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So, uh, no one else? Triple post then, I guess. Joe Danger. Short but really fun. Feels like a cross between Excitebike and Trials but without the feeling that the game wants you to die in a horrible accident. I mostly powered through the campaign without trying to 100% the levels. Some of those time-based and combo objectives can be kind of a bitch to pull off. I also ignored the more difficult lab "training" mode for now but I'll definitely be going back to the game at some point to try and get everything.

I'm still not done selling cards but I was nearing 15$ so I just grabbed Spelunky right away and technically didn't pay anything out of pocket for it. Now everything else I sell will go towards Guacamelee. After something like a dozen run at it so far, I think I can safely say that this game is going to kick my ass. edit: Well, sold pretty much everything but a foil that no one seems to want. Ended up only paying around 6$ out of pocket. Also came with a free copy of this.

Went back to Stacking to also play the DLC and enjoyed it enough that it made me want to revisit the main game. Spent a few hours on it today and 100%'d it. Uh, thought I was editing my previous post but looks like I clicked the wrong button...

Costume Quest along with its DLC. I've been farming Steam trading cards to sell and get some credit to put towards either Spelunky or Guacamelee and this was one of my compatible games. I never finished it on PS3 and I knew it was short so I just kept playing until I beat it. It's good but since each area have basically identical quests, you're just doing the same damn thing over and over again. By the time I got to the DLC, I was getting a bit sick of it. The DLC ends on a cliffhanger so if they ever get around to making a sequel I really hope they expand on the idea and have more variety to it.

Damnit. Now if anything other than this happens, I'll be so disappointed.

Dishonored is one of those games where halfway through I really started regretting not playing on the hardest difficulty.

Humble Weekly Sale, mostly because I was still missing King's Bounty: Crossworlds. And the new Indie Royale, this one mostly for Sword of the Stars: The Pit.

I choose to believe that's the only reason he was offered the job.

As expected, I haven't the faintest idea who that is. Kinda glad to see an older Doctor, though.

Started playing King's Bounty: The Legend. It's one of those games I've had for a while and been really wanting to play but never did because it seems like such a huge time sink. Well, it is and I don't think I could possibly love it more. Only issue I have with it is the way "HP" works. Basically, you don't have any. You have troops that show up on the battlefield as a stack, so a single unit. And when some of them die, you have to hire more. Problem is the shops have finite quantities of them, so if you really suck or play too recklessly, you could end up screwing yourself and having to start over. So, it really makes you want to avoid any fights that might be too difficult or evenly matched.

Rogue Legacy. Took me 251 children and a little under 20 hours. Solid game. Don't think I'll go for NG+ right away, though.

Really tempted to get that one for Crossworlds. And I've wanted to try the Men of War games for a while.

Ah, that makes sense. I spent most of my time jumping around so I didn't really think that one would be useful there. Also, thank god, I unlocked a "skill" that lets me re-randomize the children. I was getting to a point where I wished I hadn't unlocked a few of the classes. When the choices are Archmage, Archmage and Spelunky it just kinda makes me want to kill myself right away. Anyway, spent some time grinding yesterday and today, I should probably give the boss another shot soon.

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/08/01/an-outsider-what-is-xcom-enemy-within/ Please, please be an expansion. Or a sequel. Hell, even DLC works as long as it's more than just a bunch of story missions!

Extra knockback? My first instinct was to put on lifesteal gear because of the amount of enemies you're fighting but that turned out to not work too well. You make a good point about the mages, though. I kept trying to go for them and would get hit by the slimes jumping all over the damn place. I'll try ignoring the mages next time I make it there.

Holy shit, you weren't kidding. I used the architect earlier until I could make it to the fourth boss, just to see what it was and how much I needed to grind (the Land of Darkness has been kicking my ass pretty hard). I can deal it decent damage but goddamn I do not have the skills to deal with all that shit. So far I've been favoring a more tank-y play style where I go for high HP classes because I tend to play rather recklessly. I really don't think that approach is going to cut it here...

If there's one thing you definitely cannot say about the Souls game, it's that they are unfair. As long as you're not careless and actually learn from your mistakes, you shouldn't have any problems. On a semi-related note, I've been playing Rogue Legacy and enjoying it a lot. I read an interview with the devs where they said their intention was to basically make a 2D version of Dark Souls. I think they mostly succeeded. It's actually making me want to get back into Dark Souls proper once I'm done with it. I barely scratched its surface when it came out on PS3.

Last night, I made my friends suffer through two cinematic masterpieces. First, we watched Manborg. Words cannot do this one justice. I mean, just look at it! It was very wise of whoever made it to keep it only an hour long, though, because it walked a fine line between unpleasant and hilarious. It's possible that, after Manborg, our expectations were simply at an all-time low. But we watched Hobo With A Shotgun next and we all thought it was fucking amazing. Seriously, this one is legitimately good. Exploitation at its finest. Even after the credits rolled, it managed to give us one last laugh. Though I guess you would have to have been a fan of The Raccoons to get that one.

Unfortunately, I don't think you can do that anymore. At least, the last few times I tried, I got a "you have no compatible product this voucher can be used on" kinda message.

Is that the novel with the really weird format? Like, footnotes all over the place and weird page layouts? I've been meaning to check it out for the longest time. I just keep forgetting about it.

Yeah, I also feel like that's similar to what Eternal Darkness was going for. There's probably some obscure indie titles that are a lot like that, too. But yeah, it's a very interesting idea. I just think you have to strike a good balance where being weird isn't the only thing the game has going for it. Otherwise, I think it might get old pretty fast. So it might be a bit of a challenge to design an entire game around the idea. Could be why it's mostly relegated to being a single level or section. Like the ending of MGS2 or that Scarecrow bit in Arkham Asylum where the game makes you think it just glitched. Lol. That's awesome.

Grabbed this last night. Already close to 5 hours in, just beat the first boss this afternoon. This game is pretty fucking good! I feel like I'm terrible at it, though. I'm already around level 40 and only just starting to explore the forest. I've been watching Northernlion's videos on the game and he beat the first boss at a much lower level than I did. So far, the only trait I absolutely hate is vertigo. I gave it a shot on my last run and I feel it doesn't make the game more challenging, it just makes it a hassle and sucks the fun right out of it. Plus, I think it actually gave me motion sickness. I had to stop playing and felt a bit off for a good 20 mins. So, yeah, I think I'll be staying the hell away from vertigo characters from now on.