A Spore Nerd Corner

If danced I would dance a jig of glee, but nobody wants to see that. I love Fallout4 and finally Bethesda has announced the first three DLC coming, Automatron, Wasteland Workshop and Far Harbor. Automatron will be $10 and released in March. You'll be out to stop an evil horde of robots released by "The Mysterious Mechanist." Not only will you be hunting those robots but you'll be able to create your own robots. That's right my evil robot minions go forth, insert evil cackle here. Wasteland Workshop will be released in April and cost $5. It's going to to let you set traps to catch just about anything in the wastelands. Not just creatures but people like the raiders. You'll be able to tame the creatures or face them off against each other. Far Harbor is the biggest of the three announced and will be $25, in May. It's supposed to have a new case from Valentine's Detective Agency, adding a huge land mass, news quests, settlements, creatures and d...

Bungie is teasing a whole lot of information for Destiny. First they're talking about a big expansion later this year. Second they released that in 2017 we are going to be getting the sequel. Originally itw as said that it would hit this year but not so much anymore. Well that's all well and good for later but what about now? Well within a couple months we are due for the next big patch. We haven't had a lot of specifics about the update but we are supposed to see new light levels, new gear and new PvE challenges. Who knows what everything is going to cost but most websites are guessing that the patch is going to be free, patches usually are, and the expansion later this year wont be.

Bethesda Finally is starting to talk about upcoming DLC. Well sort of at least. On the Bethesda twitter feed they posted "We know you’re ready to learn what’s coming for Fallout 4 DLC. We’re not far off, and we think you’ll be excited." They also let put up, "We’re also doing a complete overhaul of Fallout 4 Survival mode. Food, sleep, diseases, danger and more. Stay tuned." So with any luck we'll at least get some news about the upcoming DLC, I might just have to start playing again just to get ready for the content. It's kinda funny really just the idea of news gets me to want to pick up this game again. I guess that's the sign of a good game.

First the happy news. The Division will be having an open beta. It's going to run February 19-21 unless you're on Xbox one where it's going to start a day earlier, booo. Can you tell how I feel about Xbox? Anyway I'm super excited, I've been kinda on the fence about picking this one up so a chance to try some of it out will be nice. So now some happy and sad news. Final Fantasy 9 has hit iOS and Android today, that's good, but it didn't release for Steam yet, not good news. But if it came out for iOS then it should be out soon on Steam, at least that is me trying to be optimistic.

Li-Ming, the rebellious wizard, comes to Heroes of the Storm today. Who's she? She is the sorceress from Diablo 3. Her role is assassin. Ability Overview: Trait: Critical Mass: Being part of a Take down refreshes all of your ability cool downs. Basic Abilities: Magic Missile: shoots three missiles Arcane Orb: Shoots an orb that powers up as it travels. The further it goes the more powerful it is, up to 300% Teleport: Short instance teleport. Heroic Abilities: Disintegrate: Powerful beam of energy. Direction of the beam follows the cursor for easy target changing.  Wave of Force: Knocks all enemies in an area away. Anyway I think she looks pretty cool, and the sorceress was one of my favorites in Diablo 3. I hope to have a video up of game-play with her relatively soon. What's that you didn't know I have a youtube channel as well? Check it out here !

So the curse is alive and well. What curse is that, the curse when every time I see a high level character of another class I suddenly have an undying longing to play that class. This time it was the Monk. I saw a video of a high level Monk doing some kinda of Kamehameha in the air, I don't know what it's called, but dang that was slick. So suddenly the urge to watch some Dragon Ball kicked in and now I need to be a monk. That's right NEEEEEEEEED. I have issues. I'm sure I'll see another Naruto episode and I'll jump back to my ninja. Maybe that's one of the things I like best about Final Fantasy XIV. I don't have to make an entire new toon to try that other class, all I have to do is change my weapon and poof, I'm a ninja, or poof I'm a monk. Really I can be anything I want as much as I want with that simple change.

