Late Sunday Night

Hello Everyone,
So, it's late Sunday night and the work week is just hours away, ugghhhh. Something bad's starting to happen with work where I really dread my drive to work. It's sorta like how I feel with the gym. I hate going to the gym, I really do. The whole way to the gym I just want to tell myself to turn around and go back home but when I get there I like it. It's strange, I know I'm going to like being at the gym but I still don't want to go. It's weird. Well, that's the way I'm starting to feel about work. I dread the drive to work. I don't want to go and every morning I wake up and I just want to call out. But when I get to work it's really not that bad. I can't complain too much, it's a pretty simple job and I always feel good when I can help someone. But I really don't want to do it for the rest of my life. So, once again I'm going to check around for another job and try and do something different, something I haven't done before. We'll see what happens this time, ha ha.

It was a nice win by the Giants today. You know what's scary about this team? They keep on beating good teams. They've had the hardest schedule this year and they're still 11-1. I'll be honest, I thought the gmen would struggle just to make the playoffs, especially after Osi went down but now they look a lot better than last year. It'll be interesting to see how far they can go in the playoffs. I think the only team I'm a little scared of right now are the Cowboys. They're still loaded, even if they don't have chemistry they'll be hard to beat in the playoffs. I'm hoping they slip up again and don't make it. We'll really know what the Giants are made of the next time they play.

Happy Black Friday

Well, it looks like Rob is turning into the lady's man we all knew he could be, ha ha. Now lets see if Koho & Perrotti can step up to the table. My thanksgiving was okay. I had to work from 8 to noon and then I left and played some Madden. The gf was working and everyone else I know here was with family. After that I went to the movies and I watched the Bond movie, which I agree with Malone was good, your average Bond flick, but I liked the first one better. Then I snuck into Twilight which was actually pretty good. It's about Vampires and I enjoyed it. The theater was packed, which surprised me. Unfortuantely I was surrounded by little teens who constantly yelled in my ear waiting for the movie to start. Luckily they shut up when the movie started, ha ha. I think I'll probably read the books now. It seemed pretty interesting and I bet they left out some stuff, like what always happens when you make a movie out of a book. Now I'm back at work, oh well. It feels like I'm working on a Saturday even though it's actually Friday. Strange.

I read this article today. It's always nice when people are polite when trying to get the Black Friday deals. I guess we know where they get the title for today from.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081128/ap_on_re_us/wal_mart_death

Wednesday Night

So, it's Wednesday night, tomorrow is thanksgiving. I have to work tomorrow, so that's fun. Luckily I only have to work a half day so I'll be done at noon. The woman has to work tomorrow so I think I'll be spending the afternoon at the movies. There are a bunch of movies out there that I haven't seen yet that I'd like to so that's what I'm planning on doing. Of course I'm also known for just being lazy and sitting at home and playing playstation or watching tv, he he. I know I'll at least see one movie(probably the new Bond movie. It looks pretty good, has anyone seen it?). I hope you guys have a good thanksgiving.

I must say that I liked the story. I can just imagine what the people were thinking at the gas station when you guys would go back, ha ha. Rob, who is this lady that they speak of? Is it Malone's sister? Or is it Amy?

I'll be honest, I'm really really impressed with the Giants now. I really thought they were going to get killed by the Cardinals. It had all the makings of a beating. Kurt Warner playing against his old team. On the road at a division leader. The Cardinals have a high powered offense. Brandon Jacobs was out. Plax got injured in the first quarter. The running game didn't do much. I thought it was going to be the Browns game all over again where Eli throws 3 picks and the Giants get squashed. Then Hixon happened. I must say, besides Osi & Justin Tuck he is my favorite Giant. He's just awesome. Also, it's nice when Eli throws 3 td's. Let's just hope this continues. I think the most important game will be at the Cowboys, that's when we'll see what our team is made of. Let's hope Tony implodes again and TO cries for his qb. I love it.

