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Because I refuse to succumb to the temptation of cat gifs, here's a Sonic blog:

Happy Friday Pixlbit! Hope everyone is enjoying their first week of Blog A Day. I enjoyed writing everyday, and I enjoyed reading everyone else’s thoughts. Good stuff! Anyways for today I thought I would go back to my regular rotation of Blogs, which means today is Quick Hits with Chris! For today’s Quick Hits I thought I’d cover a couple of topics starting with another game has been taken down off Mount Backlog, my thoughts about the Olympics, and of course pickups. So sit back, relax, and let’s get this edition of Quick Hits started!

     The first Star Wars movie (Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope as it's now refered to) came out in May ’77 and the Atari Video Computer System in October ’77. What a year! My Dad probably got the AVCS (or Atari 2600) that Christmas or the next one, and I played Air-Sea Battle, Combat, Basketball, Baseball, Breakout, Bowling, and Night Driver. I think Breakout is still fun today, as is Bowling, which I bought in XBLA’s Game Room recently. I would’ve got Breakout as well but it’s critical to use the paddle controller for it. The same is true of Night Driver which I still think of when I’m in the car at night.

With Sega's announcement of Sonic Boom. (Sonic boom...sonic booom....SONIC  BOOOOOOOOOM!!! SAVE THE PLANET FROM DISASTER!) *AHEM* sorry  about that...I actually wanted to talk about how I actually don't mind modern Sonic games. Don't get me wrong. I love, absolutely love the classic Sonic 1-3 for Genesis and Sonic Cd (from which Sonic Boom song comes from) was the example of a great game on a bad add on.

Fuck cold weather. Seriously, 35 degrees in Texas?! I absolutely hate when it's cold enough for my electricity bill to increase (and no, I will not just put on a robe or something, it is man's right to walk around in his apartment naked and do jumping jacks!), but not enough for snow or a day off. 

I've just received word that my CE is in at EB so I'll be picking it up this afternoon.

There's still time to participate in the inaugural Trivia Thursday, so please do so if you want to.

I was going through the piles of stuff stacked precariously on my table and ran across my Folk Friday notebook. On leafing through, I realized I haven't done a Folk Friday Blog since my friend Kat died back in July. Oops!

Over the 20+ years (!) I've been playing games, I've heard some absolutely incredible music. Whether it's a big title from a big publisher, an indie developed fan game, or unofficial remixes, great music sticks with you and can elevate the gaming experience in a way that few other aspects of the production can.