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3 All New Zones Coming To Adventure Mode In Upcoming 2.6.0 Patch!

Not only is the upcoming Diablo III 2.6.0 patch supporting the Necromancer DLC($15) but it's also dropping 3 new zones for free if you have Diablo III: Reaper of Souls. One of the three new zones is The Shrouded Moors and it's featured in the embedded clip above.

"Fetid swamps stretch beyond your vision, obscured by a dense fog that commands malevolent intent. Ancient structures long since abandoned are scattered across the sunken mire, and the absence of human activity might have something to do with an ongoing eerie sense of being watched. Still, despite the sense that something unnatural looms in the distance, the notion that treasure and glory may await tempts even... Read All

Hearthstone Pack Changes Coming For The Next Expansion!

"Starting with the release of Hearthstone’s next expansion (but applying to ALL Hearthstone card packs), every time you open a Legendary in a card pack, it will be a Legendary card from the same set that you don’t already own. Once you own either the golden or non-golden version of a Legendary card, you won’t get a duplicate of it until you own all the Legendary cards from that set. Soon, you’ll be able to craft a Legendary without the worry of opening it in your next few packs!

In addition, you will never open more copies of any card in a pack than you can use in a single deck—no more opening three or more of the same common, rare, or epic card in one pack!

Beginning... Read All

The Steam Summer Sale Is Here. What Are You Buying?

The Steam Summer Sale is here and with it come some great deals. Incredible deals such as Starship Rubicon, the game Cheerful Ghost published is marked down so low it would be improper of you not to buy it at $1.99! Wait... hold the phone... $1.99? It would be insane of you not to buy it at that kind of discount so don't be crazy y'all, pick it up today!

And while your at it check all the other deals out on such games like Wolfenstein: The Old Blood at $9.99 which I somehow missed even though I absolutely loved The New Order. Or the nightmare created horror rogue-like The Darkest Dungeon which is also marked down to $9.99. But don't take my word for it, head over to... Read All

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 06/23/2017 at 04:26am

I might go with the Sega Mega Drive and Genesis Classics bundle. Yesterday it was about $60, today it's about $20. Not much else on my wish list at the moment. That one's only relevant because of the announcement of Sega Forever.

I think I got both Wolfenstein games for $10 each during one of the last sales.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 06/23/2017 at 04:51am

Yeah, I thought maybe The Old Blood would go under $10 but it doesn't seem like it has and I do want to play it before Wolf II comes out.

Travis Admin wrote on 06/23/2017 at 04:53am

The Old Blood is $9.99!

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 06/23/2017 at 05:00am

Well yeah, but I was thinking it would be like $5 or something. It's been marked down to $9.99 before. I guess I was just hoping it would go lower. Maybe after Wolf II is out?

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 06/23/2017 at 05:01am

$9.99 is still a great deal, I think i'm just a bit spoiler by the old legendary Steam Sales of yester year. These are good but they don't seem nearly as nuts as the bundled deals we'd get back in the day. I remember picking up Skyrim, Fallout New Vegas and a couple other Beth games for $30.

/wipes tear from eye

Travis Admin wrote on 06/23/2017 at 05:23am

I think the old days where the week-long discounts weren't stellar but the daily (and sometimes thrice-daily) deal switches gave intense discounts were better overall. I kinda get why they stopped it but still.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 06/23/2017 at 05:27am

Yeah. It seems now we get sales and bundles all the time and the crazy sales aren't as popular anymore. I think it's a win but... I miss the crazy crazy deals.

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 06/27/2017 at 04:49pm

I picked up Doom, Batman VR and Everest VR

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 06/27/2017 at 09:27pm

I bought that SEGA Mega Drive and Genesis Classics bundle for huge savings! Most of my Cheerful Ghost friends on Steam have it.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 07/02/2017 at 05:39am

I remembered that DLC for Don't Starve called Shipwrecked. I also remembered Mortal Kombat, so I got the Komplete Edition. The Arkham Knight franchise is on sale, too, so I got the Premium version or whatever. All of that cost about $25. I think that's a sweet deal.

Travis Admin wrote on 07/05/2017 at 03:54am

I ended up grabbing Shadow of Mordor because I hear so many good things about it. Can't beat that $3 price tag.

Also Mankind Divided despite the mixed reviews because I adored Human Revolution.

Virginia, because I love Twin Peaks and this game feels like that.

Ori and the Blind Forest because I have a friend trying to get me to play it and it looks really great.

And finally Final Fantasy XIII-2 and Lightning Returns because I was an oddball that loved XIII and want some more.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 07/05/2017 at 04:20am

I also decided to get The Long Dark. I've watched one of my favorite YouTubers play it in the last few years.

