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Archive for September, 2005

On The Cusp: Retiring From PC Gaming?

Posted by Chief Oddball on Monday, September 26th, 2005 in Console, Games, PC

I haven’t played a game on my PC in quite a while. The last thing I played was the F.E.A.R. demo. I’d really like to get the full version when it arrives next month, but the truth is, that kind of stuff doesn’t feel like a priority anymore. There were days when [...]

Battlestar Galactica Season 2 Finale

Posted by Chief Oddball on Friday, September 23rd, 2005 in Quick Takes, Television

Battlestar tonight: Another frackin’ brilliant hour of television. Fights! Death! Classic ’70s-era Battlestar! Ensign Ro! (I mean, Admiral Cain!) A three-month wait before the conclusion! …Shit.

Blitzball: An Exercise in Frustration

Posted by Chief Oddball on Friday, September 23rd, 2005 in Console, Games

Last night, for the first time, I got pissed off at Final Fantasy X.
It all began with the championship Blitzball game at Luca Stadium. All throughout the beginning of the game, the player is taunted with the concept of Blitzball, a sort of combination of football and basketball that’s played underwater, and was the [...]

Nip/Tuck Season 3 Premiere

Posted by Chief Oddball on Wednesday, September 21st, 2005 in Television

Apple and I watched the season premiere of FX Network’s Nip/Tuck tonight. (It aired yesterday, but we forgot. Fortunately, TiVo didn’t.) First of all, Spoiler Alert! Okay, so they pull a Six Feet Under and make us think Christian’s dead, then…well, then, Ripped From The Headlines™ they do a rather lengthy segment [...]

Goat Getting Built Sooner?

Posted by Chief Oddball on Wednesday, September 21st, 2005 in GTO

News from the car clubs in Australia has it that the Monaro/GTO assembly plant is out of automatic transmissions! The 4L60-E trannies are sourced from outside of Oz (they are built at three plants: Toledo, OH; Romulus, MI and Ramos, Mexico) and apparently demand outpaced supply for whatever reason. While I don’t [...]

Bah; Ick

Posted by Chief Oddball on Tuesday, September 20th, 2005 in Randomness

Feeling crappy today. Slept awful last night, today feeling woozy and weird. Weather was crap too because of Lovely Rita, the latest in a long string of attention-whore weather systems to pass our way. Maybe it’s the barometic pressure causing me to feel wacky.
Did some decent work today. My bosses and [...]

This Is Why I Suck at RPGs

Posted by Chief Oddball on Monday, September 19th, 2005 in Console, Games

All right, let me explain why I have never been, am not, and probably never will be good at role-playing games. Because I ALWAYS CHOOSE THE WRONG DAMN OPTION.
Yesterday afternoon, for old times’ sake, I decided to break out Final Fantasy VII. Yes, for the original PlayStation. It was the game that [...]

It’s Not Just Volleyball Anymore!

Posted by Chief Oddball on Sunday, September 18th, 2005 in Quick Takes

You knew it had to happen. Get ready for Dead or Alive Xtreme 2: It’s Not Just Volleyball Anymore! Coming to the Xbox360 one of these days. (Maybe I was right about DOA Xtreme Pillowfighting?)

Gotta Get Busy Tomorrow

Posted by Chief Oddball on Sunday, September 18th, 2005 in Randomness

Tomorrow, the next milestone in the redesign of my company’s web presence is due. I had prototyped something good last week but was asked to provide a second template borrowing some of the good ideas from the original, then expanding on others. I mentioned that I could get it all done in one [...]

F16 For Sale, Cheap!

Posted by Chief Oddball on Saturday, September 17th, 2005 in Quick Takes

FOR SALE: F16-A, runs and flies like new. One owner, low miles. $14 million firm. Evening and weekend calls only please.