I ran across this through the forum at Aeoncube and thought it’d be perfect to mention here. It’s the game Savage, which you can download the FULL, that’s right FULL, version for FREE. Another thing that makes Savage awesome is that it supports Linux! Hooray! Now with my Linux newbie self, hopefully I can figure out just how to install it on Linux.

Savage is an RTS(real time strategy)/first person shooter game. You play Savage online. I’m not a big fan of RTS but will check this one out just to see how it does on Linux.

Poker has become a huge phenomena in recent years. People are playing poker in their homes, on the Internet, and on television. Poker can be a lot of fun to play with friends or play online.

There are plenty of poker video games to help you get started, too. When you are ready to play others online, start out playing on websites that offer free poker. The best way for beginners to start out playing is to play free poker. This way you don’t lose your money and gain a lot of playing experience. Get pokerroom reviews, strategy tips, and advice at VegasPokerPro.com. VegasPokerPro is a gateway to some of the best known poker websites and offers nice incentives. The VPP forum is a thriving community of poker players sharing their experiences and knowledge. You can find a list of websites offering free poker rooms plus reviews of each one of them. This way you are not wasting your time on trying to find the best poker rooms for your needs.

Poker mania seems to be here to stay. The recent World Series of Poker top prize was over $12 million! Just three years ago the top prize at the WSOP was a mere $2.5 million. You can definitely say that poker is now more popular and profitable than ever before.

Here is some sage advice for those gaming parents with babies. Since the birth of our daughter, our gaming time has decreased a lot. We still like to play some video games in the evening. We have rather developed our own little system for keeping our daughter content while we play video games. This is how a typical evening goes in our household. Daddy starts to play his game on his PC. Most of the time that game is Civilization. Since Daddy does not need to type much playing this game, he can hold Raegan while he plays. She enjoys this for a while but inevitably gets restless. When this happens, she is “banished” to the floor.

Once on the floor and since we aren’t very good housekeepers, she usually finds something of interest down there. When she grows tired of it, she crawls over to my chair, pulls herself up and proceeds to “chat” with me for a while. When that becomes old, I pick her up, give her some love and attempt to hold her and game. My technique is less successful than Daddy’s because my PC games of choice require me to use the keyboard. Raegan loves my keyboard and once she sets her sights on it, there is nothing else in the world she wants more. It’s usually at this point that I give up trying to play my game and leave the computer room with baby in tow.

We usually return a short time later after spending some time in the living room. Eventually Raegan winds up back on the floor playing. She’ll get fussy, and Daddy invites her to sit with him. Then the cycle of events starts over.Sometimes we do mix it up by placing her in her walker. She is usually content in her walker for 15-30 minutes. Sometimes she even still plays in her playpen. Our daughter will play for hours with toys that are not really “toys.”

Raegan’s favorite toy is her keyboard. It?s an old wireless keyboard does not work, so it is perfect for her to bang on. She enjoys our old cell phone, too. These toys stay in the computer room and are great for keeping her entertained while we game.

This is our “secret” for gaming with our little one. It’s worked well so far.

Ok, my desire for a DS Lite was solidified this weekend when I was in a Toys R Us flyer a Nintendo DS Lite in the color coral, or pink. With a pricetag of $129 and pink, the DS looks to be all but mine. I’m actually excited again about the DS. I enjoyed having mine but was unimpressed with the games. These past six-eight months the DS market has really filled out nicely.