Well I think Terraria is Cheerful Ghost's favorite game, 1.2 came out this year, so perhaps we could nominate that. LOL

Can I nominate more than one?
Hyrule Warriors
Mario Kart 8
Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
Super Smash Bros. (Wii U and 3DS)

If I have to pick just one of those games, then I would like to nominate Hyrule Warriors. Even though it seems I'm the only one here that's played it, I was very impressed with the game. There is still much for me to do in the game as I have not unlocked all the characters, weapons, Gold Skulltulas, nor have I yet fully explored Adventure Mode.

Correct, but we could nominate version 1.2.4. =)

I've listed my games of the year, but I forgot about Reaper of Souls, too, so that would be on my list, too. =)

Interesting video. I like that these guys have created this video to help make other gamers aware of issues female gamers go through and that they should be treated equally. I'm pretty much only aware of how males act towards females online because of what my female friends have told or shown me. It's pretty sad that a lot of guys are quite nasty towards them. I think if anyone doubts the mistreatment of female gamers, they should try to play as a female character on a popular MMORPG and they will soon find themselves the victim of the harassment mentioned in this video.

That said, I wish there were more active females here on our site. I am a guy and straight, so I love females, but I don't harass them. I respect them and believe they should be treated fairly. I think everyone should be treated fairly no matter their race, gender, sexual preference, religion, or all those other borders that we, as humans, have used to divide ourselves from one another.

Wow! I like that lightsaber sword!

Addressing your points from the original post:
-I'm hoping for a Storm Trooper turn-coat for a main character too. That sounds like an awesome idea. Not to mention I'm excited to see someone in Storm Trooper armor that doesn't look like the actor that played Jango Fett.
-The leading "rumor" going around is that this isn't even Tattooine. I doubt that is true though. As Travis said, there's the scene with the Sith (well, what else is he?) in a snowy forest area. And forgive me if this is considered a spoiler, but we know the filming took place in Abu Dhabi, Iceland, and Ireland. So probably at least three planets, assuming they stick to the usual one climate per planet. :P
-Yeah there was a lot of CG, but compared to the prequels there was a lot of practical stuff there too. Those looked like real locations and those Storm Troopers looked like real people in real plastic!
-Gotta have X-wings. :) Also it looks like this is a bit of a redesign, the wings look a little different.
-I love the original Storm Trooper design, but the new design is pretty awesome too. I imagine there were two very practical reasons for the redesign: Merchandising and the original helmets were notoriously difficult for the actors to work in. These seem like they have larger eye slits and might be a little easier to see out of. On a related note, the googles that Daisy Ridley's character has appear to be repurposed from an old Storm Trooper helmet!

That lightsaber looks cool but has got to be a pain in the butt to use. You figure it's hard enough not to accidentally chop off one of your own limbs with a regular lightsaber, let alone one that has two little blades pointed towards you!

Oh, and Zach, I loved Jedi Power Battles! That was a fun game. Not too many people I know of have heard of that one. Unfortunately my copy got stolen a long time ago. :(

I feel like I have to share this now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3Kor78QPNw

Awesome, Adam! Stephen's explanation makes sense! Also, check out this awesome meme I saw: http://i.imgur.com/TohfhUC.jpg

Speaking of Star Wars, I heard something funny on the radio today, something like, "do you ever notice that when a woman says, 'we need to talk,' that it's never about Star Wars?" The other guy said, "that's why I don't have a girlfriend." LOL

I didn't know about the 501st until I watched the extras on my Star Wars Blu-Ray box set.

I'm in Kentucky missing my PC, PS3, Wii U, Doctor Who, my own bed, and natural teeth. I'm working on PC maintenance and malware removal for my uncle. Happy Thanksgiving!

I want you to know that not once during my visit and stay with family in Kentucky did I get on Facebook, but I cannot tell you how many times I visited Cheerful Ghost! =)

Well, of course, you've seen the comments I've left since I've been there. I used my Kindle Fire HDX to access the site. Although, I may have used my grandmother's PC to see the Terraria video that was recently posted on here.

I like the purple house at the beginning of the video. That new weapon looks cool. I saw a "wormhole potion" in the inventory. I've been at my grandparent's in Kentucky for one full day now and I oh so miss my PC. I wonder when this update will be released. Honestly, I feel like Terraria is like MineCraft, in that I look forward to new updates and good excuses to start playing again.

