Using Custom Graphics Your Ning Profile – Part 1
I have spotlit some small details about why the Arcade Game Collecting Community is so much better than the klov forums. However, the real meat of why this social community is so much more powerful is the flexibility to create your own mini website! Your profile page is yours to do with what you want and tonight I am providing three custom banners that you can use in your profile page as well as the code you need to change to make them work. Check it out!
Lawnmowerman Pac-man website online
For those collectors who recognize the name, Rotheblog.com is now hosting the Pac-man information that was at the Lawnmowerman website that disappeared a couple of months back. For those of you visitors that just stumbled onto this post and don’t recognize that website, know that so much information you might need to troubleshoot, fix and restore your Pac-man was compiled on this website. It was so important to save this site from disappearing forever, and fortunately we have that opportunity.
Tip – Mounting A Reproduction Galaga War Games Header
Looking for retro arcade game themed items to decorate your home gameroom? Last month Bill Johnston reproduced the Galaga War Games graphic, a unique piece of promotional arcade game artwork for the War Games movie. Bill had the Galaga headers digitally printed on vinyl and left the method of display up to the individual. There are plenty of choices for ways to mount the artwork, here is a tip on how to secure the header on top of your Galaga that will cost you less than a dollar and potentially take less than 20 minutes.
Klov vs. Ning Round 3 – Built in PMs and Email
Last week we looked at a couple of value added time saving aspects of why the Ning arcade game forums / social community is so much better than the klov forums. Today we’re going to look at a small feature of Ning that although it might be concentrating too much on the minutia, the built in communication systems in Ning will save you time and keep your communication consistent.
Ms. Pac-man Copyright in Stencil File
I have had some questions about the copyright text in the Ms. Pac-man color separated stencil file. If you take a look really close, zoomed in to ant sized detail, the letters look like they were autotraced. and jagged. I don’t know how these were constructed, and not inferring anything at all with this information, just being informative.
(If you are one of the ill-informed individuals that wants to use an autotrace vector program of any sorts, this gives you a visual on the results no matter what you do.) So the question posed is, should I tape over the copyrights when I stencil and leave them out? Or leave the lettering in? Here is a photo comparison of what I got, you make your own decision.
Prologue – Stencil a Ms. Pac-man Arcade Cabinet
You’ve got a Ms. Pac-man that has seen better days and you’re considering the long path of re-stenciling the artwork. You’re lucky, a year ago finding a way to have stencils made for your cabinet was a long tiresome path. But after Paul Murphy released his Ms. Pac-man stencils file every person now has more of an opportunity to restore their cabinet. Take the file to the printer, pay for a set of 9 Ms. Pac-man stencils and you’re one step closer.
However, what are the real cost? And by real I mean, what are the monetary costs, and what are the time costs? How much are you willing to sacrifice to bring that Ms. Pac-man back. Now that I am done with my Ms. Pac-man I thought I would list out the items you’ll need and what you should expect to pay. Results will vary 😉
Interesting Arcade Links – 2008-11-09
- Arcade game west side Indianapolis – New Zealand Story!? Ha ha, weird, $200 over valued. http://snipr.com/4yaqb #
- That Gyrodine showing up Louisville again, price down to $100. This Taito game worth closer $50-$75 @ auction – http://snipr.com/4zck6 #
- Watching election coverage = watching paint dry. But perfect time to be sitting down and blogging about arcade games. #
- Added new poll, want to make searching for content from Klov forums easier. Forum search is bad, and searching a thread for info is
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