Liddell Returns to Work

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According to Mark Pickering’s article on maxfighting.com, Chuck Liddell received the go ahead from his doctors to start training again sometime last week. “The Iceman” allegedly confirmed to Mr. Pickering that his return bout will be against Brazilian…

Give NRA Gun Club a shot

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Filed under: Culture, Sony PlayStation 2, Sports

Video games have been teaching kids about the right to bear arms (as in blow away anything that moves) for years, but it still seems odd to find a target shooting game sponsored by the National Rifle Association. Developer Crave stresses the “non-violence”  of NRA Gun Club — but you don’t have to be Sarah Brady to find that ironic given the “100 faithfully recreated firearms,” including everybody’s favorite plinko pistol, the Intratec Tec-9. With a graphical  upgrade and perhaps a voice-over by Charlton Heston, Gun Club would  be a great Xbox Live Arcade title, but instead its shot-to-hell visuals are likely to be forgotten during the PS2’s waning summer. Too bad. You can never be too careful with that virtual shotgun.

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Give NRA Gun Club a shot

Continue Reading May 11th, 2006

Filed under: Culture, Sony PlayStation 2, Sports

Video games have been teaching kids about the right to bear arms (as in blow away anything that moves) for years, but it still seems odd to find a target shooting game sponsored by the National Rifle Association. Developer Crave stresses the “non-violence”  of NRA Gun Club — but you don’t have to be Sarah Brady to find that ironic given the “100 faithfully recreated firearms,” including everybody’s favorite plinko pistol, the Intratec Tec-9. With a graphical  upgrade and perhaps a voice-over by Charlton Heston, Gun Club would  be a great Xbox Live Arcade title, but instead its shot-to-hell visuals are likely to be forgotten during the PS2’s waning summer. Too bad. You can never be too careful with that virtual shotgun.

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Give NRA Gun Club a shot

Continue Reading May 11th, 2006

Filed under: Culture, Sony PlayStation 2, Sports

Video games have been teaching kids about the right to bear arms (as in blow away anything that moves) for years, but it still seems odd to find a target shooting game sponsored by the National Rifle Association. Developer Crave stresses the “non-violence”  of NRA Gun Club — but you don’t have to be Sarah Brady to find that ironic given the “100 faithfully recreated firearms,” including everybody’s favorite plinko pistol, the Intratec Tec-9. With a graphical  upgrade and perhaps a voice-over by Charlton Heston, Gun Club would  be a great Xbox Live Arcade title, but instead its shot-to-hell visuals are likely to be forgotten during the PS2’s waning summer. Too bad. You can never be too careful with that virtual shotgun.

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Thornton Does Iceland

Continue Reading May 11th, 2006

Sit down. Brace yourself. Make sure your socks are securely fastened lest I blow them right the fuck off your feet.

While you’ve been scouring youtube for the wing chun video that you’re sure is going to make you the next Bullshido Prom King, I’ve bee…

So Much For That Fresh Start!

Continue Reading May 11th, 2006

We’re actually pretty big fans of Sports Ilustrated’s Tom Verducci — who never gets enough credit (or blame, depending on your perspective) for being out front of this whole steroid story from the get-go — but we feel maybe he’s gotten a bit too caught up in it all. He’s become such an anti-steroid activist that he appears to be losing his head a bit. Witness:

Tom Verducci, Sports Illustrated, 3 April 2006

“We stand now on the cusp of not just another season but of another era, as vulnerable as lovers on the rebound. … A glowering Barry Bonds, closing in on Babe Ruth while under review of the commissioner’s office for alleged steroid use, is our daily reminder — like the ex who works a few cubicles away — of the betrayal. And you know what? It doesn’t hurt one bit. We are so over it. In fact, now we’re falling hard for a game that is cleaner, more nuanced and more competitive than it has been in a generation. It’s a young man’s game, belonging to new stars who, certified by the sport’s tougher drug policy, have replaced their juiced-up, broken-down elders who aged so ungracefully. It is baseball as it ought to be. A fresh start.”