FReeper Canteen ~ Canteen Kids: What Internet Games Do You Play? ~ March 1, 2006

Feb. 28, 2006 | Goldstar

[Goldstar]

I would like to thank the troops who are fighting in Iraq, Afghanistan, and around the world, protecting us here in America and fighting to save innocent Iraqis from the torture that they used to go through. That is why I chose to participate in the “Canteen Kids” for this week. This time, it’s about games!



I hope that you will like the games that I have found. The last one has an enormous amount of games there, with some that you can edit your own level! And if you get a chance, sign up with Neopets!

Neopets



Parker Brothers

The name "Parker Brothers" is probably familiar in most American households. People know them for at least several popular board games-- Monopoly, Risk, Clue, and Sorry. But who were the Parker Brothers?

George Parker was born in 1867 in Salem, Massachusetts, the youngest of Mr. and Mrs. George Parker's three sons. Although he wanted to be a journalist, Parker was an avid game player and even had an informal game-playing club with several of his friends. When Parker was only a teenager, he invented his first game, Banking, in which players borrowed money from a bank and attempted to make money through speculating.

One-hundred-and-sixty cards determined each player's luck. In 1883, with the encouragement of his friends and older brother, Charles, Parker decided to publish Banking. After being turned down by two Boston book publishers, he spent forty dollars having 500 sets of Banking printed. By the end of the year, he sold all but two dozen of the games and made a hundred-dollar profit.

Milton Bradley

Milton Bradley was a game pioneer, credited by many with launching the game industry in North America. But years before he invented his first game, Bradley enjoyed a successful career in lithography.

Born in Vienna, Maine, in 1836, Bradley chose a career in printing and lithography in his late teens and set about learning the trade. In 1860, he set up Massachusetts' first color lithography shop in Springfield. One of his lithographs, a likeness of Abraham Lincoln, sold especially well, until Lincoln grew a beard and rendered Bradley's beardless image out-of-date.

At about the same time Bradley's lithography business was beginning to wane, Bradley visited a friend who challenged him to a game. Although it hasn't been recorded, this was probably an imported European game using a spinner to determine how many spaces a player moves. Bradley was inspired with a new idea—he would invent a game. Bradley designed a board game called The Checkered Game of Life. The object was to obtain a happy old age instead of financial ruin and a player's luck was decided by a numbered spinner. Players moved game pieces over sixty-four squares, which could be good, bad, or neutral according to their color.

By 1861, Bradley had sold more than 45,000 copies of his game. He formed Milton Bradley and Company in 1864 to print other games and game manuals.

Real Arcade



North Pole





Disney Blast

Student Links





Surf Net Kids




These are a few of the games that my Gramma likes.

Sudoku

Word Search+

Escapa! (try to do this for 18 seconds)

Puzzles, games, trivia

Yahoo! Games

The reason why computer games are played more often than board games these days is because computers are more common.

What games do YOU like to play?

 

[tomkow6]

mine

[Brad’s Gramma]

Sure. Why not.

[Kathy in Alaska]

wh!!

Hope.....#50!!

[StarCMC]

I KNOW which one! LOL!!!

[StarCMC]

Yes - they usually have me either laughing my butt off or pulling my hair out!! He he he!!

Shorty, the 4yo princess, looked hubby's best friend in the eye last week, balled up her fist and said "I have a fist and I'm not afraid to use it!"

[StarCMC]

Why am I thinking "Grumpy Old Men" at this moment??

LMAO!!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

redrock!!!! ...(tho lately I've been going thru some withdrawals with all the hours I'm working).

Me too!

And thank you for your service to America.

[The Mayor]

March 1, 2006

Security

Read:
Psalm 31:19-24

You shall hide them in the secret place of Your presence. —Psalm 31:20

Bible In One Year: Numbers 23-25; Mark 7:14-37

A primary school in Japan is testing a system to improve the security of students and also give their parents peace of mind. A radio frequency identification tag carried by each student sends a signal to receivers at school gates, and a computer shows when each student enters or leaves. The system can automatically send an e-mail to notify parents that their children have arrived at school or left for home. In cities where children often commute long distances to school, the system has received high marks from parents, and the kids think it's cool.

In a dangerous world, it's good to remember that our ultimate safety and protection lie in God's hands. David recalled a time when he felt completely cut off from the Lord's help. But he learned that even in desperate situations, God would hide those who fear Him "in the secret place of [His] presence; . . . [He] shall keep them secretly in a pavilion" (Psalm 31:20).

God always knows where we are. There is no place where He does not see our need and hear our cry. "You heard the voice of my supplications when I cried out to You" (v.22).

"Be of good courage," the psalmist concluded, "and He shall strengthen your heart, all you who hope in the Lord" (v.24). —David McCasland

Our strength and hope is in the Lord—
We rest secure in His sure Word;
And though we're tempted to despair,
We know we're kept within His care. —D. De Haan

No one is more secure than the one who is held in God's hands.

FOR FURTHER STUDY
God Our Father

[Kathy in Alaska]

Gucho! Good evening. How is Michigan doing for winter? Are you warm? Have you had to shovel alot?

[StarCMC]

Thanks for the Good Word! :o)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good night, Goldstar. Good job on the thread. Lots of folks have their favorites and are going to learn about some new ones. Thanks for helping honor our troops.

[StarCMC]

Ma!! Are you here?? In REAL TIME!?!?!??

[Brad’s Gramma]

Dumb game. :)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, lauren. Are you dry today, or more rain? Thanks for America the Beautiful.

[StarCMC]

LOL -- yup! But addictive!!!

I got a new one on mu PDA -- it's called PocketBo and it's the Palm version of Skip-Bo. That one's jard to put down too! LOL

[StarCMC]

That would be MY PDA and Hard to put down! LOL

[Brad’s Gramma]

But addictive!!!

That's what I meant. Last night I showed him Sudoku for the first time. He got the first square right, first time around.

I told him I really didn't like him. ;)

[tomkow6]

....after your last comment, I will allow you to grovel at my feet & kiss the hem of my BURKA, & BEG forgivenwss....

[StarCMC]

LOL -- I LOVE that game!!

Everybody kept talking about it and so I finally looked into it and I'm hooked. I like logic games -- although I'm not always good at them!!

[StarCMC]

Not in a million years BurkaBoy!! You are DREAMING again!!