Tungsten | Cheerful Ghost

Can't really describe it...

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8263/8611309936_3fac8eeb52_z.jpg

Got a few minutes? Try this out when you get a chance. It requires the Unity Web Player. Definitely worth trying out if for nothing but the intro. You'll see what I mean.

http://www.datatragedy.com/wipmoabd/

Travis Admin wrote on 04/30/2013 at 01:57am

I got past the intro and through the first... thing. But then it just seemed to be infinitely repeating stuff with no rhyme or reason.

scrypt Supporter wrote on 04/30/2013 at 03:40am

Crazy. Fascinatingly crazy. I love it.

scrypt Supporter wrote on 04/30/2013 at 05:34am

Interested to see where they take this in the full game. I hope there are more interactions with the 'Relics' system. Could do without the abstract platforming, though the puzzle systems involved there are pretty cool. The sound, at least in the Relics screens, is my favorite.

Ever watch the anime Blame!?

Tungsten Post Author wrote on 04/30/2013 at 10:31am

@Travis: Ya, I got a lost a bit, but there does actually seem to be some puzzle elements hidden somewhere in the noise.

@scrypt: I like it for the atmosphere. Just the console in the beginning was worth the price of admission.

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Yesterday's thrift store find.

As a video game nerd over 30, I'm kind of ashamed that I've never played this. It would be like being a drama geek and never having read hamlet.

Travis Admin wrote on 02/17/2013 at 03:28pm

Same, actually. I've heard tons about it but I've never played it. You'll have to let us know how it holds up!

jdodson Admin wrote on 02/17/2013 at 04:00pm

Holds up really well. Bought this in High School as part of a Lucas Arts CD pack. This version is great because it has th voice tracks, unlike the floppy version.

The art style and writing are still, very good. I'd makes some in-jokes but they'd all be spoilers, enjoy!

Timogorgon Member wrote on 02/18/2013 at 06:06pm

That guy on the cover looks familiar...

Nice find by the way! It's a great game.

jdodson Admin wrote on 02/18/2013 at 06:07pm

PURPLE TENTACLE may be in a list of all time most memorable villans.

krcDeuce Supporter wrote on 02/19/2013 at 07:37am

I loved that game.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 01/25/2014 at 03:48am

Hahahaha, that's awesome! I knew I recognized WhiteboySlim's icon! I played the game long ago on my first Windows PC. That said, I don't remember it too well. I remember being introduced to Maniac Mansion on the NES and I loved it (even played it recently in an emulator). Although, I never played the PC version, which was supposedly a bit better and perhaps a bit more crude.

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Anyone else signed up?

http://webcdn.pathofexile.com/gen/image/YTozOntpOjA7aTowO2k6/MjthOjI6e3M6MjoiaWQi/O2k6MjY1O3M6NDoic2l6/ZSI7czo3OiJwcmV2aWV3/Ijt9aToxO2k6MTt9/9cd0f57e2a/act3_screenshot6.jpg

The public beta begins tomorrow and it looks like something worth checking out. It seems to be the answer to the question "What would happen if you let a bunch of huge Diablo 2 fans make Diablo 3." Oh, and its Free-to-Play... so why not try it?

jdodson Admin wrote on 01/23/2013 at 01:57am

I got the email, not sure ill have time to check it out. Let me know how it plays when you try it though, really interested in this one.

Travis Admin wrote on 01/23/2013 at 03:13am

I'm just starting to wonder if the world needs another Diablo-like game. Though this may prove me wrong.

jdodson Admin wrote on 01/23/2013 at 04:07am

Well, perhaps not but this one is free to play which does open it up to certain players that might not have been able to get Torchlight 2 or Diablo 3.

Plus it being F2P means I will try it out for sure. And you know, the free to play model kind of works for a game like this.

Travis Admin wrote on 01/23/2013 at 04:23am

As long as it isn't pay to win.

MoonWyrd Supporter wrote on 01/23/2013 at 07:17pm

Would be nice to see Mac/Linux support, but I get why that can tricky while also moving through beta. I have a friend who I used to play D2 with quite a bit that now a days refuse to devote this sort of hardware to Windoze.

Given that I was just playing D3 this morning (ah the joys of being unemployed :) ) I'll probably check this out on my spare system.

jdodson Admin wrote on 01/27/2013 at 05:49pm

This game is really interesting. Its kind of like Diablo with a Greek aesthetic. UI is a bit hard to navigate at times, but its an interesting game for sure.

