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He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe. — Marcus Aurelius

Yes, it is indeed that rarest of rare…a POSITIVE blather about gaming by me. I know, I know…take a minute, collect yourself, it’ll be okay. Unless of course you have a heart condition, in which case I hereby issue an apology to your next of kin for that whole pesky ‘killing you’ thing. My bad.

As most who read this (at gunpoint, I’m presuming, otherwise you need to look in a mirror and ask yourself what the fuck you are doing with your free time) no doubt know, I am somewhat of a computer gamer. I’ve been known to play a few of them. However, since most people can’t afford to drop $50 on a regular basis, they may feel that pretty much takes them out of contention for playing much of anything aside from those generally awful Flash games what are ‘fun’ for about 30 seconds. As someone who recently decided I am sick of SecuROM crap to the degree that I will no longer be financially supporting any game with that garbage on it, I kinda thought maybe I was officially out of commission. However, I’m happy to have found that that’s not the case. I’m just gonna point out a few games that I’ve been playing that are not only pretty damn fun, they are also under $20 (that’s under $20 base price…I’m not getting into tax on top of purchases, or exchange rates now that our dollar is rapidly declining to Suckville again).

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Roadside Attraction: The Alternate History Theme Park Where Dinosaurs Fought in the Civil War

Not quite as awesome as the Creationism Museum in Ohio (simply because this guy doesn’t think this really happened), but this is pretty sweet. Civil War…1863…Union soldier stumble across a nest of dinosaurs. Yes, dinosaurs. That’s his idea, so he has constructed an entire, massive display of really nice fiberglass models of civil war troops fighting dinosaurs. If I have to do any more convincing to get you to hit that link, you’re already dead. [...]

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Two Guys Walk in to a Bar…and The Horde Kills Them Both

Who were the two guys? Uhhhh…Gilbert Gottfried and Carrot Top. There ya go, who can hate that? Week 11 is here! My 9-1 team, faces off against the 4-6 Fudgehammers, whose name kinda freaks me out more than a little. Really, he might as well have named his team the Slavering Shower Rapists. This week is actually looking like a REALLY tight game. One small move made…I unloaded Jonathan Stewart for Bears receiver Rashied Davis. [...]

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Bring On The Evolution…QUICKLY!

This…this is just…I don’t even know what the fuck to call this story. Couple meets online playing Second Life. They hit it off. They get married…for real. Thgey also get ‘married’ in Second Life. Wife comes home from work one day, and sees on the monitor that husband’s avatar is fucking a hooker. Wife HIRES A PRIVATE DETECTIVE…for what reason? Why to FOLLOW HER HUSBAND ON LINE, of course! Husband’s avatar is spending a lot [...]

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Something to Keep in Mind

If you are going to post photos of your girlfriend posing half naked next to your car, it JUST MIGHT be a decent idea to make sure he’s somewhat, you know…ATTRACTIVE first. This poor bastard on some car site did NOT heed that. The result is a thread full of 62 pages of vicious, wonderful gold. Lemme find a few of the highlights I’ve seen so far (I’m only about a third of the way [...]

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Democracy Canceled as Horde Rampages

Another week, and rather clearly another win. QB – I got 65 points from Rivers after a first half where a fresh load of crap could have outplayed him. He got a good 48 point game from Ryan, though. RB – White had 26 thanks to a TD on a horrible 14 yards rushing day. Mewelde Moore proved to be a RIDICULOUSLY good waiver pickup, scoring 73 goddamn points. He only had 54 yards rushing, [...]

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The eyeballing game

Kind of interesting…tests your abilities when it comes to spatial relations. I scored a 4.79. The eyeballing game.

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DESIGNER NOTES » Blog Archive » Game Developer Column 1: Seven Deadly Sins for Strategy Games

Just a really interesting article from a guy who’s been a big part of many strategy game design teams (Civ 3, Civ 4, some involvement with Spore). Many of his complaints echo my own, so I figured I’d put it up. Besides, it’s a refreshing change from my spiel of ‘DRM is the DEVIL!’ posts lately. I’m probably going to do another gaming post in the near future, pointing out some really, REALLY good games [...]

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Stupid Early Weeks!

So, because the first game this week is played TOMORROW night, I’m doing my lineups today. And, with a couple guys banged up (Jackson and Bomber Mo) it makes it that much more difficult. My opponent…2-7 Hometown Fanboys. QB – Rivers is not only back but playing the Kansas City Chiefs. Me likey. Matt Ryan has had a really good rookie year for the Falcons, and the Saints don’t have a great D either, but [...]

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Steelers Win!

HoHO! It’s the ol’ reverso-title trick! SHAZZAM! So, yes, it is official, Obama has won the election. Currently, McCain is giving his concession speech, and I must say it’s one of the few concession speeches that I would actually describe as GOOD. Unfortunately for John, it’s the best speech he made during this entire campaign, which was part of the problem. The selection of an intellectually incurious end of days type as his running mate [...]

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