Monday, January 5, 2009
- PS2 was most-played console of 2008
- The Top 20 LIVE Games of 2008
- Goodbye, Sony PSP, We barely knew ye
- Uncharted 2 Also Takes Place In War-Torn Tibet, Has New Love Interest
- Suzuki Xbox car
- Video: When Tech Support Goes Horribly Wrong
- Earth Album
- Overall VGChartz Game of the Year Awards 2008
- Lawyer: Indiana girl earns right to try out for baseball team
QOTD: Are you enjoying the NFL playoffs?
Happy Birthday to the following OS'er!
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Saturday, January 3, 2009
Personally, I love sports. I love sports so much that I'm not just content with watching them on TV or participating in them in real life, but I also want to simulate them in the video games I play. So I'm a sports fan who also likes video games. Let us know what you are by voting in the poll in the right menu of our front page or by clicking here.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
- No Zelda This Year for First Time This Decade
- Sony's Home juggles free speech, hate speech
- PS3 3in1 Wireless keyboard controller remote
- The PS360
- The 50 Hottest Victoria’s Secret Models Of All Time
- Vikings' Punter Considers Changing His Name To 'World Of Warcraft'
- 15 Reasons PC Gaming Beats All
- Downloading your games? Get ready for extra fees
- Large Form iPod Touch To Launch in '09
What's up with you?
- QOTD: What is your New Year's resolution?
ajr777 (38), Omerta (34), AuburnAlumni (31), kerowack (31), Inky (29), WTF (27), TyMarion (27)
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
- Three-OLED-Screened, 28-Inch Gaming Laptop Sure is a Nice Idea
- Vaja Also Hints at iPhone Nano?
- The 19 Best Movies That You Didn't See in 2008
- Trailers: 11 Geeked-Out 2009 Movies We're Waiting For
- Video: One year in 40 seconds
- Everything old is new again: resurrecting classic games
What do you know, the Pistons finally won another big game, beating the Magic last night. Well, they have had their # over the years. RIP is still out w/ the groin issue, good solid win. 4 in a row now.
What's up with you?
- QOTD: Who do you see playing in Super Bowl XLIII?
SLAYER, kevinv (41), jake44np (36), Cubfan (30), LikwidG (27)
Monday, December 29, 2008
So, I thought it would be a really cool idea for me to use my OS Arena Blog to make a record of my desired changes/resolutions and then come back at various points throughout 2009 and see how I am doing.
Then at the end of 2009 I'll re-visit this and see how many of the things that I set out to accomplish, actually got done. So let's get started ...
1) Change my job/Start a career for myself. - I'm 27 years old and treading water. I am at a job, not working on a career. Furthermore I hate my job 99% of the time. I can't make enough money to move my life forward in my current situation which leads into my next resolution ...
2) Save more money. - I can be a frivolous spender at times. I buy entirely too much "stuff" just so I can say that I have it. I am more of a collector at this point when it comes to buying stuff than I am anything else. This also ties into my next goal ...
3) Spend less money of gaming. - I buy too many video games at full price and don't end up getting nearly my monies worth. Hell, I still have several games in my backlog that are still unplayed or even unopened.
4. Spend more time with those that are most important to me - family and friends. - Just what it says, spend more time and appreciate that time, with my family and my good friends. I've started this one already, but I need to commit to following through from here on out.
- Couple arrested in Christmas Day brawl over video game
- WeeP 5 Advanced Zapper
- SifuF's Nintendo Sixtyfree LITE-R
- Lions complete 1st 0-16 season in league history
- Where Aren't They Now?: 15 Overlooked Deaths of 2008
- Video: The Craft of War: BLIND (Very cool!)
- MG’s 10 favorite iPhone games of 2008
Oh well, had a great Christmas break, watched a ton of movies, including some very good Japanese (english subtitled) ones. Very relaxing. Back to the grind today, but it's a short week, again.
What's up with you?
- Q'sOTD: Enjoy the Christmas holiday break? Did you get everything you wanted?
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Wednesday, December 24, 2008
- Video: 13 year old beats Guitar Hero
- Classic PS1 RPG Suikoden hits PSN
- Dell’s MacBook Air Rival Confirmed by . . . Dell
- Videos: 7 best video game trailers of 08
- Grab your BFG and play Doom in your browser
The Yankees make me sick, I hope they have another crappy season.
What's up with you?
- QOTD: Love or hate the Yankees?
kaleidoscopelex, HousHmandzadeH (54), Jordanfan23 (36), nateseesee (36), umt_griz (30), Better_Than_You (30), Zephyr (27), RTT (19)
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Personally, 2008 has been a huge year for me. Not only did I drastically increase my involvement with OS, but I also left my job at EA after having spent 4 years there. My wife and I also relocated from Canada back to my original home country of Australia. 2008 was very exciting for me, in large part thanks to the success and growth of Operation Sports.