@Travis I have FFXIII, XIII-2, and Lightning Returns on the PS3. I haven't played much of those games, but I did finish the first two once. I'm not sure if I'll get them on Steam.

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Sega Forever Launches Tomorrow on Android and iOS!

"Sega Forever is a free and growing classic games collection of nearly every SEGA game ever released from every console era – Master System, Genesis/Mega Drive, Dreamcast, and more. Available on iOS and Android mobile devices.

Play free

Save your game progress

Leaderboard -- compete with the world for high scores

Controller support -- fully integrated wireless Bluetooth controller support

Offline play

Games released every month; download them all!

Sega Forever will ship tomorrow with Sonic the Hedgehog, Comix Zone, Altered Beast, Kid Chameleon and Phantasy Star II. Sonic is already available for free on mobile and I just played it and the controls are quite good for a... Read All

Diablo III: Reaper of Souls The Necromancer Arrives 6/27/17

With the release of a new "reel" Blizzard announces the arrival of the Necromancer for next week. You can find more details in the link below. It appears that we still have a week before we can purchase the DLC. I was kind of surprised that it only costs $15. I was expecting maybe double that and I probably would have been happy to pay it. New Challenge Rifts are being added as well.

I've been looking forward to this since it's initial announcement. Since I've played through the campaign twice with each class, once for each gender, I feel some hesitation on starting a new champaign. But, of course there are new cinematics and voices, so I plan to start a new campaign... Read All

Travis Admin wrote on 06/21/2017 at 04:07am

Since their full expansion cost $40 at launch, they'd be seriously shooting themselves in the feet if they tried to charge more than $20 for this.

I'm stoked, I'd pay $5 of that just for the stash tabs at this point, but the gameplay looks great!

jdodson Admin wrote on 06/21/2017 at 04:13am

Good thing it's only $15 then! Not sure i'll have time to play it right on the 27th but i'll pick it up sometime around then to play it.

It's a fun class, curious to see all the skills and armor sets at the higher levels.

Travis Admin wrote on 06/21/2017 at 04:01pm

>Good thing it's only $15 then!

Yep! I was responding to Greg saying he expected double on it. Blizzard is pretty good about sweet-spot pricing.

jdodson Admin wrote on 06/22/2017 at 03:58am

Yep.

Azurephile Super Member Post Author wrote on 06/23/2017 at 05:36am

"First Look: The Shrouded Moors and Beyond" https://youtu.be/MIRWZXi5YvI

Azurephile Super Member Post Author wrote on 06/27/2017 at 10:56pm

What gender Necromancer did you guys create and what did you name him or her? I chose a male and I came up with a funny name, NeckRomancer. LOL I'm playing through the campaign and when I finish I think I'll create a female and go through the campaign with her. I just don't know what to name her.

jdodson Admin wrote on 06/28/2017 at 03:26am

> I just don't know what to name her.

"Fun With Corpses"

Travis Admin wrote on 06/28/2017 at 05:35am

I was going to go with NeckRowManSir but it was too long. Considered NeckRomancer too but ended up with Saul based on a biblical story where Saul has a witch necromance someone for him.

jdodson Admin wrote on 06/28/2017 at 04:49pm

http://kotaku.com/diablo-iiis-necromancer-is-the-best-spellcaster-yet-1796485987

Travis Admin wrote on 06/28/2017 at 08:45pm

I think I agree with Kotaku. After about an hour with it last night, it's super fun. The corpse explosion chains are magical. Literally and figuratively, I suppose.

Azurephile Super Member Post Author wrote on 06/28/2017 at 09:20pm

What level of difficulty are you guys playing on? I think I'm on Torment II or III. As for skills, I prefer to use Syphon Blood or others that heal me. I also prefer to use either the skeletons or Golem. I like the Army of Skeletons, but it takes a long time to recharge, which leaves me alone, which sucks. Reviving corpses is cool, but you have to have corpses first. They also don't last very long. Corpse Explosion is pretty good.

What are your prefer skills?

Azurephile Super Member Post Author wrote on 06/29/2017 at 12:42am

Ah, it just dawned on me! A great female Necromancer name would be Corpse Bride! Hopefully you get the movie reference. :)

Travis Admin wrote on 06/29/2017 at 03:23am

Katie named her's Embeth after Embeth Davidtz, whose character was necromanced in Army of Darkness.

Started on Expert difficulty to ease back into it. I couldn't get into the siphon skills, I'm still using spikes, and throwing out wraiths and skeletons like candy.

And good god, the corpse explosions.

