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The History of Zelda Documentary

Nintendo Published a History of Zelda Documentary that was originally released to Japan. A few years ago some members at Zelda Informer translated it and posted it to YouTube for your viewing pleasure. It's a really great run through of the series and winds things up talking about Wind Waker and a very lengthy discussion with the games creator Shigeru Miyamoto. The captioning isn't large so you might have to squint some but it's a good documentary I recommend.

Head on over to the time machine because it's time to hit the nostalgia button!

Fallout 4 system specs have been released

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Finally, we get to hear how much we need to pay to upgrade our rigs for Fallout 4!

And really, it's not that bad:

Minimum
Windows 7/8/10 (64-bit OS required)
Intel Core i5-2300 2.8 GHz/AMD Phenom II X4 945 3.0 GHz or equivalent
8 GB RAM
30 GB free HDD space
NVIDIA GTX 550 Ti 2GB/AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB or equivalent

Recommended
Windows 7/8/10 (64-bit OS required)
Intel Core i7 4790 3.6 GHz/AMD FX-9590 4.7 GHz or equivalent
8 GB RAM
30 GB free HDD space
NVIDIA GTX 780 3GB/AMD Radeon R9 290X 4GB or equivalent

I'm finally nearing the "minimum" on new games, but at least I got this one!

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Azurephile Super Member wrote on 10/09/2015 at 03:50am

Awesome, I've been waiting for these. It looks like my PC should run it fine on recommended settings. I guess it's time to pre-order!

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 10/09/2015 at 03:52am

From what everyone has been saying, these minimum specs are almost definitely higher than you actually need to play it, and the recommended specs are almost definitely higher than you need to max it. Game companies want to make SURE that their advertised specs will run as specified, so they beef them up a bit.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 10/09/2015 at 03:56am

I just pre-ordered! That GTX 780 seems to be on par with my GTX 690.

jdodson Admin wrote on 10/09/2015 at 07:49pm

This looks like it will run fine on my current PC. Interesting to see Windows 7 at the bottom of the minimum Windows version level

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 10/09/2015 at 07:56pm

Anyone getting it on Steam? If so, are you going to buy the Season Pass? I haven't, though it's tempting. I may wait until I see what DLC comes out or is planned. I haven't bought very many Season Passes. What do you think about those? Do you get them?

jdodson Admin wrote on 10/09/2015 at 07:59pm

Yeah, I am going to get it on Steam the day before to pre-load it because there is no incentive to pre-order. I might buy the season pass depending on if I am playing it by then and need more of what they are adding. I have bought one season pass before for Bioshock Infinite and I really liked that quite a bit.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 10/09/2015 at 09:04pm

I remember seeing the original pre-order bonus, which was a Pip-Boy that uses an iPhone or something that I don't have nor want, so I didn't want it. I wanted to see the system requirements to make sure it'd be fine on my PC, thus I have pre-ordered. A pre-order bonus would have been nice, but I'm ok with that.

The game is coming out in 1 month and 1 day, isn't that exciting?!

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 10/10/2015 at 03:47am

I'll get the season pass because I know I'm going to want the DLC and that gets it to me for cheaper.

The physical Pip-Boy wasn't a pre-order bonus, it was part of a special edition.

jdodson Admin wrote on 10/10/2015 at 03:11pm

Travis was there a discount? I don't see one on steam.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 10/10/2015 at 05:24pm

Was there a discount for what?

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 10/10/2015 at 05:29pm

Oh, you mean for the season pass? No, there's no discount for the season pass. What I meant was that the season pass IS a discount. You get a bunch of DLC for one price that's lower than the total price you'd pay by buying them individually.

JaBo wrote on 10/10/2015 at 06:00pm

I never beat FallOut 3, should I keep playing that one before getting into FallOut 4? Also, my new laptop has a GTX 965M so I'm good =] It's so nice going from my desktop with a geforce 9600GT to this new one. Was a long overdue upgrade.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 10/10/2015 at 06:29pm

JaBo, it's possible there will be some plot references, but it doesn't seem like it will be a direct story sequel.

jdodson Admin wrote on 10/11/2015 at 05:03pm

I'd say play Fallout 3 in as much as you are drawn to. For me, I really loved the game and basically mainlined it until the end. Beyond the DLC where you "wake up" and continue on through the story, I didn't really do much beyond completing many of the quests and exploring the wasteland.

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Broforce Will Leave Early Access On October 15th As We All Sing The Ballad Of Rambro

Broforce will launch on Steam October 15th and will add a whole slew of campaign missions set to defeat the devil. Wait... as in king Diablo himself? Like Satan incarnate?

The full launch of America’s favorite freedom simulator will include a new set of challenging campaign missions as the bros charge into Satan’s stronghold for a final confrontation in hell with the dark lord himself!

Oh hell yes.

So grab that American flag and your favorite beer to cozy up to Steam because the devil needs a freedom paddlin'.

My Current Hearthstone Decks

Rarely a day goes by where I don't play a few matches of Hearthstone. It's a great game and I still find the matches engaging and fun. I recently just got to a point where I have 4 decks that net me consistent wins in Casual and I felt they were worth sharing. Feel free to share your decks too, i'd love to see what people are playing with.

First things first, I am a free to play pleb that's only been seriously playing since the game dropped on mobile. Also these decks are not put together to be competitive on ranked. I play enough ranked to get the new card back but I am not good enough to do well there. Someday perhaps, but not right now.

Paladin Control Deck

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Prison Architect Officially Goes 1.0 - Early Access Done Right

In world with very disappointing early access games it's nice to point to one and realize it was done right. I picked up Prison Architect in 2013 after a very positive review of Alpha 10 by Chris Schetter. At the time it was a lot more simple but even then it had enough gameplay to hook me. After the next updates came I decided to pause my play of it because it seemed like they had a ton to add and I wanted to pick it up in closer to 1.0. As luck would have it, it seems I can head back and start managing my prison again.

