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Paradise Killer (Switch, PC)

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 (PS4, Xbox One, PC)

Watch Dogs: Legion (PS4, Xbox One, PC)

Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout (PS4, PC)

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

NFC Playoff Picture

Playoff Teams
1. Dallas Cowboys 11-3 (won NFC East)
2. Green Bay Packers 11-3 (won NFC North)
3. St. Louis Rams 11-3 (won NFC West)
4. Atlanta Falcons 10-4 (won NFC South)
5. Washington 8-6 (Wild Card)
6. San Francisco 49ers 7-7 (Wild Card)

Playoff Contenders
7. Minnesota Vikings 7-7
8. Las Vegas Pumpkins 7-7
9. Anaheim Lightning 6-8
10. Detroit Lions 6-8
11. Toronto Wildcats 6-8

Eliminated from Playoff Contention
12. New York Giants 5-9
13. Carolina Panthers 4-10
14 Chicago Bears 4-10
15. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3-11
16. Seattle Seahawks 3-11

Washington clinches a wild card spot with a win or loss by both the 49ers and Pumpkins

Lions and Wildcats are eliminated with a loss or wins by 49ers, Vikings, or Pumpkins

Lightning are eliminated with a loss and wins by 49ers, Vikings, or Pumpkins

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

AFC Playoff Picture

Playoff Teams
1. Miami Dolphins 10-4 (won AFC East)
2. Columbus Pioneers 10-4 (won AFC South)
3. Portland Express 9-5 (AFC West leaders)
4. Mexico City Browns 8-6 (AFC North leaders)
5. Pittsburgh Steelers 8-6 (Wild Card)
6. Denver Broncos 8-6 (Wild Card)

Playoff Contenders
7. Baltimore Ravens 8-6
8. Oakland Raiders 7-7
9. Buffalo Bills 7-7
10 New England Patriots 7-7

Eliminated from Playoff Contention
11. Tennessee Titans 6-8
12.Kansas City Chiefs 6-8
13. Cincinnati Bengals 6-8
14. Jacksonville Jaguars 5-9
15. New York Jets 5-9
16. Indianapolis Colts 5-9

Express clinch AFC West with a win

Bills are eliminated with a loss

Patriots are eliminated with a loss and Broncos win

Raiders are eliminated with a loss and wins by both the Steelers and Broncos

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Players of the Week
Offense - Chiefs HB LeGarrette Blount
Defense - Bengals MLB Kiko Alonso

User vs User Matchups
Bengals at Bills
Pioneers at Jaguars
Bears at Packers
Buccaneers at Steelers
Browns at Falcons
49ers at Wildcats
Pumpkins at Giants
Titans at Colts

Game of the Week
Cowboys at Washington

Week 16 will be simmed on Thursday, January 21st

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Wildcats - 13
Rams - 17

1st Quarter
Butker 35 yard FG

2nd Quarter
Butker 53 yard FG
Massey 50 yard pass from Murray

3rd Quarter
Alexander 2 yard run

4th Quarter
Crosby 21 yard FG
Alexander 30 yard run with 23 seconds left in the game

Notable Players
Rams FB Chris Alexander 11 carries for 59 yards, 2 TDs
Wildcats K Harrison Butker 2-4 FGAs
Wildcats MLB Bobby Wagner 6 tackles, 1 INT
Rams OLB Jerry Hughes 6 tackles, 1 sack

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Bengals - 38
Browns - 35

1st Quarter
Alonso 53 yard INT
Judon safety
Benjamin 17 yard pass from Prescott

2nd Quarter
Davis 2 yard pass from Locker + 2 pointer
Hopkins 19 yard pass from Prescott
Hogan 29 yard pass from Locker

3rd Quarter
Ingram 2 yard run
Haw 91 yard run + missed XP

4th Quarter
Lewis 3 yard pass from Prescott
Hogan 26 yard pass from Locker + 2 pointer
Benjamin 20 yard pass from Prescott

Notable Players
Bengals QB Jake Locker 21-36, 175 yards, 3 TDs
Browns QB Dak Prescott 15-27, 179 yards, 4 TDs, 2 INTs
Browns HB Mark Ingram 36 carries for 194 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Bengals WR Chris Hogan 4 rec for 68 yards, 2 TDs
Browns WR Travis Benjamin 2 rec for 37 yards, 2 TDs
Both Ks missed their lone FGA
Bengals OLB Matthew Judon 10 tackles, 1 sack
Bengals MLB Kiko Alonso 5 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 INT for TD
Browns MLB Damien Wilson 5 tackles, 1 FF

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Broncos - 20
Raiders - 10

2nd Quarter
Elliot 38 yard FG
McCaleb 35 yard FG
Helmandolar 1 yard run

4th Quarter
Coker 9 yard run
McCaleb 29 yard FG
Marshall 14 yard pass from Dalton

Notable Players
Broncos HB LaMarcus Coker 132 total yards, 1 TD
Broncos OLB Lawrence Timmons 7 tackles, 1 INT
Raiders DT Sione Fua 7 tackles, 1 sack

