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I said yesterday that I purchased a replacement for my lost (and then found) copy of Pokemon red (and got a fake). This video shows you why I wanted that game. At least if you pay careful attention.
Category: Reflections and thoughts
Spotting Gameboy Pokemon fakes?
I have recently found myself looking into the booming business of fake Pokemon cartridges for Gameboy and Gameboy Color (Colour to us Brits). I had wanted a copy of red for my display of Pokemon games on my wall and could not find my copy of Pokemon Red. So I …
City Skylines traffic models fluid dynamics
Did you know that fluid dynamics perfectly models the traffic flow in City Skylines? It is true and allows for some great traffic flow hacks. The formula for volumetric flow rate aka fluid flow (Q) is the volume (V) divided by time (t). This also happens to be the exact …
WordPress for Writers and Authors – Part 1
Live today is a video that almost killed me – WordPress for writers and authors (part one). I had intended for the video to be about 20 minutes long covering pages for about the author, press, and press releases as well as pages for books, posts that link to books, …
Ankylosing Spondylitis sucks
I’m sure I have mentioned this before but I suffer from Ankylosing Spondylitis. It sucks. AS is a condition that erodes and fuses the spine while causing all sorts of pain and discomfort. According to one article I read, it is rated as potentially one of the most painful conditions …
How to turn LibreOffice into the ultimate noveling app
Some noveling apps are super expensive. What most people don’t know is that a few simple techniques can be used to turn a free word processor into something that does exactly the same only for free. If you do not already have LibreOffice (or Open Office), you can get it …
How to become an electoral VIP
In this post I am going to show you how to become an electoral VIP. Not many people know this but election candidates, from parish councils up to MPs, divide voters into three broad categories. This is because all candidates (and their agents) get access to an information-rich copy of …
Nerdy Wordy: Outakes gag reel
I flub my lines so often that flubbing should be an olympic sport. I would win gold at it, I swear. Here is a compilation of me failing to get through a script because pain is always better if you can laugh at it.
My unbeaten head-scratcher
Some time, not so long ago, I released a puzzle. An “easy” puzzle – or so I thought. This puzzle has actual real world prizes if you can crack it. No one has. Building an unbeaten puzzle Conceptually this puzzle is very simply. There are two steps to replicate it …
Power curves and game design
If you plan to create a tabletop (or computer-based) game, you need to know about curves. You need to understand the power curve and how to use it. Don’t worry. It is quite easy to do. Here, is an example of baseline damage per spell level when the dice are …