Nobuo Uematsu

I never realized the grace and beauty of the works of Nobuo Uematsu until recently. It just doesn't sound as good when you're hearing this music blasting from a 32-bit gaming system using a MIDI sound engine. Ugh. Here's a link to enjoy some of this man's fine work.

Phil Hellmuth

Say what you will about the guy. He may be a loud-mouth cry baby who always seems to either tout himself as the greatest hold'em player or bad-mouth other players and the way they play. But I have to admit, the man knows what he's doing at the poker table.

Check out this lay down.

Hardcore Scrabblers

I love Scrabble as much as the next guy, but this game amazed me. Just shows how hardcore these tournament players are. The combined score in this game was well over 1000.