I'm loving my Warehouse 13 / Eureka crossover.

That sucks! Average income for my age where I live: Male: 52k Female: 36k

Echo Bazaar: http://echobazaar.failbettergames.com/
Join me in Fallen London :) So far I would have to say this is GOOD game design.
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Interestingly a friend who uses twitter ranted at me about how terrible this game is because it's all she sees in her twitter feed at the moment. This is ironic as the game goes out of it's way NOT to reward players for spamming twitter. It never prompts you to tweet, and you only gain a benefit from tweeting once a day. But there is a link below all of the text in the game in case you want to share it... and it's all just so cool that people are posting it like mad.

Seriously though, the game is pretty neat. And the guys behind it are total narrative theory nerds
http://blog.failbettergames.com/post/Echo-Bazaar-Narrative-Structures-part-one.aspx

I don't know if it's real or not but...damn: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Custom-Built-Motorcycles-Pro-Street-LightCycle-Tron-Lightcycle-Light-Cycle-Bike-Full-Size-Running-/220627957724?cmd=ViewItem&pt=US_motorcycles&hash=item335e7377dc#v4-33

I can't 'actually' afford it... and if I did have that much money there are other things I would buy first... but oh would it ever be lovely!

We just opened our new pirate themed island to the public, you should come check it out it's good fun! Just go to www.poptropica.com create a character and click on Skulduggery Island when you see the map! 

Here is the trailer:

In my ongoing Know your Enemy campeign I get these awefull conservitive newsletter emails... I have no idea how I got on their list, but I haven't canceled figuring that I really do wnat to know how they think... here's the latest:
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"The American Heritage Series - 10 DVD Set

Discover the forgotten and astonishing story of our nation’s foundation in the American Heritage Series. For centuries, Americans were taught a truthful view of history that recognized the Godly heroes and moral foundation our nation was founded upon. But in recent years, a new version of history has assaulted the moral and spiritual fiber of our nation, leaving the truth of our past eliminated and forgotten. Join historian David Barton and experience the untold story of our nation’s history in the American Heritage Series."
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Seriously... I just really don't know what to say to these people... so all that slavery, and genocide... clearly not true. We must be a perfect nation...under god...

So, on Tuesday I took a friend out to Not Your Average Joe's for a birthday dinner. Just after we were seated a mother and daughter walked by on their way out. The little girl was wearing a 'Happy Birthday' sash and said to her mother as she passed us 'Can I play Poptropica' when we get home!' I grinned and said to my friend something like 'Hey she said Poptropica, she plays my game!' The mom overheard and turned to look at me. I blushed and explained that I work on that game. The daughter got very excited and we chatted for a few seconds and the left.

A few minutes later they came back into the restaurant, the mom urging her daughter forward. The little girl had her birthday card and a pen in her hand and was so nervous she dropped her pen. When she had picked it back up she came up and asked me foe my autograph! Then I was really blushing! I signed her card and wished her a happy birthday.

My friend spent the rest of the meal teasing me about my 8 year old fan girl!

http://www.linkedin.com/news?viewArticle=&articleID=131717959&gid=2210587&articleURL=http://radoff.com/blog/2010/05/24/history-social-games/&urlhash=AOSu&trk=news_discuss

This is focused on their passage into the video game state, but the diagram is good even if you are just interested in the early part. I of course think this only shows half the picture... what was happening socially on the same timeline...