According to independent sales data released by the NPD Group, the Wii from Nintendo was America’s best-selling video game console in the U.S. again in February, with consumers snapping up virtually every system available in America totaling more than 335,000 units. Only one game system sold more in February, the portable Nintendo DS, with sell-through…
Year: 2007
Video game save games
Last night I was listening to a podcast that brought up the subject of save games on video games. They covered the old days of password based games, battery saves, save locations and the current incarnation of quick-saves.They also raised some interesting points about how the introduction of save games has influenced gaming and the…
Wii Review: WarioWare Smooth Moves
Everyone needs a game that you can play with 12 players, is WarioWare: Smooth Moves the game? Only time will tell. Until time does tell you can read this review and decide for yourself.WarioWare: Smooth Moves is all about the “Form Baton” and holding it in bizarre ways. This game will have you holding the…
Almost 50 STAR WARS characters to appear in ST Patty’s Day parade in Boston
Hi Folks,The 501st Legion, along with the Rebel Legion, will be marching in the Boston St Patrick’s Day Parade. This event will be MASSIVE! The Boston St. Patrick’s Day parade is the second largest St Patty’s Day Parade in the country! There are close to 50 people signed up to march and represent Star Wars…
Thanks, HMTK.Com!
Hi folks,I’d like to thank my good friend, Steve, for letting me be a guest columnist on his site, HMTK.COM.Because of his site and my articles, three sites that I am affiliated with- ROCKWARS, HMTK.com, and ConnSquad.com – are booming. So much so that I ran out of bandwidth the other day and needed to…
Craigslist oops
This morning I posted a short resume on Craigslist and made a small mistake. I left a period after the URL I listed and it caused a few people to end up here, on the blog, instead of on my software page.All I can say is “oops” and I should have caught that.In case you…
Checking out Spotback
My good friends over at The Plugg turned me on to a new sidebar widget called Spotback. The question you are probably asking is,”What is Spotback?”Too be honest, I’m not 100% sure yet!The interesting thing about this particular sidebar widget is that it is not a plugin. Instead it is more like the MyBlogLog widget…
Wii Sports Baseball: Tips and Tricks
So, you think you’re Babe Ruth or Hank Aaron? Listen up water boy ’cause you ain’t nothing unless you know how to hit the ball.In Wii Sports Baseball you have a team of players that you control in a short three inning game of baseball. Well, you don’t exactly control them as all you do…
Still looking for a Wii?
The root of all evil, John Chow and 1234Pens.com, who make promotional pens, have teamed up to give away a new Nintedno Wii!This contest is open to all bloggers and the details can be found on John’s blog in his Evil Blog Contest – Win A Nintendo Wii! post.The contest runs until the end of…
The top 11 things I have learned from Digg
Digg.com is a social news/bookmarking website. When it started out it was good and focused on Technology. Last year they opened up a series of new categories and took on a ton of new users. It has since become a haven of fanboys and Stalinism. This is my top 11 list of things I have…
Kittens grow into cats, part 2: Figaro
Figaro was a very interesting kitten. We got him from Animal Welfare but we had to wait a few weeks as his litter had pink eye. Unlike our little “Kiko Sneak-O”, Figaro was never very interested in going outside. He did like to sleep in one particular window but, that was as close to the…
With Stress You Lose
We all have Stress. It comes in all shapes and forms. The key is how we handle it. That can be easier said than done at times. Life can be rough on us and it shows. Stress is the culprit. No one is free from stress. Some of us just handle it better than others….