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Marlin Rollins asked:


Creating video games is an art, no doubt. The problem is that it isn’t easy to come up with ideas for video games. And even when we do get an idea, it doesn’t seem as fresh or exciting as we want it to be. The following offers a few ways you can generate some creative ideas to keep your video game as fun to play from beginning to end.

1. Make it funny. Humor has a wonderful way of transforming the seemingly dreadful boring into something that’s not only tolerable, but engaging as well. And if boredom is an illness, laughter is its cure. If you can inject jokes, funny imagery, or goofy characters into your game, your players will relax and associate your game with good feelings – a definite formula for success.

2. Let your mind wander off the beaten path. Since much of our thinking is associative anyway, there’s no reason why you couldn’t manifest this association into your video game. When one idea makes you think of another, include it as part of a video game no matter how illogical the connection is (at first). Remember that video games are your platform for creativity. It’s time to be a little wild and a little unconventional. Without this free-form thinking, we surely wouldn’t have the creative gems that we have today. You can always restore a sense of logic back into the game at an appropriate time.

3. Make your dreams come true. Literally, turn your dreams into video game scenarios. Had a nightmare lately? Include the scary thing in the game. Had a ridiculously stupid dream lately? Include it in the game as a detour or distraction. Sometimes dreams can be more interesting as life, and as a video game developer, you want your games to be the same. Keep a dream journal and write down those bizarre experiences you have at night. Your gamers will thank you for it.

4. Copy nature. Let’s be honest – Nature is pretty weird. We have bees flying around and pollinating plants. We have water evaporating into the sky and then falling down from clouds as rain. Childbirth is a strange phenomenon itself, and germs – the smallest thing on the planet can bring down a herd of elephants. If you could emulate some of this crazy stuff in your own video games, you will have done what every man secretly wishes he could do himself. And that’s take nature into your own hands and shape it into the reality you want! But don’t copy nature faithfully. Twist it around. For example, instead of bees flying around and pollinating plants, your video game could have 3-inch aliens flying around and pollinating brainwashed FBI agents. Starting to get the idea?

5. Dig into History. Another good resource for video game material is our own history – but not the boring stuff. We’re talking about the good stuff. The embarrassing stuff. Look for odd and weird news online and include the asinine things that people have done in the past as part of your game’s plot. Your players won’t believe what they’re seeing!

6. Go Metaphor Happy. Metaphors are figures of speech in which expressions are used to refer to something that it does not literally denote. It simply suggests a similarity. We’re not sure, but we’re pretty convinced that a lot of the space ships in video games are based on what we call the “nuts and bolts” metaphor. If you look closely at the designs of some of these vehicles, and then look at some of the tools you have in your toolbox, you’ll start to see a similarity among the two like we did. You can do the same in your video games to come up with some really unique imagery and situations.

MIKE SELVON asked:


Everyone knows about the Academy Awards that are given for movies every year. It has become a major deal for celebrities, as well as for the average person. For celebrities, you have it made if you walk the red carpet at the Oscars, and you are truly considered a great actor if you win the award for best actor or best actress. The history of the Oscars is quite interesting, and it is truly exciting to learn about something so important in the entertainment industry.

Eighty years ago saw the first Academy Award ceremonies. It was created to celebrate great acting talent among movie actors. At first, all the actors were put together into one category, whether they had a supporting role or not. Later on, after complaints from organizations such as the Screen Actors Guild, the awards for best supporting actor and best supporting actress were created.

Also in the first years, actors and actresses were considered for best actor or best actress for all their movies combined. But, this grew too confusing so it changed to the way it is today, where each actor is only nominated for one film per year. An American actor was only considered for awards at first as well, but of course, that has changed now.

With the Academy Awards having gone on for such a long time, you might think that there have been a lot of repeat winners for best actor. However, this occurrence has actually been quite rare. Movie actors who have won more than one statue encompass such names as: Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Tom Hanks, Daniel Day-Lewis, Gary Cooper and Dustin Hoffman. Nearly every actor aspires to win an Oscar at some point.

