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The kickstarter for Planetary Annihilation ended yesterday,

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The kickstarter for Planetary Annihilation ended yesterday, and it was a huge success: They raised over $2,200,000 with a goal of only $900,000 dollars. The best part is that they announced everything that they will do with the extra money. There are new planet types, a full orchestral score, a making of documentary...

My personal favorite is that they're adding a Galaxy Meta-Game where each match you play has some effect on a giant war going on in a galaxy. Their vision is having clans battle it out over territory using individual matched games. It looks very fun.

This is my first kickstarter anything, but I hope to be sucked in like this again. It's fun feeling like... Read All

Thanks for this awesome giveaway! Here is my Haiku. It is

Thanks for this awesome giveaway! Here is my Haiku.

It is time again,
Loot and Shoot bring out the pain
Throughout Jack's Domain.

Good Luck everyone

This is a game that I have enjoyed playing coop over the

This is a game that I have enjoyed playing coop over the years. The thrill of hunting terrorists with a partner never seems to fail to enjoy me. I highly recommend this game to those who enjoy coop and FPS games.

greatest game ever

In the celebration of the Cheerful Ghost Borderlands 2 Haiku

In the celebration of the Cheerful Ghost Borderlands 2 Haiku Contest finishing up tomorrow I decided to stuff a bunch of awesome Borderlands 2 news in a post for everyone.

If the Haiku contests wasn't enough chance for you to win awesome Borderlands 2 stuff, checkout the Gearbox "Weapon of Choice" contest. Check it out by the link below:

https://apps.facebook.com/borderlandscon/contests/286924

The Totally Rad Show recently interviewed the Borderlands 2 lead writer and the video is above. Its a pretty interesting conversation and he drops the details on a fun quest made entirely of Top Gun references.

A few sites in the game press have been privvy to early copies of... Read All

Axel_Mller wrote on 09/14/2012 at 11:36pm

I'm really excited because of the PC news.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/14/2012 at 11:45pm

I heard the graphics are incredible on the PC. What other news have you heard?

Jacob_Richardson wrote on 09/15/2012 at 08:25am

Well over time they've released a lot of PC info. First we know that PC will have PhysX. That allows for more particle effects and things like clothing tearing.

Very early on they listed a number of enhanced features that should be a testament as to what should be in ALL PC releases.

FOV slider
100% mouse usable menus/mouse wheel scrolling
Remappable keybindings for keyboard/mouse
PC-specific UI
Native multiplayer matchmaking
Push to talk
Logitech keyboard support
LAN support (including offline mode)
Control pad support
Integrated V-sync option
Support for higher resolutions
Mouse smoothing options (can be disabled completely)
Cloud save support
Achievement support
Friends list support
No port forwarding required

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Also here is the letter. http://www.borderlands2.com/loveletter/?x

Jacob_Richardson wrote on 09/15/2012 at 12:21pm

Deleted Comment because I'm dumb. Just saw the post jdodson made farther down that did indeed confirm that they had officially announced the mechromancer release date. Must have simply forgotten since I did already read that post.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 09/15/2012 at 02:17pm

Yep, yep. The PC version looks awesome. Not many publishers make the PC version that much better, so good on Gearbox!

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My Turn, Haiku in Japanese (Watashi wa Nihongo ga sukoshi

My Turn, Haiku in Japanese (Watashi wa Nihongo ga sukoshi wakarimasu ne) =)

Hiragana:
それはなにボルドランですにばんです。

Romaji:
So-re wa na-ni?
Bo-ru-do-ra-n De-su!
Ni-ba-n De-su =)

Translation:
What is that?
It is Borderlands!
The second one =)

By the way, what I am submitting is the Hiragana/Romaji Haiku..
Read the Hiragana if you understand, if not the Romaji =)

jdodson Admin wrote on 09/14/2012 at 10:34pm

+1

TonyJapMayo Post Author wrote on 09/14/2012 at 10:40pm

Thanks =) =) =)

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 09/14/2012 at 11:06pm

Dude, that's rad. I've already voted, but I like yours a lot!

Axel_Mller wrote on 09/14/2012 at 11:07pm

That's pretty cool. Respect on you for writing it in Japanese!

TonyJapMayo Post Author wrote on 09/14/2012 at 11:10pm

Ah, cant we change vote? Man, if only I found out about this earlier >< Thanks for liking it guys, I'm happy =)

jdodson Admin wrote on 09/14/2012 at 11:17pm

We will have other contests. Plus the site will be here after the contest is over for talking about games and other awesomery!

