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Looks like Nintendo Power is going to be closing up shop.

Looks like Nintendo Power is going to be closing up shop. It had a fantastic run in the late 80's and early 90's and whomever had a subscription I was always envious of. I read each issue cover to cover many times.

I remember reading the issue with Secret of Mana detailed and I couldn't put it down for weeks. The way Nintendo stiched together images and game hints was magical to my young video game addicted brain.

A few years ago I got a subscription to Nintendo Power again and some of the spark remained but my habits changed and I didn't read them as eagerly as I once did. Oh and they talked about Nintendogs too much for my tastes. I should have kept my original issues... Read All

What better way to celebrate Retro Tuesday that with a Super

What better way to celebrate Retro Tuesday that with a Super Mario Brothers post it note video? Well, perhaps Shigeru Miyamoto visiting your house and telling you they are making another Zelda game in the style of Link to the Past and releasing the source code for the original Zelda as open source.

One can dream can't he?

Blizzard dropped the news today that Heart of the Swarm will

Blizzard dropped the news today that Heart of the Swarm will enter multiplayer beta "very soon." I enjoy the Zerg quite a bit and am looking forward to the single player game. Wings of Liberty was very well done and I anticipate Heart of the Swarm to be just as good or better! I know, perhaps my expectations are too high for a post Diablo 3 Blizzard? I certainly hope not.

Relevant bits from the blog:

"We are preparing to invite testers for the Heart of the Swarm beta very soon! To be clear, this test will be for the multiplayer experience only. We will begin with a select group, including many players who assisted us in testing Patch 1.5, as well as some pro-gamers and... Read All

OK heres my epic Terraria base. I spent weeks off and on

OK here's my epic Terraria base. I spent weeks off and on with this thing. If you noticed I wasn't around on the CG server for days at a time, this is why.

I created/destroyed so many new worlds just to get the materials for this, so I could get different colored dungeon blocks mostly.

One thing I didn't show off there at the end, I decided not to bore anyone further, is that I have a long line of bricks in Hell, ending with a lava pit like the one WhiteBoySlim made, and a house above so you can set your spawn point.

I also have houses at the entrance to the dungeon, corruption, and underground jungle.

I used Tedit to copy in a couple of additions you'll recognize, and... Read All

jdodson Admin wrote on 08/22/2012 at 12:44am

Wow that is some epic stuff! Seriously impressive man, wow!

I liked the art hall, the enemy farming zones and just how freaking big your house is. Was that off a small world?

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 08/22/2012 at 01:58am

Yes, and I was kinda wishing I'd done medium toward the end, when I couldn't build up very far without hitting space.

jdodson Admin wrote on 08/22/2012 at 02:49am

That makes sense. After our large world my small starter world seems pretty small. But one can always reroll :)

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 08/22/2012 at 03:33am

Terraria has infinite reroll potential. You never get the same world twice.

jdodson Admin wrote on 08/22/2012 at 04:02am

I know, that's what makes it awesome. Very curious to checkout Minecraft for that end too.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 08/22/2012 at 02:59pm

Maybe some time (I am in no rush, because Diablo) we should try Minecraft.

Timogorgon Member wrote on 08/22/2012 at 07:41pm

That is awesome! I had a lot of fun playing Terraria with everyone, and while I am looking forward to a break I definitely want to do this again. Maybe around that Christmas time so we can get Santa and that snowman army special event. :)

I think Minecraft with the CheerfulGhost community would be fun. I actually host a minecraft server for me and a couple friends. Not many people play on it anymore, but we had a lot of fun messing around on there for awhile.

jdodson Admin wrote on 08/23/2012 at 12:14am

I am most likely going to pick up Minecraft in the next bit and try it. Let you know how that develops... I might post something about it :)

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 08/23/2012 at 01:59am

I had an extra copy somewhere but I can't find it. Won it in a contest somewhere like a year ago. If it turns up I will give it to you but don't wait up ;)

jdodson Admin wrote on 08/23/2012 at 02:38am

Awesome, if you find it let me know.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 08/24/2012 at 03:25am

Yeah I kept looking, coming up with long forgotten emails to check, but I don't think I will be able to find it.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 01/25/2014 at 01:28am

Wow that's amazing! No wonder you've spent as much time in Terraria as I did Skyrim! Epic!

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Diablo III 1.0.4 patch notes released Last but not least

http://images.anandtech.com/doci/5680/diablo-iii-logo450.gif

Diablo III 1.0.4 patch notes released

Last but not least in our series of D3 posts, the patch notes!

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/6368188147?page=1#1

Hope you have some time to kill-- this one takes a while to read. SO many changes, almost all of them good.

And confirmed, The patch is coming tomorrow!

