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Hero-U Teaser Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRKycVbHce4&feature=youtu.be Note: The animation is stand-in, they're working on improving it. It definitely looks a good bit like Hero's Quest/Quest For Glory.

Risen 2 - I arrived at Antigua to find out Admiral Alvarez, the man who founded and runs this settlement, has put up a trade embargo, meaning neither I, nor anyone else, can buy supplies... not the traditional way, anyway. I met up with Captain Slayne, who owns one of the artifacts I need. He agreed to take me to it, but he can't leave the port without supplies. I see where this is going. Anyway, time to explore the island and see who and what else is around here. Plenty of beasties out in the jungle and on the beaches for me to deal with. Luckily, I've gotten powerful enough that I don't have to avoid certain areas any more. That doesn't mean that I can be reckless and allow myself to get swarmed, but I can confidently fight most enemies now and win as long as I don't get stupid. Eventually I ran into my old buddy, the druid Eldric. Seems he's got a bit of a gargoyle problem. I see where this is going. Gargoyles are capable of dishing out massive amounts of damage quickly, but can be relatively easily beaten if you know their patters and don't get "greedy" (get in a power attack and one more slash, then roll out of there before the gargoyle retaliates, don't try to get in an extra slash or two). The main thing is getting them one on one. Fighting two or more at a time tends to be detrimental to my health. After dealing with the gargoyles, Eldric agreed to come aboard my ship. He's helped me in the past, so its good to have him with me. He's looking for some place called the Air Temple. I have a good idea of where it is, but before I do that I'm going to make a run back to Tacarigua to get rum for the tavern keeper here in Antigua, then back to the Sword Coast to get some more voodoo training. With enough skill, voodoo curses can be rather useful, turning a tough enemy into a push over, but they use up curse dolls, so I barely use them. Still, it's a useful thing to know, especially once I learn the most powerful curse, for fights with really tough enemies. Like all voodoo spells, curses have the distinct disadvantage of taking a really long time to cast, so it's best to use them as you're approaching an enemy and they're still far enough away that you can get the curse cast before they get to you and disrupt the spell. Let's go see if this Air Temple is where I think it is...

More sightseeing

Controller demonstration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeAjkbNq4xI

Agreed. I'll be willing to plunk down five smackers if they either extracted the boss fights from the game (then tossed them in a dumpster and lit them on fire) or redid them so they're not horrific. Edit: Okay, I read in the article: I want to see what these "improvements" are exactly. The boss fight in Missing Link was fairly good, so I know they can do a good boss fight from scratch, but I wonder if they can salvage the garbage that they outsourced for the main game.

Yeah. Makes me happy the Sawx won't have to see him in game 1 or game 2. They almost certainly won't have to see Scherzer in game 1 either. But the Sawx will likely face both twice if it goes seven, and Sanchez is no slouch. Sanchex vs Lester Still better than the prospect of having to face either Scherzer or Verlander 3 times, which is impossible now since it would require one of them to start game 1 (then pitch game 4 then game 7). Conversely, the Sawx could potentially pitch Lester 3 times, if they chose to do so. The best thing about the Sawx is that they have no real weakness. While they're not as top heavy in starting pitching as the Tigers, all 4 of their postseason starters will keep you in the game. Their middle relief is very good and they have a lights out closer. The lineup has plenty of power and a good bit of speed, plus it's loaded with disciplined hitters. Also, their defense is very good. There is really nothing for an opposing team to exploit.

As opposed to Amnesia, we never see the protagonist's hands, or any part of them, for that matter. I'm sure that's on purpose. I guess there will be the question of are you man or are you machine, and what is the boundary between man and machine? Is there one?

SOMA gameplay footage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5iRmZPQ3VA#t=159 Now that looks freakin' awesome!

The butthurt nerdrage on that page is terrific. My favorite ones, and this happens with every single review ever in the history of video game reviewing, are "Website X have it score Y, how the hell are you giving it score Z!?" Because reviewers on completely different sites are not allowed to have different opinions and give different scores.

