This website has hundreds maybe thousands of free games available to play.So far my brother and I have three favorites: Fancy Pants Adventure world 1 & 2, Totem Destroyer and Last Stand 1 & 2. Some are shooters, some are platformers, some are strategy, some are... well, you get the picture. So what are you standing there for? Go to this website! Like now!

Okay, heres the story. I went to the bathroom to brush my teeth. Bob starts banging on the door saying "Let me in!" so I replied "No! Use the other one." "No! My tooth brush is in there!" "Then just hang on for just a sec." Then Bob literally opened the door with a coat hanger and said "What the ****ing heck." Then Bob started this whole argument saying "You should respect me more! We never hang out!" and I was like. "This guy is in charge of me when my parents are gone?" This whole argument went for over an hour when we suppose to be in bed! Yeah, that was the worst night I've ever had. What do you guys think of his behavoir.

I'm just going to cut to the chase and say that I didn't go. I didn't want to go last year but my Mom and older brother made me go. (As a pirate.) But I just turned fifteen and I think I'm a little to old for dressing up as monsters, (Or pirates.) and threatening people to give me candy. Note: Do not forget to buy candy on Halloween, you have been warned.:l

But two days before Halloween, I was able to scare my little brother and sister, just as I do every year. I scared my little brother by taking all of the Xbox 360 games; and putting them in front of my closet. Then I had my older bother bring my little brother to our room to find the games. When he reached for the games I jumped out of the closet in front of him. he was so scared that I had to check for monsters under his bed that night.

Then I scared my little sister by hiding behind a door and had my older brother send her in there and when she got in room. Well, I scared her, duh. She was so ticked after that, she hit me and my older brother with a book.

Hi everyone, I decided to post my History Column here on my blog. Which will be availible when my union wants to release the next magazine. If you want to know more about this magazine, please go to the union called 'The Hardcore Gamers Union'. But for now, please enjoy my History Column. When you're done, please comment on what you think.

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Shigeru Miyamoto

Shigeru Miyamoto is a Japanese video game designer. Because of his hit games Mario, Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda, Star Fox, Pikmin, Nintendogs, F-Zero and Brain Age frachises for the Nintendo game systems, he is called the 'father of video games' and 'the Walt Disney of electronic gaming'. He has also supervised many titles published by Nintendo on behalf of other developers, including Metroid Prime and Mario and Sonic at the Olympic.

Video games designed by him typically feature refined control-mechanics, intuitive gameplay, simple story lines, and imaginative worlds in which the players are encouraged to discover things by themselves.

Employed by Nintendo as an artist in 1977, he was given the task of working on one of their first coin-operated arcade games. The resulting title was Rardar Scope, which was not as big of a success in the United States as Nintendo had hoped. Miyamoto later reused the game's hardware and modded it into Donkey Kong, which was a huge success as well as a turning point in video game history.

Life before Nintendo...

Miyamoto was born on November 16th, 1952 in Sonobe Japan. He is the second child of Iijake Miyamoto and Hinako Aruha. As a young boy, Miyamoto loved to draw, paint pictures, and explore the area surrounding his house. Stories describe his boyhood discovery of hidden caves, lakes, and other natural features near his home which were linked to his later work. The Legend of Zelda in particular took inspiration from his childhood exploration. As a child Miyamoto was menaced by a neighbor's dog - kept at bay by a chain attached to a post - inspiring the Chain Chomp enemy from the Mario series. (It's funny when you think about it.) In 1970, he enrolled in the Kanazawa College of Art and graduated five years later - though he would later remark that his studies often took a backseat to doodling. Miyamoto was said to have a taste in music for his age, being interested in such groups as the Lovin' Spoonful, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, the Ramones, and The Beatles.

Nintendo...

In 1977, having completed a degree in industrial design, Miyamoto arranged a meeting with his father's friend Hiroshi Yamauchi, head of Nintendo of Japan. Yamauchi hired Miyamoto as a "staff artist" and assigned him to the planning department. In 1980, the fairly new Nintendo of America was looking for a hit to establish itself as a player in the growing arcade market. After successful location tests using prototypes, then-NoA CEO Minoru Arakawa ordered a very large number of units of the arcade game Radar Scope.

The game was popular for a short period in Japan, so the president of newly-founded Nintendo of America, Minoru Arakawa, placed a large order for it. By the time the game arrived in New York, months had passed and the buzz surrounding the game had dissipated. The game's sounds were high pitched chirps which many gamers found annoying. American arcade operators were unimpressed, and Nintendo of America was stuck with thousands of unsold units sitting in the warehouse. Arakawa faced financial disaster, so he pleaded with his father-in-law (Nintendo CEO Hiroshi Yamauchi) to provide him with a new game which he could install as a replacement in the Radar Scope arcade machines, which could be repainted to reflect a new game.

After Miyamoto had consulted with some of the company's engineers, and composed the music himself on a small electronic keyboard, Donkey Kong was fully conceptualized. (He basically said "Scrap the idea and use the engine for something better.")When the game was complete, the chips containing the new program were rushed to the U.S. and Nintendo employees worked around the clock to convert the Radar Scope machines. It was fortunate that Nintendo had so many units on hand, because Donkey Kong was an overnight success, and not only saved the company, but introduced a character who would be immortally identified with Nintendo.

