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If you're into the 2-D side scroller games and you really like old-school Japanese game design, check out Doukutsu Monogatari ("Cave Story"). It's a freeware game (hard to believe, but it's true) that has versions for Mac and Windows. It was originally made in Japanese, but recently there have been English translations available. I haven't been a big arcade-type 2-D scroller-type gamer for many years, but this one really should be checked out if you haven't seen it before. It's got 80's-style graphics and music, but it's just really well done. From one web site: Check it out and download it here. You have to first download the game, and then the English translator patcher. The control keys are as follows: q - inventory w - map (you have to find it first) a - previous weapon (first you have to find more than one weapon) s - next weapon (first you have to find more than one weapon) z - jump / select / speed up dialogue x - shoot (first you have to find a gun) The arrow keys do multiple things, including movement and aiming your weapon. The most important one is the down arrow. It causes you to "interact" with whatever you are standing in front of. If it's a door, you go through the door; if it's a person, you interact with the person; if it's an object, you look at or use the object. The arrow keys also are used for movement and aiming your weapon. So: down arrow - go through doors, interact with people/ objects, aim weapon down (only while jumping) up arrow - aim weapon up left arrow - go left/aim left right arrow - go right/aim right tab - toggles fullscreen (very nice) One important note is that the Z key is used to make selections, like on the main menu. It's also used to advance dialogue when it pauses. Finally, if you hold down the Z key during dialogue, it speeds up the dialogue. This is a very cool game. Enjoy!!

We should only be so lucky. But it would be a "horrible Bills fan" thread instead, I suppose. You think this is bad? I'm too ashamed to tell you what will happen during the Miami game weekend. Ugh.

No kidding. The worst part was having to spend the day with a bunch of Bears fans whooping it up as they crushed Detroit and bragged about how much better Kyle Orton is than JP. As if!

I was at my wife's cousin's wedding last week in Illinois and didn't get to watch the Bills game. I'm fairly certain that had a major impact on the game's outcome. That said, I will be properly seated for this weekend's game. If that ain't good news, I don't know what is.

I don't think I could have possibly said that better.

Milloy is probably the MVP of the defense if only for the fact that he keeps Coy off the field.

Even if you live there, ya gotta root for the Steelers this week. Don't worry about them, they'll find a way to blow it at the end of the season.

Hey, does anyone else here play the Jerry Sullivan game, too? You know, glance up and down the headlines on the front of TBD and try to pick out the Sully article. Pick the most negative-sounding one, and you're guaranteed to be right about 90% of the time.

Ah yes, another writer who knows more than everybody else. I sure as hell don't think the defense played a great game, but I still think the defense would have been better if the offense had done anything to stay on the field longer. You don't agree? Who cares.

...is now the #2 defense in the NFL. Of course, that's primarily due to the new #1 defense in the NFL. Had our offense been able to generate anything, then we might have continued to be #1...

Perhaps, but a screen pass from your own 4 yard line is asking for disaster. Not that we didn't have a disaster anyway...

Looking at the play as it was drawn out in the Buff News today, I really wish we had tried to run to the left on that play. I think Willis would still be running.

What's really interesting is that there is a realistic chance that everybody in the AFC East could be 1-2 after next week. Weird.

He got crunched like a peanut shell on that play, too.

D* claims that they do carry the NFL Network stuff in HD (when it's HD material) on channel 84, but I've never seen anything available on that channel. They definitely don't have their sh-- together when it comes to the NFL Network on HD.

...now finally available in the iTunes Music Store! Woo hoo! I've waited a while for that...

True, but I was pretty impressed with Lindell's kickoffs. At least two made it to the end zone line, and with our coverage teams, that's a pretty good recipe.

I wonder what Scobee did that was better and more deserving than Lindell? Miss a field goal?

One could make the argument that his being available would be a blow to the club.

I think JP is going to have a tough time backing off the Buc defenders this time. Willis will find the going rough. Bills 9 Bucs 20

That was awesome! Someday, Nick. Someday.

Didn't realize you were counting his years with the Bengals...to me, that's almost like saying Lofton was the best receiver the Bills ever had. I think Talley was a great LB. I think TKO is a better LB overall, and has the skills to be the best Bills LB ever, but he's gotta do it for more than a couple of years.

Not at all, man! That is some hardcore dedication.

I watched that game on TV, and I couldn't tell if it was in San Diego or Dallas. The cheering from the Dallas fans was seriously loud.

It's times like this, when I see message boards like that, when I am thankful for TSW.