My poem for the National Poetry Writing Month challenge today is a neighborhood poem, based on the prompt at Wild Violet: NAPOWRIMO 2020 - Prompt 15. By request of KFP, I'm dedicating this poem to his favorite Minecraft Youtuber, Stampy Longnose.


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This is my entry for LJ Idol Friends & Rivals (therealljidol). This week we got to choose from several topics. I chose "404."

( The computer says no. )

This is my entry for this week of LJ Idol, Season 9. Please check out the entries of my fellow competitors and consider joining the therealljidol community. This week's topic was "Sweep the Leg."

( Dedicated to my first Sim family, the Doobies. )

Philadelphia area gamers, this one's for you!

Get Your Game On: Gaming Resources in the Greater Philadelphia Area

I just created a Monty Python trivia game at QuizRevolution to help promote "Dedicated Idiocy." Give it a whirl!

ETA: Well, the embed code didn't work, so play it at QuizRevolution -- Monty Python Trivia.

Now that I've decided that Farmville aggravates me far too much to spend all that time playing it, I'd like to start playing something new. The Facebook version of The Sims is predictably horrible (No, I DON'T want to nag my friends for parts countless times just to complete a freaking couch, thank you.) I would, however, like to play a non- ( Read more... )

An article I wrote for Smashing Lists is now online!

Top 10 Games That Are More Fun Than They Sound

Look for more soon: I've written at least three more that are under review and have a couple more to go.

This is my entry this week for therealljidol. I invite you to read and vote for the many fine entries. This week's topic is "Some Assembly Required."

( Playing games with my past. )

Here's another of my articles on the MTV Movie Awards, about how TV actors helped make the show better.

And a second article is about Lady Gaga's recent social networking promotions (thanks, girlfmkitty!).

A few Saturdays ago, we played Confed online again, the role-playing game created and run by our friend The Cheshire Cat. We play over IRC so that friends far and wide can participate. Because we are now typing out our actions and conversations, I am taking much of this write-up from my fellow players' words. I apologize for not condensing it ( Read more... )