MoonWyrd Supporter wrote on 01/28/2013 at 01:18am

I spent an hour at it Thursday morning. Definitely beta, but intriguing. The skill system looks to have many more possibilities.

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It's not gaming but...

I've tooled around with Blender before, but I've left it alone for about 6 months now.

Enter Cycles

Cycles is Blender's new renderer and I must say that it is a thing of beauty. It's fast, it's practical, and, most of all, it makes lighting and materials make sense, something that has been a major hurdle in my modeling hobby. Oh, and the near real time renders (for small resolutions) help tremendously.

The image I've attached took about 20 minutes to model (and I'm really bad), but the real key is that the lighting and materials took about 2min.

For someone who actually knows what they're doing see: http://www.blenderguru.com/videos/introduction-to-cycles/

Must... stay... strong...

http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/32481051.jpg

I've done really well at not buying any impulse games this year. GoG almost got me with Witcher2, but I stayed strong. How are you guys doing?

jdodson Admin wrote on 12/26/2012 at 05:50pm

Well actually, I kind of want the Bethesda pack but I haven't picked it up yet... Kind of thinking of waiting, but on the other hand....

But yeah, so far so good :D

vdogmr25 wrote on 12/26/2012 at 07:07pm

Borderlands 2, The Penny Arcade Trilogy, and Dungeon Defenders DLC. I couldn't stop myself.

JarofJam wrote on 12/26/2012 at 08:07pm

I'm trying to be moderate. Some deals are just too good to miss, but I'm not buying stuff just because it's cheap. So far I only got Darksiders Franchise pack, Saints Row: The Third Season Pass and bought some heavily discounted games to give away on SteamGifts. Still hoping to get Natural Selection 2, Immortal Throne expansion pack for Titan Quest and the complete edition of Dungeons of Dredmor.

jdodson Admin wrote on 12/27/2012 at 04:30am

I'm kind of hoping more games are added to the bundle as I paid over the average :)

beansmyname Supporter wrote on 12/28/2012 at 01:00am

@jdodson and you got your wish. :) 3 more games added to the bundle.

I, too, have been trying to control myself, but the Humble Bundle came out and I can't resist any of those. Also, my current gaming rig is a little underpowered for most AAA titles, so that's helped, too.

However, I did re-purchase Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit for the PS3 since the optical drive died a while back.

jdodson Admin wrote on 12/28/2012 at 10:11pm

@bean I totally did. And they added some really great games too.

Your PS3 disc drive doesnt work? Whoa. Thats a huge bummer. I guess we could still use Netflix with it, but not BluRay? Whoa.

beansmyname Supporter wrote on 12/28/2012 at 10:17pm

S'ok. I only have two BluRays anyway and a lot of my more recent games have been digital downloads. I had been using GameFly for disc-based titles to play some of the games I hadn't played before, so now I get to save $20/month.

And I'm past the point of paying another $270 for a low-end PS3. Blasphemy, right? Take away my gamer card now.

jdodson Admin wrote on 12/29/2012 at 06:33am

No. I think the PS3 is at the end of its life, so if BluRay isn't a big deal then I can see not replacing it. I really dig my PS3 a lot but the only game I still have to play on it I have not is Read Dead Redemption and thats because it didn't come with a PC port.

Tungsten Post Author wrote on 12/29/2012 at 02:27pm

Still waiting for that. I'd pick it up. Is it the only one without a port?

jdodson Admin wrote on 12/29/2012 at 04:36pm

Yeah, Rockstar said it would be released without a PC port. It made some sense to me at the time because console games way outsold PC. I wonder if they will break on that and port it?

Tungsten Post Author wrote on 12/29/2012 at 08:07pm

Well, we have every GTA, all the Max Payne's, at least 2 of the midnight clubs, LA Noir, Bully.... no Table Tennis though (pretty good BTW). So ya, Table Tennis and Red Dead Redemption. Those are the two they did not port to PC.

Tungsten Post Author wrote on 12/29/2012 at 10:02pm

... Gave in... Witcher2...Well, I liked the first one, let's see how this goes.

jdodson Admin wrote on 12/29/2012 at 10:27pm

Awesome, interested to hear about how it goes. Seems like a cool game.

