The more that I play Reef Encounter the more I’m impressed with what a deep, intriguing game it is. I have to say, though, that I was completely surprised by the fact that an expansion came out for the game. Not that I wasn’t interested – I’m certainly a sucker for expansions – just that…
Month: January 2007
Game Review: The Downfall of Pompeii
To make a game on a recent disaster would be unthinkable – in fact, I’ve refused to review one such game that made light of recent world events. The main reason for that is that these events are fresh in our minds, and to make light of them with a game seems cruel and uncaring….
Game Review: Catan Histories: Struggle for Rome
As I wrapped up the recording of the Dice Tower, episode # 85, I reflected on the topic for the show – the myriad of games based on Klaus Teuber’s fictional universe of Catan, begun by his immensely popular game Settlers of Catan. With over thirty variants, expansions, and versions, Catan has become something of…
Why a Rich Minority is a Good Thing
A common plank in the Democratic Party’s agenda is that of wealth redistribution. They never call it that in public but that is essentially what it is. The idea, simply put, is that a small minority of the population should not posses a majority of the nation’s wealth. Proponents of this policy often cite the…
AT&T posts strong fourth-quarter earnings
I’m a big fan of at&t stock and after looking over their 4Q 2006 report I feel even stronger about this stock!AT&T Posts Strong Fourth-Quarter Earnings Growth, Reaffirms Outlook for Double-Digit Growth in Adjusted Earnings Per Share$0.50 Reported Earnings Per Diluted Share, Up 8.7 Percent Versus Year-Earlier Fourth Quarter $0.61 Earnings Per Diluted Share Before…
Having a Wonderful Wiikend
A little over a week ago I managed to pick up a Wii from a local Target store. Since then I have purchased a few virtual console games as well as some Wii games. This is just going to be a brief overview article covering my Wii experience.The Mii Channel -> Mii’s are an awesome,…
Wii News Is On The Air
Nintendo has publicly stated that the Wii News Channel would go live on January 27, 2007. I was a bit surprised this morning when I found it had gone live a day early! The Wii news channel has a very interesting and new approach to reading news.1) Category View – Just as most news web…
Digg advertising
It’s a good thing that Diggers do not click on ads. If Diggers went to a website en-masse and all of them clicked a CPC advertising link on the way out Google AdWords would run out of inventory and the on line advertising market would crash!Think about it, a good Digg Effect can generate 60,000+…
Of Digg, Dupes and Top Diggers
A popular topic of discussion on Digg is that of dupes and what happens when a top digger dupes a story. I am going to look at two recent examples of this and show you what happened.Our first item is a story that was submitted by a member with no front paged stories (MomoTheCow) and…
Digg and the Myth of the Top Digger
I’m not suggesting that top diggers are a myth; instead I am going to debunk the myth that top diggers control Digg.Digg is a social news aggregation site where members (or diggers) submit interesting news items, videos, podcasts and other links to the community at large. The other diggers then throw their support behind articles…
Game Review: Megastar
I never know what to expect from a Friedemann Friese game, as they often have strange themes, but he usually makes a very interesting game with unique mechanics. Megastar (Mayfair Games, 2006 – Friedemann Friese) is one of his newest card games; and while the theme actually makes perfect sense (players are attempting to play…
Does Digg Lack Diversity
I’m not talking about a diversity of opinions. You need only glance at the comments on a front page story to know that diggers have a wide variety of opinions no matter what the subject! Some of these opinions are funny and others are not so funny.What I am talking about is a diversity in…