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Games / Transistor - Supergiant Games' new title, out now
« on: May 06, 2014, 07:00:41 PM »


Supergiant Games, creators of the hit title Bastion, has had a new game in the workings for quite awhile, and in just a few hours it'll finally be released. Featuring similar visual and gameplay styles as Bastion, Transistor is a sci-fi action RPG featuring a young singer named Red and the mysterious Transistor, a powerful and intelligent weapon.

While the game can be played in real time, most of the gameplay revolves around a special planning mode called Turn(), used to plot your course of action and execute it quickly. Using this mode, however, leaves you completely vulnerable and virtually defenseless until the action points you used fully recharge. Customize the Transistor's functions to adapt to your own gameplay style; every new function you discover can be used on its own or connected to another primary function to give it added effects. A function that throws a cluster bomb, for example, can be combined with a function that allows you to dash forward to release explosives around you when you reach your destination.

The game can be purchased on Steam, Supergiant's website, and the Playstation Store for $19.99 USD. The soundtrack is also available for an additional $9.99 USD on Steam or the Supergiant Store.

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Games / The Humble Spring Sale - Empty your wallet early and support charity
« on: May 06, 2014, 03:41:50 PM »

Uh oh, looks like the Humble Store is trying to give Steam a run for its money, and a few months earlier at that. Buy now or wait it out? It's up to you.

Various games in the Humble Store (click above) are up to 90% off during the Humble Spring Sale, plus some scattered flash sales. As always, 10% of sales go to the charities Humble supports. Most if not all games are redeemable on Steam and some are even DRM free, hover over a title on the main menu for a quick check.

Today's deals include (watch out for flash sales too, not pictured):


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Off Topic / Need help with a short Japanese translation
« on: February 05, 2014, 07:03:40 PM »
Can anyone help me translate this text? It's a message left by a Japanese player in Pokemon and I'd really like to know what it says. I figured there has to be at least one person here who can read this stuff.



I've tried all sorts of character recognition things and nothing has been able to make heads or tails of it, likely because I know nothing about how the Japanese written language works. Any help, even partial translations, would be much appreciated.

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Games / The Humble Store: New deals every day
« on: November 11, 2013, 01:59:15 PM »

The Humble Store is a new way to get games at very low prices while supporting charity. The deals change every 24 hours, knocking huge chunks off the normal price and splitting the profits 75/10/15 for the developer, charity (including American Red Cross, Child's Play, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation), and Humble themselves, respectively. Many games also come DRM-free, be sure to check the Store for more details.


The debut sale includes Don’t Starve, Prison Architect, Rogue Legacy, Euro Truck Simulator 2, Natural Selection II, The Swapper, Chivalry: Medieval Warfare, Orcs Must Die! 2 and Gunpoint, each available separately and only until the deals change in less than 24 hours.

This isn't the end of the Humble Bundles and Weekly Sales, though! Those will continue as usual.

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Games / Risk of Rain | Roguelike-like action-platformer | On sale @ Humble & Steam!
« on: November 08, 2013, 11:28:19 PM »


Risk of Rain is an action platformer with roguelike elements. With permanent death as a primary feature, players will have to play their best to get as far as possible. Fight on a mysterious planet with randomly spawning enemies and bosses. With over 100 items at your disposal, you will find the tools you need to find the teleporter back home. Discover a myriad of randomly chosen stages, from the desolate forest to the frozen tundra.

- Play alone or with a friend with local and online co-op
- Keyboard and controller support
- Hordes of enemies and bosses sporting random modifiers increase the longer you play
- Ten diverse characters, each with their own unique playstyles
- Over 100 items to unlock, pick up, and upgrade your character on the fly
- Read up on the lore with collectible monster and item logs
- Includes Steam achievements and trading cards



Enjoy your peace while it lasts!


To put it simply, Risk of Rain functions similarly to The Binding of Isaac. You traverse a level, kill enemies to purchase various random upgrades to help you progress, summon a boss and a wave of enemies, and move on to the next level. You keep going until you die or complete the game. Each run is different, with unique enemy types getting thrown into the mix at random, and level design and sequence varying each playthrough.

