Cash for the Quest

So, I've set myself a quest, a Quest for the Ultimate Gaming Set-up, Ultimate in the way that I'll own all the current consoles and the equipment to fully enjoy it.

The one aspect I don't think I've touched upon in describing my quest is how exactly I'm going to make all this money online. So I thought I'd telly up all my current online earnings along with descriptions of the programs I use and how I use them. I actually really suck at making money online and I can only imagine what people with real talent could possibly earn online.

My total online earnings, what I used to earn it and how I earned it.

Google AdSense - Total Paid $866.69 - Currently 0wed $98.43.
The perfect all rounder, got a site, a blog, add AdSense to it, generate traffic to the sites and you should earn something, all a visitor needs to do is click on an ad and you'll earn some money.

King of Swords - Currently Owed $56.95.
Pick products to promote and generate targeted traffic to your affiliate links, 10% starting commission per sale.

AffiliateFuture - Currently Owed $ 76.00.
Pick products and services to promote, there's quite a few "lead" opportunities available, such as email submit programs, a visitor to your site submits their email and you get paid $1 a pop.

Chitika - Total Paid $47.68 - Currently Owed $5.09.
A lot like AdSense but there's a lot of other options available. Set it and forget it for the most part, works best on product related sites.

Amazon - Total Paid $116.42 - Currently Owed $94.95.
Pick from thousands of products to promote, generate targeted traffic and hopefully send them a buyer, starting commission 4%.

WidgetBucks - Total Paid $51.20 - Currently Owed $1.41.
Kind of like AdSense and Chitika, set it and forget it, works best on product related sites.

PayU2blog - Total Paid $715.
A payed to blog service, they pay me $5 to make a blog post, most of the assignments deal with Real Estate, drug rehab and sinks, great money earner if you're not to worried about selling your sole.

Revver - Total Paid $133.93 - Currently Owed $ 5.43.
A video sharing site that shares it's earnings with its users.

Payperpost - Total Paid $200.00.
Just like PayU2blog, only the payments vary per post based on the status of your site.

Text Link Ads - Total Paid $325.54 - Currently Owned $36.90.
Sell links on you site for a monthly fee, just keeps ticking over and I have no idea how to stop it.

Misc Stuff - $260

Total paid out so far: $2456.46, most of this has already been spent, so it doesn't count towards the quest.
Total owed to me: $635.16, this amount will go towards the quest.

So I've actually got enough for a PS3, but I think I'll hold off until I have enough for an HD-TV. There are loads of other ways to make cash online, it is possible, all this money I've earned for the most part is not from Game Junker but other blogs and sites I work on. It's all about web estate, create some blogs, let them mature and grow and eventually your earnings will as well, it's a little bit more involved than that, but if you can get the traffic you'll make the cash.

Will Little Big Planet be as big as Youtube?

Can anyone else see this happening? The tools are there for the insomniac geniuses to create marvelous creations and to garner evangelical followers, while the rest of us browse through a myriad of crappy levels only to return to the stars. Once in awhile a level will appear that's the hot shit, everyone will have to play through it, share it, but once everyone's had their fill it'll be onto the next hot thing.

Stars will rise and fall, cliques will form and eventually everyone will be rude as fuck.

Judging by the reactions of the recent beta release, Little Big Planet looks to be a solid and polished game, all it needs now is the no-life creation stations and it'll be set to be as big as Youtube.

I'm Aiming for a PS3 Next

Seeing that I now own at least one gaming system, the Sony PSP, I think I'll set my sites a Playstation 3 next. The only thing with choosing a nex-gen console like that beast is I'm going to need a beast of a TV to fully enjoy it, so I guess I'm aiming for a PS3 and a nice HDTV.

So all up I need to earn me about $3000 online, convert that from U.S to NZ dollars and it should be more than enough.

How am I going to do this, well if you're interested in buying a PS3 or an HDTV as well, why not head over to Amazon using the links below and buy em, I'll get a commission if you do and I'll be that little bit closer to my gaming bliss.

Faze one of the ultimate gaming quest complete

So if you're still following Game Junker (haven't posted in awhile and probably never had any followers) you may remember that I was on a quest to own the ultimate gaming set-up by the end of 2007 using only money I managed to earn online, well that date rolled on by and I had nothing to show for it, no PS3, no 360, dang I didn't even have a T.V.

What had happened was my priorities changed and I used that money to go on a Christmas vacation, I had earned enough online to buy at least a 360 and PS3, or a nice HD-TV.

So after failing it I just plum forgot about it, until a few weeks ago when I got an online payment and used that money to buy a PSP, didn't even occur to me until now that I had completed faze one of my quest, at least now I own a gaming platform.

So after that realization I now know My Quest is On again.

So lets go over the Specs:

What I want:

*Prices are subject to come down and are quoted in $NZ and remember I want to buy this stuff only with money I earn online.

1. Playstation 3 80Gb - $799
2. Xbox 360 - Average price $600
3. Wii - Around $500
4. Nintendo DS - About $200
5. HD LCD TV - Around $2000 give or take some.
6. Gaming PC - Maybe $5000
   
7. Furniture for comfort, cabinet and chair - Maybe another $2000
   

Holy crap that's a lot, comes in at just over $11,000, so I'm gonna need some time to make it happen or I could just work harder online, time to get into affiliate marketing. So I'm gonna give myself a year to get to job done.

Wish me luck,

Rand

Connectivity, the downfall of the Xbox

Who would have thought... this really is the year of the PlayStation 3. With sales up across the board for the PS3, with Microsoft seemingly fumbling with every step they take, who would have thought.

It makes me think what is Microsoft really up to? was the 360 just a spanner in the works of Sony's plans, are they trying to buy time to usher in the age of digital distribution. What is it? because frankly the Xbox 360 seems almost dead.

I feel it would be a huge mistake for Microsoft to dismiss connectivity, their HD-DVD player was an add-on for crumpets sake. The direction Sony is going in is all about connectivity and perfecting it, their PSPs hook up with PS3s, PSPs hook up with Blu-ray recorders, their PS3s will hook up with cell phones, PS3s will record Live T.V, Cameras, memory cards, Wi-Fi, the list goes on.

And who will be ready for Digital Distribution? Sony will. Microsoft has missed a step and forgotten all about where people will store their downloads.

Microsoft on their console, Sony everywhere.

Chad Warden back online eating sushi in new video

So this is what happend to Chad Warden, is it really him though? Anyway this is for you dude, for you!!!

Chad Warden eats wasabi - NEW VIDEO


Here's the old pstriple video if you forgot who he is.

Why PS3 is better than the Wii and 360

Dead Fantasy 2

This is part two of the great Dead Fantasy Video, a fan made movie putting the characters of Final Fantasy up against the characters of Dead or Alive.

Why aren't some video games as awesomely action packed as Dead Fantasy.