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The Desktop Games Pack - New Cheerful Ghost BBS Games!

Good morning Ghosts! Today is fairly special as we are launching the Cheerful Ghost BBS 1.4 Update: The Desktop Games Pack! This themed game pack is focused on the old school Desktop Games Packs of yore and specifically harkens to the Microsoft Entertainment Packs of the 90's. These three open source games are pretty special and very addictive so brace yourselves!

2048

Designed by Italian web developer Gabriele Cirulli. The game's objective is to slide numbered tiles on a grid to combine them to create a tile with the number 2048. However, one can continue to play the game after reaching the goal, creating tiles with larger numbers.

2048 has been described as very... Read All

Counter-Strike Global Offensive is Now Free With The New Danger Zone Update!

Counter-Strike Global Offensive just went free to play with the addition of it's all new Danger Zone Battle Royale mode. So Counter-Strike is going... Fortnite? Well, sort of, Danger Zone is a mode where you jump in to an area and fight it out with everyone else or in a squad but it's at a much smaller scale with each match having a max of 18 players. But much like Fortnite or PUBG, Danger Zone has you collect weapons and items to shoot it out with other players until the last gamer is standing.

As the update went live I downloaded CS GO to give it a shot and found the whole game download process and install to be fairly quick as the game is only about 17 gigs. After... Read All Counter-Strike Global Offensive just went free to play with the addition of it's all new Danger Zone Battle Royale mode. So Counter-Strike is going... Fortnite? Well, sort of, Danger Zone is a mode where you jump in to an area and fight it out with everyone else or in a squad but it's at a much smaller scale with each match having a max of 18 players. But much like Fortnite or PUBG, Danger Zone has you collect weapons and items to shoot it out with other players until the last gamer is standing.

As the update went live I downloaded CS GO to give it a shot and found the whole game download process and install to be fairly quick as the game is only about 17 gigs. After the game started it perfectly set itself up and I was in and playing an old school CS Dust 2 round with bots in no time. After playing the classic Counter-Strike I cut my teeth on in the early 2000's I decided to give Danger Zone a shot. Took me a handful of minutes to get into a match and after a few minutes of waiting around in a map for everyone to start, the game began. I collected a few items, some cash and had a drone deliver me an item I purchased. After picking up a few more items I had a tussle with another player and was killed handily by them. I wasn't the first person to die, but 12th.

After a couple more matches I'm happy Danger Zone is a new mode but more happy that Counter-Strike Global Offensive is now free. I'm kind of kicking myself for buying it a few years ago as I haven't really played much of it and for my usecase it makes more sense as a free to play game. That said, it's cool now that the base Counter-Strike game is free to play for anyone and it makes sense too as CS GO has had the micro-transactional lootbox to get weapon skins thing going for it for a long time. Plus it will be awesome to be able to play it with any of my friends regardless of if they own it.

"Introducing Danger Zone — a fast-paced battle royale game mode built on CS:GO’s tactical gameplay where players use their wits, skill, and resources to fight to the finish. Play solo, or work together as a squad of two or three!

CS:GO is now FREE TO PLAY

So there’s never been a better time to bring in your friends.

All players who played CS:GO before today’s update will receive a commemorative Loyalty Badge they can display on their profile. You were there from the beginning, so show it off! Additionally, all existing CS:GO players have had their accounts upgraded to Prime Status.

As before, Prime Status matches you with other Prime Status players. Additionally, your Prime Status will give you access to the new Souvenir MP5-SD | Lab Rats (available by earning XP while playing Danger Zone matches) and the all new Danger Zone Case."

https://steamcommunity.com/games/CSGO/announcements/detail/1709576801693341616

Obsidian's New Game, The Outer Worlds, looks like a Funny Fallout in Space

The folks at Obsidian, the original creators of Fallout and the developers of Fallout: New Vegas (which they're keen to point out in the trailer, for good reason) have a new game coming next year that looks like everything good about Fallout, but in space!

PC Gamer has a good breakdown of what they know. They say it looks like Fallout meets Bioshock meets Firefly and that's a pretty apt comparison.

The big thing for me is the focus on player choice, which I feel Obsidian does very well.

In addition to the trailer, Game Informer has a brief gameplay video that shows the game and makes me want to play it even more. It feels like a modern take on more classic First-Person... Read All

Avengers: Endgame Teaser Trailer!

The most important information from this trailer is seeing that the movie release date has been moved from May to April!

**The comments are going to be full of speculation (at least by me lol). I don't know what will be spoilers or not***

I'm a little underwhelmed by the title, but that's only because of all the endless speculation on what it might be.

Watch the trailer and let's discuss theories in the comments!

jdodson Admin wrote on 12/07/2018 at 03:29pm

Doctor Strange was right, we’re in the endgame now!

