Short Fuse

This post was written December 11, 2013 but not shared until today, January 10, 2014. No punctuation police today, so enjoy it in its original form.

Today I’ll be talking about an update to the original angry birds

So the pigs are at it again, and they stole the eggs again but this is a science one so they have new things like bomb birds shocking new power, yeah as from what I said it makes it kind of obvious he drank all the purple enzyme as I will call it and a broken wire makes get a new power which is the shockwave!                         So now he will create a new small circle of electricity and pushing things, and electrocuting pigs there are also three other potions the orange one is like orange bird if it splashes on a pig it will blow up in air and kill itself in the process, the blue potion makes the pigs become three smaller separate parts if multiple potions are poured on a pig it’ll create that many pigs example: three potions make nine tinier pigs and finally the pink potion turns pigs into bubbles lifting things up in the pig and then popping and dropping the structures. This is one of my favorite chapters because I thought about a science one including potions turning the birds different colors and maybe it will get a new power, this is also similar to red’s mighty feathers where red bird gains a new power so maybe yellow bird’ orange bird’ and other birds might get a power-up as well? We cannot predict the future sometimes I wish I could I really do, also does anyone remember the king pig toy where he does a random thing to your game? Well soon enough I will see the shock wave piggy so yeah tomorrow I will make a post about angry birds go! So stay tuned next time, and I will make it as best as I can because I do not have the app so it’s going to be a lot harder than you think, sometimes it looks like you did not press space because it’s such a small space, So I hoped you enjoyed this post about angry birds update stay tuned for my next one coming next day and it is also fourteen days until Christmas can’t you guys wait? It’s hard not getting excited so have a good day and a happy early Christmas yeah I know its fourteen days till Christmas this is all in total 399 words! 

Christmas in Terraria

Today's post is a combination of two journal entries the boy has written. The first was created December 17, 2013. Mother, the Punctuation Police, has done some touching up on both sections. 

Christmas is coming and so is the new update for Terraria.

So since Christmas is coming, the creators are doing a huge update to the game after the Christmas update. There are reindeers, elves, and the newest boss - The Santank, yes, a tank that looks like Santa. I wouldn’t be surprised for Christmas weapons maybe like, A Candy Cane Rifle because when they're held by their bend they look like a gun right? But unfortunately we didn’t get any Halloween weapons which I am sad about L I mean unless you give me one J but you need the password - I can give it to you in a bonus post, but presents drop from enemies similar to the goodie bags from Halloween, you either get green and red candy cane blocks or the rare snow globe to summon the frost legion which is a snowman goblin army. After you beat them, an empty room lets you have Santa! It may change due to the update, but yeah, I don’t really use guns in Terraria but I’d love to use the candy corn rifle J because I love candy. Can’t wait! Here's a bit about the other update ... you can visit the moon and fight the lunar boss which drops the S. D. M. G. which is called the Space Dolphin Machine Gun. It's based of Edge of Space; in fact it says “It came from the edge of space” I knew this update, the Christmas one, thanks to the Youtuber  Yrimir  so the next post will be more about the other new update J So enjoy the couple last days till Christmas.

This update was composed January 6, 2014

Unfortunately we have no big info on the new update for Terraria, which is making it hard but… I can talk to you about the new items in the Christmas update just to let you know I’m going to catalyze (catalogue?) the new stuff.

Weapons: Christmas tree sword, Razorpine, Chain gun, Frost staff, and many more - those are the ones I could get atop my head as I write this message... anyway moving to the next section.

Things collected from presents: Candy cane blocks red and green, Suger cookies, (Yes they spell sugar suger) Christmas pudding, Gingerbread men, Pine tree blocks, the Snow globe, Star anise’s, (Which are similar to the rotten eggs) Candy Cane sword, Candy Cane Pickaxe, And finally… Darn it I forgot what I was going to type... oh wait now I remember! The dog whistle summons the pet dog! And the Fruit cake chakram!

Costumes: Mrs. Claus outfit, Santa outfit, Christmas tree outfit, Parka (Reference to South Park Kenny), Snow hat (Nat’s hat from South Park), and I believe that’s it!

Pets: Baby Grinch, Dog, Elf, and I believe once again that’s it.

Now the way to get certain things is to summon the frost moon (Similar to the pumpkin moon) - you’ll have to defeat the 3 bosses in it Everscream, Santa, NK 1, and the Frost Queen. If you want presents, kill enemies to get them! (Similar once again to the goodie bags from Halloween time)

Finally Happy New Year - it’s kind of late but I wanted to say that for all you readers I hope you enjoyed this article of the Christmas update for Terraria also real quick use the naughty present to summon the frost moon have a wonderful day/evening read my other articles too! J J See you all later! J

Shantae

This post was written by the boy December 16, 2013. His mother appreciates the use of punctuation so she did some minor editing January 2, 2014. 

