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Torchlight 2 Coming to Mac February 2nd As Hell Dethaws

Do you remember when Runic said the Mac port of Torchlight 2 wasn't too far away and then a few years passed? I do and because of that was really happy to hear that it will be coming to Mac in four days. In four days our Mac sisters and bothers will be able to bask in the Torchlight 2 goodness. The wait wasn't lost on Runic either because the Mac port video addresses that in a funny way.

That said.

And I am trying to say this with as much niceness as possible. But. You know.

Can we get a Linux port too? /ducks

Cheerful Ghost Is Three Years Old

Three years of Cheerful Ghost? Yep.

I want to thank everyone for taking part in the site by reading it regularly, commenting, posting or allowing me to publish your game(looking at you Wick). Not only did we publish Starship Rubicon but, for me, the site really clicked as a place that I come to talk about video games with friends.

Raising my glass to another year!

If you haven't already, check out Starship Rubicon below and also make sure to vote for it on Steam Greenlight.

www.starshiprubicon.com
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=331311253

Travis Admin wrote on 01/30/2015 at 04:27am

It's been a blast, except for that guy Jon. He's literally Hitler.

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 01/30/2015 at 05:31am

Congrats! I definitely appreciate the site breaking up some of my day at work.

scrypt Supporter wrote on 01/30/2015 at 03:21pm

I'm glad I stumbled across you ghostly folks. Congratulations on three years!

Timogorgon Member wrote on 01/30/2015 at 05:22pm

It's been a fun three years! Looking forward to more awesomeness! :D

hardeyez wrote on 01/30/2015 at 05:29pm

Wow, years fly by fast. Feels like yesterday we were walking around talking about this "game list" project you were going to start... :)

hardeyez wrote on 01/30/2015 at 05:30pm

Big CONGRATS!!

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 01/30/2015 at 08:03pm

I've only been a part of the site for a year now, but I've been loving it. Cheerful Ghost and GMail are the only sites I keep open tabs for in Chrome. I visit the site regularly, clicking on the logo to refresh to page to see if there is anything new (or if I have any notifications). I'm really glad to be here and glad to have met some cool people (even that weird Jon that Travis mentioned Hahaha). Thank you for giving me and others an awesome community to talk about video games and other "geek" things. Thank you also for giving me a place to write. Thank you also for giving me a cool place to find out about awesome games. I'm not sure how many games I probably wouldn't have played or known about if it wasn't for Cheerful Ghost, although I think Terraria, Starbound, and Diablo III are among them.

Keep up the good work. I look forward to continuing my membership!

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The Making of Grim Fandango Remastered

Grim Fandango Remastered dropped a few days ago and according to the reviews i've been reading, if you loved the original you will love this. This morning I found a comprehensive article about resurrecting this classic on Polygon. If you are interested in reading the story of how Double Fine and Sony were able to bring Grim Fandango back, it is well worth the read. Spoiler alert, it involved several old tape machines.

http://www.polygon.com/2015/1/27/7921837/grim-fandango-remastered-interview-double-fine-disney-lucasfilm-sony

Double Fine also has three documentaries part one is linked above, you can watch the remaining two on the Grim Fandago website.

http://grimremastered.com/#docs

Grim Fandango is a beloved cult classic of PC gaming and as such the remaster has been getting lots of attention. You can pick up Grim Fandango Remastered on the Vita, PS4, PC, Mac and Linux.

Timogorgon Member wrote on 01/28/2015 at 06:40pm

This is one game I completely missed when it came around the first time. I've had several people tell me it's one of the best adventure games out there as well as just a great game period. Has anyone from the CG community played this before? Does it live up to its reputation?

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 01/29/2015 at 05:42am

I'm like you, Tim, while I was aware of Grim Fandango at the time, I did not play it. I remember the game being on the CD of video game demos from PC Magazine, but I never played it. I did recently notice in my Playstation news feed, that the game is available.

Tungsten wrote on 01/29/2015 at 10:55am

I picked it up back in the day. It's your typical Lucas arts adventure game, reminiscent of a lot of the Telltale games now. I remember thinking that the opening act was the best and then it went downhill, but what did I know, I was like 12.

vdogmr25 wrote on 01/29/2015 at 03:58pm

I can't wait to play this. Never got the chance to.

