If you still have your copy of Madden NFL 16, you might want to bring it to Best Buy.
You can trade it in for $15, and get a $10 coupon off your purchase of Madden NFL 17.
Seemed like a good deal to me. Also, Madden NFL 16 is already in the EA Access vault, so you can still play it if you subscribe on Xbox…
So, if you are looking for a UHD Blu Ray player, this is probably the cheapest one out there, at $399. Of course it seems so silly to buy an Xbox for this, but other UHD BD players are more expensive than that.
I am debating getting one. I mean for the HDR also…..but then again, it’s still the same XBox..well not really, it doesn’t have Kinect, unless you want to pay $40 for a connector (but it will be free at first so that’s nice)…then again, who uses Kinect.
Love to hear your thoughts…..
So I have this new “old” game player called the Retreon5. It lets you play NES, SNES, Genesis, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, and their Japanese counterparts (Famicom, Mega Drive, etc).
I brought out my box of Genesis games and had a blast. One of my favorite fighting games of that era was Pit Fighter. I remember calling stores asking if they had it in stock and then finding it and making a very long drive to what was then a Software Etc store to buy it on a Saturday.
You see those were the days before there were hard release dates, the game would just show up at Store X , and maybe Store Y would get it a week later.
I remember having to go to Sears (!) for the Sears version of Pac-Man because they were the first to have it — and there’s was a $10 premium – can you imagine paying $39 for that piece of crap!
Good times….
Okay, I know I’m odd but I’m having a lot of fun playing Double Dragon trilogy through Good Old Games.com.
And I’m saving a lot of quaters!
It’s amazing to think that so much has happened in the last week, but with the events of last Sunday and the arrest of those responsible, the next step in the process was venturing into the Georgia Juvenile Court system, last Friday, for the hearing with the minor that was responsible for shooting me with the BB gun on Father’s Day.
What was one of the most shocking things to me, other than the fact that someone was actually arrested, was the speed at which the juvenile justice system moved here in Georgia. Considering the fact that the two people responsible were arrested at approximately 9:00 on Wednesday evening, it’s stunning to think that I would be in Juvenile court on Friday morning at 9:00 a.m. to give a statement about the case, but I digress.
One of the first things that I found out, after I arrived, was that the younger of the two defendants was from out of state. This complicated matters since they needed to have some sort of guardian present to begin the case. Once they had that matter sorted out, the next issue that arose was due to the fact that he was debating changing his guilty plea to the charges. After a bit of time, he changed his mind again and decided to admit his guilt so that the process could move forward.
Once in the courtroom, there was another issue to resolve. Since the juvenile was from out of state, the judge needed to know whether the state that they resided in would have to come and pick them up if she sentenced them to any further time than they had already served in juvenile detention.
While these matters were being resolved, the defendants father and grandparents sat in the courtroom with me (on opposite sides of the court) while the bailiffs, court reporter, clerk, and district attorney all went about normal conversation. I guess that one of the things that I had never thought about, was the fact that these people are just doing a job like anyone else and when they have moments (when not on the court record) they could be just shooting the breeze like the rest of us do in our daily jobs. To me, it was surreal and comical, but to the defendants family it had to feel like a gut punch each time someone laughed about their plans for the weekend.
The court proceedings moved along pretty quickly once all of the matters were settled. I was allowed to speak to the court and let them know how the events of Father’s Day had impacted me. It was a bit more emotional than I thought to discuss the events and talk about how much more aware I have been of noises that I hear when running, along with paying a great deal more attention to cars that drive past me since the shooting. Also, I was able to bring in some pictures that showed where the BB hit my leg and the amount of blood that it caused.
The defendant, his grandparents, and his father were all able to speak after I was done and they expressed remorse and stated that he had never done anything like this before. They said that he was a good kid and even was voted class president in his last year of school.
The judge spoke after this and said that she wanted to stress the seriousness of what he had done and the damaged that he had caused. At that point, she said “I’m sure that as you sit there in leg irons, that you appreciate what you have done.”
To that point, I hadn’t really looked at him all that much, but it was shocking to me to see that he was sitting there in hand cuffs and leg irons. He had walked in and out of the courtroom multiple times, but I never paid much attention to his legs or hands.
After addressing him, she stated that he would have to serve a 10 day sentence in juvenile detention in Georgia and would be put on probation back home when he had completed serving his time. She concluded the proceedings by stating that he would not be allowed to speak to the other defendant during his probation and would definitely not be able to talk to me.
