Robot Claw – Page 542 – “Life In The So-Called Space Age”

Join My Guild!

May 30, 2012

About 6 months ago I posted about iOS game Book Of Heroes (search for and read the post if you forget). The game is great, and free, and a few significant changes have occurred since my last post.

Firstly, an Android version has been released. This means if you’re one of those people you can still play!

Secondly, guilds have been added to the game! I’ve created one, but I need members.

So – and I am serious here – I’d like each of you to download the game, create a character, and join my guild. I’m quite sure most of you reading this would enjoy the game, and since it’s free why not give it a try?

Once you’re online, add me as a friend by going to the inn and entering my friend code: 962061411

And when you get to level 4, apply to join my guild, which is called Atomic. Once we have 10 members, we can start raiding 🙂

Legendary Item 2

May 28, 2012

The other day I obtained my 259th Nintendo DS game. And it was no normal game, good readers, it was in fact… this:

Yes fellows, I now own the second in the Club Nintendo exclusive Game & Watch Collection series (I barely need mention I already own the first in the series)!

What is this game – which I remind you is unavailable in stores – you ask? It is none other than Parachute and Octopus coded for the DS. Here is an image showing both games in action:

Remarkable, wouldn’t you say? But it doesn’t stop there! No, my friends, this humble DS cartridge also contains the brand new remix game Parachute x Octopus which is an unholy combination of both (let’s ignore for the moment reviews that say it’s terrible).

So where did I obtain this? Club Nintendo of course! It cost 800 ‘coins’, which are obtained by registering games and hardware. 800 coins equals about 16 Wii games, about 27 DS games, or about 5 hardware systems (DS, Wii, 3DS etc.). I’m proud to say I now own all three actual packaged games Nintendo has made available through the system (for which I spent a total of 2800 coins!)

Time for an honest disclosure: I haven’t yet played this. In fact I haven’t removed the shrinkwrap. But I love it nonetheless 🙂

A Garden Post

May 27, 2012

It’s been a very long time since I did a post on the garden, and since they were always very popular I’m probably overdue for another!

Last weekend we bought a new whiskey barrel for our back patio, and planted a calla lily and some ‘red things’ in it. Our original barrel has this year been devoted to morning glories and some other type of flower at the base. Here’s a shot:

Some detail of the plants:

That light is solar powered. I expect we’ll have to move it when they grow in!

For the front yard, the first significant change I made this year was to remove one of the hedge bushes near our mailbox and letting the black-eyed Susan’s take over:

We also bought a ‘white bush’ (possibly a dwarf willow) and planted it near our steps:

It’s small now, but it’ll be bigger in a few years!

Lastly, in the ongoing struggle to control our ‘front garden’, we added more hosta and ferns. It’s slow going, but I think we improve it every year:

Incidentally this post was 100% done from my phone, which is what I plan on doing from Florida next week. How does it look?