Tungsten Post Author wrote on 12/31/2012 at 04:14pm

For a taste of what the game is like, watch the opening cinematic. It's... intense.

http://youtu.be/t_wWnLUgXvc

NSFW, well, unless you work at a morgue or something and people being killed in a horrific manner is just a normal part of your day.

jdodson Admin wrote on 12/31/2012 at 08:31pm

Wow that is really intense. Putting that game on my list for sure now. Well, prob finish The Witcher first then move to the sequel. Nabbed the first Witcher at the time I was buying a ton of games at it was lost in the mix.

jdodson Admin wrote on 12/31/2012 at 08:31pm

Did you play the original and if so how does this stack up?

Tungsten Post Author wrote on 12/31/2012 at 09:42pm

The first one, if you can get through some awkward mechanics and a really creepy predatory relationship system, is pretty good.
The new one shares a couple problems with the original, but it has quite a bit of personality.

jdodson Admin wrote on 01/01/2013 at 12:38am

Beyond being a predator in a relationship, that sounds pretty good. Looking forward to checking it out.

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FREEDOM OVER OPRESSION

Sick an tired of those Terran Republic overlords, wearing red and telling us what to do? Think the the Vanu Sovereignty is just a bunch of guys in purple pajamas? Well then the place for you is the New Conglomerate, or, as some have dubbed it, Space 'Merica. We spend our days shootin', cussin', shootin' some more, all while drinking Space PBR and making some dough.

Come and join me on the Jaeger server. You have no excuse, its free-to-play.

Hmmmm...

Anyone else pick this one up?

First impressions: It's really good, except that I'm probably going to be tense for the next month and half. The first time some alien just pops out of no where and kills one of the soldiers you've put so much time into... it just make you want to throw your computer across the room.

Let me know if you want to play MP. You'll probably beat up on me pretty good.

Not sure who's still playing but...

http://www.diablo3farming.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Diablo-3-keywarden-act-4-Nekarat.jpg

If any of you have the gear, want to farm some key wardens some time? I've run the act II key warden about 20 times on mp2 and have only gotten 1 key.

More than anything, I'm just bored with the run.

jdodson Admin wrote on 11/04/2012 at 09:17pm

I play D3 here and there, but I am only level 54 or something like that. Is that high enough to take down this guy?

Travis Admin wrote on 11/04/2012 at 09:44pm

I don't even think they spawn in non-Inferno.

jdodson Admin wrote on 11/04/2012 at 09:58pm

Well there we are.

Tungsten Post Author wrote on 11/05/2012 at 03:06am

They spawn in all difficulties but they only drop keys in inferno mp1+. So yes, you are 6 levels and 10 mil gold or so away.

jdodson Admin wrote on 11/05/2012 at 03:09am

Ok so an hour of grinding an I'm all set :D

jdodson Admin wrote on 11/05/2012 at 03:10am

That all said I am pretty happy with picking up and playing Diablo 3 from time to time. Haven't got to any of the end game stuff yet, but at some point I will.

Travis Admin wrote on 11/05/2012 at 03:37am

I can wallop The Butcher in Inferno pretty easily now, but the first bit of Act II still slays me. I may have hit the point where you have to love the grind to keep going.

I'm OK with that, I suppose. It's definitely a pick-up-put-down game for me. I play it a couple of days and have loads of fun, then I'm done for a while. If I quit right now and never looked at it again, I would have still gotten my $60 worth.

jdodson Admin wrote on 11/05/2012 at 04:00am

I got a pretty good value out of mine too I think. I got ze Collectors which I think is superb. Prob listened to the soundtrack more than I've played the game.

Chowda wrote on 11/05/2012 at 06:18am

Yes, keys drop in inferno acts 1-3 when you have 5 stacks of valor. Each monster power gives an additional 10% chance for the key to drop. So MP10 has a 100% drop chance. We usually farm them on MP5 or 6.

I just finally got all 3 organs the other day and made my first hellfire ring. It didn't roll very well but at least I get the bonus XP!

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Free Games Alert!

Origin.com

Yes, you have to use their app.

