Topic: Best Pets
This week's Best Pet comes to us from Gamesviller Itsyoli of Spring Valley, CA. Meet the muttering Captain Morgan!

Distinguishing Personality Traits

Itsyoli says, "This is our bird Captain Morgan, a male Sun Conure who has a lot of personality and who shows a lot of affection. The Captain loves eating ice cream and taking naps with us. We literally we have to rearrange the way we sleep around him so that he is safe to lay down with us. He does not speak very clearly but he does mumble all day. The only clear word he can make out is when he's told to stop doing something and clearly mimics 'NO!' We love him dearly."

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Topic: Hollywood

With the return of FOX's sci-fi series Fringe (airing Thursdays at 9:00 p.m. EST) we had the opportunity to talk with one of the show's stars Joshua Jackson about the progression of his character and what we can look forward to in the upcoming season.

Gamesville: What can you tell us about your characters particular story line this season?

Joshua: The entire first season for Peter and Walter was about this father and son reconnecting through the craziness of their circumstances and actually becoming something of a family.  And Season two has carried that forth. In the beginning Peter is really invested now in being part of this team and actually belonging to this Fringe family, but eventually he’s going to find out that this horrible happened to him as a child and that’s going to blow up his relationship with Walter and probably with Olivia I would imagine.  To me, that’s the great thing hanging over Peter the entire season and it gives me something to move toward as they go forward.

When we first met your character in season one we got a sense of this kind of dark background that you had, doing arms dealing and such. Will we get back to that this season?

Yes. We actually delved right into that very early in the season. We kept on hinting at it last year, but never showing it. Walter has as part of this Fringe team and we spent the first season explaining exactly why Olivia Dunham in particular, as opposed to any other FBI agent, had to be the center of this Fringe team. What we never really got into until the final episode was why it is specifically Peter that needs to be a part of this. Now that we’ve brought him in, this season we’ve gone a lot deeper into actually showing rather than just talking about this prior life that he had.

What is your reaction when you get the scripts and it’s some new crazy thing that they’re bringing into the story?

That’s the beauty of our show; if we don’t have a new crazy thing, something’s gone horribly wrong so I take it always as a positive thing. Each week it’s a little bit of a science lesson for the class, it’s a little bit of a vocabulary lesson for the class and it always presents you with some other kooky thing. The great thing about our show is that if we can dream it we can do it.

What do you enjoy more as an actor, when you get to do an episode in which there’s lots of action, fighting, racing around, when it’s crazy science elements or when it’s simply doing a scene with the cow?

It’s a little known fact that the cow’s a diva. I don’t know that I have a particular favorite. I think if I did any one of those things too much each one would become boring in their way. I would tell you that the thing I spend the time thinking about is trying to keep the dynamic between Peter and Walter truthful and growing, but the beauty of being on a television show is that you get to do a little bit of everything all the time.

Do you think that Peter and Olivia will have some sort of romantic? What are your feelings about that?

I feel like this is more of a family dynamic than a romantic dynamic. What’s unique and what’s great about our show is, as opposed to having just a leading man and a leading lady, you have this crazy father in the center of it. That would be a very, very awkward love triangle so I don’t think they’re going to go in that direction. I see Peter and Olivia as more brother and sister rather than lovers on this show. Where they’re going to take it, I have no idea, but for right now I run under the assumption that this is father, son, daughter rather than boyfriend, girlfriend, dad.

What does shooting the show in Vancouver actually add to the show?

The gray rainy-ness of it all actually seemed to add to sort of the natural moodiness of a show like Fringe; I think that’s a positive. Then whereas last year we were in New York, which has all of the obvious things that New York and that backdrop add, it’s difficult to shoot there because there are the other 14 million people that you have to deal with. It makes our production life, I think, a lot easier being up here, just the things that you’re allowed and capable of doing on the streets of Vancouver.

Fringe airs Thursdays, at 9:00 p.m. Eastern/Pacific Time on FOX.

Topic: Members
Gamesviller Tammyleemcnutt59 of Truro, Nova Scotia, recently won $445 playing CatchUp CoverAll.

What was her moment of victory like? What three songs could she listen to for the rest of her life? Find out below...

Gamesville: Congratulations! What was it like when you realized you won?
It was a complete shock when I realized that I won, I could hardly believe it! My husband was in the room with me and I'm pretty sure he thought I was kidding--until he came over and looked at the screen.

What will you spend your winnings on?
I love to shop so it won't be too hard to spend, maybe some earrings or shoes and a nice dinner out.

What do you do for a living?
I work in a bridal shop selling wedding gowns, tiaras, veils, etc. I like my job very much because it is fun and never boring. Exciting to help someone choose what they will be wearing on their special day.

What three songs could you listen to for the rest of your life?
In no particular order: The Beatles - Hey Jude (just a great song), Donny Osmond - Puppy Love (Donny was my teen idol) & George Strait - I Cross My Heart (my wedding song and I love it).

What do you treasure most in the world?
My children, my grandchildren and the relationship I have with my husband, who is the very best.

What does your Gamesville member name mean?
As you can see my member name is not very original (lol). It had to be something that I could remember, simply my name and the year I was born.