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

49ers - 21
Chiefs - 34

1st Quarter
Bennett 7 yard pass from Freeman
Parker 67 yard PR

2nd Quarter
Scobee 34 yard FG
Blount 38 yard run
Blount 2 yard pass from Jimmy

3rd Quarter
Rawls 2 yard pass from Freeman + 2 pointer
Scobee 41 yard FG

4th Quarter
Blount 4 yard run
Folk 18 and 22 yard FGs

Notable Players
49ers QB Kirby Freeman 12-19, 96 yards, 2 TDs
49ers HB Thomas Rawls 136 total yards, 1 TD
Chiefs HB LeGarrette Blount 217 total yards, 3 TDs, 1 INT
49ers MLB Korey Norton 9 tackles, 1 sack
49ers OLB Ryan Shazier 9 tackles, 1 sack
49ers DE Marcus Spears 4 tackles, 1 sack, 1 FF
49ers CB Sean Smith 2 INTs

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Pumpkins - 45
Washington - 14

1st Quarter
Blackmon 9 yard run

2nd Quarter
Cooks 4 yard pass from Leak
Coleman 4 and 8 yard runs
Elliot 1 yard run

3rd Quarter
Jones 4 yard pass from Quinn

4th Quarter
Pritechett 4 yard pass from Leak
Moore 48 yard FG
Pittman 3 yard run

Notable Players
Pumpkins QB Chris Leak 18-30, 164 yards, 2 TDs
Washington QB Brady Quinn 18-29, 246 yards, 1 TD, 3 INTs, 3 fumbles
Pumpkins HB Tevin Coleman 14 carries for 60 yards, 2 TDs
Pumpkins OLB Nick Perry 9 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT
Pumpkins CB Trumaine Johnson 2 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT
Washington OLB Neil Parker 7 tackles, 1 sack

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Lightning - 10
Panthers - 13

1st Quarter
McCoy 54 yard run
Fairbairn 30 yard FG

2nd Quarter
Jones 36 yard FG

3rd Quarter
Jones 31 yard FG

4th Quarter
Quinn 6 yard pass from Ryan

Notable Players
Panthers HB LeSean McCoy 257 total yards, 1 TD, 1 fumble
Lightning FS Andrew Adams 11 tackles, 1 sack
Lightning SS Deon Bucannon 5 tackles, 1 sack

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Dolphins - 31
Bills - 21

1st Quarter
Ertz 6 yard pass from Clausen
Catanzaro 34 yard FG

2nd Quarter
Catanzaro 50 and 22 yard FGs
Beckham Jr. 33 yard pass from Mariota + 2 pointer

3rd Quarter
Miller 18 yard run
Crabree 19 yard pass from Mariota
Rodgers 5 yard run

4th Quarter
Ertz 5 yard pass from Clausen

Notable Players
Dolphins QB Marcus Mariota 16-32, 206 yards, 2 TDs
Bills QB Jimmy Clausen 20-32, 128 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT
Dolphins WR Odell Beckham Jr. 4 rec for 104 yards, 1 TD
Bills RE Zach Ertz 5 rec for 36 yards, 2 TDs
Dolphins OLB T.J. Watt 10 tackles, 1 INT
Bills OLB Jelani Jenkins 6 tackles, 1 sack, 1 FF

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Falcons - 6
Cowboys - 27

1st Quarter
Rucker 23 yard FG
Watkins 2 yard pass from Young

2nd Quarter
Walker 1 yard run

3rd Quarter
Gano 43 yard FG

4th Quarter
Walker 3 yard pass from Young
Gano 24 yard FG
Rucker 48 yard FG

Notable Players
Cowboys QB Vince Young 28-31, 264 yards, 8 rushes for 64 yards, 3 TDs, 1 INT
Cowboys HB Darius Walker 101 total yards, 2 TDs
Cowboys WR Sammy Watkins 18 rec for 194 yards, 1 TD
Falcons SS Lewis Baker 15 tackles
Falcons DT B.J. Raji 4 tackles, 2 sacks
Cowboys OLB Dannell Ellerbe 8 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 FF

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Packers - 31
Patriots - 3

1st Quarter
Ficken 23 yard FG

2nd Quarter
Taylor 5 yard run
Brown 55 yard FG
Dennard 32 yard FR

3rd Quarter
Stuart 16 yard pass from Taylor

4th Quarter
Olsen 17 yard pass from Taylor

Notable Players
Packers QB Tyrod Taylor 17-26, 166 yards, 11 rushes for 86 yards, 3 total TDs
Pats K Sam Ficken 1-3 FGAs

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Lions - 25
Bears - 17

1st Quarter
Bironas 38 yard FG
Dray 2 yard pass from Goff

2nd Quarter
Bironas 55 and 30 yard FGs
Smith 24 yard pass from Savage
Cundiff 36 yard FG

