Matt Young

Thanks for the link, PK. I just signed up. Now, before you read my results, keep in mind that before I got Netflix, I rarely watched any movies. Now I use Netflix AND have an HD DVR, so I watch even more than what's listed here: You have been a Netflix member since November 2008 and have returned 21 titles to date You most recently returned a movie on 27/Feb/09 i.e. about 19 hours ago You keep titles at home for an average of 5 days You see 6.7 titles by DVD and 39.7 titles by Instant Watch each month You've indicated that you are on the 1 at-a-time (Unlimited) plan which costs $8.99/month I don't know where it gets the 5 days average. I usually watch a movie the day it comes in and send it back the next. I understand that it calculates the time from when the movie ships to when it's received back at the Netflix place, but that should only be 3 days, not 5.

After gaining a point on 8 seed Minnesota by beating the Wild last night in a shooutout, the Kings got shut out in Philadelphia tonight. Dammit. They played a great game, but it was just one of those nights.

I LOL'ed at the ESPN headline, "Brooks, Dunn done in Tampa Bay".

Heh. The sound guys in Philly just played "Open Up Your Eyes" on a no goal call when the Flyers thought they should have scored against the Kings. When the refs did not reverse their call, the sound guys played, "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong".

I didn't play the full game of 2K last year, but based on my impressions from the demo, I thought 2K8 was a huge step down from the excellent 2K7. I plan to buy a PS3 in the next week or two, so I think my game of choice will be The Show, though I will try the 2K9 demo.

Hey guys, Braid is 800 points this week! LOLBBQsauce. EDIT: After playing the first 2 levels, I have no idea how anyone could get all the puzzle pieces without a guide. Half are simple; the other half seemingly impossible given the hero's limited skill set. Fun game, though. I'm happy with my purchase.

Good thing I saved my points!

The Lakers certainly do like to make it interesting, don't they?

Mine came with the bonus disc, too. I got more than my $5 worth out of the game. I still haven't played online. Last time I played, I was stuck on the Kevin Nash match in story mode.

Since there was no thread about hockey games, I figured it was about time we had one. I chose to make it about both the 08/2K8 an 09/2K9 games so that we could discuss out experiences with the current games, and also because there is no info on the new ones yet- but we can post it here as it comes in. Now, I never even liked the sport of hockey until recently. But I purchased NHL 08. after having great difficulty finding a copy, this past Monday. It is rapidly becoming my favorite sports game ever. I have already played a good 10 online games, along with a half dozen exhibition games. The most addicting part, however, is the Dynasty mode. I began a dynasty with the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday, May 28th, at 5:35 A.M. (Yes, I am keeping track). As of right now, I have played 20 Kings games as well as 2 with my AHL affiliate, the Manchester Monarchs. That's all while playing other games and doing non-gaming related stuff as well. Consider the fact that, in other sports games, sports of which I have been a fan for many years, I shorten the seasons and still never finish them. I've had bad luck with injuries to Cammalleri, Frolov, and Handzus, but Cammalleri was the only one who missed significant time. Ironically, despite him being one of my best players, all 5 of my regulation losses have come with him in the lineup. I'm 14-5-0-1, after starting 2-2 and then going on a 3 game losing streak before winning my last 2 games. My toughest opponent has been mediocre Dallas. They're 8-11-0-1, with 3 of their wins coming against me. I just now beat them for the first time. They always seem to sneak in a last minute bullshit goal with Modano or Levinhen to beat me. Who else plays these games? I know we have hockey fans here. The games have been out for 8-9 months, but NHL 8 at elast is so good that some of you must play it. I have tried 2K8, and while it's decent, it's nowhere near as good as NHL. I may pick it up since the price has dropped to $30, as opposed to NHL 08's $50.

I finally finished my first regular season with the Kings. It took me 4 months rather than 3 weeks as in NHL 08, but I have a lot more games now (Fallout owns my soul) and a lot less free time. I finished with 98 points (40-24-18), good for 7th best in the NHL, 4th in the Western Conference, and 2nd in the Pacific Division behind Anaheim. I beat the Sharks in LA in the final game to take the 4 seed and home ice in my opening round playoff series against San Jose. The thing that sucks is that, while I started my season on All-Star and switched to Pro after I went into a funk, I still can't score on All-Star like I used to. I switched back and went 1-3-1. I lose by 1 goal almost every time, but it's always 1-0 or 2-1. I can score online on the All-Star difficulty. It's so frustrating.

