In a Monday night game after Thanksgiving weekend against Miami, biblical rain flooded a layer of new sod to create what was called the Bog Bowl, a telegenic if not pristine game that was 17 seconds from going into overtime with a scoreless tie before the Steelers won, 3-0.
Canabalt is a pristine one-button game, and while it got its start as a Flash one-off, its total simplicity makes for a nearly perfect mobile title… and I don't think I'm alone here.
Hydroplaning to the games on pristine, unblemished autobahn in the backdrop of sweeping majestic hillsides, making stops in quaint, cobbled villages for mouthwatering bratwurst and sumptuous Rieslings on our way back after another exhilarating win, or taking a stroll along some tranquil, sun dappled stream in the afternoons when we weren't at a game.
But when the already confusing world of sex and politics peatres into the otherwise pristine environment of the game, it is almost inevitable that the story of the game tells about itself will be a metaphor for the country as a whole.
Hacienda Nápoles has the hallmarks of a game reserve: pristine, vast and mostly uninhabited.
So Mr Khama is promoting commercial farming and safari tourism in Botswana's vast expanses of game-filled pristine bush.
"Owners have access to the Ka'Ingo reserve to experience all the attributes of a pristine Big Five reserve, including game drives, historic African rock art sites, nature drives, ethnic restaurant and spa treatments," said Mac Van Der Merwe, Zorgvliet's chief executive.
The work depicts a dynamic capitalist city where Cubo-Futurism collides with the pristine landscapes found in video games like "The Sims".
The one in Cesana Pariol, built on pristine land for the Turin Games, is already in danger of being closed down because of funding problems (the nearby ski jumps are also little used).
Here was cricket, at its most exalted level, reminding us of the innocence of the game in its pristine, prelapsarian state.
