This is a public service announcement. Boo Berry cereal is now available by the truckload at Target. … [Continue reading]
Madden 2010 Campaign, Part 1
September 19, 2009 By
The Buffalo Bills, missing their starting quarterback, backup quarterback and starting running back are just days away from taking on the Las Vegas odds-on favorite to win the Superbowl. Double digit underdogs even before losing Jeff Garcia, Buffalo … [Continue reading]
Madden 2010 Campaign, Part 0
September 17, 2009 By
The NFL preseason is a mixed blessing. Baseball is a dreadful sport. After 135 games and numerous Big Red Machine anecdotes by Joe Morgan, the summer begins to feel like a root canal. Preseason football helps ease the pain. That is, until the … [Continue reading]
Madden 2010: Ending the Culture of Losing
September 17, 2009 By
If losing consistently and painfully is a virtue, consider Buffalo the holy land. Buffalo has it all: crushed hopes and dreams, extended periods of consistent losing, chronic mismanagement and fat shirtless guys with bad facial hair. For those of … [Continue reading]
Byzantine Empire in Europa Universalis, part 2
September 17, 2009 By
I bribed a couple of Cardinals to take control of the Papacy. What can I say, I have a Pope fetish. First order of business was declare a Crusade against the Ottomans. I learned an important lesson while playing my dearly beloved (yet cowardly) … [Continue reading]
Byzantine Empire in Europa Universalis, part 1
September 14, 2009 By
Preamble: I enjoy grand strategy games, particularly historical ones, but I don't pretend to be a great player of them (see my Portugal campaign). I have my inspired moments as well as my bad. I sometimes like to modify a game file or two to reflect … [Continue reading]
Football Mogul 2010 kicks off the season
September 13, 2009 By
I've logged more hours in the Football Mogul franchise than in Madden. … [Continue reading]
McAwesome on SBR radio
September 11, 2009 By
I appeared on Jeckles' legendary Shitty Blog Radio show last night to discuss extremely important topics, including who is the greatest Jedi. Mostly I learned that I talk way too fast. … [Continue reading]
Brett Favre: The Game
August 21, 2009 By
I wish they had a Brett Favre mini-game in Madden Football. Or at least an old BASIC game on the Commodore 64. Sorta like a Zork clone. I imagine this would be the typical game experience. LOAD BRETT FAVRE GAME RUN It’s the Brett Favre … [Continue reading]
Portugal in Europa Universalis, part 3
August 17, 2009 By
"Onward, cowards!" General Poltroon cried. Portuguese soldiers, decorated in chicken feathers and yellow shields, charged into the open plains of Mali, long deserted by real heroes who were fighting a civil war to the west. "Let's go east!" sounded … [Continue reading]
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