Goal Line Blitz, My Newest Addiction

I’d mentioned in a previous post about trying out an American Football MMO currently in its open beta. Goal Line Blitz has quickly taken over as my official online addiction. My best guess as to why this has happened is probably the combination of not needing a massive time investment: you can easily manage to [...]

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I’m Getting Old = More Gardening Jaunts

Yet another weekend of nice weather here in the west of Scotland. We will assuredly pay with hellfire and brimstone.
Another foray into middle-agedom and the nice weather meant more trips to the garden centre. This time for soil and another lot of plants – annuals to kill. We might try getting a Senior Citizen’s meal [...]

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Beta: Goal Line Blitz – American Football MMO

Since it’s the off season for Fantasy Football, I thought I’d try out the beta for a web-based American Football MMO called Goal Line Blitz. Besides, I need something to fuel my addiction. There’s not much to it: Create a player, give it some stats and post a thread in the forum whoring yourself out [...]

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Geek Reflections: The Evolution of Gaming Communities

I’ve been pondering the evolution of gaming communities. Wondering how some manage to stick together, game together or even just keep in touch in the somewhat-vague form of message boards whilst many just vanish altogether with nary a peep.
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I mentioned before that I’m a gamer-in-hiatus … hopefully just until Warhammer Online is released. Even in [...]

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Professor Bebe’s “Things I Taught Mom Today”

EBO’s lessons for the day included:
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When my nose itches and I’m holding a piece of cheddar cheese, it’s far easier to multi-task and scratch my nose with cheese.
A chair makes an excellent battering ram for laptops sitting on the floor.
Carpet fuzz still tastes really good.
Preferred lunchtime tunes come from Radio Paradise. Blister in the Sun [...]

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Indian Premier League Cricket with Added Breasticles!

MotH and I were watching a BBC news clip about the new Indian Premier League yesterday. For a short second during the clip, they showed a group of cheerleaders. We both commented on how that was definitely one way to get a bigger fanbase. As well as the lovely display of T&A, they shortened the [...]

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Update! Crappy UK TV: Breaking into Tesco

Update Below.
I waste far too many hours watching TV. Lots of crap. Although, I do draw the line at Big Brother.
For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been Sky+’ing a show called Breaking into Tesco. The premise: It pits home cooks against one another in an attempt to get their product onto the shelves [...]

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Hail to Mediocrity: Redskins Schedule Out

To be a true Redskins fan, is to be pessimistically realistic. It’s a love/hate relationship that more often than not results in a head-in-hands sigh. Getting your hopes dashed is no new thing. When all’s said and done, however, there’s nothing better than beating the Cowboys – not even winning the Superbowl.
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Schedules came out earlier [...]

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UK TV: The Apprentice. Week 4: So Long Simon

Something to the tune of 20,000 people were weeded through and this is the best they could come up with? Seriously? This lot makes the last season’s apprentice-wannabes look like decades-of-experience City business pros.
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This week’s assigned task: Set up a photography stand at Bluewater Centre, take photos, get customers to pay for kitsch with aforementioned [...]

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Beta Testing, Time Constraints & Casual Gaming for Old Folk

It’s a vicious cycle we’ve got ourselves into. MotH and I have seriously ancient computers. Despite this, we sign up for every available beta. We’ve been beta-testing games since roundabout 1999: For me, it started with EverQuest and continued until World of Warcraft. Lately and not suprisingly, because of our machine specs, we don’t get [...]

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