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MARKETING IS A 4-LETTER WORD

HELP WANTED

"No one wants to pay for distraction, but they will pay if it's packaged as help." (me)   How help is defined is tricky. It depends on the client/customer's wants. If your prospective customer wants to escape their environment, then consider if you, the independent author have the skills, resources, and experience packaged in your book to help.    If your book is the solution, then show them how it can get what they want. In this case, adventure, exotic destination, and a
Richard Murray Interviews

Interview to Jessica Amadi

This is my Q&A to Jessica Amadi , Rivers Angels FC media officer   When did you start as the media officer to Rivers Angels F.C. ? August 28, 2015    Is there any media officer to a sporting team or organization that you admire?  That would be the former media officer of defunct Dolphins, China Acheru   The Nigerian league is the strongest womens league in C.A.F. , what should it emulate from other leagues media-wise to grow?  It should get closer to the communities and always
Richard Murray Hearth

RIchard Murray Creative Table

Dear Readers,  I tend to enjoy reading various articles on writing , the industry, the concepts, et cetera. parallel to craft articles. These topics can be fun or engaging. As some of you know, I have a controlled electronic footprint, meaning, I don't keep old posts. This blog never had fifteen posts and never will cause I don't like ejunk. But, I realize, aside my posts to what I created and create, I need a post to just chit chat if you will. So this post will serve that function, throug
Race and Beyond

Race and Conservatives

Maybe it's not fair or accurate to say conservatism and its adherents are racist. Racism certainly cuts across political boundaries and includes white liberals too. However conservatism is problematic because it denies systemic racism, it benefits from backlash politics, and it envisions an orderly and decent society that tolerates racism. While there is nothing racist in philosophical conservatism, it's easy to understand why conservatives are called racist because of what they do.  
Race and Beyond

Race and The Idea of Individualism

Individual freedom is what America is all about. You can do what you want and make the most of your own life. Success or failure is up to you. That's what we are told and most of us think that is how we live. I think there is a lot of truth to all this. It's also a myth that has nothing to do with black people. But we believe in the ideal and strive to make it a reality. How we talk about individualism in relation to race is problematic, because it is an evasion that doesn't speak to blacks' exp
BGE Journal

The Designer Of The NES Dishes The Dirt On Nintendo's Early Days

The Designer Of The NES Dishes The Dirt On Nintendo's Early Days Masayuki Uemura demonstrates a Famicom at Nintendo's Kyoto headquarters on July 1, 1985. Photo: The Asahi Shimbun (Getty Images)  By Matt Alt 7/07/20 5:00PM  When discussing Nintendo’s rise as a digital dreamsmith in the ‘80s, game designers like Shigeru Miyamoto and Gunpei Yokoi get most of the limelight. But it was the hardware designed by Masayuki Uemura that served up their fantasies to millions around th
BGE Journal

Hacking Nintendo Punch-Out To Control It With Actual Punches

Hacking Nintendo Punch-Out To Control It With Actual Punches By Ian Charnas November 17th, 2021 I recently adopted a kitten I found on the street, and every morning we play with the laser pointer. She gets a lot of fun and exercise out of this single-pixel video game, and it got me thinking I should make a video game where I get exercise too! Fast forward 3 months and I’ve hacked a Nintendo Punch-Out boxing game so that you control it with actual punches instead of a control
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EARLY ANNOUNCEMENT&REMEMBERING THE VOTING FIGHT!!!

***DEMS*REGISTER*FOR*PRESIDENTIAL: 2024*NOVEMBER*05TH.ELECTION*2024!!! [PRIMARIES*VOTING*DATES*BELOW] TO*VOTE*FOR*PRES/US&STATES[SENATORS/HOUSE]CONGRESS/JUDGES/EDU/CITY&COUNTY*OFFICERS/ETC.  DEMS(EVERYWHERE*ACROSS*AMERICA)VOTE&V0TE*FORALLDEMS*UP&DOWN THE BALLOT!!!  DEMS[BELOW]PRIMARY&OTHER*VOTING*DATE*BEFORE*NOV05*2024:  *****FEB2024***** *******FEB27:Michigan presidential primary election...March 2024  *****MAR2024***** *******MAR05[Super Tuesday]
BGE Journal

3D printing to aid Gamers

Caleb KRaft is a great maker, this is a video with examples on how to aid gamers with disabilities.   The Controller Project This site is a place where you can find documentation on how to modify game controllers for people with physical disabilities. Most of my mods have been used for assistance muscular dystrophy, but the library is an ongoing process and people may find the modifications and accessories helpful for other physical needs. I will be adding other modifi
BGE Journal

Question: How many black female gamers do you know personally?

