Renzie's Recreation Round-up

Here's one of our most favorite scenes from How I Met Your Mother, Season 2.  Probably one of the best episodes ever, "Slap Bet".  Keeping it short: the dudes find out Robin has this morbid fear of malls (Lilly: We can split a cinnabon!).  Barney speculated that she used to do porn- wait for it! -ography!  Marshall, on the other hand, thinks maybe Robin got married- at the mall.  A Slap Bet ensues, with Lilly as Slap Bet Commissioner. 
In the end, after much fuss- the guys find out that the reason why Robin was so afraid of malls was because she was once a teenage pop star in Canada (and lived off of Orange Julius and Wetzel's Pretzels for a year from touring malls all around Canada).
The scene you see at the right- the revelation scene- was one of the most memorable bits in the entire second season of How I Met Your Mother.

The Cast of How I Met Your Mother

Are you ready for hours upon hours of awesomeness!  To all my fellow How I Met Your Mother fans out there, I give you- the opening to our favorite TV show!  An edit of Carter Bays and Craig Thomas' masterpiece as The Solids- "Hey Beautiful".  So yeah, here you go, watch if over and over and over again.  Hours of fun, what did I tell ya?
Also- just to make sure I got that right- did you just say you want us to go to the mall? Today?

Let's Go To The Mall

We all love Robin Sparkles (fictitious as she may be- but hey, so is Spinal Tap!).  Here's her -erm- 80s/early 90's hit song "Let's Go To The Mall!".  You can catch the full video on the TV.com, or on YouTube.  Either way- don't forget the robot! 
Enjoy everyone!  I'm off to the mall to get some Orange Julius and some Wetzel's Pretzels! Don't forget the robot!
Cheers!

O-oh here she comes! Watch out, boy- she'll chew you up!

OK.  This whole day job is eating into my otherwise perfect gaming lifestyle.  Two-and-a-half months ago, I was contentedly satisfied playing my World of Warcraft- until I was hit by the stark realization that, yes, the gaming lifestyle needs to be supported by a steady source of income.  So I begrudgingly returned to corporate slavery to generate the resources required to keep on gaming.
And here comes the announcement of the release of Guild Wars: Eye of the North.  Ahh.  I have such fond memories of Guild Wars.  It was the very first MMORPG I got into (since I was very much working at the time).  I've started playing in early 2006, and I've worked my way through the Prophecies campaign, the Factions expansion, and then the Nightfall add-on.
They say that Eye of the North is Guild Wars' first REAL expansion.  What exactly they mean by that, I have no clue.  But whatever it is, it sure sounds a whole lot better than the first two.  Yay!  More Guild Wars action for everyone!
Guild Wars is a great game for people who have work.  While, yes, World of Warcraft is just as entertaining (or arguably more so), you'd like to be able to make full use of the gaming time you're paying for every month.  Unlike WoW, GW is free-to-play (after your initial purchase, of course).  And unlike LOTS of other free online games out there, this one actually kicks ass.  The storyline is very engaging, the character development allows you for lots of customization, the quests are appropriately challenging, and the game has incredibly high replay value.  Getting both add-ons (Factions and Nightfall) gives you a lot more quests to play with, additional storage space, four extra character slots, improved henchmen and so much more.  Oh, and it looks and sounds good too.
So just before I go get myself a copy of Eye of the North, I'd like to back and revisit the lands of Tyria, Canthia and Elona.  Spend some time with old friends, make some new ones- getting myself in the mood for a lot more Guild Wars action.  Let's play!