On a down note, I'm sad that Brady Quinn's season is over now :-( I thought he was playing well and it would have been nice to see what he would have done the rest of the season. I'm hoping that Derek Alexander craps the bed and has a horrible end of the season. Then in the draft the Browns can take a wr who can actually catch the ball. I also think that the Browns will fire Romeo and get a real coach. On my home from work I listen to a sport talk radio show and this one guy called in and said that he goes to the pre-season camps and the browns players just don't seem to care and don't work too hard. It seems like Romeo just doesn't have control of that team and that is why I think he's gone. Only time will tell.

Just a warning sometime later this week or next week I'm going to put up an article about why Notre Dame should never, ever fire Charlie Weis. It's going to be long and probably bore you so I'll put up another post the next day. Feel free to ignore it but the whole situation is bothering me and I feel I need to get my thoughts down on paper. It will make me feel better. I've actually come really close to calling that talk show but I've held back, so far. Ha ha.

Sat Morning

So, it's Saturday morning. In less than an hour Ohio State will start their dismantling of a horrible Michigan team. I'd go drive somewhere but there's sooooo much traffic around here there's no point. I remember my first Saturday working at dish during an OSU homegame, I left right after the game got over and it took me 45 minute when it should have taken me 15. Ha ha. Oh well.

So, last week I broke down and I bought season one of the show Jeremiah. I'm pretty sure I've written about it before and you guys probably just ignored it but it's a show that was on Showtime and it stars Luke Perry & Malcom Jamaal Warner(Theo from the Cosby show) in a post-apocalyptic America. I like it, not surprising, but I must say I had a good experience buying it. I looked around a couple websites to see who had the best price because you can't find it in stores. Best Buy, Circuit City, Barnes & Noble and Borders were all too expensive. Walmart & Amazon had the best prices but I decided to go with Walmart because they have the ship to store option in which they just send the product to the store and you go pick it up with no shipping charges. I thought that was pretty nice. The website says that it takes about 7-10 business days for the product to arrive and then you have like 2 weeks to pick it up. Well, it only took like 3 days for the item to arrive, which I thought was pretty quick. And it only took like 5 seconds for them to find the package. All in all it was a really good experience and I would recommend it to anyone who wants to buy something online and not have to pay for shipping and not really wait that long. One problem with shipping an item to your house is that most of the time you're at work(unless you're Malone) so they either leave it there, where someone can steal it, or leave you a tag on your door and then you have to go to fedex/ups/dhs place to pick it up. Walmart takes these problems away with their ship to store(I'm pretty sure everyone else has this but still, it's pretty cool when a rare item gets to you this quickly with no hassle). So, that's that.

Well, the only big free agent off the market now is Ryan Dempster re-signed with the Cubs. I was hoping the Mets would have had a chance to sign him but I can't be mad at the cubs for getting him back. Now the question is will he be as good as he was last year?

I saw Zack and Miri make a porno last night. I was actually pretty surprised by it. I read a bad review of it so I wasn't sure what to think of the movie but I pretty much laughed throughout the movie. I'm starting to wonder when the guys from the Kevin Smith movies started to morph with the guys from the Judd Apatow shows/movies? It just seems like they're all just one big gang and they're just all in each other movies. Now all they have to do is add in Adam Sandler and all of his buddies and you'd have "the empire" of comedians. I saw this at the movie tavern out here which is one of the top 2 places to watch movies around here because the food is amazing. If you guys ever make it out here(oh yeah, I forgot to say this before, Rob my 30th b-day falls on a friday so you guys could come out to celebrate) we'll have to go so you can see how great it is.

Has any watched either The Terminator: The Sarah Conor Chronicles or Sons of Anarchy? I really like both shows. I don't think The Terminator will last another season but I think it's a really great show. Sons of Anarchy got signed on another season so I know there will be a season 2.

Interesting

Hmmmm... thanks Mikey for that post about Heilman. I remember is 2006, when he was good, that he wasn't happy about being put into the bullpen. He was a starter at Notre Dame and in the minors and he wanted to go back to that. Unfortunately he was never really good as a starter with the Mets, that's why they put him in the pen. Then he got good. Now he's bad. I would have no problem with the Mets trading Heilman as long as they got something back. Depending on how things go, I don't think there'll be a spot in the rotation for him, but you never know. I think the Mets should wait on him until we get closer to spring training and see what the Mets do with free agency. If there's a spot, I think I'd be okay with him in it as long as there's a backup option. If not, trading him would be okay with me.

