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Crypt of the NecroDancer: Dance to Death!

One game at PAX that drew some large crowds was Crypt of the NecroDancer. They had the game setup on a large monitor with a Dance Dance Revolution pad and people lined up to dance in this unique dungeon crawler.

The beat drops later this year as a Steam Early Access for PC and MAC and features the music by the amazing Danny Baranowsky(Meat Boy, Binding of Isaac, Canabalt).

If you are looking for a bit more of an explanation of how the game works, Northern Lion posted an early alpha build demonstration that shows it off well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dikSjbCRrPA

Interview with Garry Newman of Garry's Mod & Rust

In the PC community Garry's Mod is a well known sandbox game built off the Half-life 2 engine that allows you to do... mostly anything you can think of. The game is still very popular and much awesome strangeness encircles its community. Facepunch Studios, the company behind Garry's Mod has a new game in development called Rust, an open world survival game. Interested in this I hit up Garry Newman to talk to him a bit about Garry's Mod and Rust.

I want to thank him and @Travis for taking part in the interview and I wish Facepunch Godspeed to Rust 1.0!

jdodson: Garry’s Mod was released in 2004 and came to Steam in 2006. Most people don’t work on a project for 9 years,... Read All

Starbound Demonstration at Insomnia Fest i49

Just watched a few minutes of the Starbound game demonstration at i49 and I had to drop it on the site. Molly and Bart show off the game starting with Character Creation, Multiplayer and questing.

The game looks VERY pretty and polished for a pre-beta. The art and music work well together to build the world. The basic exploration elements look great. You seem to start with a nice assortment of items in the matter manipulator, flashlight, basic weapons & torches.

Check it out and sound off with your thoughts in the comments.

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 09/03/2013 at 04:14pm

Is this the same company that made Terraria?

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/03/2013 at 04:22pm

No, but one of the artists did.

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 09/04/2013 at 02:01am

It's interesting that at the beginning they said they were influenced by other "blocked-based" genre games like "Minecraft and such," but don't mention Terraria, which people will assume Starbound is the sequel to.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/04/2013 at 03:53am

Right, well I think there might be some kind of "odd relationship" between Terraria and Starbound so it makes sense that they don't list it. :D

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/04/2013 at 09:27pm

From a recent article in PC Gamer.

http://i.imgur.com/XMUja5Z.jpg

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 09/05/2013 at 05:01pm

Huh, well we shall see! I wouldn't mind "Terraria in space" though.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/05/2013 at 05:10pm

I don't think you are far off truth be told and yeah, I would too :D

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New Mew-Genics Teaser: We Still Know Little

The new Mew-Genics teaser dropped on YouTube and is both fun and disturbing. So apparently in Mew-Genics you rub cats together to get another cat, WHO KNEW? Can't wait for more information on Team Meat's next game to surface but it seems still very deep in development right now.

Never knew I wanted to breed cats so badly.

New shower curtain

We got a new shower curtain to replace the periodic table one that was getting a little nasty.

MINOR PORTAL 2 SPOILERS:

If you've played Portal 2, you may remember that Aperture got their start making shower curtains, and accidentally discovered the portal technology when trying to design a more efficient shower curtain.

This one, unfortunately, does not have portal technology.

jdodson Admin wrote on 09/02/2013 at 03:55am

Thats awesome. Where did you snag this?

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 09/02/2013 at 04:53am

Amazon. I have no idea what I'd do without Amazon sometimes.

jdodson Admin wrote on 09/02/2013 at 05:02am

Go to the store? :D

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 09/02/2013 at 05:05am

Well for some things, yes of course. I doubt I'd find stuff like this at Wal-Mart though. :)

jdodson Admin wrote on 09/05/2013 at 03:17am

Still think "New shower curtain" takes the cake for awesome post titles.

beansmyname Supporter wrote on 09/12/2013 at 10:43pm

That is GREAT!

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 01/27/2014 at 05:57am

My first thought was "That's a lot of mouthwash." Then I facepalmed when I realized it was a mirror :)

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 01/27/2014 at 05:31pm

Haha, it's still a lot of mouthwash. Three bottles. One was almost empty so we had a replacement, but my wife and I prefer different kinds.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 01/27/2014 at 05:32pm

Actually it looks like you can only see two in the pic. The mirror was playing tricks on me.

jdodson Admin wrote on 01/27/2014 at 06:29pm

Thanks for reminding me guys, I need to buy some of that.

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 01/27/2014 at 06:30pm

I know man, we hung out Saturday.

jdodson Admin wrote on 01/27/2014 at 06:45pm

/ZING!

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PAX Day 2: Hearts, Talks, Fortresses and Roads

My final day at PAX was Saturday and it was great. I decided to hit up a few talks and went back to the Indie Mega Booth to checkout other games I had missed on Friday.

talks

I went to a few talks this year. One called "Now that we Know Everything is Sexist, Now What" and a Q&A with the founders of Super Giant Games. Both panels were interesting for different reasons. I appreciate the Sexism talk but it depressed me a little. The Supergiant Q&A was good but I wanted a bit more time with them and the questions didn't seem to resonate with me. Super Giant Games is a great company and they have a very dedicated fan base so it was fun to hear the fans ask questions.... Read All

Keiji Inafune is TOTALLY NOT making a new Mega Man

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By which I mean, yeah, he kinda is. Not that this is a bad thing!

Keiji Inafune is turning to Kickstarter to make, essentially, a Mega Man game that got cut while he was at Capcom, but now that he's no longer there he doesn't have access to the characters anymore. This is a game he's been wanting to make for a while now, and it's a game I want to play.

All the stuff you're used to from Mega Man games is present. You'll fight your way through bosses, and steal their powers to take on the other bosses. The screenshots and concept art look quite nice, and with Inafune at the helm, I'm not worried about quality.

Check out the Kickstarter here: ... Read All

A game of time travel, big guns, hats, and dancing

Awhile back I was given a review copy of No Time To Explain, a platformer/action game by tinyBuild Games. Now that I’ve made it about halfway through the main game I think it’s a good time to post my thoughts on the game so far. Especially since we’ll be giving away several copies here on the site!
(Check here for details on how to win a copy: http://cheerfulghost.com/jdodson/posts/1564)

First, let’s talk about the good.

The core mechanic of the game revolves around a powerful gun that your future self delivers to you in the present. In addition to working as a gun it also works as a jet pack. It’s one of those easy to learn but difficult to master game mechanics and... Read All

Death Road To Canada: Pixelated Zombie Love

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As I was frolicking in the Indie Mega Booth I made my way to the Indie Mini Booth, the booth inside the Indie Mega Booth. I am wondering if next year they will feature the Micro Booth inside the Mini Booth inside the....

One game that seriously caught my eye is Death Road to Canada. I was able to talk to the developer of the game for some time and nabbed a cool Death Road Zombie pin. The game is a great looking procedural road trip pixel zombie game featuring some really neat elements. The Kickstarter video shows them off well and also includes a CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENT from Tarn Adams co-creator of Dwarf Fortress.

Love the premise of the game and I can't wait to try it... Read All

PAX Day 1: Bright, Loud and Amazing

First day at PAX is always the most mind and foot numbing. I usually don't hang out in large auditoriums filled with massive art pieces, loud music and large seizure educing lights so the first day of PAX takes a while to acclimate to. @scrypt is at PAX this year so we have been co-ordinating a bit to see most of the show together and so far its worked out pretty well.

Today we decided to hit up the expo halls and check out the games developers are showing. I didn't have a huge list of games I came in wanting to play because most of the games I know about, i've played. All told, I found some awesome new stuff I hadn't heard of before and played some games that haven't... Read All