The three famous characters Miyamoto created for the game was Donkey Kong, Jump Man, and Lady. It was Jump Man, a character who would later be known as Mario, that has found the most success, and since his debut in Donkey Kong he has appeared in more than 100 games spanning over a dozen gaming platforms.

Miyamoto is usually listed as "producer" in the credits of Mario games. The few exceptions include the Super Mario Land series for the Game Boy, with which he had virtually no involvement. (Gunpei Yokoi, Miyamoto's mentor, produced the Super Mario Land series.) There are also rare instances where Miyamoto is heavily involved in a game, almost to the point of director, but for reasons unknown, doesn't credit himself that way. Such examples include The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Ice Climber and Pikmin. In an interview with Famitsu, Miyamoto said "That's right. I was the director of Mario 64, and half producer, half director on Zelda. As for Pikmin, I'd say half producer, half director." Other titles include, Nintendogs, Wii Fit, and most recently, Super Mario Galaxy, which Miyamoto has stated his involvement was even greater than when he directed Super Mario 64. In early U.S. releases of a few Mario games, he was sometimes credited as "Miyahon", a mistranscription of the kanji in his name (本 - which can be read as either hon or moto). The misread surname was Miyamoto's development nickname in the 1980s (having a nickname was a common practice among Japanese game developers at the time).

At E3's convention in 1997, Miyamoto revealed that he was constantly working with around four hundred people on a dozen or so projects at a time.

Despite being an influential figure in video games and responsible for multi-million dollar franchises, Miyamoto is said to be very humble, insisting on settling for an average income, and often rides a bicycle to work.

Awards and recognition...

Miyamoto was the first person inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences' Hall of Fame in 1998, an award that outlines his lifetime achievement and dramatic effect on the video game industry. In March 2005, Miyamoto was among the first honorees in 2004 to receive a star on the Walk of Game: a section of San Francisco's Metreon Center that is modeled on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.

As part of the French video game policy effort, on March 13, 2006 the French honored Miyamoto by inducting him as a Chevalier ("Knight") into the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, alongside game designers Michel Ancel and Frédérick Raynal.

The name of the main character of the infamous PC game Daikatana, Hiro Miyamoto, is an homage to Miyamoto.

The rival character in the first generation of Pokémon games was named Shigeru. Likewise, the main character was named Satoshi, for the developer of the Pokémon series.

In Perfect Dark, enemy soldiers' faces are mapped from the game staff and from Nintendo employees. Notably, Shigeru Miyamoto's face is seen on the patrolling guard in the opening movie for the Pelagic II stage.

A hidden easter egg in Nintendogs reveals a character named Shiggy (Shigeru) & his Sheltie Pik (Pikku). In events, though (such as ones at Nintendo World Store in New York), his name is Miyamoto with the Daschund Mario.

On November 28, 2006 Miyamoto was featured in TIME Asia's "60 Years of Asian Heroes" with Hayao Miyazaki, Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Bruce Lee, and the Dalai Lama.

At the Game Developers Choice Awards, on March 7, 2007, Shigeru Miyamoto received the Lifetime Achievement Award for a career that spans the creation of Donkey Kong, Super Mario Bros., and The Legend of Zelda. He was also given credit for the company's recent revolutionary systems such as the Nintendo DS and the Wii. He was the Keynote speaker at that conference, along with Eiji Aonuma and Satoru Iwata.

Shigeru Miyamoto was chosen as one of the 100 TIME Magazine's 2007 Most Influential People of the Year. He has once again been nominated for the list in 2008, and topped this list.

Shigeru Miyamoto appeared on a Mega64 video as himself, along with the two main stars who were dressed as Mario and Luigi.

A flattering Sunday New York Times profile appeared in May 2008 on Miyamoto. In it, he is called the "the world's most famous and influential video-game designer."

Personal life...

Although a game designer, he spends little time playing games. In his spare time, Miyamoto plays the guitar and banjo. Shigeru Miyamoto has two children with his wife, Yasuko Miyamoto, who was general manager of Nintendo of Japan in 1977. Neither of their children has expressed a desire to go into the family business. He claims that Yasuko does not like video games, but she is beginning to enjoy playing games like Brain Age and using the Wii's Everybody Votes Channel. His son, Kenshi Miyamoto, has allegedly expressed a desire to become a pro surfer rather than a professional gamer. Miyamoto has a Shetland Sheepdog named Pikku (pronounced Pick) that was the inspiration for Nintendogs. Miyamoto is described as being a semi-professional dog breeder.

Delays

As producer and R&D member of several games, Miyamoto has had Nintendo implement delays "in order to make a game [...] of the high quality standards that Nintendo is known for." At times, the entire development of a game is scrapped.

Miyamoto and fellow developers refer to this scrapping as "Chabudai Gaeshi" (ちゃぶ台返し, "upending the tea table"), a reference to manga and anime Star of the Giants. It is also referred to as "Miyahon Check" (Miyahon is an alternative kanji reading of Miyamoto) or "Miyamoto Test".

