What Is The Nexus?

Friday. Yes here we are at the end of the week wondering what the plan is for our weekends. Besides the obvious and that is watching Game of Thrones on Sunday. Before you get to the weekend though it is time to see what is up for the Reader Post this week. Well Surge has an interesting take on "The Nexus" you know that place that exists in Heroes of the Storm. Now I just think it is a random place and has no real story, but that doesn't mean others don't think too much about it. So have a read and tell me what you think.

It's a Valhalla, where fierce warriors are sent after their death, to enjoy combat for all eternity.

Not being brought to the Nexus physically; but for all things, there is an essence. The prime and lesser evils all expired at some point, and although the were reborn, a fragment of their essence was likely pulled into the Nexus realm.

Raynor was seen in the tutorial, getting ambushed by a crapload of zerg. Right before he died, he was conveniently teleported to the Nexus...

Right?

What if those were his final moments before, oh, I don't know.. A hydralisk spine pierced his helmet?

Tychus remembers being killed by Raynor, heard when he kills Kerrigan, "There's nobody to stop me this time"

Murky's home was destroyed, and he just HAPPENED to be the sole survivor? Or was he just the bravest Murloc in the village? Chosen by the gods to do battle for eternity.

The Lost Vikings were last (un)seen lost in a desert, then suddenly fell off a massive cliff. Olaf recalls waking from a nap. Falling millions of feet and you only fall unconscious? Ehhh, I don't know. 

Johanna disappeared without a trace, and left behind her favorite shield and flail, which means she was unarmed. Perhaps she was assassinated in her sleep? For Johanna it is purely speculation, but it does seem fishy that she was brought to the Nexus without her titular equipment. 

All of these heroes died or will die at some point, and have been called to the realm of the Nexus to battle for glory and honor in the afterlife. However, not all heroes were cut down in their prime.

Heroes called to the Nexus are brought back to their prime time of vigor and strength. Tyrael? He's fighting in his angelic form.

Actually, Tyrael, Diablo, and Azmodan are all assuming the form they had when they were first slain.

Makes sense.

So what are you thoughts? Completely insane or has some merit? As always let me hear it. Enjoy your weekend.

The Art Of Gaming

Happy there are still a few days to go till Game of Thrones starts day. So while we are all trying to distract ourselves by what occupying our time not thinking about that I have something that really doesn't get talked about much and really doesn't get the appreciation it always deserves. What is that you ask? Well that is the art of the games we know and love.

You see I have always been a fan of concept pieces companies release after the fact. How they got the ideas for specific worlds and their inspiration for them. It is like someone's imagination coming to life. Seeing how one became another is really something to appreciate. Also how the game designers can take one persons vision of the world in their eyes and make it "real".

This can also be seen through the designs of armor and weapons. Sure sometimes we get out of this world weapons which are still awesome like the Buster Sword. There are also ones where you get a culmination of ideas that just create a masterpiece as in something like Frostmourne. The ideas which are words and random ideas coming to life are to me something special.

Music and theme is something I also think is extremely underated especially know since everything is voice acted. The music still tells a story in modern games, but it isn't as focused on as much because tone of voice is something which can be used. Now we can relate the music to the person rather than the other way around. Also think this is why it is not as appreciated as much as it once was, but I would never discount how important it is to the tone of the game.

So what am I saying? Well next time you are gaming appreciate everything that is around you and what it brings to the games you know and love. Something which seems so simple is beyond important to the tone of everything involved into what you are playing. It really is what is making the game so never forget that.

Why Do You Believe That?

Wednesday, middle of the week which means it is time to make a list about a random topic for the week. So what is the topic this week? Well I figured I would go with the best plot twists in video games, mostly because I have been on a plot twist kick lately. Oh and obviously spoilers.

5. You Killed Your Wife - Silent Hill 2

So you go through the story and trying to find your wife and all that jazz. When you find out that not only was she killed, but you were the one responsible

4.  Aiden Is Your Twin - Beyond Two Souls

So you are enjoying your super powers going through the story and finding out exactly what is going on in the past present and future. When near the end you find out not only were you born in a secret facility run by the CIA, but that you had a stillborn twin brother who is the result of your super powers.

3. Scott Shelby Is the Origami Killer - Heavy Rain

So no one saw this coming. It was so neatly and weirdly intertwined that it was pure genius. Even replaying trying to find clues leads you no where.

2.  Would You Kindly - Bioshock

In what amounts to one of those phrases that changes when you know the context of it. Kind of like "For the Watch". This is a massive and disturbing reveal that I doubt anyone really saw coming.

1. You Are Darth Revan - Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic

So you hear about these awful things that have happened and how this evil guy was responsible. You hear about this over and over again until you find out the evil guy is in fact you.

There you have it this week's list all nice and pretty for you. What do you all think are the best gaming plot twists? Let me know one way or another.

You Fail At Plot Twists If...

Fail Day! Yes it is here and I am ready. Well at least I think I am ready. How about you? Are you ready for the twists and turns when you never know what is going to happen next. Well you kind of know what is going to happen. I am going to make some people feel awful, some hang their heads in shame, and then a bunch of you laugh. How though is the question. So let the fail be so with how you can do so with Plot Twists of the gaming variety

You Fail At Plot Twists If...