I'm not sure if anyone watched the UFC ppv on Saturday. I forgot to write about this so I'll do it now but Brock Lesner won the heavy weight title and is now the champion. He's only fought 4 times so far in UFC so I'm not sure if he 100% deserves it. I think he's improved a lot and I think he'll be almost unbeatable in a year or two but right now I think someone could take him down. I think he'll always be contending or holding the title while he's at UFC. What do you guys think?

OK, I'm not dead

Woooooooooooooooooooo, sorry it's taken me soooo long to write something but I was without internet for a while, I got it back on Sunday night but I've been busy so I couldn't write anything. There's been a bunch of stuff that's happened so I don't know if I can cover them all, or even remember them all. Ha ha.

I guess I'll start off with this. I thought the Giants looked pretty good on Sunday. It's always nice to put up over 200 yards rushing on the #1 ranked rush defense. I think the Giants are the only team to have 3 guys who can beat you in different ways. I was a little scared that Jacobs was hurt and going to be out for a while but it looks like he's okay. It was smart to rest him because when he got hurt we were already up a bunch. For a minute there I thought the Ravens were going to make a come back but then Ross got the interception returned for a TD and it put the game out of reach. How crazy would the superbowl be if the Giants were 15-1(I guess 17-1 with playoffs) and they played the 16-0(18-0w/playoffs) Titans? Would that be the best combined record for a superbowl? I think the Giants would win it because their offense is a whole lot better than the Titans and the defense is just as good. Could be an interesting super bowl.

Secondly, it was nice for my boy Brady Quinn to get his first win in the NFL last night. That was a weird game. It would have been funny if the Browns lost because they would have been the first team to blow 3 straight leads of 13 or more points. But, it looks like the Bills are still haunted by the Super Bowl as their game winning field goal went wide right, again. He he. What happened to the Bills? Remember when they were good and undefeated and on their way to cruise to the AFC East title and now they're at the bottom? Interesting how a season goes. Should they just tank the rest of the season to get a good draft pick?

I'll just say this about Notre Dame. We're looking bad. I thought we were going to lose the Navy game but the gods spared us another embarrassing loss. Wew! At least we have Syracuse this week before the USC game.

Who does everyone think will be the first big free agent to sign this offseason in baseball? It should be interesting. I'm thinking CC will go first, but it could be Texiera or K-Rod.

Lastly, what is the story that I missed? Can someone please fill me in?

Oh boy

So, I'm sitting here Wednesday night and I'm waiting on my laundry and also for some food to be delivered. There are a few things I want to touch upon so I'm not sure how to start. I guess the first thing is to say Rob, I can't read German. WTF? It reminds me of a story of a roommate that Mike and I had our senior year. Our roomie Jimmy told me that during college he had to write a 15 page paper for a class so the night that he was writing it he decided to smoke some weed. Well, he passed it in and a couple days later he got a message to see his professor. The professor asked him to re-write part of the paper. Jimmy asked why? Apparently he had written pages 9-13 in french, he he. Rob, were you high when you wrote that?

Well, I thought I'd go over the funny story from this past weekend. I drove to the other side of Pa to hang out with some friends from college in the Poconos. We watched scary movies all weekend long and it was a lot of fun. Maureen couldn't go because she had to work a 30 hour shift on Friday to Saturday. Not fun. Well, I had some PTO left over so I decided to leave 3 hours early from work. Of course it didn't work out this way. I ended up getting stuck on a call and having to leave 30 minutes later than when I wanted to. So, I was late to start the weekend. When I finally left Columbus it was raining. It rained throughout Ohio. I decided to stop off and get gas near the boarder of PA/OH because I was low on fuel. Just before I stopped off I noticed that the truck in front of me had three stickers on the back windows. The left window had "Millenium", the right window had "Falcon" and the middle one had a picture of R2D2. The licenses plate read JEDI KT. Couldn't go wrong with that! So, I followed the truck for a little bit but I had to get gas so I got off at an exit. After I filled up I started back towards my car, reached into my pocket for my keys but I didn't feel them. So, I searched my other pockets and I still couldn't find them. I looked in my car and I saw on the passanger seat my keys. Crap. I was hoping I didn't lock my car doors but I did. I had locked myself out of my car at the gas pump during rush hour with the gas station filling up. Dejected I went inside to let them know and see what could be done. I told the guy at the register I locked myself out and this is the conversation I had:
Me: "I locked myself out of my car"
Him: "Well, you can use the phone to call the locksmith"
Me: "OK"
Him: "Here's his card, look his name is John Carpenter, he he. You know, like the guy who directed Halloween"
Me: "Oh okay, where's the phone?"
Him: "We don't have one but you can use the cordless up at the register"

