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Happy No Fish Friday Pixlbit Nation! I still miss bacon, but hey one day out of the week isn’t so bad, besides Easter is almost here…right? Anyways the weather here in sunny SoCal has calmed itself. On Tueday and Wednesday there was crazy wind, and it was cool enough for me to use a hoodie. Since it is another fun filled Friday, it’s time for another Quick Hits with Chris. In today’s entry I want to talk about What’s On TV, The US National Team’s new Uniforms and of course Pickups! So if you’re like me, sit back, enjoy that Fillet O’Fish (a couple of weeks left) and let’s get this party started!

 

It was breezy while getting lunch

 

Chris’ TV Watching

 

Oh Game of Thrones is back this Sunday. I’m still in the early chapters of the second book, so I have some serious catching up to do, but there are a ton of trailers promoting the new season. I listen to a spoiler free Thrones podcasts and there were some subtle hints about what to look forward to, but we shall see if this season is just as wild as last season.

 

Survivor has been getting interesting over the past couple of episodes and I’ve switch favorites from someone I couldn’t stand, to now wanting them to win (no its not the girl I mentioned last week. Still not a fan of hers). I can’t wait to see what happens next week!

 

Ok so my next TV Watch is How I Met Your Mother’s Finale. There will be spoilers. If you haven’t seen it, skip this

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ok so I was a big fan of this show, especially the early seasons, but the past couple of seasons were blah to me. I did enjoy the Final Play Episode, but much of this season I didn’t watch. I did catch the Mother’s episode, which was ok, but I wanted to see how this finally ends. I also wanted to see if they ever address that Danny Tanner himself, Bob Saget is the voice of older Ted. Well after watching the episode I have to say I wasn’t too impressed with it. It was a half hour of way too slow, with another half hour of lets cram everything we can into the episode. You know what would have been fun? Using that last half hour of storyline for this season. Each episode being a moment in the future would have been interesting because after all it is Ted telling the story, with the final moments of the Finale be the actual finale.

The one thing I did like was Barney’s reaction meeting his daughter. That was the best part of the episode. The whole Ted meets the wife, they have a life, and then she dies storyline feels like it ripped off City of Angels. It was interesting that they filmed the kids scene 9 years ago which is cool because they could have ended the story at any time, but the whole Barney and Robin divorce seemed rushed because they were good for each other, while Ted and Robin is just annoying. Anyways HIMYM had its moments where it was really funny, but I think Friends is still a much better Series.

 

 

 

 

 

 

**Spoiler’s Finished**

 

 

US National Teams New Jerseys

 

Last night the USMNT wore their new jerseys against Mexico in a friendly at University of Phoenix Stadium. The rocket pops/Dominoes Pizza looking jerseys are ok. I like the Don’t Tread On Me Red and White Stripes but hey it could be worse, they could be an Adidas team.

 

I do like that there is another logo behind the crest

 

This is still my favorite, and is currently hanging in my closet.

 

This is still my favorite…even the funky alternate baby blue.

 

 

Pickups!

 

Games

Like I said in Monday’s blog, I was going to pick up MLB 14 The Show, and on Tuesday Morning, I took a trip to Best Buy because I had a Gift Card burning a hole in my pocket, and I knew I was going to buy two copies of the same game. After spending 10 minutes looking for a store display I finally asked an employee and when he couldn’t find it, called the back to get my copies of the game. 

Am I the only one who finds it odd that for a new game, they are not on the floor? After waiting a couple of minutes a nice employee came out with my games and proceeded to ring up my purchases. We had a short conversation about the PS4, where she said she commented on why Sony staggered the release dates for the PS3/Vita versions and the PS4 versions. I agreed it was odd but Sony probably needed an extra month to tinker with the Next Gen version.

 

 

I paid a total of $50 for both, but I think I should have preordered the Vita version at GameStop because while I was there I saw that the preorder bonus was some in game currency.

 

Inside the PS3 game I found something missing. C’mon Sony at least try, and maybe put a piece of paper that says digital manual. Anyways after going 1-10 or something like that in Topps Showcase in Road to the Show, I was drafted by

 

Sorry Royals fan, I decided my character needed to go to college and leave after their junior year to go 2-10 and get drafted one round lower by

 

I’m not a Dodgers fan, but at least it’s on the West Coast, and I get to play AAA ball for a team that wanted to leave Springfield but Homer fought it!*

*Simpsons Reference

I now leave my Vita on standby throughout the day because if I have some free time, I continue my RTTS game, then upload it to the PS3 and continue it.

 

So while I was at the GameStop I picked up these games

 

I’ve never played the original Saints Row, and after playing 3 and 4, this one is underwhelming graphically, but still over the top fun. I’m thinking of buying Saints Row 2 for the 360, because I want to have a complete run on console.

Supremacy MMA is a fighter where you can either tap the heck out of the screen, or actually use the buttons. This fills my need for fighting on the Vita, especially after removing Fight Night Round 3 from the Memory Card so I could fit Killzone (I already uninstalled it after completing it).

 

I saw this game last night during a Survivor Commercial Break

 

It’s a typical Temple Run running game, except you are in a car, trying to collect nuts (hold the jokes), and complete “mission” tasks. There is also the Stig who shows up every once in a while and tries to get you to crash

 

The game has in game purchases and I have to say I’m guilty of spending $2 to get double the number of nuts (use your jokes here). After I bought this option I proceeded to play this game for over an hour. I’m not a fan of Top Gear, and I don’t have the BBC to watch the British Version, but I do like this game. You can customize the helmet and car of your character buy using the collected nuts. It’s not as fast as Temple Run, but is close to Subway Surfers.

 

Music

 

While picking up my copies of The Show, I spotted this in the music section

 

I was curious about the tracklist so I bought the album, and I found a couple of songs I liked, but it’s nothing great unless you’re a fan of these bands. What was fun was that there was a bonus disc that was stacked on top of the album, and it is a sampler of other acts on the Fearless Records roster. It would have been nice if the CD had a 2 disc tray but I guess that would have cost too much so they just packed it on top of the other album.

 

Some Thrift Store CDs

 

I haven’t seen a Heavy D album in the wild in years!

 

Some random CDs found at another thrift store. Who knew Charo had an album…and Frederic “f’n” Chopin

 

Random

 

While at Costco, I was looking at buying a 4TB Hard Drive (it is around the same price as I paid for a 20GB hard drive while in college), I decided to wait until buying one but I did upgrade the 2GB USB Stick/Bottle Opener on my keychain

 

It’s a good thing I waited and didn’t buy the one at Target because this one came out to $16. Of course now I need something to put on my new USB stick.

Well Pixlbit, it is a nice Friday, and I will call this a blog. Have a good weekend everyone!

 

That’s all for now, more later!

-Chris