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The Iconic Double-Barreled Shotgun

Take a trip through the history of one of the most iconic weapons in video games, the double-barreled shotgun. After hitting the scene in Doom II the double-barreled shotgun has been used in tons of shooters. It's a great gun, but in shooters of late the reload time has been a bit higher than i'd prefer. That said, there isn't anything i'd rather have at the Zompocalypse.

Cheerful Ghost Roundtable - Listening

Every other Wednesday, a few of us here in the Cheerful Ghost community come together and talk about video games and the industry that produces them. This week, with the events that have transpired in our country, we felt it necessary to focus our attention on bigger issues. However, as we discussed the episode as a group, we were humbled by the weight of it all, our thoughts heavy on what the family of Michael Brown, and the city of Ferguson, are going through. We concluded that it would be much more productive to push that focus away from our own voices, and listen closer to those, not just in Ferguson, but around the country, that need to be heard. We hope that you... Read All

Interview With Matt Conwell of PDXLAN

If it wasn't for PC Gaming the video game industry wouldn't be nearly as cool. One part of PC Gaming I am in awe of is the rigs some people have. Like a souped up show car, some PC setups are amazing to behold. Since being a wee lad I have been involved with PC Gaming and a huge part of my current love of it comes from LAN parties. After the proliferation of ultra-fast Internet and online play some may have the impression LAN parties might be old hat. After attending PDXLAN 2014 I can tell you that LAN parties aren't going anywhere and for good reason, they are awesome. After contacting Matt Conwell I was able to attend this year and was impressed with the PC builds I... Read All

Hotline Miami Jacket Figuring Kickstarter

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Hotline Miami is a great gam I loved every ultra-violent second of. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number is currently in development and according to Dennation Games will come out sometime this year. With that, a new Kickstarter dropped today to fund a 12 inch collectable figure of Jacket, the main character of Hotline Miami.

Right now you need to buy it at $85 to get the Jacket Figurine + digital rewards. It's a really interesting Kickstarter and if you love the game, I recommend you check out the video.

"Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gun play and skull crushing close combat. Set in an alternative 1989 Miami, you will... Read All

Elysian Shadows Will Bring It's 2D RPG Goodness To Dreamcast

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I am a sucker for 2D pixel-chunky RPG's. What can I say? Little jdodson loved Final Fantasy games as they helped opened my eyes to how beautiful video games can be. I've recently been hearing about a new Kickstarter game called Elysian Shadows and wanted to share it, because it looks great. They have 11 days left to raise 38k to fund the game so if you are interested in getting your hands on this, the time is now.

Elysian Shadows features some really beautiful art and shading mechanics. It's a bit hard to explain, so check the Kickstarter page and video for a full realization. Not only does Elysian Shadows feature a pretty interesting premise, it also will ship on a... Read All

PAX Prime 2014 Indie Megabooth Showcase

It's no secret that the place I spent the most time last year at PAX was the Indie Megabooth. This years line-up looks great and I wanted to share it with everyone planning to go to PAX Prime. A few games I am itching to checkout: Chroma Squad, Hotline Miami 2, A Voyeur for September(I hope this means Mewgenics) & Upsilon Circuit.

If you are planning on attending PAX Prime let me know and let's work out a time to say hi. I have Saturday tickets.

Indie Games featured this year at the Indie Megabooth:

Witch Beam – Assault Android Cactus

Turtle Sandbox – Cannon Brawl

Behold Studios – Chroma Squad

The Started Hare – Chromancer

Sirvo – Close Castles

Interdimensional... Read All

It's no secret that the place I spent the most time last year at PAX was the Indie Megabooth. This years line-up looks great and I wanted to share it with everyone planning to go to PAX Prime. A few games I am itching to checkout: Chroma Squad, Hotline Miami 2, A Voyeur for September(I hope this means Mewgenics) & Upsilon Circuit.

If you are planning on attending PAX Prime let me know and let's work out a time to say hi. I have Saturday tickets.

