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Week in Arcade: Perfect Dark
The next to last week in the XBLA Block Party brings an upgrade of a N64 FPS that is not Goldeneye, but the next best thing. Perfect Dark As an update, not a remake, of the N64 classic, this fixes almost everything that was wrong with the original… mainly the frame rate. Perfect Dark was a technological [...]
Continue reading...Week in Arcade: Scrap Metal
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
The Xbox Live Arcade Block Party continues with another winner. Scrap Metal The overhead or 3/4 view driving genre is loaded with classics, including R.C. Pro-Am and Rock ‘n Roll Racing. None of them give the satisfaction of driving, or the responsiveness of Scrap Metal. Turning, flipping through corners, and dodging other vehicles has never felt like [...]
Continue reading...Week in Arcade: Toy Soldiers
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
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: Lazy Raiders, Fret Nice, Greed Corp
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
The first triple decker of 2009 marks this weeks releases, and they’re not half bad. Lazy Raiders Quite a bit of fun, this simple maze/collectible title has the player using only the A button and the left analog. The idea is quite simple, to move an explorer (or your avatar) around a map by spinning it, as [...]
Continue reading...Week in Arcade: The Misadventures of PB Winterbottom
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Is Microsoft holding back with another single release week, or is the surge in high quality retail releases a cause for the limited selection recently? The Misadventures of PB Winterbottom A unique spin on the silent era films of the early 1900s, Winterbottom concerns use with, who else, PB Winterbottom. His quest is one of love… deep, [...]
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: Chime
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
The first ever charity game on XBLA and there is nothing else to challenge its dominance (except ‘Splosion Man which was lowered to $5 this week). Chime With music from popular artists such as Moby, Chime is a unique, inventive little puzzler. Players take Tetris-like pieces and place them anywhere on a grid. The goal is to [...]
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: Death by Cube and Vandal Hearts
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
A double decker this week, the first time two games were released in the same week in 2010. Trivia buffs take note, even though that question would likely never come up anywhere. Death by Cube It is sort of hard to imagine the base for this idea. The player controls a lifeless robot who floats around a [...]
Continue reading...Week in Arcade: Serious Sam HD – The First Encounter
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Another week, another lone, solitary release. This time, 1200 point remake of a PC classic FPS. Serious Sam HD – The First Encounter Serious Sam returns in this remake of the original, a game that took shooters forward in terms of their insanity levels. Sam crams countless, utterly absurd enemies on-screen at any given time, tough for [...]
Continue reading...Week in Arcade: Matt Hazard – Blood, Bath, and Beyond
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
A solo effort this week, marking the first release to the Arcade in 2010. Matt Hazard – Blood, Bath, and Beyond The problem with the retail Matt Hazard title was its satire. While funny, you were playing the exact game it was trying parody. The same goes for this XBLA spin-off, a $15 retro-inspired 2-D platform shooter. [...]
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 [...]
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