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The Madden Curse has been pretty healthy for the past few years and this year is no different. Early on it looked like Brett Favre would bring the New York Jets a taste of post-season glory. After the dust settled the Jets didn’t make the playoffs and Favre may be looking to retire. Unlike previous [...]

Today December 28th, 2008 the Miami Dolphins beat the New York Jets in a 24 -17 battle for the AFC East. Brett Favre and the Jets came in to the game in a slump losing 3 of their last 4 games after an 8-3 start. The Jets needed this game for a chance to [...]

So this X-mas I got this great little Red Knight as a gift. It’s a perfect representation of the in-game character and a very nice item to own for any fan of the game.
Anyway, so the word has been out for a while that Behemoth has patched the bugs in Castle Crashers and at least [...]

Earlier this year I posted a video of a similar incident in a college game. Now we see and NFL ref getting in the action.

I got a chance to sit down and play with the Gears of War 2 Combustible Map Pack that was released earlier this week. Overall I think they’re a nice edition to the maps that shipped with the game. Again Epic trying to make maps where the environment plays a factor. On Flood the emulsion [...]

Well the transition was a lot quicker than I anticipated and my hosting was switched without too much trouble. Switching to MediaTemple (gs) Grid Server was quick and easy however there were a few things that struck me as odd.

Databases and Database users must be prefixed with a forced value that resembles your individual Grid [...]

I’ll be slowly switching hosts over the next few weeks. So I probably won’t have any new posts until the transition is completed. I’m moving from Dreamhost to Media Temple which should be a nice change. I’ve heard a lot of good things about Media Temple but it’s also more expensive. I’ll write a blog [...]

According to an article on Joystiq.com, Epic the creators of Gears of War 2 are increasing the number of their matchmaking servers. With the holiday season in full effect this couldn’t come at a better time. Currently matchmaking is the most time consuming and frustrating part of playing Gears of War 2 online (along with [...]

*Update* – As of yesterday (12/11) the Suns and Bobcats rosters have been updated to reflect this trade. Just sign on to Xbox Live and start the game to get the update.
When news broke this morning that Jason Richardson and Jared Dudley of the Charlotte Bobcats would be headed to the Phoenix Suns in [...]

So the new NBA 2K9 patch that came out this week fixed a bug that in my opinion was the most annoying of all the bugs for 2K8 players. The annoyance I’m talking about is the On-the-fly substitution bug that resets any of your planned substitutions if you bring up the On-the-fly subs menu. This [...]