Dr. Bruce and Stephe are en route to Austin Comic Con, where the streets will soon run with Geeky effluent of all manner. It's cool though. I'm saving myself for full immersion at the big one (San Diego) and the good doctor left a little prezzie behind, a visual representation of one of the Austin event's … Continue reading Friday LinkFrogging – 11/12/10
Tag: Eastbound and Down
I, your humble editor, have a confession to make. When I sat down to compile this week's list of links, I had no cheesecake. That, dear reader(s) is a first. I usually have the pick made by Monday with at least an inkling of what I'm going to write about. This week, nothing. None of … Continue reading Friday LinkFrogging – 10/22/10
Its that time of year. The games that matter are getting fewer and fewer as the Boys of Summer head into the fall. Add to that the impending return of HBO's brilliantly profane Eastbound and Down and me coaching my kids' baseball team and I've got the great American past time on the brain. I'll … Continue reading The 10 Greatest Fictional Baseball Players of All Time
Heard you missed us. We're back! That's right kids, your Gonzo Geeks have reconvened and throw a week's worth of investigative surfing into a big hat. Not as big a hat as Slash, but a big hat none the less. Now its time to see what the boys have come up with. But before we … Continue reading Friday LinkFrogging – 4/23/10
I got this game for Father's Day and with this being All-Star Day, it seems like a perfect time for a review. I've been playing video baseball games since my handheld LCD game back in the 70s. I love the game and I love the games. I've played iterations of the EA baseball game across … Continue reading Backyard Baseball ’10
It was 1977. I was 9 years old when my parents took my sister and I to see "Smokey and the Bandit." They took us on the condition that we wouldn't listen to the "bad words." We lived a sheltered life. We didn't know which ones were the bad ones. But I digress. If you're … Continue reading Recasting “Smokey and the Bandit”