How could anyone resist this big friendly creature. He reminds me a bit of (I forget the name) the flying dragon from Never Ending Story…Even thought the music is slightly wishy washy Disney, I don’t care. I just want to jump in and play.

Via Fullbright

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uncovered territory in gaming, is how the designers teach the users how to play the game. The importance of this feature may be over looked, but without it being good to great - the game is going to ultimately frustrate a whole lot of people and result in a bad rep and sales.

the Brainy Gamer deals with this issue in depth in a post called Teach Me To Play

courtesy of ::strømbërg::

You know how it is that people like to tidy things neatly away into draws - Black or white (no grey ’cause its messy) Tall or short, together or alone, making the middle zone disappear completely, even though for the most part, it is the only relevant zone.

Mystic Worlds posted and excellent post on this senseless typecasting if you will, called - “Thats Right, I Solo in Your MMO’s” that is very worth the read.

Really there is very little else to say except to share this bit of cool with you. There is always a pretty cool simulator for a Formula One drive tour Through Google Earth

If you found this tempting (I know my husband is going to be all over this) here is the link to the simulator

Hat Tip to Wonderland

by emandsprout on Esty (you can buy these, folks) these are for big girls, not little ones and obviously will enable you to leave you game console while still playing :-)

Now if that is not enough for you, you can carry on your gaming experience by washing down with a gaming soap.

You can chose an xbox control soap

or this

from Handmade Digital Soaps

I am going to bookmark these two Esty sellers and return at Christmas.

Via Joystiq