I’m sure you’ve all been there before at some point in your life:  playing a friendly game of Monopoly, enjoying the zesty give-and-take of shifting the same pile of money back and forth between players, when suddenly you notice that the banker took $300 when he paid himself for passing Go instead of the mandated $200.  Perhaps it was an accident, you think to yourself – it would be easy to be distracted by the pure fun of Monopoly and make such a mistake.  And yet, on the next go-round the board, you see him do it again.  That’s when you realize: you’re dealing with a cheater.  You respond the only way you know how; driving the Thimble playing piece into his eyeball while screaming about the “integrity of the game.”

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Christmas day has come and gone, and with it presents have exchanged hands, too much food has been eaten, and the post-Christmas Day laziness has set in.  Over the last week, I’ve put many more hours into Persona 4, and it has continued to be a very enjoyable experience; currently, though I’m only about 12 hours in, I’d actually say it edges out P3 by a small margin.  I’ve also come to the endgame of Mother 3, but haven’t quite finished it off yet; I expect to do so within the next few days.  Inspired by a friend, I’ve also picked back up Civ 4 and have spent far more hours than I should have playing it late into the night (the addiction is no joke).  Other than that, I’m looking to start up designing a new Team Fortress 2 map, so it’s time to pull out the sketchbook and do some initial designs.

-Joel