They don't make them like this anymore

Which kind of video game do you think is better? The kind that you buy, play for two weeks, and defeat it and never play it again. Or the video game that you bought 25 years ago and still have the same fun that you had when you first got it? I think that 25 years and counting is a better value for your money and for fun.





My all time favorite video game is Advanced Dungeons and Dragons for the Intellivision. I just got done playing it. I played four games of it this morning. 3 wins and 1 loss.

You start with three lives and that's all you have for the entire game. You move toward the big mountain where the dragons have stolen the crown jewels. You need to recover them. BUt in order to get there, you must enter other mountains that have different creatures in them. And tools that you will need to get past natural barriers like rivers and forests.

Obviously the graphics aren't the greatest in the world but graphics aren't everything. I much prefer that a game actually be fun than look nice. Unfortunately the games today are more interested in looking good and not in being fun. Instead of 15 minutes a game, it take weeks to finish and then you never want to play it again.


You can get this game on the intellivisionlives.com website in their Intellivision lives cd-rom. Only its not called Advanced Dungeons and Dragons. Instead its called its in development name: Adventure.

While walking today...

I walk down at Brady's Run with my cousin and today we came across a snake. My cousin took a picture with her cell phone and emailed it to me. This is the first snake I've seen around here in years. I used to see them all the time and was beginning to think they had all disappeared for good. But nope. He left soon after the picture was taken.

DragonLance book: Dragons of the Hourglass Mage might be published

If all goes according to plan, Dragons of the Hourglass Mage will be released in the summer of 2009.

I guess I can call off my boycott of every thing Hasbro now. Since Raistlin is my favorite fantasy character and they had the nerve to announce this book back in 2006 and then pull this cancellation garbage.

I used to roleplay a character I created that was based on Raistlin. Originally the roleplaying was at Crossgen Comics's messageboard. But they went out of business so it moved to Comic Book Review but CBR never became popular and the site renamed to quarrels and quills.

My character had a twin brother, Qwaring, who was good with gadgets and was controlled by a genius. He still roleplays at Q&Q and is drawing a comic based on the roleplaying we did.

Our character names were based on the user names we used to sign up with. Mine originally was glcjr because I used my initials. But when Crossgen changed their messageboard and we all had to re-register, I changed my name.

It was fun but time consuming and I don't have a lot of spare time anymore so it had to end.

Pictures from Mars

Here is the first photo of the latest landing on Mars. They think this is the most likely spot to find life.

I don't know but I kinda prefer this Mars...







It doesn't look like something taken from Death Valley.

Six Frogs Chinese Test

This is a test for 2nd graders in China. If they don't pass it, they don't get to go into third grade.

You have three male frogs and three female frogs. You need to move them from one side to the other.

Try it here