tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35286068993954825202024-03-13T05:52:42.673-07:00The Daily Online Gaming Review BlogUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528606899395482520.post-19890238926937631202007-12-09T23:14:00.000-08:002007-12-09T23:25:57.474-08:00John McEnroe Fears the Mafia Infiltrating Organized Tennis<a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/ten/news?slug=afp-mafiatennisrususamcenroefixing&prov=afp&type=lgns">Yahoo Sports News</a><br /><br />Tennis star John McEnroe has recently stated that the Russian mafia could be infiltrating the world of organized tennis. He states that the subversion is "potentially pretty dark and scary".<br /><br />This news makes me remember that scene from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Untouchables_%281987_film%29">The Untouchables</a> when Capone is talking about baseball. Let's see how it'll be reworked to fit this "dark and scary" model:<br /><br />Capone: I've always loved tennis. But the thing I love about it most is that...<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(Pulls out tennis racket)</span><br />Capone: Everyone works as a team!<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(Starts beating the informant)</span><br />Capone: Why won't you die?!<br />Informant: It's just a ****ing tennis racket!<br /><br />This is, of course, why the organized crime fellows will <span style="font-weight: bold;">always</span> stick to baseball.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528606899395482520.post-41735646255920084062007-12-09T10:34:00.000-08:002007-12-09T11:00:26.548-08:00How Much Political Power Do Bloggers Really Have?Is there anything with less political power than a blogger. I'll try to list them:<br /><br />8. Pigeons<br />7. Okra<br />6. Rhode Island<br />5. That one guy (you know who I'm talking about!)<br />4. Larry Craig, post-HUAI (Highly Unfortunate Airport Incident)<br />3. Migrant Workers<br />2. Dead People<br />1. Another stuff<br /><br />To prove my point, let's analyze the facts (and once we're done with the boring part and removed all record of it from human society, let's analyze the anecdotal and fabricated evidence):<br /><br /><ul><li>In January of 2005, Fortune Magazine made a list of 8 bloggers that business people "can't ignore". I'd never heard of any of them.</li><li>No U.S. president has had a blog.</li><li>Bloggers are usually stupid people (to prove me wrong, find just one blog that doesn't poke fun at the word "buckwheat")</li><li>DUH!</li></ul>So tell me, do bloggers have any political power at all? Name one example that I can't rebuttalize and you win <span style="font-weight: bold;">undying respect</span> or <span style="font-weight: bold;">a digital hamster </span>(I refuse to explain more!).Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528606899395482520.post-46817787808202864172007-12-09T10:15:00.000-08:002007-12-09T10:23:28.794-08:00Website RevampingHello, and after several months of neglect, I have come back to post on the blog!<br /><br />One gaming review a day was simply too stressful, so instead, I'll be posting on a wide variety of topics in order to interest and delight the readers.<br /><br />They say to write what you know, so many posts will regard "petting my horse" and "contemplating the term 'hassock'".<br /><br /><br />i.e., I'm not abusing the trust of the blog's regular readers (lol, it's been down for several months; "What regular readers?") by removing valuable content, but instead, I am "diversifying" and "re-diversifying".<br /><br />It's like a gaming magazine with 25 editorials for every 1 article.<br /><br />It's revolutionary!<br /><br />(lol, Who am I kidding, it's still crap, but now it's "diversified crap")<br /><br />--Ed. (That stands for editor!)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528606899395482520.post-24305905667648811512007-08-16T11:58:00.000-07:002007-08-17T12:42:44.793-07:00Jelly Blocks<span style="font-weight: bold;">Name:</span> <a href="http://funflashgames.com/Jelly-Blocks.html">Jelly Blocks</a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Genre: </span>Puzzle<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Difficulty Rating: </span>Medium<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Publisher: </span>FunFlashGames.com<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Playing Time:</span> 2-5 Minutes Per Round<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Development Stage:</span> Released<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cost:</span> None<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Summary:</span> Maneuver your rectangles and covalently bond them. Not much else to it. Now I'm regretting wasting all my "cube puns" on earlier posts.