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So, if anyone is going to be playing D4 on xBox or PC, feel free to drop your battle tag, and I'll send a friend req. Not going to play much immediately since it really requires an SSD, but I wanted to get it downloaded. Ordering an SSD tomorrow; prices have gone down considerably since I last checked.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV4zVqb9vWc            

                                                  Lillith awaits]]> Gaming orthene https://empirestatecannabis.org/community/gaming/diablo-iv/ https://empirestatecannabis.org/community/gaming/rebel-galaxy-embrace-the-wookie-within/ Sun, 31 Oct 2021 14:24:10 +0000


As you approach the station, your radar suddenly breaks out in a most disturbing rash of red spots all around you.  It's the system militia, led by a suspiciously-star-destroyer-ish Arcturus-class capital ship, swarming with a cloud of fighter escorts.  You could try to talk or bribe your way out of this orbital traffic stop, but you've tried working with these vaguely Russian-accented types before, and it never ends without loss of cargo or profit. 



Now would be a great time to have one of those scanner-proof smuggler's hold upgrades you saw back at the Merchant's Guild station.  Unfortunately for you, this hold full of liquid credits took everything you could scrape together, and now the Militia knows exactly what's in there.  Militia takes their embargos very seriously, and this woman is not happy.



Ignoring their hails, you kick in your boosters and bank hard left, hoping to punch through their embargo line before their slow ships can react.  For reasons you don't understand, the Beastie Boys begin blaring over your ship's PA....

Lookin down the barrel of a gun
Son of a gun
Son of a BITCH
Gettin PAID gettin RICH

Been playing this one rather a lot recently, and thought it might be a great fit for my TGL gaming brethren and sistren.  Great indie capital ship arcade space sim (if that's even a thing).  Only 2 devs worked on this, which is pretty amazing in and of itself.  It's on PC, Xbox, and PS4, so the hardware base is good.  It's not new, but its both cheap, and PC version will run on potato, so it's got that going for it.  Furthermore, it's on sale thru Steam for literally $2 until tomorrow. 

You start out with a stereotypically wimpy ship, and proceed to get bigger/stronger/faster pew-pewier stuff as you play.  By the end, you're basically a flying planet killer.  Several star systems are procedurally generated for each save, giving some variety/replayability/uniqueness.  Despite being a space sim, combat is on a 2D plane, but somehow this works.  If you've played World of Warships, the naval style combat will seem pretty familiar.

There is a story line, but you're largely free to do whatever you want in a sandbox of several solar systems, each populated with planets, stations, and pirates.  Join a guild, become a smuggler, pirate, asteroid miner...you name it!  Wanna make money hopping from station to station buying and selling?  There a Dope Wars-clone market system to buy low and sell high...if you can!  Several species of aliens and factions to interact with.  Do missions to gain one faction's favor, and piss off their enemies.  Again, dynamic development ensures no two playthroughs are alike.

Soundtrack is a Western-ish mix that could just as well be from Firefly, which is an obvious influence.  Better yet tho, the devs made it so that you can set your own soundtrack using your own mp3s.  Bruuuuuuuh!  This is awesome.  Music is triggered in game by what's happening.  Idle music plays while you're cruising through deep space (super mellow stuff), combat (anything aggressive), and so on.  It's random, but riffs on in-game content.  No kidding, it brings the gameplay to another level when you're diving in on an unsuspecting target with mining lasers blazing and GWAR raging in the background:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0VapSqo2mQ

DEATH POD COMES FROM THE SKY!!!  :abduct:  :bakedmonkey:

And don't think you get left out of the mp3 goodness, console players!  You can plug in a USB stick loaded with your soundtrack, and RG will use that.  For PC, it's as easy as pointing directories to your music, literally a few clicks.

Just the thing you need to go iive out your very best Star Wars knockoff fantasy of choice.



Here's some gameplay footage - imagine this, only with your own custom soundtrack:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khJqyk7N83g

There's also a sequel/prequel that just released recently (why can we not just make movies or games in order anymore?!), Rebel Galaxy: Outlaw.  Focuses more on a fighter-class perspective in the same 'verse, whereas the original RG is capital-ship-sized. 

Obligatory Steam link FYI: https://store.steampowered.com/app/290300/Rebel_Galaxy/]]> Gaming 3V1L9371U5 https://empirestatecannabis.org/community/gaming/rebel-galaxy-embrace-the-wookie-within/ https://empirestatecannabis.org/community/gaming/anyone-play-rocket-league/ Fri, 23 Oct 2020 10:32:15 +0000 Gaming Harveydent91 https://empirestatecannabis.org/community/gaming/anyone-play-rocket-league/ https://empirestatecannabis.org/community/gaming/steam-freebies/ Sat, 21 Mar 2020 17:09:23 +0000
MORE IMPORTANTLY...

