Posts Tagged ‘video game’

Dark (Xbox Live Indie Game) Impressions

I’ve had a lot of people asking me about Dark last week. So, Saturday I sat down to check it out. I came away from playing through Dark very impressed with it.Dark is a platformer where you control a small diamond shaped character who is completely black except for his eyes. The whole game only […]

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Arkedo Series – 02 SWAP! Impressions

When I saw that Arkedo has released another Xbox Live Indie Game I was pretty excited because their first game, JUMP!, is a lot of fun. Their second game is titled Arkedo Series – 02 SWAP! Where JUMP! was a take on the classic platformer SWAP! is a version of the classic connect 4 style […]

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Xbox 360 Twitter, Facebook, and Last.fm Preview Program

I got into the current round of the Xbox 360 Preview Program and last night my Xbox 360 got the update that adds Twitter, Last.fm, and Facebook support – among other things. All three of these new additions sound really cool when you hear about them but after trying them out I’m a little underwhelmed. […]

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Halo 3: ODST Firefight Review

Having completed Halo 3: ODST three times and have all of the related achievements I’ve moved on to playing a lot more Firefight.  I’ll tell you right up front I’ve really been enjoying Firefight but I do have some issues with it.  Firefight mode is similar to Horde in Gears of War 2 in that […]

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Wii Fit Plus Review

Both my wife and I have been using Wii Fit for over a year now so when Wii Fit Plus released this week for $20 I decided to pick up a copy.  Monday afternoon I unwrapped it and through it in our Wii and our son proceed to play all the new games for about […]

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Arkedo Series – 01 JUMP! Impressions

I’m generally not a fan of (and not very good at) platformers, but when I saw the sweet 8-bit retro graphics in Arkedo Series – JUMP! I knew I has to check it out. The graphics are really sweet and blocky with great use of color and contrast. The goal of each level is to […]

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Tiger Woods PGA TOUR Online Beta Impressions

I recently had a chance to play around in the Tiger Woods PGA TOUR Online Beta. I’m not a big golf fan but I have played a few of the Tiger Woods games in the past on the Xbox 360 and they tend to be well done.  I decided to give the beat a shot […]

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Red Faction Guerrilla Smasher Pack Impressions

I picked up the Red Faction Guerrilla Smasher Pack DLC yesterday which includes 8 new maps and a new game mode, Behemoth, for Wrecking Crew. I’ll admit right up front that I do have one complaint about the Smasher Pack.  It does not add support for playing Wrecking Crew over Xbox Live. I don’t want […]

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Halo 3: ODST Campaign Review

I’ve been playing Halo 3: ODST for almost a week now and thoroughly enjoying it.  I have not even touched the second disc that comes with it which is Halo 3 multiplayer with all 24 DLC multiplayer maps included.  I’ve played a lot of Firefight as well as the Campaign, but I’m going to wait […]

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Top $1 Xbox Live Indie Games

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 […]

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