I have a little exercise for you. The next time you’re in a hockey locker room — high school, bantams, beer league, doesn’t matter — just listen to the conversation. You’ll hear guys chatting about their wives or girlfriends, talking…
The Great PondRocket Giveaway!
We recently purchased a new house, and in the process of moving, we were forced to address the mountains of clothes, accessories, and shoes that one tends to accumulate over time. With U-Haul space at a premium, we made some…
Wii NHL Slapshot Stick Accessory Available Separately (Eventually…I Think…In Certain Countries)
Last week saw the hockey gaming community abuzz with excitement surrounding the simultaneous release of EA Sports’ NHL ’11 and NHL Slapshot titles, and 2k Sports’ NHL 2K11. Wanting to experience the outdoor hockey component of NHL Slapshot for the Wii, I scooped up the only copy left at my local Target early on September 7th. As advertised (and blogged), the game comes with both the disc and a hockey stick controller accessory, the latter being one of the coolest Wii accessories to hit the market. However, it seems that in EA’s pre-launch haste, they were unable to address a seemingly obvious need: that gamers would require more than one stick accessory to play with friends.
Tools of Ignorance
The term “tools of ignorance” is generally applied to the equipment that baseball catchers wear. Coined by Muddy Ruel, a major-league catcher in the 1920’s, it loosely implies that smart folks would never don such gear and play such a…
