Castle Crashing "The Beard" Guide

I finally managed to conquer those Castle Crashing "The Beard" badges- so here's my video of how to do it.



The Strategy:
1: As the level starts, stand on the middle left platform dodging his attacks. After the second attack, head to the platform to the left, and continue to hit him until he does hit "lazer eyes" attack. If you need to move around to prevent getting hit, do so. After he does the first lazer attack, get into a position so that he can't hit you with the second attack, and strike him as many times as you can.
2: Repeat this strategy, but on the right side of the map.
3: Repeat steps 1 & 2 until he turns into a skull.
4: When he's a skull, head toward the left-most platform. Wait for him to head towards you, and once he gets within your attacking range, attack him as much as you can. When he drifts away to do his fireball attack, head to the rightmost platform.
5: Do the same thing as step 4, only on the right side of the map.
6: Repeat steps 4 & 5 until you defeat him.

As you can see, I took about 3 minutes to defeat him- which is good considering that you need to do it in under 4 minutes for the hard badge. If you are able to combo-up your attacks just right, you may be about to do it in under 2 minutes.

Epic Week! (Buried Treasure Week 2)

Greg announced on the forums that this week, starting tomorrow, will be "Epic Week!". He calls it the new Buried Treasure week although it isn't official, and there won't be special challenges or even a banner. BUT there will be badges every single day this week! That's right, starting tomorrow with Toss the Turtle, a new game will be given badges every single day. Since there's so many events going on right now, I really won't make a section on the side for this, but just keep it in mind.

Mombasa Month: ODST Orbital Challenge

"Oorah!"

Microsoft has yet again, sponsored Kongregate- only this time it's different. The entire MONTH will have 4 tickets, being called "Mombasa Month" (1 per week). Each ticket gives you a chance to win one of five "Halo 3: ODST" game copies for that week, along with an entry for the grand prize- An Xbox 360 Elite and a Mitsubishi - 60" HDTV! So altogether, there's 20 prizes to be given out, and 1 humongous grand prize. Going through the acronym ODST (Orbital Drop Shock Trooper), each week's ticket will be named accordingly. (Check Rules and Eligibility)

This week's ticket challenge is in the infamous Storm the House 3. To get the ticket from the "Oribital Challenge", you just have to survive for 60 seconds, on normal difficulty in Capture the Flag. The simplest way to do this, is to spend all of your money on shooters, and do nothing. You'll survive far more than the designated time with this simple method.

Jeez, is it me, or are there more ticket's lately than the Duggars? Regardless- I'll post whatever knowledge I can pass to you young grasshoppers when next week's ticket is out. But for now, Adieu.

Civiballs 2 Walkthrough

Tasselfoot constructed a well-made guide on the game Civiballs 2. Since there's three separate videos for it, It'll be too space consuming to post all three, so here's the links.

Rome Levels (1 - 10)
Viking Levels (1-10)
Inca Levels (1-10) and Final Level

The 9 Challenge Walkthrough and 9 Secret Words REVEALED!

"I thought 9 was eaten by 7?!"

You apocalyptic-world lovers are in for a special treat with the latest double-challenge present by Kongregate. The first part of the challenge is called "The 9 Challenge", which earns you the nifty little ticket shown on the left. The ticket enters you in the sweepstakes- so go to the Rules and Eligibility page to make sure you're able to enter, and to check out the prizes. To complete this challenge, you just have to make it to the genator in the game "Little Wheel"- a simple point n' click adventure-puzzle game. If you would like a walkthrough for the game, ahkong.net has create a very easy to use one- it should only take you 3 minutes to complete the game.

The second part of the challenge is called "The 9 Secret Words Challenge". This challenge will earn you 54 points for finding all 5 words hidden across the profiles provided in the challenge info page. If you are are a bit stuck on finding the words, carefully examine the profiles- that's my only hint. Most users are enjoying finding out the words on their own- but if you're a sore-loser who wants the answers handed to them, here you go:

Despite is saying you need to "Right-Click"- you just click it normally.



Well, I hope I help you guys out a bit with these two challenges- They earn you a nice sum of points in the end. Happy gaming!

Hokage4354

Review for Canabalt

http://www.kongregate.com/games/AdamAtomic/canabalt

I have done a review for the game Canabalt by AdamAtomic. I'm going to break down the good and the bad of this game. So here we are with my review of Canabalt.

Gameplay: 4.5/5 This is the kind of game where you can spend 2 or 3 hours playing it and not get bored. The game is random every time, so you'll never know what to expect. The concept of the game is very simple, but this is not at all a bad thing. The only thing you have to do in this game is jump and try to avoid objects laying about. As you go longer not hitting the objects, you gain speed. Gaining too much speed is a bad thing, though. One of the only things I didn't like about this game is that windows spawn below you quite often, so it is impossible to break through them. I also didn't like the controls. To jump you have to press X or C. Those are the weirdest choices for buttons ever. Alternatively, you can use the spacebar, but obviously X and C were meant to be used.

Graphics: 4/5 The artwork in this game is very simple, yet very appealing. I never thought I would enjoy seeing so many colorless pixels. I like how the color scheme of greys and blacks sort of describes the mood of the game.

Difficulty: 3/5 I don't really know what to say about the difficulty, because it's really a luck-based game. You never know when there will be a window that's too low, and you never know when you should slow down or not.

Sounds: 5/5 The sounds in this game are fantastic. You can hear everything from the breaking of glass, destructions of buildings, and even simply birds flying away. There's too many different types of sounds to name them all. Good music helps out a bit also.

Replayability: 5/5 You never know what will happen next when you play this game. Windows and giant bombs spawn randomly everywhere when you don't expect them. This is a really good game for playing over and over again and still have lots of fun with it.

Overall: 4.5/5 Canabalt is an all-round great game. There's just something missing to it, though I don't know what. This game isn't good enough for a 5/5, but it's definately better than 4/5. If you havn't played this game yet, I highly reccomend that you do so.

3 Writers Removed. Slots opening Up!

KCG had to remove 3 writers today. While the reasons are private, and should not be publicly discussed, the writers are Sabercow, Juze, and quake. They were great assets to the team, but for various reasons, they're time on the team is over. You are always welcome to send them a "You were a great KCG writer, and will be missed." whisper, or something along those lines.

For the 'good' news, there are currently 2 positions available to create guides. Scroll down to the Job Openings! section of the page for more details.

All the best,
Hokage4354

Vox Populi, Vox Dei Video Review

This is a video review about Vox Populi, Vox Dei (a werewolf thriller). Get a walkthrough about it here.

I talk about what I think about Vox Populi's graphics, sound, difficulty, controls and gameplay, and I also added an additional song to the end with scenes of the game. Enjoy!