Archive for April, 2012

The Devil’s Guide to The Project Hate MCMXCIX

The Devil's Guide LogoAt this point in time, at 28 years of age, I have been listening to various forms of “extreme” music for nearly half of my life. While I was not initially a fan of metal whatsoever, the progressive expansion of my musical tastes eventually lead me to appreciate the merits of all manner of extremity. Surprisingly, it did not take long for my collection of music to expand from largely being an assortment of mainstream bands to a pretty damn eclectic mish-mash of styles and genres.

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Now Playing – 2012/04/29

Now Playing LogoMusic

  • Eternal Elysium, Share
  • The Project Hate MCMXCIX, Hate Dominate Congregate Eliminate
  • The Project Hate MCMXCIX, The Lustrate Process
  • Mr. Hyde, The Barn of the Naked Dead

Television / Streaming

  • The Ultimate Fighter: Live – Episode 8 (recap)
  • Invicta FC 1 @ invictafc.com
  • Babylon 5 – Season 2

Webcasts

  • Limited Resources #130 – Avacyn Restored Set Review (link)
  • The History of Rome #178 – Not With a Bang, But a Whimper (link)

The Ultimate Fighter: Live – Episode 8 – Recap

Ultimate Fighting Championship LogoLast week, Vinc Pichel submitted Chris Tickle, evening up the standings between the teams. This week, Sam Sicilia (Cruz) takes on Chris Saunders (Faber) and special guest — and StrikeForce women’s 135-pound champion — Rhonda Roussey drops by the “TUF house”. Here’s what went down on this week’s The Ultimate Fighter: Live.

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Random Thoughts – Volume XXII

Random Thoughts LogoThis week’s installment in my ongoing series of re-posting my Twitter content. This volume’s subjects are random as always. As per usual, if you subscribe to my Twitter feed, then none of this will be new to you.

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Now Playing – 2012/04/22

Now Playing LogoMusic

  • The Project Hate MCMXCIX, Deadmarch: Initiation to Blasphemy
  • Kyuss, Wretch
  • Stone Sour, Come What(Ever) May
  • Head Automatica, Decadence

Television / Streaming

  • Bellator 66
  • The Ultimate Fighter: Live – Episode 7
  • The Ultimate Fighter: Brasil – Episode 4
  • UFC 145 Prelims @ Facebook
  • UFC 145 – Jones -vs- Evans (predictions | recap)
  • Babylon 5 – Season 1

Webcasts

  • The History of Rome #177 – The Burning Ships (link)

The Ultimate Fighter: Live – Episode 7 – Recap

Ultimate Fighting Championship LogoPicking up immediately after Tickle’s loss last week, Cruz gives his team member a heavy dressing-down in front of everyone. Cruz came off as being extremely harsh, though he stated that Tickle cost himself the fight, and his anger was directed at Tickle not living up to his potential. Regardless, it was pretty awkward for all involved, and seemed to bother some of the other fighters.

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UFC 145 – Jones -vs- Evans – Recap

Ultimate Fighting Championship LogoAfter a slow start with two uneventful preliminary bouts on Facebook, UFC 145 finally started to pick up the pace as the undercard unfolded. Closing out the undercard show on FX, Travis Browne put away UFC newcomer Chadd Griggs with in an impressive showing, breaking a streak of decisions that had thus far dominated the show. So, how did our picks fare?

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UFC 145 – Jones -vs- Evans – Predictions

Ultimate Fighting Championship LogoAfter what feels like an eternity, the UFC is finally back on pay-per-view. This month’s pay-TV offering gives us a battle for the light heavyweight championship and …. uh … some other fights.

In all seriousness, UFC 145 is a decent card, but the pre-event hype has been exclusively focused on the main event title fight between two former teammates. None of the fights on the card have garnered more than cursory attention which, while understandable given the lack of “name value” present, is still a shame.

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MTG – Limited – Introduction to Cube Draft

Magic The Gathering Cube DraftSince reacquainting myself with Magic: the Gathering a little over six years ago, I have had a great deal of fun embracing casual multiplayer formats; team games, Commander, and even the odd round of Emperor on cottage excursions. Intermingled with all of that is my love of limited Magic, dating as far back as my father staging an Ice Age sealed deck tournament with my family, friends and me, back in the mid-90′s. (Yes, I was lucky enough to have two parents and a brother who played Magic.

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Now Playing – 2012/04/15

Now Playing LogoMusic

  • Lupe Fiasco, Lasers
  • Linkin Park, Minutes to Midnight
  • The Project Hate MCMXCIX, The Lustrate Process
  • Lamb, Lamb

Television / Streaming

  • Cage Warriors 5 @ MMAJunkie.com (results)
  • Bellator 65 @ Spike.com (results)
  • The Ultimate Fighter: Live – Episode 6 (recap)
  • The Ultimate Fighter: Brasil – Episode 4
  • UFC on Fuel 2 Prelims @ Facebook
  • UFC on Fuel 2 – Gustaffsson -vs- Silva (results)
  • SCGLive @ StarCity Games Open: Arizona

Articles

  • The Medical Side Of The Fight Business: My Experience at the 1st Annual Combative Sports Medicine Symposium (link)
  • Timeline of MMA Steroid Busts (link)

Audiocasts

  • Limited Resources #128 – Avacyn Restored, Initial Thoughts (link)

Games

  • Fallout
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