• You think it was all a dream is a good one
• You have an R.L. Stine reading level
• Even Bagellord saw it coming
• You think Call of Duty has had some of the best
• You have problems with controller rage
• You have a knack for getting overly attached to characters
• You have trouble with poor decisions
• You expect gamers to ignore half the plot disproving your twist
• You have trouble understanding complex story telling
• You read reviews containing spoilers
• You pay no attention to in-game dialogue
• You have the ability to blurt out anything important storywise to a game to anyone and everyone who may or may not play a game.

And Finally

• No one takes your game serious enough to know something was a twist

There you have it this week's edition of Fail. Hope you all enjoyed it if you were a victim or otherwise. You may now continue on with your day.

Beheading Out To Quest

So it is Monday and we are in the home stretch when we realize that it is less than 1 week to the new season of Game of Thrones. So what better way to distract us on how hard these next days are going to be then enjoying some Carbot in the for of WoWCraft. Enjoy!



Exactly my thoughts on beheading quests.

Ask Gauss

Sunday! Yes, the weekend is almost over and you really haven't done much of anything. So why change? Just sit back and see what questions I am answering this week. Yep, let's get right to it.

What game do you think has the worst controls?

Well I would say Lair almost every day of the week, but then this past week recently saw the controls for using a controller on the original Magicka. How has anyone ever used those? Honestly, at least Lair's made sense even if they didn't translate well at all in game. Why do you endlessly have to make circles on a controller when you could just push a button. Like on a mouse of keyboard.

Do you really think Uncharted 4 is going to be the last game?

I think it will be the last game, which is going to be centred around Nathan Drake as the main character. I think and also hope for the chance to play a prequel game where we can get into Sully's story. Mostly because we really don't know too much about him. I wouldn't hate it if eventually the series is brought back with Drake's children, because I enjoy the series as a whole. Just think it would be a great wrap up to the story if we knew how everything began.

Game of Thrones not that far away.

Not gaming related but very good point.

There you have it questions done for the week. Hope you all got something out of it or at least it was only a marginal waste of time.

Is Sylvanas Depressed?

Friday. Yes here we are at the end of the week wondering what the weekend is going to bring us. Now I was reading through a bunch of Reader Posts which I was going to pick when I came across this one by Snowraven who has an interesting take on Sylvanas. So sit back and maybe these points will make you think.

Now, at first I thought it's probably not true, but then I stood to think more. What if Sylvanas acts the way she does because she's lonely and depressed?

I mean, think about it:

• her sister Alleria disappeared during WC2. She was not found in the Burning Crusade anywhere.
• She was made a banshee by Arthas and forced to kill her people, friends, family. 
• When she managed to free herself, the feeling that controlled her most was revenge but she saw how humans, blood elves (at that time) disliked her and looked at her like at a freak 
• She was so lonely she made friends with a dreadlord (who later betrayed her), well, ok, she forced him to be her friend. 
• She did want revenge but saw how the forsaken are also shunned by their people, their former friends and family, like she was, so she made a faction with them and made an alliance of need with the Horde. Because she wanted friends too and Thrall offered to be friends. But the forsaken were still treated with mistrust and seen as outcasts. 
• Later on she played a vital part in rescuing the blood elves and inserting them into the Horde as surely her sisters and brothers would understand her, right? But they didn't really, they just saw her as some sort of freak and when she asked for help in her plight to Northrend, Loth'remar first refused her, she had to coerce them into helping her. Why didn't anyone want to help her she wondered? 
• She made the idea of a plague to finish the Scourge but have it ready to be used against others who would attack her and her forsaken and befriended an apothecary named Farnell who had found an anti-plague but even he betrayed her and ousted her from her city, treating her like a meaningless junk. 
• In the end, after WotLK, her final goal in life was done. She had killed the one that brought her to this state, now she could finally rest as there was no reason for her to remain alive so she tried to kill herself as she was now depressed, having no point in life. 
• She saw what awaits her in the afterlife and started feeling fear, in the end it would just be her, alone, cold, in a void of darkness and her pets, those she bunched up together after she thought they felt the same, wiped out by Garrosh. 
• She came back, but Garrosh forced her to obey him and attack Gilneas. Still, she started raising new friends from graves, but it wasn't really the same. Some of them even betrayed her again and shot her. 
• She became paranoid when Koltira made friends with Thassarian, what if another would leave her? And this time a blood elf too, who should understand her! So being scared at the thought she dragged him to have a chat with him, so that he'd never leave her. 
• During the War Crimes novel she reunited with her sister Veressa and was so happy! Finally someone whom she loved! She would feel happy and loved again, and she would ensure Veressa would never leave her and they'd lead the forsaken together like best sisters forever! She'd only have to kill her and raise her as forsaken and all would be amazing again! 
• But Veressa betrayed her too. Sylvanas was so angry and depressed, she just went to kill animals as she could no longer even cry and she felt so much rage at how lonely she was. 

