The Problem With HUDs
Heads Up Displays (HUDs) are inhibiting the realism of video games.
Read MoreHow To Be Patrick Reusse
First of all, harumph a lot. If you’re writing about the Vikings, be sure to take a shot at 1) Randy Moss, preferably by calling into question his sanity and/or maturity, 2) sports talk radio listeners/callers by calling the whiners, and 3) the Culpepper-bashers because, what? there’s some risk of Daunte not being recognized as…
Read MoreVikings Training Camp Video
Minnesota Vikings 2005 training camp video.
Read More“Is it a curse that I love football so much?”
That quotation is from K.C. Joyner, a man who’s passion for the game is so great that he’s written a 467-page painfully detailed statistical analysis of the game entitled Scientific Football 2005. I could have said it. But I didn’t. So I’m stealing it. I first read that quote in June, buried at the bottom…
Read MoreViking’s Tall Red Zone Targets
Last year, toward the end of pre-season, I was all about Vikings Richard Angulo: A six foot eight, 263 pound tight end that is a punishing blocker who has soft hands and who looks like he might have some grace on pass routes. But Angulo suffered a season-ending injury during the final pre-season game last…
Read MoreVikings Roundup
Erasamus James has finally agreed to a contract and will make nearly $7 million in guaranteed money. But his status as a number one pick will not help him overcome the frustration of his teammates over his holdout: "We stopped caring whether he was coming or not," nose tackle Pat Williams said. "If he came,…
Read MoreMadden 2006 Is Out
The media blitz has begun. Actually, it began quite some time ago but it has stepped up now that Madden NFL 06 is in stores. I unfolded my Star Tribune this morning and saw on the top banner of the front page a Madden-generated Ken Irvin (why Ken Irvin, I don’t know) next to a…
Read MoreAbout This TwinCitiesMinnesotaBlog.com
I am using this blog to experiement with the the format, keep my writing skills honed to a razor sharp edge, to tell stories, and to share with perfect strangers some of my life and thoughts and places and things that I find interesting. Throughout this blog, you’ll find hyperlinked references to the people or…
Read MoreVenues
These are the locations and venues in which this blog takes place: Grand Avenue, St. Paul Nelson’s Cheese & Deli, St. Paul West Indies Soul, St. Paul Mall of America, Bloomington Minnesota Thunder – James Griffin Stadium, St. Paul Psycho Suzi’s, Minneapolis Saturday Touch Football, Northeast Minneapolis
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