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Cowlitz County Gamers For Kids Video Game Expo, 2010 NWCGE 2009 Portland Retro Gaming Expo show review NWCGE 2009 Portland Retro Gaming Expo TOMMORROW!! Penny Arcade Expo - August 29 to 31, 2008 in Seattle, WA Retro Gaming Expo - August 2 and 3, 2008 in Portland, OR Jet City Retro - April 26 and 27, 2008 in Seattle, WA A visit to Nintendo World NYC NWCGE 2k7, Portland OR review.

Interviews

Q&A w/ Brandon Cobb of Super Fighter Team An Interview With Brian Ashcraft Interview with Localization Specialist Brian Gray Rick Weis interview

Previews

New Beyond Good & Evil 2 video! F.E.A.R. 2 Demo Review: The Creators Still Haven't Learned That Typing Out Acronyms Sucks Retro Game Challenge - a trip back to the 80's coming to the DS Preview: Fallout 3 (Xbox 360) Legend of Wukong - Genesis game to be released 2008! Siren Horrifies a New Generation of Systems Dragon Quest IV (Dragon Warrior IV) to be released on DS Sept 16, 08 Grand Theft Auto IV: First Impressions Sam & Max Season One coming to Nintendo Wii Sonic Unleashed Is... Well, Unleashed Bioshock 2 announced; Borderlands and Midnight Club LA delayed. Preview: Persona 3 FES (PS2) Hail to the Chimp coming Spring, 2008.

Reviews Classic (pre-2000)

Legend of Wukong Review (Genesis) Sonic CD: The Undeserving Dark Horse Curious Gaming: Kolibri Edition Sonic Adventure (DC) ReBoot (PS1) Christmas NiGHTS Into Dreams: More Nostalgic Than Fruit Cake

Reviews Modern (post-2000)

Chulip (PS2) Mirror's Edge; fresh & unique. Wild Arms 5 (PS2) Review Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero? A Noby Affair The Silent Hill Experience Home: Where the Heart is or a Narrow Miss? Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (Xbox 360) Typing of the Dead - A Lesson in Awesome Review- Siren: Blood Curse (PS3) Fable II (Xbox 360) Review- Ratchet and Clank Future: Quest For Booty Impressions: Spore (PC) Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (360) Battlefield: Bad Company (360)

SpGa Newsletter

The Northwest Gamer

Asteroids World Record Broken The Northwest Gamer: Sakura-Con Edition 2008 The Northwest Gamer - Volume 1, Issue 2: Console Wars 2007: What is Right For You? The Northwest Gamer - Volume 1, Issue 1: NWCGE Newsletter.

Author Login

Talk Boards

Marketplace

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Biz Progress Log

Capital One Image Card request rejected Removed Discussion/Editorial category in Features Edited the What Is page ShamWow in Spanish Changed Online/Offline status looks on board Compressing JavaScript files breaks them New 2009 Calendar Banners w/ mouseover expand effect Talk Boards - Down for maintenance January 1, 2009 Added little note below "Don't Forget" banner Weblog software upgraded Web Log installation to be updated sometime Upgraded to MT4.2RC, moved the entire install and files to Specialty Gamer Updated Newsletter signup form Added two new plugins Added Game Collection Tips section to the Talk Boards

Links and Friends of Specialty Gamer

(and some occasional freak out posts)

