XBLA August roundup part 1: Castle Crashers
After a seemingly endless dry season (much like qft.net’s these past couple of months) with few notable titles released during its course, XBLA suddenly received an onslaught of fantastic titles, each a greater hit than the last. With the beautifully artistic Braid getting the ball rolling in the early days of the month, the eagerly awaited Bionic Commando: Rearmed leapt swung into action soon afterwards. Galaga Legions took its maiden flight another week after that, until finally Castle Crashers made its debut a further 7 days following that, to bring the August lineup to a climactic end.
This series of features will bring the entire month into a neat collection of reviews to give you all the lowdown on just what makes these titles really worth their weight in MS Points. In today’s instalment, I will be taking an epic crusade into the two dimensional world of the Castle Crashers, developed by the talented duo Tom Fulp and Dan Paladin of Newgrounds fame. Read more
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2 commentsAcute tNdonitis
Only two days ago, I happened to purchase N+ from off of XBLA marketplace in order to have something to play with my friends who were over for the afternoon. Since then, I’ve developed a painful muscle sprain in my lower right forearm which renders me incapable of pressing the A button on my Xbox controller - or most any other buttons that need me to do so with my thumb - without excruciating pain. That is the extent of how much I enjoyed this game; it was only painful physical injury that could tear me away from it. Read more
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1 commentA brief journey through time
Just yesterday, I was able to enjoy a little exercise in time travel, courtesy of the classic series of Unreal Tournament. I’ve known the series fondly since the first instalment way back in 1999. It was a game that kept me hooked for well over two years - and I only ever got to play it by myself since the internet connectivity I had access to left much to be desired back then. Now, just under a decade later, after seeing the series go through numerous facelifts throughout its lifetime, I decide to take a look and see just how far it’s come since then. Read more
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Just a little heads up regarding my new personal blog over at fragmagnet.net. I felt that I was holding back from writing on QFT at times because there were things on my mind that I couldn’t really write about as I made this blog specifically for non-personal issues with regards to gaming. In fact, I overstepped the line just a tad by going off topic with some past articles such as blurs on the station platform, and while it’s not exactly a crime I thought I might feel a bit less restricted if I had somewhere to put my more personal scribblings somewhere close to QFT, but still apart from it.
There I will probably be discussing about any personal projects I may have in the works, or just gab on about certain things I may have on my mind - but one thing I can promise is that it won’t be just another whingefest that nobody wants to read. I said it before and I’ll say it again: That stuff is for LiveJournal.
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