The
Diablo III Website outlines some new hotfixes applied to
Diablo III. These once again carry a warning that these note may contain spoilers for anyone who has not completed the action/RPG, but this is a generic warning that doesn't really apply in this case. Gold drops form ash post and vases have been nerfed, leading to complaints that this prevents players from being able to farm them as before for the gold required to buy the items from the auction house required to play the game at the hardest levels, which seems illustrative of some balance issues yet to be worked out. Also, the
I am (we are) Diablo III thread on Reddit is live where game designers Wyatt Cheng, Andrew Chambers, and Jay Wilson all discuss the present and future of the game.
This reddit post outlines what are purported to be the details on upcoming DLC for Mass Effect 3, including
Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut, the "alternative ending" DLC for the action/RPG sequel. This is unconfirmed, but the twist here is that according to
Kotaku, this is from the same user who revealed details of the last ME3 DLC weeks before it
was leaked on the Hong Kong PlayStation site.
An
interview on the Armchair General talks with Dean ‘Rocket’ Hall, creator of the
DayZ Mod for
Arma 2 that's caused a sensation since its release. He describes how his background in the New Zealand Air Force helped him with the project, and discusses a little of what the future hold for the project.
The
Indie Underdog Pack offers five indie games for $3.99, with 10% of the proceeds to benefit the ASPCA. The games in the bundle are:" Tesla: The Weather Man, Drains, Ichi, Clone Wolf, and 48 Chambers.
A glance at our shopping cart at the big box store today made me laugh at myself. If the pile of chicken breasts and ground beef didn't reveal my outdoor cooking predilections, the two packs of large bottles of mustard, hot sauce, and Worcestershire sauce would probably be a tip-off. But barring that, the 72 pounds of lump charcoal would be the dead giveaway. I should keep track of how much of that stuff I manage to go through in a summer.
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