Last night I went to a swanky party held at the Farimont hotel in the Tonga room, and place that looks like a ballroom that a pirate ship crashed into, where LucasArts announced Monkey Island 2: Special Edition featuring all new Guybrush hair.

It's hard to believe that twenty years later so many people would sill love and play Monkey Island.  I would not have believed it if you told me back then.  We were just making a game and hoping we didn't get fired for having so much fun.

Here is a picture of Tim suitable for framing or carry around in your wallet.

In a nail-biting final game Canada won the gold medal in hockey defeating the United States in a score of something to something.  Honestly, I wasn't paying much attention.

I'm just glad Canada won.  Not because of some adopted national pride, but more because I didn't want to deal with the lingering smell of tear gas and burning cars.

At this very moment the entire country of Canada is drunk and singing the national anthem outside my apartment building.

But to be completely honest, it's really nice to see.  Canada is a pretty cool place filled with really nice people and I think they deserve this and to feel good and have so much pride in their country.

I also read that President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Harper had a beer bet on the outcome of the game.  I'm not sure why presidents of countries wager meaningless bets on sports games.  If you're going to bet on something, bet big.  The looser of the hockey game should be forced to adopt the health care system of the winning team.  That would have been a bet worth having.

I also have to confess.  For as much Grumpiness as I have towards the Olympics, I could not resist going to at least one event, so last week I went and watched Curling.  I remember making fun of Curling when I was a kid, but it's a damn fun sport and probably like most people, I went for the fights.

It's true, look it up.  But that's not why we're here today.

Long time readers and premium Grumpy Gamer subscribers will remember that I'm not a big fan of the Olympics.  It's a corrupt institution that has been taken over by corporations and a fascist controlling body.  Let's face it, the Olympics haven't been pure since 654BC when snowboarding was introduced.

But since I'm currently living in Vancouver Canada, it's hard to escape the Olympics given that I live 2 blocks from where the opening ceremonies are taking place and mobs are starting to descend on the city.

Just to give you an idea of how crazy it is out there, Darren and I were working at my place today doing a big play through of soon to be Academy Award winning DeathSpank, killing stuff, solving adventure game puzzles, laughing at all the funny stuff we're probably going to have to remove for legal reasons and generally having a swell time, when a loud ruckus rises from the street 22 stories below.  We go out on my balcony and what do we see?

Some nut job running down the street with a lit torch being chased by an angry mob.

The Olympics are crazy and I can't wait until they are over the homeless are returned to the streets where they belong.

Do the athletes still compete naked?  I haven't watched in a while.