Yeah we've previously noted that the two games are similar. We can certainly dream and discuss our update desires for both games. Quests, planets, and outer space would be cool. While Starbound does this, I feel like Terraria and Minecraft could do if better.

Yeah, Travis. I'm looking forward to Starbound 1.0. As for quests, Terraria has the fishing ones, which I thought were cool.

http://terraria.gamepedia.com/1.3 "Spoilers!"

I can't wait. I hope this comes soon.

I'm so glad to be home and see that video on my own PC! I'm so very excited for the new update! I did some searching to find out when it'll be released, but the best answer I could find was "when it's finished." It seems it might not be out until early 2015, which isn't that far away.

I kind of expect that I'll find out about the 1.3 release here, but instead of waiting on one of you to post about it, I'd like to keep up with Terraria news. So, I want to hear from you. How do you find out when a new version is released? Is it on the main page under "News?" I've begun to check that section of the web site frequently as I'm really looking forward to this update.

I figured one of you would say that. I'm not as over-active on Twitter as I used to be. I tweet very rarely now and almost never check the site. I only get on there when I think of something I want to tweet.

Oh! I just found you, Cheerful Ghost, and Tim via Travis's followers list. =)

Awesome! I've started playing Terraria on my Kindle Fire. I think I'm finally getting used to the controls.

That is so awesome! I'll take a look later at Hero's other videos later. My guess is that he might have one that explains the first video of spoilers we saw here. Remember that video and you wondered if we could spot all the spoilers? That's what I like about this video that you just shared. He explains all or most of the spoilers contained in the GIF you previously shared.

I am really excited about 1.3 and I'm sure you, Travis, and Tim are, too. I can't wait until we get the new release! I keep checking the Terraria official site News section, hoping to see breaking news of 1.3.

As I mentioned, I've started playing the mobile version of Terraria on my Kindle Fire. I got a good bit of game play in yesterday and I noticed that I'm getting used to the touch screen controls. I've been building up my house, which is huge because that's the first thing I always start doing. I always start by making enough rooms for all of the NPCs. I end up making some more so I at least have a place for me and my chests. I'm not sure, but I think I've re-created my first world once or twice due to not spawning in a "nice" area. The final time, I spawned in a perfect spot which will prevent zombies from entering my house. If I can figure out how, it'd be cool to share a screen shot of that.

A final note. Although I'm getting used to the touch controls, I'm wishing I had controls that responded to voice commands. I think that would make things a bit simpler, especially when trying to switch between items. Oh, and I'm also wondering if Starbound will get a mobile or tablet version since Terraria and MineCraft have them. If so, it will probably be a long time from now.

I'm glad you like that idea! Maybe I should send it to the developers. Hahahaha. "Defeat Duke Fishron" would be one I'd choose. That or "conquer Frost and Pumpkin Moon events." Really though, I imagine something like "sword" or "pickaxe" so that you could switch tools easier.

Here's what Cenx posted yesterday about the release date of 1.3, "the update will be done no sooner than 1 month from now and no longer than 1 year from now."
http://forums.terraria.org/index.php?members/cenx.5/#profile-post-37930

Last night, I did a YouTube search on 1.3 spoilers and it is going to be nothing short of amazing!! I can't even decide what I like best. I love that liquid physics are going to be much smoother now, natural-looking instead of blocky. Reading "no sooner than 1 month from now" is kind of disappointing, but I understand that they want to make sure they get in everything they want and make sure that it works like it should. It's amazing that once again I have this great anticipation for something to come out. While I hate the wait, I love it when a game comes out and proves that it was totally worth it. It's like being a child waiting for Christmas morning all over again! So, I'm very grateful that they've made a fantastic game and have found ways to make it even more fantastic. I can't wait for the update so I can dive right back into the PC version again. =)

I figured out how to take a screen shot with my Kindle Fire HDX, so here are some links for you to take a look. As I said, I've been playing the mobile version. The Kindle's version hasn't updated to the newest 1.2-ish version, but should hopefully soon.

Here is the big house I built, obviously capable of having 21 total NPCs move in: http://i.imgur.com/wn3cFBa.jpg
As I tried to explain, I spawned on a really cool spot that makes it hard for walking mobs to get in: http://i.imgur.com/rRix7iv.jpg

I'm afraid that once my Kindle gets the latest update I'll have to re-create my world and thus this giant house I made and I may also lose that great spot. I did notice some Harpies flying around when I was at the top of it.

