Archive for January, 2009

  • GoDaddy Purchases Second Super Bowl Commercial

    GoDaddy Purchases Second Super Bowl Commercial

    Recently, GoDaddy.com has been asking its visitors to vote for which of two commercials they should air during the Super Bowl. After the votes were counted, GoDaddy.com decided against picking just one of the spots and instead bought a second spot during the Super Bowl.
    GoDaddy.com, which is known for being … More »

  • Fair Grounds Race Course preview for Super Bowl Sunday

    Fair Grounds Race Course preview for Super Bowl Sunday

    Saturday (1-31-09) Fair Grounds recap
    Both surfaces seemed to play fair.
    Hat trick for Jamie Theriot. Brian Hernandez Jr. booted home a pair. Morris Nicks saddled two winners on the day.
    Turfiste (Theriot-Holthus) headed favored pacesetter Big Push in the 52nd running of the Black Gold Stakes for 3yo turf sprinters. … More »

  • Gulfstream Park news and notes for Super Bowl Sunday

    Gulfstream Park news and notes for Super Bowl Sunday

    Before I take a look at Super Bowl Sunday’s graded races, let’s review the big events run this week at the Gulf.

    Thursday (1-29-09):
    Old Hat (G3) runner-up Elusive Heat (Elusive Quality-Xtra Heat) won a 6f allowance race as Alan Garcia pleased and stopped the clock in a rapid 1:08.94. … More »

  • Mark Valley on Flying with JJ Abrams

    Mark Valley on Flying with JJ Abrams

    Here’s my favorite quote of the week. It’s from a recent conference call with Mark Valley, John Scott of Fringe.

    “Can you imagine being on an airplane with J.J. Abrams, just kind of sitting there, what’s going through his head? He’s probably thinking about people screaming and luggage flying everywhere.”
    Same reason … More »

  • Andrew Bynum Knee Injury - Fantasy Update

    Andrew Bynum Knee Injury - Fantasy Update

    Andrew Bynum of the Los Angeles Lakers must be experiencing deja vu. In a January game against the Memphis Grizzlies, Bynum has injured a knee. He was helped off the court and appeared to be in considerable pain.
    The injury occurred when Kobe Bryant fell into Bynum’s knee. Bynum immediately grabbed … More »

  • Pro Football HOF Class of 2009

    Pro Football HOF Class of 2009

    National Football League Blogcast, NFL Blogcast
    The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced their Class of 2009 today in Tampa (site of tomorrow’s Super Bowl XLIII, of course). Wide receiver Bob Hayes, guard Randall McDaniel, defensive end Bruce Smith, linebacker Derrick Thomas, owner Ralph Wilson Jr., and defensive back Rod Woodson … More »

  • Norman Chad and Lon McEachern

    Norman Chad and Lon McEachern

    Norman Chad and Lon McEachern make one hell of a duo. I highly doubt their announcing tandem could be topped by another. Still, Chad has me wondering. I used to think his schtick was all in humor, but now I’m starting to think he’s quite serious with … More »

  • Pittsburgh Steelers will win Super Bowl

    Pittsburgh Steelers will win Super Bowl

    NFL Football at its best. NFL Football at its craziest.

    The Steelers will win the Super Bowl.
    There. It is out there. The Steelers will win.
    Funny, my heart wants the Cardinals to win, but my mind says the Steelers will win.
    The Cardinals have Kurt Warner and he is on a … More »

  • UConn Come On Down!

    UConn Come On Down!

    Your pounding of Providence today 91-67 means you will be the new number one team in the nation!
    But don’t get too comfortable. You could only be there for a few hours.
    The Huskies play at Louisville on Monday night. A loss there could make it the shortest stay ever by … More »

  • NBA All-Star Snubs - Who Should Have Made It

    NBA All-Star Snubs - Who Should Have Made It

    The 2009 All-Star Game reserves were recently named and the coaches got most of the selections right. However, there were three blatant mistakes made. Here are the three snubs along with the three players who should have been left off the All-Star team.
    In: Ray Allen
    Out: Devin Harris
    There’s absolutely no way … More »

  • Granado Espada Version 3.3: What to expect

    Granado Espada Version 3.3: What to expect

    Boy, Granado Espada Version 3.0, better known as The Zeia, is still piping hot but news of the release of Version 3.3 in South Korea (and probably Japan) is already rocking the Southeast Asian community.
    This is, of course, due to a video trailer of Granado Espada Version 3.3 hitting the … More »

  • Fly For Fun Philippines client won't download?

    Fly For Fun Philippines client won't download?

    I’ve been receiving a lot of complaints about how the download link for the Fly For Fun client on the Level Up! Games website won’t work or about the patcher not working, and frankly it’s getting on my nerves.
    First, as I’ve said countless times, MMOtaku and b5media are in no … More »

  • Super Bowl Prediction - Fantasy Football Stats

    Super Bowl Prediction - Fantasy Football Stats

    Although the Pittsburgh Steelers are favored, this Super Bowl will undoubtedly be a well fought game. Here are our predictions on how it will play out and the resulting fantasy football stats for the Super Bowl.
    Final Score
    Pittsburgh Steelers – 24
    Arizona Cardinals – 21
    Quarterbacks
    Kurt Warner – 301 yards, three touchdowns, two … More »

  • Lots of earthshaking changes in Florensia

    Lots of earthshaking changes in Florensia

    And I’m not playing anymore!
    Don’t you just hate that? I mean, quitting from a game only to find out later that it has improved … a lot. Well, it happens to me a lot. There goes that “a lot” again.
    Anyway, I have no regrets, primarily because Florensia is free to … More »

  • Granado Espada V3.0 patch notes

    Granado Espada V3.0 patch notes

    Just like what I did on January 21, 2009 for Atlantica Online, I’m posting here on MMOtaku the patch notes (well, at least an excerpt) for Version 3.0 of Granado Espada in Southeast Asia:

    The Ancient Shelter has been introduced to the game. This is a non-PK version of the Ancient … More »