As many readers should already be aware, Pokemon Diamond and Pearl are only a few months away from an American release.This makes me wonder… There are many websites on the net where you can buy items for use in MMO games, will this soon follow with Pokemon?The new Pokemon games will have a wi-fi element…
An idea for Digg’s dupe problem
While I was on Digg today I found something submitted by one of my “friends” was a dupe of something I had submitted over a month ago.When I submit things that are direct dupes Digg normally takes me right to the entry and does not let me resubmit the same thing. In this particular case…
Looking at Stocks: 12-8-6
This is the December 8, 2006 update.It is now Day two and here is where the stocks sit:1) AMD – 400 shares – $8536.00 purchased 12/5/6 at $21.34 per share. Current price $21.05The AMD shares went from $21.34 on purchase to $21.05. This is a loss of $0.29 per share which results in a net…
An Interview with Craig Zipse
When I went to Origins 2005 I met a fellow game designer, Craig Zipse.Craig Zipse is the man behind the Kenzer & Company game The Great Space Race.I’ve been keeping in touch with him ever since then and we have some plans to colaborate on a game design at some point in the future.Catching him…
Looking at Stocks: 12-7-6
This is the December 7, 2006 update.It is now Day one and here is where the stocks sit:1) AMD – 400 shares – $8536.00 purchased 12/5/6 at $21.34 per share. Current price $21.53The AMD shares went from $21.34 on purchase to $21.53. This is a gain of $0.19 per share which results in a net…
The Greatest RPG Story Ever Told… in l33t!
This story is written by the same man who brought us:GENCON 2006: Yes, there are girls at game conventions!I present to you, in all it’s wonderous glory:Teh Tru3 S2ry Of Dud31!1!11 Omg DUD3 EVERYONAS FAVORIET LISPNG GNOME HAS PASED ON!!1!! OMG WTF LOL ID LIEK 2 SAY HE IS R3STNG P3AECFULY WIT HIS LORD AND…
Looking at Stocks: Starting
I’m adding a new feature to the blog: Looking at Stocks.I’m going to use this feature to try out a “fantasy” stock market account. I will be starting with $20K and I will be picking stocks and tracking them. I am aiming for weekly updates on this project though I post updates throughout the week…
Game Review: CAS1 Cairn of the Skeleton King
If you have ever played Advanced Dungeons and Dragons the name of Robert J. Kuntz is known to you. Recently, Robert J. Kuntz formed a new company, Pied Piper Publishing, to print new adventures for “Advanced FRP Games.” Many years ago, Creations Unlimited, Inc. published several works by Robert J. Kuntz. These works used an…
Painting the UltraMarines
I’ve been working on painting the miniatures that came with the WarHammer 40K: The Battle For Macragge set. Today I’m going to show you how one of the UltraMarines came out compared to one I painted a while back. The one on the left is one I painted a while back. He came as a…
Game Review: Mr. Bigshot
Packaging a CD with a game is nothing new – Quest of the Dragonlords added the instructions for their game on CD, and a few other games have followed suit. Mr. Big Shot (Mr. Big Shot, Inc., 2003 – Courtney Tudor) however, comes with a CD version of the game included. So when purchasing it,…
Game Review: Stock Rush! A Week on Wall Street
I’m always on the lookout for games that help teach the intricacies of the stock market for my Consumer Math class at school. Stock Rush! A Week on Wall Street (Stock Rush, Inc., 2005 – Morris Kyrollos) is a game that was designed with this specific purpose in mind. It’s a game that uses the…
Game Review: Dividends
In discussions regarding games that accommodate eight players most people just advocate splitting up into two four-player groups. There are just very few games that accommodate more than six players that aren’t party games. Any game, therefore, that advertises that it can handle more than seven players always catches my attention. Dividends (Fun Factory Games,…