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1991's Turn

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Well last week, when I initially figured out how to work DOS Box, I featured one of the best games ever, from 1993 - Scorched Earth.  This week, being sick, afforded me the opportunity to find and play one of my personal favourite games - Mega Lo Mania.  I was only about 8 years old when my brother bought his very first computer - an Amiga.  His first game purchase was Ports of Call (which it seems is now available for the iPhone), quickly followed by Shufflepuck Cafe and Mega Lo Mania.

Now, I've played other games since Mega Lo Mania with a similar concept: fight as a God/Warlord to gain control of the planet.  But none of them have ever been as fun to me as Mega Lo Mania.  I think the difference has to do with how in Mega Lo Mania, you can develop better and better technology to try to win each individual Island.  Of course, when I was a kid, I didn't really care about winning, I just thought it was really cool to see what weapons you could develop as you got into more modern times.  But now I have actually figured out how to win, and with my recent illness have made it to the 5th Epoch (halfway through the game).  I can't wait to get to 2001 and have men with lasers and UFOs, just like in real life! ;)  Anyways, after I finally beat this game, maybe I'll switch over to another classic I played on my brother's Amiga: Where in the World is Carmen San Diego.

If you've had enough of my ramblings about ancient video games, you can read the links below the jump.
(PS: I don't do April Fools day)

Star-divide

  • Time to Say Goodbye: Loser Domi
    Um. Is it time someone here had a talk with Loser Domi?
  • The Drive For Five (non-playoff edition) *
    MLHS takes a look at the likelihood of the Leafs moving up in the Eastern Conference... and moving that 1st round pick the Bruins have down.
  • Wilson fires shots at Kaberle
    Steve Simmons thinks that Wilson and Kaberle do not get along. I'm not sure if that's really the issue - if it is, why wouldn't Kaberle have headed out of town ASAP? - but I do agree with his conclusion - Kaberle's days as a Leaf are numbered.
  • Vintage Leaf Memories keeps growing
    VLM has a bit of a State of the Blog post, with some interesting stuff.
  • Ranking NHL Defensive Units
    Scott Cullen takes a look at each team's defence corps, looking at the top seven for each and using this season's statistical production to rank all 30 teams along the blueline. And colour me surprised at where the Leafs ended up.
  • Letters to the Editor: Crying blue and white
    Check out this letter to the editor of the Hockey News. What advice would you give Jon Reed?
  • Taking the temperature in Toronto
    Ryan Dixon of the Hockey News thinks us Leaf fans should temper our optimism for next year. Someone should introduce this guy to mf37 if he thinks all Leaf fans wear rose-coloured glasses.
  • Snarlyee
    Norman James Sports says that Mike Van Ryn will be on am 980 on Saturday.
  • Ron Wilson’s War
    TSM speculates on Simmons' story, what it means about Tomas Kaberle, and what we can learn about Wilson.

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We shouldn't be too shocked about LD

The signs have been there for all to see.

I've always wanted to be a PPP Princess. You see kids, you can be anything you want to be; so long as Jay Leno doesn't also want to be that.

by SkinnyFish on Apr 1, 2010 8:23 AM EDT reply actions  

yeah

I bet you all thought that was some sort of joke, didn’t you? Joke’s on you

Article1: "I WANT HER TO BE A PRINCESS! THIS MAKES HER LOOK LIKE A SLUT!"

by loser domi on Apr 1, 2010 8:31 AM EDT up reply actions  

Your occasional bouts of emo-ness will be sorely missed.

by PLAYOFFS!!!1 on Apr 1, 2010 8:34 AM EDT up reply actions  

as an islanders fan, I expect it to continue somewhat, i mean how emo must Dipeitro be?

