Video Game News and Miscellany

PatrThom · Oct 14, 2015

Mrrf.
I can't even keep up with my dailies in Hearthstone, much less the hour or so each day I would need for Heroes. I don't think I'm gonna have time for Overwatch.

--Patrick

Hailey Knight · Oct 14, 2015

Anyone want demo codes for Triforce Heroes? You can only play with three people, and the online times for the demo are only at specific times this weekend ... and I only have two codes since I thought I could at least play solo, but nope--three players only.

I won't be buying this game, but anyone who wants codes, I have two to give. Fuckin hell, Nintendo.

Dei · Oct 14, 2015

Hailey Knight · Oct 14, 2015

Dei said:
:x

Sent. You're going to need to find a third in order to play. I wouldn't have used my third if I'd known you couldn't even play the solo version.

Ravenpoe · Oct 15, 2015

TotalBiscuit's cancer is back. It's popped up in his liver. His doctors have told him it's inoperable, and that he has 2-3 years to live.

GasBandit · Oct 15, 2015

Ravenpoe said:
TotalBiscuit's cancer is back. It's popped up in his liver. His doctors have told him it's inoperable, and that he has 2-3 years to live.

Damn. That's.. damn.

SpecialKO · Oct 15, 2015

Terrible news.

Terrik · Oct 15, 2015

Well, shit.

ThatNickGuy · Oct 15, 2015

Ravenpoe said:
TotalBiscuit's cancer is back. It's popped up in his liver. His doctors have told him it's inoperable, and that he has 2-3 years to live.

Fuck.

He didn't seem like a bad guy.

Simfers · Oct 15, 2015

Well damn...

LordRendar · Oct 15, 2015

Fuck cancer.

I just went on the Gamefaqs forum to see what they are saying, and on the first fucking page we have a guy who goes "Why is everyone so upset? None of you know this guy. Celebrity worship at its best". It only got worse from there.
I pray for the day I will be able to punch someone through a pc screen.

PatrThom · Oct 15, 2015

I didn't even know he had ever had cancer in the first place.

--Patrick

AshburnerX · Oct 15, 2015

Broforce has left Early Access and is now a full release.

Ravenpoe · Oct 15, 2015

PatrThom said:
I didn't even know he had ever had cancer in the first place.

--Patrick

He had bowel cancer, and had been getting treated for it over the past year. After his last operation, they had thought he had beaten it, because there were no signs of any remaining cancer. But now his CT scans show cancer in his liver, and they're saying it's incurable.

PatrThom · Oct 15, 2015

Cancer in the liver often IS incurable. Something about it being hard to operate and control the bleeding, I think.

--Patrick

DarkAudit · Oct 16, 2015

So a transplant is not an option?

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Frank · Oct 17, 2015

I don't like him, but no one deserves cancer. That's awful, especially after thinking you've beaten it.

Jay · Oct 17, 2015

It's been hard news... I like his stuff.

When he's not dealing with drama and putting up good content.

ThatNickGuy · Oct 19, 2015

Vermintide looks kinda neat. It's like a Warhammer version of Left 4 Dead, I guess? Not my thing, personally, but I know many on here would probably dig it.

GasBandit · Oct 19, 2015

ThatNickGuy said:
Vermintide looks kinda neat. It's like a Warhammer version of Left 4 Dead, I guess? Not my thing, personally, but I know many on here would probably dig it.

I've posted about it before, and it does look very interesting to me, but so much of it is SO GODDAMNED DARK. I'm reminded of late 90s gaming where every goddamned game was pitch black all the freakin time. Serious Sam was such a breath of fresh air with its brightly lit, colorful environments.

Null · Oct 19, 2015

Real is brown. Or grey. Or black. Or breyck.

GasBandit · Oct 19, 2015

Null said:
Real is brown. Or grey. Or black. Or breyck.

LENS FLAAAAAAAAAAARE
BLOOOOOOOOOOOOM

Null · Oct 19, 2015

GasBandit said:
LENS FLAAAAAAAAAAARE
BLOOOOOOOOOOOOM

All of which describes that van-art quality pic of Jenny in the second outfit I made her that I showed you.

Frank · Oct 19, 2015

GasBandit said:
I've posted about it before, and it does look very interesting to me, but so much of it is SO GODDAMNED DARK. I'm reminded of late 90s gaming where every goddamned game was pitch black all the freakin time. Serious Sam was such a breath of fresh air with its brightly lit, colorful environments.

To be fair, it's Warhammer. They literally came up with grimdark.

GasBandit · Oct 19, 2015

Frank said:
To be fair, it's Warhammer. They literally came up with grimdark.

I guess I just prefer my grimdark more grim and less dark.

figmentPez · Oct 19, 2015

GasBandit said:
I guess I just prefer my grimdark more grim and less dark.

The video Nick posted is the first I've watched of Vermintide, and it didn't look any darker than Left 4 Dead 2 to me, especially since it showed off a daylight map as well. If the game is mostly lit like that promo video, I'd be fine with it.

Then I watched a PC Gamer video of gameplay, and I couldn't see much of anything. I'm not sure if that's Youtube's compression ruining what's visible to the player, or if the game is actually that dark. If it ends up looking that dark, it'd be awful.

Not that I'm likely to be able to play it either way, since I don't have a system to run it.

Ravenpoe · Oct 19, 2015

figmentPez said:
The video Nick posted is the first I've watched of Vermintide, and it didn't look any darker than Left 4 Dead 2 to me, especially since it showed off a daylight map as well. If the game is mostly lit like that promo video, I'd be fine with it.

Then I watched a PC Gamer video of gameplay, and I couldn't see much of anything. I'm not sure if that's Youtube's compression ruining what's visible to the player, or if the game is actually that dark. If it ends up looking that dark, it'd be awful.

Not that I'm likely to be able to play it either way, since I don't have a system to run it.

If it was gameplay of the Beta, the beta didn't have the finished lighting in it.

GasBandit · Oct 19, 2015

Here's the vermintide video I posted in this thread on Sept. 26th.

ncts_dodge_man · Oct 19, 2015

From: Why Did Hideo Kojima Leave Konami?

On Friday, October 9th, Hideo Kojima left the Tokyo offices of Konami, the video-game company where he had worked since 1986, for the last time.

AshburnerX · Oct 19, 2015

ncts_dodge_man said:
From: Why Did Hideo Kojima Leave Konami?

On Friday, October 9th, Hideo Kojima left the Tokyo offices of Konami, the video-game company where he had worked since 1986, for the last time.

So we'll likely not being hearing much anything about Kojima until December at the earliest, because that is when his non-compete clause expires. But I suspect we're ether going to see him found a studio or join another big name once it happens.

Null · Oct 19, 2015

Then he'll be able to make more games that get very weird about women!

bhamv3 · Oct 19, 2015

Null said:
Then he'll be able to make more games that get very weird about women!

Yay!

AshburnerX · Oct 20, 2015

So apparently Konami is claiming that Kojima's just "going on vacation" after MGS5 and not leaving the company. I'll believe it if/when he comes back from this "vacation".

Null · Oct 20, 2015

AshburnerX said:
So apparently Konami is claiming that Kojima's just "going on vacation" after MGS5 and not leaving the company. I'll believe it if/when he comes back from this "vacation".

Sounds like erotic violence to me.

ThatNickGuy · Oct 20, 2015

One Life

A survival FPS ala Day Z and other games. Except in this game, if you die? You are locked out the game forever.

And they plan to sell it for $10.

I don't see how anyone would think this is a good idea.