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Humble Bundle 6! Humble Indie Bundle 6 features six

Humble Bundle 6!

"Humble Indie Bundle 6 features six fantastic titles and five breathtaking soundtracks. Name your price and dive into the critically acclaimed action-RPG Torchlight; the rugged sci-fi action platformer Rochard; physics-based brick breaker Shatter; top down space combat sim Space Pirates and Zombies; and steampunk puzzle platformer Vessel. Customers who beat the average price will also get the incredible frantic acrobatic platformer, Dustforce!"

I will pick this up a bit later when the average has been settled and a few more games become available. I missed the Torchlight 2 pre-order so I will be getting this primarally to add Torchlight to my Steam... Read All

Do you trust your game developers? Do you feel that the game

Do you trust your game developers? Do you feel that the game they are pitching to you is as good as they say? With a games goes from concept to alpha then beta and if we are lucky enough to release are you satisfied with the game that they made for you?

I am an MMO player. I started with World of Warcraft since the original level 60 cap. I followed Star Wars since the idea and the concept art shown at a convention. With anticipation I saw the rise and fall of 38 Studios. Then I found some games that are great in their form that do not get a lot of attention. I recently found DC Universe Online and that game is amazing. I literally bought into the hype of The Secret Word... Read All Do you trust your game developers? Do you feel that the game they are pitching to you is as good as they say? With a games goes from concept to alpha then beta and if we are lucky enough to release are you satisfied with the game that they made for you?

I am an MMO player. I started with World of Warcraft since the original level 60 cap. I followed Star Wars since the idea and the concept art shown at a convention. With anticipation I saw the rise and fall of 38 Studios. Then I found some games that are great in their form that do not get a lot of attention. I recently found DC Universe Online and that game is amazing. I literally bought into the hype of The Secret Word and since launch I haven’t even played one minute of the game. The Beta killed it for me. Then I found Dungeons and Dragons Online (DDO) by accident. It is made by Turbine and I think this games concept is amazing and fun to play but it is slightly outdated and because it is Turbine Lord of the Rings Online is because of this game. Give me a hobbit and DDO and we have two games that are ok.

This is just the surface of MMO’s I know that. But when you get all hyped up and the game you are sitting in front of dose not play to the buildup do you feel cheated in anyway. I think the future of MMO’s is free to play. That model is working very well. Starwars is moving there and that leads me to ask “Why was it not free to play since launch?” I felt very taken with Starwars. I did not play beta much. I wanted the game to be fresh but at level 28 I felt the nails of the grind. I know that is a concept of an MMO but why can developers nail it and other fall so short? Blizzard for the most part has changed the game style of their game and the current expansion Cataclysm (until the 25th) changed everything that was of the grind play style. The WOW player base is huge and with that I feel Blizzard can gauge their game and develop in a way that no one else can. This is all a guess but if the entire MMO player base is 15 million and Blizzard has 10 of those that leaves a 5 million player base to be divided up. I do not feel that games can have proper feedback unless you make every game a spin off WOW. My numbers might be off but it makes since. So when you have developers pitching and pitching ideas to the same player base how do you not get numb as a player? How do you believe and share that vision that this MMO will blow your mind and be everything you want an MMO to be.

These are my thoughts, what do you think? I think MMO’s might be going out of style fast unless they bring a new concept to the table. Can they?

I have a few extra DLC bits from PAX I want to give away. I

I have a few extra DLC bits from PAX I want to give away. I only have a few to hand out so only ask for one to start and when this Friday rolls around you can come back and claim the rest.

The goods:

[ 1 Claimed ] 2 Firefall Beta Keys

1 Smite Beta Key

[ Claimed ] 1 League of Legend Champ Skin (Arcade Sona)

[ Claimed ] 1 Planetside 2 Beta Key

[ 1 Claimed ] 2 Offensive Combat Beta Keys

Enjoy!

BR Supporter wrote on 09/16/2012 at 10:25pm

I'll take the lol champ skin.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/16/2012 at 11:17pm

BR: Sent

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/16/2012 at 11:20pm

Mr_Mavvy: I have everyone's email so you don't need to put it in the comments. Id recommend deleting your comment to protect your email from SPAM bots that crawl the web.

Oh and sent :)

Mr_Mavvy wrote on 09/16/2012 at 11:22pm

The site runs very smoothly but if I had to be critical, I'd say that it needs some more functionality to compete with others :) LOVE <3

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/16/2012 at 11:27pm

What would you add?

