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The Firehose: EQ Next Crafting, Ragnarok Online & Symmetrain

Sony recently released a Dev diary(video above) talking about Everquest Next and how they approach mining and crafting. EQ Next will be free to play and will be strongly influenced by Minecraft.

Ragnarok Online is a popular MMO that came out in 2003 and later on in it's life became free to play. It recently came to Steam on PC to serve your dungeon crawling needs.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/215100/

Symmetrain is an interesting new iPhone game where you tap to select the differences in the terrain as your train chugs along the tracks. It's a pretty interesting idea and seems to fill the "I want to kill a few minutes" game itch.

http://youtu.be/FUh-S8pm5jE

Game/Show: Will Videogames Become A Controlled Substance?

"Videogames are addictive. FACT. But how seriously should we take gamer addictions? There is scientific proof that brain scans of excessive gamers are similar to drug addicts, and addiction to videogames can even destroy lives, just like alcoholics or junkies. And with advancements in technology, game developers are continuing to create games that are EVEN MORE engrossing. Should we worry about gamers, or possibly even regulate the industry?"

Whereas I don't agree with any industry regulation for video games, the idea of video game addiction is interesting to me. No question some people get wrapped up and spend way too much time in video games, take for instance myself... Read All

Will The Steambox Survive A Hit From An Axe?

In this video appeal to Valve founder Gabe Newell, Francis asks to be let into the Steam Console beta. Who wouldn't want that right? He poses some very interesting questions about the durability of the Steambox and the new Steam controller. Specifically if the new Steambox will be able to survive a hit from an axe. He also wonders if the new Steam controller will be able to survive being thrown against the wall, you know because Super Meat Boy is hard.

Blizzard working on Warcraft 1 and 2 for modern PCs

At Blizzcon, a question was posed asking if Blizzard would consider making these games work for modern PCs, and as it turns out, they're already on it!

"So, we actually have a guy on our team — actually several guys on our team — who are actually working on a side project to do something like that in some form or fashion. We're fans of Warcraft 1, Warcraft 2, Warcraft 3, and we'd love to replay those games for sure."

Good news for fans of Blizzard's older games. I personally also hope they're working on Diablo, Diablo 2, and Starcraft. All I need is a widescreen resolution, Blizz.

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jdodson Admin wrote on 11/11/2013 at 04:47am

HOLY SHIT THIS IS AMAZING! I loved all those games and i'd love a port for the new Battle.net. Plus, I own them all so... Well I guess I never owned the original DOS game. But id rebuy War 1 & War 2 for sure.

Have modern ports of all classic Blizzard games NEEDS to happen!

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 11/11/2013 at 05:55pm

That's so rad! I'd love to get an old school LAN party going of 1 or 2!

jdodson Admin wrote on 11/12/2013 at 12:53am

Hmmmmm. If memory serves the original game only supported modem or direct connect over a null modem cable.

War 2 supports the old battle net and LAN play though. Have to rustle that one up, see if it works.

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 11/12/2013 at 01:30am

Wouldn't you think they'd make them work over LAN now?

jdodson Admin wrote on 11/12/2013 at 02:20am

The new versions are not out quite yet so if we played it have to be on the old versions. And of Warcraft 1 & 2 only 2 is LAN worthy(to my knowledge).

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 11/12/2013 at 03:37am

If we could get 2 up and running, that would be cool, but I meant specifically after they re-release them :)

jdodson Admin wrote on 11/12/2013 at 05:56am

I see, that would work. I bet two might be playable in some form at like a 25x13 resolution.

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GOGcom Charity Bundle: Pick a Charity and 3 Games

"Do you want to make the world a slightly better place and be rewarded some games for being an awesome human being? It's simple: choose a charity you like from the three we have here (WWF, Worldbuilders, and Gaming for Good), pick out 3 games you like out of 13 offered, pay $5 or more, and we will give 100% of your donation to charity*! You can also pick more than 3 games, and your minimum donation will be raised accordingly. Want to donate more? No problem--you can set the amount manually. Don't need the games, or already have them? Select the "Gift this order" option at the checkout, and make some other gamer happy."

GOG.com is running a charity bundle featuring some... Read All

Watch Yasuhiro Unbox & Disassemble The Playstation 4

The Playstation 4 will release November 15th but there are already unboxing videos flying around the interwebs and this morning I saw one that was really interesting. Wired Gadget Lab posted a video exclusive of Sony's Engineering Directory Yasuhiro Ootori unboxing the new system and taking it apart. A really fun video and he does a great job explaining what everything inside the new system is. Watch the magic below:

http://video.wired.com/watch/gadget-lab-playstation-4-unboxing-the-new-game-console

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"PLAYSTATION 4 NO DISASSEMBLE!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjeptaI2T8E

The Cheerful Ghost Roundtable Ep. 8: The Mix Up

This was a special episode of the Cheerful Ghost Roundtable as @CapnCurry and @Travis were out hunting Vampires that sparkle. We talk a bit about the games we are playing and dive in to some awesome game news.

We give our thoughts on the new Starbound Beta and just how much of it we will play. We both break down some new Steam Machine news and Valve's promise to not release SteamOS exclusives. We round things off with some PS4 happenings as well as some awesome games on Kickstarter right now.

As always, if you don't watch and subscribe to your YouTube channel, Mario needs to go to one more castle to find the Princess.

show notes

Terraria 1.2

My first thoughts on... Read All

Jonathan Blow: The Medium is the Message

"Jonathan Blow is an independent video game developer best known as the creator of Braid. He’s been developing a new game called The Witness with a team of 3D modelers, programmers, and architects since 2009. It will be released when it is done, hopefully in late 2013. He’s interested in pushing gaming to its full realization as an art form and his talk is about the unique and exciting properties of the medium of video games, and ways in which forward-thinking designers are pushing the medium."

Creative Mornings is a really awesome thing that happens in Portland. A few months ago they got Jonathan Blow to give a talk and I was signed up to attend. Then I forgot to set... Read All

Game/Show: Why Do Games Make Us SO Freakin Angry?

"Games make us ANGRY. Who hasn't come down to the wire in Street Fighter IV, toe to toe with some jerk named "ryukiller4eva", and suddenly you make a stupid mistake and KO, you are done. What do you do? Take a deep breath, slam your controller against the wall, try to pull it into two pieces, scream? Experiencing anger while we play video games is very real, but why does it happen, and does it help us? There are physiological reasons, emotional reasons, and psychological reasons for our anger, and your crazy drive and steaming ears just might help you succeed. Watch and learn why video games make us so angry!"

Interesting break down from Game/Show of why video games... Read All

Steam Halloween Sale: Your Wallet Will Die A Horrible Death

Steam is having a Halloween sale starting today until November 1st on some awesome games. If you were looking to add a few new games to your collection, now is a good time as any.

A few games on sale that caught my attention:

I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream

Plants Vs. Zombies

7th Guest

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs & A Dark Descent

Ghostbusters A Sanctum for Slime

A Wolf Among Us

The F.E.A.R. Collection

Alice Madness Returns

Left 4 Dead & Left 4 Dead 2

Bioshock 1 & 2

Alone in the Dark

Eldritch

Fallout 3: GoTY

Limbo

The 11th Hour

Costume Quest

Borderlands: GoTY

Painkiller Pack

Fallout New Vegas Ultimate Edition

Killing Floor

The Walking Dead

Don't Starve

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