The Escapist used to be one of my favorite gaming websites.  The articles and features were more than about games; they were about games and their impact on gamers and society.  It was intelligent, graphically excellent, and thought-provoking.  Now, however, things are different.  They’ve seemingly “transcended” into some deeper meaning/philosophical perspective of gaming and gamers, [...]

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My son finishes his soccer season with a tournament in Hilliard this weekend.  Overall, they’ve had a better year than I expected.  They finished 3-4-3 in their division (they absolutely gave one away, or it would’ve been 4-4-2), and they finished second in one of their tournaments.  Looking at their schedule for this weekend, they [...]

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After last week’s mirage against the Giants, the old Browns that I’ve grown accustomed to returned to the field today.  With an absolutely lackluster effort, they lost to Washington 14-11.  First off, I have to give credit to the defense.  They were stifling in the first quarter and a half, but even though they got [...]

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I picked up FIFA 09 this week.  I was excited, because unlike most EA games, the manual seemed thick and weighty!  However, I soon discovered that it’s the same manual printed twice; once in English, and once in Spanish.  It figures… Finally, tomorrow, we actually have nothing on the calendar.  I’m hoping to get in [...]

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I think it’s pretty obvious to readers of this blog that I can’t stand the University of Michigan and their winged (puke) helmets, academic arrogance, the “Fab Five,” and whole “Michigan men” mantra (believe me, I could go on).  I’d be lying if I said that I wasn’t absolutely revelling in the Michigan football follies [...]

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Just wanted to talk a bit about some games that I hope to be playing in the near future… FIFA 09 is due out soon.  This will be my next purchase.  I’m pumped about the “Be a Pro” mode where you play your career out in the soccer world similar to the “Campus Legend” mode [...]

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Other than fighting off this bug (I’m at about 80% right now), I had a pretty good weekend.  My son’s soccer team was the runner up in their tournament (they lost the championship game 1-0), and he got a good-sized trophy out of it.  He had 1 goal and 2 assists in 4 games.  Not [...]

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Not a programming bug, but a flu bug…  I’ve been down for about 3 days now.  My fever broke last night, and my head and chest congestion is finally breaking up, too.  I have to rough it out at a tournament in Cincinnati this weekend.  Our first game is 8:00 Saturday morning (actually at a [...]

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