Mr_Mavvy wrote on 09/16/2012 at 11:35pm

I'd maybe add some sort of chat interface and some more navigation buttons around the site to get around more effectively myself. <3

Steven_Woral wrote on 09/16/2012 at 11:44pm

Could I have the OC key please?

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/16/2012 at 11:48pm

Mr_Mavvy: Good suggestions, thanks! Cheerful Ghost is still a very new site and we are always adding new stuff.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/16/2012 at 11:52pm

Steven_Woral: Sent.

Mr_Mavvy wrote on 09/16/2012 at 11:52pm

I have it bookmarked already :) Thanks buddy <3

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/16/2012 at 11:52pm

Cool.

Brav wrote on 09/17/2012 at 03:40am

Could I have the Firefall beta key please?

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/17/2012 at 04:18am

Brav: Sent

XeSpace52 wrote on 09/17/2012 at 07:25am

Offensive combat please?

Hawky wrote on 09/17/2012 at 04:13pm

can i get firefall beta please?

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/18/2012 at 12:06am

XeSpace52: Sent

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/18/2012 at 12:08am

Hawky: Sent

XeSpace52 wrote on 09/18/2012 at 08:56am

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Path of Exile is having another stress test weekend... If

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Path of Exile is having another stress test weekend... If you're tired of Diablo 3 you might want to give this a try. Here's the info they sent me:

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Dark and deep action RPG Path of Exile will be open to everyone this weekend, September 14-16, so that we can stress-test our servers in preparation for entering Open Beta in a few months.

If you’ve been patiently waiting to try Path of Exile’s dark and customizable gameplay, now is your chance to check out the game - for one weekend only.

The game has been in Closed Beta since last August and we have been regularly adding new content, classes and skills. The latest patch adds new skills, more keystone passives, additional... Read All

So Ive decided to start up a discussion on all games

So I've decided to start up a discussion on all games japanese related. This is not to comment about anime or manga or characters. Just games. Talk about your favorite japanese games. Your games you were saddest never made it over seas. Or ones that are rare and that you'd Recommend.

I'll start with a few of my favorite series:
Super Robot Wars SRPG
Soma Bringer ARPG
Seiken Densetsu 3 ARPG (Secret/Legend of Mana 3 for you non japanese literate)
"Tales of" games and their offshoots. A/RPG hybrid

Honorable mention:
Uncharted Waters series (it really only remained popular in asia and still today is one of the best sea faring series of all time)

jdodson Admin wrote on 09/07/2012 at 11:59pm

I'll comment on Uncharted Waters and few other games after what first came to mind after you mentioned Japanese games.

It's funny because Japanese games for so long in my early gaming life dictated how I viewed what games were. And you know, it might seem strange but ill list of some badass Japanese games:

Super Mario Brothers
The Legend of Zelda
Donkey Kong
Final Fantasy
Romance of the Three Kingdoms

So really, Japanese games ruled gaming and my life for damn near half of it. I got into programming because of games and dreaming about one day making them.

Anyways, kind of got all wild eyed and sentimental for a minute there, anyways.. :D

jdodson Admin wrote on 09/08/2012 at 12:13am

Uncharted Waters and all other Koei games are pretty unqiue and a few made it into my all time most beloved games list.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms 2 [ To my mind one of the most perfect strategy games, holds up well now too. ]
Genghis Khan 2: Clan of the Grey Wolf: Wrote about my love for this one here: http://cheerfulghost.com/jdodson/posts/191

I played Le Emperor and rented Uncharted Waters on the Super Nintendo. I really like Uncharted Waters, the ship trading, upgrading the ship and traveling around the wold. It was a really fun idea I haven't had as much fun with in a modern game like it(I guess Sid Meyers Pirates is sort of similar?).

Koei still makes stuff and they released a version of Romance of the Three Kingdoms on the iPhone, one of these days ill break down and get it but I don't want every second of the day spend playing it so.... It waits, un-purchased. :D

Tungsten wrote on 09/08/2012 at 01:09am

I never played too many of the japanese ones. Seiken Densetsu had a spot on my emulator for a while, and I quite enjoyed it. Dragon Force on the Saturn (woah, that brings me back) was quite a good time, and most certainly very Japanese. I've always wanted to pick up the translation of shining force III... but other than that I've been pretty western.

