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Decided to treat myself to playing more Skyrim this evening.

Decided to treat myself to playing more Skyrim this evening. As I was walking around I noticed a Dragon flying around and breathing fire on something so I decided to investigate. I snuck up on the Dragon and started attacking it and then I was dead. Apparently something one hit killed me and as my death animation was happening I noticed the club of a Giant. Apparently the Dragon was fighting a Giant. I had saved right before I came up on the Dragon so I held back and watched the fight. I snapped a few screen shots and the Dragon was easily bested by the Giant. Not wanting to waste the Dragon's death, I snuck up and nabbed the Dragon's scales, bones and then nabbed its... Read All

In the didyoueverplaythat category: Little Big Adventure

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In the didyoueverplaythat category: Little Big Adventure 2

I asked for this for Christmas at some point before the age of 16, having played the original Little Big Adventure. Originally a french game I believe, it never got much exposure here in the states. My father had to go to three or four stores to find it, but I'm glad he did.

The game is a true action adventure, kind of like a semi-isometric zelda with more humor and story elements, along with a few Monkey-Island esque puzzles. It's on GoG.com if you have $6 to kill and don't mind a game from the very early 3D era.

So... didyoueverplaythat?

I know many players are looking to Blizzard to fix many of

I know many players are looking to Blizzard to fix many of the problems Diablo 3 shipped with to make it a more fun experience. Today, Blizzard dropped some details on the upcoming 1.0.4 patch meant to address many of the issues plaguing players right now. I delved through the post and am bringing you the best bits from my perspective:

You will get your individual gold find and magic find in co-op games. They averaged the ability with your party which led to decreased drops when you played with friends compared to what you could get soloing.

They are lowering the health multiplier for monsters in co-op games. Hopefully this makes co-op games less brutal and more fun.

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Travis Admin wrote on 08/10/2012 at 07:08pm

This will make me come back. It seems that they focus too much on making it easier, rather than making it less frustrating, though. Those aren't the same. Invulnerable minions was fine, just not with some of the other crazy things.

In addition to increasing legendary drops, they're also buffing the stats on legendaries to make them more, well, legendary. Can't wait to see the further changes to legendaries.

hardeyez wrote on 08/10/2012 at 11:08pm

Yeah, I might come back after this, if drops improve and the time spent doesn't feel like a waste (like it does now, I haven't upgraded my equipment since about 4 acts ago...) and the repair costs stop bankrupting me :)

Chowda wrote on 08/10/2012 at 11:28pm

This is only one update of several coming from the dev team. I think we'll see 5-7 blog posts in total detailing the changes. They are definitely saying the right things! Let's hope they deliver and sooner than later.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 08/11/2012 at 05:30am

I agree, looking forward to the next posts about it to drop.

Tungsten wrote on 08/11/2012 at 02:52pm

Looks good. Still really waiting for PVP. Nerfing the leet packs will make HC a little less... scary as hell.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 08/11/2012 at 06:04pm

Agreed. Still in Nightmare act 3 though.

Travis Admin wrote on 08/12/2012 at 12:43am

Hell is a lot of fun. Inferno is just brutal for my tastes though. I think they could keep the difficulty where it is, but simplify and improve item drops and elite packs (which they are doing) to make Inferno seem less of a chore. I am really looking forward to getting back into Inferno when 1.4 comes around.

Tungsten wrote on 08/12/2012 at 05:10am

Random Suggestion: What about a horde mode? Just stick a group in an arena and sick elite packs on 'em until they crack.

Travis Admin wrote on 08/12/2012 at 05:43am

That would be loads of fun. I love the jar of souls event but thought it ended just when it was getting good. I figured it would at least end with an elite pack.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 08/12/2012 at 06:11am

That kind of mode would be fun. See how many rounds one could survive. Kind of like ut2004.

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A popular video game site recently wrote an article about

A popular video game site recently wrote an article about everything they knew about Borderlands 2. Its a really great high level primer on Salvador The Gunzerker, Maya The New Siren, Zero the Assassin and Axton the Soldier. It also goes into detail a bit about the arch villain Handsome Jack and the other enemies you will fight this time around on Pandora.

If you have read everything ive posted on Borderlands 2 so far, not much is new, but if you missed a few posts and want a good view of what the game will be, you should check it out.

