For my first 38 years, my only experience with Dungeons and Dragons has been the red-book “Basic” rules, the blue-book “Expert” rules, and the first edition of Advanced Dungeons and Dragons core manuals, penned by gaming legend Gary Gygax. I’m a huge fan of Gary Gygax.  I think he’s a gaming genious, and there’s no [...]

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My Player went to spring training in prepartion for year 2 of “his” career.  I had a horrific spring, although I only got 4 outings.  My ERA was over 20, and my WHIP over 3!  I didn’t do it on purpose, but after just sucking, I was kind of hoping I’d be sent to AAA.  [...]

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Growing up, I had a lot of interests.  My main pursuits were sports, music, and gaming – both electronic and table top.  Throughout high school, I had envisioned myself as a history teacher, because I loved history, and I also wanted to be a basketball coach.  However, somewhere along my junior year, I was seduced [...]

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As I mentioned in the last post, I got called up to the Pirates in the second week in Sept.  Much to my surprise, the big club was leading the division!  We ended up making it to the playoffs, winning the Divisional series, beating the Dodgers for the pennant, and facing the mighty Yankees in [...]

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I spent some more time with “My Player” this week…  To recap, I have a reliver in the Pirates’ system playing at AA Altoona.  I’m playing on the Pro difficulty level. I’m all the way to the last week of games in my minor league season.  And, I just got called up to “the show!”  [...]

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Holy cow!  Posts on back-to-back days?  Who abducted the “Middle-Aged-Gamer” and took over his blog?! That’s what’s great about this game, though – it inspires me.  It’s way too early for me to sing its praises or denounce it, but the bottom line is, I look forward to playing it whenever I get a chance. [...]

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I haven’t bought a new video game in a while, but I usually get the “itch” when the baseball games come out.  Against what I thought was my better judgment, I succumbed again this year, and bought MLB 2K10 for the 360.  2K Sports has disappointed frequently in the past, especially with this series.  However, after [...]

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I’m old, and out of shape.  Recently, though, I’ve been working out at the YMCA with my son.  We’re lifting weights 3 times a week, weather permitting (we’ve been snowed out 3-4 times in the last 5 weeks).  It’s low weight at high reps, mostly because I don’t want him to get hurt (he hasn’t [...]

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