Apr
15

XBLIG Update: The Twofer Edition

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It’s like an April drought on the XBLIG, we’ve only had two new games release since our last update. Fortunately, they both look to be made of pretty good stuffs. Descriptions of the games below are those of the developers, our commentary will be in bold.

Pinky vs Blocks
A game that mixes platforms, cleverness and a retro style. Guide Pinky along more than a fifty different levels where he will need to use his skills and mental controlling on the blocks falling down on him in order to scape the prison of blocks where he’s at. If you think of yourself as a master of blocks games, platform games and puzzles, you have to give Pinky vs Blocks a try!

Developer: Victor Arnelas

Price: 80 Microsoft Points

Neat little block dropping puzzle game mashed up with a bit of a platformer. It’s a pretty cool idea, but the controls are very difficult to get your head around since you basically have to play tetris with one hand and a platformer with the other.

3D Infinity
Amazing 3D shooting game! Feel the hot ride of the spinning action! How far can you catch up this intense camera work and the speed that keeps accelerating? You can experience the overwhelming pop-up 3D images by putting red-blue glasses on or playing on 3D television. Otherwise, you can still enjoy it in 2D version.

Developer: SmileBoom

Price: 400 Microsoft Points

Nice little 3D shmup. It controls a lot like the space levels from Ratchet & Clank Future: TOD. The path is predetermined, it’s just your job to dodge obstacles and fire on enemies. It definitely has the visual polish of a 400 MS Point game, so no complaints there.

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Steam Indie Update: Beat Hazard

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Anyone else remember that game, you know the one where you popped your CD’s (those are what mommies and daddies listened to music on) into the drive and a monster was created by it? Cold Beam Games‘ Beat Hazard takes a a similar approach, allowing the player to bring his or her own music library to the table and use it to effect the flow of the game. The game is on sale for $7.99 with a sticker price of $9.99 on Valve’s Steam platform, it’s worth noting that its XBLIG version sells for $5.

ABOUT THE GAME

Welcome to a new experience in gameplay mechanics: Beat Hazard

Gameplay Powered by YOUR Music!

Experience your music collection like never before with this intense music driven arcade shooter. Each of your songs will have its own unique ebb and flow based on the music.

Power up your spaceship and watch as the music boosts your firepower. Unleash hell on the enemy ships when you max out with weapon pickups!

Beat Hazard seamlessly mixes the love of gaming and music. Together they become greater than the sum of their parts.

  • Unique music driven gameplay
  • Gameplay possibilities as vast as your music collection
  • Can you last a whole album in Survival Mode?
  • 25 Steam achievements
  • Compete against friends on Steam leader boards
  • Get real time updates via the in game News System
  • Take on huge boss ships
  • Power up and unleash the deadly Beat Hazard weapon
  • Rank up to an Elite rated pilot and beyond
  • Includes a kicking rock album to get you started

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Hands, Paws, and Claws on the Apple iPad

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We’ve all seen the pro reviews of Apple’s latest handheld tablet, but those guys are hardly representative of the general populous. Fortunately for Tea Party Supporters everywhere they’re finally being heard and represented by a group of intellectual equals in a recent crop of ameture reviews. You’re right, that really wasn’t fair and I’m sorry Iggy. In any event, I really do find it fascinating to watch the behavior of these three unusual users. It’s obvious that the two year old edges out the Corgi, but I’m not so sure about the Nobu Nobi Boy playing cat. All kidding and political prodding aside, I think these videos really demonstrate how exceptionally well designed the user interface experience of the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch really is.

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