Now that everything is said and done with the first trial (the next trial won’t be for a few months according to the victim’s advocate that I spoke with,) I have to say that I feel that justice has been served. I don’t think it would have been fair for him to have gotten off with just a warning considering what could have happened, and considering the fact that he hit me and had shot at another jogger before hitting me. He knew what he was doing and needs to know that there are repercussions for his actions.
Now that this part of the ordeal is over, I can start the process of getting back to a “normal” running routine now that this part of the ordeal is over. Not sure how long it will be, but you have to start somewhere.
So, to follow up on my adventures from Father’s Day…
On the day after being shot, I received a call from another officer who seemed a good deal more interested in the incident than the officer that I had spoken to on the previous evening.
He informed me that the first officer most certainly should have given me a case # for my report since being shot by the person, in the car, was a felony (which was news to me.)
As we discussed the event further, I was able to find out that the people responsible for shooting me had attempted to shoot another runner on that same evening. Also, they had shot at a few businesses in the area and damaged some property as well. Apparently, since school had let out there had been a string of shootings in the area just like mine, so they were definitely on the lookout for them.
Then, last night, I got a call from an officer to let me know that they had arrested two people (one 15, the other 17) for the shootings and wanted to know if I could go to the juvenile court building in my county to attend the first hearing for the younger of the two people (Still not sure what will be happening to the older person, as they are going to be charged as an adult.)
I guess that this is a story that will continue on from here. I’ll let you know more about the next steps in the process as they happen.
So, I was all ready to come back from a weekend trip up to North Carolina to talk about some of the best games that I saw at E3 or maybe talk a bit of sports, but instead I went for a run last night and some asshole shot me with a pellet gun.
The picture you see attached to the post shows where they got me on my right leg along with the pellet that was stuck in my leg after they shot me.
Ever since I moved to Georgia, people have asked me how much I like it here and how my family has adjusted to moving from Wisconsin to much warmer climates, but the thing that continues to strike me is the large amount of assholes that I keep encountering while I’m just trying to exercise.
Just to be clear, when I was shot yesterday, I was running on a sidewalk and causing no issues to anyone that was driving. I wasn’t stopping traffic. I wasn’t causing people to have to swerve out of my way. I wasn’t even running on the side of the road (which I have a complete and total right to,) I was just out for a run on Father’s Day and was trying to enjoy a bit of time by myself.
Probably one of the biggest regrets of the event was that I wasn’t able to get a great description of the vehicle that the shooter was driving. The whole thing happened so quickly and after I swore at them and looked down at my leg to see what had happened, they were already 100 feet or more past me on the road, driving away at 35 to 40 miles an hour. All I got was that it was a red car with a low profile spoiler, and that it was someone white that shot me.
After I got home, I called the police to report the incident, not thinking that they would catch the person or that anything would happen, but just that I wanted to let them know that it had happened in the event that the person would go out and do something like this again. The first person at the police department chastised me for waiting 35 minutes to call. The main reason for the delay was because of the fact that I don’t carry my phone while I run because it’s a pain in the arse to do so. I have a Polar watch that I use as a GPS and a heart rate tracker and that more than does the job of what a phone would normally accomplish on a run. The second reason for the delay was the fact that I was pissed about the person that shot me, but I was going to be damned if they were going to wreck my run.
An officer did call me shortly after reporting it to try and get more information about the incident to try and scan the area to see if they could find a matching car, but I never heard anything back (not that I figured that I would.) I was grateful that the officers even called to get more information and am thankful for their efforts for looking for the persons responsible.
Another thing that pissed me off about this whole thing was that after my wife posted it on Facebook that one of the first reactions that someone had was that I should get a concealed carry permit to carry a gun while I am out running. WTF?!? Someone shoots me with a pellet gun, so I should go get a damned Glock to do what? Shoot wildly into traffic if/when it happens again? It pisses me off even further to think that the first reaction someone has after something like this is that buying a gun would somehow fix everything? What if I got shot with a concealed carry weapon? Would I have to get an open carry next? Would I have to run with my finger constantly on the trigger, because I’m certain that wouldn’t cause issues with anyone. ‘Hey, look! There’s a guy running down the street with a handgun!’
For years, I ran in Wisconsin. Out in the country and on city streets. Outside of people honking at you, I never really encountered any problems.
In Georgia? I have been spit at. I’ve had cars swerve towards me when I’m already off of the road, and now I have been shot by a pellet gun.
I enjoy my job and have met some really nice people and want to enjoy living here, but every time someone asks me about how I like living in Georgia, the list of caveats and disclaimers gets longer and longer.