Jacob_Richardson Post Author wrote on 09/08/2012 at 01:24am

i agree with you there tungsten i too wish to pick up the shining force III translation thats a classic. Romance of the three kingdoms is amazingly fun as well. Romancing Saga is a completely different game but also unbelievably amazing. Pirates! that most people are familiar with is nowhere close to as good as uncharted new horizons was. Sorry pirates! fans out there.

Travis Admin wrote on 09/08/2012 at 04:10am

Here's a game (series really) that might not get mentioned so I feel I should: Katamari Damacy. These games are so addictive. The mechanics are so simple, you pick up smaller objects so that you grow and can pick up larger and larger ones. You start of picking up thumbtacks and end up rolling up entire galaxies!

Insanely fun, insanely addictive, and insanely frustrating. The new one released on the Vita is quite literally the only thing that makes me want to buy a Vita.

Jacob_Richardson Post Author wrote on 09/08/2012 at 04:21am

Oh man Katamari Damacy is great but when you get game over? Man seems like a childrens game but thats simply terrifying. Love the music tho. daaaa-dadadada haha

Travis Admin wrote on 09/08/2012 at 04:28am

Yeah the King of all Cosmos does not tolerate failure. I mean, even when you hit your size goal he isn't too happy with you unless you do around 200% usually. Such a hard father.

Jacob_Richardson Post Author wrote on 09/08/2012 at 04:39am

For real and I think he can also be considered a mass murder. As he does kind of turn the entire world into a big shining ball of fire (i.e. a star)

Travis Admin wrote on 09/08/2012 at 05:04am

Well, from all of the absolutely bizarre flavor text you can see on items and such in the game, it seems like being rolled into the katamari is somehow euphoric. So at least they all went out happy.

Jacob_Richardson Post Author wrote on 09/08/2012 at 06:55am

hahahaha ya. that game is what happens when your high and decide to make a video game. such a funny game

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 09/08/2012 at 04:37pm

I have a Katamari demo on my xbox from years ago. It's so unique and mesmorizing that I'll probably keep the demo forever.

Timogorgon Member wrote on 09/08/2012 at 05:23pm

Uncharted waters was awesome! I actually picked up Pirates! because it looked like an updated uncharted waters.

As far as games that didn't make it stateside, Seiken Densetsu 3 and Mother 3 were my two big ones. Luckily they both were fan translated. :) I also just picked up a fan translated version of Brigandine Grand Edition which I haven't tried yet but I'm excited about. I've heard Bahamut's lagoon was a good SNES RPG that never made it stateside, but I've never seen or played it.

One of my favorite tactical RPG games is Disgaea, and it is VERY Japanese, lol. Here's the trailer for the first game in the series (and my favorite in the series so far): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOsvsyIElRI
The game is absolutely insane in just about every way. There are so many different ways to improve your characters and make them more powerful that I had to kind of force myself to stop working on leveling them up and actually go do the main storyline at one point. The game is also genuinely funny. My wife liked it when I would play the game when she was around because she enjoyed the cut scenes so much.

And of course my childhood was ruled by Japanese video games: Zelda, Mario, The Final Fantasy series, Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana, Mega Man, Metroid, etc. :)

jdodson Admin wrote on 09/08/2012 at 06:12pm

Secret of Mana. So good. So very good.

Chrono Trigger is on my list of shame for games I haven't played much of or beaten....

Please don't judge me.

Jacob_Richardson Post Author wrote on 09/08/2012 at 07:33pm

@Jdodson you should check out one of the steam greenlight games called secret of grindea. looks like kind of a funny name based on the sterotypes of ARPGs however it basically looks like a revamped and newer version of something like secret of mana but it has 4player co op

@Whiteboy I remember buying both Disgaea and La Puccell Tactics together on ebay when it was like impossible to find for ps2. They were so expensive. This was before the DS and PSP remake. Nippon Ichi really is a savoir of old-school styled SRPG's

Jacob_Richardson Post Author wrote on 09/08/2012 at 07:35pm

Also bahamut lagoon is pretty cool and worth playing. Its a rather typical SRPG except you have dragons that you can feed and depending on what you give them they get different stats and evolve in different ways.

Also can't believe I didn't mention Lufia II. Lufia II is probobly one of my greatest games from my childhood or of all time. Anyone else played and beaten it?