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My nine toes destroy Your mothrakking skaggy skills Rakk

My nine toes destroy
Your mothrakking skaggy skills
Rakk hives will infest

Hello guys! Ive been playing some more guild wars 2 and

Hello guys! I've been playing some more guild wars 2 and became interested in collecting the mini pet items that are in the game. My current collection is shown above. I have 6 of the 54 mini pets that are in the game. My current ones are:

Hylek Nahualli(Fine)
Seraph Heavy Guard(Fine)
Vampire Bat(Rare)
Devourer(Fine)
Frost Troll(Masterwork)
Dredge Excavator(Fine)

I'm curious how many of you actually collect these mini pets. If you do collect them, feel free to list yours. Also, if you see any pets that you would like to trade for, go ahead and ask. Just make sure you have a good deal in mind.

On a side note, if any of you are looking for some people to play with, I am going... Read All

Tungsten wrote on 09/13/2012 at 10:15pm

Grrr... I'm going to have to get this game. I love cosmetic useless collectables.

BR Supporter Post Author wrote on 09/13/2012 at 11:26pm

It's a great game. Plus, its one of the only mmorpg games that you don't have to pay monthly. It's just a one time fee.

Also, the mini pets can be purchased in 3 packs for real money, or you can buy them with in game gold/silver from other players. It makes it very easy to find the pets you want.

BR Supporter Post Author wrote on 09/13/2012 at 11:35pm

I forgot to say that you can also collect materials and other things in the game. The pets are just one of the many things you can collect. There are many different categories in the collectibles bank tab. Most of the other collectibles are things like all the ores and crafting materials in the game. It really makes collecting easy and fun with the whole separate menu dedicated to it. You can also just use it to store a lot of your items and since they go in specific slots, it is really easy to find them.

jdodson Admin wrote on 09/14/2012 at 02:52am

Yeah, I am going to cave at some point and Pick this up too. It looks so good and so far everything I've heard has been great!

Axel_Mller wrote on 09/16/2012 at 10:57pm

If you guys ever need someone to play with, just add me. My name is AxelMiller ingame.

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Path of Exile is having another stress test weekend... If

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Path of Exile is having another stress test weekend... If you're tired of Diablo 3 you might want to give this a try. Here's the info they sent me:

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Dark and deep action RPG Path of Exile will be open to everyone this weekend, September 14-16, so that we can stress-test our servers in preparation for entering Open Beta in a few months.

If you’ve been patiently waiting to try Path of Exile’s dark and customizable gameplay, now is your chance to check out the game - for one weekend only.

The game has been in Closed Beta since last August and we have been regularly adding new content, classes and skills. The latest patch adds new skills, more keystone passives, additional... Read All

Travis Admin wrote on 09/13/2012 at 01:37pm

I may have to give this a shot. I hear people talking about it a lot.

Tungsten wrote on 09/13/2012 at 10:15pm

I think I have a beta key...

Tungsten wrote on 09/13/2012 at 10:18pm

Nope, wrong game.

Jacob_Richardson wrote on 09/14/2012 at 04:27am

I actually can comment on this. I have been in this beta for well over a year now. I play it from time to time to see how its getting better.

(I played more often towards the start but every huge update moves your older characters to an un-updated server)

The currency system is a godsend for f2p games and almost every f2p game should try to adopt this model. There is zero gold and the currency (real money) items are easily and frequently found throughout the game theyve even been generous enough to increase the drops a few times in the updates. It operates soley on trading.

Diablo 3 did the complete opposite; some of you may have differing opinions but integrating gold farming into the core mechanics of your economy IS TERRIBLE. PoE tries to weed it out completely.

The sheer amount of updates it pumps out I think is a testament to how hard their working on it and will continue to work on it after release. It can only get better. If you do happen to run into a beta key this is one you want to keep and eye on. This is how isometric rpgs should be.

Jacob_Richardson wrote on 09/14/2012 at 04:30am

Also should mention to check out Grim Dawn. It's probably my most anticipated isometric rpg in years.

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I played Age of Empires Online when it launched a year ago

I played Age of Empires Online when it launched a year ago but it didn't stick with me. At PAX this year someone handed me an Age of Empires Online card and recently redeemed it on Steam and gave the game another go. Before I had to download the game through Games for Windows Live but it is now all managed through Steam. You need a Games for Windows Live account but if you already have an XBox account that may work as well.

I encourage you give Age of Empires Online a shot because the game is very fun. They recently released an update that fixes some gripes people had with the game at launch. The game has since adopted a model similar to League of Legends in that you... Read All