Pick from a game on this list below and use the coupon code: OS3874XVC
Dragon Age Origins
Dragon Age 2
Mass Effect 1 or 2 Battlefield 2142
Crysis Warhead
Dead Space 1 or 2
Medal of Honor
Darksport
Fifa 12
Sim City 4
Need for Speed: Pro Street
Medal of Honor: Airborn
Battlefield 2
Spore
Crysis
Bulletstorm
Burnout Paradise
Battlefield Bad Company 2
Sims 2 Double Deluxe
Mercenaries 2
The Saboteur
Mirrors Edge

I'm sure there are a few others

FREE!!!

1 free game per account (so I made 3 accounts :) )

BR Supporter wrote on 10/14/2012 at 04:01am

I can't find sim city 4 on origin. It just doesn't seem to pop up. Any idea why?

Tungsten Post Author wrote on 10/14/2012 at 04:19am

nope. didn't check that one

BR Supporter wrote on 10/14/2012 at 04:28am

I found it, its not on their search. You have to manually look through all their games to find it. Origin is stupid. You can also use the code multiple times if you delete your history and cookies and log out and back in.

BR Supporter wrote on 10/14/2012 at 04:31am

http://i.minus.com/jblp1HfEJ1wdHK.png

Here is a funny picture

Tungsten Post Author wrote on 10/14/2012 at 01:41pm

The conspiracy theorist in me thinks this is some master plan for SecuRom to take over the world.

jdodson Admin wrote on 10/14/2012 at 03:27pm

Origin installs secure rom on your computer?

Travis Admin wrote on 10/14/2012 at 03:30pm

Jdodson I think some Steam games still use it. *think*. I'm not 100% sure about that.

I've been avoiding Origin but... guess I'll use a free game as a test.

jdodson Admin wrote on 10/14/2012 at 03:35pm

I think I might get a free game too. To test it out. Still haven't tried dragon age yet. From what I have seen, it looks like EA uses always on auth, which is similar to Steam.

Some games have secureROM but they are removing it or in the process.

http://www.reclaimyourgame.com/showthread.php/1876-EA-Origin-Analysed

Travis Admin wrote on 10/14/2012 at 03:35pm

Well crap. Apparently it was only working for a short time, because it tells me "invalid promo code" now.

jdodson Admin wrote on 10/14/2012 at 03:39pm

This may have been a bug:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2012/10/14/ea-accidentally-gives-away-free-games-with-origin-store-coupon-glitch/

jdodson Admin wrote on 10/15/2012 at 04:01pm

Too bad I/we missed this, free Dragon Age....

Tungsten Post Author wrote on 10/18/2012 at 01:27am

I will admit it makes me feel a bit... unethical. Like my old pirating days. I kind of pride myself on being pretty much on the up and up of late.

Wait, I got 3 free games that are legally mine so I feel fine now.

($20 bucks says that there's something burried in the EULA that could send me to federal prison. Does anyone ever read those things? I probably signed over my child or something when I installed)

jdodson Admin wrote on 10/18/2012 at 02:10am

Hahahaha, I bet since this was such a well publicised thing that they wont ding anyone and if they do I imagine all it will be is shutting off an account. :D

Funny thing is, I think Origin should basically give away some free games to get users, I was ready to sign up and try it out then it stopped. Not coming back now, I don't know if a .99 cent game would get me to sign up.

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Beta key anyone? PS-3 only. I only have one.

http://dust.ccpgamescdn.com/www/img/beta/beta_image3.jpg

Beta key anyone? PS-3 only. I only have one.

Tungsten Post Author wrote on 09/15/2012 at 03:18pm

BTW they're being handed out at destructoid.com and a few other places.

BR Supporter wrote on 09/15/2012 at 04:57pm

Wait, are you giving away your key? Or are you just saying you have one. Cause, if your giving it away I'd gladly take it.

Tungsten Post Author wrote on 09/15/2012 at 06:12pm

Its yours. I got the code before realizing that it is a PS 3 exclusive, a system I don't own.

Tungsten Post Author wrote on 09/15/2012 at 06:16pm

I'll get it to you via a Steam message when I get back to my computer .

BR Supporter wrote on 09/15/2012 at 07:27pm

Alright, Thanks a lot.

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Can't really describe it...

Yesterday's thrift store find.

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It's not gaming but...

Must... stay... strong...

FREEDOM OVER OPRESSION

Hmmmm...

Not sure who's still playing but...

Free Games Alert!

Beta key anyone? PS-3 only. I only have one.