A method and apparatus of identifying and selecting characters from among a plurality of characters. A card from each deck is selected and a player attempts to be the first to communicate a word responsive to the selected letter and number playing cards. Further, the temperature control device controls a combustion control parameter including at least one of an amount of recirculation of exhaust gases by an EGR device, an amount of intake air drawn into an engine, a supply amount and a supply timing of fuel supplied into the engine, according to the set target exhaust gas temperature. A plurality of error event masks and error event metrics can be generated based on the decoded information and the path metric differences.