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That Firehose: StarDrive, River City Ransom 2 ++

StarDrive is now officially released on Steam. If you love space battles with intense strategy, you need to check it out as well as my review with its creator.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/220660/
http://cheerfulghost.com/jdodson/posts/1085

Combit Studios is releasing the follow up to River City Random that will not be called River City Ransom 2. One of the most beloved NES titles is now getting a fresh new take.

http://combitstudios.com/2013/04/river-city-ransom-announced/

Portal 2: Dilapidation is a recent level pack for the awesome puzzle shooter. Taking place in the ruins of Aperture Labs the game looks fairly accessible and claims to only take about 3 hours to... Read All

Super Mario Bros. Crossover 3.0 trailer

Super Mario Bros. Crossover is getting a new version soon. There was a sequel to Super Mario Bros. released for the Sharp X1 computer in 1986. This new version adds those levels to the game. In addition, it adds more settings and music to the game, to make the levels look like they would have if they were in SMB2, 3, Super Mario World, Zelda, Castlevania, the list goes on.

The original Super Mario Bros. Crossover took the internet by storm a few years back when the creator, Jay Pavlina, posted a Let's Play of him playing the game. His humor got people watching the video, which made people want to play the game. You can see that here if you haven't. And if you haven't,... Read All

Coming Soon

What could this be?

We shall see.

Blue_Element wrote on 04/28/2013 at 09:01pm

I would buy hundreds of those and put them on anything magnetic.

BR Supporter wrote on 04/28/2013 at 10:11pm

I don't know why but I thought those were the little sugar cookies with the pictures on them at first...

Timogorgon Member wrote on 04/28/2013 at 11:29pm

Gimmie!

Travis Admin wrote on 04/29/2013 at 12:24am

BR, you're a genius. Cheerful Ghost bake sale, tomorrow at BR's house!

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 04/29/2013 at 12:55am

Bake sale! Haha, awesome.

BR Supporter wrote on 04/29/2013 at 01:45am

Let's do it! It'll be a puzzle too since you'll have to find my house. Maybe I'll make a riddle...

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 04/29/2013 at 01:50am

CLUE 1. ITS IN THE US!

CLUE 2. ITS A HOUSE.

END OF CLUES!

BR Supporter wrote on 04/29/2013 at 03:23am

CLUE 3: IT'S ABOVE GROUND!

figured that one is important :D

jwhitmire wrote on 04/29/2013 at 11:43pm

I have seen the future and it is exciting. It is also not in the past. Neither is it made of moldy potatoes.

Travis Admin wrote on 04/30/2013 at 12:40am

jwhitmire, I don't understand what you're saying, but I like the cut of your jib.

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Miiverse is Now Available Online

"Miiverse is a service accessible via Nintendo's Wii U game console that lets you communicate with other players from around the world."

Miiverse is the Wii U community for sharing content. Its interesting because it recently became available from any-ol browser. Its really cool to look through the content people have posted and so far seems to be user created fan art.

A few cool communities I have enjoyed:

Super Mario World: https://miiverse.nintendo.net/warawara/14866558073024996828

The Legend of Zelda Series: https://miiverse.nintendo.net/warawara/14866558073007174237

Its awesome to see Nintendo opening up its systems to a broader web.

https://miiverse.nintendo.net/

Escape from Burger Town

Zac Gorman, the one man wrecking-crew behind the awesome Magical Game Time series released a new web comic "Escape from Burger Town." Very cool and worth checking out. I really enjoy Gorman's style, even if I don't always know what he is trying to say with a given strip. Art need not be accessible to be compelling.

http://escapefromburgertown.tumblr.com/
http://magicalgametime.com/

Money, Money, Money!

http://images.bestbuy.com/BestBuy_US/images/products/6577/6577073_sa.jpg

Earlier this month I bought a new laptop from Best Buy. Just received a $25 Rewards Zone reward certificate.

I think I'll roll that into a $50 Steam card and get it half-off lol.

Just a random post today. Yay for free money!

jdodson Admin wrote on 04/26/2013 at 05:43pm

THIS POST HAS BEEN FLAGGED BY YOUR WEB CLIENT AS SPAM!

*clicks not SPAM*

Though, in all seriousness thats totally awesome. Let me know what you get.

AdamPFarnsworth Post Author wrote on 04/26/2013 at 05:51pm

LOL, sorry to spam man ;)

jdodson Admin wrote on 04/26/2013 at 05:52pm

No, just the title "MONEY, MONEY, MONEY." Its cool :D

jdodson Admin wrote on 04/26/2013 at 05:53pm

After I read that I was like, what? Money? Can I get money from Zimbabwei from my long lost uncle?

scrypt Supporter wrote on 04/26/2013 at 07:51pm

Free money is probably the best money. Preferable to blood money, or dirty money, and especially Monopoly money. Happy shopping!

jdodson Admin wrote on 04/26/2013 at 08:23pm

I don't know... Dirty money is just regular money that isn't yet cleaned right?

Bueller, Bueller...

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Portland OMSI After Dark

Last night I went to OMSI After Dark. The After Dark events up the age restriction to 21 and serve some local beer and wine as well as some local delicatessen selections. They also have an area dedicated to local the local Portland gaming scene.