Timogorgon Member wrote on 09/08/2012 at 07:41pm

I've never beaten it, but I have played Lufia II. That's another great game! I should go back and finally beat that one. :) I think the farthest I ever got was I the tower that randomly generated new floors. I don't know how far into the game that is though.

Jacob_Richardson Post Author wrote on 09/08/2012 at 08:03pm

The soundtrack is very cool as well. Not sure how to embed a video but this is an AMAZING orchestral version of one of the songs in the game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHpgHXghgLw

Jacob_Richardson Post Author wrote on 09/08/2012 at 08:03pm

P.S. for those who dont want spoilers and want to finish or play the game. Do not read the comments. Unless you already have played other lufia games.

TonyJapMayo wrote on 09/16/2012 at 05:55pm

Nice post, I'm here =P There are too many Japanese games that are good.. I mainly play their PSP games.. From Monster Hunter that takes a while until we get the English version, the new Digimon Frontier n many other games..

n yeah, Disgaea, one of the best..

Btw don't forget Rockman/Megaman too =)

Jacob_Richardson Post Author wrote on 09/16/2012 at 06:38pm

Ah Monster Hunter Is up there as one of my favorite game series. I've sunk probably 1000hours into that series

jdodson Admin wrote on 09/16/2012 at 07:27pm

Wii version worth picking up? Heard good things about it but I haven't snagged a Wii Title since Just Dance 3.

Jacob_Richardson Post Author wrote on 09/16/2012 at 07:33pm

the Wii version is what i started on. I loved the game immensely. It's a bit old now but its still the last monster hunter we've ever received in the US. It is challenging as heck though. If your not ready to spend some time trying to learn a weapon style and get pretty darn good at it; it's probably not worth it.

However, If your looking for a game with challenge amazing animation and some of the best group play out there. I'd say it's amazing and a definate must own.

jdodson Admin wrote on 09/16/2012 at 07:48pm

Split screen group play or online? How does it work.

Going to look into this one, getting more good Wii games would be cool.

Jacob_Richardson Post Author wrote on 09/16/2012 at 08:00pm

its online. I think the online servers are up. its been awhile. It had like lobbies you join.

jdodson Admin wrote on 09/16/2012 at 08:12pm

Good to know, thanks!

TonyJapMayo wrote on 09/17/2012 at 03:13am

If you like horror, they have some great horror Japanese game too on Wii.. E.g. The Grudge / Ju-on.. Tried that on my friend's Wii, twas fun =)

Jacob_Richardson Post Author wrote on 09/17/2012 at 09:36am

I think one of the best "secret" horror games is on the gamecube. Eternal Darkness. Believe that was it. You have sanity and as you get scared more and more your guy literally starts to look creepy as hell and you start hearing things. Look it up.

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In game mission briefing from Insomniacs new game they are

In game mission briefing from Insomniac's new game they are teasing everywhere www.fusegame.com

Sony vs. Microsoft vs. Nintendo vs. VALVE When was the

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Sony vs. Microsoft vs. Nintendo vs. VALVE

When was the last time we had a 4th box? Jaguar? Rooting for Valve, but history says someone is going to lose here.

One of the interesting new things I checked out at PAX was

One of the interesting new things I checked out at PAX was the Wii U. I watched someone play a game where they explored/sniped with the new Wii U tablet controller. I took a quick picture of him giving it a go:

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I was interested in talking to someone from Nintendo about the Wii U to ask a few questions. A Nintendo rep asked if I wanted to play a game and I said I wanted to take a picture of the "normal" controller without a screen on it. He said that I couldn't but he could "clarify things" for me. I said ok and asked him...

"So you obviously have two controllers here, the tablet one with a screen and then the other that has no screen. Will... Read All

Timogorgon Member wrote on 09/05/2012 at 10:53pm

Maybe it's just me, but nothing I've seen about the WiiU is really all that exciting. I'm curious about the tablet controller, but if it turns out to be as gimmicky* as the Wii's motion controls have been, I dunno how this new console will do. Did you have a chance to play any of the games with the new controller?

*Just to clarify, it's not that I think the motion controls suck in general, it's that they're largely poorly implemented. Also, some games just don't benefit (and many are actually hindered) by motion controls.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/06/2012 at 01:14am

I didn't get my hands on the controller because, I wasn't really interested in playing with it. I was more interested in watching others use it and talk to the Nintendo reps.

