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Want Total War Shogun 2: Rise of the Samurai?

Cleaning out my inventory, I accidentally bought an extra copy of this during one of the many Steam sales. You have to have the main game in order to use this. If you do, and you want it, comment below and I'll use random.org to pick the winner.

Want Starvoid?

Cleaning out my inventory, you get a second copy when you buy the game. Comment below and I'll use random.org to pick the winner.

Request For Review: Farcry 3 & Blood Dragon

I think I want to pick these up but I am curious what peoples thoughts are about them both?

beansmyname Supporter wrote on 07/23/2013 at 10:34pm

Played the Blood Dragon demo on the PS3 and it was a blast. Not sure about FC3.

Blood Dragon is entirely separate from FC3, so it's not DLC. The humor is cheapshot 80's snark but works for the tone of the game.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 07/23/2013 at 10:56pm

I didn't know there was a PS3 demo out, totally going to download that tonight and check it out. Steam gets few demos, I guess PC players are more apt to just buying the game outright?

beansmyname Supporter wrote on 07/23/2013 at 10:59pm

Not sure why there isn't one for the PC. Haven't gamed on the PC in so long this all feels new again.

I did see a post come through IGN's newsletter a few months back about a dev who stated that demos lead to fewer sales. Skimmed the article and thought, douchebag devs lead to even fewer sales. :)

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 07/23/2013 at 11:07pm

Hahahaha they do.

I imagine that demos do lead to fewer sales. But I bet its not for any reason other than the demo allows people to realize a potential buy could indeed suck. For instance, I have dodged the bullet on a few games because the demos sucked. Then again, I bought games because the demos were really good. So I think it goes both ways, but yeah, if a game does its thing in 15 minutes and its not great then I imagine most wouldn't buy it.

beansmyname Supporter wrote on 07/24/2013 at 01:46am

Since I don't have the luxury of spending $180-240 every week when new titles launch, I've had to be pretty selective. Demos have helped me determine when to spend on what.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 07/24/2013 at 03:21am

I agree, demos are really great for helping pick the great games.

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Indie Game: The Movie Special Edition

So I just nabbed Indie Game the movie through the recent Humble Weekly Sale that Jon talked about a few days ago. Checking out the website for the heck of it, I found there's a special edition being released with epilogues, Team Meat commentary, stories from other game creators, and such. The best part is, if you own the movie, you can buy the special features separately, and there's a box set with extra stuffs too. I'm not too big on the box set, but next paycheck, I'm gonna snag the special features. Sounds like there's some cool stuff to add to it.

http://www.indiegamethemovie.com/

Your Questions: FTL Interview

Matthew Davis, one of the designers of FTL just agreed to doing an interview with us. I am wondering if anyone has any questions they want me to ship over with the interview? Id like everyone to submit their questions in the comments by Sunday.

Woop!

CapnCurry Supporter wrote on 04/06/2013 at 10:46pm

FTL is unapologetically difficult, and that was clearly a deliberate design decision - no saving games, no second chances, and a difficulty progression that's meant to restrict victory to the narrowest cases. It definitely works, and part of the game's fun is in knowing that there's no looking back and that today is probably not the day you save the Federation. In an era where even "limited continues" is often considered a rigorous difficulty feature, how and why did you decide on this level of challenge?

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 04/07/2013 at 05:30pm

Thanks Cap. Added that to the interview.

scrypt Supporter wrote on 04/07/2013 at 06:14pm

As a Kickstarter backer, it was interesting to see how the game evolved from what you had at that point, and what FTL became. It seemed like the feedback you received from each build had a definite impact on what was released to the public. How was your experience with that, and the Kickstarter process in general, and is it something you would consider doing again?

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 04/07/2013 at 07:07pm

Thanks @script, added.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 04/09/2013 at 05:12am

Thanks yall. I will buy this post BUT rest assured, I shipped off the interview with your questions in it :D

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Unique

My first impression after playing BioShock demo back in 2007? It's time for a hardware upgrade. I was well disappointed, as from what I could see during the slideshow my PC was serving me, it was obvious I *should* play BioShock.

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Tale of Refuge: A Bioshock Story

Cheerful Ghost Bioshock Infinite Contest Entry:

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Bioshock Infinite Contest

Bioshock Infinite Contest:

A creative writing on Bioshock, and the shock to my bioness thereof:

Atlas may have shrugged,
But in Rapture I did not.
contest haiku-win?

... or not?

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Bioshock Infinite Contest

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