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Cheerful Ghost Roundtable: Ep 6 Controllers & Terraria Explo

In this smashing episode of The Cheerful Ghost Roundtable we talked about the new Steam Controller, Steam Machine Specs and the Terraria 1.2 update. We let our thoughts out of the bag on how we think the new Steam Controller will stack up with our gaming preferences and also talk about which of the three new Valve announcements we'd rather try first. Whiteboyslim & I then wash the rest of the episode down talking about the amazing new Terraria 1.2 update and our experiences with it pre-hardmode. Warning, it's pretty geek-tastic.

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Terraria 1.2

Escape Goat: http://www.magicaltimebean.com/escape-goat/

Cheerful Ghost at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo: ... Read All

Timogorgon Member wrote on 10/10/2013 at 06:47pm

With special guest: My cat's butt.

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 10/10/2013 at 10:42pm

You touched on the point I'm about to make in the discussion, but with the game consoles, I want to buy a game and have it look as great as possible (depending on the developer of course). If I buy an Xbox 360 game, I don't have to worry about choosing what graphics quality I want/can have. That's my main problem with computer games. I don't have to worry about upgrading my Xbox to play the newest game for it.

I did like your theoretical situation where one might use the steam machine to play lower CPU/GPU intensive games, and not have to worry about upgrading, but I don't know if that's a compelling enough reason to buy a console.

I am very interested in the new Steam Controller though!

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 10/11/2013 at 01:06am

Right, we will have to see what Valve does to address this. I am mostly interested to play some games from the living room without having to worry about anything. If I have to upgrade it every so often, thats not a huge deal.

Timogorgon Member wrote on 10/11/2013 at 01:21am

I think one of the biggest advantages that console gaming has over the PC market is that guarantee that a game you buy for your console will just work (well, after some updates usually). We'll see how Valve handles things like minimum requirements for certain games.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 01/26/2014 at 03:21am

It's pretty cool hearing you guys talk about Terraria. I wasn't as excited about the new patch as you, only because I just started playing with the new release. It's still awesome and the more I hear about it, the more I want to get back into the game. Some of the drops you mentioned (like the Slime Staff), are new and unknown to me. I pretty much agree with you about containment of Corruption or Crimson, but I never found a reason to try to stop it, I just let it go and thought it was cool.

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Monsters Ate My Pumpkin Carving

Let's say you were going to carve a pumpkin for Halloween this year. And just for good measure, you wanted to have a more "video gamey" feel to things. Maybe you want to carve out some characters from an awesome upcoming new Indie title from our friends making Monsters Ate My Birthday Cake? As it turns out, today is your lucky day to nab and print these great pumpkin carving stencils.

If you make a carving from one of these, drop the image in the comments!

The above stencil is Grognar, if you are thinking of going a bit more "Bat styley" you can check out Eek's stencil.

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

A Piece of History: The Legend of Zelda Manual

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Take a peek at a capture of a segment from the original Legend of Zelda Manual. This was one of the first open world games I played and it blew my mind with its awesomeness. Hoping the new Zelda game Link Between Worlds really brings back some of the old magic these early games had.

First Five Minutes of BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea

"Come back to Rapture in a story that finds Booker and Elizabeth on the eve of the underwater city's fall from grace.
Get a taste of Rapture in its full glory, almost entirely built from scratch in the BioShock Infinite engine."

2K just dropped a 5 minute game-play video for part one of Burial At Sea, a upcoming DLC pack for BioShock infinite. Looks like a very pretty return to Rapture. The video really shows off the world building and I wanted them to spend more time just looking at things and listening to peoples conversations. I wonder how much of Rapture you will get to experience before it falls into chaos? That said, VERY excited to play this.

Anyone interested in... Read All

Halfway: A Indie 2D Top Down X-Com Strategy Game

"Halfway is a turn-based strategy game taking place a few hundred years in the future. You take control of a small group of people who are witnesses to a violent overtake of their spaceship by an unknown species. As you fight your way through the dark corridors and rooms of the ship, you will uncover more and more details of what has taken place."