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Final Rating:</span> 3.5 StarsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528606899395482520.post-24637715599051285642007-08-15T11:34:00.000-07:002007-08-17T12:45:58.889-07:00360 Snake<span style="font-weight: bold;">Name: </span><a href="http://funflashgames.com/360%C2%BA-Snake.html">360 Snake</a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Genre: </span>Action<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Difficulty Rating:</span> Medium<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Publisher:</span> Eggshells<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Playing Time:</span> 5-20 Minutes<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Development Stage:</span> Released<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cost:</span> None<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Summary: </span>Can you recall Snake? 2-D game where the pixelated snake moves on a rectangular grid in an attempt to eat pixelated apples without eating himself? Well, you're probably either too young to remember, or too old to care, but, take my word for it, such a game did indeed exist. Jacob Lee's "360 Snake" is quite similar to Snake, except, instead of making strictly 90 degree turns, you can move all over the place! Now your Snake's apple-hunting can go undisturbed by limited movement, and can instead go disturbed by something else, such as your total lack of gaming aptitude.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Final Rating:</span> 3.5 StarsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528606899395482520.post-10928422329654564902007-08-14T11:10:00.001-07:002007-08-17T11:32:33.994-07:00Ball Revamped 5<span style="font-weight: bold;">Name: </span><a href="http://funflashgames.com/Ball-Revamped-5.html">Ball Revamped 5</a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Genre: </span>Action<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Difficulty Rating:</span> Medium<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Publisher:</span> jmtb02 Studios, Tastylamp, Armor Games<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Playing Time:</span> 2-5 Minutes Per Round<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Development Stage:</span> Released<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cost:</span> None<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Summary: </span>In the tradition of Ball, Ball Revamped, Ball Revamped 2, Ball Revamped 3, and Ball Revamped 4, jmtb02 Studios, Tastylamp, and Armor Games create the long awaited sequel in this thriller saga: Ball Revamped 5. In the "delightful game of strategy and action", you must move a ball through the portal, and not get killed by any number of wicked traps this game posesses. Are your balls quick enough, or will they be crushed and chopped?<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Final Rating:</span> 4.0 StarsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528606899395482520.post-45873194827597427042007-08-13T09:45:00.000-07:002007-08-13T09:59:39.564-07:00Just Letters<span style="font-weight: bold;">Name:</span> <a href="http://web.okaygo.co.uk/apps/letters/flashcom/">Just Letters</a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Genre: </span>Casual<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Difficulty Rating:</span> Easy<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Publisher:</span> FlashComGuru.com<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Playing Time:</span> Unlimited<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Development Stage: </span>Released<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cost:</span> None<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Summary:</span> Remember those magnets shaped like letters you used to put on your refrigerator? Remember all those obscene words you used to make with these letters? Remember how other people always seemed to steal your letters? Remember how all this happened in an online browser-based environment which attracts approximately 500,000 users monthly? No? Then maybe you should get out and live a little (and when you fail miserably at that, play "Just Letters", provided by FlashComGuru.com<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Final Rating: </span>4.0 StarsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528606899395482520.post-7619248938189116632007-08-12T06:13:00.000-07:002007-08-12T06:46:57.844-07:00Solarsaurs<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Name: </span><a href="http://www.onemorelevel.com/games.php?game=490">Solarsaurs</a><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;">Genre: </span>Strategy<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Difficulty Rating: </span>Medium<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Publisher: </span>Super Flash Bros.