Welcome to my first farming event: CharmanderFirst, I’d like to start with an introduction. Here, and elsewhere online, I tend to go by the name Robottnik. There’s a bit of a long story behind the name (it involves a senile gym teacher in high school who couldn’t remember anybody’s name), but in a nutshell I…
How To: Sell a blog for far more than it is worth
I read a lot of blogs, a lot. One of the blogs I used to consider a daily read was recently sold… for $20,000! That’s a lot of money for a blog that has not been around for very long.The blog in question is careerramblings.com. According to the Whois database the site was first registered/created…
Pokemon Farming: Squirtle
Welcome to another (and my FIRST) edition of Pokemon Farming.Today I’m going to take some time and introduce myself to you and give some general guidelines for the trading I’ll be conducting.First – A little about me: My online handle just about everywhere is the same as it is here – Whitdjinn – it originates…
Nintendo News of the Day
I’ve got two news items dealing with Nintendo for you today.Item Number OneThe Wii is now on MySpace. I can’t really tell you anything about the site because you can just follow the link and see for yourself.Item Number TwoGamers Worldwide Already Have Downloaded More Than 4.7 Million Retro Games, at a Rate of 1,000…
Are you ready for WiiWare?
SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 27, 2007 – The search for the next ingeniously ground-breaking video game has begun. At a private developers conference this week, Nintendo announced the introduction of WiiWare, a game-creation service that will allow developers large and small to create new downloadable video game content for sale by Nintendo through the Wii…
Kiko and the Fawn
Just the other day I was doing some yard work when I came across a small fawn sleeping at the base of one of my trees.I get a lot of deer in my backyard as evidenced by their droppings and the crushed vegetation where they bed down for the night. This is the first time…
Pokemon Battle Revolution: First Glance
I just picked up my copy of Pokemon Battle Revolution for the Wii and I’m reading through the instruction manual. I have not played the game yet so this will just be a “first glance” article where I cover things from the instruction booklet that I feel will interest you.On the back of the box…
Who did discover the Americas first?
In a recent issue of the Knights of the Dinner Table gaming magazine I read an article about ideas for seeding real world treasures into your fantasy RPG games. One item mentioned was that of roman artifacts being found in Texas long before they should have been there.Roman coins found in Texas. The most convincing…
Pokemon Battle Revolution is out!
Today’s launch of Pokémon® Battle Revolution heralds a number of firsts for Nintendo’s hot-selling Wiiâ„¢ video game system. Pokémon Battle Revolution is: The first online Wii game in the Americas. The first Pokémon game for Wii. The first Wii game to wirelessly link to Nintendo DSâ„¢. The first Wii game that lets players use their…
Banana Twinkies are back!
While visiting my Mother-in-law’s house today to hang up some speakers she told me about the box of banana Twinkies she recently purchased. I find the normal Twinkies no longer suit my tastes (they make me sick) but I decided to try out the original banana flavored ones.Twinkies were developed as an inexpensive treat during…
Game Review: Ice Cream
Game Title: Ice CreamDesigner: Joe M. HuberPublisher: Face 2 Face GamesI scream, you scream, we all scream, for ice cream! In this quick game players compete to serve ice cream to the most customers over four days, or turns. This game is designed for 3-5 players ages 6 and up.This is a quick game to…
Some Republicans just don’t get it
In the news lately there has been a surge of quotes about the amnesty bill winding its way through congress. One of the funniest ones has to be from senator Trent Lott:”I’m sure senators on both sides of the aisle are being pounded by these talk-radio people who don’t even know what’s in the bill,”…