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Nov 27, 2010

List of Old Computer Games

My little brother and I grew up playing computer games back when they didn't need cool graphics or even sound to be enjoyable. Does anyone else remember any of these old computer games? I would love any info on them.

  List of Old Computer Games I Remember  
(ones in bold are ones I've played within the past 5 years)
  1. Xargon
  2. Museum Madness
  3. Jazz Jackrabbit
  4. Jill of the Jungle
  5. Hocus Pocus
  6. Shell Shock
  7. Marshmallow Duel
  8. Billy the Kid
  9. Word Rescue
  10. Commander Keen
  11. Hexxagon
  12. Heretic
  13. Doom
  14. Cosmo
  15. Duke Nukem
  16. Dr. Quandary
  17. Treasure Mountain
  18. Tyrian
  19. Stargunner
  20. Brix
  21. Oregon Trail
  22. School Mom
  23. Dark Colony
  24. Prince of Persia
  25. Wacky Wheels
  26. Nephi's Quest
  27. Mr. Do
  28. Lode Runner
  29. The Incredible Machine
  30. The Lost Vikings
  31. Bagman
  32. Arabian
  33. BusyTown
  34. Chessmaster
  35. Rat Poker
  36. Battle Chess
  37. WarHeads
  38. Lords of the Realm
  39. Kings Quest
  40. Gobliins
  41. WarCraft I, II
  42. Cyber Gladiators
  43. Manhole
  44. "Storybook" games (Just Grandma and Me, etc.)
  45. Turnaround Turtle
  46. Tank Wars / Scorched Earth
  47. The Jumpstart series
  48. Thinkin' Things 2
  49. Firefight
  50. Rogue
  51. Zork
  52. Paga
  53. Thexder
  54. Kye
  55. Lemmings
  56. Primal Rage
  57. Zipzap Map!
  58. Paganitzu
  59. Math Blaster
  60. One Must Fall
  61. Money Town
  62. Droidworks

Nov 22, 2010

A magical camera trick

This video represents the "Help Austin Get Adobe Premier" fund. A worthy cause, if I may say so.

Nov 14, 2010

Poem #2: Ode to My Distant Homeland

I wrote this poem while far away from my hometown, Rexburg, Idaho.

Ode to My Distant Homeland
by Austin Ballard

Rexburg, how I miss you!
Your dry air and gleaming calm
Melting the lingering heaps of snow
They ever call to me below.

The springless cold of springtime
Without humming bees or flowers;
But instead dripping drops onto brown grass
It brings a drippy tear to my eye.

Your sweatless glowing summertime
And the smell of cut green lawns
Fills me with joy and passes swiftly
And I awake while the sun yawns.

Rexburg's perfect autumntime
With cool wind but glorious sunshine
Crunches leaves and welcomes new friends
And new beginnings, tho the year ends.

And comes the wintertime; Welcome guest
whose blue snowflakes cover the frost
Sometimes they stay or fade from the ground
And return on the morn without a sound.

The wind or the calm
Of the snow or the sun
Melting or freezing watery days
Always I'll yearn while I'm away.

Nov 11, 2010

Quite Small Tales volume 1

Below are a few of what I call "Quite Small Tales." Each one is a true story I have heard, and each has a moral, but I'm not going to tell you what it is. That's up to you to try and guess. And yes, the names have been changed.

Jimbo was struggling with a relationship. Should he break it off or keep trying? After much debate, he decided to break it off. On the way to his girlfriend’s house he passed a Nike sign that read “Just do it!”
“Yes!” thought Jimbo.

Bango lived in the 80’s, when Cabbage Patch Kids were a big fad. The fad was so large that his 6-year-old daughter was shunned at school for not having one. So he set out with his wife and daughter out to try and find a Cabbage Patch doll for her. Bango went to Kmart, but they were sold out. He went to Walmart, but they were also sold out. He went to the mall, he went to Toys Я Us, he went to every toy store he could find, and all were sold out of Cabbage Patch Kids. Bango was disgusted, as he hated the ugly dolls, but he wanted his daughter to fit in at school. Finally, they found a single Cabbage Patch doll in a corner of a department store, probably hidden for someone who wanted to come back for it later. It wasn’t the doll his daughter wanted, but she agreed to take it as it was all they could find. The doll’s price tag said $12.00, but Bango and his family had to pay $89.00 for the Cabbage Patch Kid.

One night, Dingo rented a DVD from the video rental store. He took it home and put it in his DVD player, pressing the play button. As he began the movie, he realized with dismay that it was a widescreen setting, incompatible with his square TV. The image was stretched in the center of the screen, twin black lines at the top and bottom. Dingo frowned, but with no other option began to watch the movie. After five minutes of watching, Dingo forgot completely about the lines and enjoyed the film.

Nov 7, 2010

A brief metaphor of love

Yes, this is cheesy, but when I come up with a striking metaphor, what can I say? I gotta write it down.

Love must be sought out firstly, which may take much time and effort. But when we find it, we will know it was grown just for us. It is necessary for Love to be planted in a firm, rich soil of morals and values. Without such a foundation, it will fall quickly to disrespect and indifference. Love must be watered with compassion and consideration. To neglect such a necessity would parch it of thirst for empathy and understanding. A part of Love is affection, which adds a growing warmth that helps sustain it. And yet there are those who neglect to water their affection with temperance and scorch their flower of Love to withering with burning lust. Such a delicate plant as Love must be nourished with great care and commitment, for only with time and patience will such a sprout of infatuation become a sprig of friendship, a sapling of respect, and finally an immense tree of the deepest love, firmly planted and strongly nourished, able to stand forever and ever reaching ever closer to the heavens.