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Playing Time:</span> 5 Minutes<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Development Stage:</span> Released<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cost:</span> None<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Summary:</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span> You control a cursor and fling flying dinosaurs into an asteroid field. Stranger things have happened, but not frequently. You know you've wanted to do it, but up until now, you thought the logistics seemed impossible. Not anymore, not anymore (plus if you're a <span style="font-style: italic;">really </span>bad player, you can make dinosaur intestine stew).<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Final Rating: </span>4.0 StarsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528606899395482520.post-74604013700805775602007-08-11T22:50:00.000-07:002007-08-11T22:51:14.208-07:00MicroTanks<span style="font-weight: bold;">Name: </span><a href="http://www.onemorelevel.com/games.php?game=98">MicroTanks</a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Genre: </span>War Game<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Difficulty Rating: </span>Medium<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Publisher: </span>FreeOnlineGames.com<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Playing Time:</span> 2-5 Minutes Per Round<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Development Stage: </span>Released<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cost: </span>None<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Summary:</span> MicroTanks is a strategic War Game in which you control a tank and fight it out against the computer (or a friend if you use the multiplayer function). The strategic shooter interface is somewhat entertaining at first, but the clunky Artificial Intelligence makes gameplay rather boring.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Final Rating:</span> 3.0 StarsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528606899395482520.post-36384413856305243892007-08-10T20:12:00.000-07:002007-08-10T20:44:03.616-07:00Triangles<strong>Name:</strong> <a href="http://www.onemorelevel.com/games.php?game=548">Triangles</a><br /><strong>Genre:</strong> Strategy<br /><strong>Difficulty Rating:</strong> Hard<br /><strong>Publisher:</strong> Armor Games<br /><strong>Playing Time:</strong> 2-10 Minutes<br /><strong>Development Stage:</strong> Released<br /><strong>Cost:</strong> None<br /><strong>Summary:</strong> The dual screen layout of Triangles is quite reminiscent of the gameplay on the Nintendo DS. See how long you can control the two triangles and dodge the moving circles. If you have trouble playing this game, try playing it with a friend.<br /><strong>Final Rating:</strong> 4.0 StarsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528606899395482520.post-87097592797229664252007-08-09T21:27:00.000-07:002007-08-09T21:34:23.397-07:00Phit<strong>Name: </strong><a href="http://www.addictinggames.com/phit.html">Phit</a><br /><strong>Genre:</strong> Puzzle<br /><strong>Difficulty Rating:</strong> Hard<br /><strong>Publisher:</strong> Armor Games<br /><strong>Playing Time:</strong> 5-10 Minutes Per Round<br /><strong>Development Stage:</strong> Released<br /><strong>Cost:</strong> None<br /><strong>Summary:</strong> This entertaining puzzle game will enhance your spatial reasoning as you arrange the cube arrangements into a specific location without having any gaps between cubes. Very educational, but it gets boring easily. (Sorry about post length for the next couple of days--I'm on vacation and only have a couple minutes to post per day).<br /><strong>Final Rating:</strong> 3.5 StarsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528606899395482520.post-60581536569770695852007-08-09T00:26:00.000-07:002007-08-09T00:39:33.655-07:00The DOGR Announces a Gaming Website Award: The 8-Bit Junkie Award<strong>Award:</strong><br /><strong></strong><br />I am pleased to announce that The DOGR is now giving out a design award exclusively for gaming websites and blogs: The 8-Bit Junkie Award. Any gaming-related site that wins will be featured on this site, and will be allowed to display the stylish, 8-Bit Junkie Award Badge.<br /><br /><strong>Criteria:</strong><br /><br /><em>General:</em><br />Site Template - 3 Pts.<br />Site Content - 3 Pts.<br />Site Community - 3 Pts.<br /><br /><em>Extra Points:</em><br />Site Recieves More Than 1000 Visitors Per Week - 1 Pt.<br />Site Has a Google Pagerank of 1 or More - 1 Pt.<br />Site Links Back to <a href="http://thedogr.blogspot.com/">http://thedogr.blogspot.com</a> - 5 Pts.<br /><br /><strong>Submissions:</strong><br /><br />To submit your site for consideration, write a comment to this post in the following format:<br /><br />Name - <em>Site Name</em><br />URL - <em>Site URL</em><br />Description - <em>Brief, 50 Word Description</em><br /><em></em><br /><strong>Questions:</strong><br /><em></em><br />If you have any questions, comments, or submissions, please write a comment to this post.