Index

August 26, 2009: Capital One Image Card request rejected
February 18, 2009: Removed Discussion/Editorial category in Features
February 12, 2009: Edited the What Is page
January 26, 2009: ShamWow in Spanish
January 15, 2009: Changed Online/Offline status looks on board
January 7, 2009: Compressing JavaScript files breaks them
January 6, 2009: New 2009 Calendar Banners w/ mouseover expand effect
January 1, 2009: Talk Boards - Down for maintenance January 1, 2009
November 17, 2008: Added little note below "Don't Forget" banner
October 12, 2008: Weblog software upgraded
October 2, 2008: Web Log installation to be updated sometime
July 27, 2008: Upgraded to MT4.2RC, moved the entire install and files to Specialty Gamer
July 17, 2008: Updated Newsletter signup form
June 3, 2008: Added two new plugins
April 29, 2008: Added Game Collection Tips section to the Talk Boards
April 23, 2008: Talk Boards about to open
April 5, 2008: Clarified some headings.
April 3, 2008: Installed Simple Machines Forum
April 2, 2008: Added new banner to Links page
March 31, 2008: Updated Magento to 1.0 retail release
March 30, 2008: Updated Privacy Policy
March 26, 2008: Big optimization on graphic sizes/removed Javascript effect.
March 24, 2008: Microsoft Small Business Summit doesn't work on FireFox - or doesn't work?
March 22, 2008: Fixed IE7 issue.
March 21, 2008: Best Restaurants advertisement
March 19, 2008: Polished appearance to make pages more readable/browsable.
March 16, 2008: Setup Google Analytics
March 11, 2008: Enabled Captcha (finally figured out how...)
March 11, 2008: New Magento Update installed.
March 9, 2008: Finally have appeared to fix the dropdown menu issue in IE 6/7
March 8, 2008: Spruced up Newsletter template/Blacklisted by BellSouth!
March 6, 2008: Redesign to add clearer link to Newsletter signup
March 5, 2008: Added Privacy Policy link to emails.
March 4, 2008: Added Author Login link to menubar
March 3, 2008: Upgraded 2 MT plugins
March 2, 2008: Made upload limit 200kb
February 29, 2008: Details on installing/upgrading Magento.
February 21, 2008: I Hate SPAM!
February 12, 2008: Movable Type Global Templates are Awesome!!
February 11, 2008: Changed Default Upload Directory in Movable Type 4.1
February 10, 2008: Added contact box.
February 10, 2008: Cool Get The Glass board game website.
February 8, 2008: The spam kills me!
February 4, 2008: Added spam blocking to comments.
January 31, 2008: Added Author "How To" page.
January 28, 2008: Movable Type 4.1 is INSTALLED!!
January 26, 2008: Upgrading to MT 4.1 from 4.01 (or at least trying).
January 14, 2008: Game polls added, discussions to be added.
January 13, 2008: My Cascading Style Sheets have errors.
January 12, 2008: Installed Magento.
January 11, 2008: Changed Author Log-in screen to fit SpGa theme.
January 10, 2008: E-commerce research.
January 9, 2008: Looking to switch Mailing List manager software. (Nevermind)
January 2, 2008: Lori Grady of Lake Oswego, OR is a bitch.
January 2, 2008: Added stickers order page and etc.
January 1, 2008: Added Privacy Policy page.
December 31, 2007: Added Magazine Deal of the Day banner.
December 30, 2007: Stickers are ready for order.
December 22, 2007: Trying to repair dropdown menubar under IE.
December 21, 2007: Created Sitemaps and submitted them to Google.
December 20, 2007: Fancied up menubar.
December 20, 2007: Added "Newsletter Signup" to menu.
December 19, 2007: Added social bookmark icon links to posts.
December 19, 2007: Added SpGa banner link and links page.
December 18, 2007: Fixed Prog Log styles to match rest of site.
December 18, 2007: Added Google as website search engine.
December 17, 2007: Added author subdomain redirect pages.
December 17, 2007: Backend currently down...
December 16, 2007: Spiffed up the menubar.
December 16, 2007: John Hancock's The Northwest Gamer now on SpGa.
December 13, 2007: Made custom 404 Error page.
December 12, 2007: Lots o' progress!
December 6, 2007: Scanner not working. Arg.
December 5, 2007: Moved the Prog Log to the Specialty Gamer domain.
December 4, 2007: I found the power supply to my scanner!!
December 3, 2007: Changed style and borders to match SpGa.
