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Week in Arcade: Toy Soldiers
A single release to kick off the XBLA Block Party promotion… and it’s a good one. Toy Soldiers A tower defense game with a wonderful 1930s flair, the quirk here is you can drop onto the battlefield and actually control your units, instead of sitting back helplessly watching them fire at the wrong enemy. It takes a [...]
Continue reading...Week in Arcade: Darwinia+
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Another solo release week, a pattern so in 2010 with only exception. Darwinia+ A popular indie PC game for sometime, it is not hard to see why. This is a uniquely beautiful title, an odd mixture of dual analog shooter and RTS. The goal is to destroy a virus, pick up the “souls,” turn them into Darwinians, [...]
Continue reading...Week in Arcade: KrissX
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
A single release this week, something you can relax with after frantic shooters. KrissX Not much press on this one prior to release, but this Konami-published word scrambler is inviting and fun. Set up like a crossword but played as a letter flipper, this unique idea is absorbingly addictive and quick on the achievement trigger. What starts off [...]
Continue reading...Week in Arcade: 0 Day, Polar Panic
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
A double header a few days before Christmas, although with these prices, these aren’t exactly great gifts. (Note: Oddly, 0 Day has no artwork) 0 Day: Attack on Earth Many will be drawn to the four-player aspect of 0 Day, a Square-Enix dual-analog shooter. That’s fine, but at its core, 0 Day is a mess. Chaos reigns [...]
Continue reading...Week in Arcade: Qix++
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Another single game release week, this time an update of an arcade classic. Qix++ Qix never achieved the greatness of a Pac-Man or Asteroids, but exists in relatively the same vein. This is an absurdly simple concept, easy to play, and wholly unique. In the case of Qix, it remains original to this day. No one tried [...]
Continue reading...Week in Arcade: Warriors, Zombies, and Ions
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
A three-fer of general success this week, with a variety of genres at work. The Warriors: Street Brawl After the full retail release a few years ago of a title based on The Warriors movie, it is a surprise to see this dumped onto the Live Arcade, but it makes sense. This is a pure throwback, with [...]
Continue reading...Summer of Arcade 2 Disappoints
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
*sigh* Charging $15 for a downloadable Arcade game should not be the norm, and sadly, that’s the case with four out of the five releases for the upcoming second (now apparently annual) Summer of Arcade starting July 22nd. The games are probably great, including Turtles in Time Re-shelled, Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Shadow Complex, Trine, and [...]
Continue reading...R-Type Dimensions Revitalizes R-Type on Live Arcade
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Woo hoo! It’s awesome to see a new R-Type in general. That’s great. However, to see it remade with what looks like a new workable camera angle, revitalized graphics, and (finally) co-op play, this thing is golden. Shame they didn’t do more to the music though. R-Type Dimensions offers two games, including the original R-Type and [...]
Continue reading...Don’t Get Worms
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Team17 has released some devastating news for Worms fans. The upcoming Wii edition of the wonderfully funny, quirky, and addictive strategy game won’t have online play. This is a tragedy, as the franchise finally has the chance to branch out to a wide audience on a console popular with the casuals and mainstream. Those that can’t [...]
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