Have a point? Make it. Don't? Fake it.

by JaredFromLondon on Apr 1, 2010 8:47 AM EDT up reply actions  

how about Garth “I signed him for how long?” Snow?

by PLAYOFFS!!!1 on Apr 1, 2010 8:48 AM EDT up reply actions  

or that wang guy

Have a point? Make it. Don't? Fake it.

by JaredFromLondon on Apr 1, 2010 8:50 AM EDT up reply actions  

Hehehe. You said Wang.

by WendelMadeMe on Apr 1, 2010 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions  

cock-a-poo

I have nothing interesting to say.

by blurr1974 on Apr 1, 2010 10:05 AM EDT up reply actions  

Dipeitro

he is so emo, he doesn’t need to cut himself. His body does that for him.

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by loser domi on Apr 1, 2010 8:50 AM EDT up reply actions  

(To continue with my theme)
Calling bullshit until April 2, 2010

Wendel Killer Joseph

by MapleLeafMole on Apr 1, 2010 9:22 AM EDT up reply actions  

Simmons

is perhaps the worst sports-journalist covering the Leafs. Even worse then Dimanno.

has told old friends he "can’t stand playing for Wilson"

"He’s had enough," a good friend said. "He’s at his wit’s end with the guy."

I don’t know for sure that this isn’t true, but I’m not gonna believe it just ’cause Steve Simmons wrote it. It reads like tabloid-style garbage.

the "stressed out" dad-of-six is trying to deal with his own issues in a bid to "pry himself loose" from Angelina.

"Brad’s been very stressed out for months," says a ‘friend.’ "Things have not been going very well for him.

"He needs a change and a fresh start. If he didn’t seek the counsellings he might have died, that’s how bad it’s been."

Fuck you Steve Simmons, you hack.

And if Wilson is calling out the team’s longest serving member and 10th-highest leading scorer in franchise history publicly rather then engaging him respectfully in private, then that’s really poor form and I don’t have much confidence in this coach getting along with anybody for very long.

by general borschevsky on Apr 1, 2010 9:00 AM EDT reply actions  

Sorry… 11th-highest leading scorer in franchise history. See. Simmons makes me so mad I get sloppy.

by general borschevsky on Apr 1, 2010 9:04 AM EDT up reply actions  

Double Bingo

(one good turn deserves another)

Wendel Killer Joseph

by MapleLeafMole on Apr 1, 2010 9:04 AM EDT up reply actions  

It reads like tabloid-style garbage

You’ve read the Toronto Sun before, right?

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by clrkaitken on Apr 1, 2010 9:20 AM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

Calling the Sun “garbage” is an insult to trash everywhere

by WendelMadeMe on Apr 1, 2010 9:34 AM EDT up reply actions  

Also, if I was an professional athlete that was reserved and iclined to privacy, I would be absolutely furious with any so-called “friends” that had spoken on my behalf about my personal feelings with a jack ass like Steve Simmons. That would be then of the friendship right there.

by general borschevsky on Apr 1, 2010 9:21 AM EDT up reply actions  

Tomas Kaberle is Czech. I’m willing to wager all of his old friends are also Czech and live there. Did Steve Simmonds go to Czech to talk to Kaberle’s old friends? I think not.

I've always wanted to be a PPP Princess. You see kids, you can be anything you want to be; so long as Jay Leno doesn't also want to be that.

by SkinnyFish on Apr 1, 2010 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions  

It was probably just Kypreos.

by general borschevsky on Apr 1, 2010 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions  

Wilson blasted Kaberle and Beauchemin after Tuesday’s loss and I had no problem with that.

Fairweather fans can go to hell

by leafer1984 on Apr 1, 2010 10:20 AM EDT up reply actions  

yeah

that’s fine, they had a brutal game. But a “feud” between Wilson and Kaberle? I doubt it.

"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky

by Karina on Apr 1, 2010 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions  

If Kabby can’t take a public tongue lashing once in a while, then screw him. Honestly, how long has it been since Wilson took someone to task publicly? Better yet, when has he done that when it wasn’t warranted?

Agreed the Simmons piece is better served in a tabloid rag, but if Kabby really feels that way, then he has two options:

  1. be a man and accept the responsibility for the errors being blamed. then work to improve them.
  2. turn tail and run ask for a trade. any trade, to anywhere. tell Burke: “forget the NTC, I want out.”