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2012/08/08/everything-about-borderlands-2.aspx

Picked up this gem out of the bin at a GoodWill today. Even

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Picked up this gem out of the bin at a GoodWill today. Even if I only get through one complete game it will be well worth the $1.99

I couldnt resist posting this picture!

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I couldn't resist posting this picture!

Recently Blizzard updated Starcraft to version 1.5 and

Recently Blizzard updated Starcraft to version 1.5 and changed the UI and added several interesting features. Snipped from the article:

"Patch 1.5.0 Arcade has finally arrived, and it brings sweeping changes to the Battle.net experience. The new Arcade offers the StarCraft community an exciting new way to discover, rate, and play a wide array of community and Blizzard created games, as well as a plethora of options that will help you swiftly find the kinds of experiences you’re looking for. Meanwhile, the StarCraft menu has consolidated all the competitive and cooperative StarCraft II gameplay you’re familiar with into one easy to navigate place. With the new Battle.net... Read All

Blizzard dropped Diablo 3 profiles today. The profile for

Blizzard dropped Diablo 3 profiles today. The profile for my most recent character, a Barb by the name of Discipline is shotted above.

Here is the profile for my account:

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/jdodson-1332/

This is my highest level character, Snuggy Bunny a Witch Doctor:

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/profile/jdodson-1332/hero/3331502

Snipped from the D3 site:

"View your heroes’ gear, stats, and skills. How high have you raised your characters’ attributes? What are they wielding in each slot? What are their most prominent gear bonuses? What skills comprise their current build? Nuance awaits you in the Heroes tab.

Track your game progress. How many acts have you... Read All

Finished John Carmacks yearly Quakecon keynote today. It

Finished John Carmack's yearly Quakecon keynote today. It comes in a little over 3 hours and is jam packed with information about all things gaming and tech related. The video is linked above and I took notes on the things I felt were interesting.

First part of the keynote he talks about Rage and apologizes for the PC launch.

He talked about Doom 3 BFG Edition and that it will run at 60FPS on consoles and higher on PC.

He wants to Open Source Doom 3 BFG Edition but its unclear if thats possible. Might be able to just release parts of it.

Talked about what part of the Doom 3 codebase has changed. Much is similar in Tech 5.

The rendering engine was improved over... Read All

Finished John Carmack's yearly Quakecon keynote today. It comes in a little over 3 hours and is jam packed with information about all things gaming and tech related. The video is linked above and I took notes on the things I felt were interesting.

First part of the keynote he talks about Rage and apologizes for the PC launch.

He talked about Doom 3 BFG Edition and that it will run at 60FPS on consoles and higher on PC.

He wants to Open Source Doom 3 BFG Edition but its unclear if thats possible. Might be able to just release parts of it.

Talked about what part of the Doom 3 codebase has changed. Much is similar in Tech 5.

The rendering engine was improved over time.

Carmack wants to port Doom 3 to the Wii U, Vita and iPhone. Development and time constraints won’t allow it.

Doom 4 will be done when its done, no date to announce.

People felt Rage would be like Borderlands or Fallout 3 and that wasn’t what they were trying to do. People understand Doom, so Doom 4 will be an easier sell.

iD is closing down its mobile development.

Doom 3 BFG Edition is less of a survival horror game and now an action shooter with the recent changes:

They brightened things up.

The flashlight is attached to your gun now.

Less ammo stinginess, more liberal amount of ammo.

He thinks its more fun now and less masochistic as gamers are much less hardcore these day.

Recently he played Super Mario 3 and it was pretty hard, newer games are fun, but not really challenging.

iD games can’t take 6 years to create anymore. Hopefully Doom 4 won’t.

Feels like he has grown a lot in the last year as a software engineer.

NASA’s software engineering reports are not too useful to Carmack.

He is doign much more software engineering stuff like code reviews and helping the team learn best practices.

Carmack thinks Cloud Gaming is the unquestionable future of gaming. When he sees Gabe Newell he tells him this.

Its faster to send a packet over the web to Europe than it is from the back of your computer over a cable to your monitor. He thinks that is wrong and we shouldn’t put up with it.

Carmack is very interested in head mounted displays.

Doom 3 BFG Edition will work with head mounted displays and 3D tvs.

He doesn’t care about Windows 8. XP and 7 are just fine for him.

Here are the rest of the Quakecon panels featuring people from iD, Bethesda and Valve:

http://www.bethblog.com/2012/08/04/quakecon-2012-keynote-panels/

I spent far too long on this.

I spent far too long on this.