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Neil Gaiman enters gaming with Wayward Manor

Neil Gaiman, lord and master of all he surveys, has entered the world of gaming with Wayward Manor. The acclaimed author of many books, TV episodes, movies, graphic novels, and more has a way with pulling the reader/viewer into his worlds, so hopefully his new game will be as awesome.

In Wayward Manor you control the (quite dead) previous inhabitant of the titular manor, who tries to scare away the current inhabitants Beetlejuice-style.

No gameplay footage is out yet, but you can pre-order and get more info at his site. Hopefully his awesome wife Amanda Palmer will provide some spooky works for the soundtrack.

Also, this is the first time I've ever heard him say his... Read All

Fun Gunslinging Shoot Em Up

Recently I downloaded the Call of Juarez Gunslinger demo off Steam and recommend you give it a try. Not too many demos hit Steam, so its cool to get one worth checking out. I previously picked up Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood used at Gamestop and had such a bad time with it I actually resold it.

That said, Ubisoft did a great job with Gunslinger and absolutely nailed the western feel. The shooting is top notch and I love the way the different six-shooters feel as you use them. The game features a recharge element where you can pause time and the game allows you to one shot bad-guys as they freeze. This is really useful for busting in to a room to freeze everyone and... Read All

Top 5 NES Disney Games!

I always wanted Adventures in the Magic Kingdom. The game looked amazing as I loved going to Disney Land so the game had to be just as good right? No surprise the top 2 are Rescue Rangers and Duck Tales.

Good video and covers some of the awesome Capcom games. I would have put Tale Spin somewhere in a top Capcom Disney Game list too, but it doesn't get quite as much attention.

The Cheerful Ghost Roundtable Episode 1

I am happy to bring you The Cheerful Ghost Roundtable Innagural Edition. Featuring awesome community members such as WhiteboySlim, CapnCurry, Travis and myself.

In the first episode we talk about the games we are playing, some site news and our roundtable topic: THE INDIE GAME REVOLUTION! Loved the way it turned out, but since its our first episode there are a few rough patches.

So check it out and let us know what you think about it and ENJOY!

The Roundtable features people from the community so if you are interested in joining us, hit me up.

The Cheerful Ghost Roundtable uses Google Hangouts on Air so the next one will be live which means you can watch it as it happens.... Read All

scrypt Supporter wrote on 07/25/2013 at 06:44am

Good stuff guys, especially for a first episode! After watching the video, I'm even more bummed that I missed out! I mean, I had bathed and everything... ;)

BR Supporter wrote on 07/25/2013 at 07:15am

You don't even want to know how many hours I've put into my top game. It's depressing even for me.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 01/25/2014 at 07:04am

Jon, you remind me of Layne Staley (lead singer of Alice in Chains), maybe it's your hair and facial hair style. Anyway, I'm enjoying the 2nd (for me) Roundtable discussion and look forward to seeing more!

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 01/25/2014 at 04:09pm

Layne was a cool guy. Too bad he isn't around anymore but I did get the new AIC album, which it nice.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 01/25/2014 at 04:10pm

I really like that we have all the epidsodes available to watch "Netflix binge" style.

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The Next XBox One-80: Indie's can self-publish

According to a report out by Game Informer today, Microsoft has now reversed another unpopular policy: requiring Indie Developers to have a publisher, or allow Microsoft to publish it themselves.

After Sony made Indie gaming one of the highlights of their E3 show, and a number of Indie developers denouncing Microsoft's policies, some saying they'd never work with them again, Microsoft has now announced a new model for Indie devs to publish. In addition to being able to publish themselves, they can set their own release dates and prices, and use any console as a dev unit (when approved by Microsoft).

This is good news, but like other Microsoft reversals, is this too... Read All

jdodson Admin wrote on 07/24/2013 at 08:48pm

This is good news for Indie developers. That said, I wonder if the next announcement Microsoft will make is that they are renaming "XBox One" to be "Another Playstation 4."

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 07/24/2013 at 08:48pm

I think this is great news! I probably will still make the jump from 360 to PS4, but this is great for indie developers.

beansmyname Supporter wrote on 07/25/2013 at 03:19am

It is wonderful for indie developers as it gives them one more avenue for marketing their game. This is definitely a plus.

However, I'll most likely buy neither of the next-gen consoles. That said, I do take a little pleasure in seeing Microsoft misunderstand their core audience yet again. The PS3 led me to get rid of my XBOX 360 and I've never looked back at the XBOX at all, even when Kinect was introduced. This time around, I've got little interest in either device. In fact, at this point, I am just waiting for my PS3 to die so I have an excuse to replace it with a Roku.

scrypt Supporter wrote on 07/25/2013 at 06:26am

If I was an independent developer, I don't know that I would want to develop for the XBox One, for fear that Microsoft would reverse policy yet again out of their favor, say, a month after the system launches. I mean, after they get some sales in, why wouldn't they? Plus, even if you do get your indie game on the XBone, what are the odds that people will be able to find it ;).

