Many people believe that the U.S. pretty much has the gold medal in men’s basketball wrapped up, but I feel it’s still too early to evaluate how strong the team is. So far, they have yet to play from behind or deal with their big men being benched for fouls. The true test of a team is the ability to overcome obstacles. So far, they haven’t faced any legitimate tests. Their 119-82 dismantling of Spain was impressive, but also makes me wonder if we have seen the team peak. Peaking too early or gaining too much confidence could be their undoing. Spain’s undoing basically came down to ball control. When you turn over the ball as many times as Spain did, you simply cannot win a game against anyone. Spain had what I would call an “off day” and I expect them to come back strong in their next match.

At this point, I’d say it’s premature to consider the American team to be sure champions. We have to keep in mind that they are not even close to the skill of the original 1992 “Dream Team” and the rest of the world continues to get better each year.

written by Will Snizek \\ tags: ability, Bag, ball, Basketball, confidence, control, deal, Gold, haven, medal, peak, Peaking, Spain, Team, Test, U.S. Men, undoing, US

I recently received this strange email encouraging me to check out the KKK website.  I guess they didn’t realize I was Catholic.  I’m also open-minded and love all people, so they certainly aren’t using targeted marketing techniques. Out of curiosity, I checked out their softheaded website that looks like a 8 year-old designed it.  I came across some links where they sell various products such as hats, t-shirts, bumper stickers and more.  While most of the hat logos are racist, a few are actually clever and some are simply disturbing.  One claims the KKK is “the last hope for America”.  If that band of mental defects are our last hope, we might as well pack our bags and give up now.  The most clever hat states that KKK members are the “Original Boyz N The Hood”.  I suppose they are.  If you want to check out the other ball caps Klan members are sporting, I dropped a gallery below of all the images.  Just please tell me you aren’t going to order any of them!

written by Will Snizek \\ tags: America, are, aren, ball, bumper, Caps, Catholic, curiosity, didn, email, gallery, hat, Hood, hope, KKK, marketing, N The, Website

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Return to Zork is one of those special OSS pieces that brings great memories to any point-and-click adventure game enthusiast. This was the first time in the Zork series that they moved away from the text parser to a clickable mouse interface. RTZ also starred a number of celebrities and for that era the graphics were among the best for a 1993 DOS video game.

The story begins with you as a sweepstakes winner on an all paid vacation to the Valley of the Vultures, in Zork. You are first greeted by a wizard in a crystal ball. During you conversation your asked to retrieve a battery for the wizard. The Crystal ball disappears and your quest begins…

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written by Juan Perez \\ tags: A.J. Langer, ball, Ben Fyshin, Bowman, Bowman A.J. Langer, Charles Carpenter, Claire, Cliff Robberson, Crystal, Deena Langer, Elaine Lively, Ernie Lively, fellow, game, General Nino Surdo, Gordon, Howard Mann, Jason Hervey, Jason Lively, Jones, Julie St, Leonardo Surdo, Lighthouse, Lori Lively, Marr, Matthew Grimaldi, Mayor Harold Smith, Michael Johnson, Michael Stadvec, Michelle Dahlin, Molly Moodock, Ms. Mavis Peepers, number, Peter Sprague, Raoul N. Rizik, Rebecca Snoot, return, river, Robyn Lively, RTZ, Sam, Sign, Troll, Valley, video, Vultures, wizard, Zork

Most games tend to stay far and away from the date that big releases happen. This week’s biggie is Metal Gear Solid 4 and its sure to satisfy fans of the series and the uninitiated, as well. Feel free to check out this writer’s recent preview of the game on Xomba. Shameless plug? Oh, yes, we know.

The more interesting games that decided to stand their ground and take on Konami’s latest this week is Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit which plays out just like the previous iterations but with prettier graphics and a new single-player campaign. Don King Presents: Prizefighter is, as the boxing hype man has proclaimed, the best game there ever was AND ever will be. We believe him, of course.

Check out the full list of games dropping this week after the break…

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written by Carlos Macias \\ tags: ball, Burst, Detective Chronicles, Don King, Dragon, EVE Online, game, Gear, Jake Hunter, June, Limit, Metal, Metascore, NASCAR, Presents, Prizefighter, Solid, Unrated, Week

I’ve never been a fan of Dragon Ball Z, but I heard it sells, and I’ve seen some people buy it, but is it good?  Check it out with the free demo, why don’t cha.  Of course you got your DLC’s for Rockband and Guitar Hero, check out the Playstation Blog for all the songs this week.  Here’s the creme of the crop… in my opnioin.
Playable content

• Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit demo (free)
• Overlord: Raising Hell demo (free)

Add-on content

• Hot Shots Golf “Alex” Character ($1)
• Hot Shots Golf “Gloria” Character ($1)
• Rocketmen: It Came From Uranus ($5)
• Rock Band DLC (listed after the break)
• 21 Karaoke Revolution tracks
• 5x Overlord wallpapers

This week’s Rock Band DLC is as follows:

• “Hanging on the Telephone” - Blondie ($2)
• “Train in Vain” - The Clash ($2)
• “Kool Thing” - Sonic Youth ($2)

Via PS3Fanboy

written by Juan Perez \\ tags: Alex, ball, cha, character, Demo, DLC, Dragon, fan, Gloria, Golf, Hero, May, Overlord, Playstation, PSN update, Rock Band, Shots, store, update, Week

So it’s almost two years later (06/22/2006), and those “leaked” GTA IV images have quietly been brushed under the skull and crossbones welcome mat. Well, I’m taking em back, I’m taking em all back (the comments that is). When I first discovered the image, I thought “Wow, a ball and chain weapon”. But I always questioned whether the female character in the image was GTA IV “qualified”. Now the idea of playing as a woman would have been cool, but I do think many males have a problem playing as a female. I definatley could have seen “Nikita” (female for Niko), taking out some pepper spray from her Louis Vuitton and kicking the authorities in the family jewels. Isn’t that the way all female characters fight? Oh yeah and nail gauges.

Now my rant on the pic, is not a male vs female one, but “Where did the pic come from?”. I’m sure I’ll get flamed, or praised for my above comments but back to the reason for the post.

People claimed this image was a hacked version on GTA San Andreas for the PC. With the “Hot Coffee” mod that went around, hacking nerds alike wanted to create a new controversial pic, and what better way than to say it’s a leaked image from GTA IV. My question to you, our faithful readers (both of you: Wife and Brother) is this picture just a pure hoax or is it a clue to some downloadable content ‘DLC’, that awaits every NextGen Console Gamer?

written by Juan Perez \\ tags: ball, chain, character, definatley, female, GTA, idea, image, leaked, mat, Nikita, Niko, problem, Revisited, skull, weapon, woman