Taco Bell is running another 4-CD-ROM promotion– the Comics Constructor series. Unfortunately, these discs are not actually games. I know; I checked. I picked up all 4 tonight (hey, they’re only a dollar each). I was holding out hope that these would have some kind of gaming elements, but alas, it’s just a comic creator. I gave it a quick whirl on the first disc: Neptune Quest:

No MobyGames immortality for these titles. However, for Google posterity, the other 3 “issues” are Amazon Raiders, Hero Adventures, Super Snoopers. Actually, I’m thinking that this could provide an interesting framework for those among us who have more talent with the keyboard and text editor instead of the mouse and drawing program. I’ll be keeping these discs around.

This Taco Bell promotion was put together by the fine folks at Maxx Marketing, the masterminds behind the Tek Kids series. The promotion runs through June, in case you’re interested.

And so it came to pass last night — no joke:

Look at that, it took me almost exactly 3 years to reach 10,000 points. As of yesterday, all I needed was 7.5 screenshots to put me over the limit. I submitted 8 new screenshots for Wrath of the Demon. Quite ironically, the last one of the set — the one that technically put me over the limit — was a “game over” screen:

I’d like to thank all my friends at MobyGames who never gave up on me, who kept encouraging me no matter how bad the game quality was or how ridiculous the interactive movies got. I guess I’m proof that dreams can come true and hard work really pays off.

Hey, quit laughing.

Just taking it easy right now. Pretty soon, I should have the opportunity to enter enough data to catapult me over the 10K mark. But meanwhile, since it’s the start of the new year, it’s actually possible to sit on top of one of the charts:

So I’m reveling in that status for the moment. Actually, I still have a ton of credits for a bunch of games (those Make My Video games had gargantuan video crews for all that FMV).

Let’s see, from last year’s stats, I finished:

• #11 in credits
• #7 for new games contributed and game descriptions
• #6 in screenshots

Of course, congratulations to Sciere for dominating in most categories.

So I didn’t hit 10K points on MobyGames by the new year (sitting just shy of 9750 points as of this writing). Ah well, there’s always this new year.

So this blog started out a year ago as a game-a-day blog. Remarkably, I actually kept up with that schedule for the first 3 months. Things got busy shortly thereafter and this blog has been hit and miss ever since. I plan to keep up with this blog on the same schedule that I have had for the last few months, i.e., log a bevy of games — often related by some common thread — perhaps once every week or two, as the motivation strikes.

DJP Mom has notified me that I have a twin, ostensibly separated at birth: Check out Too Much Free Time, a blog authored by an occasional MobyGames contributor. The blog may seem familiar, but in reality, it’s far more ambitious than this little exercise. The author actually wishes to sample every game ever made.

As some may have heard, the electronics chain CompUSA gets the axe soon. Because of this, they are allegedly blowing out all of their merchandise. But they are not trying very hard, at least not yet. I checked a local store a few days and found their budget/casual gaming section. The titles were $10 normally but were now advertised as 10% off. Not good enough. I am wondering when or if they will slash the prices far more significantly to make it worthwhile to pick up a bunch of these titles.