Here are some interesting stats:
- Over 3 million unique people visited Operation Sports in 2008
- They generated over 100 million page views
- They spent an average of 9.52 minutes on the site each time they visited
- 82% were from the USA, 5.5% from Canada, 2.2% from UK and 1.2% from Australia
- 47% used Internet Explorer to browse, 43% Firefox and 5% Safari
- 91% were used Windows while 6.6% were on a Mac
- 1024x768 was the most popular screen resolution (30%) followed by 1280x800 (20%)
- 30% of our traffic came from Google
- Top search words that led to OS were “operation sports” (9%), “nba 2k9” (4%) and maddenmania (2.5%)
- Over 27,000 new members registered at Operation Sports
- Over 55,000 new threads were posted in the Operation Sports Forums
- Over 1 million new posts were posted in the Operation Sports Forums
2009 will be a big year for OS, there is no doubt about it. We're well positioned to expand even further based off of the ever increasing interest and quality of the new sports games scheduled for release. We're busy expanding our site's feature set to build off of the new generation of sports games that focus heavily on online interaction.
In closing, I wanted to thank everyone who made OS a regular destination in 2009. It has been a great experience being heavily involved with OS over the past 12 months, and I look forward to continuing this into 2009 and beyond.
Merry Christmas!
- Xbox 360 Gets Downloadable $5 Fireplace
- So, apparently, my town has a "prototype" Gamestop
- Microsoft releases some XBLA stats, teases 2009 releases
- Zelda makes analyst's list of 2009 releases
- Image: Free bacon
- Image: WTF?
- 10 Most Fascinating Tombs in the World
Great game between the Pack and Bears last night, the Bears still have a shot at the playoffs. I don't know how those guys can play in that weather, it looked insanely cold out there.
What's up with you?
- QOTD: Have you finished your holiday shopping yet?
VA Hoops, Ben E Lou (40), davehughes14 (34), csc (32), Bearcat729 (31), Mprophetess (23), Schniels (20), nieLz (20)
Monday, December 22, 2008
- 20 Defining Moments of 2008
- Holiday Smackdown: iPod Touch Vs. Zune
- Image: How to setup a meeting
- Top 10 downloaded PSN games of 2008
- Voice Chat Feature on PlayStation Home Resumes
- The Zombies Look Better Every Year
- The 6 Coolest Things You Can Do With Your Dead Body
Pistons showed me that nice 3 game winning streak was a fluke as they've lost 2 straight now. So sick of watching them.
What's up with you?
- QOTD: How did your team(s) fare over the weekend?
Cham, osufan4300 (45), SevenArmz, RenDogg (29), ubernoob (21)
Sunday, December 21, 2008
A couple of days ago we added a new tab to your Arena. The "Scores" tab lists all of the games you have rated and their respective Reader Scores and Hype Scores. You can use this tab to change your scores if you so desire.
Friday, December 19, 2008
- Crackdown 2 Rumors Fly from New Dev Formation
- Core gamers have “no clue” we’re in recession, says Pachter
- What Your Favorite Teams Were Almost Called
- What If LeBron James and Wolverine Joined the New York Knicks?
- How to Build a Kick-*** $800 Gaming PC
- 8 Guinness World Record Attempts That Failed (Hilariously)
Wifee is taking me to a nice restaurant tomorrow as well, for my "birthday" present. We've heard nothing but good things about this place, so I'm looking forward to it.
We are placing Nat in a private school, starting after the Xmas/New Year's holiday, she is so excited.
What's up with you?
- QOTD: What are your plans for the weekend?
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Thursday, December 18, 2008
- Sony PSP2 Rumors Bogus, No New Handheld Gaming Gadget Coming
- Free Radical Design closes doors
- Slingplayer beta available for Blackberry's on Dec. 30th
- The year 2008 in photographs (part 1 of 3)
- The Stories Behind 5 Holiday Treats
- Six Reasons We Have Bad Dreams
- StatTweets
- Cyanide Millipede, Huge Spider Among New Species
I'm getting sick of Brett Favre, anyone with me here? LOL.
What's up with you?
- QOTD: Will Favre finally call it quits after this season?
capitalsports
Apparently, he had written a living will and had some songs he really liked, so at his funeral some select classic rock songs were played and I felt like it really reflected the man's personality and also seemed to bring home the loss even more immediately.
Obviously, that left quite an impression on me. So as I still think about that from time to time, even today, I thought to myself - what would I want played at MY funeral? I'm limiting it to 5 songs, to make the choices harder and more important.
Obviously, I'd love some feedback from everyone who looks at this blog. That said - here are my 5 songs that I want played at my funeral when I die.
I will also post the order on which I'd like the songs played.
First Song - Dust In The Wind - Kansas
(Sums up Life)
Second Song - If Tomorrow Never Comes - Garth Brooks
(For my 2 year old neice)
Third Song - He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones
(for the few women that I have loved)
Fourth Song - Goodbye To Romance - Ozzy Osbourne
(One final goodbye to my friends)
Fifth (Final) Song - See You On The Other Side - Ozzy Osbourne
(Very Fitting in my opinion)
*If I got a bonus song - since it's my blog (LOL), then this would be the one*
Time In A Bottle - Jim Croce
Just a beautiful song full of meaning.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
- Playstation Home patch on Thursday
- Konami Confirms iPhone Metal Gear
- LittleBigPlanet introduces “Level Packs” @ PS Store
- Splendid new Avatar clothing now available
- Free game on XBLA today
- The Best Games of 2008 You've Never Played
- God of War III: the last God of War game?
- Scratch: The Ultimate DJ Details
- Animated Image: Um...wtf?
The Boys have 5 guys on the Pro Bowl squad. Romo deserves to be there.
What's up with you?
- QOTD: Happy with the Pro Bowl selections?
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