This is My Land

By: Antilles AKA EF

Ugh. Mondays. Even after the crash they still feel the same. Luckily, being an engineer in New Eden means I will have my hands full to pass the day quickly. Especially this guy Oilspill. If I had 100 crystite everytime he landed a thumper correctly, well, I'd probably need to pick up a second job at the Tuna Shop in Copacabana.

Anyways. I roll into work in Copacabana around the usual time in the morning. It's nice to work somewhat close to home. Cerrado Plains is a nice quiet place to live, without being totally disconnected. Has a nasty bug problem though. Out of all the things in the world that had to exist after the crash, it had to be bugs. Damned things. For now I live on my own but I work hard, just like the rest of us left, to get humanity back on their feet after the Melding hit.

Resistance is Ridiculously Futile



Best FTL advice ever. Not joking.


Faster Than Light.

Just about sums up how fast I was thumped by FTL during my first play-through of this game. Holy smokes did I underestimate both how fun this game was and how tricky it could be. I initially resisted purchasing FTL on Steam, despite the addicting sales that drain our bank accounts during the holiday season. I'm not the greatest multi-tasker, but I do love space-based games even if they're not flight simulators. I blame Master of Orion for sparking my interest in space-based strategy games. However, while MoO oscillates between being a strategic and tactical strategy game, FTL squarely stands in the tactical realm. You can have an idea of where you want to go in each Sector map, but the ominous red wave of the Rebel Fleet might as well be the drum-beat of dread bubbling up from the depths of Khazad-dûm. It pushes you to get the hell out of dodge despite your desire to search every Beacon for things that will hopefully improve your pathetic odds against the end-game challenge. You can't predict what you will run into, what items you can pick up along the way, or how each choice you make will play out. All you can do is hold on for dear life and make the best out of each and every situation. And tucking your tail between your legs, however unpalatable, can be a viable strategy that is the difference between life, death, or a mortally wounded ship that shames you into starting over.

Without further ado, these are the voyages of the Starship Shamrock, piloted by the Captain Cuculainn.

'Smash 'N' Bash' A Scan Hammer Tournament

We have talked about it for too long...

That's right! We are finally doing it and our mind, body and spirits are ready... At least we think so. So here are the details:

Firefall: Scan Hammer PVP Tournament

1. Banned Abilities:

1. Engineer:
1. Turret
2. Recon:
1. Resonating Bullets
2. Cryoshot
3. Dreadnaught:
1. Turret Mode
4. Assault:
1. There are none to ban in Tier 1
5. Biotech:
1. There are none to ban in Tier 1
6. Secondary Weapons

1. Secondary Fire Modes
1. Only exception is Recon (scope) & Dreadnaught (shield) & Engi (Tesla repair

2. Tournament Style:

1. Single Elimination best 2 out of 3 rounds.

3. Why?

1. Because we are 8-Bit Tavern and host cool sh*t.

4. When?

1. February 23-24 March 16-17

5. Where?

1. On our stream channel: www.twitch.tv/8Bittavern

6. Who? (Shoutcasters)

1. Thesambasti
2. Neroh
3. Of course, Antilles and Cuculainn

7 Teams

4. 1:
5. 2:
6. 3:
7. 4:
8. 5:
9. 6:
10. 7:
11. 8:

What is Scan Hammer PVP? Well it's when you don't use any of your main or secondary weapons and use Scan Hammers and Abilities only. That's it. Just pure chaos on the Unthumpable Surface battlefield. 

There it is! Now, in between matches we would like to showcase some of the communities work. This includes YouTube videos, fan sites and any kind of fan art! We will be doing a first come, first served situation. The email that you will need to submit TEAMS and COMMUNITY WORK will be to Yoorsh's account.That e-mail is: 8bityoorsh@gmail.com.

If there are any questions please feel free to leave a comment or check the forum post here!

See you in New Eden

Antilles and Cuculainn

Beyond this Place of Wrath and Tears

I apologize in advance for this more serious post. I am likely preaching to the choir, but perhaps this will crystallize any thoughts and opinions you might have as well.

This topic has been brewing in my brain and my heart for about a month now. In fact, at the time of starting this post, it is January 14th, a full month after the tragedy at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT.  I've had some time to process this, as best as any human being can process what transpired that day. The raw feelings have given way to a bit more thoughtful, objective attitude. Being the news junkie that I am, I've poured over every news article, editorial, or general opinion posted to various news outlets. I promised myself I wouldn't grow bored or desensitized, but the news organizations seemed to do that for me. Reading material has waned and the age old battle between the NRA/gun-owners and gun-control advocates wages on. People are back to pointing fingers and offering extreme knee-jerk reactions as ideas, but anything of common-sense substance is far from materializing. I'm hopeful, but reading the news as often as I do drives one to be more than a bit skeptical and cynical.

Mr. Cuculainn goes to Fallen London

Beats dragons. Less fire but more poop.

Happy New Year! Time to dust off the keyboard and warm up the blog. Every once in a while, you stumble upon a game that takes you by surprise. An unlikely suspect in the barrage of virtual entertainment we are faced with every day. Well over a year ago I stumbled onto one such game, but as life got busy it fell by the wayside. I rediscovered the game out of a sheer whim and a desire to write about a game that is a bit different. Simple gameplay, but I'll be damned if it can't paint you a narrative that many other games simply cannot compete with. Failbetter Games has done something unique and it deserves a look if you want something different.

This is the story so far of Cuculainn in Fallen London.

A Firefall Holiday Poem

By Cuculainn

'Twas the night before Christmas, when throughout Copacabana,
Not a creature was stirring, not even an Aranha,
The thumpers were hung like the stockings of yore,
In hopes the Accord would fill them with ore.

A Journey in the World of Yesterfar

WTB this Swift Steed of 'Merica

Back in 2007, I bought my first computer that was somewhat worthy of the modern gaming scene. I was about to enter college and majoring in Graphic Design so this naturally caused me to buy a Macbook Pro. Being excited with my new purchase I wanted a game to play while I was at my friends houses and that had a lot of replay value. Two months ago, I would of wanted to go back in time to my young self and sack him, tell him it was a really bad idea because you are gonna hate it come the third expansion. Two months later, I would sack the one responsible for the soon-to-be sacking, and tell 2007 EF that all will be okay after the third expansion. There will be Pandas and they will save it!

It has been 2 whole years since I have even a remote thought on returning to the world of Azeroth. Then, on some random Thursday afternoon, my best friend texts me and asks, "Are you getting Mists of Pandaria?". My immediate response was a rational thought at the time. It was a long the lines of, "LOL F THAT". Little did I know that this text actually sparked my interest and caused me to look into Mists of Pandaria. Reading articles would lead to my discovery of live streams. This would lead me to wanting to live stream... andreturningbacktoWorldofWarcraft. There I said it... Wow I feel good! Like really good! Now that the burden is gone, let's write this article! Just remember, these are all my own opinions on this game. Also I am returning after a 2 year hiatus, so I'm learning some new-ish systems.