Thanks! Are you talking about game play or updates? The game plays just fine and I don't notice any lag. As for updates, yes. The most recent mobile update is pretty much the 1.2 PC update. Unfortunately, it seems that Amazon hasn't pushed that update yet. IOS and other Android devices got it, but there seems to be some issues, perhaps that's why Amazon hasn't released it yet.

Yeah, you can root it. I did that on my first Kindle, which got stolen. I haven't done it on this one because I don't want to. I did find out that I could install 1Mobile and get the apps from it, which I tried. The Terraria that I had downloaded that way didn't even load. So, I ended up just getting the game from Amazon's app store. So now there are two versions of Terraria I am waiting for.

Terraria 1.3 is going to be amazing!!! Thanks for sharing the new spoilers!!

I can't wait to see the new improvements first-hand. I wish we still had an idea about when it will be released. I'm thinking it won't be out until Spring at least. At least the version I have for my Kindle Fire HDX updated to 1.2 yesterday.

I read that hours ago, Jon. I thought about sharing it here, but I obviously didn't do so. My only disappointment is that the interviewer didn't even ask CenX when we might see 1.3 released. I'm ready for 1.3, I've been ready. I want to have some fun again. I wish it would come out soon! I've been checking the Terraria and Starbound pages at least daily for news. LOL @ Travis.

New soundtrack spoiler!!!!!!
http://forums.terraria.org/index.php?threads/sampling-the-sounds-of-1-3.13064/

Feel free to let us know what those questions are and if you get answers. I've been so thrilled with the 1.3 spoilers and I really can't wait for it to be released. I've been more excited about that than anything else. This soundtrack spoiler is superb, I love it!

Awesome!

It seems the mobile version has achievements, so I imagine they can pull from those. I played a bit more of it yesterday. From time to time it tells me how many enemies I've killed. Adding achievements definitely gives the game replay value. There are still a few things I haven't done with the game such as finishing the moon events and beating Duke Fishron. I also haven't played during every calendar event.

With that said, I've been thinking about Terraria mods and I know nothing about them. I think, Travis, you mentioned one when we were playing on the server and I wonder if you could remind me of that. I think it might be cool to use one to run through the calendar events.

Cool. Thanks for the reminder. I'm interested in the seasonal events (http://terraria.gamepedia.com/Seasonal_event). I see there are a lot of them, but mostly mobile exclusives. I may some time see if that version can be modded as well so I can play those. Otherwise, I may just have to keep them in mind and play during those times. I've only played during the Christmas and maybe Halloween events, which makes sense since they're the only ones for PC. I've played through the Christmas one a couple of times on PC and once on mobile. I'm still interested in getting the game for the PS3 so I can check out those exclusives.

Yesterday I watched Redigit and "Blue" play the Alpha version of Terraria (http://youtu.be/Udp5ozoYfxM?list=PL4129CC1F5130E0C9). One of the good things was that Redigit said the correct pronunciation of the game "ter-rare-ia" instead of "ter-rawr-ria." They were quick videos, but it was cool to see and hear Redigit playing through the game. He and "Blue" got totally destroyed quite a few times. I like how "Blue" said that he loves the color blue (stating something I've said a few times) and that he's begged Redigit to add more blue stuff.

I do want to play the game again, but I don't want to get burned out with it before 1.3 comes along.

Oh! As for Duke Fishron, I searched YouTube and found one really good guide for beating him. The guy used a Snowman Cannon and pretty much didn't take any damage. I may have to give that a try.

Oh and I think it'd be cool if we could run a server again. I *might* try it out and see how it runs from here.

Feel free to share your thoughts on all of this (another long comment)!

Thanks again for the info, Travis. TShock was easy to set up. I might play with it more eventually. Part of it was made easier because I already had my router configured to do port forwarding for the Minecraft server I was hosting for my son and a friend of his. I was able to use that open port and I found my public IP address (again) easily enough. Perhaps some time in the near future I (or we) could do further testing. I'm not sure how much bandwidth would be necessary to host a server, but it could be possible in the near future (even at least for testing purposes).

Yeah, I know, but at least I now know how to set it all up. It might be something we might think about some time after 1.3 is released. =)

Man, I was hoping it'd be sooner. Still, at least we know what their goal is.