3rd Quarter
Snead 29 yard pass from Savage

4th Quarter
Bironas 35 yard FG
D. Williams 2 yard run + failed 2 pointer

Notable Players
Bears QB Tom Savage 13-24, 191 yards, 2 TDs, 2 INTs
Lions HB DeAngelo Williams 36 carries for 130 yards, 1 TD
Lions K Rob Bironas 4-4 FGAs
Lions SS Karl Joseph 6 tackles, 2 INTs
Bears DE Everson Griffen 6 tackles, 2 sacks

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Colts - 24
Steelers - 28

1st Quarter
Quddus 84 yard INT

2nd Quarter
Reed 38 yard FG
O'Neal 4 yard pass from Dobbs
Quddus 37 yard INT

3rd Quarter
Bailey 3 yard run
Enunwa 17 yard pass from Dobbs

4th Quarter
Uzomah 11 yard pass from Dobbs
Enunwa 2 yard pass from Dobbs

Notable Players
Colts QB C.J. Bethard 8-20, 64 yards, 2 INTs
Steelers QB Joshua Dobbs 16-23, 199 yards, 4 TDs, 2 INTs (both returned for TDs)
Steelers WR Kenny O'Neal 6 rec for 111 yards, 1 TD
Colts OLB Paul Kruger 19 tackles
Colts SS Isa Abdul-Quddus 2 INTs, both returned for TDs


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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Giants - 40
Buccaneers - 13

1st Quarter
Lee 22 yard pass from Bridgewater
Maclin 5 yard pass from Olson
Bailey 39 and 43 yard FGs

2nd Quarter
Aguayo 47 yard FG
Bailey 41 yard FG

3rd Quarter
Bailey 39 yard FG

4th Quarter
Janis 5 yard pass from Henne
Hodges 94 yard PR
Parks 41 yard INT
Aguayo 38 yard FG

Notable Players
Bucs QB Teddy Bridgewater 16-33, 209 yards, 1 TD, 4 INTs
Giants K Dan Bailey 4-4 FGAs
Giants SS Will Parks 8 tackles, 1 INT for TD
Giants MLB Austin Zeppuhar 7 tackles, 1 INT
Giants DE Loren Howard 3 tackles, 2 sacks
Giants DT Rob Armstrong 2 tackles, 2 sacks
Giants DE Khalil Mack 1 sack, 1 FF
Bucs DT Jurrell Casey 5 tackles, 1 sack

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Jaguars - 31
Titans - 24

1st Quarter
Gould 33 yard FG
Freeman 2 yard run

2nd Quarter
Franks 51 yard FG
Anderson 1 yard run
Evans 44 yard pass from Lynch
Franks 29 yard FG

3rd Quarter
Pryor 29 yard pass from Tebow

4th Quarter
Gordon 2 yard run
Franks 38 yard FG
Celek 5 yard pass from Tebow + 2 pointer

Notable Players
Jags QB Tim Tebow 20-36, 227 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT
Titans WR Mike Evans 7 rec for 100 yards, 1 TD
Jags MLB Rey Maualuga 8 tackles, 1 FF
Jags DT Billy Walker 5 tackles, 1 sack
Jags CB E.J. Gaines 5 tackles, 1 FF
Titans FS Pat Pollard 3 tackles, 1 sack, 1 FF

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

AI + my score

Express - 27
Ravens - 14

Jets - 24
Pioneers - 31

Seahawks - 10
Vikings - 27


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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Sim soon

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

#91 The Gardens Between (Xbox One, 2018)


The Gardens Between is in many ways my ideal game. It is short, gameplay-centric, and atmospheric without being bogged down by things that can undermine it or trying to force me me to feel a certain way.

The core of the game is simple to understand but engaging and rewarding when you succeed, It is an on-rails puzzle game where you can move time forward, move time backward, or have one of the characters interact with an environmental object that is exclusive to them. The puzzles aren't especially taxing, but as I said, it never fails to be engaging, and I do feel a genuine sense of accomplishment each time I solve a level.

The Voxel Agents, previously known for churning out mobile train conducting puzzle games, were masterful in their atmospheric approach. I would love to hear their thought process on how they came up with the sound design, art design, and music to create was such an evocative experience of only about three hours that was further enhanced by their no-dialogue, minimalist plot (an intro, ending, and like five second clips of post-world "scenes" encompass just around a minute total) of nostalgic theme leaving me with complex feelings in a good way.

I have bought this for nearly every platform that has come out on, and I've gone through it every year since it came out. There are only a handful of games that I have a tradition of playing every year, so it's saying something for this to join such an esteemed group whose names will be coming up later.

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

#92 Persona 4 Golden (PS Vita, 2012)


Honestly, there isn't really a reason for me to specify the Golden version. I don't think that it added much positive value than what the original version offered. I didn't care for Marie, the new social links (I think it was just her and Adachi), and I think everything else was relatively minor. However, I think it did add a winter event where all the girls you had a romantic social link with tried to confess their feelings to you. I had a romantic social link with multiple of them, and you could only choose one, leading to a series of gut-wrenching conversations that caused me to turn the audio off and barely glance at the screen so I felt less like a monster.