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528606899395482520.post-2674667396942906912007-08-08T23:24:00.000-07:002007-08-08T23:42:35.925-07:00Gyroball<strong>Name:</strong> <a href="http://www.thatvideogamesite.com/play.php?id=41">Gyroball</a><br /><strong>Genre:</strong> Strategy<br /><strong>Difficulty Rating</strong><strong>:</strong> Medium<br /><strong>Publisher:</strong> Miniclip<br /><strong>Playing Time:</strong> 2-20 Minutes Per Round<br /><strong>Development Stage:</strong> Released<br /><strong>Cost:</strong> None<br /><strong>Summary:</strong> Move the gyroscopically centered ball to the shiny, rectangular hole. Gee, you can tell a game is good when it's got big balls and shiny holes ;).<br /><strong>Final Rating:</strong> 3.5 StarsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528606899395482520.post-62128206030042006382007-08-07T23:04:00.000-07:002007-08-08T00:08:34.868-07:00Cubefield<strong>Name:</strong> <a href="http://onemorelevel.com/games.php?game=224">Cubefield </a><br /><strong>Genre:</strong> Strategy<br /><strong>Difficulty Rating:</strong> Medium<br /><strong>Publisher:</strong> Flecko<br /><strong>Playing Time:</strong> 5 Minutes<br /><strong>Development Stage:</strong> Released<br /><strong>Cost:</strong> None<br /><strong>Summary:</strong> Navigate a triangular figure through a minefield of cubes. Sounds simple, right? After spending a couple minutes with Max Abernethy's, Cubefield, you're realize just how difficult this is. Once you've spent hours dodging and weaving cubes, you'll soon dream and hallucinate of these rectangular monsters. Slowly, the cubes will overwhelm you, binding you to the game's prevalent addictiveness. SURRENDER TO THE CUBES!<br /><strong>Final Rating:</strong> 4.5 StarsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528606899395482520.post-14729523743756017332007-08-06T04:25:00.000-07:002007-08-06T04:49:41.215-07:00Free RiderName: <a href="http://onemorelevel.com/games.php?game=453">Free Rider</a><br />Genre: Sports<br />Difficulty Rating: Medium<br />Publisher: OneMoreLevel.com<br />Playing Time: 5-60 Minutes<br />Development Stage: Released<br />Cost: None<br />Summary: Free Rider combines free-form track design with racing gameplay to create an addictive online game. Make maps to race your "Free Rider" on, or find a map in the site's forum (http://forums.onemorelevel.com/forumdisplay.php?f=7), then let the race begin! Once you're finished with easy tracks, play on an "insane-rated" track (http://forums.onemorelevel.com/showthread.php?t=656), sporting spikes, traps, pitfalls, ramps, bottomless gulches, and occasional geometric-style artwork. Despite the game's insufficient accuracy with regards to real world physics, and apparent lack of a "grip-on-reality", who needs reality when you've got an addictive bike racing game?<br />Final Rating: 4.5 StarsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528606899395482520.post-15091144053603967372007-08-05T14:47:00.000-07:002007-12-09T15:49:50.693-08:008 Ways to Build Links to Your Blog<h2><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: normal;">This is a non-gaming related article. Todays reviews are featured below this article.</span></span><br /></h2><br /><br /><h2><span style="font-size:180%;">8 Ways to Build Links to Your Blog</span></h2> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>Write At Least One Post Per Day:<o:p></o:p></b></li></ol> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: 0.25in;">To achieve maximum blog exposure, you should post anywhere from one to several times a day. This will ensure your site always has fresh content, and will keep visitors coming back for more. Multiple daily posting also increases the probability that you’ll be linked to by other sites.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: 0.25in;">If you’re too busy too post once a day, instead of making full-fledged articles, write short and pithy posts. If, right now, you can only write two articles per week, on the days you don’t post these articles, publish shorter posts that still provide valuable content. I suggest writing short step-by-step posts, quotations from other bloggers in your field, a “site-of-the-week” post (this can also be used for link trading; see suggestion #8), and summarizing news articles and other bloggers work.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="2" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>Let Others Use Your Work:<o:p></o:p></b></li></ol> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: 0.25in;">Create several compelling articles each with a link back to your blog. Invite other bloggers to republish these articles on their own blogs, and you’ll gain multiple high Google PageRank links.