This week I have been noticing an uptick in articles proclaiming that bloggers need a union. Some of the reasons cited have had to do with banding together to get health insurance or normalizing of advertising rates. Others have poo pooed the idea saying that to unionize the bloggers would remove the creative spirit behind…
Month: August 2007
Google and I both value your comments
A side effect of moving the Pokemon articles off to The Poke Farm is that the top commentators list has been recalibrated. No longer must you fight to get on that list with the kids who leave ten comments on every Pokemon article.Because I do not mark those links as nofollow they all provide some…
Aces and Eights Tutorials
A few days ago I posted a review of the role playing game Aces and Eights. What I did not know then (and do know now) is that the guys at Kenzer and Company put together some information videos. I present them to you now!Aces and Eights: How to use a Shotgun Aces and Eights:…
Pokemon Farming: Bonsly
Welcome to PokeFarm!To celebrate the move from HMTK to PokeFarm we are running a very special week devoted to Baby Pokemon!To start us out I will be offering the Rock type Pokemon Bonsly. This new Pokemon is Rare in Diamond but common in Pearl. To breed this Pokemon you must have a Sudowoodo holding Rock…
It really was all about the Pokemon!
I moved the lions share of my Pokemon articles over to PokeFarm.com this weekend and I have to say that the impact on my page views and traffic in general is astounding! I have lost about 60% of my traffic by moving the Pokemon articles to their own blog.You can expect HMTK.com to continue to…
Looking for European Farmers
Now that the new Pokemon games have been released in Europe we at the PokeFarm are finding an increasing number of European visitors seeking Pokemon from our farming events. One problem we are running into is the time difference.Because we do not expect you to want to stay up until midnight (or later) to make…
Pokemon Farming: Skarmory
And the Johto week ends with a bang! Well, more like a swoosh.Skarmory has the distinct advantage of being quite a nice competitive tool. His defense stat is quite impressive, though he’s a bit of an offensive letdown. Luckily there are a couple moves that help to overcome this hindrance.Spikes is a great move that…
Where are the Pokemon?
Some of you may be noticing that the amount of Pokemon articles has been declining. I’m talking about the archives not new content. The reason is quite simple.The Pokemon are moving to their new home, PokeFarm.com. Some of the content may stay here but most of it is moving away. I’m writing the 301 redirects…
Game Review: Aces and Eights
I’m sitting here looking down at the most beautiful role playing game book I have ever laid eyes on. I’m talking about Aces and Eights: Shattered Frontier from Kenzer and Company. Coming in at 400 pages with an embossed leatherish cover this book is heavy and very well laid out. Looking down at the binding…
Pokemon Farmer’s Market: Cyndaquil
Greetings, Everyone!Welcome to Thursday of Johto Week! My handle here is BryGuy and I will be heading this evening’s Pokemon Farmer’s Market featuring one of the starters from the Gold, Silver and Crystal games: Cyndaquil.After brooding over a series of possible, crazy, twisted move sets, I could not bring myself to actually breed any of…
Get in shape with Wii Fit
The hit combination of Wii Sports and the Wii Remote brought golf swings and tennis serves into people’s homes. Now Nintendo turns the living room into a fitness center for the whole family with Wii Fit and the Wii Balance Board. Family members will have fun getting a “core” workout, and talking about and comparing…
Democrat comes clean on Iraq
What do you do when you are a Democrat and you hear good news coming from Iraq? Why you get depressed…House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) said Monday that a strongly positive report on progress on Iraq by Army Gen. David Petraeus likely would split Democrats in the House and impede his party’s efforts to…