Usually, this prestigious award is only given to dramatic, character actor performances. Comedies are usually over-looked when it comes to handing out the acting awards, as are young actors. In more recent years, the category of “animated picture” has been added, and they are usually light-hearted films, but other than for special effects, film editing or the music, these are usually not numbered among the movies for nominated actors.

Of course, there are always exceptions to this rule. The host of the academy awards is usually somewhat of a comedic professional. Jokes are made throughout the night about the actors and actresses, and depending on the host, political jokes are made as well.

It is really nice to see that there is a way to celebrate movie actors and their talent. This is exactly what the Oscars show does. Usually, anyone who wins the best actor or best actress award is a really good actor, and deserves to be recognized.

It is pretty amazing that something that started so small has grown in to the large production that it is today. It is rare that people get the recognition that they deserve, yet the Oscars offer that chance. Hooray for Hollywood!

Jan McInnis asked:


Want to add a few jokes to your next written piece? No problem. As a professional stand-up comedienne and writer who stays afloat by selling volumes of jokes each month (Clinton’s antics paid my mortgage and Bush isn’t doing too badly either), I’ll pass on some joke writing tips that’ll send you in the right direction. Since there are no formal “rules” to joke writing, I’ve made up my own. . .

Jokes involve a set-up with the subject and facts, and a punch line that highlights the irony, twists the joke in another direction, or gives an outrageous result.

RULE 1: Use familiarity, word associations and common assumptions. We know Strom Thurmond is old (okay, dead, but I like these examples, so play along), Liz Taylor is chubby, etc. So take your subject and list phrases, synonyms, stereotypes, sayings, people, places and things connected with it. If you do this when writing an age joke for example, and you want to describe how old someone is, then just list words you associate with old… and you may get – “I won’t say he’s old, but he babysat Strom Thurmond.” Or when trying to describe how chubby someone is, list out chubby people or things and you might get “I won’t say she’s chubby, but she gives her hand-me-downs to Liz Taylor.” You get the picture. Using an analogy is funnier than just saying someone is chubby or old. Also use familiar set-ups like “he’s so cheap…,” “this town is so expensive…”and brainstorm what things are cheap, expensive, etc. to get some comparisons.

RULE 2: Exaggerate things to the extreme. Saying Liz Tyalor is 400 pounds is funny, but it may be too close to the truth. Saying she weighs 1200 pounds is funnier because the picture of a 1200-pound woman is, just, well, funny. (Besides, noooobody weighs 1200 pounds, so you’re pretty safe… even 400 pound people will laugh at that one.)

RULE 3: Be brief. Bill Cosby can go on for hours with a single joke. The rest of us should only include facts in the set-up that NEED to be there for the punch to work. Delete unneeded adjectives and prepositional phrases, so that all words pertain to the punch line. I try to keep my jokes to 3 typed lines (not 3 sentences, but 3 lines). When you make a ***** about Britney Spears fighting with Kevin Federline, her ex-husband, you don’t really need to say “her ex-husband.” Pretty much everyone knows his status. Really, less is better… unless you’re Bill Cosby.

RULE 4: Show the irony. That’s what you’re really trying to do is pull out the irony in a situation. Look at it as a good news/bad news… find the irony by listing out all the good and bad in a situation, either real or made-up, and then match them up to see the inconsistencies. “The good news is we’re giving out free tickets to the buffet. The bad news is, you’ll be in line behind Liz Taylor.”

RULE 5: Twist the joke. Give out a real fact in the set up, and make up a crazy (exaggerated) fact in the punch line. A lot of times punch lines are grouped in threes with the crazy fact at the end. Three things just seems to have a good cadence.

RULE 6: Speaking of punch lines, make sure the last word, or pretty darn close to the last word, is the zinger punch line. No prepositional phrases or other words after that word. Really, I’m not kidding. See these examples of jokes I sold:

“A new study has found that the anti-anxiety drug fluvoxamine is effective in relieving anxiety in school-age children. Of course, it’s not quite as effective as getting their braces off.”

