Golden Trails 2: The Lost Legacy Collector's
Edition

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Golden Trails 2: The Lost Legacy Collector's Edition is sequel of amazing Golden Trails series point and click Collector's Edition adventure type downloadable hidden object games from DownloadGames24. Travel back to the 18th century and uncover the secrets of bygone days with Golden Trails 2: The Lost Legacy, a fantastic Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure game! After your Grandfather is accused of

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Path of Exile at PAX Prime

post from Destructoid on 13 August 2011 10:05:38 PM. © Destructoid

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Grinding Gear Games, an indie developer from New Zealand, will be attending this year's Penny Arcade Expo to show off Path of Exile, their upcoming action RPG. They will also be handing out closed beta access to random folk who visit their booth (#799).

Path of Exile, an online-only game that will be completely free to play, is already in closed beta, which you can sign up for at the official website, and looks similar to games like Torchlight and Grim Dawn. Were I attending PAX Prime, I would make time to swing by and check this out.

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Lost Souls: Enchanted Paintings Collector's
Edition

post from Hidden Object Games and Free Downloadable Games at Fenomen-Games.com on 13 August 2011 08:00:00 PM. © Hidden Object Games and Free Downloadable Games at Fenomen-Games.com

Several months have gone by since Bella's happy and peaceful life has crumbled to dust. The police and FBI have looked everywhere for her son, but all their efforts were futile. Bella could never have imagined that the fateful package with no return address would have turned her whole life upside down.

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MDK2 is getting some HD love on PC

post from Destructoid on 13 August 2011 07:05:30 PM. © Destructoid

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MDK2, one of BioWare's lesser known titles, recently got a WiiWare port which is great if you have a Wii, not so much for the rest of us. Good news is that some BioWare vets (now with Overhaul Games) are reworking the old title for a HD re-release that will contain gameplay tweaks, a complete graphics overhaul and higher quality audio. They are also asking for input from fans, via their facebook page, on ways they can make the game better. Bad news is that this will be a PC exclusive available only through Beamdog.com.

I never got the chance to play MDK2, so I may pick it up when the title becomes available in September, seeing as how it will only be $14.99. While the idea of having to install another digital distribution client is a bit discouraging, BioWare is probably one of my favorite developers, so I am more willing to give Beamdog a shot.

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Even Video Game Stars Have Agents

post from Press The Buttons on 13 August 2011 07:00:00 PM. © Press The Buttons

We hear all the time that big Hollywood celebrities across all manner of media have agents working behind the scenes to wheel and deal for them, but did you know that video game stars have agents too? Yes, the gaming industry has become so large that even its fictional members need representation. Dorkly managed to sneak a hidden camera into the office of one such agent and record early meetings with big heroes such as Mario, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Samus Aran. Unfortunately, while this particular agent seems shady and underhanded, he does seem to get results. For instance, he...

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Some clown on TV thought the NES was worth
$13,000

post from Destructoid on 13 August 2011 06:05:43 PM. © Destructoid

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There's this show Storage Wars on A&E in which buyers visit storage container auctions and then try to flip swag they've won. It's essentially a b*llsh*t version of the far superior Auction Hunters on Spike, but the comedy gold that I'm about to share totally justifies this show's existence.

In this past week's episode, one of the buyers, Mark Balelo, got his mitts on a storage unit for $925. While sorting through the junk, he stumbled upon a rather banged-up NES and exclaimed:

NES-001, guys. I want you to look at this very carefully. This is the first Nintendo DS built. The last one that sold with five games in the internet for $13,000.

Disregarding the naming inaccuracy, this guy seriously believed that an NES could be worth $13,000! Why on Earth would he ever think that? You might recall a story early last year about a mother who managed to sell an NES and five games on eBay for around that price. Mark obviously caught wind of that story, yet he failed to learn that the reason why the price shot up so much was because one of the included games was a complete-in-box Stadium Events, one of the rarest titles in the NES library.

Oh, but the look on Mark's face when he was informed that his non-working console would barely fetch a Hamilton was delicious! You can check out the train wreck for yourself by streaming the episode from here. The "discovery" is at the 15:30 mark, while the "reality check" begins at 18:30.

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Mystery House Escape 2

post from Escape Games 24 on 13 August 2011 05:05:40 PM. © Escape Games 24

Mystery House Escape 2 is a new point and click type escape the room game developed by GiveMeToPlay. In this game, you are trapped in a mystery House and you need to find objects and clues in order to escape. Good luck and have fun!Play This Game

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Mega64: Don't call it "Rusty Farts"

post from Destructoid on 13 August 2011 05:05:36 PM. © Destructoid

Mega64: Don't call it

Rusty Hearts is a bit of a hot-button issue with Shawn in this, the game's official promo video.

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Interview: Operation Moonfall

post from Destructoid on 13 August 2011 05:05:36 PM. © Destructoid

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Being the resident Majora's Mask obsessive, I jumped at the opportunity to interview one of the founders of Operation Moonfall and Zelda Universe Webmaster, Cody Davies.

For those that don't know, Operation Moonfall is a fan-led attempt to bring Majora's Mask to the 3DS following an interview with Eiji Aonuma stating that if there was enough fan support for a 3DS remake of the game, Nintendo might actually put it out there.

