>Wii MusicFormat: WiiLaunch Date: 10/20/08ESRB: E (Everyone)Game Type: MusicAccessories: Wii Remote, Nunchuk, Wii Balance BoardPlayers: 1-4Developer: NintendoCreate a musical masterpiece with up to four players. Anyone can play the huge selection of instruments in Wii Music with simple motions-like strumming and drumming.It’s easy to play improv jams. Musicians in your band jam by simply playing…
Book Review: The Warriors
The Warriors is a series of books written by Erin Hunter that follows the lives of a group of wild cats known as the Clan Cats. There are four clans; River Clan, Thunder Clan, Wind Clan and Shadow Clan. The series focuses on the the life of the Thunder Clan cats and their interactions with…
Abu-Bakr Muhammad ben Yahya as-Suli: The Great Chess Master of the Arab World
Descended from a Turkish prince of Jurjan as-Suli is known as one of the greatest (shatranj) chess masters of the Arab world. For over 600 years his reputation remained unchallenged.It was during the reign of al-Muktafi, (Caliph of Baghdad from 902 – 908 A.D.) that as-Suli came to prominence. A chess tournament was arranged between…
Universal Car Insurance
In the world of life insurance there are two different types of policies; whole life (lasts your whole life) and term life (lasts for a fixed number of years).When you buy term life insurance you pay a small premium and if you die within the confines of the insurance contract a payment is made to…
DS Review: Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution
Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution on the DS is a game, or is it? Calling it a game sounds almost like an insult.Way back in the early 1990’s I was first bitten by the Civilization bug. Back then it was the original version of the game on Windows 3.11. No, I did not start with the…
Wii Review: Alone in the Dark
Before the Wii version of alone in the Dark (Atari) was released I watched a lot of pre-release videos and was generally stoked to see this game come out. I have since acquired a copy of the Wii (and 360) version of the game and spent some time playing it. I’d like to say that…
Can’t Decide What to Eat? Ask your Nintendo DS!
Can’t Decide What to Eat? is the working title of Nintendo’s latest move into the world of non-gamers. Unlike everyone’s favorite Cooking Mama this piece of software for the Nintendo DS is designed to help you prepare real food!It’s kind of funny when you think about it. When the Nintendo DS was released a few…
Nintendo Announces “Wii Sports Resort”
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the beach Nintendo announces a new Wii Sports game.Set for a spring 2009 release Wii Sports Resort is being marketed as the sequel to the amazing Wii Sports game that shipped with Wii consoles and helped make that console such a hit. Packed in…
Wii Preview: Animal Crossing: City Folk
Yes, I own Animal Crossing games. In fact we have the GameCube version and two copies of the DS version, one for me and one for my daughter. One of the things I love about the DS version is the ability to go to another town and interact not just with the townsfolk but also…
DS Review: Age of Empires: The Age of Kings
In 2006 Majesco Entertainment released a version of Age of Empires for the DS. In the process of porting the game from the PC it moved from an RTS game to a turn-based game. I have to say that this was a very good move. As much as I like the idea behind RTS games…
The New Flooring Part 2: Installation
Last week (or so) I told you about how I was getting my bedroom ready for a new wood floor. The picture on the right is a series of planks from the first box of wood. As you can clearly see they are about three inches wide and of various lengths. Each piece has a…
Come check out the Sunny Solrock from the Backward Seven Ranch!
Well summer is officially here and that means warm weather. These Solrocks are Adamant (+Att, -SpAtt) about you having a good time. Solrocks are Rock & Psychic type and all have the ability of Levitate that makes them immune to Ground attacks. In honor of the arrival of summer and of the Gemini Gym, these…