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I was listening to the radio today and they were talking

I was listening to the radio today and they were talking about the recent controversy with the ending of Mass Effect. When the host asked for an example of a great ending to a game, this is the one the interviewee provided.

True enough, it was the best ending to a game that I can recall.

By the way, if you haven't played the game, you're not really going to benefit from the ending in the video above. It's purely an emotional payoff and if you haven't put the time into the game up until that point, you're not going to get it, so don't spoil it for yourself.

Also, if you haven't played the game, do so at your earliest convenience. It is much much more than GTA in the wild... Read All

Google Maps 8-Bit! This is both hilarious and rad. (Blow

Google Maps 8-Bit! This is both hilarious and rad. (Blow on the cartridge!)

One of the best games ever. If you have any interest in

One of the best games ever. If you have any interest in tactical RPG's, you owe it to yourself to pick it up. You can get it on Steam and Wii (and emulation...).

Timogorgon Member wrote on 03/31/2012 at 07:40am

Never heard of this game before, but the music is cool. :D When you say tactical RPG do you mean like FF Tactics and Ogre battle?

Tungsten Post Author wrote on 03/31/2012 at 02:20pm

Ya, pretty much. It's a bit simpler, but that lends to a faster style of play. It also cuts to vignettes for all the combat, which adds a sense of fun.

I'll put a gameplay video up.

Tungsten Post Author wrote on 03/31/2012 at 02:49pm

It's a Genesis game, and most of the RPG crowd went Super Nintendo. (Sorry Phantasy Star, you don't count). A lot of people missed it, but it has quite a following.

There have been a bunch of sequels, but other than one on the Saturn that never got a full translation, the rest have lost the tactical part.

The Shining Force Series is a spinoff of the Shining in the Darkness Series, which is a first person dungeon crawler also available on Steam. The others are okay (actually, there was one of the Sega handheld (the name escapes me now) that was really good as well - Shining Force Gaiden.)

jdodson Admin wrote on 04/01/2012 at 01:08am

Looks cool. Haven't played a tactics game before but loved the Super NES/Nintendo KOEI strategy games quite a bit.

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 04/01/2012 at 01:54am

You shall not pass!

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A few days after Rage shipped I saw a video about someone

A few days after Rage shipped I saw a video about someone finding a secret Wolfenstein and Doom room. I found the Wolf room in Rage and a few days ago found the Doom room. The above video outlines how to find it, but I snapped a few pics of my own:

http://i.imgur.com/frCkc.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/3GW1N.jpg

Basically I remembered that someone, in some level, hit some keyboards and they made a sound. Hit enough and a Demon made a noise and then you opened some door and there was the Doom room. Recently I made it to the Gearhead level saw a keyboard, hit it and it made a noise. I hit enough and a Demon made a noise. I beat the level and on my way out the level I tried a door... Read All

Even though I have never played this game, I am waiting for

Even though I have never played this game, I am waiting for my mom to let me get it. I have heard a little from my brother, friends, and other family. I am looking forward to playing this game. I am not so sure that I know what it is all about, will you help me discover what happens in the game? all I know is that you have to dig a hole and cover your self by the first night or these creeper guys come and kill you, is that true?

Elizabeth_Dodson Post Author wrote on 03/29/2012 at 01:44am

sorry this is about minecraft.

jdodson Admin wrote on 03/29/2012 at 01:48am

Hey Elizabeth, here is some information I found off the Minecraft site:

http://www.minecraft.net/game/howtoplay

Others here play it and can offer you more information. Welcome!

Tungsten wrote on 03/29/2012 at 02:43am

It's good fun. I'll start up a new game every once in a while. It's one that really pays of the more you put into out. Very few games have given me a better since of fun and adventure.

It is a game that you shouldn't feel bad about looking at the FAQ. I don't think many people play it blind.

Timogorgon Member wrote on 03/29/2012 at 06:27pm

Yeah, definitely make use of FAQ's and www.minecraftwiki.net. Trying to figure out all the recipes for making items by yourself will take forever.

If you do end up getting Minecraft let me know, I run a multiplayer server and you'd be welcome to join. (This is your cousin Tim, by the way.) :)

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You can finally buy a real life Aperture Science Portal gun

You can finally buy a real life Aperture Science Portal gun that... doesn't actually shoot Portals. They don't sell it very well in the video to do much more than make noises that kind of sound like the game and light up a bit. I am thinking this would be cool have on a shelf somewhere with some other video game collectors stuff like my Power Glove.

I love my sweet Power Glove. Sweet. sweet Power Glove.... Oh wait... Sorry... Im back now...

Might have been better if it could at least project a light on a wall then it could double as a rad flash light. Still, this will be rad for Cosplay and Halloween.

They are already sold out.

Timogorgon Member wrote on 03/28/2012 at 11:32pm

lol, I just read about this on Joystiq and came on here to share it. You beat me to it!

As for the toy Portal gun: DO WANT.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 03/28/2012 at 11:41pm

Did you see how much it was?

