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Warsong Commander Getting The Nerf Bat - What Do You Think?

A couple days ago Blizzard announced that Warsong Commander was getting a nerf and we've talked about it a bit already. I think all Hearthstone players wanted to see the Grim Patron Warrior deck get a nerf but after Blizzard talked about Warsong Commanders changes some people voiced some displeasure. No nerf is going to make everyone happy but is changing Warsong Commanders ability that big a problem?

For folks not in the know Blizzard is changing Warsong Commanders ability from:

"Whenever you summon a minion with 3 or less Attack, give it Charge."

TO

"Your Charge minions have +1 Attack. "

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Cheerful Ghost & Starship Rubicon Will Be At Portland Retro Gaming Expo 2015!

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Hey Everyone,

Cheerful Ghost & Starship Rubicon will have a booth at this years Portland Retro Gaming Expo. This Expo looks blow the doors off the last one with over three thousand tickets already sold! They plan on even more people attended so if you want to lock in your ticket, click the link below. Wick and I have our new booth ready to go and are excited to have people check it out. We are also having a daily Starship Rubicon ranked ladder where the top 3 scored players will win a free copy of the game! So stop by, play the game to get ranked, grab a free sticker and remember that Wick loves selfies so make sure to ask him to take as many with him as you can!

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AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 10/16/2015 at 03:36am

My daughters and I will be there Saturday! It's always a fun time :)

hellasad wrote on 10/18/2015 at 02:27am

hopefully im still first

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 10/18/2015 at 02:31am

Hey hella. Wick is going to send out the keys tonight for the winners soon, hopefully. And yeah, you got second place congrats!

Kuta wrote on 10/18/2015 at 07:20pm

I wish I was able to come today, too. You guys were hella cool.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 10/19/2015 at 03:30pm

Thanks for stopping by the booth Kuta. Wick and I had a really good time.

hellasad wrote on 10/20/2015 at 03:02am

no key yet but I beat the game had thing were cry pods were gone so hordes of them kept coming so I ram and ram lol 4k gems and then coasted thru rest of match

hellasad wrote on 10/20/2015 at 03:05am

nvm found it cant wait to get it to a friend

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Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddess On The Late Show

The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddess is now on tour and they recently stopped by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to rock out a pretty cool piece from the show. The arrangement here is pretty solid as well as the players themselves. A few years back my friend had the idea to take me to Video Games Live, which is a similar thing save one important point, it wasn't good. Nintendo entering the mix seems to have upped the quality considerably and I give them huge props for doing it well.

The History of Zelda Documentary

Nintendo Published a History of Zelda Documentary that was originally released to Japan. A few years ago some members at Zelda Informer translated it and posted it to YouTube for your viewing pleasure. It's a really great run through of the series and winds things up talking about Wind Waker and a very lengthy discussion with the games creator Shigeru Miyamoto. The captioning isn't large so you might have to squint some but it's a good documentary I recommend.

Head on over to the time machine because it's time to hit the nostalgia button!

Fallout 4 system specs have been released

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Finally, we get to hear how much we need to pay to upgrade our rigs for Fallout 4!

And really, it's not that bad:

Minimum
Windows 7/8/10 (64-bit OS required)
Intel Core i5-2300 2.8 GHz/AMD Phenom II X4 945 3.0 GHz or equivalent
8 GB RAM
30 GB free HDD space
NVIDIA GTX 550 Ti 2GB/AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB or equivalent

Recommended
Windows 7/8/10 (64-bit OS required)
Intel Core i7 4790 3.6 GHz/AMD FX-9590 4.7 GHz or equivalent
8 GB RAM
30 GB free HDD space
NVIDIA GTX 780 3GB/AMD Radeon R9 290X 4GB or equivalent

I'm finally nearing the "minimum" on new games, but at least I got this one!

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Azurephile Super Member wrote on 10/09/2015 at 03:50am

Awesome, I've been waiting for these. It looks like my PC should run it fine on recommended settings. I guess it's time to pre-order!

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 10/09/2015 at 03:52am

From what everyone has been saying, these minimum specs are almost definitely higher than you actually need to play it, and the recommended specs are almost definitely higher than you need to max it. Game companies want to make SURE that their advertised specs will run as specified, so they beef them up a bit.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 10/09/2015 at 03:56am

I just pre-ordered! That GTX 780 seems to be on par with my GTX 690.

jdodson Admin wrote on 10/09/2015 at 07:49pm

This looks like it will run fine on my current PC. Interesting to see Windows 7 at the bottom of the minimum Windows version level

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 10/09/2015 at 07:56pm

Anyone getting it on Steam? If so, are you going to buy the Season Pass? I haven't, though it's tempting. I may wait until I see what DLC comes out or is planned. I haven't bought very many Season Passes. What do you think about those? Do you get them?

jdodson Admin wrote on 10/09/2015 at 07:59pm

Yeah, I am going to get it on Steam the day before to pre-load it because there is no incentive to pre-order. I might buy the season pass depending on if I am playing it by then and need more of what they are adding. I have bought one season pass before for Bioshock Infinite and I really liked that quite a bit.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 10/09/2015 at 09:04pm

I remember seeing the original pre-order bonus, which was a Pip-Boy that uses an iPhone or something that I don't have nor want, so I didn't want it. I wanted to see the system requirements to make sure it'd be fine on my PC, thus I have pre-ordered. A pre-order bonus would have been nice, but I'm ok with that.

The game is coming out in 1 month and 1 day, isn't that exciting?!