If this is the guy so many feel should be captain of this franchise, then I would hope he chooses #1.

I have nothing interesting to say.

by blurr1974 on Apr 1, 2010 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions  

Who says Kabby can’t take a public-tongue lashing graciously? Only Simmons.

If it’s true that the writing is on the wall for Kaberle, with just 5 games to go in his 820-game Maple Leafs career… he could’ve picked a better time to call out Kabby’s +/-… like at the end of November, when it was a minus 9 and might’ve mattered.

by general borschevsky on Apr 1, 2010 11:15 AM EDT up reply actions  

needs moar

Have a point? Make it. Don't? Fake it.

by JaredFromLondon on Apr 1, 2010 9:05 AM EDT reply actions  

YES!!!!!

"...sometimes I wake up cradling a gourd."

by Fergus30 on Apr 1, 2010 9:06 AM EDT up reply actions  

Sierra was the best company

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 1, 2010 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions  

They made Half Life!

Cheers, Complaints, homerism and bashing of mediocre pop musicians in 140 Characters
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Apr 1, 2010 5:26 PM EDT up reply actions  

April 1, 2010

Scott Gomez:

GP73 G12 A44 PT56
Cap Hit: $7,357,142

This is not a joke.

Wendel Killer Joseph

by MapleLeafMole on Apr 1, 2010 9:13 AM EDT reply actions  

What scares me is how he’s got more goals than Zdeno Chara and Jay Bouwmeester combined (two guys who regularily outscore the Mexicant)

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by Kevin Sellathamby on Apr 1, 2010 5:27 PM EDT up reply actions  

Jason Blake had a 5 point night last year.

What.

The.

Fuck.

So happy we could serve as a fucking savings account for all these assholes while they went for an afternoon skare for us, only to immediately return to being NHL calibre players as soon as Burke punts you out of town.

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by clrkaitken on Apr 1, 2010 9:14 AM EDT reply actions  

didn’t he have a 5 point night for the leafs too? that time he got the hat trick?

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by JaredFromLondon on Apr 1, 2010 9:15 AM EDT up reply actions  

Possibly. But that was also a giant eff you to Paul Maurice.

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by clrkaitken on Apr 1, 2010 9:19 AM EDT up reply actions  

that night, I loved him.

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by Karina on Apr 1, 2010 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions  

Also see:

Steen, Alex
Stempniak, Lee

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by clrkaitken on Apr 1, 2010 9:15 AM EDT up reply actions  

its fucking baffling i tells ya….

There is no "I" in team, but there is an "M" and an "E"

by Matt_Roberts on Apr 1, 2010 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions  

Contract years are a hell of a drug.

Phaneuf Phever, an upgrade in skill and alliteration!

by Shield on Apr 1, 2010 11:24 AM EDT up reply actions  

Happy

Wendel Killer Joseph

by MapleLeafMole on Apr 1, 2010 9:15 AM EDT up reply actions  

April Fools day

Jason Blake is an NHL calibre player

Wendel Killer Joseph

by MapleLeafMole on Apr 1, 2010 9:16 AM EDT up reply actions  

So how about that stanley cup run?

by BlindSight on Apr 1, 2010 9:34 AM EDT reply actions  

:/

I've always wanted to be a PPP Princess. You see kids, you can be anything you want to be; so long as Jay Leno doesn't also want to be that.

by SkinnyFish on Apr 1, 2010 9:37 AM EDT up reply actions  

I thought there was a footnote in the official rule book that if we beat the opposing team by enough goals we can steal points from their total…..

by BlindSight on Apr 1, 2010 9:38 AM EDT up reply actions  

Is your Stanley Cup running? WELL YOU BETTER GO CATCH IT!

"...sometimes I wake up cradling a gourd."

by Fergus30 on Apr 1, 2010 9:38 AM EDT up reply actions  

THE STANLEY CUP WAS SUPPOSED TO BE OURS THIS YEAR! ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! /hits camera

by Marc Pilgrim on Apr 1, 2010 9:42 AM EDT up reply actions  

I’m scared what he’ll do when he finds out Monika with a K is getting a restraining order with an R.

