I said last week in my contest update that if any lovely folks in the blogosphere chose to mention my free video game contest on their respective blogs that they would likely receive some link love in return on What’s Up Wednesdays. Only three people took advantage of this offer, to my knowledge, so the offer will stay on the table for one more week.

The first guy to mention my contest on his blog was Jorge, who also happens to be the top commentator thus far for January. (Here’s his post about the contest.) His blog might not be in English, but he has a handy translation button in the sidebar that’ll switch that up for you. Not that you need to read anything in his recent post comparing celebrities with Dragon Ball Z characters. I don’t know. I’m not digging Leo DiCaprio as Trunks.

The root of all evil himself, John Chow, mentioned the video game contest as part of his miscellaneous ramblings. Like me, he’s going around enjoying the Dine Out Vancouver festivities, recently enjoying a romantic dinner at Elixir (presumably with Sarah). Looks deliciously trendy!

When he’s not too busy designing awesome WordPress themes, Nate Whitehill dishes out some mentions in the ‘sphere, including a note about the Pirates of the Burning Sea contest. He hasn’t been updating his blog as often as he should be, but one of his most recent posts is also one of the most revealing: Why I Started Blogging…From Motivation to Game Plan.

CES buddy Stephen Fung is learning how to take pictures all over again, and one of his biggest goals to avoid using the flash for better-looking pictures, particularly indoors and under less than ideal lighting conditions. After tweaking the ISO, shutter speed, aperture, and exposure compensation on his point-and-shoot Canon, he’s quite happy with the results.

Although I’ve never met him in person, Carl Nelson sounds like quite the interesting fellow. He’s got to be looking for attention from the ladies, because he has devised a weightlifting plan that focuses on hypertrophy specific training. He wants to PUMP you up! OK, that reference to SNL just doesn’t work on the Internet.