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As previously reported, I’ve been playing video games for a long time. At the game Developers Conference going on right now in San Francisco, a company called OnLive is working on a service that streams video games right to your TV. In summary, play these new video games without going out and spending mad cash on a XBOX360 or Playstation 3. Sounds like a good idea. … Also out of the GDC, Nintendo is making a remake of Mike Tyson’s Punch Out! Soon, people with a Wii will be able to play as Little Mac and beat up on Glass Joe, Piston Honda and Bald Bull again. Decent. … Ya, last week I said Arizona was weak and I will never pick them again. Then the Wildcats go out and win two games to reach the Sweet Sixteen. Shows what I know, albeit they beat Cleveland State to get this far … UConn is not winning this tournament. Although it leads the NCAA in the team that commits the least amount of fouls, it’s just a matter of time until teams attack their big 7-foot-4 center and sit him on the bench with foul trouble. See Greg Oden a few years ago for more on this strategy … Happy birthday to a pair of hotties. Pirates of the Caribbean gal Keira Knightley turns 24 today while Playboy chick Sara Jean Underwood becomes the big 2-5. Also celebrating birthdays today: Sopranos’ Michael Imperoli (43), Martin Short (59) and Steven Tyler (61). … I’d like to take a few brief moments to give a thumbs up to Tubesteak and Helmet Head. Neither of these two brothers in decency is a professional writer, yet their posts are well-written, clear and concise. Putting a sentence together, and stringing sentences together into a readable thought, is not easy, yet these two civilian bloggers do it with ease. A quick run through some of wordpress’ other offerings will show you just how solid these two are. … Speaking of Helmet Head, I love his Bored? series. I hope he’s working on a Bored? Get High and Watch Planet Earth in HD on the Discovery Channel piece … I heard a rumor that the star of the recent DC Short Jam: The Deceptive Rogue will be doing a celebrity appearance at the Rose Alley Ale House in New Bedford Friday and Saturday night. … Chapter 6 of Decent Community’s They Don’t Make Movies Like They Used To: The Running Man, Under Siege and Spies Like Us.