I hoped you guys made your guess, because the topic is Shantae

While Nintendo has made the 3DS and part of it is the Shop, on it Shantae  started her beginning around 1999 where a company known as Way Forward created this purple haired genie. Yeah it gets way better. Her first game was on the Game Boy Color; she is the half-genie protector of Sequin Land. She hasn’t made many appearances in most popular games. Apparently they're coming out with 2 new games - Shantae: The Pirates Curse and Shantae Half Genie Half Hero - but Way Forward  takes a long time for their games, especially with The Half Genie Half Hero Kickstarter. It's too bad it is already over. Look up her name in the 3DS shop and you’ll find Shantae: Risky’s Revenge - yes indeed my first Way Forward game. 

Right now I’m wearing a mood ring and it’s purple which means love. Okay you may figure out by now that I have a crush on a video game character. Do you want to know why? Because she does belly-dancing ... yeah my favorite and since she is half genie she turns into animals when she finishes dancing.

The next topic is going to be the Christmas update for Terraria especially since Christmas is coming so you know give Shantae a chance - you may want the first one too. Believe me, it is really fun so enjoy the Purple Haired, Belly dancing, Half-Genie herself, Shantae!  

Angry Birds Go!

This post was originally written by "the boy" on December 12, 2013. All writing and editing credits go to him. 

Today I’ll be talking about an update to the original angry birds

So the pigs are at it again, and they stole the eggs again but this is a science one so they have new things like bomb birds shocking new power, yeah as from what I said it makes it kind of obvious he drank all the purple enzyme as I will call it and a broken wire makes get a new power which is the shockwave!                         So now he will create a new small circle of electricity and pushing things, and electrocuting pigs there are also three other potions the orange one is like orange bird if it splashes on a pig it will blow up in air and kill itself in the process, the blue potion makes the pigs become three smaller separate parts if multiple potions are poured on a pig it’ll create that many pigs example: three potions make nine tinier pigs and finally the pink potion turns pigs into bubbles lifting things up in the pig and then popping and dropping the structures. This is one of my favorite chapters because I thought about a science one including potions turning the birds different colors and maybe it will get a new power, this is also similar to red’s mighty feathers where red bird gains a new power so maybe yellow bird’ orange bird’ and other birds might get a power-up as well? We cannot predict the future sometimes I wish I could I really do, also does anyone remember the king pig toy where he does a random thing to your game? Well soon enough I will see the shock wave piggy so yeah tomorrow I will make a post about angry birds go! So stay tuned next time, and I will make it as best as I can because I do not have the app so it’s going to be a lot harder than you think, sometimes it looks like you did not press space because it’s such a small space, So I hoped you enjoyed this post about angry birds update stay tuned for my next one coming next day and it is also fourteen days until Christmas can’t you guys wait? It’s hard not getting excited so have a good day and a happy early Christmas yeah I know its fourteen days till Christmas this is all in total 399 words! 

The boy's Angry Birds clay art.

Clumsy Ninja

(The boy has ditched his secretary - the next few blog posts are composed and written by him exclusively.)

                Today I’ll be talking to you about a new game called Clumsy Ninja

So you’re going to a temple to train a new ninja there’s a problem though he’s quite clumsy as the title says so your going have to train him as much and long as you want  as a way of getting xp faster you’ll have to do quests you will gain money use money and do very different things. Heck even throwing him around and tickling him will give you xp and one of my favorite things in this game is the potions as you go on the ninja will ask you to do things too every so often he’ll ask you to buy some potions here are all of them: Tornado, Dizzy, Freeze, Rage, Jelly, And finally Anti-Gravity each with their own special properties I only unlocked three of them but I’ll tell you the effects of them the Tornado makes your go spinning wildly!, The Dizzy potion makes the ninja have silly eyes and getting up for him won’t be very easy, and the Freeze potion whatever pose he is in he stays like that for about 30 seconds or so. I really don’t know for myself but you’ll unlock eventually a chicken who lays eggs for you and you get fifty coins for each egg also another currency besides coins is Gems which can repair items instantly get certain special items and gives you more balloons, potions or boxes/barrels it is fun when you like games that let you interact with the area around you and you will also unlock different places also this ninja had a sister named Kira he wants to save her from being kidnapped. This is an app for IPad I know for sure and maybe iPod I don’t know I got it last Friday so I don’t know a lot about it but also make sure to get the Ice rink because You could open presents and build snowmen I would not be surprised if the presents could have gems or coins in them so make sure you get it it’s really fun and It’s free so you can download it.

Terraria Updated News

(Today's post was created by the boy and typed by the mom.)

Terraria released a new update containing tons of stuff - a new biome that is the crimson, a couple of new bosses, new weapons, and a special Halloween event update as well. 