Indie Games featured this year at the Indie Megabooth:

Witch Beam – Assault Android Cactus

Turtle Sandbox – Cannon Brawl

Behold Studios – Chroma Squad

The Started Hare – Chromancer

Sirvo – Close Castles

Interdimensional Games – CONSORTIUM

Red Hook Studios – Darkest Dungeon

E McNeill – Darknet

DoubleBear Productions – Dead State

Refract – Distance

Amplitude Studios – Dungeon of the Endless

Marauder Interactive – Enemy Starfighter

17-BIT – Galak-Z

Team Gemini – Gemini

Defiant Development – Hand of Fate

Dennaton Games – Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number

Asteroid Base – Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime

MTB Design Works – Miegakure

Metanet Software – N++

Infinitap Games – Neverending Nightmares

Q-Games – Nom Nom Galaxy

Funktronic Labs – Nova-111

Vlambeer – Nuclear Throne

Northway Games – Rebuild: Gangs of Deadville

Hopoo Games – Risk of Rain

Radial Games – ROCKETSROCKETSROCKETS

Samurai Punk – Screencheat

Kitfox Games – Shattered Planet

SoundSelf – Soundself

Juggernaut Games – StarCrawlers

Ryan Green and Josh Larson – That Dragon, Cancer

Question – The Magic Circle

Croteam – The Talos Principle

Acid Nerve – TITAN SOULS

Ska Studios – Unannounced Project

Team Meat – A Voyeur for September

White Lotus Interactive – XING: The Land Beyond

Pocketwatch Games – LEADtoFIRE

Love Conquers All Games – Analogue: A Hate Story

Totally Choice – Woah Dave

Robot Loves Kitty – Upsilon Circuit

http://indiemegabooth.com/indie-megabooth-announces-line-pax-prime-2014/

Travis Admin wrote on 08/19/2014 at 03:33am

N++? Oh no, I wish I didn't know that was coming out. I was hooked on N back in the flash game days. It's like the fun/frustrating balance that Super Meat Boy has only more frustrating, but fun enough to keep playing anyway. I have never been so angry and happy with a game at the same time.

Travis Admin wrote on 08/19/2014 at 03:34am

Who am I kidding? I'm going to play a couple levels of N now. I'll see you all in a few years.

scrypt Supporter wrote on 08/19/2014 at 08:08pm

Good group of games :). Prime would be fun this year, but I might have to settle for a day or two at PAX South!

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 08/19/2014 at 08:16pm

Cool, curious how that is going to be. REPORT BACK.

scrypt Supporter wrote on 08/19/2014 at 08:21pm

I'll be there for Friday and Saturday. Was thinking of grabbing a Sunday ticket, but I would have been good with Prime for only a day or two last year. Ooh! I should start a post on South, see if anyone here is planning on going...

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 08/19/2014 at 08:40pm

Absolutely. You need to wear a Ghost costume the whole time.

scrypt Supporter wrote on 08/19/2014 at 09:03pm

Seattle and Boston at least have the cooler climates for cosplay. I'd be curious to see that crowd for San Antonio. I'll wear a Ghost badge, though!

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 08/29/2014 at 05:31pm

I just got an email that's going to be shown at PAX called "A City Sleeps" by Harmonix Music Systems.

But I just looked at a trailer for it and it looks kinda dumb. Maybe never mind lol http://www.harmonixmusic.com/games/a-city-sleeps/

Travis Admin wrote on 08/29/2014 at 05:56pm

I just read about Super Meat Boy Forever and want it now.

http://www.joystiq.com/2014/08/29/new-super-meat-boy-is-an-endless-runner-for-pc-tablets/

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 08/29/2014 at 07:50pm

I'll be checking that out for sure. Meat Boy as an endless runner could be awesome.

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Nintendo Power Issue 1 Review: It All Started Here

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Nintendo Power's first issue was released for free to certain fan club members and in stores July of 1988. At the time Nintendo was gaining more and more traction as a pretty big household staple and to further it's reach they decided to start one of the greatest things to happen to the late 80's and 90's, Nintendo Power magazine. I first read this issue at my cousins house and immediately wanted a subscription. Nintendo Power was filled to the brim with comics, news and tips for all the games I loved. I have recently started re-reading them and decided to review them as I have time.