The longer you play, the harder the game gets; more, tougher enemies appear and the chance of a boss monster spawning increases. Lasting an hour will likely find you fighting a constant onslaught of bosses within seconds of entering a new level.

Ten different characters mean you can play the game however you want: While the Commando offers a standard 2D shooter experience, the Engineer can lock down an area with mines and turrets, and the Miner dashes in close with hard-hitting melee.


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Games / The Humble WB Games Bundle
« on: November 05, 2013, 01:18:09 PM »





You know the drill. 14 days, pay-what-you-want, over the average gets the locked games. Buy now and you'll get any potential bonus games regardless of how much you paid. This time around, all the games are Steam only. Charity funds go to We Can Be Heroes, "designed to raise awareness and critical funds needed to fight the devastating hunger crCIA in the Horn of Africa and bring help and hope to eight million people who are in urgent need of assistance."

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Off Topic / US and UK spy agencies defeat privacy and security on the internet
« on: September 06, 2013, 02:13:58 AM »
Do we really not have a thread about this yet? I must have missed it somewhere, right? Because daaaamn.

tl;dr -- The NSA and GCHQ used brute force and backdoors placed with the help of the technology companies themselves to crack data encryption used on communications, banking, and medical records that were guaranteed to be kept private from them.

Other unsettling matters include ordinary internet customers being referred to as "adversaries" in official documents; undercover agents working at telecommunications companies; code-names for the project referring to civil wars, implying the general public is the enemy; and "classified briefings between the agencies celebrating their success at 'defeating network security and privacy'".

Yikes.

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Off Topic / Wander Over Yonder
« on: September 04, 2013, 07:13:48 PM »

Wander Over Yonder is a new cartoon set to air on The Disney Channel. It's produced by Craig McCracken (creator of Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends and The Powerpuff Girls) and co-produced by his wife, Lauren Faust.

The show follows the adventures of the overly-optimistic and excitable Wander and his polar-opposite steed Sylvia as they travel the cosmos "helping people have fun and live free", all while putting a stop to the plans of the most powerful villain in the universe, Lord Hater. Wander Over Yonder features the voice talents of Jack McBrayer (30 Rock, Wreck-it Ralph) as Wander, April Winchell (Recess, Gravity Falls) as Sylvia, and Keith Ferguson (Foster's Home) as Lord Hater.

The show is set to premiere on September 13th, 2013, but the first 3 episodes have already been shown or released in other forms. The first "preview episode", The Picnic, was aired on August 16th on The Disney Channel, and the first pair of debut episodes, The Greatest and The Egg, are currently available early on iTunes for free.

You can visit Wander News to keep up-to-date with what's going on with the show, as well as get links to the episodes if you prefer to not use iTunes. Downloads should be alright since the episodes are currently free? If not then just, you know...don't.

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Off Topic / AdBlock is raising money to advertise itself
« on: August 26, 2013, 03:23:39 AM »
Just in case you didn't see your button flashing today to tell you the news, the creator of the AdBlock browser plugin is running a kickstarter-type campaign to start advertising it.

I don't think he understands how bad of an idea this is. Ads are part of what makes the internet go 'round, without them a lot of services might stop being free. The more people who are in the dark about adblocking, the better off we all are.

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Games / Megabyte Punch | Smash Bros. + Megaman + Custom Robo | Now released!
« on: August 06, 2013, 04:14:10 PM »


TRAILER    |    DEMO    |    SITE    |    GREENLIGHT





As of August 6th, Megabyte Punch is out of beta!

Described best as a mash-up of SSB, Megaman and Custom Robo, Megabyte Punch is an in-development electro fighting/beat ‘em up game in which you build your own fighter!

As you travel through different environments, you battle other creatures to get their parts. Parts have their own powers and bonuses, like gun arms for a shoot ability or powerful hips for a devastating pelvic thrust attack. Then, using the abilities of your customized fighter, you can compete in the tournament or battle against other players in a destructible arena.

The game takes place in a computer world where you protect the Heartcore of your village against the likes of the Valk Empire and the dreaded Khoteps in 6 different levels with each 3 stages and a boss fight!

One of the fifteen Most Anticipated Indie Games of 2013 by IndieGameMag!

