Matt Young

I unfortunately spent $60 on the Deception Kollector's Edition for Xbox. I figured it was a safe bet seeing as how I loved MK 1-4. I had never played Deadly Alliance. Deception is pretty boring, probably a 4/10, on single player, no matter if you're playing the traditional mode, the horrible new 3D free roaming adventure deal (which sounded really good in theory) or any of the other weak modes. However, on mutiplayer it is pretty good. Too bad most of the guys who play on Live are too hardcore for me to ever be competitive. I think I'm going to swap MKD for the $20 credit at gameCrazy and get a new copy of Guilty Gear X2 #Reload.

I was browsing Barnes and Noble's website looking for some new books to purchase when I came across this. http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearc...74349041X&itm=6 The book is entitled Are We There Yet?: Tales from the Never-Ending Travels of WWE Superstars and is supposed to be available in February and it seems like a pretty interesting read. I hadn't heard anything about it before. Does anyone have any more info on it?

I just played the best game online. My first few games were a 56-7 loss, a 23-0 win, and a 46-17 victory. I never had a good close game. Tonight I played some guy who used the Broncos and the game was an awesome back and forth battle. I took the lead 24-21 with about 4:00 left in the game, but then he drove the length of the field thanks to some good running and a 38 yard pass play and took the lead 28-24. I lost the ball on my next possession but then forced him to punt (after using all my timeouts to stop the clock) with 43 seconds left. I starte at my own 37 and finally got down to the 17. I got a pas off that Donald Driver dropped with 3 seconds left. Man, was I pissed. I couldn't kick a FG, so I had one last shot at the end zone. I tossed a screen pass to Javon Walker, who made it to the 1 yard line before falling short as time expired. Final score: Broncos 28, Packers 24. It sucks that I lost, but that was the most fun I've had in a video game in a while.

Usually someone's posted these by now, but I see no thread. Could someone give us the spoiler-free cards?

I don't care about the quarter length, but as I said in my response to your PM, I have barely played this game and I'd probably get thrashed anyway, but I'd have no chance on Superstar. VX- Are you going to be back on Live tonight? I saw you on NFL earlier, but you were busy crushing the Ravens 28-3 in the 4th quarter. I'd like to play a game against you sometime.

Ah, a cliffhanger ending. Boo.

Ashlee's bassist stole Mark Hoppus' badass pink bass.

That's why I expected better. But I really don't want this thread to turn into something making fun of me for liking Ashlee. If you want to diss the show, at least that pertains to the topic.

Oh, you're so witty. Haha, I described you as witty. That must make me witty, too. Anyway, they're showing Ashlee's rehearsals for SNL now. I guess those of you who want to hear about the incident should tune in now.

Yeah, they've mentioned it on several commercials that I've seen as well as the intro to tonight's premiere.

Hey Sek, do you have Xbox Live? If you have MK:D on there, we should play sometime. Mentor vs. student.

I was a little too generous with my description at first, I'll admit. I just had never heard anything like that and I was really excited about the music. It still think it's great, but not world changing or anything like I made it sound. I expect most people will love it or hate it, but it's something worth checking out in my opinion.

I'm here to tell you that you need to listen to the band Step Sisterz. I honestly know nothing about them other than the fact that they're friends of my friend Patrick at Oklahoma University, but they added me to their friends list on MySpace and... wow. I've never heard anything like this. Maybe you indie enthusiasts can think of someone to compare them to, but I can't. The music is just so innovative, original, refreshing, and uplifting. If they had a CD, I'd buy it in a second. Check out their site and stream or download the three mp3's at http://www.scottwickberg.com/stepsisterz/index.php?a=view as soon as possible. "My Robot From Mars" is the shit.

They shouldn't take that for granted. Newfoundlanders had to fight for their right to sodomize.

Indeed, you are right, but I don't know any musicians out her in California yet. I know there are plenty around, it's just a matter of finding them. I figure that I can mess around with my ideas this way until I actually get a band together. Thanks for the links. I'll check them out now.

I've been playing the guitar and writing songs for quite a while now, but my instrumental ability is limited to the guitar and some bass. What I'm looking for is a cheap or, preferably, free program for the PC where I can do something like put in a sequence of notes and have the program play those notes using an emulation of whichever instrument I choose. That way, I can mess around with ideas for songs and include other instruments which I am currently incapable of playing. I hope that was understandable. Can anyone give me any suggestions?

Prince just released an album in 2004. I wouldn't expect another one this year.

My cousin, a huge boxing game fan, told me about this a couple weeks ago. It's a pretty cool extra, but I'm getting the Xbox version if I buy the game at all. Live play is far more important to me, especially when I have the SPO cart and ROM.

I've been wanting to get back into comics ever since seeing X2 a year and a half ago. I found my old X-Men and Batman comic collection from 1993-95 and read through everything (the 200 or so issues that were salvaged), but I can't afford back issues or even trades right now and I want to catch up on all the stuff I've missed eventually. I have DSL now so I should have no problems downloading stuff. Please recommend me some sites where I can get X-books, Batman titles, Spider-Man, and anything else that may be worth reading.

* Purchases enough Listerine to last the 6 months til his 21st birthday*

Oh man. I figured I'd mostly play sports games on Xbox Live and very little Halo 2 since I have barely any shooter experience (GoldenEye, Perfect Dark, and the Halos- but never multiplayer Halo) but after a guy I beat on ESPN NFL invited me to play Halo 2.... wow. 5 hours later, I was more than hooked. I'm not all that great, but this game is just too good on Live, even when you suck. It may very well surpass GE/Perfect Dark as the best multiplayer game of all time. Feel free to play me and beat the fuck out of me for having an Ashlee Simpson avatar. Gamertag: MattYoung

I hope not. I know there won't be a 2K6, but they can at least keep the online servers up until the next batch of football titles... well, EA's games... are released. Dammit, I'm having too much fun for them to shut it down.

I tried to join the public league, but apparently you didn't make it yet. I joined the private league as San Diego, though, since you obviously have the Packers.

I fianlly got Live. I've never played most of the games on multiplayer, and I have barely played some on single, so come get some if you want an easy win. Gamertag: MattYoung (simple, eh?) Games: Crimson Skies Halo 2 Mortal Kombat: Deception NBA 2K5 NCAA Football 2005 NFL2K5 Top Spin Ultra Bust-A-Move

It's the end of January and when I sign on to the internet, I see the headline, "People Brace For Frigid Storm: Icy Weather Caps Frozen Week." Then, right next to that, is a forecast for sunshine and 78 degree temperatures for the next several days. Why did I suffer through 20 years of sub-zero Illinois winters before getting the fuck out of there?