CWF Game Cast

We are happy to announce some wonderful news.  CWF Game Cast has long been dedicated to New England gamers and New England gaming stores.  As part of our mission we’ve reached out to area stores inviting them to join our blog where they can share information about their store and all events they run.  We are delighted to say that Lia Klunk, owner of Rising Phoenix Games in Cherry Valley, Ma has accepted the invitation.

You will be able to get the 411 on all things Rising Phoenix direct from the horse’s mouth, so to speak.  Lia is a dedicated store owner who, I know, is more than happy to discuss gaming and virtually immerse us in Rising Phoenix.  Through her articles we will be able to get the scoop on the hottest events, the newest releases, and the kickass games at Rising Phoenix Games.

Please welcome Rising Phoenix Games with a round of applause.  Also, I ask all of you to stop in Rising Phoenix Games when you’re in Cherry Valley.  For more information please go to Rising Phoenix Games official website.  Or, you can call the store at 508-892-5190.

We are hard at work to bring other great local stores to the CWF Game Cast.  Remember that only the CWF Game Cast has tabletop gaming with a New England slant. We are supporting gamers with sneak peeks, reviews, podsafe music, and much much more.  As always “You Play It, We Discuss It!”

written by ^Raven^

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New England Game Stores, People, Rising Phoenix Games.

One of my Digg friends, Gnome, is a video game fanatic!  He is all about retro games and free games and video games in general.  So, he has this blog that is kickass and that is partly why I don’t talk Video Games here much anymore.  Why duplicate when his content is of the high caliber it is?  When I saw his 100 Excellent Free Games in Bloom post I knew I had to share it with all of you.

Instead of reposting his content, or in other words stealing it, I’m going to share my faves from his list.  I know 100 is a lot of titles but I’ve whittled it down to a handful must haves.  If you want the complete list just click the link above to his post and you can see all 100 titles plus pictures.

• Sam & Max - Abe Lincoln Must Die!  The Same & Max series is one of the greatest software titles to leave Lucasfilm.  Fun, cartoony, and did I mention FREE?
• MunchMates We all love Pacman and who wouldn’t love him more for free?  This Pacmanesque title is just that.  Don’t thank me now.
• Command & Conquer 95.  Full version for free.  ’nuff said.
• Sid Meier’s Railroad Tycoon.  Full version for free by Sid Meier’s.  What else do I need to say?
• Warhammer Total War.  Total War with Warhammer minis but without them.  This mod is great!

That does it for my picks.  Five free games you must have and once you do I know you won’t stop playing them for countless hours.  You’re destined to be up till 3 am and later getting it done.

written by ^Raven^

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Computer/Video Games, People.

More images have arrive from the Apocalypse Mega-Battle held at Battleground Games on Saturday, January 7th. The event was a huge success with lots of carnage and explosions. We will be sharing pictures, video, and audio from the event with you as it is made available to us.

The images below were sent to me by Commissar Grey on the BG forum. He also helped to create the tables and a lot of the terrain on them. Be sure to head over to the official BG forum to see the original images and all the new stuff people are posting.

If you have any pics, video, or audio from the event please send it attached in an e-mail to cwfgamecast [at] wargamingforums [dot] com.

See if you can ID the people in the pics. I’ll give you one to start off. Third pic down is my friend Steve’s stomach.

Leave a comment with their name and what pic they’re in. We’ll make captions as necessary.

written by ^Raven^

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40k, apocalypse, Battleground Games, chaos marines, Howling Griffons, necrons, New England Game Stores, People, space marines, space orks.

There’s always tons of discussions on gaming as entertainment and usually a lot on the issue of violence in games. Every game has it to some degree, no matter how indiscernible, but most notably discussion focuses on video games. When Grand Theft Auto came out people were upset over shooting cops, running over people, and buffing health by having sex with a prostitute. If you look back far enough I’m sure people were upset that Pac-man ate the dots.

However, games are more than simple entertainment. They in fact are great educational tools, even the US military uses FPS and air simulators to train its troops, and much more. Libraries have embraced games as a way to bring teens and children into the library. This exposes teens to the games they love and much more. They can learn how to program games of their own, read fiction similar to the game, watch films and listen to movies that inspired the games. Most importantly, they can use these games as a way to interact with others their age and form bonds they may otherwise not form.

The Nintendo Wii is a prime example of gaming as a community experience. Wii Sports, which ships with the game, is geared as a group activity. In the Youtube Vid below, created by friend and librarian Beth, librarians are experiencing Wii Boxing so they can operate it for teens in their own libraries.

Next time you think video games are just for children think of this vid.

written by ^Raven^

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Computer/Video Games, People, video, youtube.

The first images have started to arrive from the Apocalypse Mega-Battle held at Battleground Games on Saturday, January 7th. The event was a huge success with lots of carnage and explosions. We will be sharing pictures, video, and audio from the event with you as it is made available to us.

The images below were posted on the official Battleground Games message board by moosifer37. He also came up with the great captions. Be sure to head over to the official BG forum to see the original images and all the new stuff people are posting.

If you have any pics, video, or audio from the event please send it attached in an e-mail to cwfgamecast [at] wargamingforums [dot] com.

This one is after the valiant and heroic stand near the tower objective. Not pictured is the brother captain’s forces who perished in the assault but is not forgotten.

Here is the space marine chapter loki’s chosen standing up to an iron warrior line breaker squadron.

As you can see the earth still shakes after the vicious linebreaker attack, with soo many battle brothers dead.

I call this one the top gun view from a chaos fighter going a billion miles an hour.

written by ^Raven^

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40k, apocalypse, Battleground Games, chaos marines, Howling Griffons, New England Game Stores, People, space marines.