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GameStop doesn't care about Tiger Woods shenanigans
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Welcomes down payments for reserved copies of next Tiger Woods video game
On the surface of the video game business I applaud EA Sports for keeping Tiger Woods as their main attraction for their live of golfing video games. After Woods, the most recognized golfer there is, checked in to a rehab center to work on his sex-addiction (at this point I do not feel a need to remind you of the history - you know it by now) many corporate sponsors decided to wash their hands of Woods all together.
But EA Sports is different. Gatorade will still sell because they are Gatorade. And AT&T, as poor as their reputation is for service, still has an exclusive deal with Apple for the iPhone (and iPad) so it is not exactly as though they will be hurting without Woods' name. EA Sports though has a video game to market, and to do that you need a cover athlete that grabs the eye. Why else is so much attention given to the cover athlete for the Madden football series every year (My money is on Drew Brees for Madden '11)
In golf nobody can compete with Tiger.
And according to my e-mail from video game retailer GameStop this morning, they are anxiously awaiting the arrival of the latest golf game from EA Sports, Tiger Woods PGA Tour '11...
Do you have any thoughts on whether or not EA Sports should be promoting Tiger the way they are? What about GameStop, who likely sent this same e-mail to a thousands and thousands of gamers this morning?
Oscar Winner: Logorama
Monday, March 08, 2010
UPDATE: It seems that the video below has been pulled off of YouTube. Figures. It was only a matter of time after the film won the Academy Award that Autour de Minuit filed a copyright claim.
The Oscars were awarded last night and while The Hurt Locker and Avatar battled back and forth through the night, my main actress Sandra Bullock came away with her first award for best lead actress in The Blind Side, and Up ran away with the best animated feature award, I was looking forward to the best animated short award. I always get a kick out of the animated short category because I consider myself a bit of an animation buff of sorts. Truth is I rarely ever see any of these pieces until the Oscar award season. Last night Logorama took the award for best animated short film.
Logorama takes you on a trip through a world filled with corporate logos, and gives many of them a bit of a foul tongue. I have included the short down below since it was on YouTube. Consider yourself warned though as the language can be strong at times (I usually avoid anything with such language on this site).
For more on Logorama visit the official site of the animated short.
For the complete list of Oscar winners, click here. Read more...
New Blog: Second String Thoughts
Thursday, March 04, 2010
If you have not been paying attention to my Twitter feed or Facebook stream than you may be unaware of a new endeavor I have embarked on. This week I started contributing as a community blogger for Montgomery Media. I will be providing my thoughts on local high school sports (with an emphasis on Souderton and Pennridge) as well as the Phillies and Penn State. I will also provide my thoughts on the rest of the Philadelphia sports scene as I see fit.
I hope you will stop by from time to time and feel free to leave me a comment with your thoughts on any topic!
Second String Thoughts
This week I have already provided a pair of game previews for the Phillies' spring schedule, touched on a local high school basketball playoff game and added a photo gallary.
And stay tuned for some more blog related goodness. I have something in the works right now.
My Millennial Score: 91
What is your score?
For more on the concept of "The Millenial" read the recent research from Pew Research Center Publications. An old-fashioned hat tip to Bag of Nothing for alerting me of this interesting quiz.
ABC News uses Super Mario Brothers to explain Obama's pursuit of health care reform
Monday, March 01, 2010
Bonus points if you can tell me which game the various sound effects are originally from.
I was watching Good Morning America when this story was aired and immediately tweeted it to my followers, some of whom probably know my affinity for the Italian plumber turned video game mascot. When the story was complete I followed up with a second tweet (gramatically errant it may be), this time mentioning ABC News Senior White House correspondent Jake Tapper. I wanted to let Tapper know that I appreciated that visual aide.
It did not take long for Tapper, an avid Phillies fan, to respond.
Hey Jake - Go Phillies! Read more...
Today in Philadelphia Phillies history - Rick Wise for Steve Carlton
Thursday, February 25, 2010
From my Page-a-Day Calendar e-mail...
February 25, 1972
Just to prove a point about owner-ballplayer control in the days before free agency, St. Louis Cardinals owner Gussie Busch refuses to offer left-hander Steve Carlton more than $60,000 per season and trades him to Philadelphia. Carlton wastes no time proving the error of the beer baron’s ways when he gets to his new club. He’ll compile one of baseball’s finest overall seasons in 1972, winning 27 games for a last-place team. Known simply as “Lefty,” he’ll earn four Cy Young Awards, winning 329 games in all, and amass 4,136 strikeouts.
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Also on this day in 1997 the Phillies signed Danny Tartabull. I would say the Carlton acquisition was a better move.