Last nights event featured a wall of retro games sponsored by Ground Kontrol and the upcoming Portland Retro Gaming Expo. Also showing was Guardian Games as well as the Portland Indie Game Squad. I was able to play a few awesome Indie Games from local PDX'ers such as Clobbr, Major Magnet and PewPewPewPewPewPewPewPewPew.

Clobbr

The video featured above are peoples reactions to playing Clobbr. TOTAL SELF PROMOTION WARNING I am the... Read All

Xbox set to announce "A New Generation"

http://image.engage.xbox.com/lib/feca167070610c7c/m/4/13890-A-3.gif

Microsoft is now emailing teasers about "A New Generation" to be revealed May 21st 10am PDT streaming on xbox.com and Xbox Live #XboxReveal

Travis Admin wrote on 04/24/2013 at 08:06pm

What are you talking about? We already revealed it!

http://cheerfulghost.com/Travis/posts/927

Sarcasm, sarcasm.

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 04/24/2013 at 08:13pm

New Generation...

YBox?

scrypt Supporter wrote on 04/25/2013 at 03:51am

Here's hoping...

jdodson Admin wrote on 04/25/2013 at 04:48pm

Honestly, if they called it the YBox and did the always online thing I could forgive them for that.

YBox. WHYYYY?

scrypt Supporter wrote on 04/25/2013 at 08:53pm

They should just blow people's mind with the CardboardBox, and make it a mighty board game experience. Keeping it real, for Microsoft, is a little out of character, though.

Travis Admin wrote on 04/25/2013 at 09:07pm

The next Xbox will be always on... your coffee table.

scrypt Supporter wrote on 04/25/2013 at 09:27pm

Haha! See, it could totally work for them! Then we could finally play something worthwhile using our avatars.

jdodson Admin wrote on 04/26/2013 at 02:42am

@Travis: YBox always on your coffee table... awesome. :D

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Infographic: Console Prices Adjusted for Inflation

Whew, did anyone buy own a Neo Geo or 3DO? I remember totally thinking it looked like hot shit in the store but I can't think of any game people really raved about on those platforms. What impressed me most about the 3DO was that it could play video in a game, that totally blew my mind. Come to find out just slapping some video in a game didn't really make it awesome but then again how else would we get games like Sewer Shark?

I picked up a PS3 well after its launch and on a pretty awesome sale for $250. It came with Guitar Hero III and a $50 Best Buy gift card a very good deal. Now I am wondering how much the PS4 and Next Box will ship for on launch day?

hardeyez wrote on 04/24/2013 at 07:15pm

Wow, Sewer Shark ... I was so excited about that game, until I was able to play it in store and was bored after 15min...

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 04/25/2013 at 12:02am

Yeah, some games don't always translate to be as awesome as they seem at first. I am kind of glad my parents didn't have a ton of money to spend on the latest "hot" consoles as if I had my way I would have bought that junk.

CapnCurry Supporter wrote on 04/26/2013 at 05:36am

The one I had a hole in my heart for was the Game Gear. Never got my hands on it, but spent a couple years just imagining how awesome it would be to have video games somewhere other than home. Funny to think how these days the more novel experience is being somewhere you *don't* have access to video games.

Not "better", mind you. Just more novel. :)

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 04/26/2013 at 04:37pm

The Game Gear was cool. A friend of mine had one. The color part was pretty epic but it had a few downsides to the Game Boy.

* It was huge compared to the Game Boy. Makes sense, it had a color screen and all. But it felt really big in my junior high hands.
* Mortal Kombat was really choppy and slow. None of the Game Boy games I played felt like that.
* If memory serves the battery life wasn't as good. Again, more things to power so that makes sense.

CapnCurry Supporter wrote on 04/26/2013 at 05:21pm

I wasn't really thinking about battery life, and never saw Mortal Kombat. The real big comparison I had to make was between the Game Boy's Mario game - cool, but not whoa - and the Game Gear's Sonic the Hedgehog, which at the time was pretty Whoa.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 04/26/2013 at 05:28pm

Yeah the Mario Land that shipped with the Game Boy is pretty low rad compared to sonic on the Game Gear.

That said, the Game Boy launched a year earlier than the Game Gear and compared to the Tiger Electronics handhelds, the Game Boy Mario Land was mind blowing. That said, many games came later like Link to the Past and Warioland 6 Golden Coins that really showcased what the Game Boy could do.

But yeah, compared to Mario Land, Sonic was way more impressive.

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Chiptopia: The Best of 8 Bit Weapon & ComputeHer

"This collection covers over a decade of groundbreaking work by the chipmusic bands 8 Bit Weapon & ComputeHer. After 14 years, 5 tours, and countless studio albums between them, 8 Bit Weapon & ComputeHer has amassed a healthy body of work. This album represents the best of their combined efforts in chipmusic."

If you love chipmusic and want to check out some good stuff you may not otherwise be familiar with I recommend the recent collab album by 8 Bit Weapon & ComputeHer called "Chiptopia." It is over at Bandcamp and you can pay what you wish for the music. Really enjoyed this on my first run through.

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