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Monthly Archives: February 2017
Victor Vran Overkill Edition
Victor Vran Overkill Edition includes Fractured World and Motorhead: Through the Ages expansions along with the level 60 cap increase and plenty more overkill! It’s time to rock out… even now on console!
Pewdiepie and Racism Discussion
Now that I’m home, and everyone has weighed in on Pewdiepie, it’s my turn! Though I really. . . didn’t want to talk about this. But it keeps popping up unwarranted in my head, and I’ve seen other peoples’ thoughts on it. And since many folks know that I’m Jewish, you might assume that I’m going to say “I hate Pewdiepie” or something dreadful. I was going to make a super clickbait title though, and use that. I don’t hate people though. I’m disappointed, though. Disgusted even. But I’m going to be serious and I’ve had plenty of time to really think about how I feel. For those of you that don’t know, Pewdiepie is fond of edgy jokes/spots in his videos. From what I understand, this isn’t the first video he’s used anti-Semitic humor in, either. I personally don’t watch his content, because I don’t think he’s funny in the first place. Sure, 50+ million people think he is, and there’s where I think the problem lies. Basically, the story goes, that he hired two guys to hold up a sign that says, “All Jews must die”, and expected it somehow to be funny. When Stormfront calls themselves your number one fan, you have to really think about where your life is going. He’s used a lot of crude, insensitive, and vile humor in his videos, and a lot of people on the Internet are calling it sensitive, or sad that people are upset, offended. Youtube cancelled his show, where they try to scare him. Because Pewdiepie howling in horror is funny, I guess. Disney dropped him too. Monetarily speaking, this won’t harm Pewdiepie at all! He has made so much damn money from Youtube, that he will probably not even notice.
Stormfront is a white-supremacist/anti-semitic website; if you don’t know what it is or where it is, I’m not going to link it to you. You have Google. They claimed on their site that Pewdiepie is “making people comfortable with their ideals”, which is to say, a world without Jews, a pure, white world. That’s a horrifying ideal! And while he has the money to basically do whatever he wants now, Youtube’s not cancelling/banning his account. He makes them far too much money for that. But where’s my issue, maybe you ask. Here it is: Pewdiepie has 53 million followers. Fifty. Three. Million. And when he’s making “jokes” about Hitler doing nothing wrong, All Jews must die, and whatever other horrid things, he calls them jokes. They’re not serious. He doesn’t mean it. But. . .there are a horde of impressionable young fans who watch his work, and believe in him, who love him! They see that he posts hateful stuff about Jews, and there’s going to be someone who takes it to heart. Stormfront did. People use media as an excuse to condone their hateful urges all the time, that’s not new! The Columbine shooters blamed/thanked Marilyn Manson, who never condoned that kind of behavior. Now, I don’t hate Pewdiepie. I’m not going to say “Don’t ever watch his stuff”, because I’m just a drop in the bucket.
I didn’t think he was funny far before this. It’s not a matter of “toughen up, buttercup”, and “he doesn’t mean it”, because who cares if he means it? He has a global audience who take what he does very seriously and hang on his every word! As content creators, we have a responsibility to the people who watch our work. Millions of people saw these before they were taken down. Tens of millions. Sure, he made apology videos, but noone sees those. A game reviewer shits all over a game without giving it the due attention he should have. People all read that article. They see the game is shit, according to someone they trust, they don’t buy it. That reviewer prints a redaction, an apology. Anyone care? No, they’ve already made their mind up! Again, I don’t hate Pewdiepie. Please don’t take that away from this. I just wish that for someone that has such a massive audience, he’d so something better with it than have someone dress up as Jesus and say, “Hitler did nothing wrong”. That’s all. I have tons of friends who love Pewdiepie. I don’t think they’re hate mongers, and I’m not so sure that I think Pewdiepie is either. I just think he’s insensitive to the world around him.
Uncle Ben said it best, “With great power, comes great responsibility.”
Path of Exile: The Fall of Oriath Trailer
Path of Exile reveals its upcoming expansion, The Fall of Oriath, with this new trailer.
Path of Exile: The Fall of Oriath Preview Event Recap
By: Noe Ponce (Guest Writer)
Last week I was invited to return to the dark world of Wraeclast and experience part of the brand new Path of Exile expansion: The Fall of Oriath. This expansion is set to come out later this year and adds a mind boggling amount of content to the Path of Exile series. We’re talking SIX additional acts, a rather divine way to customize your characters even more, new items, locations, skills, bosses, GODS! That’s right. Gods. This update is definitely worth checking out for any Path of Exile fan. And did I mention it’s all for the low, low price of free?
In order to properly appreciate (and digest) the content beast that is the Fall of Oriath, I needed a guide. Luckily, I was able to sit down with former IGN editor and Path of Exile designer, Nick Kolan. So with a controller in hand and Nick by my side, I played through pieces of the update while peppering Nick with questions about what I was experiencing and all the changes. The most notable change being that Path of Exile is making its console debut, exclusively on the Xbox One.
Until now, Path of Exile has only ever been on PC. I immediately wondered if players would be able to easily cross between the two platforms. I asked Nick if players could transfer their characters and gear from the PC over to the Xbox One — should they like to play the update on their console. He confirmed my fears.
