Update

Coincidentally, my group canceled our gaming session this past weekend (due to DM related illness) allowing me some time to work on the next adventure. This is coincidental, and not ironic, because one would expect the creator of a website about not always having someone to play with, to not always have someone to play with. COINCIDENCE ISN'T THE SAME THING AS IRONY! Pet peeve.

Because of this, I now have the storyline planned out with all of the encounters set up. The next step is to create all of the maps in paint, which shouldn't take too long. Then comes the actual writing and coding, which is the time consuming part, but at least things are moving along.

I am also adding a poll to my home page asking which two character classes you are taking through the adventures. I am curious to see what the numbers are, so I hope that everyone who plays, participates.

On another note, my horrible Dolphins might actually make the playoffs after being 1-15 last year. Here's hoping that they can actually pull one more win out of their collective asses.

Play Value

My cousin Nat introduced me to a really cool web show this past weekend called Play Value. It is a show about the history of gaming. Episodes are named things like Commodore 64 and Atari vs. Nintendo. The episodes are all about eight to ten minutes long and they are sharply done. I have watched all twenty-odd of the episodes over the past four days, and I both enjoyed them and feel as though I have learned a lot. If you played arcade games or an old game system or computer, I highly reccomend watching it.

A link isn't showing up in the preview when I try to use HTML, but here is the website to copy and paste: http://www.onnetworks.com/videos/play-value/.

Legend of the Seeker

Can anyone tell me why I enjoy Legend of the Seeker so much? I told my wife last night that it was the show that I looked forward to most every week. I look forward to seeing it more that The Office, 30 Rock, Heroes, or The Ultimate Fighter.

It doesn't really have anything to do with the books (which I enjoyed for the most part), and the shows are kind of in the genre of Hercules (which was decent), and Xena (which I didn't like at all). It is also a little too family friendly for me as well (I bet that I won't have that problem with A Song of Ice and Fire if/when it comes out on HBO).

On the plus side, it is a very pretty show, and Kahlan is definately bad-ass with those knives (On a side note, maybe I would have liked Xena more if the main character had been Bridget Regan (HOT!) instead of Lucy Lawless (not-at-all hot)). The characters are all enjoyable, though I wish that Richard was more manly as he is in the books, I don't really care for him being a scrawney little neophyte.

All in all, it seems as though I would like the show, and enjoy watching it, but not that it would be my most (and pretty much only) looked-forward-to show of the week. I guess that it just has some unmeasureables that appeal to me, or perhaps I have been touched by Kahlan (just kidding babe).

Firefox Troubles

Whew, busy week at work, and the next one doesn't look any better. I'm still trying to work on the Firefox issue, but everything I try doesn't work. It is also extra annoying, because I can't try out the page in firefox until I go through the work of posting it on the web. I told my wife the other day that creating this website has given me a lot more respect for website designers, and I haven't even done anything hard yet! If anyone has any ideas about the firefox issue, please let me know.

First Post!

Wow, I can't believe that I finally have my website up for the most part. Sure, it may not look like the most professional site out there, but considering that a month ago I had never done anything with HTML (I wasn't even comfortable using bold tags on message boards) and had never even heard of CSS, I would say that it is quite the accomplishment (Of course, I didn't figure it all out myself, I had help from my my wife Amanda and my friend Beachy, as well as multiple online tutorials).

I don't believe that this will be a blog in the traditional sense. It will be more like a place for me to post if something important or relevant comes up.

If you have any questions, comments, or any ideas that can help this website become better, or if anyone runs a website for the same target audience as I, and wants to trade links, please shoot me an e-mail at jebmak@solodungeon.com.

I suppose that that is all I have to say right now, I still have some more work to do.