MAN CAVE: There's nothing like the first time

This weekend, Ryan marks a few major to-dos off his list, including his very first Phillies game!?!

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MAN CAVE: There's nothing like the first time

POSTED: Monday, August 29, 2011, 3:00 PM

Filed Under: Man Cave

Man Cave is a testosterone-laden Monday feature that highlights the weekend haps of a pop culture-loving Philly dude. This weekend, Ryan marked a few major to-dos off his list.

1. A Phillies Game

You can save your hate mail about this being my first Phillies game. I have no problem with baseball, I just never found it to be brutal enough. The devastating collisions are infrequent and the regular-season games were so many that a single non-playoff was unable to compete with the NFL or a Kill Bill marathon for my attention. But a Phil's-obsessed buddy had a bachelor party at the stadium, and damned if I'm not diving in head-first.

Friday night's game against the Marlins was definitely a good one. Even though the Phils lost, I was glad my first baseball game was actually a close contest, as opposed to the usual 27-0 routs of a modern Phillies exhibition. I have to say, there was something relaxing about live baseball — it didn't have that "powder keg" atmosphere we enjoy while watching the Eagles. Citizens Bank Park is a great stadium; we had standing-room-only tickets and we quickly found a ledge with a great view. Valdez and Howard's homers were so hi-def, it was like I was actually there! Oh wait ...

2. Irene Mania

I've never been in a hurricane, but what a Facebook party that turned out to be. Everybody and their brother was updating their statuses from the confines of their living rooms. If there's one thing this strange week has taught us, it's that social networking and natural disasters are a match made in heaven. My basement didn't flood too bad, but it doesn't matter anyway because my Man Cave is in the attic.

3. New iPhone Apps

Sunday, I killed time playing my first downloaded game on my new iPhone. I had sampled Angry Birds enough to know that it wasn't my cup of tea (again, cram the hate mail!), so I took a gamble on a well-rated action/puzzle game called Spy Mouse. At 99 cents, and with graphics better than the $40 NES games of my youth, it seemed reasonable. At its heart, Spy Mouse is a descendant of Pac Man: run around collecting cheese while dodging the bad-guy cats. But there are shades of Metal Gear Stealth and Chip's Challenge brain-teasing. Some of the levels require speed and accuracy, others involve patience and problem-solving — many have both. The first ten levels were boringly easy, and I was about to write it off as a waste of money. But now I'm on level thirty (of 70) and it's getting really difficult.

If any experienced iPhoners are reading this, let me know what other good apps I should check out. It'll be nice to have some entertainment while I'm hiding in a bunker from next week's meteor-shower.

(ryan.carey@citypaper.net) (@slackerDIYtoday)

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