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It’s kind of sad when kids start calling you old. Yesterday’s soccer scrimmage was, by popular demand, kids vs the old people. So I teamed up with my assistant coach plus a couple of parents to take on 7 girls in a cloud of soccer fury! It was a lot of fun, and I just […]

Okay, Halo 3 topped the Japanese game charts this week. That’s good news for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 in Japan and may be a sign of a good future for the 360 in Japan. But if anyone still needs proof that the Japanese video game market is different in a lot of ways, take a look […]

The thing that grabbed me about this story was what appeared to be a lot of condescending remarks about Japanese consumers. The Japanese digital media company, Transcosmos Inc., is hoping that their upcoming virtual world, meet-me, will be a G rated alternative to Second Life for Japanese consumers who are so “well behaved and conformist”, […]

After a nap, followed by some hemming and hawing, I jumped into the car and went to Chicago’s Microcenter to get Halo 3 at midnight. I was hoping for more of a carnival atmosphere, especially since they were giving away a copy of Halo 3 Legendary Edition to the best Master Chief cosplayer. There were […]

With Halo 3 coming out tomorrow, I’m once again wondering if I should do something with the old Xbox which currently gathers dust in the living room. An article at Lifehacker has me thinking Xbox Media Center once again.
Soup Up Your Xbox Media Center
I hear that I can install XBMC without a mod chip, so […]

Halo 3 is coming out next week and it now appears that a number of retailers will be open at midnight to sell it. Quite honestly, I don’t think I’ve played more than 3 or 4 hours of Halo, ever! But I love a party, so I may be out there to get my copy […]

We’re all familiar with the jokes about your online sweetheart turning out the be some old guy or teenage nerd, etc. etc.. And we laugh at the “horror” of discovering that your image is false. But surely there must be some stories where these odd couples in real life become friends/lovers despite that, and not […]

It looks like EA Sports hasn’t managed to buy up all of the football licenses just yet. Digital entertainment company Nerjyzed Entertainment Inc. is releasing a black college football game for the PC. I have no idea how good the Black College Football Xperience (BCFX) is going to be since the press release has more […]

After watching on the sidelines for well over a year, I finally bought the Pink DS I’ve been wanting. Birthday time is just around the corner and I knew there was no way I was going to be getting this kind of present. It just never happens… So I decided to treat myself! :3 I […]

Tony Stewart won the Brickyard 400 (that’s what it’ll always be to me!) as was promptly fined for swearing during an ESPN interview afterwards. Yay Tony! I didn’t see the whole race, and I wish I’d seen the swearing, I love Tony being Tony! But I definitely do not love the ESPN coverage which to […]

Crying? In NASCAR? No Way! There’s no crying in NASCAR! LOL! Just kidding. After breaking a 5 year 166 race winless streak to beat Kyle Busch by 0.005 seconds, Jamie McMurray can cry all he wants to! Just don’t make a habit of it like Carl Edwards’ backflips or something. Oh heck, why not? Anything […]

One of the nice things about the California races are the late starting times relative to the central time zone. This allowed me the chance to go to Chicago’s Pride Parade and get back home in time to witness one of the most exciting race finishes of the year. I had the great pleasure of […]

It turns out that the Destiny’s Child game I mentioned here earlier, has been announced by Square-Enix! Yeah, that’s SE of Final Fantasy fame. Why Square? Oh why? In all fairness of course, the game could be great, but it does seem a bit off of Square-Enix’s usual fare. But hey! Change can be good! […]

F1’s first black driver Lewis Hamilton is on fire baby! He just picked up his second straight win holding off all challengers to win the US Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway! I don’t really follow Formula One racing at all, but if this guy keeps it up, I may just have to make some […]

What if the Pope converted to Islam? Suppose Bin Laden accepted Christ? What if Cub fans moved to the Southside? Now how about this, Dale Earnhardt Jr. joins Hendrick Motorsports and becomes Jeff Gordon’s teammate! This hasn’t been announced officially yet, if true, but if so I cannot wait to see the quakes of Jr. […]