This month, we bring a classic Nintendo video game to our exclusive listings with the sports title ‘Punch-Out!!’. Also commonly referred to as Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!, this video game is a boxing game in which you fight many different cartoon-like characters that each have their own unique strengths and weaknesses until you reach the final villain, Mike Tyson. There were many humorous characters from this video game but one that stood out for me was King Hippo. After each round, King Hippo would insult you with a different quote to try and get your morale down. Here is one of those quotes used to insult and humiliate the gamer during gameplay.

-“I feel like eating. After I win, lets go to lunch! Ha Ha Ha!”

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members:

* Erik Hughes: Bass/Backing Vocals
* Kenny Bridges: Guitar/Lead Vocals
* Chris “Hippy” Hughes: Guitar/Backing Vocals
* Peter Krpan: Drums

Moneen are a punk band from Brampton, Ontario, Canada. The band formed in 1999 after the dissolution of another band called Perfectly Normal. Recently, they’ve had the opportunity to tour with such bands as Face To Face, Taking Back Sunday, and The Get Up Kids. In 2003, the band saw their second full length release (Are We Really Happy With Who We Are Right Now?) on Vagrant Records worldwide, and Smallman Records in Canada. In 2005 they released a split EP with Alexisonfire on Dine Alone Records where each band covered two of each others songs, plus an original song. The band have since released a new album in 2006 entitled ‘The Red Tree’ that was released on April 11, 2006. The band hopes to have a behind-the-scenes documentary of the making of their latest album released sometime in 2006.

Thanks to http://music.yahoo.com for some of the biography information.

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Rather than wasting January on the traditional ‘Happy New Year’ quote; we’ve decided to enlist McGruff the Crime Dog as our spokesperson for this month’s quote of the month. McGruff the Crime Dog was created by the National Crime Prevention Council for use by American police in building crime awareness among children. McGruff reaches kids through commercials, songs and booklets and is often seen talking about drugs, bullying, safety and the importance of staying in school. Even this site likes to give quotes about public safety every once in a while so here is Mcgruff’s favorite motto for all of you drunken sailors out there on this brand new year of 2007:

-“Take a bite out of crime!”

Image credit: http://www.claybennett.com

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In our final article, we take a look at some of the worst sports cities in North America based on their championship records. Some cities, for reasons that are beyond you and me, simply suck at winning the big game or are completely terrible and can’t even make it to the big game at all. Here are some of those franchises listed in no particular order( we believe you’ll be surprised by a few).

The Ugly

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Philadelphia have some of the most devoted fans in all of sports. Unfortunately, this article isn’t about how devoted your fans are to your favorite team or city but how well your teams do when it counts the most – winning the big game. Philadelphia racks up an impressive 13 championship finals appearances. This number might be deceiving though because the city’s overall record out of 13 is a staggering 2-11. That’s right folks. Since 1980, the city of Philadelphia has only won twice in 13 appearances. No wonder why the fans are so passionate in that North-Eastern State. If you were to count rioting and lynchings as being passionate about a city than Philadelphia ranks as #1. I would be pissed off too if my city only won twice in 13 appearances. The NHL’s Philadelphia Flyers have made it 4 times to the Stanley Cup Finals since 1980 and have lost all 4 times.The NFL’s Eagles have had multiple chances in the post-season but haven’t been nearly as successful as they should be. They haven’t won 1 Super Bowl and hold a 0-2 record in the big game since 1980. MLB’s Philadelphia Phillies have at least done marginally better by winning at least 1 World Series in that time span and hold a 1-2 record overall. The NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers were the one bright spot winning an NBA Title in 1983 against the Los Angeles Lakers thanks to the help of Hall Of Famers Julius Erving and Moses Malone. They would make it back 3 times with their most recent finals appearance being in 2001 but haven’t won another championship since that amazing 1983 year. Philadelphia has little trouble making it to the big game. The answer to that city’s troubles is to simply win one more game or series and finish #1 instead of the runner-up position.

Buffalo, New York.

Buffalo holds a dismal record of 0-5. The NFL’s Buffalo Bills have made it to the Super Bowl 4 times since 1980 and have yet to win it once. The Bills also had the opportunity to go to the Super Bowl 4 years in a row with the same collection of players and failed all 4 times. For some teams, the third attempt was lucky but for the Bills not even 4 times in a row was any luck to them. The NHL’s Buffalo Sabres made it to the Cup Finals in 1999 before losing in triple overtime in game 7 thanks to a goal by Dallas’ Bret Hull. The goal was considered controversial because Hull’s skate was considered to be in the crease at the time of the goal which wouldn’t make the goal stand. The goal is considered to be one of the top 5 worst officiating calls in sports history. This again led no championship for Buffalo who have yet to see a single championship in that city since 1980. (more…)

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Video games will be in high demand this holiday season especially with the launch of Nintendo’s Wii console and Sony’s Playstation 3. This will cause many gamers to flock to their favorite retailers to buy the lastest and greatest video games from North America and Japan for their favorite systems. Video games now have expensive budgets and every detail must be fixed before a product’s release date.One major problem comes from the fact that games that are developed in Japan are later released in North America and need to be translated for the American gamer. Recently there has been more effort given to this practice to avoid any errors but that hasn’t always been the case. Over the years, there have been many translation errors from Japanese to English in what we like to call Engrish. The one that takes the cake though is from the video game Zero Wing. The text is taken from the opening cut scene of the English version of the 1989 Japanese video game Zero Wing by Toaplan- in which the translated quote turns into this masterpiece about invading something or someone.

-“All your base are belong to us”

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