GEN CON I WAS ALL UP IN YOU!

I can't even! I just can't! We are on our way home and still we are non stop talking about how AMAZING Gen Con is!

Nana The Red and Two Fairies and a Dwarf had the BEST time, Thank you Gen Con for making our life have meaning!!!

Here are a few of my favorite snaps from the trip! Added bonus...We collected Indiana's local Pokemon to our Pokedex!

Modeling for a photography class

Bootcamp SDL Workshop (Robert Rostick and Jim Sykes) Part 2 "Off Camera Flash Bootcamp" at Menaul fine Art

My youngest in college!

Yup! My son has graduated and is enrolled and starting college! A trip to Tiger Direct is in order! It's not Fry's but it'll have to do. A 20 ounce rib eye is also part of this Graduation package! I love you Son! So very proud of you!

Play Attention

Play attention is a game designed to help families with ADHD children. Our son was diaganosed four years ago at age six. I found this website and found it interesting.
Play attetion is a learning system that uses a helmet to read brain signals weird hu! The game is supose to help adhd children improve on their concentration skills , improve memory, and learn to filter out distractions.

You can order a free demo cd which I have already done. As cool as this idea is it’s not for my family. Other than I’m not paying 2,000.00 for any kind of game alone the graphics didn’t look like anything my son would really be impressed with.
I could see how this would be helpful in younger grades as maybe a learning center in the classroom.

Snippet from the site
“Can I see a live demonstration?
Every Thursday evening, we offer a free online teleseminar. Our CEO and founder, Peter Freer, conducts a lively and informative presentation and encourages the online audience to interact freely during the discussion. Our free teleseminar is your opportunity to see Play Attention live on your desktop PC, and to get answers to your most difficult questions from an ADHD expert.”

Go check out the site read it over and give me your thought on this idea~

Our trip to the WSVG Dallas 2007

Our Family at WSVG 2007 Dallas TX - Dark photo sorry!

Our Son trying out the Intel Race Car (They took a photo in the car and gave you some really neat racing things!)

Our Son and his friend dancing at the Intel booth ( They got free flashdrives with your commercial one them!)
Our Sons friend won the Drawing for some free loot at the wsvg!(XFX headphones)

We had a lot of fun- Played a lot of games- watched the guitar hero contest and seen some badass 8-10 yr olds tear it up!
We got A LOT of free loot
4- 512 flash drives 4- 512 compact flash
Some Scion glowing necklaces in blue and in red and some Scion dog tags.
Tee shirts from all different vendors
Posters from Nvidia and door tags for the kids that say "Go away I'm gaming".
Some stress squishies from Comp U.S.A
The free photo in the Intel car and some neat racing fact cards.
Some Pens and some Bracelets
WHEW!

Once again we had a blast and people were complaining about the noise..
Last Year Creative had a booth that was set up like Jeopardy and they gave out some really fantastic prizes- They were getting people to scream Xfi- sound blaster- etc and people were cheering in general. People complained about the noise.
This year was the same..
They had a stage set up for a guitar hero contest and some of these people were really shredding it up! I loved it when the kids would jump or slide across the stage it was a lot of fun! Well afterwards I read an article where people were complaining about the noise...
Sigh...Get over it. You are at a Gaming convention not a Library
Sports in all forms = Music, Cheering and noise Bring earplugs if it bugs ya!
We had a GREAT time and the kids are already talking about going next year!

Father's Day Craft for the Kids!

Kids want to make something for their Gamer Dad’s this year?

Well here is an idea or two for you to try!

We decided to make Dad something for his cube at work.
A photo Cube and a Pen Holder made out of recycled Floppy Disk's!



What we needed:
(6) Six 3.5 floppy disks any color you want to use.
One sheet of cardstock any color you want to use.
Six photos that you are allowed to cut OR 6 copies of photos so you can cut them.
A hot glue gun
Scissors
A pen

How we did it:
1st cut the cardstock to fit the floppy disk (in the area the label sticker would go).
2nd cut the photos you are using a bit smaller than the card stock.
3rd Glue OR double stick tape the photos to the card stock.
4th Glue or Double stick tape the cardstock to the floppy disk.
5th Lay one floppy face down and hot glue the sides of the cube on.
6th continue gluing the disks together until you have a cube.
(Make sure all your photos are facing out and the disks are all going the same direction)

A Free Mother’s Day Gift from popcap.com!