The words “their teeth” don’t need to be included because we already get it and it would just slow down the joke.

“The first bloodless surgery was performed this week in which a kid who is a Jehovah’s Witness got a new liver without a blood transfusion. The parents were so happy, they almost celebrated!”

The word “celebrated” is the punch… no need to say “celebrated his survival” because we already get it and it would just slow down the joke.

RULE 7: The “Cuh” sound. A general comedy rumor is that words with the “c” or “k” sound are funny. Who knows if this is true, but ya gotta admit, the names Chuck and Cletus are funnier than Steve and Stuart. (especially if Chuck and Cletus are dating Liz Taylor… no?)

There are many more joke tips, but these will get you started so that people will read your material and you’ll achieve fame, fortune, and timely car payments!

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Inder Zogta asked:


In the previous issue of this series, we looked at how you could use article directories to generate traffic for any product or services you are selling. In this issue, well be looking at how we can move it a little further. Youll be learning how to use your articles to even generate a bigger readership audience and make more money in the process.

Asides using the article directories, there are various means you can promote your articles with. Some of them are: Use of social network sites popularly known as Web2.0 portals, Submitting your articles to Ezine publishers who need quality content related to the topic you are writing on, News Sites and News feeds, tagging, allowing other people to publish your articles, increasing the Keyword Density of the article etc. Using these techniques is not rocket science. If you know how to check your email and type a few letters and emails, then you can use the techniques to gather as many visitors as you want.

Lets start with using social networking websites. These are communities online that cater to providing an avenue through which people can get to meet each other for the first time, or where old time friends can catch up with each other. Its like a get together joint for people across the globe. Examples of these include My Space, Rout, hi5, etc. Some of these websites have as much as a billion hits daily. For more detail go to: www.perfect-ghostwriter.com. At least hi5 has that much traffic on a daily basis and My Space has about the same. Imagine the potentials inherent here. A billion hits! What if you could divert some of that traffic to you so other people can visit your website, blog etc.? The potential is limitless. How do you divert the traffic to your website or blog or get people to read your article?

Register with any of these websites that you choose. I am more familiar with My Space although the dynamics of the other websites are not too different. So, well use that as our working example.

Then create your profile page. The key to this is making your profile attractive and funny except if you intend to join the very serious-minded folks or no-jokes groups. Make your profile page appear interesting. Let people see that you are a fun guy to be with etc.

Set up your blog. This is highly important as youll need it on a daily basis. My Space provides you with facilities so you can create your blog and start posting. Note that your blog address is different from your My Space page. Your My Space page is where you tell all about yourself. In short it is where the world first gets o meet you. Their first impression of you will definitely result in their either wanting to know you better or not. You can insert your blog link here as theyll want to see what you have to offer if they are interested in knowing more about you.

Then start adding your articles, videos, and audios to your blog. This is what your invitees will see when they visit your blog and may either keep them coming back or keep them away. There is no limit to the amount of articles you can add. So as long as you are producing those, post them on your My Space blog.

After setting up your blog and your page, you are good to go. Browse through the groups you like and start sending invites. Sending invites simply means adding people as your friends. This is your first step of introduction. For more detail go to: www.article-writing-secret.com.When you send them the Request to add as a friend, they get it in their inbox. More often than not, they will want to check out who wants to add them; that are the reason the initial preparation of the home page and blog page is highly important. Be careful about adding too many friends. My Space has placed the limit of friends you can add to 400 a day. Anything above marks you out as a spammer. But as a starter, add 250 a day. Its safe. As you get used to the modalities involved with using My Space, you can increase the number of invites you send out.

Then start posting bulletins to your friends who have accepted you. Bulletins are a form of message. After the bulletin, include the link to your article at the bottom. Then, send and in no time, theyll get your message. If you have just people on your friends list, they are bound to read it if it is interesting.