More snow???
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
So the latest forecasts are predicting anywhere between six and twelve inches of snow starting tonight into tomorrow morning. though it is a bit of a cliché, I made the trip to the grocery store to pick up some milk (which we were really out of) and some other necessities. I was a bit surprised with the amount of people there as early as it was.
Do people really feel a need to get out to buy milk, eggs and bread when large amounts of snow are predicted?
I'm charging my camera up now in preparation of the next snowpocalypse.
Great vintage video of Brian Westbrook
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
While doing a quick YouTube search for some Brian Westbrook footage for my previous post, I cam across this video that was just posted a few days ago. Great video footage of B-West as an Eagles and as a Villanova Wildcat. Read more...
So long Brian Westbrook
Eagles release Westbrook - Jeff McLane, Philly.com
Westbrook to finish as one of the Eagles' All-Time greats - PhiladelphiaEagles.com
Westbrook's All-Time Eagle Ranks - PhiladelphiaEagles.com
Brian Westbrook will be released - Kulp, The 700 Level
36-West taking a new road - Chris Shafer, Phinally Philly
Philadelphia Eagles release Brian Westbrook - JasonB, Bleeding Green Nation
Westbrook was always one of my favorite Eagles to watch, especially in his younger days. He was the most electrifying Eagles player in the franchise over the last decade, I believe, and that includes personalities like Terrell Owens and DeSean Jackson (although Jackson is quickly taking over the role). Overlooked by many in the NFL the Eagles struck gold with the Villanova product and the rest of the league soon found out what they had passed up on.
My favorite Westbrook memory will undoubtedly be the same as many of yours. The punt return against the New York Giants.
Not sure where Westbrook will go now but I would have to imagine that he'll get a call or two despite his downward production recently and battles with injuries, including concussions.
This is a tough week for Philadelphia's loved sports stars. Now that we are faced with moving on past a fan favorite in green for the second time in the past year (Brian Dawkins) we are also left wondering what the fate of Allen Iverson is. Iverson has taken a leave of absence to be with his family as his daughter is being treated at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia for an illness that has yet to be released to the public. While we will say so long and farewell and send best wishes to Westbrook, we all surely will keep the Iverson family in our thoughts as well. Read more...
Playing right field and batting sixth, Jesus Christ
By now you probably know that the biggest Phillies news from yesterday was not Brad Lidge's first pitches from the mound since undergoing surgery, nor was it that the entire team was checked in and ready to go down in Clearwater. Heck it wasn't even the fact that Chan Ho Park signed wiht the Yankees.
This was the hot topic yesterday...
Jayson Werth, who is a debating point already in the final year of his contract, stole the show yesterday when he showed up with his new best friend (his hair). How quick were Phillies fans to jump on the beard's band wagon?
You tell me .
But the important thing to remember is that the entire team is now in spring training and getting ready for the 2010 season. Can you feel the excitement yet? I know I can!
Dr. J meets Doogie Howser
Monday, February 22, 2010
Faced with the pressure of living up to his co-workers' expectations on the basketball court, Doogie Howser (Neil Patrick Harris), who has no basketball skills, has nowhere to turn but to alter-ego, and Philadelphia 76ers living legend, Julius Erving.
After faking an ankle injury to miss the big game Howser comes around to feeling guilty about letting his teammates and co-workers down. Leave it to Erving to pile on the guilt as the pressure mounts on Doogie to play in the game. When faced with forfeiting the game Doogie finally comes through.
Of course the fate of the game would be decided by the young doctor, right? Fittingly none other than Dr. J offers Doogie with some words of advice with the game on the line.
The video of the ball going in or missing the hoop fades to a scene back at the hospital as Ray (Markus Redmond), who had previously held Doogie and his best friend Vincent Delpino (Max Casella) hostage in a gas station earlier in the series, as he settles a score with a patient he finds to be attractive. But the show wraps up the same way every episode does, with the young prodigy at the computer typing into his digital journal. The good doctor makes one last house call...
Full Episode: Air Doogie Read more...
Happy Birthday Julius Errrrrrrving!
Dr. J was born on this day in 1950.
I may have never watched Dr. J play the game of basketball (I did not become remotely interested in the round ball until well after he retired) but I obviously have a tremendous amount of respect for the Sixers legend.I was fortunate to hear Erving speak a few years back at Shippensburg University as the highlight of a minority scholarship dinner. My favorite story he told that night was how he first met Bill Cosby. I do not remember the exact story but it was back in his college days at UMass. He went to the locker room to get ready for a game or something and who is sitting there in the hot tub but the Philadelphia comedy legend himself. The biggest compliment that Erving ever received was right there in the hot tub when Cosby said he had heard of him and liked his game. Erving was floored!
