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Cheerful Ghost Radio Episode 40: Solo Blu-ray Review Special

Solo: A Star Wars Story recently released on Blu-ray, so we dove back in to talk about it because we can't resist a good Star Wars Discussion. We reflected on the film and how our thoughts might have changed since we saw it in theaters, talked about the special features, and gave it a final Ghost Scale rating!

Metal Jesus Reviews The C64 Mini And It Looks Incredible!

My family owned a Commodore 64 and as such I remember playing a ton of awesome games on it as well as learning how to program by reading code from included software and magazines. Some of the games I played on it were pretty fun such as Gauntlet, California Games and Nosferatu and remember playing Nosferatu for hours even though I never could kill Dracula. Recently the C64 Mini was released and I didn't pick it up because I wasn't sure how it would turn out but it was recently reviewed by Metal Jesus and seems to be fantastic. The C64 Mini includes a lot of games and some I remember playing but the coolest part is that it includes the ability to program it using C64... Read All

Grim Fandango Remastered Is Now On The Switch - 8 Inspirations for Grim Fandango

Grim Fandango Remastered is available now on the Switch and Double Fine has a fun video out to celebrate that goes over 8 inspirations for the game. A couple of these were fun to learn, like The Beastie Boys inspired the game but i'll let you click play to find out how.

Grim Fandango is available on every platform such as PC, Mac, Linux, PS4, XBox and now the Nintendo Switch.

Games Done Quick Express Wrap Up Part 1 - Cowlitz Gamers' 2nd Adventure

This years GDQ Express was awesome and I've been meaning to do a wrap up post with some of my favorite runs and now that GDQ has posted them on YouTube... here it is!

The Cowlitz Gamers' 2nd Adventure by The_Kov in 10.53 - Cowlitz Gamers' 2nd Adventure is a special homebrew NES game made to support the Cowlitz Gamers charity and a limited run of these carts were made. I was fortunate enough to buy one from John Hancock and was really happy to see it run at this years GDQ Express by The Kov. It's a fantastic game and an amazing run to watch but it's also been released on Itch for download! The game designer of Cowlitz Gamers' 2nd Adventure reached out to let me know... Read All

Cheerful Ghost Radio Mini-Episode: Justin Baldwin "Wild at Heart" Interview

Recently Cheerful Ghost went to an event put on by local PDX indie game developers Moonlight Kids showing off their upcoming game The Wild at Heart. Justin Baldwin was awesome enough to talk to us about the game and their upcoming show at Double Fine’s Day of the Devs convention!

Check out more about Moonlight Kids and The Wild at Heart here: https://www.moonlightkids.co/wild-at-heart

Digital Foundry Reviews Diablo III On Switch

I've heard a lot of friends talk about buying Diablo III again on the Switch. I've also heard it's a great port and from Digital Foundry's review, it seems if you want to head back to Tristram with Deckard Cain this is a great way to do it. Plus with the new Diablo Immortal coming to mobile this seems like it might be the best way to play it on the go.

Extinction

Ark’s third DLC, Extinction, is finally here! It was announced a few months ago, during the summer, for November 6th. Studio Wildcard kept to that date, however it was supposed to be released in the morning and got delayed until late evening/early night time. It feels really good that the wait is finally over. Now I only wonder what’s next for Studio Wildcard. Does Ark have a future after Extinction? Who knows, but this is supposed to be the last DLC for the game included in the season pass. What a long journey it has been since Ark was released in Early Access. I’ve been there since near the beginning and I’ve been able to watch and experience the game grow so much!... Read All Ark’s third DLC, Extinction, is finally here! It was announced a few months ago, during the summer, for November 6th. Studio Wildcard kept to that date, however it was supposed to be released in the morning and got delayed until late evening/early night time. It feels really good that the wait is finally over. Now I only wonder what’s next for Studio Wildcard. Does Ark have a future after Extinction? Who knows, but this is supposed to be the last DLC for the game included in the season pass. What a long journey it has been since Ark was released in Early Access. I’ve been there since near the beginning and I’ve been able to watch and experience the game grow so much! It has become my favorite game, which I’ve clocked over 2800 hours!

Before release, Studio Wildcard gave us some teasers including creature reveals and a trailer. They also created Tek versions of some creatures already in the game. These rare Tek versions are now a permanent part of the game. They also gave us some more explorer notes to find. One of the most significant pieces of the first trailer showed a huge creature known as a titan. There are apparently multiple of them in this DLC. They can be tamed or defeated, but after being tamed, they will despawn after some time. This mechanic is similar to the titanosaur, which is now dwarfed by titans.

More information was revealed during this year’s Extra Life charity stream in which Wildcard raised about $70,000 to benefit the Children’s Miracle Network. They revealed more about the ice titan we saw in the trailer. They also showed off new orbital supply drops, which land on the map and start a process of waves of corrupted creatures coming to destroy it. There are a few difficulties for these with the harder ones giving better loot. Once all the waves are defeated, a player can open it up and receive lots of goodies.

Another interesting mechanic is something like a Pokeball in which you can store your creatures. This helps servers deal with a limited number of creatures, which is set to improve server stability. You can put a creature in a cryopod and release it by throwing it. You can store these cryopods in a refrigerator, especially one created just for this purpose.