Starcraft 2 Legacy of the Void Patch 3.0 Drops Prologue Campaign Free For Everyone

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Blizzard dropped a huge 3.0 patch to Starcraft 2 today. This brought a some new changes including an entire redesign of the user interface. It also preps current Starcraft 2 players to get all the files they will need for the expansion come launch day. Blizz has also now made the new Legacy of the Void prologue missions "Whispers of Oblivion" free for everyone. I just finished up the first mission and it was a frantic ride with the Protoss. The into cinematic and first prolog mission really set the stage for the upcoming campaign and if this mission is a taste of what we have in store for the main campaign, it will be great.

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Interview With Tiny Horse Games Tyler Edwards And Hagen Deloss On Mimic Arena

One of the things I want to spend more time doing is interviewing game developers making great games. Portland has a very active local game scene and I plan on giving it more attention over the upcoming months. Some of my local friends over at Tiny Horse Games are working on a local couch multiplayer platform shooter that is so frantically fun it gives me some of the original Unreal Tournament feels. I reached out to Tyler and Hagen to do an interview with us and after a great PAX showing and a few local cons later they had time in their indie rock development life to talk to us about making games.

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Cheerful Ghost 3.0 - Even Better Than The Real Thing

Now that Starship Rubicon has been launched into orbit I want to focus some attention to Cheerful Ghost. As a community we've come really far on this current site and technology platform but I have some ideas on ways to improve things that should help us out quite a bit. Over the last couple months i've sent out some emails to community members where we've discussed ideas i've had but I want to now ask everyone together.

What kinds of things do you want to see Cheerful Ghost do? Is there something you do on the site now you'd like to see improved? Is there something you'd like us to get into? We are a community and as such i'd like to hear your ideas and work on the... Read All

Travis Admin wrote on 10/07/2015 at 02:19am

The ability to write about a game without it being on your list would be great. If I see some news about some game that I want to share, before I do that I have to go through the process of adding it to my list first. I can add them to many different lists, but what if I absolutely hated the Fallout series (I know, heresy) and wanted to share something about Fallout 4? I'd have to pretend that I want it or own it before I write about it.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 10/07/2015 at 02:50am

That's a great suggestion Travis, added that to the list thanks!

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 10/07/2015 at 08:14am

I totally agree with Travis! I remember at least one time I wanted to write about a game, but it didn't show up on my list of games to write about and I asked you to add it, but he pointed me in the right direction and reminded me that I had to add the game to the list of games I own.

Being able to edit comments would be cool! That way we wouldn't have to delete a whole comment just to fix one little typo or whatever. Someone else said that and I've realized that's a cool idea.

I sometimes think of things and even if they don't get implemented or if someone shows me how my idea isn't that great, I appreciate you being open.

Thanks for providing a GREAT site!

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 10/07/2015 at 04:24pm

I agree with Greg's agreement with Travis.

Travis Admin wrote on 10/07/2015 at 08:19pm

I agree with Adam's agreement with Greg's agreement of me.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 10/08/2015 at 12:08am

I agree with Travis's agreement with Adam's agreement with my agreement of Travis's. Do we have enough votes now? LOL

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 10/08/2015 at 02:35am

Uhm. I think I need one more person other than you three to bend the needle.

Travis Admin wrote on 10/08/2015 at 02:37am

I, totally not Travis, agree with Greg's agreement with Travis's agreement with Adam's agreement with Greg's agreement with Travis.

Travis Admin wrote on 10/08/2015 at 02:38am

Oh snap, I should have signed in with my alt.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 10/08/2015 at 06:01am

Hi, my name is Jill, I am Greg's cat and I most definitely agree with these humans. Meow! =)

JaBo wrote on 10/08/2015 at 03:41pm

I have also tried to write about a game and been stopped. Therefore, agree, I do.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 10/09/2015 at 12:13pm

I just thought of something that I think might be cool. Right now, I see the page in pretty much three columns. The middle contains the main stuff and the right now has the activity feed. What if we had something on the left to kind of center it all? I think our profile picture and info used to be there. However, I think it would be cool if it contained a list of titles (along with links to the post), perhaps along with the name of the game talked about, there on the left. It could be like the 10 most recent posts on main. So, it would be a linked list of the most recent posts. I tried to show what that would look like in this comment, but apparently my HTML didn't work, which makes my second idea that more relevant. Perhaps, along with the ability to edit comments, we could have a preview button. That way we can make sure our HTML codes work and everything looks right before posting. Perhaps enticing people to proofread before posting, too. =)

Travis Admin wrote on 10/09/2015 at 02:10pm

I like your second idea, but for the first we already have that info on the main page, it just requires scrolling. Adding it to a new left bar would add redundancy that isn't really useful.

Plus I like simplicity. As sites have more and more columns I start losing track of where my eyes are supposed to go.

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Charisma. Master Using It And You Can Have It!

Charisma isn't something i've spent many points on in Fallout but I am thinking having a more Charismatic character might be something I do this time around. Talking people into things seems like a better solution and I remember many times in Fallout 3 where it would have saved me much grief to make friends instead of blasting away.

Chet Faliszek Talks About The Year Ahead for HTC Vive And Steam VR

Chet Faliszek is a writer at Valve that worked on Portal, Left 4 Dead and Half-life. He is currently working on VR at Valve and gave a great talk at this years EGX. If you are interested in learning more about VR and how Valve and HTC are making the Vive you need to check this out. Plus, you know, it's more from Valve.... Don't we all love everything they do?