I actually feel that Persona 4 is a downgrade from Persona 3 in some pretty significant areas. I felt the over-arching plot fizzled out maybe 2/3 of the way through (I started losing interest after Naoto's dungeon and basically all interest with one of the most idiotic emotional manipulations I have experienced). I know that people prefer the combat in 4 over 3 with the full control of the party's actions a big reason why, but I actually preferred the old combat where you only had control of the main character (I prefer less micromanagement). I also found that the dungeons were kind of lame and just had the theme as a backdrop with nothing interesting about them. I found Tartarus from 3 to be neat.

The main reason why I prefer this over Persona 3 and why it is one of my favorite RPGs is because it does something that I feel so few in the genre do; there is genuine party chemistry and camaraderie. WRPGs tend to be far more nuanced with deeper, complex characters to where they have a better success rate at having a group of people who don't seem to have much in common and even less reason to interact with one another more than the minimum seem like there is a understated bond between them that doesn't need to be spelled out in full to the player. JRPGs, and just a lot of Japenese games in general, tend to be overly explicit in just about everything, including pushing the idea that everyone in the party are friends, they were destined to be heroes, yada yada yada. They just either don't put in the effort or have the skill to actually pull it off. It just comes across as weird and unfulfilling.

Persona 4 is one of the rare ones that takes the time and effort to effectively build up the characters, their relationships with each other, how they rose to become (clandestine) heroes, and how their experiences shaped and changed them. It was such a refreshing experience and one that I won't forget.

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

#93 Mercury Hg (Xbox 360, 2011)


Mercury Hg was possibly the last in the Mercury series, a collection of physics-based puzzle games where you guide a blob of mercury through a bunch of micro-levels. I've played other games in the series, but Hg was easily my favorite.

You don't actually control the mercury but rather you tilt the environment. The mercury takes time to pick up speed, so you have to keep it tilted in the direction you made it travel is you wish for it to go faster. Figuring out the right balance of tilt control might be jarring at first, but the game does an excellent job at getting you accustomed to the physics and even as the game gets more hectic, the difficulty never feels cheap.

The game was impressive for its constantly fresh ideas. Including the DLC, there were around 120 levels total (all named after an element on the periodic table, but that is not important). and they went above and beyond making each one distinctive. They had mercury-splitting corners, color changing devices, magnetic devices that attracted or repeled mercury, many of the tried-and-true objects such as ramps and rising/falling platforms, and so much more. I know that they didn't use every combination possible, but it seemed like they did.

I think what made this game even more special was just how replayable it was. You could unlock all of the main levels through simply beating them, but in order to unlock bonus levels and challenges, you had to complete other tasks. They asked you to beat it under a certain time, beat it with all of your mercury intact, and grab all of the collectibles. Due to levels usually taking under a minute, tackling on levels again and again was a low time-investment that led to a great sense of accomplishment when you could get so much done in under an hour.

I was also heavily into getting great placements on the leaderboards. They had ones for score and time. Even after I had fully beaten a level, it wasn't uncommon for me to go through again and again until I got a ranking (usually just shooting for time) in the hundreds. With the player base being in at least the hundreds of thousands, finishing in the hundreds was something I felt proud to achieve.

I tried very hard selling how great this game was to B8ers for several years to avail, but it has since been delisted. I assume none of you bought it, and I blame all of you it going away!

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Hades (Switch, PC)

Dreams (PlayStation 4)

One Step From Eden (PS4, Switch, PC)

*abstain

Cyberpunk 2077 (PS4, Xbox One, PC)


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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

#94 LEGO Island (PC, 1997)


As I'm sure was the case with the majority of us, I was a very imaginitive child, something that will be brought up in multiple future entries. Games like LEGO Island were perfect for me. I could spend countless hours not just building the dumbest looking vehicles and customizing the island in a way that you know a child was responsible, but I could just walk for hours. I don't know if the residents had a preset path, but I always assumed they strolled around the island randomly, and boy did I love randomness. I would emulate them and just walk around aimlessly, and that was so entertaining to me.

The game also featured well-crafted, or what little kid me thought, story mode centering around an escaped criminal called The Brickster. This included finding hidden bricks, racing underground with skeletons I think, and a chase sequence where you just launch a ton of pizzas and doughnuts.

This is one of those games from my youth that I both have long wanted to return to and also are afraid that going back to it might negatively affect my childhood memories of it. Having not done for former though, it lands in my Top 100.

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

I am now up to Colorado in Hitman, which now marks the point to where everything will be new to me. When I last played this, only four episodes were out.

As for what I have done since, I was so disappointed how close I was in Marrakesh to getting both targets to meet in tunnel and burning them alive. I probably should have used run as much as I possibly could when I went to set up the second phone call, but Zeydan began to leave just as Claus was coming down, and I didn't have the desire to reload an appropriate save to make it work. I ended up just garroting them.

Now that I have replayed the first four missions, I want to say:

Paris > Bangkok > Sapienza > Marrakesh

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

#95 Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (PS4, 2016)


Since its inception, the Uncharted series has always been one of the top cover shooters in the business. The series blends in its solid gameplay with strong adventure elements, gorgeous scenery, and surprisingly fun puzzles all wrapped up in tales that evoke the classic film and video games that clearly inspired it. Uncharted 4 took the strengths of what came before it and improved upon them while mixing it up with some new tricks of their own.

