New Year’s Resolutions, 2008

It’s time to start a new year, so I reckon it’s time to make New Year’s Resolutions.  I hear it’s the thing to do.  I made some last year, and I did well, I think.  My goals were to gain weight and to improve this blog.  Those resolutions worked out well for me, so I’m going to keep them for 2008 also.  Why change it if it’s not broken?  🙂

So there’s nothing new there, but I will include a New Year’s resolution themed quote for your enjoyment :

A New Year’s resolution is something that goes in one Year and out the other.

It’s funny if it’s true, but if you make resolutions you can keep (like I did last year), then you feel good about yourself and you wonder why more people don’t make resolutions they can actually keep…  🙂

an interactive Christmas card for you

It’s almost Christmas here, so for all my regular readers (and whoever just happened to show up here), I’m linking to an interactive Christmas card.  You get to make it start snowing, and there’s various other things you get to do, too.  Have fun.

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

And let us all remember the real Reason for the Season…

how to see the real Santa Claus

I saw the movie The Polar Express the other day, and it revealed why so many people no longer see or hear Santa Claus — it’s because they don’t believe.  If you don’t believe in him, you don’t even hear the bells on his reindeer and sleigh.  It’s all so clear now.  So now when I hear sleigh bells on Christmas Eve and others don’t, I can explain how I’m not crazy but it’s because of their doubt and unbelief.

one way to become a ninja

The Nintendo Wii is good for many things, especially gaming.  But it is about to have a new feature.  There is a new game coming out in March 2008 that trains you to be a ninja!  (Yeah, you heard that right.)  It’s called Ninja Reflex, distributed by Electronic Arts.  As you train and develop your skills with your personal Sensei, you can eventually earn a black belt.  Now you can train to be a ninja in the very comfort of your own home.  But wait, there’s more!  As some of you are probably already intensely hoping for, this game will include multiplayer support, with up to four players.

ninja senseiIt sounds awesome, right?  Not to reduce your expectations any, but, the president and CEO of Nunchuck Games said, “Ninja Reflex channels the accessible multiplayer fun of Wii Sports and the self-improvement aspect of Brain Age into a martial arts universe that is ideally suited for the Wii and Nintendo DS.”  I don’t know if comparing a ninja training game to a combination of Wii Sports and Brain Age is the best strategy for hyping a product.  I’m pretty sure it isn’t.  But nonetheless, this will not dampen my enthusiasm.  Ninja training sounds awesome, especially if you eventually get good enough to beat the crap out of your Sensei (like the third boxing training level on Wii Sports, although you beat him up more when you’re less accurate, which perhaps makes it even more fun).

Now that I’ve given my preview of hype, let me suggest a feature to the people working on the game.  (What?  You mean they don’t visit this site?  Well, they SHOULD!  I’m sharing my tips anyway!)  The game should have an online mode, not just for playing people online, but for when your training leads you to black belt status, the gaming company actually sends you a black belt in the mail.  Somebody should make this happen…