Canadian Videogame Awards: 2013 Nominations Announced
The hardest part of dealing with the summer is the heat. Not only is it tough on your character, but it can also cause random fires to break out. While this can be handy if you're short on charcoal, those fires can also start at your camp and destroy everythi
If you use a Mini Sign and a Feather Pencil, you can mark the Mini sign with any item from the game. Once you start gathering large numbers of items, it's important to keep track of them and keep your camp organized. Use Mini Signs to label your chests so that it's easy for you to remember what's in t
Don't Starve has been a favorite for many fans of the survival genre for quite a few years now. Releasing in April 2013, Don't Starve 's awesome art style and unforgiving mechanics made it an unforgettable entry into a genre that's littered with unremarkable carbon copies and games that simply never, ever get finish
Anybody who's made it past the first couple days of Don't Starve knows to grab flint , and a lot of it. But in Hamlet, flint doesn't seem to be as readily available. Don't worry, it's not rare, just hidden. There will be quite a few rocks that you can flip scattered around the new game-world, and underneath can be any number of things — one of the most useful being fl
The 2013 finalists for the Canadian Videogame Awards span seventeen categories and include 29 games, narrowed down from 75 nominated titles. To qualify titles, at least in part, must be developed in Canada. Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag leads the pack this year with an impressive 12 nominations. Last year's show saw Far Cry 3 take him the most awards , including Game of The Y
One way to keep your base really organized and running smoothly is to split it into different sections. This can help you to make sure that everything is in the place where it will be most useful to you and you won't be running all over camp, wasting precious t
A quick stroll north, carefully circumventing the robots patrolling an area I don't have weapons strong enough to survive venturing into yet, and I find the skeletal corpse of an adventurer who died with his boomerang, which is not only a very helpful item but also frees up the resources I'd already gathered for other things. I've never gotten to use a boomerang before, though, so the first thing to do is find something to chuck it at. Tossing it at a crow nets a black feather, useful in a crafting recipe for... something. I'll look it up when I get back to camp. Unfortunately it also comes back and smacks me in the face, knocking my health down to just above nothing. That didn't go well but practice makes perfect, and it seems like a nicely powerful weapon so obviously the smart thing to do is use it again as quickly as possible. Turns out practice makes dead, and I'm all out of sacrificial altars for revival. The unforgiving lands of Don't Starve have killed me again, but next time will go better. Probably.
The 2014 show will include 2013 and 2014 made games to be awarded separately, based on the nomination year, in one ceremony. Information on 2014 nominations will be released in June while the votes for the 2013 winners must be submitted by April 21st. The award ceremony takes place November 21, 2014 at the Carlu in the heart of downtown Toro
The work of survival can be a bit grinding at times, but there's a satisfaction to be had from making a plan and seeing it through. Today I have food but want to build something, so it's off to harvest logs and craft them into boards. Trees are cheap, plentiful, and easily renewable, but tomorrow I want gold and finding veined rocks isn't so simple. Loading up on roasted carrots and berries and taking the trusty pickaxe out for a stroll into the stony wastes solves this problem, but there's frequently other things to find there as well, such as a jagged pile of rocks that signifies a cave entrance. That's an adventure for another day, though, because the gold I'm bringing home will make an alchemy engine, which in turn allows the creation of much better gear that increases the odds of crawling out of the cave alive. The cycle of work/reward turns at a pleasant pace, making the results of all that effort feel like something earned.
The Thermal Stone is a survival item that can be put by the fire and will heat up. When it's in your character's inventory, it'll keep you warm for a period of time and you'll be safe to head out to collect resources or go hunting. Don't toss it out after winter ends! During the summer, it can be put in an icebox or near an Endothermic Fire to cool d
If you find the perfect place to build your base, then having a road nearby isn't exactly necessary. This is just a tip that many people find helpful when they're trying to decide where they want to settle down because of the speed boost that characters get when they're traveling on the r
The nominations are in and the finalists have been officially selected for the 2013 Canadian Videogame Awards. This year, Nintendo Switch money guide the fifth for the relatively young award ceremony, is quite a bit different. Reboot Communications and EP Media are moving the show this year from Vancouver FanExpo, where it's traditionally been held, to Toronto but recently delayed the production to the fall where the 2013 awards will be announced alongside (but separately from) the 2014 awards as w