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Zero Master Completes Doom's Ultra Nightmare Mode in 4h 43m

"This is the new Doom on Ultra Nightmare difficulty, it is identical to a single segment Nightmare difficulty run, as in you cannot die. Should be the first completed Ultra Nightmare after game released, but let me know if someone did it earlier."

I haven't played it yet but I imagine new Doom's Ultra Nightmare mode isn't a cakewalk yet YouTuber Zero Master completed it in 4 hours and 43 minutes. Even more impressive considering if you die you have to start over. The video linked above shows off the impressive run and spoiler alert, it shows the whole game start to finish.

Bejeweled Stars Is Out And It's Pure Mobile Heroin

Last week PopCap launched Bejeweled Stars which is their latest free-to-play mobile puzzler that takes everything we all love about match three games and brings it up a notch. Bejeweled is a classic game and this latest entry does it justice while realizing that other games like Candy Crush have dominated this space for quite some time. I was never a huge Candy Crush player, it just never really was something I enjoyed playing for very long but Bejeweled Stars seems to have a special something about it I really like.

If you despise the free-to-play mobile virtual currency pay to get power ups model this game won't be for you. There are a ton of ways they use to get you... Read All

Travis Admin wrote on 05/18/2016 at 03:00am

Two Dots killed me on that lives model where you have to wait to play. @scrypt knows what I'm talking about.

scrypt Supporter wrote on 05/18/2016 at 02:17pm

Two Dots can burn in hell.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 05/18/2016 at 02:50pm

Hahahaha, not sure I've quite experienced anything like that with this one but I'll let you know if I do.

Travis Admin wrote on 05/18/2016 at 02:53pm

So I was right. Scrypt DOES know what I'm talking about. :D

Yeah seriously, it was painful when you get to the high levels and you get stuck on one for literally days because you can only play 15 minutes a day.

scrypt Supporter wrote on 05/18/2016 at 09:42pm

With Bejeweled Stars, they have effectively found every sight and sound that is stimulating to gamers, and put it all in one game. If this was VR, I would never leave. Currently at level 11.

Travis Admin wrote on 05/18/2016 at 10:00pm

OK I'll try it. If scrypt (who got as annoyed with Two Dots as I did) likes it, I might.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 05/18/2016 at 10:04pm

I standby my virtual heroin comment. This may be one of the most polished games I've played.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 05/19/2016 at 06:40am

Having quite a hard time with level 41. If anyone gets that far and has any tips for beating it, let me know.

scrypt Supporter wrote on 05/19/2016 at 06:17pm

I just matched a cosmic cube and a star gem. OMG. They should have sent a poet...

scrypt Supporter wrote on 05/19/2016 at 07:13pm

Hypercube, sorry. Also, Dark Spheres?!!

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 05/20/2016 at 04:17am

Yeah, there are a lot of different pieces to keep track of. I keep forgetting what clears entire lines. I like the ones that zap all the pieces off the screen though, those are really handy.

scrypt Supporter wrote on 05/20/2016 at 08:17pm

Stuck on level 51. Here is where I get annoyed with games like this. Near impossible to clear without special items. Bleh.

scrypt Supporter wrote on 05/20/2016 at 08:23pm

Of course. I just passed it. I was stuck on that level since yesterday. Maybe I just needed to bitch about it ;).

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 05/20/2016 at 08:25pm

I agree, things get really hard. I am on 48 and I find that if I just keep coming back and plugging away I can make it through.

Travis Admin wrote on 05/21/2016 at 02:34pm

So, apparently I'm immune to the Bejeweled magic. I remember people freaking out about it back at the turn of the century, back when it was just PopCap, and I tried it. Didn't stick with it.

I got to level 10 or 11 on Bejeweled Stars, and... yeah I just don't care that much about the gameplay. I haven't even gotten to a point where I could get annoyed by the pay-for-lives model.

Good for me, since there are games that will eat up time coming out or recently released. :D

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 05/21/2016 at 03:12pm

Far Harbor and Doom?

Travis Admin wrote on 05/21/2016 at 04:39pm

And Terraria, yep!

