVP 06 rosters with MVP 07 rosters? I knew that UGA did not look right, but I was really off the mark. UGA has Nebraska\u2019s MVP 06 roster<\/a>.\u00a0 Seriously, WTF? I previously posted that the game was easily worth $29.99, even as a slightly updated version of last year\u2019s game, but I have to retract that statement. MVP 07 is a lot of fun, but come on, how much money would it have cost EA Sports to update the rosters? I would suggest that PS2 owners only buy this one used or when it hits the bargain bin; $14.99 is probably a fair price.<\/p>\n

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