<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984097374964526018</id><updated>2011-07-08T09:34:25.911-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Odds n' Ends.</title><subtitle type='html'>When the things that I write can't be homogenized down to 140 characters, or posted in other places, they go here. It's really that simple.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nonsportsblog.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6984097374964526018/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nonsportsblog.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>targetthyself</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397071949521239863</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_afm5eLZmdnE/SuVukNQ3UDI/AAAAAAAAAAY/b838_Bvzywo/S220/avy_UL_copy_profile_page.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984097374964526018.post-9004477398765535716</id><published>2010-03-02T06:05:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-02T06:37:32.004-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Heavy Rain washes me away.</title><summary type='text'>About two week ago, Heavy Rain landed in my mailbox. Since that time I've had this feeling in my gut that been urging me to run to the rooftops and tell people about this game. While I've reviewed games before this one is different, something that needs to be experienced by everybody. 

To understand what makes Heavy Rain so special, I'll give you an example. In the smash hit GTA IV you play Niko</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nonsportsblog.blogspot.com/feeds/9004477398765535716/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://nonsportsblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/heavy-rain-washes-me-away.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6984097374964526018/posts/default/9004477398765535716'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6984097374964526018/posts/default/9004477398765535716'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nonsportsblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/heavy-rain-washes-me-away.html' title='Heavy Rain washes me away.'/><author><name>targetthyself</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397071949521239863</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_afm5eLZmdnE/SuVukNQ3UDI/AAAAAAAAAAY/b838_Bvzywo/S220/avy_UL_copy_profile_page.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984097374964526018.post-9110592660287615342</id><published>2010-01-07T08:20:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-07T08:21:09.955-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Review</title><summary type='text'>Make no mistake Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is a fun title, and the best shooter of 09 but it's a worse game then its predecessor across the board, and ultimately its underwhelming campaign, and short, no frills style doesn't justify a 60 dollar price tag. 
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When you pop Call of Duty:Modern Warfare 2 into your console you expect big things from it, with the press it's gotten, and the full </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nonsportsblog.blogspot.com/feeds/9110592660287615342/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://nonsportsblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2-review.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6984097374964526018/posts/default/9110592660287615342'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6984097374964526018/posts/default/9110592660287615342'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nonsportsblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2-review.html' title='Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Review'/><author><name>targetthyself</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397071949521239863</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_afm5eLZmdnE/SuVukNQ3UDI/AAAAAAAAAAY/b838_Bvzywo/S220/avy_UL_copy_profile_page.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984097374964526018.post-1594025735471381276</id><published>2009-11-28T09:01:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-28T09:06:38.842-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Fiction Break: The Destroyer</title><summary type='text'>This was an a piece I wrote for a night-school assignment. I ended up dropping it, but it's one of the pieces of fiction I've written I'm most proud of. The assignment was "Write something based on the sentence; I walk down the street, I turn the corner and..." 

Yeah I know, shitty topic but I made this out of it. Enjoy. 





Haste is the bane of my personal being, but today I make an exception</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nonsportsblog.blogspot.com/feeds/1594025735471381276/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://nonsportsblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/fiction-break-destroyer.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6984097374964526018/posts/default/1594025735471381276'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6984097374964526018/posts/default/1594025735471381276'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nonsportsblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/fiction-break-destroyer.html' title='Fiction Break: The Destroyer'/><author><name>targetthyself</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397071949521239863</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_afm5eLZmdnE/SuVukNQ3UDI/AAAAAAAAAAY/b838_Bvzywo/S220/avy_UL_copy_profile_page.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984097374964526018.post-2448670262929478183</id><published>2009-11-05T09:09:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-05T09:16:00.015-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Truth About The 2009 Elections</title><summary type='text'>The numbers have been crunched and for both parties the truth hurts. I'll start with the Republican's because I'm a Democrat, and it makes me happier to give them bad news. 

For the Republican Party they picked up two fairly big Governor seats in Virginia, and New Jersey. Jon Corzine was a media favorite because of his charisma, but the simple fact was he wasn't serving his constituency the way </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nonsportsblog.blogspot.com/feeds/2448670262929478183/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://nonsportsblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/truth-about-2009-elections.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6984097374964526018/posts/default/2448670262929478183'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6984097374964526018/posts/default/2448670262929478183'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nonsportsblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/truth-about-2009-elections.html' title='The Truth About The 2009 Elections'/><author><name>targetthyself</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397071949521239863</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_afm5eLZmdnE/SuVukNQ3UDI/AAAAAAAAAAY/b838_Bvzywo/S220/avy_UL_copy_profile_page.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984097374964526018.post-8541153956634186914</id><published>2009-10-26T09:34:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-28T03:41:00.920-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Batman Arkham Asylum review.</title><summary type='text'>

 If you can name all of the faces in that photo you should have beaten this already.

Back when I first heard about this game in Game Informer I had some major doubts. 

For starters the company that produced this game, Eidos Interactive, had managed to ruin it's credibility in the gaming industry by running the Tomb Raider franchise directly into the ground with one of the worst games of it's </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nonsportsblog.blogspot.com/feeds/8541153956634186914/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://nonsportsblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/batman-arkhum-asylum-review_26.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6984097374964526018/posts/default/8541153956634186914'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6984097374964526018/posts/default/8541153956634186914'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nonsportsblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/batman-arkhum-asylum-review_26.html' title='Batman Arkham Asylum review.'/><author><name>targetthyself</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04397071949521239863</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_afm5eLZmdnE/SuVukNQ3UDI/AAAAAAAAAAY/b838_Bvzywo/S220/avy_UL_copy_profile_page.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_afm5eLZmdnE/SuWjRqgmSDI/AAAAAAAAABg/3MhkXXskJug/s72-c/batman-arkham-asylum.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