As someone who valiantly champions Majora's Mask as the best game ever (I will debate this to the death), and who thinks that it never got a fair shake as one of the last titles released for the N64, I am very glad to see that something like this may happen.

How did Operation Moonfall get started? Is it an official project of Zelda Universe?

Operation Moonfall started when we heard the news that Eiji Aonuma had announced that he wanted to see fan support for Majora's Mask, and considering that ZU is basically already a coordinated Zelda fanbase, we thought it would be the perfect project for us.

I wouldn't call it exactly a "ZU project" though -- both in the sense that we had heavy support from the other Zelda fansites and affiliates who collaborated with us on this, and in the sense that we can't really own a "fan" operation because at its heart it's the fans that are making this into something big, not us. All that we can lay claim to is the "marketing" aspect of actually reaching the fans in the first place -- they do the rest.

How did you come up with that PERFECT name?

While the idea for the operation itself was spawned from Eiji Aonuma's statement, our planning on how to actually implement the operation was heavily influenced by the other Nintendo petition that was going at the time -- Operation Rainfall. As such, it just made sense for it to be a bit of an homage to the name, and when we realised the pun that we could pull off we knew we just had to use it.

On a related note, we also managed to unintentionally pull off a THIRD pun with that name -- along with Operation Rainfall and the moon from Majora's Mask, the name also nicely links to yet another huge fan petition also going at the same time -- the one for Megaman Legends 3, which goes by the name FlyMeToTheMoon.

Have you coordinated at all with the leaders of the other movements?

I sent their official contact e-mails some messages asking for collaboration back when we were first launching, but unfortunately never got a response back, likely just due to them getting a lot of mail.

We have made an effort to promote these other fan projects on our own Facebook group though, because the more the fan groups combine their efforts the more effective they will be.

How has Operation Moonfall been progressing?

It has been taking off exceptionally well. Our Operation Moonfall Facebook group already has, as the meme goes, over 9000 fans, which is great because it allows us to coordinate things with the fans and also to have a base to support other such fan projects in the future, and the petition is already closing in on 16,000 signatures after just a week.

Have you heard anything from Nintendo?

Only to an extent. Those who sent e-mails to Nintendo of America have been receiving a stock response of sorts about how “no official announcements have been made”, but that doesn't really mean anything because obviously a) that's all the customer support people from NoA really can say as people who only have access to the current facts of Nintendo's release schedule and not, say, the executive boardroom of Nintendo of Japan and b) in our experience that's the sort of vague response that greets every question asked to NoA customer support ever.

But it's only been a week, so to expect an announcement so soon on such a major undertaking that would take months of coordinating and deals and production would be completely unrealistic.

What is your next move?

For now, we plan to just continue helping the petition and Facebook group along, because it's nowhere near saturation point right now. There are tens of millions of Zelda fans out there, and quite a lot of them would be interested in Majora's Mask 3DS.

Assuming that Skyward Sword gets released on schedule this year (and thus all the old fans reappear back to Zelda fansites and we get that boost of new Zelda fans that we haven't gotten since Twilight Princess five years back), my goal is to reach 100,000 signatures by the end of the year.

In the future we will likely also use the Facebook group for coordinated reminder pushes and such. I think we can only grow from here on out and look forward to seeing what kind of stuff we'll be able to do in just a few months' time.

Any plans to make pushes at upcoming events like PAX and Gamescom?

Unfortunately, as I live in Australia and international flights are expensive, I'm unlikely to be able to go to these big conventions personally to coordinate things, but I'd be happy to see fans push it and if people are interested in the idea we can start creating flyers and such for people to print out and take with them. In fact, if Destructoid is interested in the idea of making pushes there; they're more than welcome to spearhead those particular pushes themselves. ;)

So... what else would you say to rabid Majora's Mask fans (like myself) who want to guarantee this operation's success?

Well, first off, that you're not alone in your love for Majora's Mask! While initially the game was seen as a bit of an oddity that wasn't the "Ocarina of Time 2" that the fans were hoping for, but over the years the game has become more and more favored as the game of choice for Zelda fans. It just has so much character and so much depth.

For example, did you know that there's a story behind the Stone Tower Temple - a story reminiscent of the Biblical story of the Tower of Babel about pride, defiance and the Goddesses? Or that Anju is worried that Kafei has eloped with Cremia from the ranch? Or that that brave swordsman of the Swordsman's School is absolutely terrified of death? Probably not, because the game doesn't force you on it, but just leaves it there subtlety for you to find.

That said, if you want this to succeed then the main thing to do is of course promote it! Contact your friend, who posts for a gaming blog, or make a video, or make a thread in your local forum community, etc. Any and all of it helps.

I have to ask, what is your favorite Zelda game?

This is unlikely to be a surprise to anyone, but Majora's Mask.

If you would like to support the project, you can add them on Facebook, Twitter, sign the petition, or check out their site.

Cody and pals also started recreating Hyrule in Minecraft. Check it out here.

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Hector: Badge of Carnage Police Comedy Comes to
PC, Mac, and iPad

Hector: Badge of Carnage Episode 1 - We Negotiate with Terrorists will be released April 27 for PC,...

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