The campaign was easily the best in the series with having more interesting non-tradtional gameplay segments, more bombastic set pieces, more varied and flexible scripted fights, and curiously adding in several open-world levels. They constantly swung for the fences, missing on several attempts (such as the plot meandering into melodramatic drivel, some of which I would argue did not make sense), but I was more than willing to forgive the shortcomings.

The primary reason why this made my list though is its multiplayer. I bought a 1 month trial to PS+ for the sole reason of playing multiplayer, and I got my money's worth and then some putting in countless hours into multiplayer for that month. Sporting the series' best map collection, increasing the player count in a match, and adding the mystical abilities made this the definitive Uncharted experience. I probably played at least an hour a day nearly every day for the duration of my trial. I was unable to get any B8ers to join me. I realize that unlike the time Wigs, Icon, Menji, numbers, Bartz, others, and I frequently played UC2 together (I am still disappointed though with how their methods of separating parties of five or more), I was late to the UC4 party as I started in 2018, but I was able to have a blast with completely random people. You know you have a good multiplayer if you can say that unconditionally.

The combination of the single and multiplayer make this the definintive Uncharted experience. Effusing so much praise toward this might then seem odd that I am ranking it "so low" at #95, but I have played a ton of games in my life, so look at it like this is in the 95 percentile of all games that I have played.

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Cyberpunk 2077 (PS5, PS4, Xbox One, PC)

Jackbox Party Pack 7 (PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC)

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

#96 Mu Cartographer (PC, 2016)


This is one of the coolest, strangest games that I have ever played. I bought this on a whim in 2016 when it was on sale for a dollar or two, and boy was it it worth it!

As the screenshot suggests, there is a lot to take in when you play. You are given a 3D landscape and tasked to maniupulate the environment to find various secrets within. To manipulate the environment, you tinker around with the various devices you see plastered across the screen. There are knobs to turn, buttons to press, sliders to, uh slide, and much more. While the general effect of each device is consistent across the game's collection of environments, you have absolutely no idea what anything will specifically do to a particular landscape until you try it, so you are essentially learning on the fly each time.

This is not a game for the impatient. Trial and error doesn't quite cut it as a description for this game. The very first landscape took me around 45 minutes to find everything. The second was emotionally deflating as the first hour I spent yielded nothing. It goes on like that for the duration of the game as there is technically a story and an end.

Due to the nature of the game, it is hard for me to rank it too high when it is common to come away feeling like you wasted your time after spending quite a bit of it to find a lone secret, but this is definitely a game every open-minded gamer should try, and I knew that I had to include it on my list.

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

#97 Boxing (Atari 2600, 1980)


I love all sorts of approaches to multiplayer. The modern multiplayer is all about deep customization to offer freedom of choice to fit the player's personal skillset and general interests. There's something about the old school multiplayer experience though that I am fascinated by, and I feel like Boxing is the best example of that.

Here you have two boxers facing off against each other. Other than a color scheme difference (one is white, the other is black), they have the exact same moves (long and short range punch). There is a fixed perspective that encompasses a single screen, so both players see the exact the same thing as the other. This then becomes a tense psychological battle as you are absolutely fixated on the screen trying to interpret as much about your opponent's overall and moment-to-moment approach to the match through their simple movements, and they are doing the same with you.

It's so basic but impressively thrilling. My parents owned like 15 games for the Atari 2600, but Boxing was always my go-to game. I don't remember how I generally fared in the game, but I do know that I always had a blast!

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

#98 Backyard Baseball 2001 (PC, 2000)


I owned A LOT of the Backyard sports titles growing up, and I liked pretty much all of them, but Baseball 2001 rose above them all. Between my love of baseball, their inclusion of some of my favorite MLB players (Frank Thomas and Randy Johnson), the variety of baseball fields with unique features, and the zaniness of the franchise, there wasn't any doubt that I would become addicted to it.

Made for children, it was of course quite accessible. You could leave a game and pick up where you left off at any point. There were options to show where the ball was landing if you were batting, you could have players auto-hit if you selected a location using the bat cursor, pitching showed you the range where a ball would land before you committed to it, and much more. I'm sure if I played now, it would be a little boring as innings would never end if I was batting, and I would send the opposing team down 1-2-3 if I was pitching, but when I was a kid, I lived in the moment and didn't care about the score so much.

While I made like 30 different teams, my main one was of course the White Sox. For some reason, I made my home field Tin Can Alley, whose main feature is that it is incredibly hard to hit an outside-the-park home run. I can actually remember some of my lineup:

Dante Robinson
Pablo Sanchez
Randy Johnson
Frank Thomas
Ken Griffey Jr.
Larry Walker

Maybe the rest will come back to me some day.

Anyway, there wasn't much of a payoff to the main season mode. I never particular felt like I accomplished something great by winning the World Series, or whatever they called it. It probably didn't help that the stadium that they held it in was nothing special. However, I didn't need to be reward that way. I just loved playing baseball games, and this delivered. I do have one regret with this game, and it is that I don't think that I ever ended up playing its online mode (we didn't have internet until a few years later).