Think about it? What if the whole "tough spiteful bitch" is actually just a façade and she's just lonely and depressed and she uses the façade to hide that. And she's become so lonely and depressed that she's psychotic, willing to kill others to have friends, willing to force others to be her friends as her pets and constructs are loyal, not like the living?

There you have it this week's Reader Post. What did you think? Is it possible? Guess Legion will tell the tale.

Login

So it is Thursday so it is about the time in the week where something has pissed me off to the point where I need to rant about it. What is it this week you ask? Well really it is how I have to login and signup for something and everything now. No matter where I want to game computer or console or even on my phone I have to sign in to my specific account by the specific company in order to get access.

Now don't even me wrong I know why these things exist. I after all went to University for encryption I am not an idiot when it comes to this stuff. Now it is everyone has there own app for everything. To showcase everything they make or want to sell. It has become never ending. I actually looked at the space all of these apps for the sake of connecting a companies game take up on my system and it is kind of insane. I know I know companies have a right to do this, but now every time I am logged into one of these services I am being sold on why I should by something else from such and such a company. It really is becoming next level.

Not to mention I assume some people are smart and don't use the same passwords for everything. I stopped counting when I got to 8 different companies apps I have passwords for, and this is just the gaming companies services. This is putting people in spots where they have to use same passwords and that is never a good option for anything. All of this for the sake of making sure you know what company you are playing your games from or what game I have no interest is coming out with an expansion, or what game no one wants to play is in open beta, or guess what it is free to play this game this weekend, and don't forget the game you have no connection to is on sale you better blast that on my screen so I can get into fits of angry closing the damn ad.

So yes I may be in a rage fit right now writing this, but that doesn't change the point I will make once I have chilled out a bit. This whole connect with our games through our app crap is getting old. I get you want to connect your games and want your players to be apart of the community. If that is all it is great, but if you are trying to force feed because it is the perfect opportunity to do so well then please give it a rest.

Here We Go

Wednesday seems to have come out of nowhere, but that doesn't mean that it is time to slack and not think of a list for the week. When coming up for a topic for this week's list I had a lot of ideas, but some just kept popping in the last few weeks that I have finally decided to do. What is it you ask? Well the best spinoff video games. So here they are.

5. Demon's Crest

So Ghosts N Goblins is a love hate relationship in the gaming world. Mostly because of the "ending" that really isn't an ending. That didn't stop us from getting to know Firebrand though on our SNES when we got the chance to play along with the red devil.

4. Donkey Kong Country

So in the 80s there was this game where DK was the bad guy and we had to be dodge masters. Most of you probably know nothing about it. Without this introduction we never would have got this great game and series we all love.

3. Final Fantasy Tactics

So we all know Final Fantasy. Opinions or not about the series you know it. This is one of the most influential series of all time. So in the late 90s there was this spinoff in the form of tactics which focused more on specific strategy of classes. A game to this day which is incredibly well received.

2. Portal Series

Portal is a Spinoff? Yes it is. Of Half-Life no less. Some would argue that Portal Series itself now has surpassed Half-Life in every way. Was really hard for me and my love of the series to not throw this in at number 1.

1. Mario Kart Series

Is this really a surprise? Mario Kart is known as one of the greatest series of all time it really is important to remember it is a spinoff of another amazing series. Blue shells aside it is always a fun and exciting thing to get into.

There you have it this week's list all wrapped up for you. What do you all think? Any you believe should have been included? As always let me know one way or another.

You Fail At Telling Gaming Stories If..

Fail Day! Yes here we are again sitting back and waiting to see what is the topic of the week for my feel good post. Well that is unless you are on the receiving end then it really isn't that feel good at all. This week I decided to go with a nostalgic type post, which is when you are telling people about games you have played and what you have done. So here goes.

You Fail At Telling Gaming Stories If...

• You don't know the first game you beat and how
• You have never beaten a game
• You don't have at least one segmant of a game that turned out to be your nemesis
• You can't explain a step by step strategy to beat a particular boss
• You have never played a Souls game
• You don't have a Blue Shell rage story
• You have never played Diablo Hardcore
• You haven't played online with a 12 year old chirping your mother
• You don't have a Black War Bear
• You have never been in a group when I was the leader
• You have never topped a leaderboard
• You have never been the bottom feeder on a leaderboard
• You have never start a story "out of nowhere"
• You never blamed Novicane
• You have never been to a midnight launch

And Finally

• You have no interesting stories

There you have it this week's edition of Fail. Hope you all enjoyed it in one way or another. Go forth and make new memories to tell another day.

Reaping Rewards

Monday! New week, new things to do, new things to put off until next week. Before we get to all that though it is time to start the week out right with a nice showcase video. This week I decided to go with the new episode of Starcrafts courtesy of Carbot Animations. Have a watch and enjoy.



So isn't everything all better now?

Ask Gauss

Sunday, and the first Sunday in awhile without Walking Dead, but no worries Game of Thrones is on its way soon enough. There are other things to do on Sunday though, one of them being checking out what questions I am answering this week. So why don't we get right to that.

So what do you think of the Heroes Weekend?

