I accomplished the feat of solving the first 500 deals on freecell.  It took me over 2 years, becuase I did them at lunch.  The hardest of the 401-500 set was number 476.  You need 8's, Q's, K's, 10's, 9's, 4's and 7's.  But you have to "thread the needle" meaning the game warns you at some point that you have filled all of your cells and have exactly one move.  It was a toughie.

I accomplished the feat of solving the first 500 deals on freecell.  It took me over 2 years, becuase I did them at lunch.  The hardest of the 401-500 set was number 476.  You need 8's, Q's, K's, 10's, 9's, 4's and 7's.  But you have to "thread the needle" meaning the game warns you at some point that you have filled all of your cells and have exactly one move.  It was a toughie.

I have 480i.  That's it.  Nothing better.  I have PS3 and Xbox360.  To repeat myself, these are in standard definition, composite, 480i.  They look pretty damn good.  However, Best Buy has them on a beautiful HDTV at 720i.  I call that the Salivation Station.  If you think, like I did, that you get the same gameplay experience, you need to check out a store that has a Salivation Station.  It is no longer a question of "if" I get an HDTV.  It is a question of when.

I have 480i.  That's it.  Nothing better.  I have PS3 and Xbox360.  To repeat myself, these are in standard definition, composite, 480i.  They look pretty damn good.  However, Best Buy has them on a beautiful HDTV at 720i.  I call that the Salivation Station.  If you think, like I did, that you get the same gameplay experience, you need to check out a store that has a Salivation Station.  It is no longer a question of "if" I get an HDTV.  It is a question of when.

Last year, I heard that Maryland had a bill to restrict the sales of video games to minors. The bill was HB707. It passed unanimously in the House of Delegates and Senate. I was upset at the time because the ESA was all huzzah about it. As reported on gamepolitics.com, the new, poorly written Utah game bill reminded me of the MD legislation. I was correctly criticized for lack of information, so I looked it up. Here is what I found:

Last year, I heard that Maryland had a bill to restrict the sales of video games to minors. The bill was HB707. It passed unanimously in the House of Delegates and Senate. I was upset at the time because the ESA was all huzzah about it. As reported on gamepolitics.com, the new, poorly written Utah game bill reminded me of the MD legislation. I was correctly criticized for lack of information, so I looked it up. Here is what I found:

I learned a most valuable lesson last night, and it's the reason the game mentioned in Parts I thru IV isn't showing as available. It goes something like this:

Once you buy it, it is no longer in the Playstation Store!

After that stupidity, I decided to get seriously pwned on Halo 2. Nice. I guess that's why my Xbox gamerzone is Recreation, not Pro!

I learned a most valuable lesson last night, and it's the reason the game mentioned in Parts I thru IV isn't showing as available. It goes something like this:

Once you buy it, it is no longer in the Playstation Store!

After that stupidity, I decided to get seriously pwned on Halo 2. Nice. I guess that's why my Xbox gamerzone is Recreation, not Pro!