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Scott Pilgrim vs. Smash Bros. Captain Falcon is not

Scott Pilgrim vs. Smash Bros.

Captain Falcon is not impressed!

Note: Picture is from Bryan Lee O'Malley's blog. Here was the attached description: "this was drawn specifically for me by Aaron Ancheta, junior assistant on vol 6."

jdodson Admin wrote on 06/22/2012 at 03:09pm

Cool. Captain Falcon was pretty cool in FZero. Did the SNES version have multiplayer? Memory says it didn't.

Tungsten wrote on 06/22/2012 at 03:46pm

Nope, it did not.

Timogorgon Member Post Author wrote on 06/22/2012 at 07:58pm

You know, I kind of don't think of Captain Falcon as an F-zero character anymore. I know that's where he started but I primarily know him as a Smash Bros. staple character now. Besides, this is clearly a "Falcon Punch / 'Show me your moves' " reference. :P

jdodson Admin wrote on 06/22/2012 at 11:14pm

I can see that. I played much more FZero than smash brothers.

Is he any good in smash brothers?

Tungsten wrote on 06/23/2012 at 05:44am

He was pretty awesome.I did prefer Gannondorf, who was just a slightly slower/stronger re-skin.

jdodson Admin wrote on 06/23/2012 at 08:47pm

Can Gannondorf change into Gannon proper?

Timogorgon Member Post Author wrote on 06/23/2012 at 10:03pm

In Brawl (the Wii one) he can as his Final Smash ability.

jdodson Admin wrote on 06/23/2012 at 11:07pm

Awesome.

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The new Diablo 3 1.0.3 Patch dropped a few days ago. More

The new Diablo 3 1.0.3 Patch dropped a few days ago. More details here:

http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/blog/5238315/Patch_103_Now_Live-20_06_2012

A few items I felt interesting:

"Attack Speed bonus values on weapons and armor have been reduced by 50%"

Heard for quite sometime people should stack attack speed, I guess Blizz thought it was too overpowered.

"Magic Find will no longer be considered when looting objects in the environment such as chests, barrels, vases, pots, and corpses"

Doh!

"The item quality of all components needed to craft the Staff of Herding, as well as the Staff of Herding itself, have been changed from Common to Legendary (i.e. their item names will appear... Read All

Ok so Im not sure if this game qualifies for retro but it is

Ok so I'm not sure if this game qualifies for "retro" but it is pretty old at this point, so I'm busting it out for Retro Tuesday.

If you're unfamiliar with the Harvest Moon franchise, this series of games usually revolves around working on a farm and turning it from a rundown field of rocks and tree stumps into a profitable ranch, all while trying to get married and make friends with your neighbors. It sounds really lame but the games are actually a lot of fun. It's one of those rare games that is fun without any kind of fighting at all.

This was the first Harvest Moon game I ever played and from what I've read on-line it's considered by a lot of fans to be the best in... Read All

For Retro Tuesday I am going to nerd out on a game from a

For Retro Tuesday I am going to nerd out on a game from a galaxy far far away.... Queue John Williams please....

In a world where movie tie in games go horribly wrong Star Wars is one franchise that does pretty well for itself. More recently with the Knights of the Old Republic MMO Star Wars has had good luck with its tie-in games. One such game I played was Super Star Wars on the Super Nintendo.

Super Star Wars is a fast paced action side scroller where you played Luke Skywalker starting the game with a simple blaster. As you progressed you could upgrade your blaster and after meeting Obi-Wan you got the lightsaber. At one point you can play as Han Solo but I never... Read All

Downloaded this demo on the PS3 after hearing in a podcast

Downloaded this demo on the PS3 after hearing in a podcast that the game was exceptionally violent and gory. It is. The first few seconds of the demo shows your enemy knocking rail road spikes into your hands while you dangle on a cross. Some vivid imagery and then the game pulls you into a flashback.

The games tone is very Godfather-ish but the voices are as if people are mocking Italian Americans. The demos first few minutes are not too hard as you just hit X a few times and try to kill a few guys though I missed most of them and it didn't seem to count against me.

If you are familiar with The Darkness, this game is similar. You are the host to "The Darkness" which is... Read All

Traveling this week and without PC and console wondering

Traveling this week and without PC and console wondering what games people are playing on their phones? Ive been playing Sword and Sworcery, Harbor Master & Ticket to Ride in the down moments between stops. Harbor Master is fun as my wife and I play it a bit before bed and on flights to pass the time. Harbor Master is a game much like Flight Control where you tap a route for boats to unload cargo. There is a free demo for Harbor Master on iOS.