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="3" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>Submit, Submit, Submit:<o:p></o:p></b></li></ol> <p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: 0.25in;">Submitting to syndicates and blogmarking communities (such as Technorati, Digg, Reddit, StumbleUpon, and Webetur) can dramatically increase your traffic and backlinks. </p> <p class="MsoBodyTextIndent"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="4" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>Time Your Posting:<o:p></o:p></b></li></ol> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: 0.25in;">Post long articles on the weekend (so that people have more time to read them), and post short articles on weekdays (so that people have enough time to read them during lunchtime at work, during school, etc.) This will increase the probability that readers will vote for you one blogmarking sites (see suggestion #3).</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="5" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>Advertise Everywhere:<o:p></o:p></b></li></ol> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"> You can earn loads of backlinks and visitors by placing your link in just about<br />every place conceivable. Advertise in the forums you post in, in your email<span style=""> </span> signature, in chat rooms, during Instant Messaging conversations, at school/work, and anywhere else you can think of.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="6" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>Guest Blog:<o:p></o:p></b></li></ol> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: 0.25in;">Find blogs that need more fresh content and offer to guest blog for them, under the condition that they link to your blog. This can be a great method for building links, traffic, and Google PageRank.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="7" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>Group Blog:<o:p></o:p></b></li></ol> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: 0.25in;">Join or start a group blogging project, and place a link in your posts (on the group blog) linking to your own blog. Group blogging is an excellent method to hone your writing skills and gain a wider audience.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <ol style="margin-top: 0in;" start="8" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b>Trade Links:<o:p></o:p></b></li></ol> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: 0.25in;">Even though this method has received bad press because it doesn’t increase your PageRank very much, it can still give you loads of visitors and increase your ranking on certain search engines, such as Technorati.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <h3><span style="font-size:100%;">Conclusion</span></h3> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: 0.25in;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Linkbuilding is a great skill to know and is one of the most essential parts of Search Engine Optimization. If you would like to learn more about this valuable skill, email me at czechmatester(at)gmail(dot)com, or comment at my blog (<a href="http://thedogr.blogspot.com/">http://thedogr.blogspot.com</a>). If you would like to republish this post in part or in full on your blog or website, you may, as long as you retain the “Copyright Information” section of this article.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: 0.25in;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <h3 style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Copyright Information</span> </h3> <span style="">This article was written by “GIR” during the year of 2007 for Geoland (<a href="http://geoland.org/">http://geoland.org</a>) and The DOGR Blog (<a href="http://thedogr.blogspot.com/">http://thedogr.blogspot.com</a>).</span><br /><script>reddit_url='http://thedogr.blogspot.com/2007/08/8-ways-to-build-links-to-your-blog.html'</script><br /><script>reddit_title='8 Ways to Build Links to Your Blog'</script><br /><script language="javascript" src="http://reddit.com/button.js?t=1"></script><br /><script type="text/javascript"><br />digg_url = 'http://thedogr.blogspot.com/2007/08/8-ways-to-build-links-to-your-blog.html';<br />digg_title = '8 Ways to Build Links to Your Blog';<br />digg_bodytext = 'BODY';<br />digg_topic = 'TOPIC';<br /></script><br /><script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js" type="text/javascript"></script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528606899395482520.post-71119094133971074672007-08-05T14:30:00.000-07:002007-08-05T18:17:04.994-07:00Stunt Bike Island 3D<span style="font-weight: bold;">Name:<a href="http://stuntbikeisland.com/play.aspx"> </a></span><a href="http://stuntbikeisland.com/play.aspx">Stunt