Tork's Picks Week 9

I'll take:

Atlanta over Washington
Arizona over Chicago
Cincinnati over Baltimore
Ind over Hou
NE over Miami
GB over TB
KC over Jacksonville
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Seattle over Detroit
NO over Car
NYG over SD
SF over Tenn
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Phi over Dal
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Den over Pit


Last Week: 9-4
Total: 76-40

I could watch this all day.

Elizabeth Lambert, you are the most entertaining (in a bad way) athlete since Ron Artist. I know I'm unathletic and nearly 10 years older then you, but will you contact me sometime?

The Bumblefudge Legacy: Generation 2: Chapter 4

Two updates in one day! I know! It's weird!

Don't worry, this update is super short. Short enough that it makes you ask, "Why bother? Why not just roll this update into the next one?"

Good question.

The fact of the matter is, the game crashed while I was shutting it down. I'm pretty sure it managed to save before the whole thing went to hell, but I can't be 100% sure until I play again (which I haven't done yet).

Probably everything's fine, but it's possible that nothing that appears in this update will have been saved. It's also possible that the crash was so bad that the whole save file got all messed up.

So pretty much, either this is just a really short update, or it's a peek into an alternate reality, or it's THE FINAL EPISODE OF THE BUMBLEFUDGE LEGACY.

Well! Let's get to it!


Happenings are afoot! Andrea is ready to pop! wurwolf is freaking out!


"Don't you dare drop that baby on my nice hardwood floors!!"


wurwolf is totally upset and worried, so BOG has to be calm and stoic. He drives Andrea to the hospital without any undue fuss. wurwolf stays home to make sure Hero doesn't burn the house down or something.


Grampa Jeb's ghost works out. Good. He was getting a little flabby.

Ooooo!!!! What will this baby be??? I hope it's a boy! Not that I have problems with girls, but there are only two girl names left on my list and six boy names!



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Oooo! The suspense!!



And it is a boy! Hooray! I can just imagine RLwurwolf's reaction to that Genius trait the game gave Baby Onil.


Likewise, I'll bet she'll totally agree with the trait I'm assigning him right now.


Babies don't have much personality, but here's what Onil has so far. His favorite color is red, his favorite food is hamburgers, and his favorite music is kid music. Think Sesame Street and Old MacDonald and Kidz Bop.


Awww! And he's even brown! Just like RLOnil! Welcome to the game, chump!


"Ugh, like I don't spend enough time raising my husband in real life. I am going to KILL Lita."

Baby name order was chosen randomly, I swear.


And that's all the pictures I have! Tune in next time, when either the story will continue, or it won't!

Take care!

The Bumblefudge Legacy: Generation 2: Chapter 3

Welcome back!

In the Sims 3, sims who don't leave the lot for a few days can go stir crazy, a negative moodlet that lasts until you get around to making them leave the lot for a couple of hours. I don't really like this way the game forces you to make use of community lots, but I guess at least I don't have to put up with loading times in this version. It could be worse. If your Sim has a job, going to work counts as leaving the lot and puts off stir craziness.

Anyhoo, wurwolf and Andrea are both unemployed and have both gone stir crazy at the same time. I decided it's time for some mother-daughter-in-law bonding.

So here they are at the spa. You can't see them, because this is one of those rabbit hole buildings that you can't follow your Sims inside. Rest assured, though, somewhere in that building they are both getting massages.



Ah. Here they are. I don't remember what I was planning to have wurwolf say here, but you can rest assured that it was probably condescending and rude. By the end of the conversation, they've both decided to go visit the graveyard.

This picture sums up wurwolf's and Andrea's mindsets, pretty much.


"Let me tell you, Andrea, you gotta be tough to live in today's world."

"I'm tough, Mom."

"No you aren't. You're as soft and delicate as a marshmallow. And you're shaped like one, too."

"I am not! I lost 150 lbs!"

"Yes, I'm sure you did, dear. No, what I'm saying is we need to toughen you up, and that's why I brought you here to-- uh... Say, what time is it?"

"I don't know. Eveningish. Why?"

"Damn. I forgot what day it was."

"It's my goddamned birthday."

This is such a depressing picture. Just look at that.


Even Andrea is uncomfortable with this development.

"You wanna go home now, Mom?"

"No way, Softie. You think I'm going to let a little thing like aging 30 years in 30 seconds stop me from making a woman out of you?"

"Mom???"

"What we have here is a frightening bear-infested haunted tomb. I used to explore this thing all the time when I was your age, and let me tell you, it's fucking terrifying."

"I don't think I like this--"

"You and I are going in there right now. And whoever last there the longest and gets the best loot wins."

"Mom, we don't have to--"

"Get walking."


"Move aside, Wide Load."



So down the women go. And many hours pass.

Here's the loot rundown. wurwolf got herself a Llama Rights, whatever the hell that is, but Andrea got a Llama Rights AND a garden gnome. Bad luck, wurwolf!

As for who stayed down the longest...


"It's ok, Dear, you can stop crying. It's all over now-- Where is she? ...Oh, damn."


"Oh hi, Mom, the bears chased you out first, huh?"

"Andrea! You slowpoke! I've been waiting for hours! Welp, I beat you out here, so I guess that makes me the winner."

"But--"

"Oh, I see what happened to you. Grabbing that extra gnome probably slowed you way down. Rookie mistake, you greedy girl."

"But..."

"What?"

"*sigh* Nothing."

wurwolf wasn't the only one who had a birthday today. Little Hero grew up into a child, completely unnoticed and uncommented upon by his mother.