I think it is a great opportunity to show off the game and to allow players to play some heroes in actual games they are thinking about. It is like a free week hero to the maximum. The XP bonus also allows players to get these heroes to level 5 as quickly as possible so players can hop right into Hero League. I really think Blizzard wants players to get into Hero League and shy away from quick match for the most part. This lets their Matchmaking system work to the best of it's ability.

So they have known the Final Fantasy XV release date of over 2 years, why just tell us now?

Well I think this is the way most games are. They have an objective and they work towards it. Things can change over time and instead of changing the date again and again they keep it to themselves till they know for sure. Just think of all the outcry that happens when companies change release dates. It is not like all of us gamers so "good for you, take your time we can wait". No it is more like "Do your job and release it when you said you will or I will never buy a game from you all again." So it the companies mind it is just a safer bet to wait.

Whispers of the Old Gods seems very RNG no?

That is the point, I believe.

There they are questions all answered. Thank you to everyone who has sent one in, this would not be possible without all of your contributions. Now you have my permission to enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Simple Fixes

Friday! Yes how exciting that the weekend is here and we will be off doing what we do on weekend things. Before we get into weekend mode though Bluelightnin has something to have on our minds for the weekend. These would be his opinions on simple improvements which would add a lot to the game.

I love Heroes of the Storm. In fact, I would say it's my favorite game since Warcraft 3... and that's my favorite game of all time. However, there are some glaring issues that everyone talks about which hold this game back from being the force it could be. I mean, it really should be a phenomenon and it isn't. Having thought about the problems, here are the solutions I've finally come up with and hope Blizzard will use to make this game much better.

Rank
In this game, one bad play late in the game by a stranger can cause your rank to go down. And sure, it's not that big of a deal except when you have an unlucky streak of bad teams for like 3, 4, 5 games straight. It happens. The problem is then that your rank is more associated with a grind than with actual skill. The hardest part about changing this problem is that it's nearly impossible to judge your skill via any algorithm that can determine how good you really are. 

I discovered the solution while watching an Overwatch video. At the end of each match, players vote on good plays by all the players on each of the teams. I'm thinking that in Hero League, not Team League, players should be allowed to upvote 3 players and downvote 3 players at the end of the match. If you get a certain percentage of upvotes, you either go up in rank (win) or lose less rank (loss). If you get a certain percentage of downvotes, you either gain less rank (win) or lose more rank (loss). You wouldn't be allowed to vote for yourself, but you could upvote 3 and downvote 3 players from both teams. I think this would make a HUGE difference in preventing the frustration that is having your rank based totally on wins and losses that you have 1/5th control over at most.

Now, before you say this would be manipulated/scammed/cheated/etc, please tell me how. I've thought it through and I just can't see the method for how to cheat this system. Even if you're with a partner, you can only vote for each other once, and that's not enough to do anything. Best of all, that toxic player or two, they're going to de-rank to the bowels of hero league hell. 

Spending Change
Most of the purchases in HotS are big chunks of gold or dollars. Usually the lowest is like $4.00. That leads to a long slog and feels like a slow progression. I suggest that Blizzard add some small purchases so that players can constantly buy new additions so they are always upgrading (think Rocket League). So what could we spend small amounts of money and gold on (think 50 gold or $0.25)???

Music
How about we get access to hundreds of Blizzard game background music files. We can purchase them in the store for small amounts of gold or change, and they're then downloaded to our HotS account so that we can pick to listen to them or listen to all the ones we've downloaded randomly while we're waiting in the loading screen. I want to play the Undercity theme on Tomb of the Spider Queen, and I want to do it in the program.

Kill Candy
How about in addition to mounts and skins, we now also get to pick a Kill Candy for our heroes. You can rename the feature to anything, I don't care. Basically, maybe when I kill someone I want confetti to explode. Or maybe I want fireworks. Or maybe I want a wolf to howl. You could do tons of these very easily and people would happily pay for them. I would love to play as Stitches and every time I kill someone a little RIP gravestone pops up where they died for a few seconds. And since these are not a big money thing, only allow them to be purchaseable for heroes above level 10.

Poses
Tracer's issues aside, people would likely drop a $0.50 to buy poses for their heroes when they're selected in draft and after a win in the game. They're paying ten bucks for skins, so why not buy an inexpensive pose that really shows it off?

Classifications
I get that you want to keep the simple Tank/Assassin/Support/Specialist, but can you at least just put a division for each of those categories so newer players can figure this out? If we could divide them in two, that would help so much in so many ways:

1) Warrior = A) Tank or B) Bruiser
2) Assassin = A) Sustained or B) Burst
3) Support = A) Healer or B) Auxiliary
4) Specialist = A) Siege or B) Utility

Well, before I keep going on and on these are my ideas please feel free to provide constructive criticism.

There it is this week's Reader Post. What do you think? Would these be improvements or just someone reaching to change things that don't need to be changed. Enjoy your weekend

We Deserve Real Endings

So here I am looking to rant about something although I already know what I am trying not to rant about. Obviously cliffhangers have been on my mind the last few days. There are good and bad ways to do it. I think the best cliffhangers are the ones where they don't actually have to be a cliffhanger. For example, I think the way The Last of Us ends is great.

