Don’t you just love those ads featuring William Shatner as a World of Warcraft (WoW) shaman?  Somehow ads always speed up during the last few seconds and you miss crucial information, like a website featuring a free trial.  A free 10 day trial can be found on the World of Warcraft site and you can chose the original game or The Burning Crusade.  WoW is a massive multiplayer online role playing game so be prepared to interact with other people.  You choose a character avatar and throughout the game may view the landscape, fight monsters, preform quests, interact with other avatars, and build skills.  If you like the game, you may purchase a subscription to it for $29.99.

Gamers have a lot to wish for this holiday with games like Halo 2, Silent Hill Origins, and The Simpson’s Game.  However, gift givers may have a difficult time finding these in the stores, not to mention finding the correct format (PSP, PS2, XBOX360).  Gift givers may want to ask themselves "what happens when the gamer has completed all levels?", the answer usually is collecting dust or propping up windows.  The simple solution that pleases both buyer and gamer is a gift certificate to GameFly.  GameFly essentially works like Netflix.  The gamer selects videogames that he/she would like to play and will receive them within 1-2 days.  You can keep the videogames for as long as you want without incurring a late fee.  When you’re done ship it back in the envelope it was sent in.  It’s as easy as defeating the zombies in Doom!  Gift certificates can be purchased for 1-12 months (1 month is $22.95, 2 games out at a time).  You may have the gift certificate sent to the recipient via e-mail or print it out and hand deliver.

Can’t wait for the final episode of the Shrek triology?  Go to the Shrek movie homepage and enjoy playing fun filled Shrek Games, such as the Shrek Memory Game and Sudoku…at least until the movie comes out.  Shrek the Third opens May 18th!

MDM remembers being taught by her grandfather poker at an early age along with her brothers.  Her grandfather had been given a set of metal chips made of bronze, copper, and another material with the amounts imprinted on them.   He carried them in a wooden box embellished by a cigar advertisement.  MDM proved to be a good poker player and handily won against her brothers so much so, that they quit playing with her.  Money was never wagered, it simply was a game of fun. 

Texas Hold’em has given this old game,  new life and Amazon.com has a large variety of chips, cards and accessories to meet the needs of the professional or amateur like this 500 pcs. chip set accommodates 8-12 players, Reg. $299.99/sale $22.99–92% Off! 

This is a great set to learn with at a fabulous savings.  Have fun, but remember for most of us it is a game, not a vocation–Be sure to gamble responsibly.

For all those waiting for a PS3 since the Holidays and did not give into the exorbitant inflation of prices that came about as a result of limited quantities, your wait is over:

WalMart has PS3 in stock and a starter bundle begins at $729.28 and goes upward to $902.90.  Also, hot games and hardware are in stock as well.  Maybe the Easter Bunny will put something terrific like this in your Easter basket this year!  One can only hope

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‘Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines’ would love this event.  Sponsored by the energy drink, Red Bull, Red Bull Flugtag USA is a game of flying handmade machines into water.

Teams are judged on distance, creativity, and showmanship.  The record for distance is 195 ft. while the USA record stands at only 78 ft.

  The next event you can participate in either as a contestant or an observer is set for Nashville on Saturday, June 23rd.  MDM doesn’t know if this is an extraordinary flying event as it boasts, but it sure does look like a lot of fun!  Click-on site for more information.   Plus you can play the online version of the  Flugtag Game without getting wet.

The Wii is turning out to be the hottest Christmas game console. Most places are sold out, and recent sales data suggest the Wii is outselling the Playstation 3 by a margin of 2-to-1.  Fortunately, you can check many online sites to see if they are in stock. This past month we have checked the following places with some success.

• Nintendo Wii at Gamestop best bet
  On and off sales. Your best bet. We have seen it in stock on more than one occasion. Sign-up for the ‘get notified when wii is available link’ to get instant notification.
• CompUSA.com sold out
• BestBuy.com sold out
• CircutCity.com sold out
• eToys.com sold out
• Walmart.com sold out
• ToysRUs.com sold out
• Amazon.com auction - you’ll pay higher prices.
• eBay.com auction - you’ll pay higher prices.
• Overstock auction - you’ll pay higher prices.

Yahoo! Games offers free web and download games.  Download games require the internet and gives you approximately 1 hour or more of play time.  If you decide that you love the game, it can be purchased online for $19.99.  To play Yahoo! Games you need an active Yahoo account, which is free.  Extra fun games are listed below:

• Cake Mania
• Diner Dash
• Shopmania
• Noah’s Arc

Uproar has web and download games.  This site actually rewards you for playing–the more games you play, the more icoins you receive.  Icoins can be used in online contests for money, gift cards, televisions, DVD players, and lots more.  Registration is free. 

Jeopardy!™  lets everyone test their brain and buzzer finger in America’s favorite quiz show.

 Wheel of Fortune ™ Did you always want to play in the Big Wheel Club?  Now you can!  All you need is FLASH multimedia, which can be downloaded for free through the Wheel of Fortune™ site. 

NBC Games has all your favorite T.V. shows in game form.  Fun NBC games to play are Get Rich with Trump, The Office "Basketball", Average Joe Dodgeball, and Deal or No Deal. 

Jeopardy is offering its famous signature show tunes as a  ringtone for $2.49 and wallpaper and screensavers for $1.99.  Coming soon you can download the Jeopardy game to your mobile phone to play the brainteasers at your convenience.  Although MDM would prefer Jeopardy offer these ringtones free, this is relatively inexpensive to impress family and friends.