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The Latest Humble Deep Silver Bundle II Is Pretty Incredible

If you are looking for some amazing PC games and to also donate to charity, the latest Humble Deep Silver Bundle might be something to check out. I've heard great things about Dead Island and now seems like a good time to try it out!

"Pay $1 or more for Sacred 3 Gold, Risen, Risen 2: Dark Waters Gold Edition, Saints Row 2, Dead Island: Game of the Year Edition, and a coupon for 10% off one month of Humble Monthly for new subscribers

Pay more than the average price to also receive Dead Island Riptide Complete Edition, Killer is Dead - Nightmare Edition, Saints Row: The Third - The Full Package, and a coupon for 75% off Dead Island Definitive Collection in the Humble... Read All

New Cheerful Ghost Site Design Is Now Live!

Welcome to the new and improved Cheerful Ghost! Jon was looking for a more modern theme for the site, and I was happy to do it, partly because I had seen some things over the years that could be improved, and partly because I needed a client for one of my classes.

This has been an amazingly fun project, probably the most fun I’ve had on a site design yet. I’m very familiar with the site so I was able to envision ways to make some things work more smoothly, and design things to not get in the way of the reader. My chief goals were to modernize the site styles and make it look less like a Bootstrap theme.

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jdodson Admin wrote on 05/18/2016 at 01:41am

Thanks for working on this Travis, I really enjoy how everything looks. It's a nice improvement and something I appreciate you taking the time to do.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 05/18/2016 at 01:44am

You're very welcome! As I said, it was a blast. I'd definitely do it again :D

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 05/18/2016 at 02:01am

Whoa! That was unexpected. It looks cool. Good job! I'm going to miss the blue colors, though. LOL

jdodson Admin wrote on 05/18/2016 at 02:03am

Yeah, the old design was burned into my brain too Greg! Goodbye old friend!

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 05/18/2016 at 02:04am

There are all kinds of new blues here Greg! :D

scrypt Supporter wrote on 05/18/2016 at 02:20am

It's super sexy, you guys! Nice job :D

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 05/18/2016 at 02:31am

This looks great! Super job Travis :)

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 05/18/2016 at 02:44am

Thanks! :)

rettisawesome wrote on 05/18/2016 at 07:08am

Nice. I'm totally digging the new design.

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 05/18/2016 at 04:49pm

Looks great! Good work Travis!

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 05/18/2016 at 06:39pm

Thanks rett and Will!

hardeyez wrote on 05/19/2016 at 05:42pm

New design looks great!! (and I agree it will take some time to get used to the desaturated background compared to the old bright blue, but change is good).

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 05/20/2016 at 02:25am

I see the logo at the top left is a drop down menu now. That's cool and organized. I've been so used to refreshing the site by clicking on that logo, so that's how I noticed. It may be an extra click from what I was doing before, but I can also click my browser's refresh button.

jdodson Admin wrote on 05/20/2016 at 04:15am

I like that it's organized too but I don't love it's two clicks to get home or refresh.

Travis can we make the Ghost take people back to home and clicking the Cheerful Ghost drop down is the dropdown? That may make that a bit better for people.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 05/20/2016 at 03:44pm

Yeah that's easily done.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 05/21/2016 at 04:40pm

Greg-- the ghos is now a link home, the menu is triggered by the text only now.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 05/21/2016 at 09:07pm

Thanks! I was ok with the change. I was just making the observation that the logo was a drop down menu.

jdodson Admin wrote on 05/21/2016 at 10:02pm

I wanted that change, it was annoying otherwise. Maybe just for me.

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Terraria Celebrates it's 5th Birthday with Patch 1.3.1 Coming May 22nd

"In celebration of Terraria's 5th birthday we are pleased to announce the release date for 1.3.1, an update for PC that focuses on wiring mechanics and controller support."

Terraria 1.3 is coming this month featuring a bunch of new stuff including Logic gates, hardhats, yellow wire, coveyor belts, new pressure plates, official controller support, a new campfire, many new statues that spawn mobs, a new block that changes water color and more. The new campfires and controller support look well worth the price of admission alone and with all things Terraria I can't want to try it out.

http://terraria.gamepedia.com/Campfire

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Travis Admin wrote on 05/17/2016 at 02:40am

Oh come on, Doom, Far Harbor, and now a new Terraria update? I don't have that many hours!