Bike Island 3D</a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Genre: </span>Sports<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Difficulty Rating:</span> Easy<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Publisher:</span> ForgeFX<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Playing Time: </span>5 Minutes<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Development Stage:</span> Released<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cost: </span>None<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Summary:</span> Stunt Bike Island 3D is an amazingly addictive game, and a fun diversion to what would ordinarily be a boring afternoon. Rendered in 64 bit graphics, the landscapes and scenery of this game are aesthetic, without being a major drag on bandwith. In the game, you control a cyclist, who must complete various stunts in order to earn points. I hardly could bring myself to finish this review, due to the game's massive addictiveness.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Final Rating:</span> 4.5 Stars<br /><script>reddit_url='http://thedogr.blogspot.com/2007/08/stund-bike-island-3d.html'</script><br /><script>reddit_title='Stunt Bike Island 3D'</script><br /><script language="javascript" src="http://reddit.com/button.js?t=1"></script><br /><script type="text/javascript"><br />digg_url = 'http://thedogr.blogspot.com/2007/08/stund-bike-island-3d.html';<br />digg_title = 'Stund Bike Island 3D';<br />digg_bodytext = 'BODY';<br />digg_topic = 'TOPIC';<br /></script><br /><script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js" type="text/javascript"></script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528606899395482520.post-66926161628029605442007-08-05T14:15:00.000-07:002007-08-05T18:13:28.965-07:00World Sudoku League<span style="font-weight: bold;">Name: </span><a href="http://www.worldsudokuleague.com/">World Sudoku League</a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Genre: </span>Puzzle<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Difficulty Rating:</span> Medium<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Publisher:</span> PlayCom Game Design<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Playing Time: </span>10-30 Minutes<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Development Stage:</span> Released<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cost: </span>None ($3.99 6 Month Premium Membership Available)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Summary:</span> An online remake of the classic game nearly 200 years in the making, this puzzle game allows you to play Sudoku online, as well as participate in tournaments and chat with friends. The downside of this game is that gameplay quality is significantly reduced for non-premium members.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Final Rating:</span> 3.5 Stars<br /><script>reddit_url='http://thedogr.blogspot.com/2007/08/world-sudoku-league.html'</script><br /><script>reddit_title='World Sudoku League'</script><br /><script language="javascript" src="http://reddit.com/button.js?t=1"></script><br /><script type="text/javascript"><br />digg_url = 'http://thedogr.blogspot.com/2007/08/world-sudoku-league.html';<br />digg_title = 'World Sudoku League';<br />digg_bodytext = 'BODY';<br />digg_topic = 'TOPIC';<br /></script><br /><script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js" type="text/javascript"></script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528606899395482520.post-47741485394901776892007-08-05T12:21:00.000-07:002007-08-05T18:11:11.919-07:00Speed 2<span style="font-weight: bold;">Name: </span><a href="http://www.richinnovations.net/games/speed/">Speed 2</a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Genre: </span>Puzzle<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Difficulty Rating:</span> Hard<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Publisher:</span> Rich Innovations<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Playing Time: </span>1 Minute Per 5 Rounds<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Development Stage:</span> Released<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cost: </span>None<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Summary:</span> In this typing game, you type the words/random strings of letters, and earn points depending upon how long it takes for you type. Its addictive gameplay and educational characteristics make it an entertaining play, even at the risk of carpal tunnel syndrome.