I think the Wii Motion controls are fine for what they do, Bowling is fun. But when I hit the couch for a shooter, I kind of don't want to flail around. That said, Zelda with more arm movements could be awesome, but I reserve judgement until I try it more.

Oh and I did the Twilight Princess thing, the controls were fine by me, the water temple sort of caused me to walk away.

DAMN YOU WATER TEMPLE!

Timogorgon Member wrote on 09/06/2012 at 08:54pm

Some games pulled the motion controls off really, really well. My main complaint is that that didn't happen often enough. What's worse, motion controls were shoehorned into some games that really didn't need it. Wii Sports and (especially) Wii Sports resort are awesome, and some of the few Wii games I still play once in awhile. Twilight princess was fine except I found some of the special sword techniques a little hard to pull off with the motion controls. I haven't tried Skyward sword yet, but I hear it is much better control wise.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/07/2012 at 03:12am

I have Paper Mario on the Wii and the motion controls were a tack-on for sure.

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I have a ton of free PAX Beta keys and Free DLC to give-away

I have a ton of free PAX Beta keys and Free DLC to give-away to all you awesome people. Apparently some of this PAX exclusive stuff is on Ebay selling for real cash money. Like the Doom 3 BFG Edition Pink Avatar I nabbed from the iD booth is selling for $10. Since I love you all so much, they will be free to you all.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/PAX-Prime-2012-Exclusive-DOOM-3-BFG-Pinky-Xbox-Avatar-DLC-Item-/261091710181?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cca4754e5
http://www.ebay.com/itm/PAX-Prime-2012-Exclusive-Dishonored-Corvo-Mask-Xbox-Avatar-DLC-Item-/261091708569?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cca474e99

I know, I know. Mother Teresa has nothing on my generosity.... Read All

vdogmr25 wrote on 09/02/2012 at 06:54pm

I'd like the Tribes: Ascend Item please. :)

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/02/2012 at 07:54pm

@vdogmr25: sent.

Travis Admin wrote on 09/02/2012 at 09:31pm

Firefall looks like it could be tons of fun. So does Smite. I'll claim A FireFall key, and the Smite key only if nobody else wants it. :)

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/02/2012 at 09:36pm

@panickedthumb smite & firefall sent.

BR Supporter wrote on 09/03/2012 at 07:32am

I'd like the Dishonored Avatar mask and If its not too big a deal, the firefall beta would be cool too. Thanks for the opportunity! :D

Jacob_Richardson wrote on 09/03/2012 at 09:44am

I'd like the D&D neverwinter mmo beta. and if its not to much extra i'd like one of the doom 3 bfg edition pinky avatars.

Steven_Dodson wrote on 09/03/2012 at 02:52pm

I'll take what you give. Sounds cool.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/03/2012 at 05:45pm

@br items sent.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/03/2012 at 05:46pm

@Jacob_Richardson items sent.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/03/2012 at 05:46pm

@Steven_Dodson sent

Axel_Mller wrote on 09/04/2012 at 04:18pm

That dishonored mask is cool. I'm no xbox guy though. Nice of you to be giving away them like this. :)

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/04/2012 at 04:50pm

Yeah, no problem! Hope people enjoy the stuff!

Jacob_Richardson wrote on 09/04/2012 at 07:15pm

Thank you jdodson. Saw the stuff yesterday but was having a party and couldn't post a comment. Very awesome did you actually go to pax?

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/05/2012 at 01:16am

I did go to PAX this year. Posted a bit about it:

http://cheerfulghost.com/jdodson/posts/520
http://cheerfulghost.com/jdodson/posts/523

First video game conference and I plan on hitting it up again next year!

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PAX day 2 was pretty awesome. I realized that I had

PAX day 2 was pretty awesome. I realized that I had accidentally missed a TON of expo floor so Saturday I spent the day exploring the rest of the expo floor, listening to talks and watching a few League of Legends matches.

I also spent Saturday collecting a ton of Beta keys and DLC vouchers, so checkout a later post for give-aways!

http://i.imgur.com/OVIVa.jpg [crossing the street at PAX]

The first talk of the day was a panel on the future of multiplayer games. It featured Andy Williams [Nexon], Scott Hartsman [Trion Worlds], Matt Higby [Planetside 2], Max Schaefer [Runic Games], Scott Youngblood [Red 5 Studios], Craig Morrison [Age of Conan], Joel Bylos [The Secret... Read All