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Devolver Digital Conference - E3 2018

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Start: Sun - June 10, 2018 @ 8:00pm PDT

End: 9:00pm PDT

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Last year Devolver had an incredible E3 stage show that was more of a satire art thing than a press conference. What's happening this year? Only Devolver knows.

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Bethesda Press Conference - E3 2018

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Start: Sun - June 10, 2018 @ 6:30pm PDT

End: 7:30pm PDT

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Rage 2 on Web

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Fallout 76, Rage 2 and what else? Bethesda usually doesn't disappoint!

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Microsoft Press Conference - E3 2018

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Start: Sun - June 10, 2018 @ 1:00pm PDT

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Gears of War on Web

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Halo Infinity, Crackdown 3, what else might be coming for Microsoft, the XBox and Windows 10 gaming?

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EA Press Conference - E3 2018

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Start: Sat - June 9, 2018 @ 11:00am PDT

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General Discussion on Web

https://www.twitch.tv/ea

Battlefield V and Anthem. What else is coming you're interested in?

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Cheerful Ghost Games Club: Kid Icarus

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Start: Mon - May 14, 2018

End: Sat - June 2, 2018

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Kid Icarus on Nes

Cheerful Ghost Games Club is back with Kid Icarus!

In season two of Cheerful Ghost Radio we are doing bite-sized NES Classic review episodes. We want to make you all part of these episodes, so join this event to get in on the discussion for our next NES Classic review, Punch... Read All

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Watch The StarCraft II Anniversary Live Stream!

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Start: Fri - March 30, 2018 @ 10:00am PDT

End: 2:00pm PDT

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StarCraft on Web

Planning on watching the StarCraft 20th anniversary steam? Join up and add it to your calendar!

"On March 31, 1998, StarCraft was unleashed the world. At the time, it was hard to imagine the impact it would have. Now, 20 years later, we’re humbled by its impact.

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Cheerful Ghost Games Club: Punch Out

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Start: Tue - March 27, 2018

End: Sat - April 28, 2018

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Punch-Out!! on Nes

Cheerful Ghost Games Club is back with Punch-Out!!

In season two of Cheerful Ghost Radio we are doing bite-sized NES Classic review episodes. We want to make you all part of these episodes, so join this event to get in on the discussion for our next NES Classic review, Punch... Read All

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jdodson Admin wrote on 03/28/2018 at 03:29am

Can't wait to play this because.. I really haven't and it's on my list of shame which will be remedied very soon!

jdodson Admin wrote on 04/11/2018 at 04:11am

Ok so I recommend people research the controls because some moves are not obvious. For instance when you get a star you can use a super uppercut move but you have to press start to use it. You can also hold select to get more health and that seems to work between rounds so holding that down seems to net you a refill, which is SUPER useful. I hold shift when I get knocked down but it doesn't seem to refill anything there.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/nes/563452-punch-out/faqs/48171

jdodson Admin wrote on 04/11/2018 at 04:13am

Also just got to Piston Honda for the first time and took him down a couple times but he is pretty tough. When I got to him for the first time he's so huge it's really intimidating. Plus his fast punch jab fiesta is really hard to dodge if you have no idea it's coming

Anyone beat this game before? I've never really played it before now so it's nice to come in fresh.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 04/11/2018 at 08:25pm

I have beaten Tyson once in my life. Every time I replay this I can fairly easily get to Tyson but I’ve only ever managed to take him out once. My heart was pounding out of my chest.

jdodson Admin wrote on 04/11/2018 at 08:36pm

Wow. That’s a cool achievement.

Any tips? I’m doing ok but anything would help. Any basic strategy you use to approach the fights?

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 04/11/2018 at 09:20pm

What I almost always do is just sit and wait for a punch. Dodge it, then wail. Do left-right-left-right to get more punches in before they un-stun.

Some of them have more specific things you’ll have to do. I think it’s Bald Bull’s second fight for instance that requires you to gut punch him at just the right time if you want to win the fight. And King Hippo is all gut punches— if you punch him in the face he’ll just brush it off. But generally, wait for the punch then left-right in the face until they recover.

jdodson Admin wrote on 04/13/2018 at 03:23am

That's what i'm doing. I think I need to spot the boxer tells better. It's so exact if you're off by a bit it's CURTAINS! CURTAINS I SAY!

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 04/13/2018 at 05:55pm

Yeah, learning the tells is key. I'm going through it and wow, it's been too long. I'm having more trouble than I used to. I've been compiling notes.

Glass Joe: So this guy is a pushover. Easy tells. Just dodge and wail on him

Von Kaiser: You'll start to notice variety with Kaiser. He has a few different moves with different tells, but it's the same basic idea.

Piston Honda: The tells start getting a little quicker here. If he backs off and revs up a punch you can nail him in the stomach to knock him down but if you miss that window be ready to block or dodge.

Don Flamenco: Easiest fight in the game. Punch him in the gloves to piss him off, then immediately dodge, then left-right-left-right to the face until he's down and out. He'll only ever throw that one punch and will never un-stun as long as you keep the left-right to the face going.

King Hippo: Just keep dodging his punches and don't bother countering until he throws his hand up in the air and opens his mouth. Hit him in the face while his mouth is open and then punch him in the stomach repeatedly until he can get his pants up. Once you knock him down, he won't get back up.