Timogorgon Member wrote on 03/28/2012 at 11:47pm

It didn't say on the Joystiq article, but Kotaku says it's $150. Seems kinda steep for a toy, even for one that does look really, really awesome.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 03/28/2012 at 11:49pm

Wow. Maybe when I win the lottery then. :)

Tungsten wrote on 03/29/2012 at 06:55pm

I tried to get my wife to do this last Christmas. She didn't go for it...

http://uploads.neatorama.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/portal-tree.jpg

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 03/29/2012 at 09:42pm

Sucks because that would have been totally awesome.

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Recently put this up at my house. I took a picture at a

Recently put this up at my house. I took a picture at a time to chart my progress.

Here are the steps to create a post it note 8bit Link on your wall:

1. Figure out what 8-bit creation you want on your wall.
2. Buy post-it notes, realize they cost WAY more than they should in the store.
3. Buy them anyway, its art baby!
4. Get the picture on your smartphone or print it(like its 2002 inkjet style)
5. Put up one post-it, snap a pic
6. Put up a few more
7. Snap a pic
8. Screw up a bit, start over again
9. Snap a pic
10. Realize half way you were over a few centimeters and try to backpedal
11. Snap a pic
12. Get really close and get really excited because this looks really bad ass
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Wondered a bit how everyones game habits have changed over

Wondered a bit how everyone's game habits have changed over time. Lately ive noticed that time is harder to come by so my game habits have migrated quite a bit to mobile games.

Just a few years ago I could spend a few hours here and there playing any ol game. Weekends were pretty lean, so I easily delved into Fallout 3, Halflife 2 and every expansion. I played through many other games as well and some weekends I could knock out 6 hours or more. Finding that lately having that kind of game time has evaporated due to being busy with this or that.

I told myself that I wouldn't sink money into iPhone games. I just don't generally find them more fun than console or PC games.... Read All

Timogorgon Member wrote on 03/27/2012 at 05:42pm

Off topic: Cool, I see the general discussion thing is up now! Awesome :D

Back to topic: My gaming habits have changed pretty drastically. Back in high school it was pretty common that my friends and I would spend entire weekends playing games. Now with work, school, and kids I don't really get to play games as much as I would like. Plus I can't really play a game like Fallout in front of my 3 year old, so I have to wait until they go to bed before I can play a lot of games.

Because my time is pretty limited I've noticed I mostly play games I can pick up and put down very easily. Anything on my PSP (especially now that I hacked it to play PS1 games :) ) is great because I can suspend my game anytime.

The types of games I play also has shifted. As far as any new games go, I find I get more enjoyment out of smaller games that won't take me several months to complete. I love Fallout 3, but I have been working on that game for almost a year now. Smaller games (in terms of hours of play) like Portal or Ben There Dan That are great for me because I know I'll actually be able to finish them.

I've also noticed that I play a lot of older games I'm already familiar with. I use my hacked Wii more as a NES/Gameboy/SNES emulator than I do for actual Wii games. When I only have an hour to play I have no idea if I can even really do anything in a new game, but I know how far I can get in Earthbound or FF7.

And you can forget MMO's. There's no way I can justify paying a monthly sub for a game I won't get to play enough to accomplish anything. :)

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 03/28/2012 at 01:36am

Off topic: Yeah it is cool, I realized its way better than "Cheerful Ghost." I think people understand "General Discussion."

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 03/28/2012 at 01:39am

I hear you on MMO's. I recently tried Star Trek online. Besides not being very fun and hard to play... Well I guess thats where my mini review of that games ends. :) Cool its free to play.

Been wanting to go through an old game and sort of journal/blog it for quite sometime now. Secret of Mana comes to mind as a game to do that with. Damn that would be fun.

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A few months ago I tried Tiny Tower and deleted it pretty

A few months ago I tried Tiny Tower and deleted it pretty quick. Didn't seem too interesting to me at the time. After hearing @Tungsten recommend, I installed it again.

Above I stitched together screen-shots of my Tower. I like that you can rename businesses whatever you want. The movie and video game store is named "Cheerful Ghost" and I named the cake store "The Cake is a Lie." I like that simple customization to your Tower. As you can see, I haven't quite come to name the new businesses at the top yet.

I generally never allow my apps to notify me when they have new business, but for this app I let it notify me for a few days with updates so I could build my tower at a... Read All

Sequel? One of the best written comedy games ever. Sure,

http://cdn.themis-media.com/media/global/images/library/deriv/82/82033.jpg

Sequel? One of the best written comedy games ever. Sure, the platforming could drive you mad (I never actually did beat the meat circus), and it had its share of bugs, but it also had some of the best art, characters, and pure inventiveness, all wrapped in that patented Tim Schafer cleverness.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/115713-Notch-Volunteers-to-Fund-Psychonauts-Sequel-UPDATED

Did you guys play the original? It didn't sell well (though I think I've technically bought it three times myself). What do you think about the idea of a sequel?