I am the truculence that flaps in the night!

by Jo4nny on Apr 1, 2010 10:00 AM EDT up reply actions  

!!!!!!!

I have nothing interesting to say.

by blurr1974 on Apr 1, 2010 10:09 AM EDT up reply actions   2 recs

That gif is my single greatest contribution to the internet.

I've always wanted to be a PPP Princess. You see kids, you can be anything you want to be; so long as Jay Leno doesn't also want to be that.

by SkinnyFish on Apr 1, 2010 10:14 AM EDT up reply actions  

What’s his name again? Jeff I think. All I remember is his random arguments on facebook.

A Nation of Masochists Don't blame me. I voted Blurr/WAC.

by furcifer on Apr 1, 2010 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions  

Jeff “God’s Gift to the Internet” Morris

I've always wanted to be a PPP Princess. You see kids, you can be anything you want to be; so long as Jay Leno doesn't also want to be that.

by SkinnyFish on Apr 1, 2010 10:21 AM EDT up reply actions  

Yeah, I am too yet I never go on the group anymore because people are insane. It’s so much better in the comfortable confines of PPP…yes so much better (looks around in fear for overlord)

A Nation of Masochists Don't blame me. I voted Blurr/WAC.

by furcifer on Apr 1, 2010 10:26 AM EDT up reply actions  

/nods approvingly

//lowers scoped rifle

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by PPP on Apr 1, 2010 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions  

///don’t mind the moving red dot on your clothes

I've always wanted to be a PPP Princess. You see kids, you can be anything you want to be; so long as Jay Leno doesn't also want to be that.

by SkinnyFish on Apr 1, 2010 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions  

it should go on your tombstone. with audio, so it sounds like you’re yelling from the grave!

I have nothing interesting to say.

by blurr1974 on Apr 1, 2010 10:33 AM EDT up reply actions  

If only gifs could have a sound toggle.

by BlindSight on Apr 1, 2010 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions  

The Sabres are doing their part, they’ve been playing lots of lottery teams the past two weeks, and didn’t give them any points at all.

Of course, we play you and you’re a lottery team… so we might not be so helpful today.

Also, florida officially is tanking now and they’re not even trying to hide it.

Not even the Toronto Maple Leafs could kill my optimism

Tyler Ennis: Freed from Portland!

by Ubiquitous on Apr 1, 2010 9:37 AM EDT reply actions  

Meh

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by clrkaitken on Apr 1, 2010 9:45 AM EDT up reply actions  

It was no 1983

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by PPP on Apr 1, 2010 9:55 AM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

’84 was better

Fairweather fans can go to hell

by leafer1984 on Apr 1, 2010 10:22 AM EDT up reply actions  

Rec’d, 83 was awesome.

Prefers pugnacity to truculence.

by chillin411 on Apr 1, 2010 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions  

almost

you mean ’82

"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky

by Karina on Apr 1, 2010 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions  

nothing beats ’82

Wendel Killer Joseph

by MapleLeafMole on Apr 1, 2010 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions  

Winner

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by clrkaitken on Apr 1, 2010 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions  

85 4 life

There is no "I" in team, but there is an "M" and an "E"

by Matt_Roberts on Apr 1, 2010 1:32 PM EDT up reply actions  

I’ve long argued that 1991 was in fact the greatest pop culture year of all time.

Down Goes Brown - Unapologetically nostalgic for the past. Brutally realistic about the present. Grudgingly optimistic about the future.

by Down Goes Brown on Apr 1, 2010 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions  

You will need to elaborate. Off hand only thing I can think of from that year is Pearl Jam – Ten and Nirvana – Nevermind both came out that year

Fairweather fans can go to hell

by leafer1984 on Apr 1, 2010 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions  

Sports
- The Twins and Braves face off in one of the greatest World Series of all time
- Whitney Houston sings the national anthem at the Super Bowl
- Scott Norwood’s famous missed kick
- First year of the Carter/Alomar/Devo era. Late in the year, the Jays sign Dave Winfield.
- The Leafs hire Cliff Fletcher.