The event is already over but you can trick your Steam account to think it's still October. That way, you can still have Halloween, even when it's May. It had lots of spooktastic items, such as the pet cursed sapling, a jack-o-lantern pet, and a whole bunch of spooky guns, like the jack-o-lantern launcher. I like to call it "the jack-o-launcher". (You get it, don't you? It sounds like jack-o-lantern and it shoots jack-o-lanterns. You gotta get it.)

Here are some of the new bosses. 
Planterra = a giant plant from below the jungle. Beating hard mode boss will cause little tiny plants to spawn in the jungle. If you happen to come across one, if you break it, he'll come to get you. He is very powerful so be prepared.
Queen Bee = inside the underground jungle, you'll find a new world - bee hives, filled with honey. If you look around carefully, you will find a cocoon with a baby bee inside. Simply use any type of weapon and kill it. She'll get angry at you and charge into battle. 
The Golem = when you've defeated Planterra, he will drop a temple key. Simply use it to open the entrance. You'll find lizards, flying snakes, traps, and goodies. To spawn the Golem, you must have a lizard power cell, which can either be a 1% drop from lizards, or can be found in chests inside the temple. Simply right click the machinery with a floating light above its head. Right click it with the lizard power cell and it will be awoken.
Mourningwood = a boss in the Pumpkin Moon event in Halloween. He will shoot flaming wood at you. He's also, to describe him, a big, black, tree. He's also quite smart. He will eventually kill you at least once, but if you have the right gear and weapons, you are in luck of killing him. He drops a lot of cool items - the cursed sapling I was talking about earlier, a spooky twig combined with 20 souls of flight, which are dropped by the Wyvern, you will get spooky wings, the best wings so far in the game. 
PumpKing = another joke on this name, sounds like pumpkin and he's also a king. It's too obvious, actually. He is somewhat like Skeletron. Shoot his head to actually bring him down. Don't bother with his hands. They're invincible. He drops pretty much every single good item in the event, such as the candy corn rifle, the pumpkin pet I was talking about earlier, the jack-o-lantern launcher, the horseman's blade, and other cool things. I recommend doing the Pumpkin Moon event, especially if you like being scary.  

There are also new NPCs - the party girl, (my favourite). She's not really used for anything but she's especially good for celebrations. The painter is a new NPC. You can paint things by getting tools from him. He will also at certain times draw paintings for you that you can buy and hang on walls. The pirate is a new NPC. After defeating a pirate invasion, he will come to your house eventually. He will sell cannonballs, cannons, and if the party girl is around when he is around, he will sell the bunny cannon. More powerful than a normal cannon, the bunny cannon shoots explosive bunnies that sit on the ground for a couple of seconds before blowing up. If they hit an enemy during flight, they will explode immediately. This is especially useful for goblin army and the pirate invasion, because they will eventually strike back again. To get the pirate invasion, you will need to find a treasure map, dropped by enemies in the ocean and then use it to spawn the pirate invasion. A new NPC is the cyborg. He is collected after beating Planterra. He sells stuff related to technology, such as ammunition for grenade launchers, rocket launchers, and his suit. Another NPC is the truffle. To get him, you need a room made out of mushrooms. You'll need mushroom doors, chair, and table. He also sells the mysterious mushroom. Buy it from him and use it to spawn the baby truffle. The witch doctor is a new NPC from defeating Queen Bee. She sells weird things. I don't have her in our world so I don't know what she really sells, making it kind of hard to explain her. The steam punker is a NPC that is related to mechanics and cleansing the world. Once you enter hard mode, the crimson, or the corruption, it will start to grow on the normal world. You'll need to stop it by using holy water to spread hallowed. The corruption cannot corrupt the hallowed,neither can the crimson. Like the corruption, the hallowed will spread on the normal biome. Using the clentamatior, with solution which can be bought from the steam punker, you can use the clentamatior and spray it onto any biome and it will turned hallowed if it is blue solution you are using. Green solution makes it normal. Purple solution makes it corrupted. Red solution makes it the crimson. Those are all the new NPCs, bosses, and new stuff that I think you might like. Thank you for reading this. I hope you found it useful. There will be more description later. 

Cory Doctorow plays D&D with his toddler

Cory Doctorow just tweeted via Boing Boing a link to this article he wrote that was printed in Gygax Magazine about playing Dungeons and Dragons with his 4-year-old. Check out the link. This resonates with me because my son (who just played his first official D&D campaign a few weeks ago) first became interested because of the dice, the miniatures, and the little sets. I took a picture of the dungeon he made and wrote about it on this blog. Modifying and adapting the rules and ideas are part of the play experience. I'm glad his daughter seemed to enjoy their joint game. I hope to hear more about parents and children playing together - especially since my colleagues and I just went to the Educational Computing Organization of Ontario conference in Niagara Falls yesterday to promote the Minecraft "Professional Play" server. Fingers crossed!