So I have some game videos I have created with a Hava Platinum HD over on the Help Me With My Game Problems blog. The process was relatively easy, however I still need to tweak the final FLV quality settings, but that should get better over the next few movies. Matt helped me set it up, as it is the same setup he uses for MattPlays.

Yesterday Help Me With My Game Problems recorded over 500,000 page-views for 2007. I know some of you would tell me the large sites do that monthly or even weekly, but I am really proud as this is the first site I’ve ever ran that has generated that amount of traffic in such a short amount of time.

A big thank you to all who have helped contribute to the articles there, as well as those that have helped with just templates or other miscellaneous edits that have helped the overall look of the site. I’m looking forward to continuing the upward trend of page-views that the last few months have seen.

Dear Game Publishers,

If your game has a published release date of 11/6, please make sure I can buy it on 11/6. The RIAA seem to have this down, as well as the MPAA and DVD industry.

If you publish a release date, make it the date it is in the stores for me to buy. Please do not publish the date you plan to give it to Joe Bob’s bicycle courier service for nationwide delivery. This frustrates me and the people at the store I am attempting to buy said game from.

It’s not difficult. We have services like FedEx and UPS that guarantee delivery within a certain time frame.

Thank you,

Significantly frustrated gamer who wants to give you money.

Just hit 200 Games listed at Help Me With My Game Problems.com. This second hundred came much quicker than the first!

HelpMeWithMyGameProblems.com, the game tips wiki I run, broke 100 games listed today. A minor milestone in the history of the site. I hope to break more of these milestones in the coming months as I have devoted a few hours a day to adding new content to the site.

One tip most people do not think of when attempting to reduce their debt is additional income. I have a few websites I attempt to run, including this blog, but the one I think holds the most promise is my video game hints and tips wiki.

I have been self-promoting it over the past few months on Shacknews’ latest chatty thread and a few times at somethingawful’s forums to see a small success. The number of page views are up as I keep chugging away at adding new content, but the community aspect is not there. A few kind souls have contributed to varying degrees over the last year and I appreciate every one of them.

As I chronicle my progress on debt reduction I will also share information and ideas to help start a web-based community site that might just put some extra cash in your pocket.

Well I finished up TMNT for the XBOX 360. This makes the second game I’ve gotten all the achievements on.

From my Gmail inbox, I bring you this gem of customer service worthy of World Class Gold Medals…

RedOctane Customer Support to me

> IP: 74.x.x.x
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> Is there a way to order a replacement for a scratched disc on a copy of Guitar Hero 2 for XBOX 360? Or a replacement program of any kind to trade a scratched disc in for a new copy at a reduced price?
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> Thanks in advance,
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> Tim
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I had to enable captcha on Help Me With My Game Problems.com to combat the recent rash of spam edits. You can still post anonymously, however if you add URLs with an edit it will trigger the captcha check to make sure you are a human and not a robot. Captcha is also enabled for new user registrations. Captcha will not be triggered if you are a registered user with a verified email address.

Well I finally 5-starred all of Medium last night. Now on to Hard and besting yakz and Jerome’s scores!