EA will apparently give away each of it's classic games from it's On The House program as there seems no sign that it is stopping. Recently they started giving away Medal of Honor Pacific Assault and if you have an Origin account, I recommend you pick it up.
"Survive the Pacific Theater. Experience the attack on Pearl Harbor, battles at Guadalcanal, and much more, all from the eyes of a U.S. Marine trying to survive World War II."
https://www.origin.com/en-us/store/free-games/on-the-house
EA will apparently give away each of it's classic games from it's On The House program as there seems no sign that it is stopping. Recently they started giving away Medal of Honor Pacific Assault and if you have an Origin account, I recommend you pick it up.
"Survive the Pacific Theater. Experience the attack on Pearl Harbor, battles at Guadalcanal, and much more, all from the eyes of a U.S. Marine trying to survive World War II."
2016 is the year of VR and we talk about what's out there and what we think about the future of VR. Is this going to be a real thing or is it just fluff? Along the way we also talk about Stardew Valley the Indie farming mega hit as well as what we've all been playing and watching.
What are your thoughts on VR? Is this something you are going to get and if you've experienced it what are your thoughts?
I thought Jon was being sarcastic (I can never tell!).
I played soccer for years, growing up. Then I got old and tried to play. I almost exploded my thighs, because the people I played with were NOT the casual players they said they were.
jdodson Admin Post Author
wrote on 03/29/2016 at 08:42pm
Uh. Hey, WhiteboySlim said Soccer was boring, not me! Proof? Check 1 m 58 s
But seriously I didn't say it was boring, Slim did.
Flicker user Cecilie Fritzvoid has some photos of some created StarCraft themed lego sets and after checking them out, I am ready for the official Blizzard sanctioned set. Sometimes you never know you want something until you see just how cool it could be, so yeah, can this happen? Plz blizz, blizz plz.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cecilihf/with/25332480763/
Flicker user Cecilie Fritzvoid has some photos of some created StarCraft themed lego sets and after checking them out, I am ready for the official Blizzard sanctioned set. Sometimes you never know you want something until you see just how cool it could be, so yeah, can this happen? Plz blizz, blizz plz.
Some of the Lego sets that come out these days are really fun to look at. Especially if they're video game themed, because they kind of give off a pixelated texture. I'd still prefer to have just the standard Lego packs, so you can make whatever your creative mind can come up with (like these people did!). The themes are pretty, though :D.
jdodson Admin Post Author
wrote on 03/28/2016 at 03:31pm
Unfortunately my lego collection is pretty sparse to do that. I bought a small set of Star Wars legos. Maybe now that the kid is coming, someday my collection will rise. I guess I should say our collection
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Day of the Tentacle Remastered is out today on Steam, GOG and Playstation. Day of the Tentacle was a game my friends and I played quite a bit of and traded secrets about how to complete. One of my friends actually beat it back in the 90's but I always found these adventure games to contain some part I could never figure out. A couple years ago I found an original CD copy of the game and played a bit of it using a SCUMM VM emulator but now with the remastered version, you don't need to do that.
Double Fine released a great behind the scenes documentary about the Day of the Tentacle remastered process and how they wen't about updating the game for modern systems.
Day of the Tentacle Remastered is out today on Steam, GOG and Playstation. Day of the Tentacle was a game my friends and I played quite a bit of and traded secrets about how to complete. One of my friends actually beat it back in the 90's but I always found these adventure games to contain some part I could never figure out. A couple years ago I found an original CD copy of the game and played a bit of it using a SCUMM VM emulator but now with the remastered version, you don't need to do that.
Double Fine released a great behind the scenes documentary about the Day of the Tentacle remastered process and how they wen't about updating the game for modern systems.
That was super cool to see. I've actually never really played Day of The Tentacle, but I loved Maniac Mansion as a kid.