We Muricans infected Japan (and the rest of the world) with greasy fast food, now Japan does it better than us. http://rocketnews24.com/2013/08/28/363013/ I'm about to have a heart attack just from looking at that.

How has that been? I'm feeling the need to play something old-school right now. It's Might & Magic, it really does feel like old school, turn-based Might & Magic. I like it quite a bit. Keep in mind, though, that the game is in an alpha state right now.

Eli threw 3 more picks and the Giants are now 0-6. Eli now has 15 interceptions on the season. 15! I know the NFC East is putrid, but at 0-6 they're definitely done. There's no coming back from 0-6. As for my team, the Cowboys, Tony Romo, as expected, has been getting a lot of hate since that crushing defeat. Now, I'm not trying to excuse that late game pick he threw that lost the game, but there are some things to consider. With any other quarterback in the league, not named Peyton Manning, Drew Brees, Tom Brady, or Aaron Rodgers, the Cowboys are never even in that game and are getting blown out by multiple touchdowns. Even with the interception, Romo had one of the greatest performances by a quarterback ever. He's been terrific this season: 71.8% completions 1523 passing yards 13 TD 2 Int 114.3 passer rating. The much bigger issue for the Cowboys is that the defense isn't stopping anyone. If you keep putting Romo in a position where he constantly has to sling it to stay in the game, yeah, he's going to throw a crushing pick sometimes. The guy makes spectacular, head turning plays, but being a gunslinger type quarterback also means throwing crushing picks occasionally. Anyway, they play Washington this week, a game they should win. A game they better win.

Sightseeing in Antigua

Yeah. Makes me happy the Sawx won't have to see him in game 1 or game 2. They almost certainly won't have to see Scherzer in game 1 either.

Hence the "very subject to change". It sure would be nice if Steamroller wound up being a pleasant surprise in performance, if for no other reason than to drive down Intel's mid-high-end CPU prices. High-end prices are always inflated, but they've been extra inflated due to Intel having zero competition in the high-end.

I'll just leave this here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CXRBjc8O0w

I'm contemplating scooping up Resident Evil Revelations for 50% off. I own the game on 3DS, but I love it so much I'm willing to buy it again for PC.

Mine too, although I just found out that the tax on IT equipment is going from 8% to 20% in November in my country, so that 4770k looks really good now... Ouch. One reason for me to wait for Haswell-E is DDR4. While initially the benefits might be negligible over DDR3, having DDR4 support gives me better future-proofing.

Good. Now they should port Heavenly Sword as well. Never gonna happen, Sony owns the IP. Same reason Demon's Souls is never getting a PC (or Xbox 360) port. Which is too bad, since it's arguably better than Dark Souls.

Are you waiting for Haswell-e? Yes, that's the current plan, though very subject to change. You're probably right, a highly successful and popular game likely won't be more than 50% off 8 months after release. Still, I can always go with wishful thinking. Plus, there's always the chance that Valve will pull a boner and the game will be something ridiculous like 95% off for a couple of minutes, like they have in the past.

There's plenty of fun to be had in the game, it's just too bad that it's so incredibly unbalanced. Ironically, seemingly all the really fun skills are the least useful in the game. For example, monkeys are completely useless in combat (on account of getting pretty much insta-killed) and there is only 1 place I can think of that can only be accessed with the monkey, yet using the monkey is super fun. Voodoo requires heavy investment to make it relatively effective, but even maxed out voodoo isn't nearly as effective as muskets with even minimal skill investment. Yet using voodoo is fun and produces some of the most hilarious dialogue in the game, especially if you bring Patty along.

But it just wants to be your friend... and lay waste to your garden.

DISCLAIMER: RUMOR, UNNAMED "INDUSTRY" SOURCES, GRAIN OF SALT GTA V rumored to come to PC Q1 2014 If this is true, IF this is true, then it will work out well for me as I plan to build a new rig late next year, and this releasing in early 2014 would fit that plan well: GTA V releases in March or April > Build new rig in September or October > Buy GTA V at 75% off during Winter Steam Sale.