- Chunky stylish graphics.
- 6 unique electro-worlds with boss fights.
- 150 parts to collect and endless combinations to customize your character.
- Pumpin' Electro Soundtrack.
- Compete in the tournament for rare parts.
- Up to 4 player local co-op and versus mode.

Megabyte Punch can be purchased from Desura or the developer's site, the latter will grant you a Steam key if Megabyte Punch is greenlit. The standard version of the game is $15, and the deluxe edition (which includes the soundtrack, a wallpaper pack, and 10 additional levels for versus mode) is $20. Anyone who purchased the game during beta is automatically granted the deluxe edition.

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Games / The Backloggery - Keep track of your gaming backlog and cut it down to size
« on: July 19, 2013, 07:36:54 PM »

There comes a time in every gamer's life when they have a library full of unfinished games that just sit around collecting dust. Maybe, like me, this period has been going on for years, and just keeps getting worse with every passing Steam Sale. This creates what is known as a gaming backlog; a list of games that you meant to complete at one point but got sidetracked. That's where the Backloggery comes in: It's not a game itself but a tool exclusively for gamers, a website meant to help you look at your progress on your gaming library and work on plowing through all the unfinished business.

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Play a lot of video games? If so, there's a good chance you've accumulated a backlog over the years. Sure, you've been meaning to go back and play them but it seems like there's always something getting in the way. Work? School? Family? Even those pesky new games that keep coming out before you've finished the last one. How are you supposed to keep up? Never mind trying to get through the old ones in your backlog!

What you need is a little motivation. What gamer doesn't like to look over their stats and celebrate the milestones as they progress toward a goal? That's where we come in. We'll keep track of everything for you so you'll know what you've done and what still needs your attention. Inputting your games is quick and easy. No slow, endless lists to search through. Just type it in and go!

You just might discover a lot of great games that were swept aside long ago. And best of all, you already own them!



Some of the stats you will find on your page, a very small part of the user interface.

The Backloggery allows you to add titles from your gaming library and enter information about them such as your achievements, personal rating, and progress notes. Games can be placed under Unfinished (with the option of also being marked Unplayed), Beaten (completing the main story), Completed (100%), or Mastered (going above and beyond) to be filtered and ranked. If you find yourself bored one day you can see a list of all of your unfinished games with the click of a button and choose one to actively try to complete. Can't pick on your own? You can use the Fortune Cookie feature to choose a random game that follows your set criteria.



Options for progress information for each game added to your backlog.

You can get plenty of statistics based on what you've entered, all sorts of graphs and figures to help you better understand your position in completing the games you own. You can even see what your friends are up to and compare your progress to theirs with Multitap.

Give it a try, I guarantee you won't regret it, even if you do forget about it in a week or two like I most likely will. If it helps you wipe even one game off your backlog I'd consider it a success, and I think you will too. It'll help cure that feeling of dread some of you undoubtedly get when you scroll through your Steam Library.

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Games / Steam Summer Sale 2013 Not-Begging After-Party Thread
« on: July 11, 2013, 12:48:25 PM »
The sale is over. Enjoy your haul!

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Games / What games do you want to be made?
« on: July 08, 2013, 10:05:20 AM »
OP of the last thread was a dork but I'm still interested to see what people have to say, so lets do this again


I'd like to see a 3D open-world Pokemon game on the Wii U where the gamepad can be used as a Pokedex

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Games / Rogue Legacy - Collect, upgrade, and pass it down your bloodline
« on: July 06, 2013, 11:42:12 AM »



Gans the gay ambilevous barbarian. Rogue Legacy, ladies and gentlemen.


Rogue Legacy is described as a "genealogical rogue-lite" game. It combines platforming with dungeon-crawling and some roguelike elements, adding in loads of upgrades and an array of character traits. Each run is only one life, with the goal being to collect as much loot as possible before you die. The major difference between Rogue Legacy and other roguelike-like games is that when you do meet your fate, you don't lose all your stuff: It gets passed down to your child who continues your journey (but not before the dungeon is re-randomized). Every child is different too, and you get to choose one out of a handful each time; one might be a Knight with no pulse in his feet so spike traps aren't set off, and another might be a Mage with dyslexia so all the text is scrambled (but his sword knocks enemies around like ping-pong balls). Everything from the way you see the game to how the character performs can be altered by these traits, and it adds that much more randomization each time you play.




