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Next-Generation Gaming Has Arrived

Posted by Jeff Barnett on November 30th, 2006

With the release of the Sony Playstation 3 and Nintendo Wii, the next generation of gaming consoles is in full swing. Microsoft joined early with their release of the Xbox 360 in November of last year. Learning from their mistakes with the original Xbox, which lost the sheer numbers sold category to the […]

Next-Generation Gaming Generates Overwhelming Demand

Posted by Jeff Barnett on November 20th, 2006

This weekend saw the launch of two new gaming systems into the consumer market: the Playstation 3 and the Nintendo Wii. Both systems, but especially the PS3, met incredibly high demand, forcing hardcore gamers to camp like Boy Scouts outside electronics retailers in order to be first in line to secure a purchase. […]

Book/Movie Review: American Psycho

Posted by Jeff Barnett on November 11th, 2006

I recently finished reading American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis. My interest in the book was spurred by the movie, which I have watched both before and after reading the book. I think that both mediums are excellent works of fiction. I first heard of the movie in Iraq when one of […]

CMP Western Games - Days 2 & 3

Posted by Jeff Barnett on November 7th, 2006

On Sunday I fired again in the JCG course of fire. I did not meet my goal of putting all standing shots into a scored ring (no misses). Consequently, I scored one point worse than the day before, a 238. Since only your best score of the two days is recorded, you […]

CMP Western Games- Day 1

Posted by Jeff Barnett on November 5th, 2006

The Civilian Marksmanship Program, a not-for-profit organization chartered by Congress in 1903 to promote rifle marksmanship as a means of national defense, is hosting their annual Western Games at Wilcox Range on Camp Pendleton from 4-7 November. I signed up to fire in the John C. Garand match today and Monday and a special […]