TV
- NBC still has Cheers and the Cosby Show in it’s Thursday night lineup, with Seinfeld slowly gaining popularity in the background
- Fox has it’s best year, with the Simpsons, Married With Children and In Living Color all in their prime
- Saturday Night Live enters the Sandler/Spade/Farley era.

Movies
- Silence of the Lambs wins everything at the Oscars
- Terminator II, arguably the greatest action movie of all time comes out
- Beauty and the Beast is nominated for an Oscar, reviving the animation genre which is still going strong
- That’s pretty much it… it was a terrible year for movies.

Music
- Guns N’ Roses releases Use Your Illusion I and II, arguably the greatest achievement in the history of music. They’re also the last two truly great stadium rock albums, because…
- Grunge goes mainstream thanks to Nirvana, Pearl Jam, etc.
- Naughty by Nature releases your favorite rap song of all time, “OPP”

Gaming
- Tecmo Super Bowl released
- Computer games released included Civilization and Lemmings,
- EA Sports launches the NHL Hockey series
- Did I mention Tecmo Super Bowl?

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by Down Goes Brown on Apr 1, 2010 11:46 AM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

Wow

You copied and pasted that from somewhere didn’t you?

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by PPP on Apr 1, 2010 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions  

I don’t think he did.
Also… 1991 was awesome!

Fairweather fans can go to hell

by leafer1984 on Apr 1, 2010 11:51 AM EDT up reply actions  

the Argos (in their first year of ownership under McNall, Gretzky and John Candy) with Rocket Ismail beat the Stampeders for the Grey Cup, their first Grey Cup since 83.

I actually enjoyed the CFL for a time there…

I have nothing interesting to say.

by blurr1974 on Apr 1, 2010 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions  

CFLTalk

Riders just picked up Thigpen, he’s supposed to be ok.

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 1, 2010 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions  

The green riders can piss off.

ARGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOS

Fairweather fans can go to hell

by leafer1984 on Apr 1, 2010 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions  

Apparently Revolution fans “call” the TFC for hockey fouls. I’m looking forward to it if I can go.

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 1, 2010 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

Dude, if you ever come up for a Rev game, let me know. TFC has some of the best fans in the MLS

Fairweather fans can go to hell

by leafer1984 on Apr 1, 2010 12:53 PM EDT up reply actions  

Can’t wait to meet your friends Mario and Bruno! They sound like such swell chaps!

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 1, 2010 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions  

p.s. will do.

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 1, 2010 12:57 PM EDT up reply actions  

p.p.s. Looks like that’s on May 22nd this year…I’m not optimistic about making that.

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 1, 2010 12:58 PM EDT up reply actions  

Yes, from myself a few years ago.

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by Down Goes Brown on Apr 1, 2010 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

I still play Tecmo Super Bowl…

Fairweather fans can go to hell

by leafer1984 on Apr 1, 2010 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions  

Play Action Football for NES bitches!!!1

Actual size.

by Sergei Puckizin on Apr 1, 2010 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions  

It may have been a terrible year for movies, but Silence of the Lambs makes up for that.

Haha, OPP

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by Karina on Apr 1, 2010 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions  

Soviet Union officially falls?

Phaneuf Phever, an upgrade in skill and alliteration!

by Shield on Apr 1, 2010 11:54 AM EDT up reply actions  

you down with OPP…?

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by blurr1974 on Apr 1, 2010 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions  

Lemmings ruled so so hard.

