Would it be appropriate for me to take credit for US Olympic dominance in these games thanks to my little pep talk last week? As I write this post, the US is ahead in medal count with 26 over Germany’s 23 and tied for most golds (with Germany) with 7. All we’ve got to do is hold steady and we’ve got this Olympics in the bag. Men’s Ice Hockey made some major strides in the pool play rounds by going undefeated and even beating Team Canada earning themselves the first seed in the playoff tournament. Their first game will be against a Swiss squad they already beat pretty soundly, which means we’re more or less set for the round and to at least compete for the bronze medal. Poor Canada, who plays their first game tonight, has to beat Germany and then Russia to even have a chance at the bronze. They’ve got quite the uphill climb. I almost hope they do get to the finals to play one last time against the USA only to be crushed underneath our skates for the gold on their home turf. A guy can dream, right? ...

[caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“800” caption=“It’s not this bad, but we’ve still got a long way to go.”] [/caption] …like many mechanisms of this kind your choices tend to come down to being an omnibenevolent supercherub or the Goddamned devil. -Jerry “Tycho” Holkins WARNING: SPOILERS A member of your crew was double-crossed before he joined you. Eleven of his friends died as a result of that treachery and he wants revenge on the killer. Do you: A) Indulge his obsession and allow him to murder in cold blood when his target least expects it or, B) Convince him that his obsessive revenge will not bring him the closure he desires by obstructing his revenge attempt. ...

Video Games | Super Street Fighter IV | Japanese Makoto, Dudley, and Ibuki Trailer XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii Since I missed so many days last week, how about a bonus ER featuring all the new characters in Super Street Fighter IV? There’s still one more left to be announced!

A clever little sketch from a funny British comedy duo about Miss Moneypenny and her obnoxious friend James.

Sorry to keep delaying posts, but the rest of this week is super busy thanks to the recent blizzard, so I probably won’t have anything until next week. Don’t worry, the ME2 review should be about as epic as the Brütal Legend one to make up for the lack of posts.

[caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“300” caption=“USA! USA! USA!”] [/caption] The 2010 Winter Olympics are upon us, which means almost nothing to a great portion of the US population, but gets me all riled up about Team USA and Olympic gold. I’m not super big on the vast majority of the sports that are part of either Olympic games, but I am pumped for ice hockey and seeing the US win, so I’m excited anyway. ...

[caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“1024” caption=“Blame Joker. It’s totally not my fault.”][/caption] I’m a little behind on my Mass Effect 2 review thanks to travel and having to finish that second playthrough. It’ll be up later tonight or Thursday and I might have something for WMQ tomorrow.

Video blog update about The Oneups new Super Mario Kart album coming out soon. I love these guys.

Contrary to what might be expected, I actually don’t pay much attention to news when I’m stuck in the house all week thanks to a snowstorm so this week’s update will just be about my Civ games. Ethiopia Perhaps my strongest civilization position comes with my first game as the Ethiopians. Thanks to lucky placement of resources, I’ve got access to copper in this civ, so I spent the last week producing Axemen to try and conquer Charles De Gaulle’s France to the Southwest of Ethiopia. After pumping out and moving four Axemen into French territory, it was finally time to attack Orleans. ...

One of the first major features on this blog was a Villains of Final Fantasy series that ran for 13 weeks covering the main enemies of every numbered Final Fantasy game from I to XII including X-2. With Final Fantasy XIII launching in the states in just over a month, I figured it’s high time to give some recognition to the teams who are actually responsible for bringing those villains to justice and saving the world. I bring you the Heroes of Final Fantasy. ...