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Final Rating:</span> 4.0 Stars<br /><script>reddit_url='http://thedogr.blogspot.com/2007/08/name-speed-2-genre-puzzle-difficulty.html'</script><br /><script>reddit_title='[Speed 2'</script><br /><script language="javascript" src="http://reddit.com/button.js?t=1"></script><br /><script type="text/javascript"><br />digg_url = 'http://thedogr.blogspot.com/2007/08/name-speed-2-genre-puzzle-difficulty.html';<br />digg_title = 'Speed 2';<br />digg_bodytext = 'BODY';<br />digg_topic = 'TOPIC';<br /></script><br /><script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js" type="text/javascript"></script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528606899395482520.post-66365622002116321142007-08-04T15:00:00.001-07:002007-08-04T21:43:53.249-07:00Blog Challenge: Increase Your Technorati Authority By 300 In 30 Days!<p><span style="font-style: italic;">(This is a non-gaming related post. Today's review can be found </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://thedogr.blogspot.com/2007/08/cubitsu.html">here</a><span style="font-style: italic;">.)</span><br /></p><p>Here’s an interesting challenge we can all participate in so that everyone can accomplish the same goal: Increase your <a href="http://technorati.com/">Technorati</a> Authority By 300 In Only One Month! (It will also help you improve your backlinks as the new Google PageRank update is right around the corner) How will it be done?</p> <p>Technorati authority is measured by how many different blogs have linked to your blog in the last six months. Of course, if one particular blog links to you 20 times, it will only count as +1 for your authority- which is good because the goal here is not to link farm your blog everywhere and penalize yourself in the search engines.</p> <p>This works similarly to a blogroll, only easier. The list below starts with <a href="http://sitefever.com/">SiteFever.com</a> linking to <a href="http://bluejar.com/">BlueJar.com</a>. Add your site to the list and who you want to link to, then pass the list on. If you want to be extra nice, you can even link to more than one blog. Each blog that posts this list after your site has been added will increase your Technorati rating by +1 and help your backlinks in the search engines. You can track where this list travels throughout the blog world from your Technorati reactions.</p> <p>The goal here is to reach an incredible record of +300 Technorati authority for the blogs who participate! Can it be done?</p> <p>******BEGIN LIST******</p> <p><a href="http://sitefever.com/">SiteFever.com</a> links to <a href="http://bluejar.com/">BlueJar.com</a><br /><a href="http://craze4tech.com/">Craze4tech.com</a> links to <a href="http://www.work-surf.info/">Work-Surf.info<br /></a><a href="http://thedogr.blogspot.com/">TheDOGRBlog </a>links to <a href="http://lorisworld.typepad.com/">LorisWorld</a><br /><a href="http://thedogr.blogspot.com/">TheDOGRBlog</a> links to <a href="http://businessphones.octchild.com/">BusinessPhones</a><br /><a href="http://thedogr.blogspot.com/">TheDOGRBlog</a> links to <a href="http://www.work-surf.info/"></a><a href="http://startupdiaries.wordpress.com/">WhatIt'sReallyAllAbout</a><br /></p><p></p><p>******END LIST******</p><br /><script>reddit_url='http://thedogr.blogspot.com/2007/08/blog-challenge-increase-your-technorati_04.html'</script><br /><script>reddit_title='Blog Challenge: Increase Your Technorati Authority By 300 In 30 Days!'</script><br /><script language="javascript" src="http://reddit.com/button.js?t=1"></script><br /><script type="text/javascript"><br />digg_url = 'http://thedogr.blogspot.com/2007/08/blog-challenge-increase-your-technorati_04.html';<br />digg_title = 'Blog Challenge: Increase Your Technorati Authority By 300 In 30 Days!';<br />digg_bodytext = 'BODY';<br />digg_topic = 'TOPIC';<br /></script><br /><script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js" type="text/javascript"></script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528606899395482520.post-27517038063340503412007-08-04T04:19:00.000-07:002007-08-04T21:41:24.249-07:00Cubitsu<span style="font-weight: bold;">Name: </span><span><a href="http://www.armorgames.com/games/cubitsu.html">Cubitsu</a><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Genre: </span><span>Puzzle<br /></span><span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Difficulty Rating: </span><span>Hard</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Publisher: </span><span>Armor Games & Josh Tam<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Playing Time: </span>2-5 Minutes Per Round<br /></span><span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >Development Stage: </span><span style="font-family:georgia;">Released</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >Cost:</span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>None</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Summary: </span><span>This strategic puzzle game is a 3-dimensional remake of "Tic-Tac-Toe". The main objective is to rotate the cube to match up stars and bonus items, and avoid matching bombs. Its clever interface and challenging gameplay make for an entertaining puzzle game.