This is totally late, but I just thought of something that sounded more interesting than the 5 or 6 other things I was going to predict. I think that, within the next 10 years, someone (or a consortium of ones, a Gaming UN, if you will, with the ironic acronym of G.U.N.) will offer a free-to-play hardware (i.e. console) option. Then, we will finally have a single console system environment. Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo... hell, anyone that wanted to contribute, could invest a fraction of their R&D and production costs into building a universal hardware environment. All of the games would either go free-to-play or subscription based. Master Chief, Mario, and Nathan Drake could live in relative harmony. The Big Three could still make money off of peripherals (all conformed to universal standards, like USB) and in-house games and services (they could still host XBox Live, PSN/PS+, etc, and charge their normal (or increased) subscriptions).

The way I see it, at this point in time, all of the console hardware seems to be normalizing, and to the point where they are indistinguishable from a good gaming PC. They are spending all this time and money just to develop a compact gaming rig that won't burn your house down after it's been in use for 8 hours straight. Console life cycles are getting longer, too. Investing in a 10-year solution seems like it would be a win/win for everyone. A standard gaming console. A SteamBox, really, but one that everything could play on.

Hahahahahaha very good!

Really looking forward to this one. Such beautiful imagery. I love that good pixel-art games continue to be pumped into the gaming ether.

Good interview. This game looks incredible! I can't wait to give it a try.

Wow, what a review! Good timing, too, since I bought the game last night. I've been on the fence about the game. The Starter Edition was cool, but I was still hesitant. Then, while playing Starbound, I realized I like being a bad ass and smashing stuff, so of course I'd like Diablo 3. That is, I created a Barbarian, "Hulk Smash!" My Barbarian almost never loses health points and/or it regenerates quickly.

Anyway, I was on the fence about the game, but wanted to play something else. The fact that you and the rest of Cheerful Ghost seem to love the game made me think that I should get into it. I like it, it's cool. I was really impressed by the cinematics. Even though I had a character I played through the Starter Edition with, I decided to delete him and create a new character with a new name, but still a badass Barbarian.

Nice review, Travis! I might actually get off my ass and get Reaper now. That, or a Logitech mouse...

Hahaha, funny pictures. Yes, I've made it to Act II (not available in the Starter Edition). It's cool. I don't know about bees, but there were some locusts, I think, that I ran into and probably killed me once. I've died a few times, but not many, I'm always surprised when I do though. There is still much for me to learn about the game other than the plot. I hardly make use of my skills.

I just picked up the Diablo II Battle Chest at KMart for $2.07. I couldn't pass that up.

Well, I know it's dated, but I never played it. My super computer probably wouldn't even blink to run it. Hahaha. Some how I've had a copy of it or its expansion and never played it. I'm thinking I won't have any major compatibility issues (with Win8.1), but if I do, I know ways around that (like running a Virtual PC or changing compatibility settings).

The World of Warcraft had a small Battle Chest as well for the same price, but I didn't pick it up.

Back to Diablo III: Reaper of Souls.....I'm enjoying it. I hate that I felt so good about being a bad ass that didn't need health replenished and then I started dying. Hahahahaha. It surprises me when I take that much damage, but I just respawn and finished off whatever defeated me. Yes, there's a 10% loss in item durability, but that's a very nice death penalty in my mind. I can easily repair items and never seem to lack the money necessary to do so. I like how easily it is to repair items through the blacksmith either via options in that menu or just a right-click. You can train him to level up and what he can produce gets better. I found some things that are used that way which require him to be at a higher level, so I'm working on that.

I love how many items in the environment are destructible, like vases, pots, rock piles, etc. It would be strategic to hit these things before attacking enemies as doing raises the Fury gauge. I usually hit them for what they might drop or spawn (like a skeleton) or just to "mark my territory" of where I've been in case I get lost. It's not a habit limited to Diablo III.

I think I'm grateful for the Auction House's removal, even though I haven't experienced it for myself, I feel like I'm not missing out on a great thing. I prefer the way the game is working now in which you get items as drops. I usually sell a bunch of items because my inventory gets full, but I should probably make use of the blacksmith's Salvage ability to get more crafting materials.

I've kept the Templar follower, but have gained a couple of others along the way. I haven't chosen them, but I am interested in seeing how they work sometime in the future. I look forward to playing other character types when I'm done with my Barbarian, although for right now that's the perfect one for me.

Still, I wonder if or how the story some how changes for each character type. I believe the dialog is different, but I don't know how all that works out and I look forward to testing that out later on a new character. Are the cut-scenes the same for each character type? I've only seen a few cut-scenes so far, but have thoroughly enjoyed them. I assume the character's voice changes depending on gender, but does it also depend on character type, I wonder.

Sounds cool!

Hm, Campaign with Crusader or continue in Adventure with Barbarian....great game, really. I could go for more!

So, I often have gear that I've kept because I can't decide what to equip. I recently found two awesome maces. As I was trying to decide which to equip, I realized I could equip both! Being a Barbarian is so fun! I'm still playing Adventure Mode. I've at least done all the bounties in Act I and ran through a nephalem portal twice. Bounties seem to reappear when you get back into the game. My Barbarian is finally at or above level 50. When I'm done with Adventure Mode, I plan to go through the campaign as a Crusader.

I do love this game, although I wish the campaign lasted longer. On normal difficulty, I didn't find the game very challenging, but I found it to be very fun, which is what I prefer anyway. I wonder if we'll see any more expansions.

Well, like I said, I like it. I might try a higher difficulty level some time. Yeah, I died a few times on Normal and the only time I really used a potion was at the final battle of Act V.

Interesting, thanks for the insight, Travis. As I said, I'm not complaining about how easy it is, it's really fun and to me that's what's important. I saw you had a Witch Doctor, level 80 was it?

Wow! So what's your favorite class?

Ha ha! Well my Barbarian is above level 60 now and I've gone through each act and did the bounties and Nephalem Rifts.

In new patch notes: "Tyrael will now chat about his poor eating habits with less frequently." Aw, man, I thought that was a funny conversation and don't mind hearing it. "Being a mortal is so complicated."

Sorry, should have included a URL in last comment: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/14138344/patch-205-now-live-5-13-2014

You're welcome, Jon! What you've posted is relevant to me now as I've started a Crusader. I imagine I'll eventually make a Monk and maybe the others.

This is pretty impressive, but that Game of Thrones business is completely insane! I will never play Minecraft again, having the knowledge now that I'm doing it all wrong.