I'm still having fun playing Blade and Soul, I've decided to start playing as an assassin. I think I'm enjoying him more than the Kung Fu Master, but that might be because of my addiction to Naruto, that could also be why I've recently started playing Final Fantasy XIV as a ninja. Anyway the lag times during combat comes and goes now. Sometimes I can just change the channel I'm playing on, and that clears it up right away, and other times no matter where I go as soon as combat starts all sorts of trouble starts.   Another problem that is more of an annoyance that a real problem are the gold bots in chat. A lot of games have the same problem and I just use the same fix for all of them, right click, and block. On an entirely different note, I've started doing let's plays, If you want to check them please do on my youtube channel.

That's right a the road to being a ninja, because we all know nothing beats a ninja. So how do you become a ninja? First: You have to have a level 30 rogue, and a level 15 Pugilist. Second: You need to be done with the rogue story quest with the three treasures.( Found that out last night the hard way) Third: (unconfirmed) Do the story quest Sylph Management. You've probably already got it done, but still a lot of people told me I needed this one done. Forth: Once the first and second things are done go and talk to Jacke at the rogue's guild and he'll set you up with the quest chain for ninja.

The new mmo Blade and Soul, from Nexon has just been released. I was super excited about, can't beat a good martial arts game after all then I started playing. At first I was doing pretty good, the movement was good, the story was interesting, and the graphics are nice but then it happened. Right as the climax to the cinematic at the end of the first zone was happening, the game crashed. When I logged back in suddenly I was in a new zone, no clue of what happened to my master or my friends, now I'm just standing in some town near a beach. Well, I guess I can get over that, I'm sure videos of it will be on youtube. Then I got into my first fight that wasn't in the starting zone and then the lag begins. Trying to get the counter punch to work, is near impossible to get to work, suddenly other enemies are just appearing around me, even my normal attacks are off because all the timing has just gone out the window. I've asked for help to see if anybody else has had...

I've recently started playing Final Fantasy XIV. I've played almost every FF game made and figured it was only a matter of time before I started this one too. Anyway I've been having a blast, started off as a lancer because Dragoons have always been a favorite class in the past, but then I saw they had Ninjas, and let's be honest, nothing beats a Ninja. So yeah, yeah here's a screen shot of my new addiction.

What is pay to win (p2w)? Pay to win is when the game offers you something in-game for real money that give you an unfair advantage over everybody else.  Examples? Weapons that are more powerful than anything else in the game. Characters that are more powerful than anything else in game. wait times, travel times become so long that the game becomes near impossible to play without paying. What isn't it? Cosmetic items. New hair isn't going to win you anything. Experience Bonus Mounts Where things get confusing? Sometimes a game is still p2w even if you can get the items without paying. Well then how is it p2w? Really it all comes down to a balancing act. If the game is selling a super weapon and you can pay real money to get it but you can also get the game threw in game currency it's not p2w, unless, getting that in-game currency in drops few and far between making it almost impossible to get enough to buy the item. A game that has done a good job of ba...

 Last night was the Bethesda E3 show. I manged to drool my way threw the entire event. Who couldn't with video of the new Doom game, Dishonored 2, and the super amazingness that is Fallout 4. All the games looked amazing but my favorite by far was Fallout 4. The character creation looked more in-depth than anything I've ever seen before. You actually seem to sculpt each part of your characters face individually.  It looked as though most of the world can be torn down  into crafting materials, letting you put them back together as many different items. Everything from weapons and armor, to housing and turrets to defend it. The world looks huge, I just hope it's all as explorable and deep as games like Skyrim. Best of all Fallout 4 will launch 11-10-2015. That's right this year.

Hyrule Warriors, the Dynasty Warriors like game staring the cast of the Legend of Zelda games, is coming to the 3DS.  You can check out the trailer, here. Hyrule Warriors was originally launched on the Wii U last September.

