Ditto the Monster looks at the world of family friendly online games from a Fabricated American perspective

Latest

Captain Ditto is back and fighting Black Storm Bison in Pirate101!

Captain Ditto is back!!  He and his crew are deep in Cool Ranch, doing fierce battle with the Black Storm Bison, working their way up to Three Scars, their evil chief!  Daring Ship to Ship combat, viscous battles, and lots of pie!  OK, I was eating the pie off camera…

Happy Halloween from Ditto!

Hello Everyone – Ditto wants to wish all his friends and fans a very happy and safe Halloween!!!  Ditto is getting his spooky on, as Monsters love to do, and decided to share a few pictures too!

It's 'The Walking Ditto'!

It’s ‘The Walking Ditto’!

Read the rest of this page »

Ditto is Back with a tale of woe, plus Contest Winners!!

So, a funny thing happened this past weekend.  And by ‘funny’ I mean ‘really really annoying and inconvenient’  – we had a storm, and a lightening strike, and a power surge, and our cable modem went ‘bzzzt’ and that was pretty much that.  Of course, because of our service contract thingy we had to get a new modem thingy shipped, so we had no modem thingy and no internet all week, until today when it came in.

Now, to understand how very annoying and inconvenient, not only was Ditto unable to post to his bloggy thingy or make any new videos, but Ditto and friends do not have cable – we ‘cut the cord’ as they say – so all of our TV and various entertainment, except for a couple ‘Muppet Show’ DVD box sets,  requires our internet connection.  This week has been…   long.

So that’s a long way of saying it is GREAT to be back, and Ditto can FINALLY announce the winners of Ditto’s Spooky Story contest!!  Yay!!!

Grand Prize: One Random Pet (Zombie Piggle, Nightmare or Ghost Dragon) plus 7 Chocolate Pet Snacks and 10,000 Crowns

Winner:  Talon Spiritforge

Story Title: ‘The Walking Pork’

Synopsis: An evil spell transforms the Piggle population into zombies, who then roam the Spiral in search of fresh bacon.

Second Prize:  7 Chocolate Pet Snacks and 5,000 Crowns

  • Alex – “The Gamma”  (From ‘The Raven’)
  • Scarlet Wildblade – Dr. Purreau and Mr. Meowiarty
  • Autumn Stormcloud – Count Drake-ula
  • Jacob Nightrunner – ‘The Phantom Glider’s Rickshaw’ derived from ‘The Phantom’s Rickshaw.’
  • Morgrim Sky – The Curse of Lord Nightshade

Third Prize:  7 Chocolate Pet Snacks

  • Tara WillowStalker
  • Amber Firecaster
  • Hunter Frost
  • Victoria Ice
  • Lucas Dragonslinger
  • Diana Rosestone
  • Alyssa Stormcloud
  • Keira Unicorn
  • Brandon Firesword
  • Alexis Golden

Congratulations to all the winners, thanks for your patience, and Happy Halloween everyone!!!  Now, to play some Wizard101!

Ditto is in the Avalon Catacombs in Wizard101!

Ditto is deep in the catacombs of Avalon, fighting goblins to find the Catacombs key for the Lady of the Lake!  Ditto hasn’t played Wizard101 much lately so this is supposed to be a ‘get back into it slowly’ kind of fight, but it doesn’t really work out that way, naturally… these storm enemies toss out some big guns early on!!  As part of his new strategy, Ditto is starting to rely on shields more than he did before, that’s for sure.

 

Contest – Spooky Wizard101 Stories with Ditto!

It’s October, which is Ditto’s FAVORITE time of year – it’s a favorite or all monsters really!  And of course, it’s a GREAT time of year in Wizard101 – they have so many fun Halloween themed events, with Spooky Bob’s quests, great costumes, and the Halloween-themed nightmare packs including the brand-new ‘Harrowing Nightmare Pack’!  It is also a great time for Halloween contests, and Ditto has a fun one!  Ditto loves spooky stories, and wants to hear some of your story ideas, but with a Wizard101 twist.  Like, instead of ‘The Headless Horseman’ it could be ‘The Headless Gobbler’, or instead of ‘Frankenstein’ maybe ‘Dworgynstein’ – you get the idea.

So send me your Wizard101 ‘Spooky Story’ title and a brief sentence of what the story is about!  Send it to dittocontest@gmail.com with the subject ‘Spooky Story’, and please make sure you include your wizard name!  The contest runs from now until Midnight EST on Saturday, October 25th.  Winners will be announces on Sunday October 26th.

Read the rest of this page »