To recap...
Diablo III Profiles release: http://cheerfulghost.com/jdodson/posts/443
Initial 1.0.4 preview: http://cheerfulghost.com/jdodson/posts/451
Legendary item improvements: http://cheerfulghost.com/Tungsten/posts/458
Diablo III Starter Edition availability: http://cheerfulghost.com/panickedthumb/posts/460
Barbarian improvements: ... Read All

jdodson Admin wrote on 08/21/2012 at 04:16am

Didn't know it was coming so fast after talking it up. Good on em to end the fire hose when it dropped.

Hopefully it helps clean up some issues people have. I want to love this game more!

jdodson Admin wrote on 08/21/2012 at 04:20am

A few changes I thought were interesting no one has mentioned so far:

* The last follower a player had active in a single-player game will now be restored automatically after leaving a multiplayer game
* The frequency of follower dialog has been reduced

Both seem like good ideas.

Tungsten wrote on 08/21/2012 at 10:41am

Farming anyone? Let's go find some of those new badass Legendaries.

Tungsten wrote on 08/21/2012 at 11:35pm

I started playing my Non-HC characters again in anticipation of the patch: he's much closer to 60, and there's no way I'm farming Inferno in HC any time soon.

jdodson Admin wrote on 08/22/2012 at 12:45am

Dropped already, ill be checking it out this evening I hope.

hardeyez wrote on 08/22/2012 at 10:43pm

Drop rates are definitely better along with monsters generally weaker and players generally stronger. I went back and played for an hour last night and actually accumulated money and better items (e.g. blues actually dropped from ash jars, and gold every now and then, not back to pre-1.0.3 but way better).

The best part... Tomes and potions are no longer white -- they are a light blue so stand out way better (I'm sure I accidentally left a lot on the ground when they were white)

jdodson Admin wrote on 08/23/2012 at 12:16am

I think your findings are correct. I got way more blues and yellows and they were better. More gold. Monsters were easier and there were more of them I found.

Attacks I didn't normally use WAY more powerful. Oh and it was fun for a bit and then I went back to Skyrim. All told, its a good improvement and I am eager to play it more.

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The Paragon system... Its official! This looks

http://us.media4.battle.net/cms/blog_header/SEGUEXARQDH21345165873919.jpg

The Paragon system... It's official!

https://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/6968517/Introducing_the_Paragon_System-8_20_2012

This looks incredible. 100 extra experience bars to fill, giving you awesome bonuses the whole way.

It isn't *just* experience, apparently. It looks like you get some boosts to your core stats along the way as well!

By the time you hit Paragon level 100, you will have reached the maximum Gold/Magic Find available, and GF/MF gear won't matter.

Auction house changes coming to 1.0.4: This is such good

http://us.battle.net/d3/static/images/game/guide/auction-house/intro.jpg

Auction house changes coming to 1.0.4:

https://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/6369407745#1

This is such good news. This is going to fix all of my big qualms with the current auction house. Gems not factoring in is a godsend, the ability to cancel an auction at any time, and search on up to 6 stats... this is good.

The Magic Find post should be later today I hope!

Second Terraria World Comes To a Close

I turned off the Terraria server tonight. It was awesome to see what people did with the game. I was honestly surprised people built as much, mined as much and killed as many bosses as we did. The screenshot is of the final state of the game at night and as you can see, the village is fairly dense.

We mined down to the underworld, killed Skeletron, The Eye of Cthulhu, Eater of the World, survived countless Blood Moons, Goblin Invasions put the world in hard more and then defeated the hard more bosses.

Some of my favorite moments were on the first night spelunking underground with @chowda, exploring the underground Jungles with @panickedthumb and killing the wall of flesh... Read All

Travis Admin wrote on 08/20/2012 at 01:21pm

The underground jungle was damn fun. Annoying at times, but tons of fun.

This server is honestly one of my favorite experiences in gaming. You guys are all awesome to play with. Terraria is so deceptively deep, and it was great discovering it all with you guys, building tons of awesome stuff, and taking out bosses.

Travis Admin wrote on 08/20/2012 at 01:31pm

Any privacy concerns with 4shared? I've never used it but need to create an account if I want to download that file. Just want to make sure they aren't going to steal my identity or burn my house down or anything nefarious.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 08/20/2012 at 01:46pm

Ah, didn't know you need an account to download that file. I'll share it with another service. I kind of just picked a random site. Do you have one you use?

Travis Admin wrote on 08/20/2012 at 01:55pm

Well, I did, but the FBI shut it down :) Haven't looked into it much since then. Megaupload was awesome.

I guess there's always Google or Dropbox.

But I don't mind creating an account, as long as it's safe, or there's always bugmenot.com :)

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 08/20/2012 at 02:42pm

Nah don't. I'll re share with Google Drive.