December 3, 2007: Got the scanner on my desk.
December 3, 2007: Lots of details being fixed up.
December 1, 2007: Did a TON of work on the website today.
November 29, 2007: ITEC was ok.
November 28, 2007: Made some new graphics.
November 27, 2007: ITEC coming to Portland in two days.
November 17, 2007: Found the printer I was looking for.
November 16, 2007: Page styles are looking great!
November 14, 2007: (Almost) happy w/ header.
November 13, 2007: Bits of work on SpGa.
November 9, 2007: Can't figure out how to embed web fonts. Arg.
November 8, 2007: Update on "Arg, work darn you."
November 8, 2007: Reeally wanting to get the marketplace open!
November 7, 2007: Arg, work darn you.
November 4, 2007: SpGa website is coming along!
November 3, 2007: Nevermind, the new MT4 template system is great!
November 3, 2007: Darn it on MT4's new template system!
November 1, 2007: First SpGa email newsletter.
October 30, 2007: Closed a couple security holes.
October 29, 2007: The latest what's up.
October 22, 2007: Wendy's sells red wigs in TV ads for Halloween
October 18, 2007: Typo3 installing.
October 17, 2007: Decided on typo3
October 16, 2007: A possible CMS winner??
October 16, 2007: Wednesday is now designated clean up day.
October 16, 2007: Gripes w/ EBay's Favorite Searches (lately)
October 16, 2007: Disable Internet Explorer 7 Automatic Update check toolkit.
October 15, 2007: Biz card research.
October 15, 2007: Updated the glog style.
October 12, 2007: CMS research.
October 10, 2007: Upgraded to MT 4.01
October 8, 2007: OpenSourceCMS.
October 1, 2007: Hee-larious bulk DS games post.
October 1, 2007: Video Game seller on EBay w/ foot fetish?
September 30, 2007: NWCGE, quick notes first day.
September 29, 2007: Hours before NWCGE.
September 29, 2007: Email newsletter portion up!
September 28, 2007: Wurking on starting a email list.
September 28, 2007: Hooray fixed up Mr. Nice. (some stuff)
September 28, 2007: eBay: Shop Victoriously - "It's better when you win it!"
September 24, 2007: SpGa favicon.
September 24, 2007: Major organisation breakthru!
September 24, 2007: Biz Cards.
September 24, 2007: Sticker printing.
September 22, 2007: Logo printing.
September 21, 2007: Printing attempts.
September 20, 2007: Specialty Gamer finally up.
September 12, 2007: Starter website layout.
September 10, 2007: A more decent logo.
September 4, 2007: GnuCash
September 2, 2007: Bill Me Later®, Customer Insight Solutions
August 25, 2007: OR Department of Revenue Sales Tax Information
August 23, 2007: Specialty Gamer logo try.
August 23, 2007: MT4 installed.
August 21, 2007: WLW test post.
August 21, 2007: Carts to look up.
August 20, 2007: Biz Lic.
August 20, 2007: Notes/Thoughts.
August 13, 2007: Organising.
August 10, 2007: Changes for MT 4. (from 3.3)
August 10, 2007: The haps.
August 3, 2007: Going to the beach.
August 1, 2007: Disc repair machine.
July 31, 2007: MT4 RC installed +.
July 31, 2007: MT4 RC!
July 29, 2007: Flash problem solved.
July 28, 2007: MT4 and OSCON
July 19, 2007: Trying to organise.
July 17, 2007: installed webERP.
July 17, 2007: phpBB
July 17, 2007: OSCON
July 15, 2007: ERP.
July 12, 2007: Look into SSL.
July 11, 2007: Keep goin'
July 4, 2007: Haven't been post, but have been progressing.
May 27, 2007: Taskbar icons not showing up at startup - solved!
May 27, 2007: TB RSS feeds issue solved.
May 26, 2007: Found a nice planning/organisation software. (I think)
May 26, 2007: Mozilla screwy/freeziness!!
May 24, 2007: I haven't died.
May 3, 2007: Laughably bad #2.
May 2, 2007: BP idea.
May 2, 2007: Baba Dooie.
April 28, 2007: Lil bit.
April 23, 2007: What is up??
April 14, 2007: Brand ideas.
April 10, 2007: Op Ag's.
April 9, 2007: Concerns...
April 9, 2007: Opened biz checking.
April 6, 2007: More Pre-req.
April 3, 2007: Cleaning up.
March 31, 2007: Some ideas.
March 31, 2007: Biz checking.
March 30, 2007: New favicon!
March 30, 2007: Thursday, March 29, 2007:
March 29, 2007: Installed osCommerce.
March 29, 2007: Other "to do's".
March 29, 2007: bitmap fonts?
March 28, 2007: Tuesday, March 27, 2007:
March 22, 2007: Post #2.
March 22, 2007: 1st post.

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