Hobbies & Games
Gamers unite. Are you a hardcore gamer able to rack up kills on Call of Duty or five star every track on Rock Band? Maybe the latest tricks or trends are your interest?
Perhaps your interests are more traditional table top games like D & D? Or maybe you’re into the latest drafting tendencies or newest deck strategies in Magic: the Gathering. All this and more can be found in the Hobbies & Games channel.
Understanding the appeal of Dungeons & Dragons
by Elton Gahr
Over the last twenty five years Dungeons and Dragons has slowly grown from a marginalized hobby that come out of wargamming into a major hobby which has spawned hundreds of other pen and paper role playing games as well as many computer role playing games but still after all that time there is something special about Dungeons and Dragons itself, but what is it that continues to draw us to pen and paper
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by Jason Payne
I first encountered Bratz Kidz many moons ago, when my female companion and I did our late night loitering
No
Bratz dolls aren't particularly positive toys for girls, and Bratz Kids aren't any better (in fact they're
Beading & Jewelry Making
- How to make a wire wrap on a top drilled bead
- Beading terminology guide
- How to create polymer clay marble pattern beads
- How to make a beaded zipper pull
- How to make beaded lanyards
- Beads and jewelry findings for Gothic jewelry
- Creating your own jewelry designs
Kids Games & Toys
- Toy reviews: Thomas and Friends Learning Curve wooden train set
- Product overview: Zubbles
- Tips for buying Cabbage Patch Kids as a gift
- Toys to make kids smarter
- Fun night games for kids
- Product reviews: Radio Flyer wagons
- How to choose the best educational toys
Scrapbooking & Paper Crafts
- Tips for a perfect rubber stamp image
- Great ways to get started scrapbooking
- How to make a great baby scrapbook
- Techniques of postcard printing
- Tips for including quotes on your scrapbook
- Scrapbooking page ideas: Summer
- Best paper crafts magazines for crafters
Video Game Trends & Genres
- Video game previews: New browser games on the horizon
- The long-term appeal of adventure genre video games
- Why the Super Mario franchise is popular
- What makes video games based on comic books fun?
- Comparing the RIP Trilogy and Alien Shooter games (PC)
- Why the Superman video games have not been successful
- Video gaming in high definition
I grew up in the 80's with no high tech educational toys. However, I managed to get a college degree. I do admit that I'm horrible
by SMT
Listening to poker players rattle off words describing a hand can be an endlessly entertaining, yet baffling experience to a novice
by The Duke
Halo: Combat Evolved.
There are several meanings of 'evolved' on Dictionary.com, but the ones I assume are used in the title of this
by Ty Fillers
I began tracing the family genealogy thirteen years ago and have successfully traced my surname line back to France in the year 1307,
Writing Assignments
- Card Games
- How to play Incan Gold
- Alternatives to Texas Hold'em poker
- Magic the Gathering card analysis: Pooling Venom
- Magic the Gathering card analysis: Rites of Flourishing
- Magic the Gathering card analysis: Nihilith
- Model Building & Radio Control
- What are gas RC vehicles?
- Custom action figures: An introduction to Vac-U-Form molds for small figure pieces
- Gundam action figure model kits: Tips for building and assembling
- How to assemble model miniatures
- Testimonies: Memorable model car racing events
- Collecting Allied model trains
- Collecting Tru-Scale model trains
- An overview on Sterling model airplanes
- Where to find free radio controlled airplane plans
- How to build a portable radio controlled car race track
- How to do a knife edge with a radio controlled airplane
- How to make a radio controlled homemade boat
- Kids Games & Toys
- How to get free Webkinz codes
- A look at how pull back toy cars work
- How a toy friction car work
- How to modify a wind-up toy for more speed
- How technology has affected toy robots
- How to build a wind up toy
- How to build toy hauler
- How to decide if a toy is too small for a child
- How to neutralize a battery leak in a toy
- Product reviews: Fisher Price Chatter Phone
- A look at celebrity-inspired toys
- Assessing the trend of online play toys
- Christmas gift ideas: Best Bratz Kidz dolls for 8-year-old girls
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- Role Playing & War Games
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