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

#99 Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure (DS, 2009)


I took a lot of purchasing risks with the DS. Sure I got burned a few times with games like Touch Detective and Lunar Dragon Song, but more often than not, I was rewarded for taking the plunge, and Henry Hatsworth is one of the best examples. I am always intrigued by games that have unique hybrid genre gameplay (platformer and puzzle for Henry), but I think what ultimately got me to purchase this was that it was quite the departure from EA Tiburon who are mostly known for developing the Madden games since the mid-90s.

While the platformer portion of the game that plays on the top screen is pretty standard on its own with your basic attacks and going through the usual environments, it is the puzzle element that takes place on the bottom screen that makes the game memorable. It is a color-based match three puzzle, but there are a wide variety of block effects that when activated affect the top screen. There are good effects like healing Henry or powering up his attacks, but there are also detrimental ones such as reviving defeated enemies. With the game already being on the challenging side given the amount of enemies and damage they do, it heightens the importance of effectively balancing both the platforming and puzzle aspects.

It has its own shortcomings, but its uniqueness, endearing goofiness, and consistently engaging and rewarding gameplay more than make up for it, and it became one of my favorite DS games as a result.

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

NFC Playoff Picture

Playoff Teams
1. Dallas Cowboys 10-3 (NFC East leaders, clinched playoff spot)
2. Atlanta Falcons 10-3 (won NFC South)
3. Green Bay Packers 10-3 (won NFC North)
4. St. Louis Rams 10-3 (won NFC West)
5. Washington 8-5 (Wild Card)
6. San Francisco 49ers 7-6 (Wild Card)

Playoff Contenders
7. Anaheim Lightning 6-7
8. Minnesota Vikings 6-7
9. Las Vegas Pumpkins 6-7
10. Toronto Wildcats 6-7
11. Detroit Lions 5-8
12. Chicago Bears 4-9
13. New York Giants 4-9

Eliminated from Playoff Contention
14 Carolina Panthers 3-10
15. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3-10
16. Seattle Seahawks 3-10

Cowboys win NFC East with a win or Washington loss

Lions are eliminated with a loss and 49ers win

Bears and Giants are eliminated with a loss


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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

AFC Playoff Picture

Playoff Teams
1. Miami Dolphins 9-4 (AFC East leaders)
2. Columbus Pioneers 9-4 (won AFC South)
3. Portland Express 8-5 (AFC West leaders)
4. Mexico City Browns 8-5 (AFC North leaders)
5. Baltimore Ravens 8-5 (Wild Card)
6. Oakland Raiders 7-6 (Wild Card)

Playoff Contenders
7. Buffalo Bills 7-6
8. Pittsburgh Steelers 7-6
9. New England Patriots 7-6
10 Denver Broncos 7-6
11. Tennessee Titans 6-7
12.New York Jets 5-8
13. Cincinnati Bengals 5-8
14. Kansas City Chiefs 5-8
15. Indianapolis Colts 5-8

Eliminated from Playoff Contention
16. Jacksonville Jaguars 3-9

Dolphins clinch AFC East with a win

Titans are eliminated with a loss and win by either the Raiders or Bills

Colts, Chiefs, Bengals, and Jets are eliminated with a loss or Raiders win (other wins by 7-6 teams would eliminate some but not all of those four)

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Players of the Week
Offense - Browns HB Mark Ingram, Pats HB Dexter McCluster, and Panthers HB LeSean McCoy (I'm making them co-winners)
Defense - Bills MLB Corey Nelson

User vs User Matchups
Jaguars at Titans
Giants at Buccaneers
Colts at Steelers
Lions at Bears
Packers at Patriots
Pumpkins at Washington
49ers at Chiefs
Bengals at Browns

Game of the Week
Falcons at Cowboys

Week 15 will be simmed on Tuesday, January 19th

Just a reminder for the vets and for newcomers to know, I always sim Week 17 the same week as Weeks 15 and 16, so expect that to be simmed on Saturday, January 23rd

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Panthers - 21
Buccaneers - 0

Panthers scored via
Thomas 17 and 9 yard passes from Wentz
McCoy 2 yard run

Notable Players
Panthers QB Carson Wentz 14-26. 175 yards, 2 TDs
Panthers HB LeSean McCoy 251 total yards, 1 TD
Bucs HB Matt Forte 20 carries for 136 yards
Panthers TE Julius Thomas 4 rec for 46 yards, 2 TDs
Panthers OLB Sean Spence 5 tackles, 1 sack
Panthers SS Joe Goosby 5 tackles, 1 FF
Bucs DE Doug Worthington 2 sacks

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Bills - 34
Bears - 20

1st Quarter
Cundiff 38 yard FG

2nd Quarter
Tucker 46 yard FG
Miller 4 yard run
Hargreaves 92 yard KR
Cundiff 49 yard FG