First off, how weird is it that I'm on my way to watch scary movies all weekend long, lock myself out of my car and the guy who's coming to get me out is named John Carpenter? How does that happen? Secondly, how clueless is the guy to tell me there's no phone to use but I can use the one at the register? What???? Well, anywho 15 minutes and $50 later I was back in my car on my way again. It was a fun weekend and I'm glad I came away with a good story, even if it did cost me $50.

Back to the free agents for the Mets. Well, we've covered pitching, which should be the main focus of the offseason. The infield is pretty solid and we don't really need to get any infielders. I would say maybe a catcher but there aren't any good free agent catchers out there. Now, in the outfield the only position that's really set is center field with Beltran. Who knows what'll happen with Church and if he can fully recover from PTSD. He was killing it until he got injured and when he came back he wasn't as good as before. Hopefully he can make a good comeback. We re-signed Fernando Tatis, I think to a two year deal. Not too bad because he played pretty well. I like the young guys we've got but I think they're still a year away from being ready. There isn't anyone I'd love to see the Mets get. I think you have to cross Manny off your list because he'll re-sign with the Dodgers. The outfielders are ok. I think I'd be happy if the Mets signed Bobby Abreau, he can hit for average, drive in runs, score runs, and he'll hit 15-20 home runs. He's not the home run hitter he used to be but he's still a good all around player. Plus, he knows what it's like to play in NY. I'm not sure how I would feel if the Mets sign Adam Dunn. He's weird because he can hit a ton of home runs plus he walks a lot, but his batting average is really low and he strikes out a lot. It's a really weird combo so it's hard to decide if he helps or hurts you. I really don't care too much for any of the other OF free agents. It could help if they signed Scott Podsednik to come off the bench, I think I'd be happy with that because he's super fast and would be a great boost off the bench. Other than that there aren't too many good players out there. Also on a side note for pitching, now that Hoffman won't re-sign with the Padres maybe the Mets could offer a one year deal for him to setup whoever's the closer. Not sure if he'd take it but it wouldn't be bad to have a guy like him in the pen.

Did you guys watch the end of the main event? I thought it was pretty exciting. I thought that Eastgate was going to win. He seemed to play the best out of the people left. I still can't get over the fact that the one Canadian player made it too the final table even though he's the worst player I've ever seen since Koho. And that's saying something. His playing reminded me of when a girl would win the NCAA pool by picking teams that "sounded nice". Figures.

Congrats!

To Mike as he is now a new father. I've been meaning to say something about it but I've been lazy, I mean busy. I just wanted to post a quick congrats. I'm going to put up another post tonight going over some stuff. It could be a longer post because it's been a while since my last post, of course I was away for the weekend. Also, Malone thanks for the card. I'm glad Michelle likes the walfo maker, it was the last one I could take from my mom, ha ha.

Rrrriiiggghhhtttt

Okay so there are a couple things to touch upon since this will be my last post of the week. I must say I've gotten off to a better start than in any month so what are you odds I keep it up? I'm guessing zero, ha ha. First off I'd like to wish Mike(the old one not the new one, but it may apply to the new one but I'm not sure) a happy late b-day. Mike is now 29 just like me and I believe he will also be a father very soon. One quick story about Mike and I'll move on. This makes me laugh now but it didn't when it happened. Mike my was roommate my senior year of college. I believe Mike had an early class way before any of mine and I was convinced Mike wanted to make me pay because of this. So, his alarm would go off for him to wake up and of course Mike wouldn't do anything about it until I would move. It wouldn't take much of a move to get him to turn off the alarm, usually I would start to stretch my arm out to grab something to throw at him, but before I could get anything he would turn it off. It makes me laugh now, but not much then. He he.