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 10/10/2015 at 03:47am

I'll get the season pass because I know I'm going to want the DLC and that gets it to me for cheaper.

The physical Pip-Boy wasn't a pre-order bonus, it was part of a special edition.

jdodson Admin wrote on 10/10/2015 at 03:11pm

Travis was there a discount? I don't see one on steam.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 10/10/2015 at 05:24pm

Was there a discount for what?

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 10/10/2015 at 05:29pm

Oh, you mean for the season pass? No, there's no discount for the season pass. What I meant was that the season pass IS a discount. You get a bunch of DLC for one price that's lower than the total price you'd pay by buying them individually.

JaBo wrote on 10/10/2015 at 06:00pm

I never beat FallOut 3, should I keep playing that one before getting into FallOut 4? Also, my new laptop has a GTX 965M so I'm good =] It's so nice going from my desktop with a geforce 9600GT to this new one. Was a long overdue upgrade.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 10/10/2015 at 06:29pm

JaBo, it's possible there will be some plot references, but it doesn't seem like it will be a direct story sequel.

jdodson Admin wrote on 10/11/2015 at 05:03pm

I'd say play Fallout 3 in as much as you are drawn to. For me, I really loved the game and basically mainlined it until the end. Beyond the DLC where you "wake up" and continue on through the story, I didn't really do much beyond completing many of the quests and exploring the wasteland.

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Broforce Will Leave Early Access On October 15th As We All Sing The Ballad Of Rambro

Broforce will launch on Steam October 15th and will add a whole slew of campaign missions set to defeat the devil. Wait... as in king Diablo himself? Like Satan incarnate?

The full launch of America’s favorite freedom simulator will include a new set of challenging campaign missions as the bros charge into Satan’s stronghold for a final confrontation in hell with the dark lord himself!

Oh hell yes.

So grab that American flag and your favorite beer to cozy up to Steam because the devil needs a freedom paddlin'.

My Current Hearthstone Decks

Rarely a day goes by where I don't play a few matches of Hearthstone. It's a great game and I still find the matches engaging and fun. I recently just got to a point where I have 4 decks that net me consistent wins in Casual and I felt they were worth sharing. Feel free to share your decks too, i'd love to see what people are playing with.

First things first, I am a free to play pleb that's only been seriously playing since the game dropped on mobile. Also these decks are not put together to be competitive on ranked. I play enough ranked to get the new card back but I am not good enough to do well there. Someday perhaps, but not right now.

Paladin Control Deck

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JaBo wrote on 10/12/2015 at 08:31pm

I'll post some of mine later, when not at work. But you could try this one in your Pally control deck... pretty cheap/fun board wipe

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jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 10/12/2015 at 09:52pm

I don't have a Wild Pyromancer or enough dust to craft one but when I get it i'll definitely add it in!

JaBo wrote on 10/13/2015 at 05:30am

Testing my link here, I uploaded 5 of my current decks.

http://imgur.com/a/DscTo

JaBo wrote on 10/13/2015 at 06:51pm

Well, finally:

http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/forum/topic/19288409377

The following balance change will be made in an upcoming patch:

Warsong Commander now reads: Your Charge minions have +1 Attack.

It's a bit overkill, as Warsong Commander goes back to being terrible, I would have liked something like "Your minions with 2 power or less have charge" (and if they get stronger than 2 power, they lose charge). This would nerf the current combo, but still let you do something with it. +1 attack on charge minions seems fairly "meh"

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 10/14/2015 at 12:23am

I agree that this wrecks Warsong Commander but something needed to happen to Grim Patron Warrior decks. Buffing charge minions is totally "meh" there are lots of other cards that buff all minions but I guess this is the best Blizz thought they could do.

I wonder how well used Grim Patron will be after this change?

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Prison Architect Officially Goes 1.0 - Early Access Done Right

In world with very disappointing early access games it's nice to point to one and realize it was done right. I picked up Prison Architect in 2013 after a very positive review of Alpha 10 by Chris Schetter. At the time it was a lot more simple but even then it had enough gameplay to hook me. After the next updates came I decided to pause my play of it because it seemed like they had a ton to add and I wanted to pick it up in closer to 1.0. As luck would have it, it seems I can head back and start managing my prison again.

Starcraft 2 Legacy of the Void Patch 3.0 Drops Prologue Campaign Free For Everyone

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Blizzard dropped a huge 3.0 patch to Starcraft 2 today. This brought a some new changes including an entire redesign of the user interface. It also preps current Starcraft 2 players to get all the files they will need for the expansion come launch day. Blizz has also now made the new Legacy of the Void prologue missions "Whispers of Oblivion" free for everyone. I just finished up the first mission and it was a frantic ride with the Protoss. The into cinematic and first prolog mission really set the stage for the upcoming campaign and if this mission is a taste of what we have in store for the main campaign, it will be great.

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Interview With Tiny Horse Games Tyler Edwards And Hagen Deloss On Mimic Arena

One of the things I want to spend more time doing is interviewing game developers making great games. Portland has a very active local game scene and I plan on giving it more attention over the upcoming months. Some of my local friends over at Tiny Horse Games are working on a local couch multiplayer platform shooter that is so frantically fun it gives me some of the original Unreal Tournament feels. I reached out to Tyler and Hagen to do an interview with us and after a great PAX showing and a few local cons later they had time in their indie rock development life to talk to us about making games.

jdodson: I want to congratulate you both for the game coming out on... Read All