Peter Finch asked:


A sense of humor is one of the top requirements anyone lists in a potential mate or date. I want someone to make me laugh is a common response to the question, What do you want in a man or woman? With the popularity of mobile phone dating, it then becomes important to know how to deliver good sms jokes in order to attract more possible dates.

What are SMS jokes? SMS jokes are short, cute or funny messages that are specifically designed to be sent via text messaging. If you are using cell phones and text messaging in order to meet people, then you will definitely need to practice and perfect the art of SMS jokes!

But I am not funny! Some of us have a hard time being funny in a regular one-on-one conversation, so SMS jokes just are not going to come naturally to us. There are other people who have a good sense of humor, but generally rely on ****** expressions and other body movements to convey many of their jokes.

If you fall into either of these categories, you may think that SMS jokes will be beyond you. You may be worried about your ability to successfully carry off a funny, successful text conversation. But you do not have to worry! There are dozens of websites devoted entirely to SMS jokes of every type imaginable.

Some of these websites include funsms, humorsphere, smsjokes, and smsgreat. These sites each have hundreds of SMS jokes that you can search through by category. You may find some great inspiration for your own witty and flirty text messages. The best way to use these sites is not to copy the jokes directly, but to reword them to fit your situation and personality.

Words of caution when using SMS jokes. It is important to remember that when using SMS jokes, you should still follow basic guidelines of taste. You do not want to send numerous messages that are actually better examples of rude test messages than funny ones. It is common for people to feel much more free in what they say via a text message, and many people text things they would never, ever say in person!

Always remember when using cell phone dating practices that you actually intend on meeting some of these people. After all, it would be pointless to cultivate a possibly romantic relationship with someone you are never going to meet. If you would be completely embarrassed by telling a joke in person, you may want to avoid texting it.

In the same line of thought, certain SMS jokes that can be found online will probably give an impression that you mean to have a sexual fling, and not a true relationship. Unless you actually do aim for a hot and heavy fling, then you should probably avoid these times of text jokes as well

Regardless of your personality, you should be able to find SMS jokes that will put a smile on your special friend, but that also are true to who you really are.

Brian Walsh asked:


I am probably the only author who has used a quote from “Chicken Run,” a very funny movie that’s set in a chicken farm that oddly resembles a World War II concentration camp.

Many of us spend our lives, or at least parts of them, in self-imposed prisons. If this is our own doing, why do we not simply decide to release ourselves? Why not indeed? Unfortunately, many of us believe that we just have to play the hand we’ve been dealt. Is biography necessarily destiny?

In most cases, we didn’t create the problem, yet we often perpetuate it. How and why? The prison bars are merely some of the patterns in our subconscious. These patterns, known as core beliefs, drive most of our behaviors, attitudes, and emotions. Some of them perform to our advantage, and some actually work against us. When we self-sabotage, we become aware of this imprisonment. Any time we notice negative self-talk or doubt our abilities, we are bumping into those prison bars.

Where and when do these core beliefs originate? Stay with me here. This is so basic that you might just miss the significance. Until children reach the age of about seven or eight, their brain waves are so slow that, in a sense, they are hypnotized. A defensive shield to ward off misguided influences is not yet in place. This protection, known as the “Critical Factor,” is built along with the conscious mind, and is fully-functional around the age of seven.

What about before that age? What are the implications of having no defense? This early part of a child’s life is known as the “Imprint Phase” of personality development. This is when the patterns are manufactured. Whatever a child hears, sees, or experiences is considered 100% valid and true. It has to be, because the sources are often giants – namely adults.

Patterns that operate against our best interests go hand-in-hand with a brittle self-esteem. The environments that spawn this condition are often influenced by parents or caretakers who are perfectionist, or who manipulate through conditional love. They are the unwitting caretakers who say things like, “Why can’t you be more like your cousin Jane? She’s always getting good marks.” Or perhaps, “Your room is so messy. You’re never going to amount to anything.” These kinds of scenarios inflict incredibly subtle mental and emotional damage. In essence, the child’s subconscious mind is being told that it’s flawed; that the child will never succeed and has no right to be taken seriously. This is the way fragile self-esteem and limiting beliefs are established.

