Mina

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Full disclosure, I've been sick all week and wasn't able to really check in on what threads were hot this week. You should definitely look at the Ragns stats for last month though!

BG Member Of The Week: Krandor

Q. How long have you been a part of BG?
A. Since 2005, I believe I specifically made an account to send some PMs to people to learn about the new hotness of PLD/NIN

Q. What is your favorite video game and why is it your favorite?
A. Tie between Castlevania SOTN and Final Fantasy Legend II. I've played both of those games far too much over the years. They just offered so much gameplay and variety in playstyles.

Q. Let's face it, while BG is a lot of things, it is pretty well known for Final Fantasy. Do you have a favorite Final Fantasy character?
A. Either way it's going to be someone from FF VI. When I was younger it was definitely Sabin, but I've grown to enjoy Locke and his treasure hunting ways as I got older.

Q. What's something you find interesting about yourself?
A. I've played and built guitars for over 12 years. My last major project was buying a $200 electric and stripping it down to the bare wood, then rebuilding it from there with over $1200 worth of electronics and hardware. I also own a €2000 custom built guitar from the company Ran Guitars out of Poland.

Q. What is your favorite dish for Thanksgiving or if you don't celebrate that--what's your favorite food to eat?
A. Stuffing, followed by more Stuffing.

Weekly Trivia Question 1: What does the 00 in 007 mean for secret agent James Bond?
Weekly Trivia Question 2: What feature of Golden Eye (the videogame of course) was added as an afterthought and only took six weeks to develop?

Scroll to the bottom of the newsletter for the trivia answer.

Major Game Releases Arriving Next Week:

Citizens of Earth
Release Date: 11/04/2014 DELAYED UNTIL DECEMBER.
PS4 Wii U Vita 3DS PC


The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
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Release Date: 11/04/2014
PS4 Vita PC

Mina: I'm not too interested in it but I find it fascinating because it is a Flash game that has been totally remade on a non-Flash engine. I would say that this would probably be a good sell to the people who perhaps don't already own the original or maybe die hard fans of the original.
Sonomaa: The first one Im still on the ledge about, it was fun but a little tougher than I wanted to play. I enjoyed it a little but not enough to go gaga over a new version. Im sure itll be great to watch on streams but Ill likely pass on this one unless there ends up being something to change my mind about it.
(BGer of the Week) Krandor: Same thing, I know nothing.

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
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Release Date: 11/04/2014
Xbox One 360 PS4 PS3 PC

Mina: I'm on the side of the gaming community that never purchases these games so it is hard for me to really sell someone on this kind of a game. From an inexperienced gamer on shooters it looks like a solid shooter to me. In my mind I think the CoD franchise is pretty much the shooter everyone tries to build around. Either you try to compete with that or you try to make yours different enough to sell to the market CoD isn't aiming for. That being said, I'm sure this game will sell like hotcakes.
Sonomaa: I admit that I tend to get a lot of these Call of Duty games for the single player. I like shooters and this one will likely entice me either when its on sale or when someone sells it because they are giving it away with video cards again and I can spend less than 30 bucks on it brand new. I know Ill never get that amazing Modern Warfare 1 experience but I can hope.
(BGer of the Week) Krandor: Call of Halo. As a true of a Brobox One, I put down a preorder on this despite completely skipping the previous entry in the franchise. I'm eagerly awaiting the sounds of 10 year old calling me a n-word (hard Rs all around), telling me how they had set with my mother, and explaining how I'm a failure at life for my inability to play the game as well them.
That said, it honestly looks pretty damn good for a CoD game and I'm actually kind of excited to play it. The gameplay tweaks and putting somewhat of a loot system into the game seems interesting enough to hold me over for at least awhile.


Random Comic:

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Templar, Arizona. Hoo boy what a trip this comic is. It's a little hard for me to describe it so I decided to see how the author took a swing at explaining it. "Templar, Arizona is a story about a town that doesn’t exist, and the people who live there. I alternately describe it as speculative fiction, an alternate timeline, and an alternate history." The description continues on but I'll stop right there. I haven't read every page of it but something I noticed from the comic was that the characters felt like they had real distinctive personalities. I ended up remembering names of the characters and grew attached to a few. I'd give the first few chapters a whirl and if it isn't your thing, don't continue because it doesn't deviate from being weird.
http://templaraz.com/

Video of the Week:

Thanks to myreality for originally finding this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRwtdcyUtNM
I can't disagree that this video is pretty cool... damn you Call of Duty.

Weekly Trivia Answer:

Spoiler: show

1. 00 signifies "license to kill"
2. The multiplayer! It ended up being one of the best features of the game.