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 1, 2010 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

it still does

"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky

by Karina on Apr 1, 2010 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions  

It was also the year that Quest for Glory 1 was remade into a VGA point-and-click adventure, which led to the series lasting until Quest for Glory 5 (p.s. if anyone has a windows 98 install disk I want to play QfG5 real bad

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 1, 2010 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions  

1991 was an amazing year for music, good and bad

Metallica releases “Metallica”. 2Pac’s debut album “2Pacalypse Now”, the first Lollapalooza, RHCP’s “Blood Sugar Sex Magik”, the Pixies “Trompe le Monde”, the Hip’s second album “Road Apples” (their first #1 in Canada), NoFX’s “Ribbed”, Fugazzi’s “Steady Diet of Nothing”, Green Day’s “1039…”, Matthew Sweet’s “Girlfriend”, My Bloody Valentine’s “Loveless”, the sad end of both NWA and the Replacements, the deaths of Freddie Mercury, Eric Carr and Def Leppard’s “Steamin’” Steve Clark…

I take exception with your statement on 1991 movies. Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey came out the summer of 91. Excellent.

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by blurr1974 on Apr 1, 2010 12:19 PM EDT up reply actions  

I like what you did there at the end.

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by Shield on Apr 1, 2010 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions  

TWSS

"The only way out is in a body bag. Go Leafs Go." - Blinky

by Karina on Apr 1, 2010 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions  

it truly is an underrated movie. the whole spoof of “The Seventh Seal” was way over my head at the time, but seeing it now, for a summer comedy, it’s quite intelligent.

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by blurr1974 on Apr 1, 2010 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions  

 I didn’t see it when it came out (I was three) but I watched them both maybe 5 years ago and really liked them both; pretty timeless comedy. I had also never heard of the ‘7th Seal’ before but I wikipedia’d the movie after I watched it and read about it, I like when comedy movies (especially sequels) are written with some thought.

Phaneuf Phever, an upgrade in skill and alliteration!

by Shield on Apr 1, 2010 1:19 PM EDT up reply actions  

- If I die, you can have my Megadeth collection.

- But, dude, we’re already dead.

- Oh. Well then they’re yours, dude.

IMDB users only rate it 5.8/10. Idiots.

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by article1 on Apr 1, 2010 1:31 PM EDT up reply actions  

bret hart wins first world title? or was that 92…

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by Matt_Roberts on Apr 1, 2010 1:34 PM EDT up reply actions  

That was 1992, in Saskatoon.

Uh… I mean… how would I know, wrestling is fake and stupid.

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by Down Goes Brown on Apr 1, 2010 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

Poor Jon Reed

A whole SIXTEEN YEARS of hopes dashed, dreams crushed and hearts broken. Seriously, a sad, sad tale.

Take heart, the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence little Johnny.

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by blurr1974 on Apr 1, 2010 10:09 AM EDT reply actions  

New DGB

A little late, but here’s the April Fools post.

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by Down Goes Brown on Apr 1, 2010 10:26 AM EDT reply actions  

I think the 2K Sports one is my favourite.
Or Johnathan Toews.

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by Karina on Apr 1, 2010 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions  

2K sports is definitely the best one. Its funny because he was in that lame commercial and that’s probably why he gets the cover.

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by Shield on Apr 1, 2010 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions  

i will never buy a game that has ryan kesler on the cover…. luckily its 2k

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by Matt_Roberts on Apr 1, 2010 1:35 PM EDT up reply actions  

Exactly, I’d never buy a 2K game anyways. I have already decided that if there is a Hab, Sen or player I really hate on an EA NHL game I will scan the cover and photoshop a Leaf onto it, and then print and use that cover.. like actually.

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by Shield on Apr 1, 2010 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions  

oh yea, some of the custom covers ive seen are awesome. the NHL 09 Luke Schenn one in particular.

I played 2k7 and thought it was alright, EA was a little off on 2007 but every other EA game blows away 2K. 94, 06 and 10 are particular favorites

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by Matt_Roberts on Apr 1, 2010 1:47 PM EDT up reply actions  

up until 08 2k was winning.

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 1, 2010 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions  

up until 08

2k was better. no idea what happened, but it went off the rails quite quickly

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by blurr1974 on Apr 1, 2010 1:58 PM EDT up reply actions  

EA woke up and started caring about making a good game again.

