Topic: Best Pets

This week's Best Pet is Casper from McKenize, TN. 

Pet Name: Casper

 

Pet Owner: Gamesviller hardsangel

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Distinguishing Personality Traits:

hardsangel says, "Casper is a mini poodle. He hates to be alone. If we leave him at home alone, he will tear up his toys or anything he can get ahold of.   He loves to play ... he will stand in the middle of the floor and keep looking at us till we play with him.  When he wants a treat, he will look up to where the treats are and look at us until he gets one. He will even walk on back legs to get a treat.  He is very lovable!"

And he sounds talented as well!

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Topic: Avatars

This week's Best Avatar is from Cawblimey  (pictured at left) from Staffordshire in the U.K., who looks like he's been doing a little "runnin' with the devil."

Cawblimey says, "Everybody can be the angel they want to be, but deep down inside there is always a devilish side trying to escape. This also goes for myself.
That's why my avatar has been created this way." 

 

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Topic: Jokes

Gamesviller "gabby2lilpunk" from St. Petersburg, Florida sends us this joke:

A duck walked into a store and asked the manager, "Do you have any quackas?"

The manager said, "No, we don't have any quackas," and the duck left.

The next day he came back and said to the manager, "Do you have any quackas?" and the manager said, "No, we don't have any quackas," and once again the duck left.

He came back for the thrid time and said, "Do you have any quackas?" and the manager said, "No we don't have any quackas and the next time you come here asking for quackas I'm going to staple your feet to my desk!" So the duck left.

A few days later the duck returned and asked the manager, "Do you have any staples?" and the manager said, "No, we don't have any staples," and then the duck said, "Well, then do you have any quackas?"

 

For sharing this gem with us, gabby2lilpunk scored herself 500 GV Rewards.

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Topic: Weird Wire™

Its a bird! Its a plane! Its ... a Labrador Retriever!  You may have thought there was no such thing as a flying dog, but a Florida pup aptly named Jet recently found himself airborn. From the article: Police and Jet's owners and vet say the 2-year-old dog accidentally leaped over a parking garage railing on New Year's Eve and walked away from the landing — 60 to 80 feet below. Just don't let that dog near copious amounts of Kryptonite!

Topic: Technical Difficulties

Update: Feb 19, 3:00PM est

Site stability has been restored. Thanks very much for your patience as we dealt with this rolling "black out" over the last 48 hours. If you experience anything abnormal from this point forward, please let us know.

Feb 18, 8:17PM est 

Please be advised: Some game rooms are experiencing technical difficulties that are causing games to load very slowly for some players. Our network team is aware of the situation and is investigating. (Download games and Cash Competitions are not affected.) We very much appreciate your patience as we work with various internal and external parties to resolve this issue.

Topic: Best Pets

This week's Best Pet is Melanie from Gordon, AL.  Useless fact:  The name Melanie was derived from the Greek and means "black" or "dark."

Pet Name: Melanie

 

Pet Owner: Gamesviller hotmemaw2006

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Distinguishing Personality Traits:

hotmemaw2006 says, "Melanie started out as my sister's cat. but when I moved in with my sister and her husband, she adopted me as her mommy. She loves to sleep with me at night. She also loves to sit on my lap while I watch TV on the couch. Melanie is 3 yrs old. She originally came from a family with 6 kids."

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Topic: Avatars

This week's Best Avatar is from Rachespina  (pictured at left) from Carmi, IL.

Rachespina says, "I think I have the best avatar because of the holiday coming up.  My avatar is getting ready for her big Valentine's Day - I always like to be ready for it.  We have a dog that looks like the one by the avatar.  I really like Gamesville and have won on the Bingo Zone and hope to win some more!"

Thanks, Rachespina!  We hope you - and all Gamesvillers - are having a lovely Valentine's Day.

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Topic: Holiday Flare

Happy Valentine's Day from your friends at Gamesville.com!

Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments; love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove.
O, no, it is an ever fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the start to every wand'ring bark,
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come;
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.

 

Topic: Members

Gamesviller "Bob1951" of Olyphant, PA won $1,000  in the Monthly Sweepstakes. Congratulations, Bob1951!

GV: What will you spend your winnings on?
bob1951: On vacation!

What are your favorite games on Gamesville? Why?
Sharkey's Pool and Bottle Rocket ... I like to play against othes.

What is your favorite movie?
Magnum Force

When not on Gamesville, what are your favorite ways to spend time?
Reading, watching HDTV, and golf. 

Topic: Hollywood

Yesterday, we shared with you the first half of our conversation with Christina Ricci about her new movie "Penelope."  Here is the second half:

Q: What was it about the script that originally appealed to you?

A: It was the message and the way the message was framed and presented. [The screenwriter] uses the fairy tale structure, which we're all so familiar with, and assume we know what's coming next. But she flips it on its head, and this drives a very important message home in a way that is not preachy or patronizing or manipulative. That, to me, is great.

Q: What fairy tales or movies with messages you did you feel strongly about growing up?

A: I feel like even Disney movies had morals to teach us. I was really enamored by all of the Hans Christian Andersen books. The Ugly Duckling, I love, and the Hans Christian Andersen Little Mermaid was my favorite.

Q: This is not the first time you've taken on a role that has supernatural elements. What about that intrigues you?

A: I've always loved fantasy. I was a big sci-fi/fantasy geek when I was a teenager. I've always wanted to be in a fantasy kind of film. I am naturally sort of attracted to things that are a little bit out of this world.

Q: Do you find that your fans have your sensibilities?

I hear people say, "I know what you're doing...there's got to be something interesting about it." There couldn't be a more flattering thing to say.

Q: In the film, Penelope is chased by photographers. What do you think of all of the paparazzi and tabloids and all of the gossip sites?

One thing people don't necessarily understand about actors is that [gossip] can actually have an effect on their careers. [An actor's career] doesn't seem as real as, you know somebody's job at a big company ... but the fact is, sometimes these people, when they're really mean or really slanderous, they are hurting the way someone supports themselves or their families.

Q: Have you had experiences with paparazzi like your character?

A: I've decided that the best approach is to be friendly and nice. When there are four cars following you, I like to view us all as sort of a caravanning team. [laughs] I'll talk to them, I'll pull up and roll down my window and ask, "Is there anything specific you're out here for today? Because I'm just going to run errands." And they'll usually say, "No no no, we just want some fashion shots." But I find that if you are nice to people, they are generally nice back. Its going to happen anyway, so why allow it to drive you crazy. Unless you have something you really don't want people taking pictures of.