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  • Hijinks Reviews: Red Dead Redemption

    Red Dead Redemption is Rockstar’s new (I say new layered heavily in italicized sarcasm because the game was actually released way back on May 18th) open ended, Western themed action adventure game that was released to raving reviews from just about everybody. This is the part where you say, ‘Hey, Rockstar, I recognize that name, didn’t they make the Grand Theft Auto games? I love killing prostitutes and running policemen over in stolen cars!’, but before you get all gung-ho about the mayhem you can create in the wild wild west, let me help you by more accurately describing what you can expect after the jump.

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  • New NCAA 2011 Teambuilder site is up!! (sorta)

    *Edit: Looking for NCAA Football 2011 rosters file download and custom stadium sound information? Details here.

    *Edit2: Don’t have internet on your console? Here’s a guide to using a flash drive to get the rosters.

    First quick thing I’ll throw out there is for you guys who are anticipating the upcoming release of NCAA Football 11. If you don’t know what to do until July 13, try out the new Teambuilder site. EA hasn’t made any sort of official announcement about this new site, and it has been glitching up quite a bit for just about everyone who’s been trying it, but feel free to poke around. You can at least look at the new roster rankings for the upcoming season.

    To see the new roster rankings, after you register on the site (if you haven’t already) just create a new team and click on the far right button ‘Roster’. Here you can select any base roster for your team. Once the team is loaded you can look through and see everyone’s ratings on your favorite team. I’ll be sure to post again if they make some sort of official announcement or change the location of the page. Quick, go try it out and kill a couple hours…

    http://www.easports.com/teambuilder#/home

    Here’s a tutorial for Teambuilder, released by EA Sports:

  • Welcome Back… ME!!

    Hey everybody! My name is Dave, I helped Aaron and Fred back when we started out on this endeavor called Hijinks Inc. but ultimately fell by the wayside. I didn’t feel that my content really fit too well with what they were both writing about, and I lost a bit of my gusto. Aaron was gracious enough to invite me back and I jumped at the opportunity to join the crew again.

    A quick update on my bio since I was last here, as well as the biggest news thus far in my life: I have a new son! He is probably the coolest little person on the planet, at least in my slanted viewpoint. That’s about all that’s changed, otherwise everything coincides with that event, learning how to live with a baby and all that changes along with that. But it’s been great.

    I’ve been asked to write movie and game reviews, but you’ll probably get some sports stuff thrown in there too, as that is one of my biggest hobbies, and maybe an occasional post about parenting, as I think I’m the only one around here with a kid running around. I might not always write about the most recent movies and games, but I hope that at the very least you guys get some amusement from my posts. If you so choose you can find me on Twitter ( @sackdaddy ). Glad to be back, you can look for my first new review tomorrow.

    What I’m Playing

    On the iPhone:

    On the Xbox 360:

  • Android Users – Ditch Your Stock Launcher!

    Hi! I’m Ryan – the new guy here! First, I want to say thanks to Aaron for bringing me on board here to write about Android. I’m looking forward to sharing tips, tricks, and great apps to a great new reader base!

    For my first article, I’d like to start by talking about the most used application on just about every Android phone – the home screen (or launcher). Everything starts from here, so why not make it the best app on your phone? Those of you with the Sense UI on your phones (most HTC phones) have it pretty good. You get seven pages, and switching between them is very smooth. For the rest of us, especially Motorola Droid users, the home screen experience isn’t nearly as good. The stock Droid launcher only has 3 pages, and scrolling can be choppy, especially if you have several widgets active.

    The good news is that there are options. Android allows other applications to become the default launcher. There are currently two great options for launcher replacements, and both are FREE on the Android Market – LauncherPro and ADW.Launcher by AnderWeb.
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  • What I’m Playing: Episode 1

    On the iPad I’m currently playing:

    On the iPhone:

    On the PS3: