Since I’ve been playing a regular D & D game, I have purchased my own D & D players handbook. My husband is now jealous and is going to get him one. He already has one, but it’s the leather one that is really too nice for everyday use.

I’m creating a new character tonight for my husband’s Biggest Damn Dungeon Ever or better known as World’s Largest Dungeon. Jolly Blackburn spoofed the dungeon adventure in the Knights of the Dinner Table, a wonderfully entertaining comic/magazine. I’m going to run a Rogue Halfling. I think it’ll be good for a dungeon adventure since Rogues are known to disable/detect traps.

I’m excited because this will be my character I’ve totally created by myself. I guess we’ll see how much I have learned over the past few months.

The website, CasualGamer.com, has reviews and articles on casual games. They are written by a casual gamer. The reviews are concise, feature pros/cons to the game, and the review rating of the game.

It’s great to see sites like Casual Gamer that focus on this growing market for video games. It really sends a message the gamers want to have fun while playing games, not necessarily five minutes of cutscenes and storyline. Although that can be nice sometimes, overall I enjoy quick games that are easy to catch onto and don’t take a long time to play. Since there are so many casual games on the market, it’s nice to see a site dedicated to reviews of these fun, addicting games.

Dead or Alive Extreme Beach Vollyeball 2 is coming for the Xbox 360. The sequel looks to be more fast paced and feature mini-games as well as beach volleyball.

The premise of DOA Xtreme is different than the orginal that had the girls lured to the island by Zack, DOA 3 winnder. Now the girls are on Paradise Island and apparently are extremely bored with their lifestyle. Worse yet, clothes eating creatures have attacked and eaten their clothes. Thank goodness all bikinis were spared.

In DOA Extreme Beach Volleyball, the girls are stuck on Zack’s Island,a tropical paradise of hotels, casinos, and volleyball. It’d be nice to have timeshare on that piece of fictional land. I might can find a real timeshare through
Fairfield Resorts. I’m sure I could find something comparable to Zack’s Island there. Fairfield Resorts have over 70 world-class resorts in 21 states and U.S. territories and represent 9,000-plus timeshare condominiums. If resort life is anything close to the fun you can have in Dead or Alive, sign me up. However, they were lured there under false pretenses as Zack told them the next DOA tournament was to take place on his island. He bought the island with his winnings from DOA 3.

DOA Xtreme for the Xbox 360 will probably be one of the must haves for me so it looks like I now have a reason to buy a 360. I could just save my money and put it towards that timeshare through Fairfield Resorts. Oh well, the good life will have to wait just a little longer.

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