The ScooterBlog

So a high school in Washington was going to hold a Halo 2 tournament. The proceeds would go to the tsunami effort for the Red Cross. Sounds good, right?

Well, there is the catch of Halo being M rated. Well, most high schoolers should be rational enough to discern fantasy violence from real violence, but these kids were smart and figured the school would be a pain, so the parent of every kid who signed up had to sign a release form saying it was ok to let their kid play this game in this event.

The school STILL cancels it! Yet another case of good logic gone bad.

The link is here: http://games.slashdot.org/games/05/01/24/142230.shtml?tid=211

Have I mentioned anytime recently that Get Fuzzy rocks? It’s the comic I get in my inbox every day (I was getting Dilbert too but it stopped showing up, prolly a change in web site thing).

It’s about three characters primarily. Rob, the owner of the cat and dog, Satchel (named for the famous Negro League pitcher) and Bucky, named for, what else, his tooth! Satchel is the gullible loving “man’s best friend” kind of dog, where Bucky is the smart-mouthed pain in the butt cat who always has something to say.

See some Garfield referneces here? You should, the format is like a modern-day Garfield in a lot of ways with some twists, more in your face stuff, plenty of sports references (Rob, and the real life writer Darby Conley are huge Red Sox fans!), and a lot of general chaos which makes it go.

Good reading, well worth the time to check it out! Let me know if it’s in any local papers, I know it’s big enough that it gets its own calendars, I’m happy to say I just bought the 2005 day-to-day Get Fuzzy .. for $4!

Yikes, like no posts in a week!

Guess that’s what happens when I am running around like a loony and not feeling well! Felt like crap yesterday from sinuses, sore throat, coughing, probably allergies at their worst. It started Monday. There’s something in the office here that makes my allergies go nuts, and it hit me particularly hard, and now it’s Wednesday and with the help of some NyQuil and Advil Cold & Sinus (NOT at the same time!), I’m getting back to normal again. Just as long as I’m feeling ok for Saturday!

This past weekend was more of everything that I’ve written here in Danielle coming down to see me … everything is just getting better and better every week, not to mention, Sunday was “meet the parents” day, and that went wonderfully too. There isn’t anyone that Danielle has met in either my group of friends or family that they haven’t thought she was awesome, and I agree tenfold! Even on a day like today where I’m sniffling, coughing, and catching up on work (Tuesday sucked at the main job but today has been much better), it’s all good cause I have Danielle in my life!

More posting later, but one addition … curse that Corey Dillion for scoring a touchdown the other day! I think I have some bitterness issues with him.

Just a reminder on the off chance that you did not know: Game Junkie is still selling Halo 2 Limited Edition at the lowest price in the area: $48.99!

As an extra bonus, if you missed out on the cool tin case, the extra DVD with bonus features, you can make up for it! Bring in your original Halo 2 game, trade it in to us and get the Limited Edition for only $19.99!

Also, if you are on XBox Live and want to hook up with the Junkies, feel free to send us a message! My Gamertag is sav2880, and we have a GameJunkie clan as well. If you come in the store, that’s the only requirement for joining up, and I’d love to have you on my friends list (you’ll prolly kick my butt, you can click and see my lousy stats!)

Do you have your Madden game ready go to? Well if you do, you can have fun on this off-week before the Super Bowl and play in our Pixel Bowl 2 featuring Madden 2005!

The rules are very simple: 3 minute quarters, a full double elimination tournament, all 32 teams are playable, and most importantly, bring your own controller! The entry fee is also quite simple: a flat $5, even if you don’t come in until the day of the event!

We’ll be giving away a fun football marked for the event, as well as hopefully great prizes, and as you well know, the more people whom enter, the bigger the event and the bigger the pool of prizes that you could win!

You can find out more about the event from our store’s website as well, www.gamejunkie.com, where we also have a calendar of all of our events available for your perusal. A page linking directly to this tournament is there as well.

If you have any questions about the tournament, you can e-mail me HERE as well. Hope to see you there, and most importantly, tell friends!!