How huge will today’s Google spike for “three body problem” be?
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Category: Asides
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.Referrer Links 2: Browser Games
This is the other post, where you can leave comments with referrer links for whatever browser-based game you play that gives you a link to have all your friends click. Visit your MiniCity? Have them killed by zombies and werewolves? Sign up for your flash games site? Great.
I recommend linking with the site name, what it is, and what you (and they) get for using that link. Example: KONGREGATE, a flash games site. If you sign up from that, I get points that put a useless number by my name. You get absolutely nothing.
If you would like to have a post removed (quit, game run by evil aliens, etc.), comment again or e-mail me, and I can delete old comments. We may have multiple, competing codes/links for the same game: whee! If the game in question is a “real” game, like an MMO or something that would not get you banned from most message boards for posting it, use this post. Please be patient if the comment does not appear immediately, as I will need to check the spam filter before and after work.
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Referrer Links 1: MMOs
I have been meaning to do this for a while, and a comment yesterday reminded me. Many games give you bonuses for inviting friends and such, mostly if you are the source for their initial subscription. Feel free to use the comments from this thread to toss up your referral links, “e-mail me for a code,” codes, etc., whatever is relevant to your game. I suggest putting the name of the game in all caps at the top, then saying what they need to do to get the referral, then listing what you and they get from it. “What they get from it” is a useful incentive if they get more than just signing up on their own. City of Heroes, for example, has “welcome back” codes (account inactive for 90+ days) that gives you and your friend 15 days each when they re-subscribe. This is good for everyone, except perhaps the company involved.
Example: WIZARD101, a kid-friendly MMO that plays a lot like Yu-Gi-Oh or Pokémon. Friend code: 49090-08124-81429-46863. If you use my code and subscribe or buy $10 in crowns, we each get 1250 crowns. You might also get a pet or something; the page equivocates.
If you would like to have a post removed (unsubscribed, ran out of codes, etc.), comment again or e-mail me, and I can delete old comments. We may have multiple, competing codes/links for the same game: whee! If the game in question is one of those browser-based things like “have all your friends click this link to be eaten by zombies” or MiniCities or such, please use this post. Please be patient if the comment does not appear immediately, as I will need to check the spam filter before and after work.
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More Great Moments in Password Security
Full Circle
Buses and Ponies
Here at the conference, our bus route is 5 Gold. I found that surprising, because even the most expensive horse routes are 35 silver.
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*ding*
30. I hear that the last ten levels take as long as all the ones that came before, but I have also heard that it just feels that way.
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Chicago Trip
Unlike my Minneapolis trip, there is no overlapping gaming conference, but I will be in Chicago this weekend, if anyone else will be about. Sadly, my librarian guildmate will not be attending. There should still be time to get a free exhibits pass, if anyone needs the link. Neil Gaiman is on the list of authors signing, along with Judy Blume on Saturday and M. T. Anderson on Monday.
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Password Security Fail
Oops! There was a problem with the following:
-Please note that your password should be 5 to 8 characters long and is case-sensitive.
-Retype Password can not be greater than 8 characters.
I should have tested all the other password security features that it rejects. Bonuses for international characters and punctuation! At least it does not explicitly restrict you to English words.
Oh, and Reader’s Digest is giving away some Kindles, which is where I found that friendly error.
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Downtime = Weight Gain?
I have lost five pounds since getting into Team Fortress 2. Many of you are familiar with gamer diet, wherein you get a new game and forget to eat while you play for hours at a time, but I have been actively applying this to dropping some weight. First, willpower is a limited resource, and freeing myself to binge on one thing saves my resources to avoid binging on another. Second, my major effort is reducing calories, a good portion of which comes from eating only when hungry, rather than from boredom or habit. With a constantly active FPS, I do not have time to be bored or wander off for food. In an MMO, a ten-minute horse ride is a great time to go make a sandwich; in a FPS, a ten-second respawn time is all that separates you from a control point that is still in play. With no snacks at the desk, I have no caloric threats until we get back to the original point of gamer diet: look up from the game and realize it is time for bed.
Who has time to be hungry when there is an entire BLU team to set on fire?
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