Azurephile Super Member
wrote on 03/22/2016 at 09:26pm
Like Adam, I also loved Maniac Mansion. I knew of Day of the Tentacle, I think I tried it once. Thanks for posting an announcement (and included video) about this!
jdodson Admin Post Author
wrote on 03/23/2016 at 02:00am
No problem. I love these kinds of videos myself and know others do too
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Hyper Light Drifter is a Indie game that came to Kickstarter asking for $27,000 and ended up raising an impressive $650,000. I bought in after the Kickstarter and was allowed access to an early Steam build. The game is beautiful but I wasn't as impressed with the initial builds as i'd have liked. I imagine they haven't been sitting on their hands and the game has advanced in terms of gameplay, story and setting such that from this trailer it looks just as great as i'd hoped.
Hyper Light Drifter will finally launch on PC and Mac March 31st.
Hyper Light Drifter is a Indie game that came to Kickstarter asking for $27,000 and ended up raising an impressive $650,000. I bought in after the Kickstarter and was allowed access to an early Steam build. The game is beautiful but I wasn't as impressed with the initial builds as i'd have liked. I imagine they haven't been sitting on their hands and the game has advanced in terms of gameplay, story and setting such that from this trailer it looks just as great as i'd hoped.
Hyper Light Drifter will finally launch on PC and Mac March 31st.
Definitely looks like they've put some shine to the graphics and animations. Beautiful stuff. I hope the story comes close to that level of polish. Looking forward to this one!
Overwatch is Blizzards upcoming team arena shooter and even though it looks fun, it's not really something I was into. Overwatch will launch on PC, Mac, PS4 and Xbox One on May 24th and to help keep the hype alive Blizzard is releasing some longer form videos that slice out a bit from the Overwatch world. The first video short titled "Recall" is linked above and showcases just how amazing Blizzard is at making videos. The typical triple A video production is present but the video really branches out into territory I haven't seen much from Blizzard. The video has a real heart to it and does a great job of investing you in the Winston character. Sure it edges a bit to... Read All
Overwatch is Blizzards upcoming team arena shooter and even though it looks fun, it's not really something I was into. Overwatch will launch on PC, Mac, PS4 and Xbox One on May 24th and to help keep the hype alive Blizzard is releasing some longer form videos that slice out a bit from the Overwatch world. The first video short titled "Recall" is linked above and showcases just how amazing Blizzard is at making videos. The typical triple A video production is present but the video really branches out into territory I haven't seen much from Blizzard. The video has a real heart to it and does a great job of investing you in the Winston character. Sure it edges a bit to the cheesy side at times but this is a side to Blizzard we haven't seen much and the video foregoes a grand apocalypse for something a bit more simple.
Are you going to pickup Overwatch? If you pre-order it now you will be in the upcoming open beta. Pre-ordering it secures you into the open beta but I imagine they will let people in that just want to try things out which I would prefer. I'd like to try it out before I decide to pick it up. From Hearthstone I know Blizzard is very capable of making multiplayer games I love, so hopefully the open beta is open to everyone.
I don't normally write about Steam game deals when a major sale event isn't happening, but this one is too good to pass up.
Every Serious Same game that Steam has, including all the DLC, will only set you back $9.99 until Wednesday at 1PM Eastern, 11AM Pacific. That's 90% off.
I've loved this series since the very first installment, and played so many hours massacring wave after wave of bizarre enemies.
If you haven't played these games, you owe it to yourself to try them, and with this price you have no reason not to! Mac and Linux players, keep in mind that most of these games won't work on your chosen platform, but Serious Sam 3 is cross-platform and (for me) the... Read All
I don't normally write about Steam game deals when a major sale event isn't happening, but this one is too good to pass up.
Every Serious Same game that Steam has, including all the DLC, will only set you back $9.99 until Wednesday at 1PM Eastern, 11AM Pacific. That's 90% off.
I've loved this series since the very first installment, and played so many hours massacring wave after wave of bizarre enemies.
