Author: Nick Momrik

I'm searching for my first hole-in-one. I enjoy being active and making things. I work for Automattic.

Star Wars Battlefront

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Star Wars BattlefrontAfter all of the hype I had heard/read about Star Wars Battlefront, I’m very disappointed. The game is pretty weak IMHO. All you do is run around shooting the enemy and try not to shoot the dumbasses on your team who keep running in your line of fire. And then you do it again. And again. What kind of a Star Wars game doesn’t let you use THE FORCE or a lightsaber?

During each battle you have the choice of 4 or 5 different characters to fight with. This may be the coolest part of the game because each character has their own weapons. One other cool part is the ability to jump in any vehicle. Other than that, the game is pretty boring! Save your money for Halo 2, which comes out 2 weeks from today.


2005 World Series Of Poker Schedule

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Harrah’s has announced the schedule for the 2005 World Series of Poker. The WSOP will begin “its evolution from a month-long special event into a year-round sport.”

Players will earn points based on their performance in the circuit tournaments and the World Series of Poker. The top 100 point-earners will receive a free invitation to the 2005 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions, where a single winner will take home a top prize of $2 million.

Blog Explosion

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Blog Explosion: Explode your blog traffic! Seems like the latest thing in blogging… Will it survive? I doubt it! If it brings a few people to the site and they end up coming back because they like what they see, then I guess it’s worth it.

The Day After Tomorrow

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The Day After TomorrowSome of the commercials on TV for The Day After Tomorrow had parts that made me want to see the movie and parts that made it look too much out of this world. I decided to watch the movie anyway. I thought it was pretty good, so I’m glad I did.

The basic idea behind the movie is a change in the North Atlantic current which sends the Earth’s climate into a machine change. This change involves a new ice age in the northern hemisphere. It’s sounds pretty whacky, but it was done exceptionally well. I thought the special effects were some of the best I’ve seen in recent movies. It can’t be easy to simulate the flooding of New York City by 20+ foot waves from the ocean. The freezing that came down from the upper atmosphere was pretty cool too. The movie had more than special effects to it though. There was a typical feel good family story involved and also a friend giving his life to help keep a father’s promise to his son.

Not one of the greatest movies I’ve ever seen, but worth watching. It gets a B.