...Tomb Raider 2012, and Goat of Duty are both free right now.  The price is RIGHT, bitches!  Get while the getting's good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txnpLUuOIEM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91g_a9JjQYg]]> Gaming 3V1L9371U5 https://empirestatecannabis.org/community/gaming/steam-freebies/ https://empirestatecannabis.org/community/gaming/xbox-one/ Mon, 17 Jul 2017 05:51:20 +0000 Gaming jsr015 https://empirestatecannabis.org/community/gaming/xbox-one/ https://empirestatecannabis.org/community/gaming/the-surge/ Thu, 06 Apr 2017 18:16:57 +0000
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crDp1VqKNZw

...I may actually have to buy this.  We'll see if it lives up to the hype, but this does look cool.

]]> Gaming 3V1L9371U5 https://empirestatecannabis.org/community/gaming/the-surge/ https://empirestatecannabis.org/community/gaming/nintendo-reports-sales-decline-as-amiibo-wii-u-software-interest-drops-off/ Thu, 27 Oct 2016 00:39:23 +0000 Last updated by Tamoor Hussain on October 26, 2016 20 Comments
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Nintendo has detailed its financial results for the six-month period spanning April 1 to September 30, 2016, reporting a decline in sales compared to the same period in 2015.

In its latest earnings report, sales were cited as $1.3 billion, which is around a 33 percent decline from 2015's $1.9 billion. Operating income, meanwhile, also decreased, coming in at around $57 million in 2016, which is approximately a 33 percent drop from 2015's $86 million.

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Nintendo managed to make a profit by selling the Seattle Mariners baseball team, which it said it "recorded gain on sales of investment securities" totalling . The release of Pokemon Go was said to have "led to increased sales of software in the Pokemon series released in the past and drove the Nintendo 3DS family hardware sales growth, particularly outside of Japan."

Sales of the 3DS for the period were reported as 2.7 million units, which is an increase over the previous year.

In the statement accompanying the report, Nintendo explained that, for the Wii U, there "were no hit titles this period to compare with Splatoon and Super Mario Maker last year," which resulted in the decrease in software sales for the platform.

Sales of the Amiibo were also cited as a slipping owing to a decreased number of games supporting them. Amiibo sales "were reduced to 3.8 million units for figure-type and 1.7 million for card type." Additionally, "fewer offerings of downloadable content during this period" also resulted in much less digital sales than last year.

During this six month period Nintendo sold 560,000 Wii U consoles. In 2015 it managed to sell 1.1 million units.

Looking ahead, Nintendo highlighted the upcoming launch of Pokemon Sun/Moon as well as the 3DS version of Super Mario Maker for 3DS. Other upcoming releases that were mentioned include the NES Classic Edition, which will be available in November, and Super Mario Run, a mobile title launching on iOS later this year.

Although the company's next platform, the Nintendo Switch, was mentioned, it simply said it would be available in March 2017. For lots more on the Nintendo Switch, check out GameSpot's recent coverage in the links below.

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-reports-sales-decline-as-amiibo-wii-u-sof/1100-6444803/?ftag=GSS-05-10aab8e&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=581190da89b9830008468cef&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter]]> Gaming orthene https://empirestatecannabis.org/community/gaming/nintendo-reports-sales-decline-as-amiibo-wii-u-software-interest-drops-off/ https://empirestatecannabis.org/community/gaming/new-nintendo-console-revealed-nintendo-switch/ Thu, 20 Oct 2016 14:40:33 +0000
So what does everyone think?  Personally it looks cool, but I fucking HATE how Nintendo shows off games that won't release till 2 years into console life.  (Slaton for example)

Love the modular/NES detachables for multiplayer.  Love the portable tablet.  Love the fact there's a real fucking controller as well.]]> Gaming Akitsu https://empirestatecannabis.org/community/gaming/new-nintendo-console-revealed-nintendo-switch/ https://empirestatecannabis.org/community/gaming/ufc-2/ Wed, 31 Aug 2016 19:15:22 +0000 Gaming GrindCandy https://empirestatecannabis.org/community/gaming/ufc-2/ https://empirestatecannabis.org/community/gaming/no-mans-high/ Wed, 31 Aug 2016 17:05:32 +0000
So, rather than say "hurr... yew should buy it for $60..." I say, " Here's the GOG DRM free version... you don't get to name shit and upload discoveries, but otherwise it's fucking free!"

It's the latest version, which has better textures, a shit ton of bug fixes, and great performance.  About 40 hours under my belt and it's still fucking amazing.

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