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by clrkaitken on Apr 1, 2010 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions  

Yeah, they pretty much recycled 03 for 4 years. 2k is still recycling 2k6.

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by Shield on Apr 1, 2010 2:10 PM EDT up reply actions  

I never had a 2k game, probably because I didn’t buy any games during the years when 2k was ‘winning’. I had NHL 94, 95, 97 (for SNES) and then 98, 99, 2000 (for PC). I had 2003 (or whatever one had Iginla on the cover) for Xbox… and then nothing till 09.

I really wasn’t into hockey very much in high school (02-06), and therefore didn’t really buy any hockey video games.

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by Shield on Apr 1, 2010 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions  

From Mirtle's Twitter

Primeau got in on the media grilling Kaberle today.

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by Karina on Apr 1, 2010 11:42 AM EDT reply actions  

He’s immediately moved into the top 3 Toronto reporters.

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by clrkaitken on Apr 1, 2010 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions  

Good Lord

do NOT read the Paul Hunter article in the Star today. He calls Phaneuf overrated, based on that player poll that was taken. But I’m confused – I thought Luongo won that poll?

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by Karina on Apr 1, 2010 12:56 PM EDT reply actions  

Luongo won the ESPN poll i think, and Phaneuf won the SI poll.

both are complete crap for hockey news and educated opinion.

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by blurr1974 on Apr 1, 2010 12:58 PM EDT up reply actions  

ahhhh

thanks, I was wondering why I was confused.
Still. Hunter’s article makes me sad. Why must they subject our star players to that crap?

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by Karina on Apr 1, 2010 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions  

jealousy

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 1, 2010 1:00 PM EDT up reply actions  

I’m just back to the whole hating on the TSM again.

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by Karina on Apr 1, 2010 1:01 PM EDT up reply actions  

I mean that they’re jealous

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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Apr 1, 2010 1:02 PM EDT up reply actions  

oh yes I know what you meant.
I’d be jealous too, if I was a male.

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by Karina on Apr 1, 2010 1:03 PM EDT up reply actions  

I don’t think Dion really cares though, if anything he will go out and score two goals tonight while also running over like 7 guys.

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by Shield on Apr 1, 2010 1:01 PM EDT up reply actions  

wasnt it only like 50 players piolled as well? so thats what….under 10% of the league, with only 21% voting for phaneuf. So thats like…11 guys think hes overrated. big deal

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by Matt_Roberts on Apr 1, 2010 1:40 PM EDT up reply actions  

polled* not piolled

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by Matt_Roberts on Apr 1, 2010 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions  

its also probably all guys who have been smoked by phaneuf in the past and hate him

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by Matt_Roberts on Apr 1, 2010 1:42 PM EDT up reply actions  

Yeah, in one article Dion says its probably because people hate playing against him.

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by Shield on Apr 1, 2010 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions  

who wouldnt

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by Matt_Roberts on Apr 1, 2010 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

Either that or he keeps going up to other players’ wives, clubbing them over the head and then dragging them around by the hair.

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by article1 on Apr 1, 2010 1:58 PM EDT up reply actions  

nice, im going to the game tonight, hopefully Irwin can help us get our first win against Buffalo this year.
I hear he is centrering a line with Mitchell and Caputi on the wings. Grabbo is with Kessel and the frat line is together again

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by Matt_Roberts on Apr 1, 2010 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions  

They go out to dinner together, they go to the movies together and, on Tuesday, they scored together. Tyler Bozak, Christian Hanson and Viktor Stalberg…

are we sure we want to be broadcasting this?

by birky on Apr 1, 2010 2:29 PM EDT reply actions  

it would be a hit with the ladies of the barilkosphere, thats for sure

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by Matt_Roberts on Apr 1, 2010 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions  

TyBo, tag me in!
I don’t think so Viktor.
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by nhlcheapshot on Apr 1, 2010 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

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