AdamPFarnsworth Post Author wrote on 12/07/2018 at 03:41pm

I'm guessing Captain America's plan isn't going to work (possibly time jumping through the Quantum Realm with Ant-Man?). "Because I don't know what I'm going to do if it doesn't" probably will lead to a sacrifice that he has to make to save everyone else.

AdamPFarnsworth Post Author wrote on 12/07/2018 at 04:01pm

Also, when Tony is making his recording for Pepper, he says the word "rescue," which there's speculation could be Pepper's hero name with her own suit :)

Travis Admin wrote on 12/07/2018 at 04:03pm

This does make me wonder how Scott got out. I was kinda assuming someone from the Avengers would get him out but they seem to be surprised that he’s alive.

Someone posted a comic that all Scott would need to do is get small, fly into Thanos’s butt, and get big again and we’d be done. So... I doubt they’re going that direction.

AdamPFarnsworth Post Author wrote on 12/07/2018 at 04:12pm

Lol!

Obviously Scott taps his heels together and says "There's no place like home."

jdodson Admin wrote on 12/07/2018 at 04:26pm

The THANOSRECTUMANUVER needs to be a thing. Travis, why are you not a Hollywood writer?

Also, someone said at the end of Ant Man there are two dust clouds and that The Wasp wasn't directly shown to be dusted therefore she might not be? Could be a fun surprise that she is in Endgame.

Also makes sense they are gonna push back this movie, it's huge and they had a year to finish it.

Travis Admin wrote on 12/07/2018 at 08:39pm

Ah that's an interesting detail if Wasp is still out there. But then I bet Scott was pissed that she just left him in the quantum realm!

jdodson Admin wrote on 12/07/2018 at 09:51pm

She might not have.

Travis Admin wrote on 12/07/2018 at 11:37pm

I guess tone doesn't do well over text, or I'm bad at telling jokes. The way they left it seemed like he was totally stranded, and I was riffing on that, poorly apparently.

AdamPFarnsworth Post Author wrote on 12/08/2018 at 12:31am

Lol Travis :)
But I just watched to post credit scene again and there's clearly 3 dust clouds.

jdodson Admin wrote on 12/08/2018 at 03:13pm

I need to stop listening to people. I remember someone saying there were two and I believed them w/o checking. Sorry guys.

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 12/08/2018 at 04:13pm

Hawkeye is going to kick some ass!

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 12/08/2018 at 04:24pm

Captain Marvel coming out in March and this in April seems too close together. They should have spaced them out better.

AdamPFarnsworth Post Author wrote on 12/09/2018 at 12:47am

I love that they'll be practically back to back. The next Spiderman movie is coming out soon after too. GIVE ME ALL THE MARVELS

AdamPFarnsworth Post Author wrote on 12/13/2018 at 01:56am

Another wild speculation:
Cassie (Ant-Man's daughter) isn't dusted, and somehow she finds the van and is able to pull him out of the Quantum realm. He and Cassie then drive cross-country to Avengers HQ, but no one is there. They do find Shuri and Hawkeye and form the Secret Avengers. Then there's a time jump, a new bad guy shows up to earth and Captain America and Scarlet Witch try to fight him "This will work because I don't know what else we'd do," lose, then find out that Ant-Man is still alive from the archive footage, then track him down, finding Hawkeye/Ronin and the rest of the Secret Avengers.

I'm not sure how Stark fits into this though.

jdodson Admin wrote on 12/13/2018 at 04:28am

> They do find Shuri

I think she was dusted as she shows up in the trailer as someone they lost. But that might be a red-herring?

> I'm not sure how Stark fits into this though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bz-SaMu8k3w

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 12/13/2018 at 03:12pm

Stark just floats in space all movie and is emo.

jdodson Admin wrote on 12/13/2018 at 04:43pm

*First five minutes fade from black*

Stark: “Hey pepper floating in space oxygen and food gone. All I think about is you. Rescue.”

5 minutes later he asphyxiates and as the lights go out an oxygen mask drops from the ceiling.

*Smash cut to opening crawl*

ENDGAME

AdamPFarnsworth Post Author wrote on 12/13/2018 at 08:30pm

LOL to both of you :)

I believe the Russo brothers (or someone else close to the movie) confirmed that Shuri survived the snap, but we now know that they lie about upcoming movies occasionally, so who knows lol. In the trailer it looks like Scott Lang, Peter and Shuri are listed as "missing." I think they're all unaccounted for and probably assumed dusted, but not confirmed.

Between her missing and claims that she's still alive, that's where I'm guessing she has gone underground with other former Avengers.

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 12/14/2018 at 10:59pm

Did Howard The Duck make the cut, or is he dust? Maybe he shows up in this one.

AdamPFarnsworth Post Author wrote on 12/15/2018 at 01:03am

Oh man, I hope he's there!!

