Episode 29: You have two cows

      Hey guys! So I stumbled on this awesome article on a friend's Facebook timeline and I just had to share it with you. I have searched the internet for the original author of the article but I couldn't find him/her so if you do know the author, say so in the comments section so I can give due credit. Enjoy!

 

SOCIALISM
You have 2 cows.
You give one to your neighbor.

COMMUNISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both and gives you some milk.

FASCISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both and sells you some milk.

NAZISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both and shoots you.

You should watch "Black and Yellow Parody" by Naija Boys, by the way

Episode 28: Project Monkey's fastest character

      When it comes to racing games, one of the first things people want to know is "who's the fastest character?". In my game, speed isn't everything because there will be all sorts of terrain and some will be better suited to swimming, burrowing or flying characters. But in any case, I want to present to you the fastest character in the game, Khuutra!

Khuutra, the half wolf, half fox

Episode 27 : CES 2013

     Hi guys. It's my first post of 2013 and while I have a gospel post and an update to my Project Monkey video game planned, I thought I'd first post the announcements at this year's CES that I find the most interesting, before the news gets stale. Remember I posted on CES 2012 last year? CES stands for Consumer Electronics Show and for those of you that are into gadgets and gizmos, this is your show. In case you already read this article before I updated it with more stuff, click here. So here we go:

Kingston 1 Terabyte Flashdrive

      Kingston has unveiled a new line of flash drives called Data Traveller HyperX Predator (fancy name) which support USB 3.0 and up to 1 Gigabyte of storage. The 1G model comes out within the first quarter of this year, but if the prices I hear are true, I won't be getting any. The 512G model costs $1,750 (N280,000). Flash drives don't crash from physical impact nearly as easily as external hard drives do, but for that amount, I can buy a dozen 1 Terabyte external hard drives. I hope the price was mis-reported.

1 Terabyte Flash drive? I'd ALWAYS wear it around my neck!

     

Episode 26: Project Monkey Returns. Let's pick a final name together

          So it's been 3 months since I took a break from working on my game for reasons I explained earlier. I wanted to resume in November but work actually resumed a few days before the writing of this post. I'll still try to have the game out by March 2013 so I think it's high time I chose a name for the final product.

If this was the box art for the game, what would you write at the top?

Episode 25: The Patient Dog vs The Early Bird

     "The patient dog gets the fattest bone"......"The early bird gets the worm".......Do you see a problem here? These idioms are quite popular, but they don't tell you the full story. Let's expand that first one:

• "The patient dog gets the fattest bone, but all he gets are bones!". 

There, that looks more practical. And the second one?

• "The early bird may get the worm, but it's the second mouse that gets the cheese".

       I was taught the original idioms in primary school. Life has taught me the modified versions I've written here.

Two patient dogs watch the others fight. Notice tiny dog make off with some meat. Yes, those are leopard skinned dogs, and the bull dog has a boxing glove, just because I can! If you don't like it, draw your own picture mwuhaha!

Episode 24: The Wii U cometh!

     The Wii U cometh, and verily it mayest become the most important device in thine living room, second only to the TV! What am I talking about? I'm guessing that most people that follow gadget and video game websites know almost everything I'm going to say here, so they probably won't click on this particular article on my blog anyway. This article isn't for those that visit Engadget and IGN every other day. It's for those that saw the title of the article and thought "what?!?" so I'm going to write this article with the assumption that my reader has absolutely no clue what a Wii is, talk less of what the Wii U is.

               What is the Wii U?
          The Wii U is Nintendo's latest game console and is the successor to their Nintendo Wii. It is the first 8th generation game console (the Wii, PS3 and Xbox360 are all 7th generation consoles). Much more than just gaming, it offers the most complete infotainment choices from a single non-mobile device since the desktop computer, and is better suited to the living room than your PC is. The Wii U's unique feature is it's Gamepad, which has a capacitive touchscreen built in, making the Gamepad look like a tablet with the usual buttons and analog sticks expected on a video game controller. In this article, I will focus mainly on the non-gaming features of the Wii U to show you why I believe that more than just being a game console that is booted only for gaming, this may soon become as common in most living rooms as the TV already is.

This video shows off most of Wii U's features, gaming and otherwise

Episode 23: I'm Christian but am I born again?

    Hey guys! I haven't posted since forever and I'm starting exams two days after the writing of this post so I really shouldn't be posting now. I've been putting off any articles I wanted to write because I've been busy with basketball and school work so that I had to take a break from programming (and project monkey) but I can't put this topic off any longer. I've had this discussion often recently so I'm writing this for Christians that do believe in the Bible but can't give you an answer they are sure of when you ask "What does it mean to be born-again?".




Sorry, I noticed most mobile devices can't display this short comic     
   
    John 3:3 - "Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God". So what does that mean? I will explain it all in my own words, but in order to avoid denominational arguments and debates, first lets see it in God's words. As I said earlier, I'm not writing this to convince anyone to become a Christian, I'm writing it for Christians who already believe that Jesus is "the way, the truth and the life (John 14:6)" yet aren't sure what it means to be born-again. So I'll just rapid fire scriptures that explicitly explain it. See the meanings yourself before I even state them in my own words.