I miss the days of J Allard. Since then, Microsoft has lost touch. The Xbox has no champion within the company, no one with a real desire to keep the game alive.

shockwave wrote on 07/26/2013 at 08:27pm

Its too late for me, the fact that Microsoft is willing to bend over backwards to line their pockets without even considering what their fanbase would think, has made put me off enough to not buy it.

Even with this full reversal, I can see they're only doing it because of the bad press.

scrypt Supporter wrote on 07/27/2013 at 01:13am

If there was some act or sense of contrition that didn't seem self-serving (e.g. http://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-NS598_sony_G_20110501040742.jpg), I might reconsider.

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A Long Way Down: Asteroids & Farming

Each night one of the Starbound developers writes the daily game development progress and I religiously read each one. A few recently caught my eye and I thought they were fun enough to share.

The first bit of awesome shown in the above video is of a new feature, Asteroid mining. It seems all you need to do is go high enough to find them and have a suit capable of sustaining you in the low oxygen environment.

"Yup, if you go high enough you’ll now climb out of the planet’s atmosphere and find asteroids to explore.

The terrain here is COMPLETELY temporary. So don’t worry about that. We simply spawned a random jumble of dirt to test this out. It’s going to get far more... Read All

First Look At the new Battle.net Launcher

Still no word on what they are calling the new Battle.net client but my superior judgement is that they call it... Battle.net. Your welcome Blizzard, that one's for free.

Snarkiness aside, the new Battle.net interface looks very clean and seems like a good way to access you Battle.net games. Too bad they don't seem to support the old games, but perhaps that will come with a later update.

Continuing The Epic Dungeon Crawl

Since I bought it, Legend of Dungeon has become one of my most beloved games of 2013. Since Legend of Dungeon is a rogue-like, each play session is different and I do a bit better each time I keep at it. Recently I made my way to the 11th floor, something I am very happy about. Right off the bat I got an Axe that ramped up my attack power to 30 and that helped immensely. Since the Axe is so large, you can't swing it as fast as the sword but since it hits so hard its a good trade. I also obtained a fair amount of Apples and the potion randomization was kind as well. All in all, getting to floor 11 was a nice milestone to hit and I am excited to progress further. The... Read All

DuckTales Remasted: Himalayas Gameplay

"From the San Diego Comic-Con showfloor, right next to a scale recreation of Scrooge McDuck's famous Money Bin, Chris and Brett bring you a full blown look at the latest level revealed for DuckTales: Remastered: THE HIMALAYAS!"

Every time I see game play from the new DuckTales Remastered I get more excited. The Himalaya level was pretty awesome and they really have put a high level of polish on it. My top two levels were the Moon and The Amazon and I can't wait to jump in and play them again in HD.

The Summer Sales Run Out of Steam

Now that the Steam Summer Sale is finally ending, how'd you do? I hope you didn't spend all your money this summer, but if you did I can understand why. With the GOG.com, PSN, Amazon and Steam sales it was pretty hard to keep your wallet locked up.

scrypt Supporter wrote on 07/22/2013 at 06:18am

I picked up more than I planned on, but got what I wanted, and don't feel too bad about it :). I was hoping that WH40K: Space Marine would dip below $14.99, but it's still a good deal. Good to see that people are still in the multiplayer aspect, too. I was hoping... ;)

jaelte wrote on 07/22/2013 at 06:48am

Not too bad. I decided against spending more than ~$10 on anything. Even though I do want Bioshock: Infinite, I figure it'll be cheaper by the time I'd get around to playing it.

Sleeping Dogs
Borderlands 2
On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 and 4
Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition -- I've played/beaten a friend's copy of this game, but it was good enough that I felt I should actually buy it and give it another playthrough
Evoland
Gunpoint
Torchlight II

beansmyname Supporter wrote on 07/22/2013 at 05:56pm

I set myself a total purchase price limit and an OS restriction, so the list is short.

Droid Assault & Ultratron: Completed my puppygames collection. I love how puppygames tweaks classic game concepts and makes them new again.
Surgeon Simulator 2013: A bit more simulator than I had anticipated. One day when I have the patience for it, I'll revisit it.
Receiver: More a gun simulator than a shooter. No buffing your reload speed in this one. Also, not for those easily annoyed by permadeath.
BIT.TRIP presents... Runner 2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien: Love the BIT.TRIP series, so it was only a matter of time before I caved and bought this one.
Don't Starve: Wasn't all that interested in this one until I tried the version from the Chrome Webstore. Playing a short bit of that one bumped it to the top of my wishlist.

BR Supporter wrote on 07/22/2013 at 11:23pm

I picked up plenty of games...

Tomb Raider
DiRT 3
Max Payne 3
CS:GO
GTA : Episodes from liberty city
Orcs Must Die 2
Worms Revolution
Civilization 5
Just Cause 2
Dungeon Defenders
Anno 2070
System Shock 2
And a few Magicka DLC's that I didn't own.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 07/23/2013 at 01:21am

Awesome.

I picked up 2. Fez & Don't Starve. Today I got the Mercenary Kings early access and WOW is that great. So between all three games + Legend of Dungeon and Final Fantasy IV, I think I am loaded for months.

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