"Better get used to it, Kid."

"*sigh*


Ah! The explosion twins are back. I'm sending them both to the shower, toot sweet.


Poor wurwolf. There are no good sexy dresses for elder Sims. Or even any tacky sleezy ones. This was the best I could do for her in terms of giving her a makeover that showed a little leg. *sigh*


Turns out the Llama Rights is a book. I don't know if there's anything special about it. I guess I'll make wurwolf read it and see if anything happens.


These ghosts are starting to wear out their welcome.

Tandem gardening! Makes things go much faster!


Tandem sprinklering! Just as pointless as solo sprinkler play.


Oh, finally. I was starting to wonder if Andrea was barren.


Heh. Andrea has absolutely no interest in any supernatural shenanigans, and refuses to even acknowledge spectral hijinks that occur in her presence.


True to real life, the older wurwolf's kids get, the more she likes them. Now that Hero isn't a whining crying shitting little baby, wurwolf can stand to be in his presence, and even helps him with his homework. Also, Hero doesn't hate her, so this relationship isn't a lost cause like wurwolf's and BOG's.


That's it for this update! Catch you next time!

Take care.

The single issue that matters!

I don't like politics and I don't like the idea of posting my feelings on politics, but I would like to venture a post a day after the latest elections. As both political parties gear up for the mid-term grind, might I, a simple lazy blogger, suggest something?



Two words: Flying Cars.







Come on! It's an idea who's time has come. Just repeat this to yourself: "Who cares about (some dumb issue that both parties will be at odds over and won't ever be resolved), I got a flying car!"

I was going to say more, but I think that sums up my poin nicely. Sure, I admit that this is an argument a child would make, but listen:

"Who cares about abortion? I got my flying car!"
"Who cares about insurance? I got my flying car!"
"Who cares about taxes? I got my flying car!"
"Who cares about the environment? I got my flying car!"


Come on, politicians. Quit telling us how much you aren't the other guy. Pledge some vague support to flying cars and promise not to over-regulate out of existence. Give tax cuts to whoever or hire some bright people for your own damn car companies. Do it!

Or if not that, how about hover boards? I'd settle for that.

This Week In Entertainment (11/3/09)

"What if someone gave you a box containing a button that, if pushed, would bring you a million dollars…but simultaneously take the life of someone you don’t know? Would you do it?" Yes, yes you would. Not hard to reason that people have to die anyway. Box is my Pick of the Week because it sounds so silly but is trying hard to be a thriller, or horror, or something.


Also out this week on DVD is The Clone Wars: Volume One. This show and the movie it was based on admittedly looks good but the character models still make it look cheap. Let me know when you get started on the next trilogy, Lucas.

Japan will make an anime about anything in their isolated culture. For example, here's one for Tower of Druaga. I know it was popular in Japan, but I've played it and it's too friggen hard for an arcade game. You had to do the most random things to get the required treasure on each floor.

I know this is already out but I must poin out this DVD of Exorcist 2, if only because it's a GREAT bad movie. See it for it's laughable "science" and the way Burton says "eeeevil."



Also in theaters is Disney's The Christmas Carol... Really? Come on, Disney. We have plenty retellings of that story. And it's early November. And this is no longer 90s Jim Carrey.


On Wii and various other systems is Lego Rock Band. I remember when I thought lego games were the best thing ever. Didn't last long..


On DS is a game that I thought looked promising at E3 but disappeared since then. It's C.O.P. The Recruit. It looks like a descent GTAish game but I'm nervous due to the fact that it suddenly popped up.


This seems like a joke: Band Hero. I'm not even going to read what it's about. I can't take that seriously.

The Sims 3: Spoooooooooky Halloween Update!

"But Halloween was yesterday!" I hear you cry.

That's just what they want you to think.

OooooooOOOOOoooooooooooo!!!!



Ok, maybe not, but I have downloaded a potentially creepy hack and I thought I'd test it out for you all. It's a breast slider hack. (spooky music plays)



So here's Marsha, our guinea pig Sim. As you can see, she's fit, and her bust looks fine, but it's nothing to brag about. Let's see what we can do.


Fix her face a little, and then on to the good stuff.

For technical reasons, the breast sliders are mixed in with the mouth sliders. That's a little weird, but if that's what they have to do to make it work, I'm cool with it.

The first problem I notice is that in the default mouth view it's hard to get a look at what I'm trying to adjust. I end up having to switch back and forth between the mouth adjustment screen and a full-body screen that lets me get an idea of what I just did. The mirror behind your Sim helps a little, but it's not foolproof.

The next problem is that the sliders are very sensitive. It took no effort to get this result, for example:

Yeeks. And that's not even as bad as I could make it.

Don't look at me like that, Marsha. Now I'll try to give her something halfway natural looking, but larger than her default.



Hm. I guess. It looks ok from this angle, I think.

But the larger you tend to go, the more weirdness you get when you look at it from the sides. See how it looks a little saggy there? I guess that's a hazard with real breasts too, though.

Let's get some clothes on this dame.

It does look better with actual clothing on.

Also I made her blue for some reason.

Out of curiosity, I decided if this hack would also work on men. Meet John "Redman" Spudmeyer.


It looked promising when I saw that the sliders where there, but actually sliding them produced no results. Too bad.

My final verdict? You can do some interesting things with this hack. I can see it being popular with people who like their neighborhoods to be a freakshow as well as certain *cough* other kinds of players. It was kind of a pain to try to make anything realistic, though, so it remains to be seen whether this is a hack will be worth it for me to keep around.