Sure it leaves something open where it could continue, but if it ended there it would still be wrapped up. You can decide for yourself how it ended. I think any time you leave yourself with a cliffhanger this is the way it should be done. People can interpret it the way they want, think what they want, and if you want to continue with your story then people can see if they were right.

The bad way? Forcing people to continue to see the ending they put the time in, not having a real ending at all, making people think they got the ending they deserve, or not sure how you wanted it to end so give an ending where you can have more time to decide on what you actually will do. All of these ways are a slap in the face to fans.

These are the people you rely on to make your games a success and you slap them in the face with your endings based solely on your future bottom line. These are the things which need to be avoided, and we as consumers should never be quiet about.

So yes this whole ranting week started because of the stupid Walking Dead ending, but it also has made me realize how angry I get when this type of thing happens in the games I love. We deserve real endings and not ones that drive sales.

We Are All Books Containing Thousands Of Pages

So this week seems to have a theme. What is it you may ask? Well Cliffhangers. So when coming to games what games have the worst cliffhangers? Well that is what this week's list is all about, so why don't we get right to it.

5. Mass Effect 2

So a fleet of Reapers are heading towards the Milky Way so basically every mission you have completed in the first couple days has lead to the events of the next game. It is an obvious attempt to bring you to the third game and not one based on your enjoyment of the previous 2.

4. Final Fantasy XIII-2

So you go through time correct all these mistakes and the happy music starts playing and everything is good in the world. Oh wait no! Sera dies and the world is destroying itself so it is almost as if everything you did during the game had no purpose. So ya have fun playing the 3rd game if you want an sort of ending. 

3. Half Life 2

So Aylx's father is killed right in front of you and we are left waiting and waiting for Half Life 3, which no one knows if and when it will ever happen even though the gaming public has been asking Valve for it for years on end.

2. Metal Gear Solid(Pick Which Game)

Every game in the series is supposed supposed to tie into the next. Every game though tends to angry me as the story just doesn't end and wrap up nicely. It is tied directly to the next game.

1. Assassin's Creed 

So the first time I played this I didn't even realize this was the ending. You just stare at a wall and wonder what you are supposed to do next. It is beyond frustrating, and an obvious attempt to hook you on to the next game so you are not permanently in the twilight zone.


There it is this week's list. Do you have a game whose cliffhanger ending just pissed you off that I didn't include. Well you know what to do let me know one way or another.

You Fail At Cliffhangers If...

Fail Day! Yes it is Tuesday, don't act like you didn't know it is the sole reason you are here. So then what is the topic? Well if you can read the title it is pretty easy if not then you are probably still angry like the rest of the world with the Walking Dead cliffhanger we have been left with to deal with till October. There are some of the same problems with people and gaming so let's get on with it.

You Fail At Cliffhangers If...

• You replay the ending again and again in hopes that some how it would change
• Upon completion you just head to the forums and complain
• You comment on forum threads and write your own ending
• You create a cliffhanger because you know the sequel is going to bomb and need a reason for people to buy it
• You have no other storytelling device
• You don't actually create a sequel and leave people with nothing
• You are not the most patient person in the world
• You have OCD issues
• You tend to have attention span issues when comes to games
• You hate making your own choices in regards to interpretation
• You have attachment issues with characters
• You like the "it was all just a dream" scenario 

And Finally

• You are Valve

There you have it this week's edition of Fail. Hope you all enjoyed it and maybe just maybe struggle a little less in the future.

Brotherhood Final Fantasy XV

Monday. Yes it is here and I know many of you are not only sad that the weekend is over, but are still recovering for yesterday's Walking Dead finale. So while all that is going on you are still here waiting to see what I will be showcasing this week. For that you may not be aware that Square Enix is releasing a series of episodes to introduce Final Fantasy XV. If you have not watched it here is the first episode.



So what do you think?

Ask Gauss

Sunday! Not to mention Walking Dead Finale Day. So while you are distracting yourself from that and waiting to see what Neegan and crew are going to be up to you came here. I feel special that my questions and answers mean that much to you. So here goes

So with April Fools come and gone, what was your gaming favourite?

I always enjoy the WoW patch notes there is always something in there for everyone. Being poking fun at broken abilities, laughing at pop culture references, or just at design mistakes they have made in the past. I always read them and can think of friends that would enjoy each and every aspect of it. Not to mention the jabs that always are given to Pallys.

So we have a Final Fantasy XV release date. Good timing?

I actually like the September 30th release date. It is the type of game I will want to spend some time on so having it come out when the weather is getting colder and there is less and less reason to be outside makes for good planning. Also it isn't conflicting with any other releases that I will be playing so everything in my mind is on the up and up. I just wished they would have given it to us sooner then I wouldn't have been thinking again that it wasn't coming out this year.

Is Daryl Dead?

Well not as of writing this.

There they are the questions for the week. Hope you all got something out of it in one way or another. Now sit back and enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Is Azeroth Already Done For

Friday! Meaning it is time for me to go through all of the posts sent in and make a decision. This week I went with Mace's post which relates directly to the Warcraft Chronicle and if Azeroth itself is already corrupted. Have a read and let me know what you think.