“No, they’re two separate realms. And there’s two reasons for that. For one, we’re very, very conscious about exploits. We have gone to great measures to prevent ‘dupes’ for example. So any amazing item found has been found legitimately. If you could then take that amazing item over to the new Xbox realm, where there’s brand new players but you’re already level 99 and you got these crazy items, it doesn’t feel very fair. [For two], some skills will just function differently on the Xbox version, like the totem skills. So we need to keep them separate for that reason as well. “
After exploring the new frozen mountaintop area a bit while getting used to the Xbox One controls (which felt great by the way), Nick whisked me away like only game devs can. He instantly teleported me to Lioneye’s Watch, the beginning area after the events that take place in Act V. However, this Lioneye’s Watch is not the one players may remember. It’s no longer the depressing, run down township it once was. Quite the opposite actually.
It’s here you learn that your actions from the first part of the game had dire consequences.
“So this is Lioneye’s Watch in Part 2. It’s day time. They’ve built a wharf. You arrived on this ship. There’s new NPCs. They have new quests for you. You’re on a new mission. Your actions previously in the game have resulted in these gods rising up, and now they’re all over Wraeclast. They’re battling for domain. They’re these immortal beings. So they don’t really care for humanity. They’re just going to trample over whatever. They just want to be powerful. So you have to put a stop to them.”
Before I get to the pulling a Kratos and taking down several gods part of the article, I wanted to share what Nick told me Grinding Gear’s vision was for designing The Fall of Oriath content.
“We’re really trying to make the second half of the game feel both reminiscent and fresh. And we’re trying to make it so that you play Act 1-10 because they’re really fun, not just to get to Maps (end game content). So about 50-percent of the areas in Part 2 are brand new. We’re adding a kind of ridiculous amount of content.”
It meant a lot to me as a gamer to hear straight from the devs that they just want me to have fun playing their game. It’s very apparent that GGG truly cares about their players and the content they produce for them. Thank you for that.
Battle against the Immortals
Gods. Immortal beings that don’t really care about humanity, trample over whatever and just want to be powerful. That’s what every player will be up against once they start Act VI. To further salt the wound, Nick told me that it won’t be easy taking one down either. But in doing so it will introduce you to the new character customization mechanic, the Pantheon System.
“Every time we do an expansion we always try to add something new. Like a new mechanic. Something for people to really dig into. Well now we’re adding the Pantheon system. If you kill a god, which is not easy, you get to claim their power. Their power takes the form of defensive benefits.
Each god has a specific option. For example the Brine King’s [benefit] says ‘If you’ve been frozen, you can’t be frozen again for a short time. If you’ve been stunned, you can’t be stunned again for a short time.’ You would choose this if you’re going up against a boss who has a lot of cold damage or a lot of stuns. So you don’t get stun locked/freeze locked.“
Hearing about these god powers really intrigued me. I had to learn more. Thankfully my guide was happy to share all the details. Nick clued me in on the number of gods and how players can use the Pantheon to their benefit by upgrading the god powers they have unlocked.
“There’s four major god powers and 12 minor god powers. Each god gives one specific set of defensive benefits. You can only have one major god and one minor god power active at a time. You choose which god power is most beneficial to you at the time. The god powers are also upgradeable through the Atlas System which is our endgame map system. Major god powers have pretty significant benefits and have a lot more room for growth, so they get 3 upgrades. The minor gods offer more general, potentially less powerful benefits and their upgrade path is narrower.”
The final piece of information Nick shared with me was regarding the next League, which is coming out March 3rd. Path of Exile veterans will likely lose their minds over this. And while not a hardcore PoE player myself, I was still blown away by the enormity and possibilities of the Legacy league.
“The next League is called Legacy. Basically it lets players play leagues of the past and even customize them and have multiple leagues active at once. We’re itemizing leagues basically. You can have three active at once, so they get to play their favorite league at their own pace. They can mix it with another league. They even get a chance to get the league exclusive items that were only available during those leagues while that league is active on that character. That’s just to sort of celebrate Path of Exile’s history before we change it forever. I.E. Getting rid of difficulties and adding literally more than double the story content. It’s a ridiculous update.”
A ridiculous update indeed. Path of Exile: The Fall of Oriath gives players a little bit of everything and then a whole lot more after that. There was nothing I heard that didn’t excite me. Grinding Gear is taking an already amazing, well-loved game and doubling its size and entertainment value. You honestly could not ask for more out of a content update for a free-to-play game, or any game for that matter.
Download Path of Exile on Steam today if you haven’t already and get ready for The Fall of Oriath expansion releasing sometime this summer. Please visit the official Path of Exile website for more information.
SMITE Patch 4.2 King Kappa Overview
SMITE releases the patch notes for 4.2, including the Japanese Guardian King Kappa. See full patch notes here.
Total War: Warhammer Isabella Von Carstein Reveal
Total War: Warhammer reveals the latest heroic vampire, Isabella von Carstein.
Injustice 2 Here Come the Ladies Trailer
Injustice 2 brings out the vixens for Valentines Day with the reveal of Black Canary, Cat Woman, Poison Ivy, and Cheetah.
Elsword GFRIEND Navillera Costume Dance Trailer
Elsword partners with kpop group GFRIEND once more to release a themed costume and dance number.
Yes… even for the men.
Female Version
Dofus – Ouginak’s Rage Class Trailer
Dofus allows you to unleash your inner Doge Rage with the new Ouginak class!