Secondly I'm not surprised by the election. I thought that the election really came down to two things, Obama convincing everyone that McCain was another Bush and McCain trying to convince everyone that Obama has no experience. Well, as we found out Obama did a better job. But here's the thing, I don't remember McCain being a Bush lackey? Where did this come from? I always remembered McCain as the rogue Senator who wouldn't always vote Republican even though he is one. Am I wrong about this? Was there something I missed? Well, congrats to Obama. I think another problem that the Republicans had was the fact that they didn't really rally their voters. I was watching a tv piece on the campaigns and thats what the Republicans said. There were a lot of Republicans who just didn't go out to vote and that hurt McCain. Well, we'll see what happens with everything.



Malone, sorry but I can't make the tourny. I'd love to, but I can't. Maybe you should have a Columbus Invitational? Eh???? Not bad.



Also, I think it was Malone who asked what I thought about the free agents and who the Mets should go after. Here are my thoughts on it. First off the Mets need pitching. They need pitching in a bad way, both starting pitching and in the bullpen. Here are my ranks of who the Mets should go after for starting pitching:

#1. CC Sabathia - I really don't think the Mets will get him, infact I think he'll go back to the Brewers, but if the Mets could land him then we'd be sick. We have the Money to offer him and I'd have no problem offering him the same money we offered Johan but we'll see if we do.



#2. Oliver Perez - We need to re-sign him because there really aren't a lot of good starting pitchers out there. I'm hoping that we do re-sign him but I don't think we should pay him more than he made last year. Perez is definitely really inconsistent and too inconsistent to make more than last year. Will someone offer him more and will he take it? Who knows. But, you know how I like to think about this, if the Mets land CC & Perez this is the starting rotation, Santana, CC, Pelfrey, Perez, and Maine. How sick is that? It's a dream and will never come true but I'll still think about it.



#3. Ryan Dempster - Dempster had a huge season last year as a first year starter and he did a great job. I wouldn't give him a long term deal but something around 3 years would be good. I think he'd pitch well in NY after he pitched so well in Chicago.



#4. John Smoltz - Smoltz is probably one of the best big game pitchers out there. Smoltz pitched better in the post season than Glavine(Judas) or Maddox and it wouldn't be a bad idea for the Mets to bring him in for a season. I wouldn't sign him longer than 1 year because he's old and who knows if he'll be able to pitch the whole season or if he'll get injured once again?



Relief Pitchers

#1. F-Rod - He's by far the best closer out there and he's young. Wagner is out for the year so we need a closer. Whatever we did last year didn't work so it's time to sure up the pen. F-Rod's agent said that he's asking for Mariano type money($15 mil/season) but he would go somewhere if it didn't offer him that much but offered something "interesting", i.e. a lot of years. We'll see what happens.



#2. Brian Fuentes - If we can't get F-Rod the Mets better get Fuentes. He's the only other closer I'd like to see the Mets throw some money at. He's young, too which would be nice. I'd like to see the Mets offer a 3 or 4 year deal, preferably a 3 year one. Will he sign it? Probably not.

#3. Kerry Wood - Yes, yes, yes, he's an injury waiting to happen but he also had a great year last year as the Cubs closer. I think that'll be a perfect position for him and he mike be able to stay healthy. With Wood I wouldn't want to offer him more than a two year deal. He'll probably want more but if the Mets get him they better not offer him a 4 or 5 year deal. He'll probably stay in Chicago but it would be neat to have him at the end of the bullpen.

#4. Matt Herges - Not only do we need a closer but we also need some setup help. Herges has had a few good seasons and would be great in NY. He pitched pretty well in Colorado so that's saying something.

#5. Darren Oliver - Okay, yes he's like 50 years old in baseball years but he was key to the Mets run in 2006. He's pitched really well in Anaheim so why not get him back again? Would that be too bad? Once he was gone and Chad Bradford were gone the Mets pen went to pieces.