Travis Admin wrote on 05/17/2016 at 02:41am

Also what are the deets on campfires? I haven't read anything about that yet and the sources don't have anything.

Travis Admin wrote on 05/17/2016 at 03:33am

Never mind, found it: https://twitter.com/Cennxx/status/702878946094944257

Here's a full list of known changes: http://terraria.gamepedia.com/Upcoming_features

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 05/17/2016 at 03:42am

> Oh come on, Doom, Far Harbor, and now a new Terraria update? I don't have that many hours!

LOL I have Ark, FFX/X-2 Remaster, Far Harbor, and the last Witcher 3 DLC....trust me, I feel your pain, Travis.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 05/17/2016 at 04:24am

Yeah, the source lists the kinds of new campfires but not what they do.

Travis Admin wrote on 05/17/2016 at 02:32pm

Jon-- the gamepedia article only lists the kinds of campfires currently in the game. Cursed, demon, frozen, ichor, etc... those are currently there.

The new campfire in 1.3.1 is a skull campfire which you can see in the twitter update from Cennxx

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 05/17/2016 at 08:35pm

Ah, thanks for the clarification Travis!

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 05/17/2016 at 11:57pm

@Travis Ready for another server? :)

Travis Admin wrote on 05/18/2016 at 01:26am

Not in 5 days! :D

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 05/18/2016 at 01:44am

I think I might have time in December... which is what I say every December but I think I could make time for one then

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Moments Like These....

Pic says it all lol.

Pally was at 30 health when I passed my last turn. He attacked my refreshment vendor taking him to 27... then drew the final piece if the combo (PS, the 2nd Power Overwheling was off of dark peddler, this is a Reno C'Thun combo deck lol

jdodson Admin wrote on 05/17/2016 at 05:03pm

This is awesome. I still have many classic legendaries to collect and Leroy Jenkins is one of them.

You also had a pretty good hand too even with this incredible burst condition.

JaBo Post Author wrote on 05/19/2016 at 05:33am

Finally!!

http://i.imgur.com/LR6IKy9.jpg

JaBo Post Author wrote on 05/19/2016 at 05:35am

I need to find my old post from last August-ish that shared my levels of each class and wins. Shaman was the last one, followed by warlock.

I really don't like shaman lol

JaBo Post Author wrote on 05/19/2016 at 05:59am

For the record, my wins are sitting at:

Warrior - 288
Shaman - 169
Rogue - 175
Paladin - 238
Hunter - 373
Druid - 349
Warlock - 159
Mage - 239
Priest - 500+ (who knows)

Says I have 3266 total wins... but I don't know all what is added up to get that. If only the class wins, then that leaves 1,276 wins for Priest, and I did think it might be 1000, so what's another 276 lol.

Still only an 11 win arena run (can't get that 12 cap) with 1643 total wins in arena.

jdodson Admin wrote on 05/19/2016 at 06:42am

Nice. I finally hit rank 12 today. I've never done better so I am feeling pretty good. It's with a fun mid range Hunter deck:

JaBo Post Author wrote on 05/21/2016 at 05:26am

I saw you at rank 12 or 13. That's great man! It takes some good effort to get there. I have a struggle to get too much lower (or higher depending).

jdodson Admin wrote on 05/21/2016 at 03:11pm

Yeah, I am focusing on how to play around certain kinds of class cards. It's got me a few times where my board gets wiped but I totally played into it. I have to mentally remind myself, this could be coming how do we play to that.

JaBo Post Author wrote on 05/23/2016 at 10:32pm

Yeah for sure. Like always be prepared for a brawl. If you control the board, don't flood it. The best T8 play can sometimes be to just attack, use power, pass. I miss Loatheb for that very thing. Was great to throw him out and know they can't flame strike next turn.

JaBo Post Author wrote on 05/23/2016 at 10:33pm

I realized what my most missed card is when I played priest finally... Light bomb... Nothing like it

jdodson Admin wrote on 05/24/2016 at 03:25am

I am glad light bomb is out TBH. Priest has lots of removal options.

