My family and I went to New York City last week and all over town we saw signs for Spike TV. They were advertising the fact that they were showing a bunch of Star Wars movies all month long.I’m a Star Wars fan myself and one thing that used to bother me was the fact…
Month: April 2008
Three Rakes
For the past two weeks I’ve been doing spring cleaning in the mornings before work. Six days ago we had a large dumpster dropped off in our yard to get rid of all sorts of junk and debris.The junk consists of old wood, sinks, car parts, etc… This stuff as been hanging around in our…
Nintendo Has another Banner Year!
Nintendo Co., Ltd., has announced record revenues and profits for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2008. Nintendo posted sales of more than 1.67 trillion yen, an increase of 73 percent over the prior year. Nintendo also reported FY08 operating profits of more than 487 billion yen, a year-over-year increase of 115.6 percent.The company also…
Moving a Blog
I have been a long time reader of Ms. Q’s writing over at QMusings and in that time I have gotten to know Ms. Q fairly well. As well as you can get to know anyone on the Internet one would suppose.While checking my email this morning I found a message from Ms. Q wherein…
Nintendo and the Seattle Mariners Team Up to Offer Baseball-related Content via DS
Nintendo is giving Seattle Mariners fans a gift at every home game this year: free access to the Nintendo Fan Network. Fans who bring a Nintendo DS to Safeco Field can log on wirelessly to the Nintendo Fan Network to access a wide variety of baseball-related content. Some of the many features include access to…
DS Preview: My Weight Loss Coach
Not to be outdone by Nintendo and its forthcoming Wii Fit title Ubisoft is preparing to release a title for the Nintendo DS to help you loss weight while outside of the house.While Wii Fit can give you a short regimen to use in the house what do you do when you go out? You…
Rock Band Coming to Wii on June 22, 2008
When Rock Band came out the hardest system to find it for was the Xbox360. PS3 copies were everywhere. The Wii? It was left out in the cold, until now.On June 22, 2008 The Wii version of Rock Band will hit stores. Expect it to sell out just as quickly as Guitar Hero did back…
Wii Review: Cranium Kabookii
This week is school vacation week for us. This means my daughter is off all week long. Being the good father that I am I also took the week off from work so I could be sure to spend some quality time fighting with my daughter. Because I work nights I don’t get a lot…
Absolut gets it absolutely wrong
What in the world were the makers of Absolut Vodka thinking when they made this ad? Did someone forget to inform their advertising team that the USA is the biggest importer of their vodka? Or should I say “was” the biggest importer of their vodka?Perhaps the Swedish-French partnership at work here failed to do a…