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The Final Games of 2012 And Best Of

Reddit user BarryJordan23 made a pretty awesome list of the games remaining to be released in 2012.

http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1222ba/complete_list_of_all_upcoming_video_games_for/

I looked over the list a few times and nothing really jumped out at me as something I needed to play and as such started thinking about the best games I got this year. I immediately wanted to do something with you all about it and decided a post made sense so we could hash out the details.

For everyone that wants to participate we should all create our "best of 2012" game lists. I am even thinking that we could do a "Cheerful Ghost best of 2012" as well. I could create a new page... Read All

Happy Halloween!

Wanted to wish everyone a safe Halloween, especially everyone with an increased Hurricane quotient this holiday! I have collected a bunch O links of various Halloween bits from sites around like Reddit. I am lumping them together in one post because I find 1000 of these posts to be a bit on the annoying side. All together now.

Video game inspired Pumpkin Carvings:

Borderlands 2: http://i.imgur.com/R6CG2.jpg
Mario Bob-omb: http://i.imgur.com/dg1CZ.jpg
Pichatchu: http://imgur.com/isI0E
Borderlands Gun: http://imgur.com/8WVu5
Cl4pTr4p: http://imgur.com/a/Cny12
Limbo: http://imgur.com/d9GXS
Wario: http://i.imgur.com/hQjtd.jpg
Mario Himself: http://i.imgur.com/lxOEO.jpg
Mario Goomba:... Read All

Joining the Ranks of the Initiated

I picked up Minecraft a few days ago. Being that I was entirely behind the curve on this game I decided to hold out a little longer. I figured with each patch the game would just get better and better so waiting would be good. Since I have no earlier Minecraft to compare it to all I can say is the game was worth the wait. Minecraft is fantastic.

First off the game just feels right. The movement is right, the mining is right and the graphics are beautiful. Climbing up on top of a mountain for the first time and looking out is really incredible. After being in continuous development for a few years now, it makes sense the game is as polished as it is.

I am playing survival... Read All

TF2 Scream Fortress coordination thread

http://storefront.steampowered.com/v/gfx/apps/440/extras/page_banner_2012.jpg

The easiest way to go about this is to join the CG Steam group.

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/CheerfulGhost

Otherwise please post your Steam ID's below and we'll get crackin in less than an hour!

GAME NIGHT TUESDAY - TF2 Scream Fortress

Come join us Tuesday night to play the new Scream Fortress expansion at 9EST, 6PST, and some other time if you're in other parts of the world. We'll make a post an hour before we start to coordinate, and join the Cheerful Ghost Steam group if you haven't already.

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/CheerfulGhost

See you tomorrow!

Steam Halloween Sale! Fear Your Wallets Safety!

After this years Steam Summer Sale and learning how much some of my friends spent on it, I think the most scary Halloween news of all is Steams Halloween Sale! This sale is themed around games that contain lots of blood, killing, shooting and various other bits marked so far down they are 6 FEET IN THE GROUND!

A few of the marked down titles are classics such as:

Left 4 Dead
F.E.A.R. & F.E.A.R. 2
Dead Horde
Zombie Shooter
Killing Floor
Zombie Bowl-O-Rama
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
DEAD Space
Painkiller Complete
Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime
Prototype
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
.. And more!

http://store.steampowered.com/sale/halloweensale_2012

What Games Are You Playing this Halloween Week?

Just wanted to wish everyone a very Happy Halloween week and was also wondering what games you were playing to usher in the holiday? Recently picked up Doom 3: BFG Edition and that was pretty well timed as it plays well around Halloween. Sometime thing week I am going to crack open Amnesia: The Dark Descent as well.

I am wondering what other Halloween / Horror themed games are you playing this week?

BR Supporter wrote on 10/30/2012 at 12:50am

As you know, I am playing killing floor. Lots of fun. Other than that, I may or may not pick up one of the STALKER games. Not sure which one yet. I can't think of any other games currently that I might play.

By the way, thank you so much for showing me the star crafts animations. I absolutely love them. The Halloween one is really good.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 10/30/2012 at 01:24am

Yeah, this episode reminds me of the Peanuts Halloween Special... Well minus the Great Pumpkin!

Travis Admin wrote on 10/30/2012 at 01:43am

Just an FYI since we're talking about Halloween-- There's a Halloween sale going on.

Gary_Butterfield wrote on 10/30/2012 at 04:21pm

I'm going to be able to LP the first bit of Call of Cthulhu, as well as a bunch of monster themed NES games. That's my halloween plan! I wanted to do a play through of Amnesia but that will have to wait for Xmas break. Those games have a wintery feel to me anyway.

BR Supporter wrote on 10/30/2012 at 06:42pm

I just picked up Home from the steam sale. Its already a cheap game but the sale made it even cheaper so I decided to buy it. I'll tell you guys how it is after I play through it. I might even try my hand at a LP of it.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 10/30/2012 at 09:19pm

Always +1 to any Lets Play. Something about them makes me realize if I could have done them as a wee lad I would never have left the house...

Gary_Butterfield wrote on 10/30/2012 at 09:57pm

Home is petty good as long as you're not expecting a long game. I like it a lot as a bite sized nugget.

BR Supporter wrote on 10/30/2012 at 09:59pm

That is what I figured. Something that cheap can't be very long.

Gary_Butterfield wrote on 10/31/2012 at 04:37pm

It's also very deliberately paced and there isn't much game to it. It's a little like Dear Esther in that respect, though I think Dear Esther is a bit stronger.

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Killing Floor for Halloween

Hello everyone! I just recently started playing killing floor again. I have to say It is one of my favorite zombie/mutant games. Anyways, the new Halloween event they started a few days ago changes all the mutants into hillbilly zombies. They also released a special Hillbilly map for the game which can be played for achievements so you get the new character they released. The character is the grim reaper which can be unlocked if you get all 6 unique event achievements and one achievement for beating the map on normal difficulty or up(Each difficulty is a new achievement). So if any of you are interested in this game I wanted to tell you there is a sale on steam for $5... Read All

Stop Zombie Mouth

Do you want to hand out more than just candy to the kiddies this year for Halloween? How about printing off these Plants VS Zombies "Stop Zombie Mouth" coupons so the kids can get a free version of PvZ for Halloween?

Why can't more game companies do this? Its a fun idea and I imagine some people I hand the coupon to won't have played the game before. Totally great advertising if a new Plants VS Zombies might been soon around the corner!

Oh and maybe if you used a coupon to get a copy yourself, that might be OK too? Shhhhhh, it might not just be for kids!

http://www.stopzombiemouth.com/
http://static-www.ec.popcap.com/misc/zombiemouth/downloads/stop_zombie_mouth_coupons.pdf... Read All

An Interesting Idea for Interviews

I was chatting with @panickedthumb on Steam yesterday and he had a pretty cool idea. We were talking about the recent interviews I have been giving and he wondered if if would be good to interview the users of Cheerful Ghost itself? I hadn't considered that before and decided that is something I wanted to do.

I want to interview you all, the topics all swirling around gaming and you. Ill contact people one at a time and hopefully make my way through everybody. I am not going to go in any particular order and don't worry, I will get to you soon :D

Thanks to @panickedthumb for the idea and expect to see some interviews with CG users soon.