• O3qchnb
    General Discussion
    Gabe Newell and JJ Abrams recently made a few waves at a DICE keynote with dropping a few words about a Portal or Half-Life film. I love JJ and Gabe, how could this be bad?

    "Newell: What we are actually doing here, we are recapitulating a series of conversations going on. We reached the point that we decided to do more than talk.

    Abrams: There’s an idea we have for a game that we’d like to work with Valve on.

    Newell: We’re super excited about that and we’re going to figure out if we can make a Portal movie or Half-Life movie together.
    "

    http://www.slashfilm.com/j-j-abrams-and-gabe-newell-to-develop-portal-and-half-life-films-is-something-bigger-than-mere-movies-in-mind/

    A few credible rumors... [Read All]
  • Ckq8yr7
    General Discussion
    These days I typically use my PS3 for Netflix, Bluray and the occasional split-screen game with a friend. That sai sometimes I download a demo, install it and sooner or later get around to playing it. PC gaming has really eaten away my console ambitions. Recently I was checking out the PSN Store for no particular reason when I noticed a new section for Free to Play games. Right now they only have a handful of games, but I imagine over time that number to grow quite a bit. Free to Play is an already pretty big on mobile and PC, makes sense it come to console but I wasn't really expecting to see it happen this generation.

    Right now the Free to Play games they have are:


    • Blue Toad Murder Files... [Read All]
  • Ghostbuster Brothers

    Travis wrote 4 months ago
    General Discussion
    Our favorite plumbers cross streams with the Ghostbusters in this incredibly-made fan film. I expected to be annoyed by this, truth be told, but was left grinning.
  • The Legend of Zelda
    A few people have been tipping me to this and because of that feel I need to share it with you all as well. Hyrule Historia is a book that I talked about a few months ago that recently dropped that has been getting some really positive reviews.

    "Dark Horse Books and Nintendo team up to bring you The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia, containing an unparalleled collection of historical information on The Legend of Zelda franchise. This handsome hardcover contains never-before-seen concept art, the full history of Hyrule, the official chronology of the games, and much more! Starting with an insightful introduction by the legendary producer and video-game designer of Donkey Kong, Mario, and The... [Read All]
  • Legend of Grimrock
    Legend of Grimrock was a game I recently picked up as part of the recent Humble Bundle. It wasn't a game I was interested at first but after I checked out the Bundle trailer and read a bit about it I was intrigued.

    If someone told me you could take the first person styld of Ultima and make a modern game that felt fresh I wouldn't have believed it. That said, Almost Human Studios Legend of Grimrock is fantastic. The game takes the first person styled gameplay and creates something really unique and fresh. It ups the ante by allowing you to turn any direction but it also requires that the enemies do the same and it lends to some really interesting strategy you can employ to vanquish your... [Read All]
  • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
    "CD Projekt RED has officially announced the title of their next upcoming game: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (VIDEO). Further, they've announced that this, the ultimate game in the series, will also be the final Witcher game from the studio. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt combines CD Projekt RED’s trademark decision-based storytelling flair with a living open world larger than any other in modern RPG history.

    “The captivating and nonlinear story of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt takes place in a rich, truly open world environment. A world which is thrilling to explore, full of daring adventures, momentous quests, memorable characters, and unique monsters. Players will freely travel through woods, lakes,... [Read All]
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    Terraria
    Come join the fun now!

    The server is terraria.cheerfulghost.com

    Join the CheerfulGhost Steam Group chat room to get the password, or IM one of us on Steam.

    Want to join us and don't have the game yet? Win it here: http://cheerfulghost.com/panickedthumb/posts/956
  • Terraria Giveaway

    Travis wrote 4 months ago
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    Terraria
    Hello Pickaxe Lovers,

    Cheerful Ghost is back with a new contest! This month we wanted to do you a solid by giving you the chance to play the amazing game of Terraria. We will be hosting a Cheerful Ghost Terraria server for the duration of the contest and giving you extra chances to win the game.

    There are three chances to win. The first is a SteamGifts giveaway, head over to SteamGifts to enter:
    http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/GRXPh/terraria

    In addition, we’re giving away two copies on CheerfulGhost, one on Feb 10th and another on Feb 17th. To enter to win on Cheerful Ghost all you need to do is add Terraria to your games list and write about what you would like to do in the game and why... [Read All]
  • Interviews
    Hammerwatch is an upcoming Gauntlet styled hack-n-slash that was recently submitted to Steam Greenlight. After watching the trailer I was floored with how awesome this game looks. I have thought for many years that there needed to be a modern Gauntlet styled hack-n-slash and Hammerwatch looks to be that game!

    I immediately emailed the developers of Hammerwatch a few questions about the game mechanics, Steam Greenlight and more. Enjoy!

    jdodson: Hammerwatch is a Gauntlet styled Hack and Slash that features LAN and Internet Co-Op. The video looks absolutely incredible and can’t wait to play it! How does the game play now as you are doing your testing?

    Niklas: We're currently working on balancing... [Read All]
  • Xekqmrw
    Half-Life
    I was exposed to the Black Mesa project a few months ago in frenzy of its initial release. Black Mesa is a fan recreation of the original Half-Life built on top of the amazing Half-Life 2 Source Engine. Since I never quite finished the original Half-Life I decided to give this version a shot and potentially complete the original Half-Life as it stands atop a list of games I need to complete. I loved Half-Life 2 and both episodes so coming back to the franchise is a pretty cool notion.

    After booting up the game the visuals look really fresh compared to the original. The original looks good, don't get me wrong but atop the Source engine it looks fantastic. I played about half of the original... [Read All]
  • Black Mesa: Soundtrack

    jdodson wrote 4 months ago
    Half-Life
    I just recently downloaded and listened to the Black Mesa score from the fan re-visioning of the original Half-Life game using the Half-Life 2 source engine. I really like the takes on the original score and new directions they decided to go. The score is free so no reason not to pick it up.

    One song, "Apprehension" is featured above. The score seems to paint pretty awesomely broad strokes for what game scores can be and it inspired me to give Black Mesa a shot.

    http://www.blackmesasource.com/soundtrack.html
  • Signal Boost Ep. 2

    SignalWarden wrote 4 months ago
    General Discussion
    I accidentally hit a Kickstarter theme this week. Unwritten, a clever rts; Homesick, a new survival adventure game; and Blade Symphony, a sword based fighter. Check it out.
  • General Discussion
    Very cool talk Gabe Newell of Valve gave at The LBJ School of public affairs. 9 minutes in and HAD to share this!

    What do you think about his thoughts on economics? Found it really interesting some artists have "real jobs" at big game studios but make more money selling hats in TF2. I agree with him, post-internet many corporations are changing for sure!