{"id":655,"date":"2011-10-11T01:45:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-11T01:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/10\/glitch-where-webkinz-meets-dr-seuss-in-the-shire.html"},"modified":"2011-10-11T01:45:00","modified_gmt":"2011-10-11T01:45:00","slug":"glitch-where-webkinz-meets-dr-seuss-in-the-shire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/10\/glitch-where-webkinz-meets-dr-seuss-in-the-shire.html","title":{"rendered":"Glitch: Where Webkinz Meets Dr. Seuss in The Shire!"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/div>\n

The GeekMoms drew me into this new world of video gaming: the MMORPG.<\/p>\n

“The WHAT?”<\/p>\n

I know, many of my readers (hi Mom and Dad!) may not have heard that term, so allow me to educate you.  MMORPG = Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A couple fellow GeekMoms got to be alpha- and beta-testers for this new game called Glitch<\/a>.  It went public on September 27th, and is amazingly addictive!  If you know a player, you can get in pretty quickly, but if not, it’s about a 48-hour wait for the official invitation once you give them your e-mail address.<\/p>\n

Once you’re in, you choose your avatar, undergo a little keyboard\/mouse-ology on how to navigate the Glitch-world, and then you’re set out into the wild.<\/p>\n

Like Webkinz<\/a>, you’re responsible for the care and feeding of your avatar (grow\/buy food, earn money, make a living, get educated, get a house, etc.), and the visuals are similar to an elaborate Dr. Seuss novel!<\/p>\n

I set up two accounts, one is my own avatar, and the other is one that the boys can use (I control the login and password, of course!) <\/p>\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Here’s my Glitch window from this morning.  Impressive that this is all web-based, so I can play from anywhere (dangerous!).  I’m standing in the center of the space, with my dusty-rose colored hair and all.  My name is “Scruffette” (Jacob’s idea), and you can see here that I’m chatting with fellow GeekMom “ChaosMandy” in a window on the right.  she was giving me some help with how to earn enough money to buy a house.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Check out GeekMom Lissa’s review of the game<\/a>, she was a beta-tester and is now on level 10,000 or something like that now….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The GeekMoms drew me into this new world of video gaming: the MMORPG. “The WHAT?” I know, many of my readers (hi Mom and Dad!) may not have heard that term, so allow me to educate you.  MMORPG = Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game. A couple fellow GeekMoms got to be alpha- and beta-testers for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[],"tags":[12],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ycQ0-az","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":696,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/12\/the-annual-holiday-open-house-cute-party-idea-and-recipes-to-share.html","url_meta":{"origin":655,"position":0},"title":"The Annual Holiday Open House…Cute Party Idea and Recipes to Share","date":"23 December 11","format":false,"excerpt":"Why invest in those complicated key-ring-like wine charms when you might have a house full of THESE?I'd heard about it from one of the GeekMoms. \u00a0I can't remember whether it was on GeekMom itself, or one of the GeekMoms referencing another website with this idea.I went through my kids' THOUSANDS\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"christmas\"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-ldRgV7gnPgA\/TvS4X1eMHqI\/AAAAAAABcTI\/WwUvz71ediQ\/s640\/IMG_6358.JPG?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":606,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/07\/google-good-idea-or-bad-idea.html","url_meta":{"origin":655,"position":1},"title":"Google+: Good Idea or Bad Idea?","date":"07 July 11","format":false,"excerpt":"I use that line with my kids a lot when they're making questionable decisions. \u00a0If one of them is feeding grass clumps to the dog, I'll ask \"Good idea? \u00a0Or bad idea?\" \u00a0Usually that's enough to make them think before continuing.I got a (not-quite sanctioned) invitation to join Google+, Google's\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"blogging\"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/9.mshcdn.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/introducing-google\/google-plus-logo-640.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1479,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2012\/10\/out-of-my-comfort-zone-the-erin-gray-interview-on-geekmom.html","url_meta":{"origin":655,"position":2},"title":"Out of My Comfort Zone: The Erin Gray Interview on GeekMom","date":"17 October 12","format":false,"excerpt":"I did something completely out of my comfort zone recently. I interviewed somebody and then wrote about the interview for GeekMom. It had nothing to do with meteorology or the Air Force -- so it was pretty tough for me. Because I had applied for media access to attend Dragon*Con\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"dragon*con\"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/DSC_0360-e1350356309554-1024x757.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":719,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2012\/03\/the-hunger-games-movie-the-odds-are-definitely-in-its-favor.html","url_meta":{"origin":655,"position":3},"title":"The Hunger Games Movie…The Odds are Definitely in its Favor","date":"24 March 12","format":false,"excerpt":"This was at the Rave theater near Cordova Mall in Pensacola. \u00a0Someone had a good time making this out of posters. Today I did something very anti-social. \u00a0I went BY MYSELF to a movie. \u00a0I can't remember the last time I did that. \u00a0I just didn't feel like coordinating with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"books\"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-ApbpixCXl6k\/T20wQaif08I\/AAAAAAABg_s\/-WUKbulugyw\/s640\/IMG_2723.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":680,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/11\/nablopomo-fail.html","url_meta":{"origin":655,"position":4},"title":"NaBloPoMo FAIL","date":"21 November 11","format":false,"excerpt":"Why I FAILED to post yesterday, and thus FAILED at the NaBloPoMo contest for this year.1.) I was playing Glitch quite a bit on Sunday. \u00a0I was trying to earn enough money for a super-big new house and that took about 3 hours of my day.2.) I was busy with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"blogging\"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-5d6bRv3b9sg\/TspsgV3GVXI\/AAAAAAABbtI\/JUHoWsiGVFI\/s400\/IMG_6185.JPG?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":589,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/06\/happy-belated-fathers-day.html","url_meta":{"origin":655,"position":5},"title":"Happy Belated Father’s Day!","date":"20 June 11","format":false,"excerpt":"Happy Belated Father's Day to any of my Dad readers! \u00a0We were happy to get to spend time with Dave's Dad early in the day at Dave's family reunion in Pennsylvania, then we drove down to my parents' house in West Virginia in time for dinner with my Dad. Earlier\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"blogging\"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-RmP52g4aKw0\/Tf-YB1BEpLI\/AAAAAAABWzk\/CmFBGyihTFg\/s400\/Dave_layout.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}