Thanks, Tammyleemcnutt59 - and congratulations again on your win!

Topic: Members

Congratulations to Gamesviller Sandy22green of Poland, IN, who scored $600 yesterday playing Magic 21. She was one of two BIG jackpots this weekend as Glorann2 of Westville, IN, took home $409 on Saturday playing CatchUp CoverAll.

Useless Facts!

Sandy22green's hometown of Poland, IN, is located near the city of Terre Haute, IN, home to Indiana State University. Indiana State is the first public university in Indiana to require incoming freshmen to have a laptop. ISU offers Dell laptops to incoming freshmen with high high school GPAs of 3.0 or higher (on a 4.0 scale) as part of its Laptop Initiative. Learn more about Indiana State University...

Topic: Weird Wire™

A 107-year-old Malaysian woman says she is ready to marry for the 23rd time because she fears her current husband might leave her for a younger woman. Wook Kundor made headlines four years ago when she married Muhammad Noor Che Musa, a man 70 years her junior in northern Terengganu state. As Kundor explains, "I am an aged woman. I don't have the body nor am I a young woman who can attract anyone." Read the full story at CNN.com...

Topic: News

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Congratulations to Gamesviller Cindyrellie of Stevensville, Michigan, who scored a big DOUBLE jackpot yesterday playing Magic 21. Why a double jackpot you ask? Because she's a card-carrying GV Gold member, her jackpot was instantly bumped from a cool $777, to a hot $1,554 in cash money!

Useless Facts!

Cindyrellie's hometown of Stevensville was quite literally built from the ground up by its founder Thomas L. Stevens. In 1869 Stevens, originally from Tyngsboro, Massachusetts, purchased 160 acres in an area just south of St. Joseph, Michigan. In exchange for having a railroad depot built on part of his land Mr. Stevens sold a portion of his acreage to the Chicago and West Michigan Lake Shore Railroad Company for the sum of $1.00. In 1870, Mr. Stevens laid the village plot now known as Stevensville. Learn more about Stevensville, MI...

Topic: Spam Bag

From time to time we get a lot of weird requests and spam mail in the GV Members Inbox. We decided the best way to deal with all the spammers isn't to just "Send To Trash" but to share in the fun of openly mocking them with you, the GV community! Today we received a puzzling opportunity from from Melody...

 

Dear Sir/Madam:   

Is pleasure to get contact you through the Internet, and to introduce our company product, and hope to establish good business relationship with you. We are specialized in Taiwan for 20 years of production history. With advanced technology, first-class quality, credit and competitive price, throughout the country of more than 20 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions in mainland of China . Our company is expanding the business to overseas, we are looking for overseas business agent, and the distributor, and we are looking forward you to join us!

(Our products have sold over the Thailand, Malaysia, India, Israel, Spain, Turkey, the overseas business of our company is in a first step, we need you help us to expand, no matter what you are foreign trade companies, spare parts distributer agents or individual entrepreneurs, all can contact us.Our products are easily Installation and Repair, there aren't any complex technical problems, if you need, our technical staff will teach you all about the products.)

Best wishes,

Melody

______

Hello Melody,

Just one question:

WHAT DOES YOUR COMPANY DO?

Thanks,

- Oh! Ryan Kelley
Gamesville Community Manager

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Topic: Members
Gamesviller Scottiedog_10 from across the pond in Edinburgh, Scotland, recently won $4132 while playing Magic 21, and took a few minutes out of her schedule to talk with us about her big win.

What was her moment of victory like? What are her favorite Gamesville games? Find out below...

Gamesville: Congratulations! What was it like when you realized you won?
I was shaking and so excited! I never dreamt it would be me that won. I was fortunate enough to have some friends from Magic 21 be there to share the big win with me.

What will you spend your winnings on?
First thing on the shopping list is a new computer so I can play more Gamesville games. I'm using my daughter's old laptop at the moment.

What do you do for a living?
I stay home and look after my daughter's three dogs while she works. Love to do it because I love dogs and the free time also lets me play more games during the day.

What three songs could you listen to for the rest of your life?
My favorite songs are: Mandy by Westlife, Nobodys Child by The Alexander Brothers' and I Will Survive by Tina Turner. Three great songs by great artists.

What do you treasure most in the world?
My family, friends and pets.

What does your Gamesville member name mean?
Scottie because I come from Scotland and dog because I love all dogs.

What game would you like to see Gamesville make next?
Not sure, I'm just happiest playing Magic 21 or Hot Streak Solitaire. That is where all my online friends spend their time.

Thanks, Scottiedog_10 - and congratulations again on your win!

Topic: Members
Congratulations to Gamesviller Njb0204 of Wheeling, West Virginia, who hit a MAX jackpot yesterday playing Three-Eyed Bingo and scored a huge $3,333 in fast cash!

Useless Facts!

Njb0204's hometown of Wheeling is referred to in an episode of the sitcom Family Ties, set in Columbus, Ohio, when Michael J. Fox's character Alex P. Keaton says, "let's go down to Wheeling, West Virginia," because the legal drinking age in West Virginia at the time was eighteen, while in Ohio the drinking age had been raised to twenty-one. Learn more about Wheeling, West Virginia...