Travis Admin wrote on 08/21/2012 at 03:26am

I have incorporated some key elements of our world into my own and finished my base. Video is uploading, but it's going to take some time.

And now, just in time for the Diablo 3 patch, I think I'm done with Terraria for a while.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 08/21/2012 at 04:15am

Good call. Look forward to checking out the video.

Also, link updated. Should "just work" now.

vdogmr25 wrote on 08/21/2012 at 08:25pm

It was a blast to jump in on this. I wish I had time to participate more, but the time I had was well spent. Thanx for getting me started and giving me quite the loot boost, everyone.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 01/25/2014 at 01:16am

That looks awesome!

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 01/25/2014 at 04:22pm

Yeah Greg, you can download both of our old game maps (this server map is linked above) if you want to see what we did.

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 02/14/2014 at 10:10am

Jon, I see the first one "cg_world1.wld" in the link, but not the second.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 02/14/2014 at 10:53pm

Ah, yeah I am not sure where but I posted about the second world and put a link to it in another post. Let me see, try this one:

First Server:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1oRZK7IvLFZM21aWjNFemJSNVU/edit?usp=sharing

Second Server:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1oRZK7IvLFZd0Fwa21sV2xKeEk/edit?usp=sharing

Third Server:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1oRZK7IvLFZWGRMeFVuY19NVUk/edit?usp=sharing

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 02/15/2014 at 12:42am

Awesome! I'll have to go explore!

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 02/15/2014 at 02:31am

Wow and oops! I was exploring the first world, it's pretty cool. I fought some Corruption enemies that I hadn't before (I haven't really explored the Corruption in my 2nd world yet). Then, I went to the Underworld to do some exploring and what do you know...I killed a Voodoo Demon and it dropped it's doll in the lava. Even with the Spectre Armor and a total of 51 defense, it was an easy fight for me and my Terra Blade. It's pretty cool exploring the worlds created by you guys. I did throw each world into my Terraria backup folder, so no matter what I do, I can always revert. Thanks for giving me three new worlds to explore! I also am the last person to visit the first world (obviously), about 2 years after you guys. Hahaha.

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Diablo III is finally kinda getting an endgame This is

http://media.diablofans.com/images/news/2012/august/patch/pre.jpg

Diablo III is finally kinda getting an endgame

This is huge.

http://www.diablofans.com/news/1317-unofficial-patch-104-changes-class-changes-new-items-affixes-and-more/

This blog post is all datamined info from the 1.0.4 patch. Each new patch always shows up in an accessible location, and people always grab it and datamine it, the weekend before it goes live.

What you're seeing in that pic is an entirely new leveling mechanic that appears to be coming to Diablo 3 in the patch this Tuesday (and yes, it does seem more and more likely that the patch will arrive Tuesday).

It looks like Paragon levels will let you continue "leveling" after hitting level 60, and get a boost to... Read All

jdodson Admin wrote on 08/19/2012 at 12:06am

Wow. They are really addIng a lot to the game. More than I thought they would frankly. More levels beyond 60 does increase the end game but I hope it's more than just more grinding.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 08/19/2012 at 12:53am

Yeah, they aren't technically levels, no new skills or anything like that, no stat boosts, but the extra MF/GF will be a compelling reason to want them! I'm looking forward to it.

Tungsten wrote on 08/19/2012 at 05:13am

I was hoping that the Diablo "always on" connection would mean more post release support. In my wildest dreams, Diablo is like Minecraft, receiving updates and major improvements years after its release. As long as they don't call it DLC and slap a $10 price tag on it, I'm happy.

jdodson Admin wrote on 08/19/2012 at 06:28am

Yeah, it seems that is happening with it. No problems with that here immediately. That said, they could patch it and change it so much that it doesnt resemble what it was. Kind of sad because in that case you cant roll back to play what it was.

Kind of a loss of the 1.0, which whereas 1.0 wasn't awesome it was 1.0 and to lose that if the game goes to something different would be unfortunate in a way.

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PC Gaming For Cheap! So theres a new Humble Bundle out.

PC Gaming For Cheap!

So there's a new Humble Bundle out. Although it's called the Humble Android Bundle 3, all the games are cross-platform, for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. You can get Steam keys and Ubuntu Software Center activations as well, same as with the last numbered bundle. Some good stuff here, but nothing to top what we've seen in the past.

Everyone who's participated in a Humble Bundle knows that it's a great opportunity to get great games for next to nothing. But there are also other bundles going on that fewer people are aware of.

IndieGala

http://www.indiegala.com/

This works similarly to the Humble Bundle. There's a similar profit distribution, with a... Read All