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Good morning fellow Pixlbiticans! It is a nice 66 degrees here in Sunny Southern California. Spring is here, that two weeks of Winter was fun, and now I can’t wait for the two weeks of Spring before the months of triple digit heat. Yes the Summer weather sucks, but the majority of the tourists are gone. Yesterday I was stuck behind an A-hole who thought 50mph Speed Limit was a suggestion and decided to go 10mph under it, all while pointing to various locations. I was stuck behind this genius, and when I went to pass he was rocking the early Bluetooth headpieces while playing tour guide. I don’t hate all tourists, just the ones that are jackasses.

Anyways today’s entry is not about jackass tourists, but a couple of items I usually reserve for Quick Hits but I thought you folks might enjoy these items today: Toys R Us is having a sale, and my Aztecs are in the Sweet Sixteen…okay maybe the last one might be more me than you guys/gals/little green men watching from above.

 

So I heard that Toys R Us was having a Clearance sale, and right after I read about it on the interwebs, I get an email

 

I figured why not give it a looksee, I was feeling a bit better, from my cold, my basketball game ended, and it was the weekend so no Bonanza, so I headed out to the local TRU. While at the store I noticed a bunch of stuff in the electronics section had the green tags, and since I didn’t bother to look at my email I just scanned an item from each color and did the math. A nice mother kept telling me about to look for what was on sale. I was waiting for her to call me “Mijo” but it didn’t happen.

So I was looking for games, spotted a couple I liked and then GameStop Guy showed up. GameStop guy or what I like to call “Mouthbreather” is the guy who hangs out at GameStop, and just talk to the poor employee trying to do their job. This time he was talking to his friend about DS games and going on and on about various games. I think all she wanted to know is if the game would be fun for her. Anyways while I was looking at the PS3 games he made some comment towards me, I just looked at him, and then went about my business. It was something fanboyish, which really doesn’t need any response because you’re just feeding the real life troll. I left the area to go and check if the Lego section got the same color treatment, which it did not. Time for me to get my items and leave so I can pickup dinner, so I went back grabbed my games, one of them I heard Mouthbreather wonder outloud “I wonder how much that game is” and I proceeded to check out. So in the end of my trip to Toys R Us I picked up

 

So I finally own a copy of Borderlands 2 for the 360. It goes well with the add-on pack I bought thinking it was the game. Mouthbreather was wondering about this game, and this was the last copy.

Child of Eden and De Blob 2 were games I was watching when they hit the clearance section but were a bit too pricey at their clearance price. Puzzle Quest because I kinda like these match 3 role play games. I wanted to get this Jonas Brothers DS game purely for the hilarity of owning a Jonas Brothers game but after buying these CDs as well

 

That Simpson guy is on Dancing With The Stars & Glee...yeah I'm SMH too 

I needed some self respect, so I will hold off on the Jonas Brothers game for a couple of days.

I heard some rumors that some DS systems were on clearance; unfortunately my local store no longer carries them. They do have a PSP bundle…that’s full price. What the hell? If Toys R Us would throw it in the clearance sale at 40% off, I would gladly take it off their hands. So if you have a Toys R Us, check them out, you might find some cool stuff on Clearance.

 

Now for basketball

 

My Aztecs are in the Sweet Sixteen! Second time in four years, with a team that was supposed to be “rebuilding” and picked forth in conference.

In the second round of the tourney, one of our in conference rivals got knocked out again in their first game. Last year they lost to Harvard, and this year they lost to Harvard of the West: Stanford. Doug Gottlieb posted this

 

Love Gottlieb because unlike other talking heads, he is always positive about the Aztecs. He never sugarcoats things about any teams, he tells you like it is good and bad. He does love the SDSU program because his brother used to be on the coaching staff. During games he would give you some history about the program and made sure people know about the streaks we have, but will also tell you our weaknesses. I would rather listen to someone who tells you the good and bad of a team with no bias on either end than the announcers on ESPN who only love the programs they carry, or are in the “Big 5”.  I do love Gottlieb using the hastag LOLobos.

My Aztecs survived the Giant of NMSU, and had North Dakota State next who many felt were a Cinderella, and some of their fans made it a point to visit message boards and proclaim them better than the Aztecs because of how they lead the nation in scoring or something.  They forgot the Aztecs were second in the nation in defense, went into Kansas and beat the Jayhawks, knocked off media darlings Creighton, and won their conference…with a rebuilding team.

One of their fans even posted this in front of our house

 

I thought it was funny.

 

After the Aztecs beat NDSU, the usual excuse of “our team didn’t shoot as well as they normally do” pop up. This happens when you face this defense. Also our superhero X went off

 

 

The Aztecs now face Arizona, a team that beat SDSU early in the year in San Diego. This game should be fun, especially in Anaheim when the last time the Aztecs were there they beat Marquette in the Wooden Legacy.

I’m a Cowboys fan but after Duke lost, this was posted on my Twitterfeed, and I laughed, and it was out loud.

 

Ok to bring it back to gaming related stuff:

 

I finished Enter The Dominatrix DLC for Saints Row IV. It wasn’t bad, I think the gameplay got lopsided when I unlocked the unlimited ammo for the ‘Merica Gun, but it was still fun. I haven’t tried the 50s DLC pack yet, but I’m saving it for later in the week

In MLB The Show, my character is hitting in the high .400s, 10 home runs, 21 RBI, and is on the bench. WTH is up with this logic? Usually you keep your hot hitter in the lineup, but apparently the starting Shortstop is better than my character even if he’s struggling to hit above .200.

I started year five with the Oregon Ducks in NCAA Football. They are ranked 11^th, and struggled to beat 21^st Texas A&M in College Station. It came down to a superman performance by the Quarterback to get the win. This might be a long season for the Ducks after winning four straight national titles.

I saw some screen grabs of a Family Guy game that mimicks Simpsons Tapped Out. There is no doubt I will be playing this game.

 

Well good people, it is time we end today’s blog.

 

That’s all for now, more later!

-Chris