War....War never changes. OOOOOHHHHHH Yeah! So if you're anything like me you saw that timer on the fallout 4 site counting down and you danced a little jig of glee. Well, I didn't actually dance but you get the idea. Fallout 4! Early this morning the timer on the Fallout 4 website finished it's epic count down and we got our first peek into what the latest installment into the game franchise will be. You can check it out at fallout4.com . Fallout 4 will be launched on XboxOne, PS4, and PC. Also in yummy Fallout news, their will be a E3 reveal this June 14th. Also they are expected to show off a new Doom game.

Final Fantasy Type-0 is officially coming to Steam. Originally this was just a rumor from MSI but Square Enix has confirmed it threw Twitter. Type-0  was originally meant to be a PSP title, but was moved over to the PS4. No official date yet but with any luck it will be soon. My big wish is that all the Final Fantasy games, XV in particular , end up on steam. That way I have no reason to pick up a PS4.

Finally something I've been saying is missing from the WoW world is going to be added, ocean combat! In the 6.2 version of the PTR you are now able to add shipyards to your garrison allowing your followers to do new sea missions. OK so we don't get to sail the boat around or anything but it's better than nothing. The shipyard is also supposed to unlock a new zone, The Invasion of Tanaan Jungle. That's supposed to give us "open-world questing" with new rare monsters and treasures scattered around. It's also where the new raid, Hellfire Citadel, is going to be located. HFC is supposed to have 13 bosses. If all that's not enough we'll also be getting the conclusion to the legendary ring quest line, some tweaks to our characters classes, more achievements and a mythic difficulty for dungeons.  If you want a full list of everything that's going to be happening here's a link , to the official sites patch notes.

I lvoed the last Deus Ex game and a new one has finally be announced. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided doesn't have a release date yet but you can check out a trailer for it at: http://www.ign.com/videos/2015/04/08/deus-ex-mankind-divided-announcement-trailer They also have a picture of the new cover. Mankind Divided will also have an app for you to download.  The app is supposed to allow you to unlock videos, audio clips, comics, and screenshots, giving you information on the lore, design, and characters.

Pillars of Eternity (PoE) has to be some of the most fun I've had in awhile. PoE screams of D&D and the old Baldur's Gate games. I haven't seen games made in this style for so long now it's nice to see what is hopefully a comeback. The character creator had a ton of options to pick from. It took me forever to make up my mind on what I wanted to play as. While a lot of games give you character options that don't actually effect the game, in PoE I've started two characters and both have had slight changes in the conversations and actions I can take. The combat can be changed from a more active combat, where you jump from character to character making the game more hectic and difficult. Or you can go more old school, being able to pause and unpause as is needed giving you more control over what's going on. I can't tell you how much fun I've been having with this game so far and I can't wait to get further into it. If you like old school RP...

I was just reading a review of Bloodborne that wasn't all that positive and people said he hated it because he just wasn't hardcore. He's just a casual gamer that should go back to playing candy crush. I haven't played Bloodborne, but if I don't like it does that make me a casual gamer? Does it even matter if somebody is a casual gamer? We shouldn't be so fast to judge people. It doesn't matter how much you spend, or what you play. It doesn't matter if you spend the day battling monsters in Bloodborne or all night raiding in WoW. All that really matters is that you love playing games.

Are you playing Elder Scroll Online? Well you should be. Yeah I know, I didn't think it was going to be any fun at all and at first I wasn't all that impressed but slowly that's changing. I've been a huge Elder Scroll fan since Morrowind, and when mmo hit everybody put it down so I figured it would be F2P in a year, or just dead, so I stopped paying attention. Then they announced it was going to go B2P, kind of a newer concept, and I figured why what the heck. You really can't get something for nothing. So no it's not Elder Scrolls, well it is but it isn't. If you go in expecting to play a copy of Skyrim you aren't going to be happy, and on launch their was a ton of bugs, and bots. Lets be on honest I don't think the game was completely thought threw when it was launched the first time. But this re-release, and that's what it really is, is actually a ton of fun. I haven't run into any bugs, or bots so far and I haven't seen anybody ju...