Rich Garner

It’s that time of year again. When I pull down the classic PC games that gave me chills years ago, slap up the cheesy decorations, and lay down to watch some good movies designed to make my wife grab me by the arm. We’ve all seen the classic; Halloween, Friday the 13th, Nightmare… but there’s a bunch of great film frights to be had from titles you probably never gave a second thought about. (I’ve linked them to their pages on Netflix.) Read the rest of this entry »

I never really had an overweight issue, but there was one weight loss program that I could not stop thinking of: Susan Powter’s low-calorie, high-volume eating. It was an infomercial in the early 90′s that had this thin woman showing off her new body with pictures of her overweight self plastered behind her. The concept was not only catchy, it seemed to be effective. There is something to be said about a low-high mentality especially in online marketing which is currently overrun with advertisers and informed customers.
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I played WOW. Really, I did. For about three levels. Then my hunter… yes, ‘hunter’… laid down, went to sleep and never woke again. My free trial had ended and I had no intention of forking over $15 a month to have my hunter’s head handed to me every time I tried to kill 10 of these or 20 of those. So I put my check in the “Tried It” box and returned to my first and true MMO love; Guild Wars. Read the rest of this entry »