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Gaming on a Budget, Part 3: Used Merchandise
Thursday, January 15th, 2009Read Part 1 and Part 2.
Buyer Beware
Purchasing pre-owned games, consoles, and peripherals is a double-edged sword. On one hand, you are able to get out-of-production goods and popular newer titles for a lot less than if you were to buy them new. On the other hand, those same treasures were at the hands of who [...]
Gaming on a Budget, Part 2: Buying New
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009Welcome to the second part of a guide to getting the most out of your hard-earned gaming dollar. Yesterday, I gave my history of gaming as an example of frugality and its benefits. Today, let’s talk about purchasing brand new unopened games.
Personally, I don’t like paying more than $20 for a game. Lots of time [...]
Gaming on a Budget, Part 1: A Personal History
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009Welcome to a short series about being a cheap frugal gamer. This first part is a short history of my experiences with video game consoles.
Old as Dirt
I’ve been playing video games since my parents brought home a Pong-like console they purchased at a garage sale. It had probably a dozen monochromatic games on it and [...]
How to Draw a Jack-o’-Lantern
Friday, October 31st, 2008Happy Halloween! For today, I’m doing a little How-to for drawing the most common symbol of this holiday. I hope you enjoy!
Step 1
Usually, when we draw a pumpkin, we think “round”, so we might start out with a circle.
Step 2
This is a pretty good start, and people usually get what we’re drawing. It’s not wrong, since every pumpkin is [...]
How to Simulate Shipboard Life at Home
Monday, July 28th, 2008First off: I did not write this little list. When I was in the Navy, this was one of those things that floated around the ship for who knows how long. The copy I saw was set on a typewriter and photocopied (poorly) so many times it was barely readable. In order to preserve its [...]
Preparing a Photo for Press in Black and White Using Photoshop
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008Intro Notes
I love using Photoshop. It offers so many tools and doohickeys that no other imaging software currently can. But, not many people can afford the $650 for it. A more economical alternative is Photoshop Elements ($99). Then, there are the open source Gimp, Paint.net, and a variety of others. But none of them offer all [...]
