A gentleman never asks

You know the best thing about the internet: sites and videos with age requirements that only ask that you input your own birth date before viewing. I guess the logic is that people under 18 aren't smart enough to subtract 18 years from 2009 or evil enough to lie about their age.

I was checking out this trailer for Modern Warfare 2, and the site asked for my age before it would show it to me. I lied. I think I said I was born January 1, 1962. I still got to see the video. It wasn't really worth it, though.

Speaking of game trailers, this is the first time I've not been excited about Batman: Arkham Asylum. I've never really been a Poison Ivy fan. Anyhow, the game looks awesome, other than that trailer.

Further speaking of game trailers, I've got a soft spot for LEGO games, so LEGO Battles is potentially something I might be "into." It's a real-time strategy game, which I'm not a huge fan of. I prefer fake-time strategy games like the Civilization series or the Total War series, which mixes RTS and turn-based strategy elements. I've only played one RTS on DS. It was fun enough that I'm excited about LEGO Battles.

I wrote a review of Punch-Out!!, which has one of the most annoying titles to type ever, for the Star-News. The review I wrote is an alternative story form, something that I think one of my professors, Andy Bechtel, pretty much came up with or at least named. Basically, it's a story that isn't written in the more traditional form. I think they're easier to read because they generally break up large amounts of text. It's probably something I should try in this blog. Let me know what you think of the article.

So, yeah, I started with games stuff, and now that I'm moving to sports stuff, I'm ready to stop writing. I knew that would happen. But here's some important stuff:

Bill Simmons pretty much ripped Kobe Doin' Work. Simmons thinks, among other things, that it's disingenuous and that Kobe isn't really as good of a teammate as he was during that single game. In fact, Simmons really hates on Kobe in that article. His predictions of Kobe's post-playing days are hilarious, though.

By the way, the Lakers look very much like losers in this Denver series. They look like they're the road team right now.

The Jake Peavy trade that wasn't may have some scary repercussions. Buster Olney said that Peavy's most likely places to land now are:

1. Chicago Cubs
   
2. Houston Astros
3. LA Dodgers
4. (Wild Card) NY Mets

I'm not sure why Peavy would go to the Cubs, considering he vetoed a trade to the White Sox because he didn't want to leave San Diego. Going to the Cubs would have a very similar locational effect as going to the White Sox. Hopefully, Peavy will realize that and stay out of the NL Central unless the Cardinals magically show up on Olney's list, which they won't.

(But then, Olney is also still picking the Rays to win the AL East. So, he might be a little crazy this morning. He also thinks they might call up David Price soon (Why is he on 79.2% of fantasy rosters?), so I guess we should all meet in Durham to watch him pitch soon.)

But the Cards got their own ace back Wednesday night, and he had an impressive but short outing. And then they finished the sweep of those asshole Cubbies behind a good performance from Adam Wainwright. The Cardinals pitching was pretty dominant in this series, and that was pretty much necessary since they've only scored 14 runs in the last six games. The Brewers scored 16 runs in just two of those games.

Considering Memorial Day is Monday, I might skip a day of blogging. Might.

QotD:

Do you think Kobe is a good teammate?

My take: This question is purposefully ambiguous. I'd say he's a good teammate because he's a great player, but I don't think he's necessarily a nice guy. By the way, ESPN's SportsNation would rather have LeBron on their team than Kobe. No real surprise there.