Twin Shot

"Yeah, so- AHH! ITS A NEW NITROME GAME! AHHH!"
"What?"
"Oh my god, they're jello-kittens!"
"Jello-kittens? Gosh, someone over there must really like cats."
"Oh. Oh, yeah! I love the music!"
"Wait, does it use arrow keys?"
"Yeah!"
"And no mouse or anything?"
"Nope."
"Hold on, going there..What's it called?"
"Twin Shot. It has a 2-player mode. You shoot these arrows to kill monsters and when an arrow hits a wall, it sticks out so that you can stand on it and stuff. The cat looks so cute when it jumps."
"Oh! I see it!"
"The background is kind of Greek-like."
"Ok. Oh, he looks so cute when he flies!"
"I know!"
"Whoa! Ah- Darn. I keep jumping on them."
"Haha. Oh, there's flying bunnies! And weird slimey blobs."
"Oh, this is cool! Hey, what level are you on?"
"Uh..eight, I think."
"Cool. I'm getting to level five. What are those things? Ah! Oh my god, they jump!"
"Oh yeah, those. Those are so annoying."
"Hey, I'll chat with you on messenger, ok?"
"Ok, bye!"
"Later."

Here is the link: http://www.nitrome.com/games/twinshot/

Small Insignificant Note: I beat Thin Ice a while ago, so it's no longer forever stuck on level 39. I also finished the last level of Twin Shot just now, so I'm going to go finish reading The Goose Girl for the 6th time. It's the best book ever, you know. Anyone a fan of Shannon Hale?

Small Notes

Only one more day for the poll!

Also, I just read that Shannon Hale is making a fourth book to the Bayern series! :D The other books in the series are going to have different covers for paperback. If you look on her website, you can see them. I like some of the new ones, but I still like the normal ones better. The link is on the side.

And I found the sequel to Once Upon a Marigold, which is Twice Upon a Marigold. Yay! I love that book. Im going to read it as soon as I'm done with this entry.

Vitrite and Other Unrelated and Unexpected Topics

Well, I already wrote about this on a bunch of emails, but now I realize that posting it would be a lot more easier. Anyway, I found a program called Vitrite that can make any browser and most programs transparent. You can toggle the transparency using the numbers on the keyboard.

Oh no. I just remembered that I forgot to include a link to it in all my emails.
http://www.vanmiddlesworth.org/vitrite
Well, heres one for anyone reading my blog.

Also, my poll has 13 votes on it already! Im so happy! :D Although I wonder who voted in it. There are only a few people who I know read my blog...

And if you haven't already, please read a book by Shannon Hale. Especially the Goose Girl series. My favorite author and series and book all in one! And the covers for the goose girl series are so nice! Now that I think back, all the books in that series have tons of things to wonder about. And there are questionable characters in them all, so you dont know who you want the main character to trust. Some books she's written are in the tags for this post, but it wont let me put too many tags on, so only some are there.

The post used to be called "Vitrite", but with all the other stuff I've typed, I figured it was time for me to make a longer title.

Time to make a list!

Book genres I Like

• Fantasy
• Fiction
• Historical Fiction (sometimes, depends on time period)
• Drama
• Realistic Fiction
• Books with different P.O.V.s
• Romance (just a bit in a book makes everything much more interesting)
• Books including school (I like these, even though I dont always like the actual topic)
• Magic
• Books in different forms (Some have extra stuff at the beginning or end of a chapter)

Book Genres I Dont Like

• Classics
• Books in which most of the story is on a ship
• Sci-Fi (Havent really read many though)
• Books in poem form (You just feel less of the characters themselves, and usually not much info about anything in the background)
• Books on collections of stories (Unless its a collection of complete stories)
• Survival books in which there are no interaction with other human beings

Thats about it. Ill add more when I find more.
(Oh, awesome! I forgot to use bullets for the list, and I realized that it puts bullets next to each of them if I highlight them all and then click the bullet option. :D)

Book recommendations appreciated :)

Links

Ok, I am going to go through my links so you can get a good idea of what each of them are. Future links will probably have their own summary in another post. I'd add it to this post...but its long enough as it is.

• DeviantART : A place with tons of art that people make, including literature, emoticons, photography, painting, and much more.
• Dino Run : A cute game in which you (the dino) are running to dino paradise so that you can escape the apocalypse. Balance on meteors, eat lizards, collect power-ups, get rides from other dinos, collect eggs, and even race in multiplayer with other dinos. There are many milestones to use, and the overall retro look to it is just too awesome.
• Emily Short IF : Im a big fan of Interactive Fiction (IF). If you dont know what IF is, you can check this website and it will have a good How-to guide to playing interactive fiction. Emily Short has some really good interactive fiction, so be sure to try them out!
• Flickr : A place where anyone can upload photos and share them with others. If you find a picture you especially like, add it to your favorites! The people on Flickr have some really neat pictures. How do they do it?
• JayIsGames : A collection of casual games. I usually find games here, and they have reviews and ratings on them all, along with some helpful walkthroughs. IF, webtoys, grow games, escape-the-room games(although I suck at those) are among the many many games that they have.
• Laura's Blog : My friend's blog. She created it a few hours before mine and convinced me to make one too. She's a writer and poet and I have a feeling she's going to have many interesting posts...
• MiniCity : A virtual city that grows everytime someone clicks on it. Click this link and you'll help my mini city grow. :)
• Neave : Interesting website I found a few weeks ago. Try the lines one. You wont believe your eyes. o_o
• Nitrome : One of my favorite links ever. Nitrome creates its own pixelized games and everything in it is just so cute and squishable. Especially the little characters in "Mutiny". The only game I've ever beaten completely was "Jack Frost". Although they update frequently and have a fun-to-read blog, its always exciting when they come up with a new game.
• Playlist : Make your own music playlist and listen to others. I usually have my playlist on in the background while browsing the web.
• Powder game : Another one of my favorite links ever. This is a sandbox game, so you can basically do anything you want. There are many elements to choose from. Water, seed, powder, player, fighter, magma, c-4, metal, thunder, superball, wind, ice, and way more. The fun part of the game is how the elements interact with each other. blow the ice away with wind and create snow. Sprinkle some seeds on powder and grow a plant. Then burn it up with fire. Create a fighting arena, a volcano, a waterfall, an obstacle course for the player, the possibilities are really endless. For a really nice experience, change the BG to BG-shade. You can even save these and share them with others. Also, scroll down for information about everything, especially player and BG. :) Have fun and enjoy!
• Quizilla : Make quizzes and stories and post them for people to rate, read, and try. Once thats done, see if it will make it to the Most Popular or Top Rated list.
• Scribbler : Draw a simple design. Then click scribble and watch it work its magic. Voila! Change the color of the scribble and you have more control of how the scribble works. Also check out the website of the person who made this. The only thing it seems to be missing is an eraser, although an imperfect drawing seems to turn out really nice anyway.
• Shannon Hale's Website : This is the website of my favorite author. Read up info on books she's written and info about herself that might be helpful to novel writers-to-be.
• Travian: Make a village. Conquer other villages with your troops. Expand your resources. Survive raids and attacks. Then try to make it to the high scores.
• World-o-Meters : Current statistics on population, economy, environment, education, energy, health, water, and food. The numbers might be surprising.

And that concludes the afternoon announcements. Have a nice day!