My favorite streamer played this during his stream. I laughed hard.


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Great Board Games can suck you into a world where you are crawling through the darkest dungeon to running a small empire. Many people expect board games to be fairly simplistic, one sided and often boring as they haven't been exposed to much beyond the typical department store $20 game. Some people get freaked out by some deep board game experience because of the complicated rules or length of play. I love finding board games that can provide a really great experience but be accessible by my lesser geek friends.

Games of Wonder seems epically suited to the task of making board games that have high replay ability, are totally fun and are accessible enough to interest... Read All


"Second Quest is a stand-alone graphic novella inspired by Zelda. It's an original story about a young woman from a small town in the sky who begins to suspect that the legends about her home aren't true. If you like mysterious landscapes, non-princesses, videogame criticism, or general gorgeousity, then please consider backing Second Quest!"

I find the idea of the Kickstarter awesome. Creativity is a great way to deal with disappointment. Zelda is one of those series I will always love, even if the modern versions don't bring the magic like they used to.

Tevis Thompson, one of the Second Quest Kickstarter collaborators produced an interesting post that also helped spawn... Read All


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Warning: This is a poorly organized gush.

I love the world of Call of Cthulhu as it relates to games. I have a post I want to write at some point about the table top game but what it comes down to is what I like to call a "disempowerment fantasy." We spend so much time as badass spacemarines and sparkflash embermages that it's refreshing to play a game where we're just a regular dude. This lends itself well to the horror genre but a lot of survival horror eschews this idea. Though you may start out relatively powerless in Resident Evil or Silent Hill, before long you're blasting and/or bashing in skulls and even in the early game, you are more than a match for a few... Read All


"Should Aerith have died based on her wounds? Did she die at all? The results will shatter what you thought you knew about this iconic and heartbreaking moment of game history."

This video is amusing enough to not feel long at all. Plenty of pictures to entertain whilst the narrator makes his point.


YouTube animator CarbotAnimations recently created "Starcrafts" a series of cartoon shorts based on Starcraft. They are released every Saturday and have 10 episodes already!

Linking to them all because you have to watch them all, they are that awesome!

Episode 3 Mini Marine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBOOJvXDjX0&feature=plcp

Episode 4 Zerg BM:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk6wYlRR-BI&feature=plcp

Episode 5 Choked Up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COV2GfUnxFc&feature=plcp

Episode 6 A Hellion of Harras:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxOm86GB9nQ&feature=plcp

Episode 7 Roach Approach:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9T0hjPs2NU&feature=plcp

A Thank you... Read All


So, I just recently got into Day Z. I've had ARMA II for awhile but just haven't got around to trying Day Z until recently. Its definitely a fun game mode. It takes a lot of patience though. Anyway, today, I had my first "murder". I wouldn't call it that though cause I killed the guy who was stealing my bus. He apparently was returning it when I shot him, but that doesn't explain the fact that he was driving right at me. I checked his body and he was just a newbie. So maybe he was telling the truth, but I don't really believe it. This is the first deadly confrontation I've had with other players

Yeah, I just thought I should share this little story with whoever is... Read All


Robert Florence has stepped down from Eurogamer because an article he wrote about games journalists and PR was edited due to complaints from people in the article.

It's hard to explain, much easier to read, so here you go. This is the unedited version, with the removed parts in bold:

http://wosland.podgamer.com/a-table-of-cowards/

One thing that sticks out for me is that journalists for reputable news organizations can't accept extravagant gifts from anyone involved in the material they're writing about. Is it ok for a gaming journalist to accept a PS3 from someone with a new game coming out that they'll surely be writing about?


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In a recent Team Fortress 2 update there are some files that point to a possible Linux port.

http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Template:PatchDiff/October_22,_2012_Patch_%28Beta%29

This makes sense as Valve is working on bringing Steam to Linux and I imagine they will port many, if not all its titles to Linux. I still use Linux as my primary desktop operating system and less reasons to boot back into Windows the better. Still, there are SO many games in Windows I wonder if ill really ever be able to switch?

Does Linux support from Steam interest you? Do you use Linux or is it all Windows and Mac for you?

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Looks like Blizz is giving the UI for Starcraft 2 some love in the new game Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm in addition to the major 1.5 update of the interface.

http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/7634957

Still not in the Beta for Heart of the Swarm... Seems like I am on a "no-fly"/no beta list with Blizzard for not taking part in the Litch King beta when I had it...