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It's a new year, if you didn't notice, which means it's time to get excited about all the games that might/will come out in 2025. My list includes Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Borderlands 4, Lunar Remastered Collection, DOOM: The Dark Ages, and more. It's gonna be a packed year, for sure! Of course, we don't yet know when they will come out, so in the more immediate future I have the Marvel's Spider-Man 2 port to Steam as my next-closest game to be interested in.

Currently, I am going back-and-forth between Path of Exile 2 and my modded run of Baldur's Gate III. I bought a Horipad Steam Controller from Amazon - although I'm still waiting for it to arrive - and with that fancy new device I'll have everything I need to play (& review!) games...except maybe a better computer lol. I've got my Switch, my PlayStation 5 as backup, a PC that can run Steam, a Steam Deck, and now the controller.

The Horipad is supposed to have programmable buttons, so it damn well better be able to take screenshots with the push of a button! I'll be really annoyed otherwise: pressing F12 on a Keyboard + Mouse setup is really hard mid-gameplay, and pulling screenshots off the Steam Deck can be annoying. I hope the controller is the perfect middle-ground option.

I'm hoping to review even more games this year; new ones, of course, but also some older titles via our "Timely Reviews" line. It irked me a little that my "favorite games of 2024" article was literally just the ones I reviewed lol - I need more! I am also hoping to do a light bit of game-streaming: not such that you can see my face or hear my voice, per se, but just dipping my toes in the water while I play games with my sister in the passenger seat (like when we were kids).

May your holidays be full of cheer and drama-free! And of course, hopefully you get all the games you wished for hehe

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My family's doin' a Secret Santa this year, mostly because I can't afford gifts for 14 people 😕 Got my cousin the hardcover versions for one of her favorite book series; she can be difficult sometimes, but I think I nailed it! Also bought some "Monster Balls" from our merch store: a Haunter for me, an Eevee for my aforementioned cousin, a Lucario for her little sister, and Mega Charizard X for my sister.

What are your plans for the holidays? Get anything cool for Christmas/Insert Holiday Here? Let us know in the comments below!

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Hey, folks! The Game Awards are about to start, and we have a bingo board for you to have some fun during the presentation.

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I bought nothing from the Steam Autumn Sale, which is a good thing. That said, I've been a bad girl and continue to buy stuff I shouldn't with funds I barely have, like board games and stuff D: Next up on the docket is Marvel Rivals, which I assume will cost money: they did a survey and the players overwhelmingly voted for all present and future characters to remain free and open access, so naturally they've got to get the $$$ somewhere lol.

Beyond that, I'm gonna try and make a better effort to clear out my backlog and conserve my funds; first up is Baldur's Gate III, Round 3. Mods should hopefully help spice up the experience and keep me engaged long enough to actually finish it this time!

Welcome one, welcome all. To the first reality cooking show on Azeroth hosted by Gallywix and produced by Mayor Noggenfogger. Please enjoy all the food created by our chef contestants. But beware, the dirty show business will have an impact on the show.

Expansion Features:

Pre Release Legendary

Food Critic Baz'hial would be the Pre Release Legendary. Her effect allow for skillful plays that would delay the effect of a game changing Legendary that would be released this expansion.

Dual Class cards return

Our chef contestant each will team up with each other to create dual classes cards! Each class will receive 8 dual class cards, 4 each from another pairing including a Legendary spell called Signature Dish of each chef pairing.

The Dual Class pairing of this expansions are: Mage <=> Priest <=> Rogue <=> Paladin => Shaman => Warrior => Hunter <=> Death Knight <=> Warlock <=> Demon Hunter <=> Druid <=> Mage

Signature Dishes

As stated in the Dual class section, each class will get 2 Signature Dishes - Legendary dual class spells with big impact. They will NOT be able to generated by random generation that do not specifically list them on the card text. In exchange, these Signature Dishes will get their own support

Gordon Trampsay's Responses:

New Keywords - Ingredient and Recipe:

Now onto the meat (pun very much intended) of this competition. The two new keywords Recipe and Ingredient. Recipe are food spell cards that have middling effect at base but they will gain bonus each time you play a card with the listed keyword Ingredient this game. Ingredient as a keyword do not do anything on their own but it will upgrade your Recipe cards. There will be cards in the set to generate and draw your Recipe and Ingredients.

Returning Keywords: Manathirst

With all the food laying around, the audience attending and watching the cooking show must be hungry. Manathirst make a return to reflect that flavor of eating and drinking all the delicious food shown.

Card Cycle: Diners

With the food and eating themes, each class will receive 2 Diners, one from each Dual class pairing. Diners are Epic dual class minion with effect that activate after you play a Recipe and Ingredient, as well as a Manathirst effect.

Card Cycle: Recipe Books

Of course, being a cooking competition, our chef contestants cannot go  without their trusty recipe books. Certain classes in the expansion will receive a Recipe Books, 0/3 weapons that go well with one or both of their Signature Dishes.

Dual Class cards themes:

Inspirations:

All the Signature Dishes, Ingredients and Recipes cards all are based on Warcraft Food items, with specific Recipes and the crafting ingredients required.

