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Late Wednesday night notes

- After recovering from my extremely long day (ended up being awake for 36 hours straight before I fell asleep... for 17 hours,) I'm back at it.

- Started playing through DJ Hero tonight and I'm loving every minute of it.  The mixes so far have been terrific and the game play is more fun than I have had with a music game in a while.  The controller, while intimidating at first, feels very comfortable after the tutorial and a few mixes.  The cross fader issues that people have mentioned (mainly that it's easy to not find the middle setting) are there, but aren't a major issue.  I don't think there has been a time yet where it's really impacted my score.  Now, if you're trying for a leaderboard high score... sure, there might be an issue there... but for me... not a problem.

Who would have thought that Cameo's 'Word Up' and Bel Biv Devoe's 'Poison' would have sounded so great together?  I just wish there was a place to buy the soundtrack as it was put together for the game.   I'll be devoting quite a bit of my time to this one (plus, my daughters love the controller... 2 year old was dancing like crazy when the music first started... she's got taste.)

- Other than that, I caught up on a few Islanders games.  It's funny that a team can come into a game with one of the worst records in hockey (although having been competitive in almost all of them - 6 games out of their first 10 have gone to OT... and they lost 5 of them,) and then really take it to one of the best teams (the Rangers.)

Of course there is that rivalry aspect that you can never account for.  The Isles played a great game tonight and came out with a 3-1 win.

I don't think they'll find themselves in the playoff hunt, but they played like a tough young team today... so who knows what will happen with them as the season goes on.  Either way, I'll keep watching.

- Speaking of New York... Following with my 'don't hate the team' mantra.  They're not Cubs fans, but they're close and I was happy that the Yankees lost for the simple fact that most of their fans left in the 8th inning.  That's dedication for you.

Oh, and I wish someone would have told Sabathia this before he signed with the Yankees... pinstripes are not slimming.... man....

- Lastly, I started playing Torchlight tonight.  Quite an enjoyable Diablo-style game.  The music seems straight out of a Blizzard game.  I know it's mostly former Blizzard guys making the game, and it shows.  Still, it's great to walk around a dungeon hacking things up again all while searching for new and better loot.

Having the pet with you is a MASSIVE improvement though.  Being able to stack a bunch of items on the pet and then send them up to the city to sell the crap off is flat out awesome.  That was one of the worst parts of Diablo and it's nice to see it done well in this game.