Fcuk lysdexia.


Rogue Legacy can be purchased for $15, DRM-free ($12 from Steam during the Summer Sale) from the developer's website through the Humble Store, or through a variety of other digital distribution platforms. The game is currently only available for PC, but Mac and Linux builds are coming at a later date. OnLive appears to support Mac play, but this should be looked into more by those who plan on attempting to play it that way.





I'm not surprised, do you have any idea what they put in those things?

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Games / The Animal Crossing Megathread - Rest in Peace
« on: June 10, 2013, 04:46:50 AM »


"Let he who has only played 8 hours of Animal Crossing cast the first Megathread"
 -Nook 8:7

We've moved!
All discussion is now happening in the new thread.






Screenshots shown are all from Animal Crossing: New Leaf


What is Animal Crossing?

Animal Crossing is a series of games in which the player takes the role of a human player moving into a town populated by people-like animals. Gameplay is extremely laid back and consists of doing various activities around town, such as fishing, conversing with the other town residents, and gathering fruit. There are no set goals, though your neighbors may give you small tasks to complete upon speaking with them, which are often met with rewards in the form of customization items. Selling spare items and objects you find around town give you money to purchase new clothes, furniture, accessories, and more. Certain items, primarily clothing, can also be designed by the player. Players can visit each other's towns over wireless and wi-fi to socialize, trade items, and explore. Animal Crossing games run in real time, which means different things happen at different times on different days during different parts of the year.

A lot of people say that Animal Crossing is not a game you can have someone describe to you and decide whether you'll like it or not. Many find themselves enjoying it despite how boring it sounds, and suggest that playing it is really the only way you'll know for sure. "I never thought I'd actually have fun grinding for money", says twitch.tv streamer Ryxos.

Animal Crossing: New Leaf

The newest installment of the Animal Crossing series has recently come to the Nintendo 3DS and has several new features. Hamsters and deer are two new species added to the potential resident roster, as are the personalities "smug" and "uchi"/"big sister". Customization has been expanded; now including pants, shirts, shoes, hats, accessories, furniture (items can now be hung on walls), and house exteriors, as well as new town-based customization options due to the player being proclaimed the town mayor. Designs for various items and clothing can be "downloaded" by using the 3DS camera to read generated QR Codes. Screenshots can be taken at any time and are allegedly able to be uploaded directly to Twitter or Tumblr from the 3DS. There are many other small features that have been added, but you'll have to find those out for yourself!


Events

There seem to be items that you can get at the Post Office during certain periods of time, so these'll be posted here for future reference. They're being referred to as "DLC" though as well, so I'm not really sure what to call them.




Community

Feel free to post your Friend Codes and arrange town visits in this thread if you need to.

For a full list of Codes for the users on this forum you should use the Nintendo Friend Code Catalog.

Make sure you post your FC there, too, to keep it up-to-date!

What do you all think of having a list of people's forum names paired with their character/town names for easier recognition?


Designs

After a week of playing New Leaf, you can export and import designs for clothing and other items using QR codes and the 3DS camera. Make sure you talk to Sable in the clothing store at least once a day for a week to unlock the machine that lets you create and scan QR codes. Here I'll be putting designs that people here have made, as well as various codes from around the internet. You can also find plenty of patterns to download by simply Googling "animal crossing new leaf qr codes".

From around the net

Album 1: Various clothing (referential and original), wallpapers, paintings, and carpets

Album 2: Same as Album 1, mostly referential clothing


Tools

Massive list of referential Town Tunes

Turn images into a paint-by-number for patterns

i.nintendo.net - Access from your 3DS browser to upload images to Twitter & tumblr

Guide to Redd's Gallery - Never buy a fake painting again

New Leaf Feng Shui Guide


Sorry in advance for any mistakes or incorrect information, New Leaf is my first AC game so most of my information is from somewhat hasty research rather than personal experience. Let me know if there's anything I got wrong or if you can think of anything that would benefit this thread as a whole. Thanks!

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