#6. David Weathers - Weathers is actually an ex-Met. I forgot that. He had two really good years and a bad half season before we shipped him out. He's been in Cincinatti the past 3 seasons and has pitched pretty well for in Cincy. It wouldn't be too bad to bring him back. Come one, if we can let Aaron Heilman have a spot in the bullpen we can sign Weathers.

Okay, it's getting late and I want to go to bed soon so I'll keep what the Mets should do with fielders til next week. The Browns lost like they typically do, blowing a lead. Brady Quinn played pretty well and I was happy with what he did. Hopefully the d can show up for a game and maybe they'll win more.

I guess something important happens tonight, but I can't remember

Okay, why are you guys stopping over in Cleveland on the way to Vegas? I really can't go, I have no money, ha ha. Plus, I guess I should start saving for an engagement ring. I hope all voted for Nader. It would nice for him to get 6 votes this year. Well, I'm going to wait for all the votes to come in before I write anything about the election so I thought I'd put up some links to things I find funny, once again most coming from deadspin. This first one though, does not.



#1. http://www.empiremovies.com/movie/fanboys/11518/preview

I saw a preview for this movie over a year ago, actually I think I watched it one Saturday when I was working at ticketnetwork while waiting for my lunch to get delivered, ha ha. Anywho, it seems pretty funny.



#2. http://deadspin.com/5075707/oaks-christian-has-an-overabundance-of-famous-progeny

What are the odds that Nick ends up at Notre Dame since his brother Nate is already there? Also, Joe why didn't you name your sons with first names that start with J? Is there no Joe Montana, Jr?



#3. http://deadspin.com/5072329/seven+year+old-football-fan-meets-erin-andrews-inspires-a-nation-with-video

If only Uconn would play a game that Erin Andrews would go to then you guys could be like this kid.



#4. http://deadspin.com/5075984/the-real-question-here-is-who-felt-the-need-to-foul-him

Now we know how to get MCC, or is it MCTC? onto the news.



#5. http://deadspin.com/5075742/hey-thats-hate-speech

I thought this was pretty funny. It made me laugh out loud at work and made people look at me funny. Well, they were probably looking at me funny already but whatever.


Well, I'll probably end it here with the links for you guys. Just some fun for you. I must say that I'm happy that Quinn is now the starter for the Browns. I'm not sure how it'll end up, but it'll be interesting. I'll be away this weekend so I'll try to put up one more post by Thursday and that'll probably my last one until Monday.

Sunday Night

Well, just a little while ago I got a text from Rob telling me that the fall video game review was completed and emailed to me. So, I'll post it in a sec, just a couple things to go over with. First off, Perrotti, how did you not take the Giants over the Cowboys with your 4 pointer? Yes, the game is over but I could have told you the Gmen were going to destroy them. Brad Johnson was the starting qb, you knew my boy Justin Tuck was going to kill him(to a tune of 2.5 sacks) and there was no way the Cowboys weren't going to get destroyed. I couldn't have picked any other game with certainty except this one. Secondly, sorry guys, it's football season. I love ND. I'm going to write about them. I probably won't do one like the last one it's just the only time I had to write was during the game, so there. I didn't think it would come down to OT, but it did and I didn't want to waste an opportunity like that. So suck it up. Lastly, I found out from Imran tonight that a chick won the poker tournament and I guess she took out Bagley and he was pretty pissed as usual. Can I get a better rundown so I know what happened. I also heard there was a bet that Ayo would be the first guy out and he was. Can someone please confirm this for me? A guest post with a write up about it would be sweet. Now, here's Rob's post. I hope you like it.

Fall Videogame Roundup

Well, the Fall Videogame preview is a little late this year as most of the holiday season's highly anticipated games have already been released. It seems to be the year of the sequel. I will make my preview XBox 360 specific since that's my main system. There are a lot more games being released than these, but these are the ones I looked forward to the most and it turns out that these are generally the best reviewed games. Malone, I'm not sure you would like any of these first three games. For PS3 exclusives, Killzone 2 and Resistance 2 are both really hyped shooters that haven't been released yet and should be very good. Also on PS3 only, LittleBigPlanet is a kid game that I personally would never play but was supposed to be very unique.

