I've never been a guy that worried too much about his gamerscore. Although mine is starting to get up there. I do enjoy trying to get every achievement possible in a game I like but picking up a game I would otherwise ignore just to get it's points never crossed my mind. That was until I joined Ms. C's MGU Challenge Extravaganza. This is a competition to see who can get the most gamerscore points in 30 days brought to us by the 1st Lady of the Mature Gamers Unite Union, Ms. Cortana.

I joined the competition just to fill out the roster as a favor. Ms. C needed as many warm bodies as possible to get it going. It wasn't necessary really, she drew a good crowd anyway. As it got closer to starting I decided "Well, I don't want to embarrass myself by finishing last (that's what Halo 3's for LOL)" . The next thing I knew I'm standing in Gamestop buying King Kong and a few other very un-DarkElflike titles. I think I was less embarrassed buying condoms when I was a teenager. The look from the kid at the counter was about the same as the pharmicist's was back in the day. "Eeewwww, what are you gonna do with those?" But I found that I like completing borderline to crappy games too. Furthermore, these games that are looked down on are often not that bad. TMNT and King Kong are very easy and not in anyway compariable to a triple-A title but I found that when your expectations are very low, mediocre looks pretty good! There are exceptions. Superman Returns is every bit as bad as advertised but I will try to complete it.

With football season coming up, the family and I got up to Lehigh to check out Eagle's training camp. It's always a lot of fun and the kids can pretty much run wild while I check out the squad. It's also, without fail, 95 degrees and humid every year. Even though you're up in the mountains there is no break. I don't know how the players do it. Report: McNabb, Westbrook, and the rest of the offense should be very good. Could still use a receiver though. Defense? Looks like no pass rush again this year. They go out and get a premium cornerback in Assante Samuel but give him no help up front! Any NFL QB will shred any secondary if you give him all day to throw. *Long, agonized moan here* Between the Eagles and my kids I already have no hair left. I'm running out of things to fall out or, God forbid, off...