What's up fam of BGE I was having a conversation early today with two young brothas talking bout video games..... One of these bros mentioned that he did not know one black female gamer. (Till he saw me rocking my RE2 GRAPHIC T-SHIRT) I'm like We are out there but unfortunately we don't get the same recognition as the bro's. 😔 My questions to BGE..... How many black female gamers do you know personally....And Why the exclusion  From Mergirl Dunne of Black Games Elite BGE mewe pag
BGE Journal

A Video Game industrial history

Didn't know magnavox was bought out in 1974 , they were making versions of their game system until 1978. interesting. Didn't know coleco meant the conneticut leather company:)  Photo information in 1977, magnavox/atari/coleco all USA based companies dominated the gaming market. A telling thing that all three corporations are gone. in 1982, Atari was the distanced leader, while three other usa based makers , mattel had joined, aside japan's nintendo were all equal as second. Atar
BGE Journal

Black Horror films+ Black Video Game players who love playing horror =

I can't recall any video games made from a movie mostly involving black people. A black film I define as a film which is produced or financed, written, directed, and mostly acted by black people. Every other film where black actors are mostly utilized is a non black film that mostly involves black people, ala Black PAnther. With definitions out of the way, will you want to see a Candy man video game? the way most black people love the horror genre, especially in the usa, plus the way most bl
Amin Parker

How Nintendo built themselves up

I think it’s overlooked that the big Japanese publishers—including Nintendo—were looking to the West long before Sony’s decline in Japan.Like they were looking to the west on NES, SNES, PSX too!I think the other thing overlooked is that Nintendo was disproportionately wrt home consoles losing ground in Japan starting with N64. Nintendo was forced to confront shortfall in the Japanese market long ago and this eventually led to it, with DS/3DS/Wii U doing disproportionately well in Japan.Iwata Nin
Amin Parker

Whats Your opinion on Third Parties support?

So, MHRise is the best selling third party game on Switch with 7M of units   Gamasutra - Monster Hunter Rise has shipped 7 million copies in two months Considering that it was released on one console (PC version is still not available)I was thinking how important this is. While MH has been with Nintendo consoles since many years ago (mostly because the portable consoles) this is the first Non-Nintendo Third Party Exclusive that is not a port from current or last gen. Also it doesnt fea
Amin Parker

The origins of one of these holidays

Did you know? Memorial Day was originally a Black holiday called “Decoration Day”. It was a celebration to thank the Black Union soldiers who’d fought and given their lives in the Civil War. The first Decoration Day was held in 1865 in Charleston, South Carolina. The Union army had just successfully defeated the Confederate army. Black Union soldiers played a very large part in this victory.  On May 1, around 10,000 free Black people gathered in the historic Hampton Park to pay their r
Amin Parker

Nintendo and Japanese 3rd parties performance

Top 20 3DS Games Animal Crossing: New Leaf - 5.120.774Pokémon X / Y (Pokemon Co.) - 4.478.300Pokémon Sun / Moon (Pokemon Co.) - 3.822.728Monster Hunter 4 (Capcom) - 3.591.334Yo-kai Watch 2 (Level 5) - 3.169.858Pokémon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire (Pokemon Co.) - 3.119.104Mario Kart 7 - 2.874.900Monster Hunter Generations (Capcom) - 2.832.833Yo-kai Watch 2: Psychic Specters (Level 5) - 2.632.550Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (Capcom) - 2.617.803New Super Mario Bros. 2 - 2.5
Amin Parker

Nintendo and Japanese 3rd parties report

Konami will soon surpass 3 million sales on the Switch and Baseball Spirits & Yu-gi-oh launching this year they should have no problems reaching something like 4.5 million. If they end up launching Winning Eleven on the Switch it could very well be an even higher total. On their heals will be Capcom with Rise, Stories 2, Generations Ultimate & Ace Attorney both companies will soon be uncontested at the top.Square does have Dragon Quest III Remake launching this year, so overall they shou
Amin Parker

Sports Crossover? Yes or No

For quite some years I have been dreaming about a crossover racing game which would include Wave Race, 1080° Snowboarding, and Excitebike. With 2021 being N64’s 25th anniversary, I thought that now might as well be the time to share my wish. Two of these three series got their life started on Nintendo 64 (Wave Race and 1080° Snowboarding) and did receive sequels since, but even those were quite some time ago. And though Excitebike got a spiritual successor in Excite Truck (with the OG title
Amin Parker

A lot of video game to film adaptations fail

It has nothing to do with the source material, the fundamental problem is that the film studios don't understand what part of the story in the game is appealing. With a lot of horror game adaptations, the focus tends to be shifted away from horror and towards action. This to me shows that the writers watched a let's play or just saw some scenes or pictures. They miss how much more terrifying it is to exist in that world rather than watching it from outside. So, th
Amin Parker

Will Nintendo release an upgraded Switch model?

Nintendo's more popular handhelds have had very long lifespans, in the neighborhood of 10 years. I think the Nintendo Switch will wind up in that territory.The thing is Nintendo has been hinting at this publicly too. For the last year or so, they keep talking about how the Switch is just entering the middle of its lifespan. So it’s got a ways to go.I do think it’s worth mentioning something that will probably come up. There’s a theory that Nintendo is done with generations as we know them, and i
Amin Parker

Focusing on my student loan

I had $63000 in student loans for a college degree. When I graduated from school I had about slightly less at a 7.45% interest rate. At first I tried to get my career started so the loans grew. I remember every time I would get a statement I couldn’t sleep for a few nights. Watching that balance grow was very uneasy. I ended up having a baby (very expensive, so I was really in a mess. Eventually I got tired of the hustle and became a certified armed agent. My income gradually grew and I started
Richard Murray Hearth

RIchard Murray Creative Table

Dear Readers,  I tend to enjoy reading various articles on writing , the industry, the concepts, et cetera. parallel to craft articles. These topics can be fun or engaging. As some of you know, I have a controlled electronic footprint, meaning, I don't keep old posts. This blog never had fifteen posts and never will cause I don't like ejunk. But, I realize, aside my posts to what I created and create, I need a post to just chit chat if you will. So this post will serve that function, throug

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