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Brutal Doom v20 Looks Incredible, Coming Soon

Doom 4 was teased last year at Quakecon and since then there has been a ton of silence from iD on when it will be coming. We've been waiting for the next chapter of Doom for quite some time and if your tired of waiting, the upcoming update to Brutal Doom might hold you over. Adding the pump action shotgun as well as enhanced blood effects, Brutal Doom looks great. The mod creator has been testing it with Free Doom(an Open Source recreation of the Doom assets) so getting it running should be easy.

http://www.moddb.com/mods/brutal-doom

Star Mazer Mixes Up Some Interesting Elements

Back this on Kickstarter!

Star Mazer is a game new to Kickstarter that mixes up elements from Gradius, Space Ace & Maniac Mansion to create a really interesting looking game. They are looking to raise $160k and have a bit over $60k of that so if you are interested in seeing this happen, now wouldn't be a bad time to Kickstart it.

Games like this live and die on the story and tone and Star Mazer seems to have that in spades. The game will launch when it's done and the developers plan to have it out on PC, Mac and Linux as well as other platforms, funding depending.

"Starr Mazer is more than a collection of Point-and-Click segments, Shoot 'em up (SHMUP) segments and cut-scenes. The world is seamless. You’ll walk into the Holloway-Exeter docking bay, board the Starr Wolf and control the flight sequence, blasting off to space. You’ll be bargaining deals at the bar in order to afford repairs and upgrades to your Starr Wolf and using information gleaned from characters to find hidden routes while flying between destinations. Be careful which passing enemies you attack, as not all are foes, and a few could have dire consequences. Even while facing the charging death beam of a G'ell cannon, use your charisma to dodge bullets."

JP LeBreton & John Romero Talk about And Play Doom

Spacebase creator JP LeBreton and John Romero play through Doom “Knee Deep in the Dead,” in its entirety. It's fun to watch John play through the game and talk about it as he was so instrumental in creating it.

Now can we get a Myamoto playing through the original Legend of Zelda video series?

Children of Morta Is A Beautiful Pixel Art Roguelike

Back this on Kickstarter!

"Children of Morta is a story-driven hack ‘n slash game incorporating the elements of the roguelike genre, where you will go on an adventure with the guardian family of Bergsons.

The family have lived on the outskirts of Mount Morta, guarding it for many generations. As a tragic event in Morta corrupts the roots of life deep in the mountain, all the creatures turn into furious, mindless monsters. Now the land’s only hope is for the Bergsons to find the seeds of life and use them to cleanse the corruption.

The game has a unique art style blending the old-school 2D pixel art aesthetics with a few modern lighting and rendering techniques, bringing to life a world of fantasy and mystery."

Children of Morta is a fantastic looking pixel art roguelike that should be on everyones radar. Dead Mage looks to have hit a home run here and I can't wait to play it. Like many awesome Indie titles, Children of Morta will ship when it's finished on PC, Mac and Linux.

Cheerful Ghost Roundtable: S3 E1 - The Newest Season Ever

We are back with the Cheerful Ghost Roundtable Season 3. We talk a bit about what we've been playing over the holidays like Shadows of Mordor, Destiny, Risk of Rain, Pokemon & Super Mario Brothers.

During the Roundtable I mentioned beta testing Half-life 3 for Valve and as I was talking script drew something that reflected what I was playing.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-pWGPLx7kKj0/VMBhnWwMWwI/AAAAAAAAATw/H3R7igzOGI8/w395-h526-no/hl3.jpg

We also dig into what we are looking forward to with gaming in 2015 and more!

Fallout VS Skyrim - Which Main Character Would Win?

New video from YouTuber Andrewfilms that pits the main character of Skyrim VS Fallout 3. Interesting matchup and fun to watch. I kind of think the Fallout 3 character would win, but FusRohDah is pretty powerful.

WHO WON? YOU DECIDE!

Monetizing Your Starship Rubicon Let's Play Videos

Starship Rubicon is a challenging game and as such is fun to watch people play. A big part of modern gaming are Let’s Plays and Twitch streams and many people do that professionally. Wick and I believe that Starship Rubicon is a part of that and as such want you to create tons of Starship Rubicon videos and put ads on them. With that, videos are not the only thing that you can create on the web so feel free to create blog posts, walkthroughs and guides as well.

Have fun and if you make anything interesting make sure to share it with us.

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