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Braid: A Puzzle Platformer

Posted on August 5, 2008 - Filed Under Industry News, Platformer, Puzzles, Xbox Live Arcade | Leave a Comment

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If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting, keep it casual!Braid is a puzzle platformer coming to Xbox Live Arcade tomorrow August 6th. Players have to solve puzzles by manipulating time. Players solve the puzzles with the goal of rescuing a princess. They start at their [...]

Microsoft Targeting Casual Games Consumers

Posted on July 16, 2008 - Filed Under Industry News, Xbox 360, Xbox Live Arcade | 3 Comments

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The Microsoft Xbox 360 has been out for almost three years and they are just now starting to realize there are more consumers and game players than the “hard core” audience. Microsoft can look at the Nintendo Wii and see how viable the casual games market can be.
David Hufford, Microsoft’s director for Xbox product management, [...]

Play Buku Sudoku and Win an HDTV

Posted on May 27, 2008 - Filed Under Industry News, Xbox 360, Xbox Live Arcade, sudoku | Leave a Comment

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Merscom and Xbox360Achievements.org have teamed up to challenge gamers to complete all 200 achievement points for Buku Sudoku and win a Samsung LN40A550 40” HDTV. Five other players, the ones that don’t win the TV, will get Scene-It? Lights, Camera, Action for the Xbox 360 complete with the Big Button Wireless Controller for their efforts.
The [...]

Kung Fu Panda Available on Xbox Live

Posted on May 2, 2008 - Filed Under Action, Industry News, Xbox Live Arcade | Leave a Comment

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Players have the chance to test out their Kung Fu skills in Kunf Fu Panda from Activision. Kung Fu Panda is available as a demo on Xbox Live Marketplace. The Kung Fu Panda video game is based on the film of the same name.
Players play as Po Panda, the main character in the movie, in [...]

Mass Market Game Journalists Aren’t Our Target Audience

Posted on April 24, 2008 - Filed Under A Look Back, Casual Gaming, Editorial, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, Retro, Xbox Live Arcade | Leave a Comment

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Twelve years ago the game industry had a growth spurt: 3D graphics. Although the concept of 3D graphics existed prior to 1996, the Nintendo 64, PlayStation and Sega Saturn stepped up the production value of video games. Increasing the overall cost to develop a single video game was due to the new complexities of graphic [...]

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