Matt Young

Taker, Hunter, Austin, Bearer, Michaels, Hall, Nash, Brisco... and who else?

It was merely a joke. I know you dismissed Favre before I did. But it is good to know you are considering Madden.

I take it you'll want to play as Tampa Bay?

If Brett goes to Tampa, he'll officially go from my favorite player ever to, well, fucking worse than Randy Moss.

RE: the NCAA dynasty Sorry guys, but I'm out. I kept getting freezing issues, and then the game just wouldn't read despite there not being a scratch on it. I contacted EA, and they are allowing me to exchange the game for NHL 09 when it comes out. I could have gotten another copy of NCAA, but to be honest, I'm sick of it. It's not a bad game, but after playing 40-50 games, its flaws have become very apparent. It already felt dated, like Madden 08 basically with a different coat of paint. But then I kept noticing consistent flaws in the pass defense, comeback AI, and freezing (none of which were a problem in Madden 08) so I said fuck it. I couldn't remove myself due to the disc not reading, so you'll have to kick me, Chris. Despite my distaste for the game, I do apologize to you guys. Hopefully you all get Madden. I have the collector's edition preordered.

There's no link to the auction.

The jersey retirement has been delayed.

I thought it was one shooter had blanks and the others didn't.

Wikipedia: "In Utah, the firing squad consisted of five volunteer police officers from the county in which the conviction of the offender took place. A law passed on March 15, 2004 banned execution by firing squad in Utah, but since that specific law was not retroactive, four inmates on Utah's death row could still have their last requests granted. As of 2006, Idaho and Oklahoma are the only other states in which execution by firing squad is legally available (as backup methods only; both states use lethal injection as their primary methods of execution)."

I've smoked weed and done shrooms twice. i've wanted to try acid for like 6-7 years, but never could find any. I just might have to persuade you.

Thanks to those who wished me a happy birthday. What? I didn't know it was your birthday. happy belated birthday to you, and to CG since I didn't know his just passed. Also, if you were wishing I'd consumed too much alcohol and died on my birthday, my birthday was on July 30th, not the night before you posted that.

Nobody does.

No, that's been debunked several times over.

You mean the NFC Championship game they wouldn't have even sniffed had it not been for Favre's incredible play all season? That NFC Championship game?

It's getting mostly good reviews at horror sites but mixed reviews elsewhere. With Vinnie Jones as the villain and a title of Midnight Meat Train it seems like it'll at least be entertaining in a sort of cheesy way. Fuckin' Vinnie Jones? I'm sold. Hell, it's only $2 before 6, $3 after.

I never understood how people could forget their parents' birthdays, or even how old they are. I think atleast half of my friends don't know one or both of those facts about their parents. Then again, I'm on the other extreme. I remember people's birthdays, dates things happened, and phone numbers from as far back as 16 years ago.

Alternative arts, ethnic cuisine, and homeless people? Count me in! ... I'm serious. Also, I really want to go to San Francisco. I thought about it a lot last week while smoking mass quantities of pot. I'd love to go up there, drop acid with pbone and Nighthawk (not sure if either does/would do acid, or if it could be found) and roam the streets. But not in the Tenderloin district. I don't wanna get robbed.

Yeah, it dropped to $40 everywhere a month ago. It's $30 on Amazon now. I'm tempted to get it, but I have a huge backloh, I'm about to buy more games (SCIV and Madden), and I really, strongly disliked the demo after loving Burnout 3 and 4. Andrew, did you decide to get gold again? I ask because I need a friend to whip my ass in some Soul Calibur.

I had heard of but hadn't seen Yukon John Nord prior to, I think, Thursday on classic AWA (save for his run as the Berzerker). But in that gimmick, dude seriously reminds me of a combination of Agent and the Brawny man.

God dammit. DiBiase and Rhodes got the Cade and Murdoch treatment- New tag team, just debuting (well, DiBiase is new; Rhodes has been there a year) and they drop the titles after having them for barely a month. I enjoyed the show as a whole, but the ending left me with a bad taste in my mouth.

The Raw brand needs matches for SummerSlam. So why not save Kofi/Burchill and James/Lea?

No. http://www.360sync.com/2008/06/30/madden-09-achievements And I can personally confirm that list as accurate, since 2 of my friends (on Live, not guys I know personally, unfortunately) have the game.

Is Midnight Meat Train supposed to be any good?

Hadn't heard of any of those except the Paris Hilton movie. I first heard of Midnight Meat Train yesterday. It's playing at the local $2/Spanish subtitles theater.

There is a secret achievement in Madden worth 50 points just for turning on the game. "Now here's a guy..." (G: 50) Thank you for purchasing Madden NFL 09. Here's to another 20 years!