Dual Class Cards:

Druid / Mage:

Mage / Priest:

Priest / Rogue:

Rogue / Paladin:

Paladin / Shaman

Shaman / Warrior

Warrior / Hunter

Hunter / Death Knight:

Death Knight / Warlock

Warlock / Demon Hunter:

Demon Hunter / Druid:

Non Dual Class Class cards:

Death Knight:

Demon Hunter:

Druid:

Hunter

Mage:

Paladin:

Priest:

Rogue:

Shaman:

Warlock:

Warrior:

Neutral Cards:

Commons:

Rare:

Epic:

Legendary:

FAQ:

• What is "original cost"?
  • "Original cost" in this case prefer to the card original mana cost, before any discount apply

Just watch 20 minutes of Hearthstone, Warcraft and Rumble streams on Twitch consecutively.

I may have quit playing the game earlier this year, but I still want to hear about your amazing pack openings! Share what you got, what you're hunting for, etc.

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At present, I am done playing Marvel Snap again (again). I've transitioned over to Pokemon TCG Pocket - while this game has packs that muddy your ability to chase things, it still feels less predatory than Snap does if you want to make specific decks. The ability to craft a particular card always helps. Snap remained fun, but it's just too expensive.

Beyond that, I'm probably gonna start Dragon Age: The Veilguard sometime today. Haven't decided on a class yet - Warrior has a fun looking dropkick attack and can become a Reaper, a necromantic combatant different than the normal Paladin/Barbarian/Fighter experience one usually gets offered in RPGs. Mage is always a fun one, too, and Rogue might be as well; too many appealing choices! I haven't forgotten about Black Myth: Wukong, but maybe if I step away and focus on something else, I can return to the monkey with a healthier/happier mindset.

Regarding November at large, I'm not sure if anything major comes out this month that I want. December is Marvel Rivals, Indiana Jones, The Spirit of the Samurai, etc.; but this month is weirdly dry for my interests. I'm okay with that, honestly: the amount of money I can devote to video games shrinks with each passing day it seems :/

Title says it all:  post a screenshot of your best card packs, so we can gaze upon your luckiness and despair! I'll start with this ridiculous Pikachu pack I opened a few minutes ago :D

It's a "Rare Pack", with the .05% chance of occurrence. Even then, having five EX Pokemon inside was still a craaaazzy hit!

Xbox Wire Article

Xbox Wire Article

Xbox Wire Article

Xbox Wire Article

What are your thoughts on this topic ? Do you think they will add Nelf, Human, Orc, Dwarf etc. in future ?

To be fair, I dislike the idea. I always thought that WoW playable races shouldn't be added as tribe because it was always like minions with tags on board are minions, thralls that we are commanding or battlepets like Hunter/Warlock Companions from WoW etc. and tribeless cards are people from the party so everything had more meaning, even limited-to-seven board. Also tribe tag is limiting those races mechanically like how murlocs, beasts etc. are themed around some mechanics but these controllable races can be anything, a mage, a warrior, a priest etc. So mechanically it just looks wrong and limiting the art styles and the game's mechanic imo.

It would be better if Hearthstone could have tribes like how MTG has from beginning but they chose to go with tribeless path so there needed to be some cards which has no tribes and i always think that those tribeless cards will be playable classes of Warcraft. Now it has been broken with the release of draenei.

Also, tribes in hearthstone had some themes/mechanics added to them. I read it like Draenei will have the theme that each draenei will give a bonus for next draenei but looking at all cards there are a lot of draenei with random effects, Also there is this fact that there are dozens of older draenei which could never fit this theme like these guys here and so much more;



Also there is this fact that they gave Draenei tribe tag to Broken/Lost One which we can see on Exarch Akama and Demon tag to Man'ari Eredar from beginning. This is just sad and breaking the point that HS would be wider with addition of them but without those, it just feels wrong.

What will they do with those old cards, will they give Draenei tag to them too ? If they won't, it would be inconsistent with what they did with Undead, Naga etc. before in my opinion. If they will, it will be mechanically absurd.

So my point is, they shouldn't add a playable race as a tribe tag because they can be any class so they can't be or shouldn't be limited with a tribe tag and its mechanic/theme. they created cards and can/will create cards with those arts in future and it will break consistency even more, it still breaks it with adding the tribe to older cards.

If they had to add a tribe, it might be Ethereal for this expansion. It is more thematic tribe that you can bind them to a single mechanic but in my opinion you shouldn't bind a tribe like draenei to a mechanic. It looks so shallow and plain when you do that.

Now what awaits us ? Orcs with Frenzy ? Dwarves with Taunts ? Humans with Inspire ? Nelves with choose one ?

Don't get me wrong, it is always cool to have some content like this but it is not MTG which creatures has Human tribe with Soldier so you can do mechanically everything with those like a Human Werewolf or an Orc Warrior but this is HS and we all know how tribes are there mechanically.

In final thoughts, if they started to add these races as tribes, we won't have any tribeless cards in future so that's a problem on my point of view. There was a reason before as they don't add tribes for cards, like tutoring them for example. If they continue to add other races, that means we won't have any tribeless cards in future which is a problem in a game designed with addition of tribeless cards. I was skeptical when they added undead before but it was ok because they weren't a playable class so you can theme them around necromancy stuff but it started with Draenei now.

Why I am saying this ? Because now i will be pissed off if they won't add other races as tribe tag as Nelf, Human, Orc, Tauren etc. with Draenei addition they have no excuses anymore to add the others too. There was this excuse before which i explained above with mechanics, theme etc. Now it is gone with Draenei. it is a bad move and choice for game design of Hearthstone.

TL;DR I'm sad that draenei is used for Tribe, It should have been Ethereals.

A new Legendary Neutral Minion, The Exodar, has been revealed!

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A new Epic Neutral Minion, Splitting Spacerock, has been revealed!

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