OK, so how do we transform these patterns? Although there are many ways, I recommend hypnotherapy. Since the patterns are in the subconscious, you must address them at that level. A nationally-certified hypnotherapist can get the belief identified, and initiate a plan for its removal and replacement. The first step though, is to realize that you might have these unsupportive patterns that I’ve described here, and to then choose to do something about them. Your decision will empower you.

And the movie? Ginger, one of the main characters, says, “The fences aren’t just around the farm, they’re up here in your heads.” Truly, fate is a joke. You can take control of your destiny, despite your biography.

Sal Lingo asked:


The Best Man toast is an integral part of any wedding reception. In fact, other than the first dance it is probably considered by many to be the most important pre-planned aspect of the reception. No pressure or course. Actually, who are we kidding? There is lots of pressure you do not want to mess this up!

First and foremost keep them entertained. Stay away from long, drawn out, boring toasts that are full of inside jokes. Keep inside jokes for when you are alone with the happy couple and not in front of their guests who are wondering if you had too much to drink or not enough time to prepare. Entertain them by keeping it light, moving forward, humorous and not too long!

Make sure you stay away from quotes. That’s right no one cares to hear how someone else defines love, marriage or anything else. They want to hear what you have to say about the man who chose you to stand by him and his lovely bride. If you are unable to come up with something original then do the American thing BUY IT! That’s right buy an original toast or speech. It is not really that hard to do. Go to Google or Yahoo search for a company that writes original ones (don’t buy a pre-written one, or someone may have heard some or all of it and you’ll look bad).

Try to keep your speech to under 3 minutes, in fact 2 minutes is a good length and if you are not a good speaker make it 1 minute just make sure it is a good minute. Again, there is nothing wrong with hiring a professional writer to do this for you so you can spend more time practicing then you do writing it. Try not to memorize it to the point where it seems like you are reading it from an invisible piece of paper, but be comfortable enough with it that it comes out naturally.

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Article Manager asked:


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If you have become bored of wearing same old designs that everyone wears, then screen printed t-shirts are the best available option to you. Custom screen printed t-shirts bring a novelty in the wearers mind. These shirts are very popular in use. You can get your t-shirt printed by yourself or can take the services of the professional printer. When it comes to own a personalized designed garment then the first thing comes to the mind is the custom screen printed t-shirt. The t-shirts designed by the customer itself are termed as custom t-shirt print. It is the most preferred method over other ways such as embroidery and patch work etc. The personalized designed garments give a unique feeling and fill the person with confidence.

It is one of the major reasons for the popularity of screen printed t-shirts. It has excellence in design and its freedom of choice makes it the perfect alternative for the customer. It is the most reliable, cost effective and detailed technology used for producing the custom screen printed t-shirt. The look of the screen printed t-shirt is like a painted image on the apparel. This look of a hand printed image takes you and your business in a positive direction. After measuring its benefits, one can easily say that it worth the cost.

The custom screen printed t-shirts are used for various purposes and at various occasions. They are gifted as the promotional tool, provided to the family members to see them in unity; many youngsters use them for their customized parties and get-togethers. Apart from these uses, the screen printed t-shirts are extensively used to show ones nature and choice. A number of companies provide their services in the field of custom t-shirt printing. If you do not have the personalized printing kit at home for screen printing and also do not have the inkjet printer installed, then the professional services prove to be the better and best available option to the user.

One can find the custom t-shirt printing company by surfing the websites and to the nearest store in the locality. They charge only few bucks for printing your choice of design on your t-shirt. If you do not have a blank t-shirt with you, purchase one from the printer. Some printers hold the stock of blank t-shirts with them in all sizes and varied colors.