Mother Day is May 13th!
Still don’t have something for your Mother? Shame on you!
Popcap.com is making it easy for the kido’s to give something special this year!
Get your Mom a free copy of Bejeweled!
All you have to do is subscribe to their newsletter and you will receive a registration code for Bejeweled Deluxe and it’s the full game not a demo!
You must use a valid email address and you must hurry the codes must be redeemed before May 30th!

I got this game and I’m hooked!
Nana~

Review- Nostromo SpeedPad n52

First I would like to let you read Belkins product description for the n52

"Built to conquer your enemy, the Nostromo SpeedPad n52 captures all the advantages of its critically acclaimed predecessor, the n50, and cranks up the juice with advanced options to dominate your game. It puts keyboard and gamepad functionality into one small and easy-to-use device, delivering more tools for customizing your game than ever. Using feedback from hundreds of gamers, our engineers designed the n52's intuitive nature and stylish versatility to give you easy access to your arsenal of deadly maneuvers. So start programming up to 104 functions now-and watch how dangerous you become."

My huge Mistake!
In my experience I have always used a keyboard and mouse while gaming. I saw one of these but never placed much stake into it. I didn’t think that it was worth it and never bothered to check it out.

Well Now!
I bought my Nostromo SpeedPad n52 about 2 months ago. I now have a hard time looking back and saying why didn’t I buy this along time ago. This Beast allows you to reach 24 actionable buttons with one hand. The D-pad replaced my old style of movement and allows the user to remain ready to attack on the shortest notice. The arch in the palm area lets you rest your hand
So those long hours of gaming never wear on me.

The programmable macros are not required to use the device. I currently only use them for Stealth. But there is a ton of opportunity here. With this fully configurable device you can map any Keyboard button or combo to 1 button on the Nostromo. The macros can also space out the amount of time between actions if needed

In short I will never look back now that I have this Weapon of mass destruction!
Game On
Severin

Tek Republik in Austin TX

From the site itself-"Tek Republik" is a full service computer shop offering repairs, upgrades, and high end custom PC builds. We also offer data recovery, virus and spyware removal, as well as home and SOHO networking installations and repairs.
We also offer in store computer rental for basic printing and MS Office and other applications. We offer wifi on site for laptop users, and all computers are connected to our high speed fiber internet.

We also are a gaming center offering players PC gaming and Xbox 360 gaming. Our top games are Battlefield 2, Call of Duty 2, World of Warcraft, Company of Heroes, Titan Quest, Unreal Tournament 2004, Quake 4, Counterstrike 1.6/Source, Halo, NCAA 2007 and more. You can find our full PC games list here, and our Xbox360 games list here."

My husband took a friend of ours here tonight! It's just the guys going out for a bachelor’s party! I’ll have to get him to tell you a little bit about the place in a bit but from the website it looks pretty nice~ I’m thinking Birthday Parties!

Wii got our Adapter!

Woke up this morning to find a package from Nintendo on the Dinner table! It apparently came in late last night. So we are now all hooked up in the living room. YAY!

I added our 2k Wii points and downloaded Mario Bros!

Downloaded the trial Internet and set up our weather channel.

started adding emails to the address book too~

Would you like to add GamerParents to your address book?

Our Wii number is

8932 4250 9566 7301

Love the skin your in!

Today I was reading over at TechEBlog when I came across Skin Bag

Skin bag is a company that is making faux human skin garments and accessories for men and women “GORE + CHIC=TRES CHIC!”

I am torn between being grossed out by all the images of “chainsaw massacre” and “the Devils rejects” in my head as I look thru their photos however; I am also intrigued as some of the items do look very pretty. You can even add alternative tattoos and piercing to your product!

Logically my mind says, “Oh this is cool! It’s faux skin not real animal skins” on the other hand my mind is saying “I feel sick thinking about wearing human skin even if it’s faux”

I know my husband will find this terribly Goretastic and would most likely want a nifty skin laptop bag to take to work!
What do you think?