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I have succumbed to the power of internet advertising. After a considerable amount of agonizing over it I decided that I was going to put a banner up over at Xenotrader. The banner is for a site called Lik-Sang. I don't get paid per click, though, they give a commission on sales. But wait, here's the cool part, that commission goes into an account which you can either have them send to you by paypal, or which you can use to buy stuff from their store! Now, with most internet advertising this deal wouldn't really get me fired up, but Lik-Sang deals primarily in imported games and funky devices.
Seriously, I'm hoping to raise enough to buy one of those sweet GP32 Game Systems. Why? Get this, hey are smart media compatable, and can play video, mp3s, and connect to your PC by USB. But wait, there's more! There are already emulators out that let you play Atari, Gameboy, NES, and SNES games! All for the low price of $149 US! Seriously! If like ten people buy these things using the link provided above, I get one too! Oh, and apparently there is a thriving indie developer community sprouting up around these things.
Okay, when I started writing this article I didn't mean it to be a frikken commercial for these guys, but this thing is amazing. I just read a review of the GamePark 32 and now I want to cry. I want this thing more than air right now. I guess that's all part of being a junky... Head over to GBAX.com and read the review for yourself, then go to the handhelds section of Lik-Sang and buy ten or twenty of these things and sell them to all your friends. You'll make a profit, be the coolest kid in town, and maybe then they will all stop picking on you.
Okay... Inhale, Aaron. Whew! Now, in other news, I just completed another game called Bubble Fun which was designed by a guy named Oliver. I did all the graphics, sound, and programming, but the idea was his, and in this case I have to say that the idea really was what made the game. It was great working with another game designer, especially one who had such a clear vision of what he wanted out of the game. I find the game to be fun even after having spent so much time building it, which for me is a rarity. There is also a forum over there to talk about the game and I'm hoping to register there today so that I can see the feedback on it.
One slight work of warning, however, Oliver isn't quite as choosy with his advertising as I am. He likes the pop-ups, and the banners, and the ads that show up full screen between pages. Thankfully he doesn't have any of those pop-ups that ask you to install things, so he's okay in my books. The only question I have running around in the back of my mind is this, now that I have put my first banner up, how long before I'm telling people they are the ten millionth visitor to my site? Hopefully I never sink to that level!
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