Fable 2 (XBox 360 only)
Release Date: October 21
Genre: Action RPG
Do I own this game: Yes
Fable 2 is the sequel to the disappointing, yet tantalizingly promising, oft-delayed original which was released on the first XBox console. Fable 2 features a fully explorable world ten times the size of the original game's world, a strength-skill-will based experience points/level up system, and a pretty well developed good/evil morality system. It's an RPG, but has an action flavor to it. There are many side quests from the main story, and you can buy any number of properties, hold jobs, and get married. You can also choose to have sex (protected or unprotected) and have children or get STDs. The graphics throughout the game are very good. To me, this game plays too much like an arcade game and needs more advanced character development options, but it is no doubt a highly polished and enjoyable play.
Rob's score: 8/10

Far Cry 2 (XBox 360, PS3, PC)
Release Date: October 21
Genre: Action/Shooter
Do I own this game: Yes (roommate)
This game is basically Grand Theft Auto, except it is set in a generic African country. You are plunged into a basic revenge/get-the-bad-guy-boss storyline. There is much to explore, from jungles to swamps to prairies to cities. The game map is very large. The game is gorgeous, and the environments and player/NPC animations are equally beautiful. It controls as a standard first person shooter, with a large array of weapons. One of the more gruesome and unique parts of this game involves healing your player - the game will show your player pulling bullets or glass out of your arms or legs in gory detail. This game will always be compared to Grand Theft auto, but it is still a terrific game in its own right.
Rob's score: 8/10.

Fallout 3 (XBox 360, PS3, PC)
Release Date: October 31
Genre: RPG
Do I own this game: Yes
Fallout 3 is, for many hardcore gamers, a perfect game. Set in a post-nuclear war Washington DC (and the surrounding countryside), you are free to explore a gigantic game world inhabited by mutated animals, "raiders", super-mutants, militias, and other characters. If you have ever seen Mad Max, this game will remind you a little of their world. The attention to detail for such a huge game world is nothing less than astounding, as you can see the former civilization reduced to rubble and debris. The RPG aspects of the game, character creation and development, are very robust and building your character's attributes, finding good weapons, becomes a labor of love. I have never played a game that was a better value for only $60. You could play this game easily for over one hundred hours. This game has it all - sound, graphics, gameplay, atmosphere, presentation - you name it. Warning: this game is not for people who only like playing sports games! This game is firmly in my top 5 favorite games of all time, and I've only played it for about 11 hours.
Rob's score: 10/10.
Stay tuned for:Gears of War 2 (XBox 360 only)
Release Date: November 7
Genre: Action/Shooter
This game is supposed to be one of the best looking games ever, and it's bound to be a huge hit since they have improved upon the already terrific Gears of War.

Saturday

Soooo, did anyone go out trick or treating last night? Koho, we know you did. I'm watching the end of the ND game and Pitt just scored and they need the extra point to tie it. I'll keep writing while watching the game. Pitt threw the same pass 3 times in a row and finally scored on it. Dang it, tie game. But a good thing is the Irish have over 2 minutes to score to win the game. I've got confidence they will. Did anyone see Saw 5? I still haven't seen Saw 4 and I heard it wasn't that good. I was kinda disappointed about Saw 3 after how good the second movie was. The first movie was good, too. It's been a pretty good day of college football with some crazy finishes so far and this game should be another good finish. My favorite game so far was the Michigan-Purdue game where Purdue scored with 25 seconds left on a hook and ladder, made famous from the movie Varsity Blues. Of course they missed the extra point and Michigan still had a chance to win it but the Hail Mary was not answered.

I have no idea what to pick for tomorrow's games so I didn't even put them up. I did a league like this for a few years and it sucked. The guy who ran it his mom would always come back to win the league in the last few weeks. It was always funny because we would pick all of the games with the spread and the last few weeks she would always get 12-13-14 picks right a week. How does that happen? I won it one week and I was happy about that. The only time that ever happened for me when I did it.