Great Tiger: The jab tell is tricky if you don't know what you're looking for. The gem in his turban starts flashing. The other tells are easy. When he starts his teleport punches, just hold in block until it connects, then quickly release and hold block again until he's done. It's not enough to hold in block the whole time, you have to release and re-press.

Bald Bull: THIS is where the game gets hard. It's similar to the past few, three moves with different tells, but this guy is fast and hits hard. His special move is the bull charge and you CAN wait until he punches at the end of his charge and counter but I've never really been able to get that to work. You can hit him at just the right moment of his charge to knock him down.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 04/13/2018 at 05:55pm

Piston Honda (rematch): This one is easier than the Bald Bull fight but Honda has learned a few tricks since you last faced him. Mostly he's faster now.

Soda Popinski: Oof... this guy is rough. His tells are easy to spot but quick, and he hits hard. It's just a matter of getting your dodges in. He has a three jab move that you should probably block-- you'll know it's coming when he starts shuffling his feet. A little trivia: he was originally named Vodka Drunkinski. He's always swigging soda in the NES game but he preferred more adult beverages in the arcade version.

Bald Bull (rematch): This match is cheap. You can't knock him down just by emptying his health. The only way to knock him down is to knock him out of his bull charge or hit him with a star punch. Otherwise the strategy is basically the same.

Don Flamenco (rematch): The strategy is the same as his first appearance but he DOES recover, which mostly just makes this match annoying rather than difficult.

Mr. Sandman: You gotta use body shots on this guy when he's stunned. He'll block face shots. When he flashes get ready to dodge three quick uppercuts. It's not easy.

Super Macho Man: Basically the same as Popinski except he has a spin attack you have to worry about. I've always thought he was wasted here because he's easier than Sandman by a mile.

Tyson/Mr. Dream: Yeah you're... you're on your own. The tells are clear but his punches come fast and the window to counterattack is so short... it's brutal.

jdodson Admin wrote on 04/14/2018 at 04:01pm

Thanks Travis. Still working on Piston, but this helps a lot.

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Cheerful Ghost Games Club: Donkey Kong

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Start: Wed - February 28, 2018

End: Sun - March 25, 2018

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Donkey Kong on Nes

Cheerful Ghost Games Club is back with Donkey Kong!

In season two of Cheerful Ghost Radio we are doing bite-sized NES Classic review episodes. We want to make you all part of these episodes, so join this event to get in on the discussion for our next NES Classic review, Donkey... Read All

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Cheerful Ghost Games Club: Excitebike

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Start: Sun - January 28, 2018

End: Sat - February 24, 2018

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Excitebike on Nes

Cheerful Ghost Games Club is back with Excitebike!

You may remember this semi-regular CG event where we pick a game and invite everyone to come play it with us and discuss what we think. This time, we're changing things up a bit. We will do one game a month (or maybe more!) and... Read All

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jdodson Admin wrote on 01/29/2018 at 04:49am

Very EXCITEbiked for this. I like that we are doing classic NES reviews in CG Radio but opening up the games club the month before we review the game to everyone should be a fun way to do it.

Looking forward to what people think heading back to Excitebike!

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 01/29/2018 at 03:02pm

Time to see if Excitebike can live up to my nostalgic memories.
Making my own tracks was always so cool! (How many decades before Mario Maker? Lol)

jdodson Admin wrote on 01/29/2018 at 03:49pm

That was one of the first things I thought of in that Excitebike must have somewhat influenced Mario Maker.

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 01/29/2018 at 05:26pm

Super Mario Kart 8 has an excitebike course.

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 01/29/2018 at 07:55pm

On the Wii U or the Switch? (Or both?)

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 01/29/2018 at 07:59pm

Both. The Wii U version is a paid DLC I believe. The Switch version comes with it.

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 01/29/2018 at 08:11pm

Ah, I've refused to buy any of the DLC, as cool as it looks.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 01/29/2018 at 10:51pm

It's a really fun course!

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 01/30/2018 at 06:08pm

Wait, is this event still happening? I thought it was next Sunday, but now it looks like it was last Sunday?

jdodson Admin wrote on 01/31/2018 at 02:45am

Yeah, it should be going until Feb 25th I think Travis just added in the wrong end date. Should be updated when he gets to that.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 01/31/2018 at 03:27am

Yeah sorry about that. I first set it up to start on the day I was working on. It said that I couldn't start it in the past (even though it was the present) and I think it reset the end date then.

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 01/31/2018 at 05:41am

Ah, gotcha :)

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 02/04/2018 at 04:04pm

So I actually played this yesterday as today I have church and then the Super Bowl :)

My main criticism of the game are the sounds. This game could have benefited greatly from a soundtrack. Eventually I got so annoyed of the sounds that I quit playing. I suppose I probably could have muted the game and played more, but instead, I played Mike Tyson's Punchout lol.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 02/04/2018 at 05:16pm

You can’t go wrong with Punchout

jdodson Admin wrote on 02/11/2018 at 04:04am

Been playing this the last couple nights and I quite enjoy it. Not sure how much I want to say in advance to our review episode, but it's just as solid a game as I remember when I played this on the NES.

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Awesome Games Done Quick 2018

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Start: Sun - January 7, 2018 @ 8:30am PST

End: Sun - January 14, 2018 @ 4:00am PST

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General Discussion on Web

"Games Done Quick is a series of charity video game marathons. These events feature high-level gameplay by speedrunners raising money for charity. Games Done Quick has teamed up with several charities in its seven-year history, including Doctors Without Borders and the Prevent... Read All

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