If you haven't played these games, you owe it to yourself to try them, and with this price you have no reason not to! Mac and Linux players, keep in mind that most of these games won't work on your chosen platform, but Serious Sam 3 is cross-platform and (for me) the Linux version outperforms the Windows version. All the others work well in Wine, however, with no major Wine config required.
YouTuber Yangyugi cut up a video comparing the original 1994 Doom to the 2016 remake and it's pretty fun. Most of the same stuff can happen in both games but it's fairly obvious the new game is a remake of the old one. Which isn't a bad thing at all.
YouTuber Yangyugi cut up a video comparing the original 1994 Doom to the 2016 remake and it's pretty fun. Most of the same stuff can happen in both games but it's fairly obvious the new game is a remake of the old one. Which isn't a bad thing at all.
Greetings lovers of the Irish and all things green! If Warwick Davisâs Leprechaun taught us anything is that you donât get between the little green people and a pot of gold or gamers and great gaming deal. So keeping in Saint Patrick's Day Holiday season we are marking Starship Rubicon to 60% off! WHAT? THATâS SO CRAZY! The luck of the Irish wonât be with you forever as this sale packs up and walks back over the Rainbow Monday March 21st.
And really, what were you going to spend your money on anyway? You can only buy so much beer dyed color green anyway. We're not saying donât buy a ton of green beer but buy a ton of green beer AND Starship Rubicon too!
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Greetings lovers of the Irish and all things green! If Warwick Davisâs Leprechaun taught us anything is that you donât get between the little green people and a pot of gold or gamers and great gaming deal. So keeping in Saint Patrick's Day Holiday season we are marking Starship Rubicon to 60% off! WHAT? THATâS SO CRAZY! The luck of the Irish wonât be with you forever as this sale packs up and walks back over the Rainbow Monday March 21st.
And really, what were you going to spend your money on anyway? You can only buy so much beer dyed color green anyway. We're not saying donât buy a ton of green beer but buy a ton of green beer AND Starship Rubicon too!
The new trailer for Fallout 4's upcoming DLC Automatron is available and unveils more from this Pokemon styled Robot collector building pack. It also hints there may be some exclusive story content here as well even if light it would be welcomed. Interested to know whom will be playing this on launch day as I might not be but want to know more about how it plays.
Automatron will be available for download on PC, XBox and PS4 March 22.
https://bethesda.net/#en/events/game/fallout-4-automatron-trailer-released/2016/03/14/88
The new trailer for Fallout 4's upcoming DLC Automatron is available and unveils more from this Pokemon styled Robot collector building pack. It also hints there may be some exclusive story content here as well even if light it would be welcomed. Interested to know whom will be playing this on launch day as I might not be but want to know more about how it plays.
Automatron will be available for download on PC, XBox and PS4 March 22.
Azurephile Super Member
wrote on 03/15/2016 at 04:10am
Oh damn, that's in a week! That seems sooner than I expected although I'm not sure when I expected to see DLC. That does look cool. I wonder what the most effective weapon would be against them. There certainly seems like a great variety of robots! I might jump in and take a look at it, we'll see. I did order the Season Pass, so it will definitely be mine.
jdodson Admin Post Author
wrote on 03/18/2016 at 04:35am
Yeah, me too. Seems like all this content is coming soon.
Azurephile Super Member
wrote on 03/25/2016 at 03:31am
I thought I ordered the Season Pass, but it doesn't look as though I did.
Azurephile Super Member
wrote on 03/29/2016 at 03:53am
I can't remember if I decided not to get the Season Pass or if I decided to wait. I just know that later, I thought I got it, but I apparently didn't. So, I missed out on the special price, but I decided to go ahead and get it anyway. I spent a couple of days playing this new DLC and I pretty much finished it. There is still a mission left for me to do, though. I'm not sure if it's a radial mission, but I assume it is. I do like the new companion, Ada. I particularly like her because when Travis and I were in college together, our programming classes were based on that language, Ada. I enjoyed getting components to upgrade her using the new robotic crafting station. Although, I didn't have the required perks to give her many of the upgrades, so I missed out on some. I did change her paint to blue, though she was pretty much already blue. I think her default color was cyan or something else that's bluish.