• "Twinkle Popo" was a completed product with a pre-order of 26,000 units. It was supposed to be released under the game's developer, HAL Laboratory. Miyamoto intervened, arguing that with a tiny bit of tweaking it would become a great game. After canceling the pre-order, the game was eventually released under Nintendo with the title Kirby's Dream Land, selling five million units globally.
• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was supposed to be released immediately after the release of the Nintendo 64 (Japanese release date, 6 June 1996). Instead, Miyamoto, who was the producer, repeatedly ordered the game to be redone, resulting in numerous announcements of delays by Nintendo until the game's eventual release on 21 November 1998. Ocarina of Time sold over 7.6 million units, and is frequently ranked as one of the greatest games of all time.
• Eiji Aonuma was initially the producer of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. However, between 2005 to 2006, he assumed direction duties while Miyamoto replaced him as producer. Aonuma stated that the switch was the result of a year-long development being "Chabudai Gaeshi"ed. In the same interview, Miyamoto said that he had to clean up the mess from his Chabudai Gaeshi, so he joined as a producer and assisted in the development of the GameCube and Wii versions of the game. Twilight Princess received tremendous critical acclaim and is ranked number 6 on the voting average list at Game Rankings, the second highest among all Nintendo games, behind Super Mario World.

Current Activities...

Miyamoto has recently completed development for Wii Fit and Mario Kart Wii for the Wii and has supervised Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games for the Wii and Nintendo DS. Both versions of the latter were developed by Sega, not Nintendo. Miyamoto unveiled Wii Fit at E3 2007. Both have since been released.

Miyamoto also said in July 2007 he'll focus his attention on helping develop Wii Music and Mario Kart Wii after he's completed developing Wii Fit and Super Mario Galaxy. He also pointed out in an interview that he likes to focus on "games in order, one by one" rather than concentrating on many games at once.

The Interview...

Hey everyone my name is Dizzyman572, and I'm here with the legendary Mario.

Mario: It's great to be here, Dizzy.

Dizzyman572: Now, Mario, tell us what do you think of your creator, Shigeru Miyamoto?

Mario: I love that man. He's like my father. He can get under my skin sometimes though.

Dizzyman572: How so?

Mario: Well, there was this one time when I bought an Xbox 360, and when he saw me playing Halo 3, he threw the Xbox 360 against the wall.

Dizzyman572: Really, what was your reaction?

Mario: I didn't really care actually. It had the red ring of death.

Dizzyman572: You do know there's a trick for that with a towel, right.

Mario: Oh yeah, my brother, Luigi tried that trick.

Dizzyman572: Did it work?

Mario: No, the Xbox 360 exploded and burned the house down.

Dizzyman572: Really, did anybody get hurt?

Mario: Everybody got out okay, I decided to pull a joke on Luigi and put a Boo underneath his covers that night for revenge. He's been little jumpy ever since.

Dizzyman572: Interesting, well what about Peach? Is there any romantic involvement going on between you two?

Mario: Yeah, we went to the movies a couple of times. But I don't think I'm that interested in her.

Dizzyman572: Why?

Mario: You know what they say about blondes? Well, she is ten times dumber than your average blonde.

Dizzyman572: Really?

Mario: Yeah, I think it's because she's a princess. Sure, she's nice but totally clueless. Like for example, she called me on the phone to get my number. She tried to drown a fish. She tripped over a cordless phone. Oh yeah, when Bowser locked her in a grocery store. She almost starved to death.

Dizzyman572: Uh, Mario?

Mario: Yes?

Dizzyman572: You do know that were on the air, right. Aren't you worried that Princess Peach could be watching us right now.

Mario: No, not really.

Dizzyman572: Why, did you hide the remote?

Mario: No need my nerdy friend. She doesn't even know how to use the remote.

Dizzyman572: Well, that's all the time we have here. Tune in next time for when we have another special appearance. Who is it you ask? Well you'll just going to have to wait. Mario thanks for stopping by.

Mario: No problem, Dizzy. Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got to pown some more newbs on Xbox live.

Dizzyman572: .........

Mario: Something wrong?

Dizzyman572: Well, were still on the air, and I think Shigeru Miyamoto knows how to use the remote.

Mario: ....... Think he's watching something else?

(Sudden explosion in the west)

My brother just finished his Halo EOD armor.

Here it is:

Me helping my brother get it on

Armor fully assembled

Him and his plasma pistol

Him giving orders to Me

My brother getting on my "MONGOOSE" (ATV)

Him shooting

Him meleeing me

Me dead

Just kidding

Three months of work out of Cardstock, Resin, and paint.

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See you in two weeks, bye.

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Note: Minority Report was worth three bucks.

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The only good thing about this whole thing, was the fact that they would only flirt with us only if we were cute. :) P.S. Francis is not my brother's real name.

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So far me and my brother are having a blast on multiplayer, it would be better if I actaully won, but it's still fun.

Now what about Halo 2, and 3 ? Well don't worry, after seven more years of begging I'll get to play the Halo 2 demo. :)