Erving also starred in a video game with Larry Bird, before Michael Jordan replaced him in the NES version of the game. Enjoy this Commodore 64 footage, which I believe my childhood friend Jody had at his home, of One-on-One.
Double McTwist 1260
Thursday, February 18, 2010
The slogan for the McFlurry works for the Double McTwist 1260 as well.If you have been watching the Winter Olympics like I have then you are very familiar with the term "Double McTwist". No, this is not the latest ice cream dessert being served at your local McDonald's restaurant, but I would find it hard to believe that the people in charge of McDonald's advertising department are not trying to get in contact with the biggest name in the winter games in Vancouver, Shaun White.
I know nothing about skiing or snowboarding, especially when you get into the lingo of different moves, but I know when someone is good. And I do not believe I need broadcasters to tell me (especially the NBC crew, who pales in comparison to the Winter X-Games staff). I had watched the Winter X-games a few weeks ago so I already was aware of the much hyped move, the Double McTwist. Even though there was no need for it in last night's snowboard half pipe final (White had clinched a gold with his first of two runs), you absolutely knew that White was going to display his latest trick.
In what amounted to a victory lap for White, the biggest star at the Winter Olympics did not disappoint with his exhibition run, which scored higher than his gold clinching run from the first round by two points. For a great breakdown of the Double McTwist I suggest you head over to The Sporting Blog where Dan Levy (of On the DL Podcast) has a terrific breakdown of each part of the move that is sure to be Googled a lot today. Read more...
Be Like Mike, happy birthday Michael Jordan
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Admit it, we all wish we could be like Mike, right?
Today is Michael Jordan's birthday (born in 1963) so I wanted to be sure to remind you of one of the catchiest commercial jingles of all time. Do not be surprised if it gets stuck in your head at some point today. For that I apologize in advance.
I have no problem telling you that Jordan is the greatest basketball player I have ever watched. Forget about Kobe Bryant and LeBron James. For me Jordan is second to none. Read more...
Snowpocalypse Wannabe
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Days after we recovered from the second major storm in the span of a week, we were threatened once again by the fluffy white stuff. But this snow fall was pitiful compared to the previous couple of snow storms.
I dub thee Snowpocalypse Wannabe!
One other note,today marks the five year anniversary of the first post on Ramblings. I could have been a little more sentimental about this important date for the site, but I am much too busy to focus on it. I'm struggling to get on a regular blog schedule on this site lately as I am busy with Examiner content. I am seeing a light at the end of the tunnel though so I should be getting back on a schedule that will allow for some pressure free blogging here in the near future.
For fun, read through this (poorly written, probably needs editing) post that christened the site. the topic? The NHL forfeiting their entire season. Read more...
Snowpocalypse - Icicles
Friday, February 12, 2010
Perhaps he should join his friends in the back.
Later in the morning I took a peak at our heating unit, which has twice had to have repairs to it so ensure we still have heat during these cold winter days. To my surprise I saw that the unit was surrounded by massive icicles, and there are many more in the back as well.
You see that one icicle that trails off at the bottom of the image? Here is the entire icicle...
Google tapping into Winter Olympic Buzz
The winter Olympic games are just around the corner, and today Google put out one of their more elaborate logo designs to honor the occasion. Not bad looking if you ask me.
It has been a big week for Google. Of course most of the attention has been drawn to the new Google Buzz, which is incorporated into GMail and looks like a stepping stone to getting people on board the Google Wave train (I have 16 invites to Wave remaining if you are interested - leave a comment to request one). I have been using it for a couple days (you can check my profile and follow me) and I look forward to sharing some thoughts on it shortly.
If you are using Google Buzz let me know what you think of it so far. Do you see yourself using it on a regular basis (I do) or have you yet to find a reason for coming back to it?
Snowpocalypse - 12:47pm, Lansdale goes over 7 inches
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
LANSDALE, PA - While I was eating lunch we went over seven inches of snowfall in the Lansdale area. As always, my readings are unofficial, but the picture speaks for itself. From what I gather we are only half way through this snow storm as well.
Good day once again to stay inside, watch some movies, catch up on the DVR, eat some soup and play a good video game. Or in my case, get some writing done! Read more...
Snowpocalypse 2 - 11:30am, 6.5 in.
LANSDALE, PA - As of 11:30am my unofficial snow reading shows that we have received 6.5 inches of the powdery white stuff so far. A lot more is still expected.
Continue to let me know how much snow you have so far!
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