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Written by Tim Krikau
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Wednesday, 20 January 2010 13:14 |
Happy N ew Year, True Believers! Kudos and Congratulations to all of you for surviving the first decade of the 21st Century! I, for one, am still astounded that I am still alive. As to what being "alive" truly is, we'll never know. But for now, I will just reiterate my Facebook page's profile section About Me: I Exist. While I am existing, however, I did make time to enjoy my four favorite pastimes, so let's get the first column on 2010 off and running, shall we?
BOUND: I've been plowing through Volume 2 of Shelby Foote's The Civil War: A Narrative and I have to tell you, this is one of most challenging books I've ever read. That being said, I have to take a break from it from time to time and read some "lighter fare." I took full advantage of that over holidays.
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Written by Tim Krikau
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Wednesday, 09 December 2009 14:00 |
 Happy Holidaze, True Believers!!! Hope you all have enjoyed Christmas Halftime...er....Thanksgiving! Well, that's what happens when you let the retailers start X-Mas in July! As we approach this year's ever-expanding bacchanal of greed and avarice, I have made a few trips to the local Costco to look for things that I may like as well as think about a few gift ideas for my family. I've been a little lax in my attention to all things videogames, but then again, my attention-span always has been somewhat challenged. I say this, because as I am meandering down the aisles in a tryptophan-induced haze, I saw that a much-hyped Wii title has already hit the shelves (and for about $10 cheaper than other retail outlets). The game is none other than New Super Mario Bros.Wii. Now if you're even a semi-regular reader of this column, you'll know that I'm a big fan of Mario and have yet to play a lousy game with his name on it. I'm old enough to remember playing Donkey Kong at the Alligator Alley arcade where Mario was nothing more than a bunch of pre-arranged red and blue squares that sort of resemble an Italian plumber. I also remember the resurgence of the home videogame console market in 1986 when Nintendo put out its NES 8-Bit system with Super Mario Bros. as the bundle package. Thus was born the side-scrolling platform adventures that gave us such classics as Sonic the Hedgehog, Contra, Kid Chameleon, among others from that decade. Mario has been the Nintendo mascot ever since and the games bearing his moniker are too numerous to count. Well....not too numerous, I just don't feel like counting them all.
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