Taxidermy has been introduced. You can kill a creature and use a special tool on it to collect it’s dermis. Then you can stick that on a taxidermy display table. There are a few sizes of these tables and creatures are scaled to fit on them. You can select one of many poses that the creature has. It’s an interesting concept.

Along with the Tek creatures released for the game, including a Tek raptor, stegosaurus, parasaur, and quetzal, two new Tek creatures are in the game. One is called an enforcer and can teleport. The other is pretty much an observer. You can acquire blueprints to build these two by killing them and then crafting them in a particular crafting station.

The DLC is also full of a variety of biomes, but the entire map is of Earth. This DLC is the “beginning and end” of the whole Ark story. There is an abandoned city on the map, which is the recommended spawn area for players. Other biomes can be found including an icy one encircled within a dome. This is what is called a proto-Ark.

It’s all very interesting and I’m excited to dive into Ark once again! Who knows what the future holds for the game and Studio Wildcard, but the game has been released for current gen consoles, the Xbox One and PS4. It has also been announced for the Switch. Console Ark players are going to have to wait for the release of Extinction while Studio Wildcard works on that version some more to get it better suited to console gaming.

Cheerful Ghost Radio Episode 39: Will Nintendo Flip Another Switch?

Rumor has it that Nintendo is working on a new version of the Switch! Red Dead Redemption 2 takes nearly 100gb of hard drive space on your console! We played and watch some things! Come listen as we talk about all of this fun stuff.

Diablo Immortal Is The New Diablo Game Coming To Smartphones?

Another bit of news out of BlizzCon 2018 was word of a new mobile Diablo game called Diablo Immortal. It looks to bridge the gap between Diablo 2 and Diablo 3 and so far pricing isn't known but it seems like it might be free to play. I'm not sure how free to play Diablo would work but with the massive popularity of Fallout Shelter and other mobile free to play titles, I wonder if Blizzard is interested in getting in on that action?

It seemed people were expecting news of a new Diablo game but this doesn't quite seem like what people were expecting. If it is a free to play Diablo game that might be interesting if it wasn't too annoying with it's free to play component.... Read All

GregoPeck Member wrote on 11/03/2018 at 05:30am

I seriously doubt my phone will be able to play it, so I'll most likely sit this one out. I was really hoping for a new PC Diablo game.

Travis Admin wrote on 11/03/2018 at 05:55am

If it's free to play I'll try it, but yeah I think I'd prefer to just play it on PC

Travis Admin wrote on 11/03/2018 at 06:00am

Oh and they have said that D4 is in development at least, so it's not like those hopes and dreams are crushed. It'll just be a bit. I'm honestly fine with them waiting longer, I think we need a new Warcraft first (remaster aside) and people are still playing a lot of D3.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 11/03/2018 at 05:36pm

Right. I didn’t hear about D4 was that in the Blizzcon opening presentation? I still need to watch that as I missed the livestream.

Travis Admin wrote on 11/04/2018 at 10:21pm

No they didn't talk about that in the Blizzcon presentation at all, they mentioned it in an interview that I saw linked on reddit.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 11/05/2018 at 01:16am

Right. I think I saw that one.

Travis Admin wrote on 11/06/2018 at 03:25am

They've made an announcement trailer for Diablo 4 it seems

https://kotaku.com/sources-blizzard-pulled-diablo-4-announcement-from-bli-1830232246

The headline is apparently incorrect based on the update they made to the article, but there's a trailer out there somewhere.

GregoPeck Member wrote on 11/06/2018 at 04:13am

I just recently watched a video that said the that the D4 announcement was scrapped at the last minute. It seems as though it's definitely being created. :)

Travis Admin wrote on 11/06/2018 at 03:16pm

If you read that article I posted though, that’s entirely what it’s about, except it’s been corrected. It wasn’t scrapped at the last minute, it was never planned for Blizzcon. BUT it’s been made.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 11/06/2018 at 03:35pm

Huh. Yeah I wonder if they just let the fan backlash go or drop something about D4? Might not matter at this point though.

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WarCraft III Reforged Coming in 2019!

In what might be the best news out of Blizzcon, Blizzard finally announced that it will release an entirely new HD remake of WarCraft III in 2019! WarCraft III Reforged will include entirely new upgraded visuals as well as a rebuilt game engine that looks fantastic! WarCraft III is one of the best real time strategy games I've played and it's focus on heroes make it really unique in the RTS space. WarCraft III Reforged is available for pre-order now for $30 for the standard game or $40 for the game plus WarCraft III themed DLC included in other Blizzard games.

I'm a huge WarCraft III fan and this is a day one purchase for me but since there are no pre-order bonuses I... Read All

Cheerful Ghost Radio Episode 40: Solo Blu-ray Review Special

Metal Jesus Reviews The C64 Mini And It Looks Incredible!

Grim Fandango Remastered Is Now On The Switch - 8 Inspirations for Grim Fandango

Games Done Quick Express Wrap Up Part 1 - Cowlitz Gamers' 2nd Adventure

Cheerful Ghost Radio Mini-Episode: Justin Baldwin "Wild at Heart" Interview

Digital Foundry Reviews Diablo III On Switch

Extinction

Cheerful Ghost Radio Episode 39: Will Nintendo Flip Another Switch?

Diablo Immortal Is The New Diablo Game Coming To Smartphones?

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