3rd Quarter
Nelson 3 yard pass from Carr
Tucker 45 yard FG

4th Quarter
Gresham 2 yard run
King 52 yard INT
Nelson 25 yard pass from Carr

Notable Players
Bills QB Derek Carr 15-30, 141 yards, 2 TDs, 3 INTs
Bears QB Tom Savage 9-20, 120 yards, 2 INTs
Bills HB Lamar Miller 37 carries for 167 yards, 1 TD, 1 fumble
Bills WR Jordy Nelson 2 rec for 28 yards, 2 TDs
Bills P Zoltan Mesko 4 punts for 50.2 avg
Bills SS D.J. Swearinger 5 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 FF
Bills OLB Luther O'Neal 5 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 FF

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Raiders - 10
Wildcats - 17

1st Quarter
Elliot 41 yard FG

2nd Quarter
Butker 39 yard FG

3rd Quarter
Massey 8 yard pass from Murray

4th Quarter
Marshall 10 yard pass from Dalton
Randle 5 yard pass from Murray

Notable Players
Wildcats QB Aaron Murray 13-20, 117 yards, 2 TDs
Wildcats DE Robert Quinn 3 sacks

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Ravens - 10
Bengals - 3

1st Quarter
White 1 yard run

4th Quarter
Rosas 26 yard FG
Wilhoit 41 yard FG

Notable Players
Ravens OLB Leland Jones 12 tackles, 1 sack
Ravens DE Charles Johnson 2 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 FF
Ravens DT Beau Allen 1 tackle, 1 sack, 1 FF
Ravens DE Stephon Tuitt 2 sacks, 1 FF
Bengals DT Mike Daniels 2 sacks
Bengals DE Ezekiel Ansah 2 sacks

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Steelers - 6
Express - 13

2nd Quarter
Graham 30 yard FG
Carpenter 46 yard FG

3rd Quarter
Carpenter 51 yard FG

4th Quarter
Graham 29 yard FG
Murray 6 yard run

Notable Players
Steelers QB Bobby Reid 9-19, 41 yards, 8 rushes for 77 yards, 2 INTs
Express WR Robert Woods 8 rec for 136 yards

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Giants - 6
Pumpkins - 16

1st Quarter
Bailey 46 yard FG

2nd Quarter
Moore 24 yard FG
Bailey 41 yard FG
Cooks 17 yard pass from Leak

3rd Quarter
Moore 52 yard FG

4th Quarter
Moore 44 yard FG

Notable Players
Giants HB Reshard Mendenhall 142 total yards
Pumpkins HB Tevin Coleman 139 total yards
Pumpkins MLB Jerod Mayo 9 tackles, 1 INT
Pumpkins OLB Nick Perry 5 tackles, 2 sacks

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Rams - 15
49ers - 18

1st Quarter
Scobee 45 and 50 yard FGs
Turner 63 yard pass from Tannehill

2nd Quarter
Rawls 9 yard run

3rd Quarter
Scobee 46 yard FG
Lee 14 yard pass from Tannehill + 2 pointer

4th Quarter
Scobee 54 yard FG

Notable Players
Rams QB Ryan Tannehill 14-33, 199 yards, 2 TDs, 5 INTs
49ers QB Kirby Freeman 13-28, 125 yards, 2 INTs
49ers HB Thomas Rawls 150 total yards, 1 TD
Rams K Mason Crosby 0-1 FGAs
Rams MLB Manti Te'o 7 tackles, 1 sack, 1 FF
Rams FS Harrison Smith 7 tackles, 1 INT
Rams DT John Mixon 4 tackles, 2 sacks
49ers SS Johnathan Cyprien 2 INTs
49ers DT Grady Jarrett 2 sacks

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Pioneers - 6
Washington - 23

1st Quarter
Kaeding 29 yard FG
Nugent 42 yard FG

2nd Quarter
Quinn 2 yard run
Nugent 50 yard FG

3rd Quarter
Nugent 27 yard FG

4th Quarter
Elliot 7 yard run
Kaeding 24 yard FG

Notable Players
Pioneers QB Russell Wilson 14-28, 122 yards, 2 INTs
Pioneers OLB Kamerion Wimbley 10 tackles, 1 sack
Pioneers MLB Kyle Kato 5 tackles, 2 sacks
Washington OLB Neil Parker 10 tackles, 1 sack
Washington SS Jermaine O'Leske 7 tackles, 1 INT

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Patriots - 38
Dolphins - 14

1st Quarter
Miller 3 yard pass from Mariota

2nd Quarter
Beckham Jr. 4 yard pass from Mariota
Crowder 52 yard pass from Glennon
Ficken 33 yard FG

3rd Quarter
Miller 1 yard run
McCluster 4 and 1 yard runs

4th Quarter
McCluster 4 yard run

Notable Players
Pats QB Mike Glennon 7-15, 100 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT
Dolphins QB Marcus Mariota 10-16, 89 yards, 2 TDs
Pats HB Dexter McCluster 40 carries for 166 yards, 3 TDs, 1 fumble
Pats DE Cliff Avril 1 sack, 1 FF