Still playing Tiny Tower off and on, that said it has lost much of its appeal after a few weeks intially. I have about $650k and growing if I put a few days into it ill have a cool million. No real reason, just hoarding... Read All

I love playing board games. One game I am looking forward

I love playing board games. One game I am looking forward to is Descent 2nd edition. I signed up for the preview game event at Rainy Day Games and will pre-order the game the second I am able to. Recently Fantasy Flight released the PDF rulebook that you can check out to be up to speed on how to play the game before it drops. I put it on my iPhone for easy access and ill be reading it over the next week.

http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_news.asp?eidn=3353

I have a pretty limited time set these days and can only really put time into so many new board games, this being one of them.

If you are interested in going to the preview event with me let me know.

Valve continues to amaze me! Bravo.

Valve continues to amaze me! Bravo.

http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/category/economics/

jdodson Admin wrote on 06/15/2012 at 09:03pm

Awesome article. Valve really seems to "get" that making the game great for your users involves being expert at things like economics. Especially when digital currency is being integrated much more into our games.

Plus getting an email like that from Gabe is awesome too.

Timogorgon Member wrote on 06/16/2012 at 03:17am

That is actually very cool. I didn't realize any of the valve games used digital currency though. I know a lot of their games have micro transactions (for example: TF2) using real money, but which of their games use digital currency?

jdodson Admin wrote on 06/16/2012 at 04:30am

I think it's a new thing they are looking into? Seems like they want to merge their games and do new stuff.

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 06/16/2012 at 07:27pm

Dude, that's a really rad article!

Tungsten wrote on 06/16/2012 at 11:42pm

You could even use the steam trades. if someone plays 10 hours of tf2 to get the materials for a new hat, many off those hats can be traded to games like spyro knights.

That should be the valve currency btw: hats.

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Latest episode of Wil Wheatons TableTop they play the

Latest episode of Wil Wheaton's TableTop they play the awesome Ticket to Ride.

Few video game companies tinker with hardware like this.

Few video game companies tinker with hardware like this. Taking a mounted display and making it work really well with your video game is amazing. John Carmack is well suited to this because he deeply understands how this technology all works and I envy him for being able to talk the time and dabble in this kind of work. The video is a fascinating look into the tech he has been working on with head mounted displays. Have to admit, slapping a screen inches from my face doesn't appeal to me, but it the game adjusts to my movements that does appeal to me.

The video drops a few tid-bits about Doom 3 BFG edition in that it will ship with 3D and a few other features. A recent... Read All Few video game companies tinker with hardware like this. Taking a mounted display and making it work really well with your video game is amazing. John Carmack is well suited to this because he deeply understands how this technology all works and I envy him for being able to talk the time and dabble in this kind of work. The video is a fascinating look into the tech he has been working on with head mounted displays. Have to admit, slapping a screen inches from my face doesn't appeal to me, but it the game adjusts to my movements that does appeal to me.

The video drops a few tid-bits about Doom 3 BFG edition in that it will ship with 3D and a few other features. A recent Penny Arcade article goes over the head mounted display and some of the Doom 3 BFG edition design points.

http://penny-arcade.com/report/editorial-article/hands-on-with-doom-3-bfg-and-the-terrible-secret-behind-the-original-games

From the article:

"There was controversy over the flashlight in Doom 3 when the game was originally launched. You couldn’t have the flashlight on while you had your gun out, and the player had to choose which one to use, and flip between them quickly. I thought it was inspired, other people wondered if the future existed without duct tape. The flashlight is mounted to your body armor in Doom 3: BFG, so you can finally use it while a gun is in your hands, although the battery life is limited. My thought on the matter? id sold out. "

I heartily agree with this statement. Doom 3 made a bold choice in many situations between seeing and shooting. In a jump/scare shooter this was magical for me. I know the flash light feature had its haters but I loved the difference. Many times I had my flash light out and enemies would jump out and I would scramble for a weapon. Often that meant I took a beating in the scramble. Sometimes I did fine but it was a choice I had to make.

I hope there is a setting to turn it back to the old method. That said, I have the original box copy so I can always go back to playing it as it was I suppose. Feels a little like some of the changes made to the original Star Wars because of my mad love for Doom. Regardless of how this all shakes out, ill still pick it up as the new stuff really interests me.