I finally watched Atonement on Thursday night. I wasn't sure how I felt about the movie until the end. It had a twist at the end that I thought made it good. The movie was strange because they would play part of the movie and then the next scene would be earlier than when the previous scene happened, then it would skip ahead sometime and then go back a little bit and then at the very end it skips ahead a longtime. It wasn't the greatest movie I ever saw but it was pretty good, definitely not what I thought.

Well, the ND game is now in overtime, lets hope something good happens for our boys, ha ha. I'll keep you posted. ND won the toss and elected to go on defense first. First play pitt has an incomplete pass. I thought there was an early jump by Pitt but it wasn't called. Now on the other end of the field the sprinklers have gone off, ha ha. Pitt runs for a first down on second down, just like they've been doing against us since the second quarter, ugghhh. On first and goal the ND defense holds pitt to a 1 yard run. On second and goal Pitt throws to the RB who loses 4 yards, now it's 3rd & goal from the 13. On third down 8 yard run for 4th & goal. Pitt makes a field goal, 27-24 Pitt. Lets see what the Irish can do now.

Great, one of the Irish o-linemen gets injured walking out onto the field, that's a great sign. I don't think I should have said that. 7 yard run on first down. Good start so far. 8 yard run on second down, first and goal. Armando Allen's third straight run, this one for 7 yards, second and goal from the 3. Pitt stuff's Allen, 3rd and goal. I'm feeling a play action pass on this down. Pitt holds and forces Jimmy to throw it away. Time for a field goal. I don't think it's a good thing that the announcers keep on talking about how the kicker has struggled. It didn't work, field goal good. ND gets the ball for the second OT.

Well this will be interesting, they're now playing on the side where the sprinklers went off. Jimmy C overthrows a wide open Michael Floyd who would have easily scored. That sucks. Allen with a nice 4 yard run. But, it's 3rd and 6. 10 yard catch & run by Michael Floyd, first down. Loss of 2 on a run, not a good start. Ugghhhhhhh....... Nice 5 yard catch, 3rd and 7 again. Just over the head of Floyd, ND has to kick again. And the kicker makes it. ND up 30-27 and we need to hold them.

2 yard run by McCoy. This guy is the second best RB ND has seen this season. Pitt runs a screen pass and it looked like McCoy was going to break it but ND stops it, 3rd and 1. ND stops McCoy, 4th and 1 now. Pitt makes their FG, tied at 30.

Pitt gets the ball now. If someone scores a TD from now on they have to go for 2. I like this about College football. McCoy 1 yard run on first down. False start on Pitt, 2nd and 14 now. Jeez, this McCoy guys is amazing. Catches a screen for 16 yards and a first down. The backup RB rushes for 2 yards. Pitt runs a draw for 2 yards, 3rd and 6. I think I might puke now. Incomplete pass, almost picked off, Pitt to kick another field goal. FG good, Pitt up 33-30.

Ok guys, lets score a td now and end this game. Just run the ball with Allen, is that too much to ask? Maybe not, Allen 1 yard run. Incomplete pass, 3rd and 9, not looking good. I just puked in my mouth. Clausen sacked, first one today and it's really looking back, it's going to be a 48 yard fg to tie. Wow, somehow he made it, we're tied again. 4th ot.

ND ball again. Aldrige nice 4-5 yard run on first down. Let's keep it going. 1 yard run, 3rd and 5 now. I'd like at this point to thank Malone for sending my check for the home run league and putting "Entertainment" on the check. Thanks. Incomplete pass and now I have to wait through another field goal. Just what I thought. Finally ND misses a fg. Just pushed to the left. Looks like ND's 3rd loss of the year.

I can't really blame the kicker for that one, the offense hasn't done anything in the second half. ND stops the run, second and 10. I don't think Pitt will throw on this drive, they have a great kicker. Big run by McCoy, first and goal for Pitt from the 6. Uggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....... McCoy runs to the middle for a 1 yard game. Now Pitt will make a fg to win it and I will go cry in the bathroom because I don't want anyone to see me. And I'm headed to the bathroom to cry. Pitt wins 36-33.