Azurephile Super Member Post Author wrote on 06/29/2017 at 04:39am

Awesome <3 Katie!!! She should send me a Blizzard.net friend request. :)

I'm not sure what difficulty I started on, but I kept increasing it as I saw fit at the beginning as I usually do. I'm doing Torment III now and I'm surviving at least.

Azurephile Super Member Post Author wrote on 07/01/2017 at 01:23am

Behind the Scenes: https://youtu.be/kNnXPgJvcdQ

jdodson Admin wrote on 07/01/2017 at 02:10am

Cool. Added to watch later!

Azurephile Super Member Post Author wrote on 07/14/2017 at 05:12am

Paragon level about 220 and I just now (hours ago) finally had an opportunity to go to the Vault. It was my first and only time. Cool stuff.

Also, my local friends told me about Elective Mode, it's under Options. It lets you choose whatever ability you wish to put in whichever slot, even if two abilities are on the same page. So now, I'm using Revive instead of Devour. I've been running around with the Blood Golem, but now I've added skeletons to that, too (both are on the same skill page).

Travis Admin wrote on 07/14/2017 at 01:11pm

Katie and I ran some rifts with a friend of mine who's been playing for like 3 weeks now, but he's gotten help to get boosted, so he's running T13. We basically stayed back while he destroyed everything. The paragon levels, gold, and loot were like candy.

I figure, we've put in our time. We played a ton before loot 2.0 and barely played since running Crusaders through Act V when it launched. And the game is designed for this to work, so it doesn't feel like cheating. But damn this guy playing for three weeks with such a higher paragon level, gold, loot, everything else than we had. The game has changed so much.

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Griftlands Is The New Morality Bending RPG By The Creators of Don't Starve

As the smoke clears from E3 a few games I missed are becoming a bit more visible and I learned about one today from Klei Entertainment. Griftlands is a beautiful 2D RPG that looks to blend up elements of Borderlands, Banner Saga and old school RPG's like Final Fantasy to build an interesting.. rogue-like? I can't tell entirely if the game is a rogue-like or it's a standard story based RPG where you can choose a different starting character like Dragon Age: Origins.

Jim Guthrie is doing the music for Griftlands kicking my interest in it up a notch or two. Speaking of the music if Jim... if you are a fan and interested in getting more of his music in a nifty Collectors... Read All

How Do You Actually Pronounce "Zebes" The Planet From Metroid?

The planet from the original Metroid is spelled "Zebes" yet some people pronounce it differently. Is it pronounced "Zeebz", "Zeebees", "Zehbiss" or "Zebeth?" Personally I grew up pronouncing it "Zeebs" but I've heard it said a couple different ways. Gaming Linguistics offers a nice discussion of the original Metroid games and then digs in to the official word on how Zebes is pronounced. The answer he comes to may surprise you! Just kidding, it's not that surprising but it's a fun journey and I want to try my hand at more clickbait-like phrases to see if it causes more discussion. Spoiler alert, it doesn't seem to at all!

Cygnus Destroyer Video Game Movie Reviews - Mortal Kombat Annihilation

I really enjoy Cygnus Destroyers Innocent Until Proven Guilty series and he has recently updated the format to include reviews of video game films. The first video game films he reviewed is Mortal Kombat Annihilation and you need to watch it to see if it's found guilty of being.... ok, like who am I kidding the movie is terrible and he finds it guilty. I wonder if he will review a terribly panned video game movie and give it the not guilty verdict? Who knows, but I do know that I like that he is reviewing video game movies... now if he can get around to reviewing the Street Fighter movie?

Did You BBS? Connecting Your Old PC Hardware To Modern BBS Systems.

If you have an old 486 PC sitting around the house and you wanted to connect it to a modern BBS, Lazy Game Reviews has an amazing guide on how to do that. Apparently someone has created a Wifi card that translates a wifi signal to a Hayes compatible modem which allows you to connect to modern BBS's that people run online to play games like Legend of the Red Dragon and Tradewars! Optionally you can just head over to the BBS Guide and use your modern computer to relive those magical moments too but this seems way more amazing.

http://telnetbbsguide.com/

PortsCenter Is Back With The Doom GBA Ports!

Mikey Newmann is the creator behind the YouTube Series "Movies With Mikey" and is/was one of the leader writers working for 2K Games on the Borderlands series. Recently he stepped away from 2K and is focusing on his YouTube channel full time and one awesome benefit of that is that the show PortCenter is back!

In this episode Ben Paddon talks about the two Doom ports on the GBA for Doom and Doom 2. He dives in to what versions of the game they are based on and that Doom II wasn't based on the original Doom II source at all. I didn't know Doom was ported to the GBA, but it makes sense it was as it's been ported to nearly everything.