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Depending on who you ask, video games are either a healthy or unhealthy habit.

One of the first games I ever played was a computer game in elementary school called Oregon Trail. Basically, you traveled across the Oregon Trail as a settler, bought supplies and provide for your people. It doesn't sound like much fun today given the way technology has advanced, but back then we were glued to it like it was Halo 2.

Anyway, here's a cool interview with the developer of Oregon Trail. At least, I thought it was cool.

I really don't.

Some random thoughts:

• Eight million hot dogs later, our Kids Count on the Road event is over. It was fun, but I didn't really think I'd be outside for hours on end. I got a little sunburned.
• After Kids Count, I crashed and watched Crash on DVD. Good movie.
• Tennessee got beaten by Florida Saturday. I hate losing to Florida, but I kind of expected it. Rick Claussen and Erik Ainge just weren't on their games.
• My Fantasy football team, the New Orleans Saints of Killers, took a nice shellacking this week. (I picked the team and the name before the Katrina disaster)
• The new controller for the Nintendo Revolution has been unveiled. I can't imagine how you would be able to play a game with it. Then again, Nintendo doesn't have many games I would want to play.
• Blog posting when you don't have anything to really write about is a disaster.

And finally, take a look at these pictures:

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin and former Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello. Uncanny.