Travis Admin wrote on 12/15/2018 at 02:38am

Howard is the linchpin.

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 12/15/2018 at 03:15am

Howard is Thanos.

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Rage 2 Will Scorch The Wasteland May 14th 2019!

I don't have time to play each new release in gaming, but in some rare cases I'll make the time and Rage 2 is one of those games I'm gonna make time for. The open world trailer dropped tonight during The Game Awards and I was happy enough to watch it and then nab the link on YouTube to share with you here. The game looks even better than what they previously showed and the artistry shown in how the trailer is cut is superb. My only question is how much like the real game is this? If they can deliver on most of what we see here this game is going to be bloody great.

Oh and the Russo Brothers just came out at The Game Awards making a finger snap joke and delivered the... Read All

Psychonauts 2 Gets An Official Trailer!

Psychonauts 2 is an upcoming game by Double Fine and just today received a new official trailer! Rasputin is back and this time he's not at Summer Camp anymore and much of the game seems to take place in Psychonauts headquarters! The trailer is big on plot mystery which makes the anticipation for the final game all the more fun. One thing I've come to love about Double Fine is the game narratives are always top notch. The last Double Fine game I loved my way through was Broken Age and I felt like the second half was way too obtuse puzzle wise but the story was great and I wanted to finish the game simply to see how things turned out. I wasn't disappointed in Broken... Read All

Get Featured In The Next Episode Of Cheerful Ghostradamus Radio 2019 Predictions Episode!

The new year is fast upon us and as such a new year of 2019 gaming predictions need to be made! This year we're going to do things a bit more fun in that all our collected Cheerful Ghostradamus 2019 predictions will be read aloud in our upcoming New Years episode! If you want to be part of the gaming festivities please read the following.

How To Be Part of the Cheerful Ghostradamus Radio 2019 Predictions Episode

You're a gamer and as such have an opinion on things you'd like to see happen in gaming in 2019. Maybe you have a thought as to what might happen that you don't want to happen but you feel might anyway. Take those thoughts, write them down and send them to us in... Read All

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 12/04/2018 at 09:37pm

I predict Terraria's next patch will finally be released. More Minecraft patches. I don't know what else.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 12/05/2018 at 02:25am

Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 12/06/2018 at 05:47pm

I have no real predictions for 2019.

BrothersForgeGaming wrote on 12/15/2018 at 06:30pm

Hello! We met at the PRGE this year. We are very interested in getting in on this. I am meeting today with EZ to get our official statement prepared. I will message you later tonight with our results.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 12/15/2018 at 08:09pm

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Will_Ball Game Mod Super Member wrote on 12/15/2018 at 11:39pm

Oh, Nintendo will release Mario Maker for Switch in 2019. There will be an optional tablet accessory for the switch to make it more like the Wii U or 3DS version.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 12/16/2018 at 12:42am

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Something From My Past Is The Key To All This: New Captain Marvel Trailer Drops!

The second Captain Marvel trailer just dropped on the Internet and I wanted to share it here for you to watch and comment on. Captain Marvel takes place in the 90's as Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel heads back to Earth for reasons unknown with some incredible super powers.

MCU Lore Because Why Not?

I'm not gonna pretend i'm the person with the most Marvel knowledge but it seems Captain Marvel's Kree connection is a huge focus on this trailer and I remembered something about the Kree from past MCU films so I looked it up.

Yondu had a line from Guardians of the Galaxy 2 about being enslaved by the Kree.

Yondu: "I was a Kree battle slave for twenty years when Stakar freed... Read All

Cheerful Ghost Radio Episode 42: Castlevania Season 2 Review

Dracula's war against humanity rages on, and we are here to tell you all about it! Netflix recently released season 2 of Castlevania, their hit series based on the vampire-slaying video games. Will Trevor, Sypha, and Alucard stop Dracula and bring peace? Find out in this episode of Cheerful Ghost Radio!

And if you'd like to hear what we thought of the first season way back in Episode 4, check it out here: https://cheerfulghost.com/Travis/posts/3452/cheerful-ghost-radio-episode-3-castlevania-special

Anodyne 2 Will Allow You To Switch Between 2D & 3D

I thought Anodyne was one of the coolest Indie games to come out in 2013 and was happy to hear Anodyne 2 is in development. Recently developers Analgesic Productions have released more details of the game and one big one featured in the linked video above, is the ability to switch between 3D and 2D game modes. The 2D game graphics are in the style of the original game and the 3D looks very reminiscent of early Playstation or Nintendo 64 games.

"Anodyne 2: Return to Dust is coming early 2019 for Windows and Mac OSX. Much like Final Fantasy, there's no need to play Anodyne 1 to understand Anodyne 2's story, but longtime fans will find connections to Anodyne 1! It's also... Read All