Welcome to the world of magic and fantasy where you run your own store in Magic Shop, a color matching / match three game. You attempt to run a magic store that designs and sells artifacts. Its previous owner, Loriel the elf, abandoned the story and no one has been able to successfully recapture its [...]
The previous post discussed the value of saying, “Thank you.” But it’s possible to overdo it especially when it comes to e-mail. “Here’s your weekly report.” “Thank you,” said the reply. Add up all the thank you e-mails for things like that and it makes for a cluttered inbox. Sometimes a thank you e-mail has another purpose [...]
Children enjoy receiving recognition — whether it be at school, in a sport, in a hobby or a comment from Mom and Dad about something positive they did. I’ve always believed that for every negative thing a parent says, she must say 10 positive things. Unfortunately, the reverse is true for adults. As we get grow [...]
Not having played Mysteryville, Mysteryville 2 instantly reminded me of Magic Academy in the game play style and interface — Nevosoft is behind both games. The developer does a first-rate job in telling a strong story in its hidden object games and continues the tradition with its latest entry. Journalist Laura Winner returns to the little [...]
Freelance Folder has an insightful interview with SJ Yee, a freelance writer from Singapore. Yee’s answers will help those interested in writing know what to expect and how it’s different working as a freelancer as opposed for a corporation or publication. I like Yee’s 10 things to do when becoming a freelance writer - I’ve mentioned [...]
Magic Academy should set the standard for games in the hidden object genre. Not only does the game involve the player in an engaging story, but also it keeps things from getting boring with its variety of puzzles. Most hidden object games pause for a short time after a player clicks a found object and require [...]
Thanks to Gamezebo, I had the opportunity to discover a game that isn’t known around the casual game world. Plumeboom is a peacock who tries to save Orniland in Plumeboom: The First Chapter where darkness has taken over the bird paradise. Crowbeak the Dark Wizard and Cornix the Evil Scientist plan to turn the birds [...]
Beyond Bullet Points is an excellent book that shows you how to create effective presentations with PowerPoint. The software isn’t the reason presentations have turned dull and unfocused — but the abuse of using the templates. PowerPoint templates come with generic phrases and some users don’t bother changing the headers. Kids today learn how to use [...]
Marcia Yudkin’s Marketing Minute newsletter references Jakob Nielsen’s research that says shoppers leave 10 percent of the time because the site didn’t provide enough information. She discusses how some sites don’t make it clear whether the product is a CD, book or download. Funny thing is that I experienced this recently. I was looking up Lord [...]
DS Fanboy reports Cooking Mama gets a sequel, Cooking Mama 2: Dinner with Friends, the new release comes with 80 new recipes and 150 cooking procedures (holy macaroni!). I’ve played Cooking Mama and it’s a unique game. One task I kept messing up was the blowing. Forgot that the DS has the volume thing and blowing [...]