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Final Rating: </span><span>4.0 Stars</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><br /><script>reddit_url='http://thedogr.blogspot.com/2007/08/cubitsu.html'</script><br /><script>reddit_title='Cubitsu'</script><br /><script language="javascript" src="http://reddit.com/button.js?t=1"></script><br /><script type="text/javascript"><br />digg_url = 'http://thedogr.blogspot.com/2007/08/cubitsu.html';<br />digg_title = 'Cubitsu';<br />digg_bodytext = 'BODY';<br />digg_topic = 'TOPIC';<br /></script><br /><script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js" type="text/javascript"></script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528606899395482520.post-9320170429987192982007-08-03T14:09:00.000-07:002007-08-04T21:39:15.845-07:00Ragdoll Avalanche 2<span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Name:</span> <a href="http://www.onemorelevel.com/games.php?game=364">Ragdoll Avalanche 2</a><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Genre: </span>Action<br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Difficulty Rating:</span> Medium<br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Publisher: </span>Ragdollsoft.com<br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Playing Time:</span> 5 Minutes<br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:georgia;" >Development Stage: </span><span style="font-family:georgia;">Released</span><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >Cost:</span><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> </span>None</span><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Summary: </span>In this devastatingly addictive game, you control a stick figure who tries to dodge the many falling spikes aimed towards him (or her; with a stick figure, how can you tell?). If you haven't already, say goodbye to your social life, because this game will have you glued to the computer 24/7!<br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Final Rating:</span> 4.5 Stars<br /><script>reddit_url='http://thedogr.blogspot.com/2007/08/ragdoll-avalanche-2.html'</script><br /><script>reddit_title='Ragdoll Avalanche 2'</script><br /><script language="javascript" src="http://reddit.com/button.js?t=1"></script><br /><script type="text/javascript"><br />digg_url = 'http://thedogr.blogspot.com/2007/08/ragdoll-avalanche-2.html';<br />digg_title = 'Ragdoll Avalanche 2';<br />digg_bodytext = 'BODY';<br />digg_topic = 'TOPIC';<br /></script><br /><script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js" type="text/javascript"></script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528606899395482520.post-34730871662597135562007-08-02T20:38:00.000-07:002007-08-04T21:36:49.987-07:00Street Fighter Online<span style="font-weight: bold;">Name: </span><a href="http://streetfighteronline.com/"><span>Street Fighter Online</span></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Genre: </span><span>Action</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Difficulty Rating: </span><span>Hard</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Publisher: </span><span>streetfighteronline.com</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Playing Time: </span><span>10 Minutes</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;" >Development Stage: </span><span style="font-family:georgia;">Released</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >Cost:</span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>None</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Summary: </span><span>This browser-based version of the classic arcade game allows you to play against thousands of other players worldwide, although lag may present problems for low-bandwith users, and the interface can be confusing at first.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Final Rating: </span><span>3.5 Stars</span><br /><script>reddit_url='http://thedogr.blogspot.com/2007/08/street-fighter-online.html'</script><br /><script>reddit_title='Street Fighter Online'</script><br /><script language="javascript" src="http://reddit.com/button.js?t=1"></script><br /><script type="text/javascript"><br />digg_url = 'http://thedogr.blogspot.com/2007/08/street-fighter-online.html';<br />digg_title = 'Street Fighter Online';<br />digg_bodytext = 'BODY';<br />digg_topic = 'TOPIC';<br /></script><br /><script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js" type="text/javascript"></script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3528606899395482520.post-38478121755341002941999-09-09T01:15:00.000-07:002007-08-09T01:15:39.245-07:00Contact The Webmaster<strong>There is currently only one way of contacting the webmaster of this blog:</strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>1. 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