Well, six months after starting my Super Tycoons game on Facebook, I broke into the Top 60 Richest Players! Now, the only problem is that because of the game design flaws, which I've discussed in the past, it is mathematically impossible for me to get into the Top 10 players.  See, there is a special business known as a "Beach Resort" that generates population that generates tax revenue.  The top few players spent $200+ in the real world to buy 250 beach resorts and then got such a huge … [Read more...]

My Super Tycoons game account on Facebook has reached a net worth of $135 billion with $88 billion of this in cash.  I am almost in the Top 60 richest players in the game.  I started playing Tycoons the first few days of May 2010 (you can read about it here), long after most other players had begun so I had a huge disadvantage. I liked the game so much I decided to donate a few hundred dollars to the developers by making in-game app purchases because I think it would be a great teaching … [Read more...]

Pardon me while I get my Japanese RPG geek on for a moment ... the Square-Enix store in Japan has a showcase of their masterpiece line of rare collectibles, such as $400+ replica 1/4" scale models of Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII and Kingdom Hearts characters. With cool stuff like this - who cares about investing!? I want them now! Why don't they have a flagship store in New York? … [Read more...]