Kevin Wilson

Texas A&M putting up a fight, that Alabama bet isn't looking so good right now. As a neutral observer, I am just happy to see a close game and not a blowout.

I have put off starting Civ VI until football tomorrow so I can multi-task properly. But I like what I have seen so far, I haven't played a Civ in awhile so I'll probably have some re-learning to do.

I don't feel bad not fully understanding all the ins and outs of the 'targeting' rule when the officials and commentators don't seem to understand it either.

I think GAEA went out of business due to their Streamer Budget. Not Nagayo's only retirement ceremony.

I just assume I will never use the little game pads and only use the 'real' controller, but I am not really a mobile gamer. Mine will likely stay docked 90% of the time, unless I have company staying over and I just have to play a level but don't have access to the TV. I doubt I am the target audience for that reason, I just want to play the exclusives. The Wii U could never do that though, right? With the Switch, the "gamepad" is the console. The dock is just a way to charge it and make it go to the TV, its not the brains of the operation. While with the Wii U, the gamepad didn't have the juice to play any game on it unless it was within range of the console. I didn't have a Wii U except for the first year or so, but that is my understanding, that you couldn't take the Wii U gamepad on vacation and keep playing games but you can with the Switch.

Dr. Kevin thinks that Hoyer just had his arm broken, so looks like it is Matt Barkley time.

Well they are all giving bland 'we have no announcement' messages but I doubt Nintendo would have used their footage without consent and what not. 2K I think said the same thing. They may just not have a timetable yet and want to confirm it on their own terms.

Lots of developers are making blanket "We are excited about the Switch but have nothing to announce at this time," here is a list of developers that have been confirmed:

Seeing Skyrim gives me hope that more developers will support it and it will have a better catalog, which was my main knock on the last few Nintendo systems.

Since its a new Nintendo console that will likely have lots of updates over the next few months, figured it may deserve its own thread. Here is the preview trailer: All that looks fine, I mean the situations they paint are a bit out there, I don't see people propping up the little screen and four people sitting around playing it. Also, game makers will have to address having text that can be read on the small screen but doesn't look crazy on the big screen when it is docked. But I'll probably get one, it has some good ideas.

I don't personally do it but there could be a few reasons. It is cheaper, for one, since even if you tip its likely less than if you sat down and you likely can drink cheaper at home (plus less temptation to get appitizers, desserts, etc). I used to do takeout from restaurants for an elderly woman I helped, it was a lot of hassle for her to get out of the house due to her health but she still wanted the food, so takeout was the best option. As long as it isn't too far away, the food shouldn't be cold. I live in a bigger city so there are a lot of restaurants within five miles of me, I think as long as you're home within ten minutes and it was put in something that would keep it warm, you should be ok. I mean I have pizza and chinese delivered and its always still hot when it gets here. I do agree that its preferable to sit down in the restaurant to get it as fresh as possible, but I assume people that do takeout have some reason or another.

As a fan of a team that will likely be battling for the #6 seed in the AFC, I would like for the Steelers to lose every game without Big Ben. If this is possible.

Sendai Girls' big event will be streaming uh 'live' if you know where to look, I am interested to see the show and see how the crowd reacted to it all. Still sad about Syuri and Shida losing but I can understand it.

I'm excited about the show, but can we just put "spoilers" in the title so the thread isn't 100 spoiler boxes up to the event?

I'll agree the digital cards are dumb, I like having cards I can hold and organize on my shelf. I remember when they first did it with eTopps a decade ago and I thought it was silly then. I have a box of the next WWE box for pre-order, it is being released 11/2 I think. Just one box this time. I also ordered a box of WWE Slam Attax, my first of those boxes, so that will be exciting.

I have to give Shane credit for the one at the last WM, that was likely the most dangerous spot since the Foley/Taker HIAC. Very little room for error on that jump.

I think part of it is, I never get takeout from sit-down restaurants. Its either "carry out" at a pizza place or like those cheap but tasty Chinese places. If I ordered takeout from a nice sit-down restaurant I'd probably give a few bucks.

I know that gets mentioned quite a bit, but I am not really sold on any events/results happening now being because of a possible WWE Women's Classic. First, as Kana showed, just because one is going to WWE doesn't mean the wrestler has to lose their belts on the way out. Many wrestlers have had planned retirements (Sachiko, Mio, Kyoko upcoming) or left and the belts were just vacated, it doesn't seem to be a priority most of the time. Second, unless wrestlers like Nakajima and Satomura have already signed to join WWE, it doesn't make any sense to be dropping titles this early since at best the tournament is still in the hypothetical stage. I believe if the tournament takes place some Joshi wrestlers will certainly be going and some will likely get signed since NXT needs talented women wrestlers right now, I just doubt the owner of Sendai Girls' is dropping her title in October because she may wrestle in a tournament in six months since I don't think she'd need to drop her title for that. Unless talks are further along than has leaked anywhere, it would just seem to be too early to base results around something that still isn't set.

I'll believe the UFC until they say otherwise, they are generally right when it comes to fighters trying to get out of contracts.

I tend to over-tip, because my dad was a delivery driver for years so I know how little he made and how much he depended on tips. I also know how many people give $15 on an order of $14.33 and ask for change. For carryout/pick-up though I tend to not tip anything. I just don't see it as them doing anything tip-worthy, and cashiers (I am not even sure who keeps the tip in those cases) are paid a normal minimum wage and don't depend on it like delivery drivers and waiters. While I agree the whole system is silly, I think people would revolt is prices went up 20% all of a sudden so I don't think it is something that will ever change. I also don't under-tip for things that aren't the waiter's fault, but even if the waiter sucks I tend not to tip below 15%. They say the thing to do if a waiter is terrible is to talk to management, as low tips likely don't matter to people that suck at their job and hate it anyway.

I am surprised that Hashimoto pinned Satomura so early, after them not building it up at all (in terms of her picking up even one singles win against a mid-tier wrestler or higher). My only thought is that Satomura knows she is a draw on her own and doesn't need the belt, but still seems too soon. Will be interesting to see if she suddenly is mowing over people or if its a short-ish reign. On a side note I just found this for sale and really want it. Extremely hard to find items signed by all three, and its a DVD from I think their first show promoted together. But its also $85.

Oh goodie, this is the 'flag everything on every defensive play' referee crew. This will be a fun game.

I think I lasted longer than usual this year. I am satisfied. Also, fuck Pittsburgh.

I think even if Bellator isn't interested in doing PPV, they would for a GSP one-off (or two-off) if the situation arises. Stack a card the best they can, try to get some interest. I can't imagine a scenario that Bellator would have GSP on free TV, I agree that there isn't any way they'd make their money back on it. I'd be curious if they did a PPV with GSP, Chael, Tito, and a freak show legend fight with old popular names what kind of buyrate they could get. Wouldn't touch the top of UFC of course but it would probably do better than one would expect if they marketed it correctly. Course I don't expect GSP to ever fight anywhere except UFC but its still fun to think about.

You may not want to remove it from the box before the game just in case he doesn't throw any.