Nintendo Power issue 1 contained some of the best art on a magazine cover I can think... Read All Nintendo Power's first issue was released for free to certain fan club members and in stores July of 1988. At the time Nintendo was gaining more and more traction as a pretty big household staple and to further it's reach they decided to start one of the greatest things to happen to the late 80's and 90's, Nintendo Power magazine. I first read this issue at my cousins house and immediately wanted a subscription. Nintendo Power was filled to the brim with comics, news and tips for all the games I loved. I have recently started re-reading them and decided to review them as I have time.

Nintendo Power issue 1 contained some of the best art on a magazine cover I can think of. Featuring a clay scene of Super Mario Brothers 2, Nintendo Power issue 1 contains 20 pages of Mario 2 walkthrough magic. This issue also features a really interesting walkthrough for most of The Legend of Zelda second quest. The Zelda second quest walkthrough doesn't cover the last few levels of the game but follows up with the remaining information in issue 2.

Compared to a modern magazine, Nintendo Power is pretty big considering issue 1 shipped as 113 pages.

Nintendo Power featured a fold out poster in each issue and I enjoyed putting the cool ones up on my wall. This issue shipped with a poster for Super Bases Loaded which ranks it pretty high in terms of the most lame posters featured in Nintendo Power.

Counselors Corner has tips for a few released NES games such as Metroid, Ghosts and Goblins and Super Mario Brothers. I am curious how well known certain video game secrets were before Nintendo Power published them. The infamous Super Mario Brothers 1-up trick is featured in this issue but I remember first hearing about it from a friend.

One staple that I loved was the Howard and Nester comics. Howard was the comic character from the real life Howard Phillips, spokesman for Nintendo at the time. I am not sure if Nester was based on any real life person, but he was always snarky and fairly prone to doing dumb stuff. I always enjoyed reading each comic even though they don't hold up as well as my memory of them.

Issue 1 goes on to drop the classic Konami code for Contra and provides information and walkthroughs for Gauntlet, Double Dragon, Contra & Jeopardy. The last bits of the magazine feature some interesting fan letters and the Top 30, a list of the most popular NES games. As issue 1 shipped, the top 5 NES games were The Legend of Zelda, Mike Tyson's Punch Out, Metroid, Super Mario Brothers & Kid Icarus. As Nintendo Power continued on and other games launched this list changed a bit, but Zelda was nearly always at the top of this list even after the Super Nintendo launched.

At the time this issue shipped an entire year of Nintendo Power cost $15. This seems like a steal now but at the time was something I didn't have an easy time doing. That said, it didn't stop me from reading as many issues as I could get my hands on.

Fish Plays Pokemon

"Hi everyone! Welcome to our stream where our fish, Grayson Hopper, plays a Pokemon game. Unfortunately, we don't have a dedicated light for Grayson at night as he lives in a tiny dorm room and we would rather not sleep with the light on. :( But in the future we will be getting him a dedicated lamp and improving the quality of the stream to include recent inputs determined by the motion tracking. Things can move a little slow, so another option we're considering is making the system distributed where we have a site where you can provide a fish stream link and we'll include it in the controlling."

Some people hooked up a webcam to a fishbowl and based on which parts the... Read All

Below Gameplay Trailer Surfaces Teases Immense Boss Fights

"Below is an adventure game viewed from a top down perspective. You are a tiny warrior exploring the depths of a remote island. The game is about exploration, though that goal is contingent upon the character's survival in a world where there is brutal combat and permanent death."

If I was excited for the release of Below, I am now even more excited-er(I realize that is not, in fact a word). At first I didn't quite understand why the game featured the main character being so small, but seeing the gameplay I see now how it works. Zooming so far out allows more scenery on the screen as well as gives the designers the ability to make for some HUGE boss fights. That and... Read All

More Story Details From Stardew Valley Surface

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Stardew Valley is one of my most anticipated games of the year and I am happy with each bit of news that comes out about it. Recently, some really interesting information surfaced about the games main story. The main character is from Pelican Town and has the option to restore the old Community Center.

"This building was once the heart and soul of Pelican Town… a place for citizens to gather, socialize, and collaborate. But that was long ago, In a bygone age when the valley was more isolated from the outside world. Now, the community center is in shambles, a forgotten relic of the past…

The community center is divided into six areas… the Pantry, the Art Studio, the Fish... Read All