But yeah, i've been getting more comfortable with a power pass. When I saw people do it I was surprised but it makes sense to work with what you have or pass in some situations.

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Spent Sunday Praising Yogg at The Taco House - My First Local Hearthstone Tournament

So this might not come as a surprise to anyone that reads Cheerful Ghost regularly but I enjoy a good game of Hearthstone every now and again. For quite some time i've seen that there is a regular Hearthstone gathering at The Original Taco House off Powell and I finally made it out for my first event. I'll set the mood with the Taco House bracket rules below...

"Single Elimination Conquest Format. Up to 24 people may enter. First come, first served. Each player will create four decks of unique classes. At the start of each best of five series, each player will inform their opponent of the four classes that they have brought. The opposing player will choose one of the... Read All So this might not come as a surprise to anyone that reads Cheerful Ghost regularly but I enjoy a good game of Hearthstone every now and again. For quite some time i've seen that there is a regular Hearthstone gathering at The Original Taco House off Powell and I finally made it out for my first event. I'll set the mood with the Taco House bracket rules below...

"Single Elimination Conquest Format. Up to 24 people may enter. First come, first served. Each player will create four decks of unique classes. At the start of each best of five series, each player will inform their opponent of the four classes that they have brought. The opposing player will choose one of the four decks that will be banned from play. The players will proceed with standard Conquest rules with their three remaining decks."

Needless to say the couple days before the event I was nervous. Will I totally shit the bed and lose my ass off? I wasn't sure but I played quite a few ladder matches to prepare and tried honing my four decks with a friend*. With it being my first event I also decided to keep my expectations manageable in that I simply wanted to walk away with one game win. As it turns out I did win a single game and considering my free-to-pleb status was happy with how it all turned out.

My first bracket was a buy, which basically means I wasn't paired with anyone and I moved to the second tier automagically. If you don't have a certain amount of participants people will buy up to the next bracket. My first proper bracket match went well and I won with my Warrior. The person I was paired with was great so getting a win was something I didn't expect. The second match I won with my Shaman and then lost the third match with my Rogue. I proceeded to lose the next match and then took the bracket with a final win. Totally unexpected and very happily I took a bathroom break while I collected all my nerves for the next match up.

In the third bracket I didn't fair as well but was happy to have an exceptionally fun moment where my Warrior brawled while I had Sylvanas to steal their fully shielded Tirion Fordring. That epic play didn't seal the match as they handily stomped me for the win. The remaining games of that bracket were also lost sealing the day with a showing I am really proud of.

I couldn't have played a tournament at a more fun venue as The Taco House as it was my favorite haunt when I lived over in SE Portland. Having such an awesome community at an event was really incredible and if you are on the fence about heading down to the Taco House I can say everyone was friendly and accommodating. I plan on hitting up another event and if you are in the neighborhood and want to toss down a few cards with some very good players in Portland I recommend you check it out.

https://www.facebook.com/OTHSEPowell/

* I want to thank Bina for helping me focus things down to my better decks for the tournament.

Is It Faster To Roll In Ocarina of Time?

I've always wondered this and each time I've played Ocarina of Time it sure seemed like it. Jack from Red Letter Media finally settles the question.

All You Need To Know About Pinball Machines Featuring Metal Jesus and PDX Pinball Wizard Chuck Van Pelt

Metal Jesus is a retro video game collector I follow on YouTube and I wanted to feature his latest video on Pinball machines. This video is special in that it features Chuck, a local Portland pinball collector and retro game vendor involved in the Portland Retro Game Expo. This year I won a raffle for the Arcade Cabinet Zero Point and Chuck was the one that delivered it to my house, which was really cool of him.

If you are looking to learn more about the different version of Pinball machines over the years and some of the more popular tables you need to check this video out.

One of The Most Fun Tavern Brawls To Date - Hearthstone Dailies For Ghosts: ep. 12 Top 2 Brawl

In this episode of Hearthstone Dailies for Ghost we play Tavern Brawl and the Top 2 scenario. This is an especially crazy episode in that this brawl is so unique it created a ton of really fun winning scenario's. Check the video for some fun 2 card decks you can try. Let me know some of your fun moments from the brawl in the comments!