With almost 200 games available on Xbox Live’s Indie Game for $1 it can be hard to find ones that are worth playing.  The new rating system helps but there are still a lot of games there with 4 stars and higher.  So, I put together a guide to six of the best Xbox Live […]

Fishing Girl released on Xbox Live’s Indie Games section last night, and I knew when I saw the screenshots I’d have to check it out. The game’s description is deceptively simple: “A game a about a girl, a boy, and an ocean full of fish. Fishing Girl is an arcade fishing game with over 10 […]

They guys from Evil Avatar’s Shotgun podcast invited me to join them for this week’s episode.  We discussed Arcade and Indie games as well as XBLAratings.com. We also announced a contest to give away eleven Xbox Live Indie Games.  Check out the podcast here and find out how you can win a free game.  Plus, […]

I was browsing the new Xbox Live Indie Games yesterday and noticed a Wacky Karts. From the screenshots I could tell right away it is a clone of the SNES era Mario Karts. Since arcade and kart racing games are the only ones I ever can play successfully I was pretty pumped.  So, I downloaded […]

I’ve been playing and absolutely loving Red Faction: Guerrilla this week. I also started playing some Guitar Hero: Metallica but I’m only about 1/3 of the way through the guitar career. Hopefully you’ll be seeing a review (or rant) about it next week. Today though I was checking out Droplitz and Scallywags. Droplitz was pretty […]

Today was my catch up day for all the interesting looking Xbox Live Arcade and Community Games that I’ve been downloading for the last two weeks. So far I’ve checked out Gel, Yosumin Live, Blazing Birds, SQONG, Pellmell, and Hexy Trench. I’ve started posting ratings for them on XBLA & XNA Ratings and I’ll be […]

When XNA games were announced originally it was marketed as the “Youtube of games” because anyone can make a game and post it on Xbox Live Community Games. Much like Youtube there is a lot of stuff that you’re probably not interested in up there but mixed are a few great gems that are worth […]

I know I’ve been quiet around here lately, but I’ve been busy with XBLA & XNA Ratings as well as playing a little of a lot of games. This last week I’ve played Crystal Defenders, Peggle, Gears of War 2 (Horde mode is so addicting), Rock Band 2, Halo Wars, and Gold’s Gym on the […]

I got a chance today to try out the XNA Community Game NextWar: The Quest for Earth. It is a tower defense style game which I find highly addicting. It has a unique graphical style that I’m not sure I like yet, but the overall mechanics work great. If you’re into Tower Defense games I […]

Miner Dig Deep released on Xbox Live Community Games on February 4th 2009. You play as a miner whose sole responsibility is to excavate the local mine. The deeper you dig the more valuable the gems and ore you will find. For $2.50 (200 Microsoft Points) you would expect a quick little game, but Miner […]