I mean the nascent titan-soul ... from the old gods.

We know the Titans are victorious over the old gods before they get to corrupt the world soul - but knowing Chris Metzen, do you want to bet after everything happens, she's still going to end up corrupt? The man doesn't seem to miss an opportunity for great catastrophe to happen to generate a new set of drama, especially on what would appear to be possible victory. Creates a situation where you are hoping your efforts succeeded, but it's not clear. When the the reveal finally comes to confirm, the thing you feared is what happened - and he does that 10/10. Still that's just me guessing.

From what you've read so far, what do you think?

Titan's kill Y'shraaj - but his corpse remain keep on corrupting, even Ra-den gathering his heart and locking it away seems to leave an option open for restoration back to life for Y'shraaj or corruption spreading even further.

The tendrils have sunk too deep into the earth to be removed completely - even if a titan is dead or contained - they have shown that the things can still continue to corrupt.

Yogg-saron's prison has been weakened enough for him to affect and control all the keepers for Millennia till we get to Ulduar and kill him, if he was strong enough to corrupt them millennia ago, part of me thinks or at least wonders whether he hasn't already got to Azeroth.

Same with C'Thun and we know their tentacles were deep in place for a long long time before we killed them, does that mean those remains are continuing deeper and deeper to corrupt?

Finally, N'zoth - no word from what he has done all these millennia, and if he other two's prison was weakened, it sounds like his would have been the most damaged if the land broke apart and sunk to the bottom of the ocean. Also it sounds now more likely that it was he who directed the naga's birth.

The emerald dream is affected by Yogg Saron at first, this is the titan-world soul's dream. Fandral's foolish efforts may have made all that effort be for nothing. Azeroth's soul is now receiving a nightmare. I'm also not sure how it has continued without Yogg-Saron , and after all the efforts of Stormrage - how has both Xavius and the nightmare returned...?

Is the nightmare now been controlled by the legion and not the old gods? to what end? I thought the idea was to destroy Azeroth not corrupt her?

So what do you think? Agree with Mace? Think about it while you enjoy your weekend!

The Mind Of A Keyboard Warrior

So I was sitting around the other day wondering what goes on in the mind of a keyboard warrior. Why you ask? Well I was playing Diablo and this glitch happened when one of the corpses was hanging from the rafters. The first thing I thought is there is an idiot out there who would for some reason would jump all over the forums complaining how developers would let a game with a glitch make it live.

After I thought that, of course, I was wondering how someone could ever to pleased by doing such a thing. You get nothing out of it, the developers probably won't patch something so minor just to make some random keyboard warrior a happy camper. So then what?

Maybe they love the attention they get in some form or another. Or maybe when they patch something they will give you "the tool" a shout out in the patch notes. I would say not everyone is a red shirt guy even if they wish they can be. As for the attention ya I could buy that getting a rise out of people. To me though I would think that would get boring very quickly even for attention seekers.

So then what? Well I just came to the conclusion that people are just assholes and tools no matter what the cause of or motivation for. So really I guess this post ended up pointless because didn't we all know that already? Well I least I got something off my chest.

Swear To Me

Wednesday, which means list time. Now I was actually thinking long and hard about what to do my list on this week. When I realized I have never done on a list on the best story in a game. Now a great story can make a great game. Also a game with bad gameplay can also have a great story. So keep that in mind when going through the list.

5. Warcraft III

The rise and fall of Arthas along with the other stories introducing us to the Stormrage brothers and so on and so forth. This was an example of great storytelling and one I think everyone who knows anything about it makes it to film one day.

4. Red Dead Redemption

So criminal turned good guy then gives his life to defend his family when he is betrayed by the very people he was working with to make things right. Now doesn't that sound great.

3. The Walking Dead

Clementine and Lee pulled on our heart strings again and again throughout this episodic game that is not only a great story, but one of the best games I have ever played. And that ending....

2. Silent Hill 2

So a story that starts out with a simple letter that gets darker and darker and more and more shocking. It was really hard not to pick this for one, but I guess you will understand when you see what one is.

1. The Last of Us

So surprised? The best game ever made in my mind also has the best story. It is probably one of the very reasons I do consider it the best game ever made. Can't wait for the sequel.

There you have it this week's list. Agree or Disagree as always let me know in one way or another.

You Fail At Waiting For Games To Come Out If...

Fail Day! Yes, it is that time of the week again. You know the time where we decide to make ourselves feel better by making everyone else feel worse. Or in those times where we feel all awkward and start reading and realize it is about ourselves. Either way someone is entertained in the end so all is well and the universe is balanced.

You Fail At Waiting For Games To Come Out If...

• You buy a game you really don't want just to pass the time
• You install every game you own on Steam without any interest in currently playing any of them because you happen to know how much time it takes
• Every conversation you have some how relates to "the game"
• You have calendar reminder times for pre orders
• You play the previous games in the series over and over
• You need to "have a day" if a release date is changed
• You watch TV spots for the game during your recorded shows
• You are watching a TV Spot ad for what you are waiting for right now
• You have the peripherals all ready to go on day 1
• You already know the entire story of the game without even playing a single minute of gameplay
• You have your chair waiting by the door ready to wait for a midnight launch
• You have your gaming schedule for the year with how much time allotted for each game

And Finally

• You are writing a blog about failing to wait for games

There you have it this week's edition of fail. Hope you all enjoyed it and your wait is slightly easier.