Is anyone else watching Capitals/Penguins? Lots of offense already, as it's 3-2 Caps early in the 2nd period. This is one of the few times I've gotten to see Crosby, Malkin, or Ovechkin in action. I watched the finals last season so I saw the Penguins play, and I watched 2 of their games this year. The only 2 times I had seen Ovechkin play before this were the 2 games Washington played against the Kings this season.

It's in Mexicans' genes to root for the Raiders.

If only I had a capable recording device. My 4 year old digital camera with limited memory records a whopping 33 seconds of video. Maybe if I rushed it. It'd be hard to top Brody, though.

Just got back from Kings/Coyotes 45 minutes ago. Such a disappointing game. Both teams started slowly, but after Phoenix scored their third goal, it was all downhill. Final was 6-3, one of Phoenix's 6 being an empty netter. That empty netter was also Jokinen's third of the afternoon. The Kings quite simply have to win against teams like Phoenix to have a shot at the playoffs. I don't know what the team's problem is, but they've been playing like shit at home lately.

Yeah. I don't know the Sharks' players' names, but it happened. I guess the mistake was due to the referee's angle, and they don't have the benefit of the multiple replays we have at home- at least not on that sort of play. But I didn't realize it had happened recently prior to this instance.

Yeah, that Stoll high sticking penalty where the other Shark did the high sticking was especially bad. The result was nothing surprising, though, given the opposition along with the fact that Quick had the night off. It was a tight game until halfway through when the Sharks scored a couple quick ones, but overall the game was a solid 60 minutes of high quality hockey from both teams. Hopefully the Kings will have better luck on Saturday when I go to see them play Phoenix at Staples Center. One thing that bugged me about tonight's game was that NHL Center Ice showed the standard def feed. Why do that when there was a perfectly good HD feed coming from the same channel? I want to see my team in high definition. The Kings/Ducks game last night was the last of 10 HD broadcasts of Kings games this season. TEN. All the Lakers games on FS West are in HD. Why not the Kings games, too?

Gauthier being a shitty defenseman is in some ways a misnomer. He's better than quite a few of the players who get played as the 6th defensemen currently in the league. I don't see any reason to dislike Army or Calder, so I'm assuming you post or read a Kings messageboard somewhere out there. I have over 6500 posts at HFboards, but I don't buy into the mob mentality. There's some players I dislike. I'm sure they aren't players any Kings fan would mention either. Ersberg's one of them. Calder's been good ever since being put on a line with Stoll and Brown. Good enough to make me wonder if we should bring him back on the cheap next year. I'll admit, my friend who got me into hockey as well as the Kings message board I go to kind of hammered that mentality into my head, yes. Also, the NHL 08 and 09 video games. Calder and Armstrong aren't horrible; it's just that those guys and Gauthier are weak links. Ersberg, I certainly don't hate, but he's been shit since returning from injury a while back. Anyhow, it may have been posted in here, but DirecTV/Dish/Time Warner are having a free preview of Center Ice. I hope the Kings game isn't blacked out.

So do the Bulls cut Tim Thomas again?

This is a little late, but that Kings game on Monday was... well, it was something. They only ended up losing in the shootout and got a point out of it, but the Kings shouldn't be allowing 7 goals to fucking Atlanta, especially 3 in the first 9 minutes. It wasn't really Quick's fault, either; the team was playing like ass for half the game. It's like they play up or down to their opponent's level depending on who they're facing. Also, I know Terry Murray shuffles the lines around seemingly on a game by game basis, but why the hell is Denis Gauthier on the first line? Yes, he did score a goal- his first in over 3 years- but he's such a shitty defenseman. With Cloutier and LaBarbera gone, Gauthier, Armstrong, and Kyle Calder are really the only players on the team I dislike.

Fuck yeah! My favorite wrestler is now an 8 time combined WWE/World Champion. I still think that his 3-4 week title reigns are bullshit, but I can't complain when he wins them.

How?

Bah gawd, 13 times!

Oh shit; Kozlov has been pinned! BUT BAH GAWD THE RUSSIAN IS STILL UNBEATEN IN SINGLES COMPETITION!

What the fuck? Edge out first? And he has YET ANOTHER 3 week title reign. He's like the WWE version of WCW Jeff Jarrett with world titles.