I remember watching this video when video on the Internet was a new thing. Recently I saw it linked from somewhere and I was impressed with how well it holds up now.

Thing is, I think playing a strange arty obtuse Cube game like this could be fun. Totally love to go head to head with the cone as I have wanted to kill that bastard for years...

Decided to share with everyone my recent completion of Dynamite Dunes. The above shot is from one section of my park after completing the scenario. You can click the link below to download the file and load it in to your Roller Coaster Tycoon saves to check it out.

I built many more Roller Coasters than I usually do in this level and as such had a huge problem with people vomiting all over the place. I hired many more Handymen as a result and was awarded the cleanest park in the country award. I don't believe I have ever been awarded that before now.

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1oRZK7IvLFZNnB2UlRIREJKNTg/edit

If you haven't played Roller Coaster Tycoon I recommend you give it a shot and its not too expensive either.

http://www.gog.com/gamecard/rollercoaster_tycoon_deluxe

Latest StarCrafts animation featuring an aspect of Protoss being pretty dominating. All it takes is a detector... you don't lose.

"The Mercenary Kings have been activated... Early! On July 22nd, get the game on Steam Early Access! Help the mission by giving us your intel before the official release! Enter the fray as the most skilled mercenaries on Earth! Craft your arsenal to avenge your fallen comrades and save the world from the fearsome forces of CLAW.

Available July 22nd on Steam Early Access at 25% off! "

I am very excited to hear that Mercenary Kings will be released July 22nd on Steam Early Access. Everyone that missed the Kickstarter but wanted to check this game will be able to this month! If you are going to pick it up on the Steam Early Access launch, I have created a Cheerful Ghost event you can join to put on your calendar.

http://cheerfulghost.com/jdodson/events/32

You can pre-order the game on the Mercenary Kings website.

http://www.mercenarykings.com/

Anyone else going to pick this up when it launches on July 22nd?

Great video covering some of the history of System Shock 2. Talks about how Irrational approached the sequel and how it is a spiritual successor to Bioshock.

Make sure to checkout our System Shock 2 contest and if you want to take a swing at this classic game, make sure to enter!

http://cheerfulghost.com/Travis/posts/1429

"A main feature of Cube World is the random world generation. In contrast to many games, worlds are not designed by a level designer, but generated procedurally by the game using math and random numbers. The result is an endless world (nearly endless, i.e. players can't reach the borders), so players can explore new landscapes all the time.

Every Cube World day, new missions are available. Missions send players to dungeons or huge boss monsters. Completing a mission gives valuable rewards like weapons, armor and platinum coins. Platinum coins can be used to upgrade weapons and armor.

If a player likes a land he can basically stay forever in that land and just do daily missions."

Cube World looks like a game that solves some of the outstanding issues I had with Minecraft. Don't get me wrong, Minecraft is a great game that I enjoy but I wanted a bit more adventuring. Cube World is a game with a very lush art style that seems to pull more of those adventuring elements and keeps all of the blocky wonder, crafting and survival.

Recently Picroma, the company behind Cube World released the game and the demand was so large it crashed the servers. They have since shut it down and are fixing things for another launch. When the game becomes available I am going to immediately pick it up and depending on how that goes, I may start a server we can play together :D

The Cube World site provides a pretty good overview if you are looking for more information.

https://picroma.com/cubeworld#overview

A fun video of a few people having fun in a alpha build of Cube World.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N01LOl-Q8EE

A few members of the Terraria team posted a screen shot of them playing a game in the upcoming 1.2 patch. How many things can you spot from this shot that are new?

http://www.terrariaonline.com/threads/treehouse-shenanigans.102252/

Earthbound Zero is the new fan print of Earthbound 0 for NES. Using a fan translation English ROM this is a pretty rare chance to play this classic on the actual NES.

http://rosecoloredgaming.wordpress.com/2013/06/27/earthbound-0-has-arrived/

A fantastic interview with the amazing brotherly due making Dwarf Fortress, Zach and Tarn Adams. Dwarf Fortress is a unique a game as the people making it and it shows in this fantastic interview.

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/195148/dwarf_fortress_in_2013.php

"Balance and Ruin features seventy-four tracks from seventy-four artists, arranging from the soundtrack of Final Fantasy VI for the SNES. It was made by fans, for fans, and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Square Enix; all original compositions are copyright their respective owners. This album was produced to help promote video game music, Nobuo Uematsu's amazing compositions, and the talented artists that contributed to this project."

After downloading it and listening to a few tracks already I recommend you pick this up if you were a fan of Final Fantasy VI or just love remix albums in general. The album is a free download available as a straight MP3 download or you can get a FLAC, MP3 + Art torrent.

Check the songs out and let me know how it turns out for you. Kupo!

http://ff6.ocremix.org/

Continuing the season of great video game sales Sony has entered the mix with its Summer Blast Sale. It has a few titles on sale at different times including the Ratchet and Clank Collection, Mortal Kombat, Scott Pilgrim VS The World, The Simpsons Arcade Game and Alice Madness Returns. Sony is also marking down a few digital films such as The Dark Knight, Inception, The Expendables and Toy Story 3.

Its cool to see these PSN digital titles get marked down and also see some movies added to the mix. Might be a good chance to pickup a few games on the PS3.

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2013/07/01/psn-summer-blast-hot-discounts-starting-tomorrow/

Not to be left in the cold, Amazon is showcasing its Digital Games Summer Sale. Featuring such awesome games as Borderlands 2, Guild Wars 2, Dead Space 3, Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 and more. Many of the games are for an "online game code" which if memory serves is actually a Steam Key and some are downloadable on Amazon, so read up on which games are which.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=br_lf_m_1000716161_pglink_1?ie=UTF8&docId=1000716161&plgroup=1&plpage=1

Cool to see so many companies jumping on the Summer Sale Bandwagon.

I get the same feeling when I see certain people on Facebook as well. That said, to this point I haven't ever seen my arch enemy. I attribute that to good algorithms.