Hero Storm Pwnisher

Monday! What better way to celebrate your long weekend being over then to come here and see what I will be showcasing for the the week. What will you find? Carbot has a new video for his HeroStorm series. Have a watch!



See now wasn't that amusing?

Ask Gauss

Sunday, and Easter Sunday at that. Well that is if you celebrate Easter or if you even know what it is. I know most of the time I just assume everyone does exactly what I do, but apparently that is rude, so ya. Well regardless of that it is Sunday and besides watching Walking Dead and wondering why Game of Thrones is not on yet I have some questions to answer so here we go.

Why haven't you been talking more about Overwatch?

Well, because Blizzard is back to hating me and not giving me Beta access to things. Once the game is out though I will be all over it. Just a fun concept and reminds me back when I played way too much Team Fortress 2. Also just seems like a great game to play while taking a break from other games which is always a good thing.

So after reading you Reader Post it seems I am way beyond confused. What did that information come from?

The Chronicle books that Blizzard is putting out are there way of explaining the story so far and filling in the wholes that we as fans just assumed to know the answers to. In doing so after reading them they either had the idea of Void Lords the entire time or they changed what we were lead to believe. Now they didn't change any lore, but they just gave us information that we have never had access to before, which is a big deal. Now as we get the chronicles which is more of the the story that we have played through with various games this won't be the case.

Is Dark Souls III easy?

Really how troll is this?

There they are questions all answered for the week. Hope you all got something out of the answers in one way or another. To those celebrating Easter hope you have a great one, to those not well enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Void Lords Beyond Comprehension?

Friday, and Good Friday at that. Regardless though it is time for the Reader Post. This week there is a tad bit of Chronicle spoilers involved so if you have not read it and are planning to I would lay off the rest of this post. If not then you should keep on reading. So what is this post about? Well the Void Lords. Now there is a bit of an error in Coolguyry post in terms of the how and why Sargeras. Sure the Void Lords are responsible for who he is, but he was never corrupted. I left that in the post well because I can point out the error this way and seem smarter. Besides that though great read!

Ok, first things first: the void lords it seems are the *main* villains of the Warcraft universe (using the term *main* very lightly here of course), due to their supposed influence of Sargeras downfall, his corruption, his formation of the Burning Legion, and the destruction of the Pantheon. From my perspective it seems that the sheer amount of power that the void lords wield is absolutely terrifying. Their existence was considered a more grave and dangerous threat to the universe than the demons that Sargeras fought, and in turn caused him to ally with his former prisoners and to ultimately betray the Pantheon he once fought for.

Even though that previous paragraph sounds absolutely insane, well it's supposed to be. The void lords in their brief description seem to be depicted as unfathomable, unknowable, and indescribable. That's how fucking terrifying these void lords seem. Their vessels, their old gods, seem to be their corporeal vessels in which they are able to manifest their chaos in a stable state; the void lords on their own are probably completely consuming, all devouring, absolutely unfathomable. The void lords can in short be described as void incarnate.

Void lords also seem to be a very lacking term for their powers. Their sheer presence is more of that to dread gods than actual void lords. They are completely chaotic, insane, and unstable in their pure unhinged forms. Due to the fact they are able to utterly corrupt young Titan seed worlds and turn them into void lords, it also seems that their sheer power allows for them to never be truly eradicated. As stated the void lords are perhaps best summed up as void incarnate and due to the expanse of the Great Dark Beyond, perhaps their is something truly terrifying waiting out there in the unknown reaches of the Warcraft universe. 

There you have it. What are your thoughts? Do you think the Void Lords are just beyond comprehension? Let's hear it.

Enjoy your weekend!

Change Is Not Needed

Thursday, now these are normally the times when i go off about something that is bothering me. Now truthfully nothing was really bothering me that much today. Well that was until something was. You know I have been saying for years that everyone has their own choice of games. They like certain styles and mechanics that just are better suited for their own personal enjoyment.

See right now you are nodding your head in agreement, don't lie I know you are. Sure there are those idiots that think the games they enjoy are the only games that exist. These people tend to be teenage males obsessed with their prestige and the fact that it is double xp weekend in the bew CoD game. Those people though are not who I am referring to. The ones I am raging at are the ones that want changes to games or series so they can be more to their liking. It is like that Reader Post a few weeks back when Hearthstone would be better if it was Magic the Gathering.

Sure to most real gamers we brush this off and get on with the more important things in our little world. Over the years though sometimes these tools have won out. We have seen games been ruined it drastically changed that we no longer enjoy them. 

So why is this on my mind today? Well everything I have read against Dark Souls III today explains how the game would have been better if it took out this added that or changed this so it was more like this game or reworked that so the fans of this series could jump in. You know what the Souls series has plenty of fans hence why there have been 4 games, 5 if you want to include Bloodborne, and you know what? People like them.