Travis must be quite busy this semester. I'm surprised that we haven't heard anything from him regarding this new DLC. Oh and I was wondering what would be the most effective weapon against robots. Well, it seems that a shotgun is definitely a really good weapon against them. I seem to recall Travis mentioning something like that in another post.
jdodson Admin Post Author
wrote on 03/30/2016 at 12:55am
> I can't remember if I decided not to get the Season Pass or if I decided to wait. I just know that later, I thought I got it, but I apparently didn't. So, I missed out on the special price, but I decided to go ahead and get it anyway. I spent a couple of days playing this new DLC and I pretty much finished it.
I picked up the season pass. So far I haven't played any of it. I tried playing Fallout 4 the other day and for whatever reason, didn't continue. I hope I find the drive to finish the game as I really enjoyed up to the point I got.
> Travis must be quite busy this semester. I'm surprised that we haven't heard anything from him regarding this new DLC.
Last I heard he played it but yeah, i'd expected a full review by now too
> Well, it seems that a shotgun is definitely a really good weapon against them.
I am not too high level but the shotguns have been a staple of my gameplay so far. The shells are easy enough to find and they pack a huge punch. I try and pick off smaller guys with the handgun but when things get crazy, out comes the shotgun. Recently(or when I was playing it) I got an automatic shotgun which does a bit less damage but can really rip out the shells.
Azurephile Super Member
wrote on 03/30/2016 at 02:19am
>I picked up the season pass. So far I haven't played any of it. I tried playing Fallout 4 the other day and for whatever reason, didn't continue. I hope I find the drive to finish the game as I really enjoyed up to the point I got.
Yeah, I regret the mistake I made of not getting it when I thought I had it and it was cheaper. I could have saved some money, obviously, but ah well, mistakes a part of life. Haha.
Yet again I'll repeat myself, pretty much, haha. I believe I have suffered from anxiety with this game, which makes playing it a bit frustrating. It easily and quickly overwhelmed me. There are a huge amount of weapons to choose from and tons of ways to modify them. Armor is pretty much the same, although I find it much easier to choose what to use. I pretty much stick with whatever's better than I have. The perk system also overwhelmed me and, like weapons, continues to do so. Now that I can make and modify robots, there are perks I need to get better mods for them. That goes with armor, too. I haven't really messed with weapon mods, though. I did go ahead and get the Armorer perk and I think I have it to level 2 now. Almost all of my S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stats are maxed, except for the last two. I'm still level 50-60ish. There's still a lot I can do in the game, which is good because I can get those other perks I need for mods.
> Last I heard he played it but yeah, i'd expected a full review by now too
Well, like I said (don't you love all this repetition?), he seems to be extremely busy with this semester. However, he'll be done in the next few months, so I'm sure he'll post his input later.
>I am not too high level but the shotguns have been a staple of my gameplay so far. The shells are easy enough to find and they pack a huge punch. I try and pick off smaller guys with the handgun but when things get crazy, out comes the shotgun. Recently(or when I was playing it) I got an automatic shotgun which does a bit less damage but can really rip out the shells.
Yeah, I like the shotgun, too, it's a very effective weapon. However, I've used it so much that I've actually run out of ammo and have had to try other weapons.
jdodson Admin Post Author
wrote on 03/31/2016 at 12:11am
> Yet again I'll repeat myself, pretty much, haha. I believe I have suffered from anxiety with this game, which makes playing it a bit frustrating. It easily and quickly overwhelmed me.
Makes sense. For me I think it just wasn't clicking with me and I don't continue on if things aren't fun.
> Yeah, I like the shotgun, too, it's a very effective weapon. However, I've used it so much that I've actually run out of ammo and have had to try other weapons.
I've been buying it from vendors but I use the shotgun VERY sparingly.
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