The Fruit Salad Reviews Are In...It's A Hit!

 The game's been out about a month...about ten days on Steam. Most of the reviews are glowing. Terms like "addictive," and "worth the money" pepper the reviews. I can personally vouch for those opinions, because...

They're the same ones I use.

I'm a novice when it comes to the latest games. I've been playing the same three smartphone video games for years...the same three. That says a couple of things about me. 1. it means I'm boring. 2. it means I like what I like. 3. it means I'm cheap (that's a given...). 4. when I like something, I stick with it.

Heaven help me when this games goes mobile. 

Here are some quotes from the reviews:

Fruit Salad is a simple, physics-based, combo-oriented game. Being easy on the eyes and very casual in nature make it a good choice for relaxing and killing some time.

Crack cocaine synthesized as a videogame, for the low price of two smackaroonies

pleases my squirrel brain immensely

Im fat and this is my only exposure to fruit. Love it!

THERE WAS NO FRUIT SALAD!??!?!?!? JUST FRUIT?!?! HUH?!?!

Addicting and fun Faces on the fruits are great detail I like them. Physics are working well no rocket fruits on their way to the moon yet.

There's more...many more reviews than I've ever got on any of my books or stories. Yes, I'm a proud papa.

Go to Steam, search for Fruit Salad and buy it. I hope you like it. Like I said, apparently, I'm not the only one.

Give Thanks...For A Video Game?

I've blogged about it before...once, back when my son's artwork showed up in a real life, actual, "able to purchase" video game. The game's called Fruit Salad, and I finally got to play it.

Darn MacBooks!

Sorry, scratch that. It's not the MacBook...well, actually it is. The game came out and they had to do a little more work to get it up and running on my Mac. Tonight was the first time it actually worked and I got to play. I know I'm biased, but...

It's a great game!

I'm already addicted, which isn't necessarily a good thing.

We have four children, each have their strengths, and the opposite. Each have strong personalities. Each bring unlimited possibilities to the table. And since life seems to be racing--not walking, jogging, or running, but racing--by, for me it wasn't that long ago when my children were young, sneaking treats from the pantry and laughing at Spongebog Squarepants. When they're young, you're doing everything to keep them alive, but occasionally, I found myself wondering how they'd turn out, what they'd end up doing, where would they live, work, marry (if it's in the cards...)? If you told me fifteen years ago, what they'd be doing now, I'd have been shocked.

But, not overly. 

I know I'm biased, but they're great kids.

Plus, they're not done with their stories, with what they'll become, how they'll turn out, where they'll live, work, marry (half have already decided that question...). 

My son's game is available on Steam. Just search for, "Fruit Salad" and you'll find it. And, it's only a buck fifty to buy. I'm thankful to live long enough to see my children answer some of those questions. The game is just one of the things I'm proud of...there's so much more, things maybe only I see, things that will not change the world. I'm thankful to be their dad, and thankful to brag about them on this blog.

Give Fruit Salad a try. Maybe you'll get addicted, too.

My Son Helped Make A Game...And You Can Buy It

 You know when you're a new parent and you look at that tiny baby and you wonder what their life is going to be like? My wife and I were blessed to have four opportunities to do just that...four times holding an infant and wonder how their lives will turn out.

Our children are grown. They range from recently graduated from high school to married to having children of their own. They have in no way reached the point where their lives have "turned out." They have years, decades for that to happen.

It's also interesting to see traits of yourself in your children. I see creative tendencies in all of them, but one has dedicated years toward becoming an incredible artist. 

He's also a commissioned graphic designer.

And a game he worked on went live today.

It's not unusual for him to show us his latest finished artwork, or make an announcement. This week he said he had a gig creating artwork for a video game. It's called, Fruit Salad, and you can download it to a PC today. Just click on the link: HERE.

I bought it--it's only $1.50 right now. Unfortunately, my PC laptop is so old, it wouldn't work. That's okay...supporting our son's latest artistic endeavor is an honor.

If you get a chance and would like to check it out, click the above link and download the game. I'd love to see what you think.

So would my son.