They don't have to please the non players they probably will stay away anyway. Why would they alienate a community of gamers to make those not part of the community happy? Exactly so just shut up about 

Super Happy Fun Times

Wednesday, the middle of the week and we are all wondering what we are going to do before we all are overly prepared to die playing Dark Souls III tomorrow. So with that in mind i decided to make this week's list about the hardest bosses in the souls series

Capra Demon - Dark Souls

This fight is like being trapped in a horror movie with no way to get out. I swear this must have given people nightmares.

Gwyn - Dark Souls

The Lord of Cinder brought out those people who always party up for bosses. Pretty sure my death count may have reached triple digits on this one.

Flamelurker -Demon's Souls

Now you may say just use phantoms to beat this guy and you are set with a little practice. If you try to fight him fair well then i wish you the best of luck.

The Four Kings - Dark Souls

So it starts out 1v1 and all is good but as the fight goes on the other spirits join the fray and then you get what many consider one of the hardest fights in the series.

Ornstein and Smough - Dark Souls

This isn't only the hardest fight of the series bur definitely the most memorable. It is all about the dance and keeping your timing down to a science. Also one of those that when you get it is always easier the next go, which is something i appreciate.

There you have it this week's list. What do you think? Agree or disagree as always let me know.

You Fail At Being Ready For Dark Souls III If...

Fail Day! Oh yes it is that time of the week again. This week it is slightly special because one of the favourite series is coming out with a new game, which is known for having people playing and failing. That is if you haven't guessed Dark Souls III which you will be able to get your hands on the 24th 2 days from now! So with that in mind let's get to the fail.

You Fail At Being Ready For Dark Souls III If...

• You don't know the release date
• You have no interest in the game
• You expect to have your hand held
• You have anger issues when you die
• You think you are a badass who believes Souls games difficulty is overrated
• You don't know about the new stances in the game
• You think everyone you will play with will be nice
• You believe you will always be warned before boss fights
• You think the Devs care when you rage
• You did not know there will be fewer maps than Dark Souls II, but the areas will be larger
• You were not aware the combat will be more focused on speed and tactical decisions
• You don't know what the gravestones are for

And Finally

• You haven't played any of the souls games

There you have it this week's edition of fail. Hope you all enjoyed reading it as I did writing it. Happy Dying in a couple days!

Warcraft TV Spot

So anyone who is from around here knows I am a big Warcraft Lore buff. You also know that I am super excited to see it be brought to life in the movie on June 10th. The most recent TV spots have me ever more excited, which is why I am going to make sure none of you missed the most recent one for my Showcase this week. I will say though the best part of this spot is the shout out to the Warcraft III Reign of Chaos trailer. Made me remember the hours I waited for it to finish downloading.



Now aren't you pumped?

Ask Gauss

Sunday! Yes it is that time of the week once again. Also if you were not aware it is the last weekend of Winter in the Northern Hemisphere. Had to point that out because if I don't all of you Southern Hemisphere love to point it out to me. Enough of the blabbing though let's get on with why all of you are here today for and that is the questions.

So with the new Heroes Announcement do you think that we will see another Starcraft Hero again?

I think so and I hope it is Fenix just like everyone else does. Also hope at some point we get Swann and Karax at some point as well. Really though with the other hero I kind of hope to see a Starcraft themed map as well. Think it would add something to the game that is missing.

Opinions on Whispers of the Old Gods?

I am liking the card abilities. I think it adds some more strategy to the game where I think the last 2 expansions seemed to add luck through things being random. This can be fun to watch, but then can be extremely frustrating to play. Also will be interesting to see the card art for N'zoth and Y'Shaarj since we have never seen what they look like in Warcraft to begin with.

Really Bottlecaps?

Yes really.

There they are the questions for the week. Hope you all got something out of it in one way or another. Enjoy your last weekend of Winter/Summer wherever you are.

Need More Essence

So I was thinking of doingthe Reader Post today, but first of all I am hungover from yesterday, and second of all did you see who the new hero is in Heroes of the Storm!!!

You will need the Weekend just to think about this

Cross Platform

So I am not sure you are all aware, but something is happening which could change the way the gaming world works and really make console wars a thing of the past. Microsoft made the announcement that they are releasing cross platform games between the XBOX One and Windows 10. Also in the same announcement they talked about Cross-Platform networks with other consoles. This would be something gamers for years have been asking for, and Sony responded with this.

"PlayStation has been supporting cross-platform play between PC on several software titles starting with Final Fantasy 11 on PS2 and PC back in 2002. We would be happy to have the conversation with any publishers or developers who are interested in cross-platform play."

So when reading this your thoughts are...Yes. So people would be able to enjoy the games they enjoy on the system they want, which are exclusive, but then not have to make the choice to also not play with their friends. This is something that gamers know all too well.

Now I want to stress Sony didn't come out directly say that them and Microsoft would be allowing cross platform play with Microsoft. They just said they were open to the idea. There are many things to consider especially the xbox live and PSN problem and how that will be worked out. We still though should rejoice as gamers because this is a step in the right direction.