Sure, I enjoy a solid, friendly poker game now and again. I have some Paulson’s Top Hat & Cane chips (pictured), some KEM playing cards, and a home made poker table to slide those cards across. Always a good time and worth the effort. So, six of us played a quick Texas Hold’em style tourney with a $20 buy-in gets you $1500 in chips. With a standard blind structure and a timer provided by DD Poker, things were off and running. About three hours in, I’d amassed a significant chip lead and only one player threatened as we moved into heads-up action. However, it didn’t take...

I’ve been an avid golf fan for years. Picked it up while overseas and brought it back home with me. I have a middle-class set of clubs, some old but fabulous technology in my hybrids, driver and woods, and a putter that finally made me happy. All in all, I enjoy the game; however, I was recently bitten by the golf bug all over again. Watching the US Open, hosted at Bethpage Black in New York, was a wonderful event. Though some of the early action was rained out, the weekend and the final Monday round was brilliant. Even though I was actively pulling for Mickleson (due to his wife’s recent...

Sure, I’ve heard of Skype. Many magazine have extolled the virties of these excellent voice over ip client. It is free, the quality is excellent and on and on they prattle. Honestly, I was convinced long ago but I’d never actually taken the time to download the client, install the thing and check it out — until today. Friend of mine (Crapgame) recently purchased Call of Duty: World at War and we were discussing the best way to chat, in-game, while doing some cooperative gaming. The in-game system created by Steam is solid but unspectacular. It is also smitten with disconnect problems,...