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Vikings - 17
Packers - 32

1st Quarter
Cox 1 and 5 yard runs
Brown 23 yard FG

2nd Quarter
Brown 31 yard FG

3rd Quarter
Douglas 11 yard pass from Taylor + failed 2 pointer
Santos 30 yard FG
Browns 26 yard FG
Montgomery 63 yard INT

4th Quarter
Slater 11 yard run
Brown 32 yard FG

Notable Players
Vikings QB Josh Portis 15-23, 106 yards, 8 rushes for 96 yards, 2 INTs, 2 fumbles
Packers QB Tyrod Taylor, 13-26, 137 yards, 9 rushes for 61 yards, 1 TD, 2 INTs, 1 fumble
Packers K Josh Brown 4-4 FGAs
Vikings DT Randy Starks 3 tackles, 1 sack, 1 FF
Packers CB Ras I-Dowling 3 tackles, 1 FF, 1 INT
Packers DT Marlon Favorite 2 tackles, 2 sacks, 2 FFs
Packers DE Demarcus Lawrence 3 sacks

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Jets - 9
Lions - 27

1st Quarter
Dray 5 yard pass from Goff

2nd Quarter
Bironas 32 yard FG
Tynes 22 yard FG
D. Williams 94 yard KR

4th Quarter
Tynes 22 and 52 yard FGs
Bornas 49 yard FG
Castille 1 yard run

Notable Players
Jets QB Deshaun Watson 15-36, 209 yards, 3 INTs
Lions QB Jared Goff 10-17, 98 yards, 1 TD, 2 INTs
Jets WR Tyrell Williams 6 rec for 148 yards
Jets OLB Novorro Bowman 11 tackles, 1 sack
Jets DT Charles Alexander 3 tackles, 2 sacks
Lions MLB Bryan Vinson 9 tackles, 1 sack
Lions SS Karl Joseph 4 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT
Lions DE Joey Bosa 3 tackles, 1 sack, 1 FF

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

23. Beat a sports game
NBA 2K19

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Cowboys - 34
Titans - 17

1st Quarter
Young 1 yard run

2nd Quarter
Gano 42 yard FG
Gould 32 yard FG
Hugh 1 yard run

3rd Quarter
Hugh 3 yard run
Anderson 1 yard pass from Lynch
Evans 49 yard pass from Lynch

4th Quarter
Young 5 yard run
Gano 24 yard FG

Notable Players
Titans QB Paxton Lynch 13-24, 163 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT
Cowboys HB Ty Montgomery 177 total yards
Cowboys QB Vince Young and FB Nolan Hugh 2 TDs each
Titans MLB Brian Cushing 22 tackles

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Lightning - 12
Falcons - 28

1st Quarter
Fairbairn 48 yard FG
Doucet 63 yard pass from Brohm
Hamilton 1 yard run

2nd Quarter
Fairbairn 40 yard FG
Shipley 60 yard pass from Brohm

3rd Quarter
Moore 1 yard run + failed 2 pointer

4th Quarter
Lane 1 yard run

Notable Players
Falcons QB Brian Brohm 10-20, 241 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT
Lightning HB Kestahn Moore 153 total yards, 1 TD
Falcons WR Early Doucet 5 rec for 117 yards, 1 TD
Lightning OLB Wesley Woodyard 15 tackles
Lightning FS Andrew Adams 6 tackles, 1 FF
Falcons DT Clifton Dickson 6 tackles, 2 sacks
Falcons FS T.J. McDonald 3 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Browns - 27
Chiefs - 24

1st Quarter
Ingram 2 yard run
Hardy 14 yard pass from Jimmy

2nd Quarter
Melhaff 48 and 32 yard FGs

3rd Quarter
Daniels 80 yard pass from Jimmy
Ingram 2 yard run
Gonzalez 4 yard pass from Jimmy

4th Quarter
Folk 20 yard FG
Benjamin 3 yard pass from Prescott

Notable Players
Chiefs QB Jimmy Garoppolo 16-22, 269 yards, 3 TDs, 1 INT
Browns HB Mark Ingram 226 total yards, 2 TDs
Chiefs HB LeGarrette Blount 159 total yards
Chiefs TE Owen Daniels 6 rec for 129 yards, 1 TD
Browns MLB David Harris 7 tackles, 1 sack, 1 FF
Browns SS Jessie Daniels 5 tackles, 1 sack
Browns DE Pierre Woods 2 sacks
Chiefs OLB Jamie Collins 7 tackles, 1 sack

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu

Colts - 17
Jaguars - 20

1st Quarter
Reed 51 yard FG

2nd Quarter
Bailey 1 yard run

3rd Quarter
Cobb 3 yard pass from Bethard
Celek 18 yard pass from Tebow

4th Quarter
Nelson 3 yard pass from Tebow
Franks 48 and 49 yard FGs (last one with 1:04 left in the game)

Notable Players
Jags QB Tim Tebow 19-30, 178 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT
Colts HB Duke Johnson 176 total yards
Jags FS Tashaun Gipson 5 tackles, 1 FF

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KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
If you smell what the rock is cooking he's cooking crap - ertyu