Halfway is an upcoming game recently announced by its creators, Robotality. From the released game play footage and announcement this game looks like a really interesting indie answer to the classic X-Com turn based tactical strategy game genre. The game looks very playable in its early form and I am really interested in... Read All

Portland Retro Gaming Expo 2013

In what may be heralded by many to be the defining moment of the convention, Cheerful Ghost had a booth at this years Portland Retro Gaming Expo. The above image only captures a partial moment in what was a very fun filled weekend handing out stickers and talking about nerd things. We split the table with our awesome friends making Monster Ate My Birthday Cake and that really seemed to work out well. Many people stopped by to find out more about the site and play Monsters and we met a ton of cool Vendors too.

I want to give a special shout out to @scrypt for stopping by and helping out at the table. My most favorite moment of the Expo was when @scrypt and I were... Read All

scrypt Supporter wrote on 10/08/2013 at 03:28am

Good times, indeed! It was a lot of fun getting to meet the local community, and be able to promote the site. I don't know... I think I liked it more than PAX, especially in size. There weren't more than a handful of game developers there with booths, but even then, the games they were showing were really interesting. One in particular was a turn-based combat game that used the power of math as a summoning pool! Now that I'm settled back into Vancouver, i should be posting more frequently, starting with attention going to the local scene. Stay tuned!

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 10/08/2013 at 04:27am

I agree, PRGE was more fun than PAX for me too. Less people and stuff means you can focus more on what is actually present and most of it was really great.

Travis Admin wrote on 10/10/2013 at 06:09pm

So where can I get a bottle of Cheerful Ghost hand sanitizer?

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 10/11/2013 at 01:04am

Hahaha, just buy one and apply sticker.

INSTANT BRANDING!

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 10/11/2013 at 01:46am

Interesting PRGE video from Gamester81 http://blip.tv/gamester81/portland-retro-gaming-expo-recap-6658829

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PS4 Controller will work on PC for "basic functions"

This comes as good news. Shuhei Yoshida confirms the PS4 controller will work on PC for what he calls "basic functions." I assume this means the touchscreen won't work but things we're used to on controllers (like the buttons and sticks) will work.

No word yet on how this will appear to the OS, whether it will use Xinput, etc, but it's good to know there's some compatibility there. The PS3 controller doesn't work out of the box, and requires third-party software to use on PC.

The conversation about the controller compatibility can be found here: https://twitter.com/yosp/status/386257948487340032

The Funniest Switching-to-Trevor moments

This isn't something I'd normally share as a front-page post, as it's just a clip compilation, but I think this one actually says something that's worth saying, and really shows a change in philosophy between games.

One of the many complaints people had with GTA IV was its darker, more serious tone. The series has been known for its over-the-top carnage and sandbox mayhem, but GTA IV toned that down to support the story.

GTA V changes that. It isn't quite what you saw in San Andreas (personally, I think that's a good thing) but the mayhem is center stage yet again. And that's especially present in one of the three protagonists, Trevor.

A little background-- you play as... Read All

A new Fact from Myth episode for Burial At Sea DLC

I loved these videos when Bioshock Infinite was nearing release. It really helped get my interest piqued, though it was already piqued to the peak (see what I did there?)

This Fact from Myth follows the rumors of the mythical city of Rapture, where we'll be going again for the Burial At Sea DLC. This video didn't grab me as much as the first ones, but then I already know what Rapture is like, and I already know that Booker and Elizabeth will be going there. Still, it's a nice little tease for the DLC that should be out this holiday season.

No Half-Life 3 trademark after all

So you might remember my post from a few days ago about the Half-Life 3 trademark that had been filed. As it turns out, it was probably just a hoax. A believable one, but a hoax nonetheless.

The listing has been removed from the European trademark database. Nothing to see here, move along...

It just shows that you can't believe everything you read, even when it looks quite believable. Ah well, I still hold out some hope that we'll see this come sooner rather than later.