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Battleblock Theater XBLA Blueprint to a Perfect Platformer

It takes a lot to make me dabble in XBLA or PSN arcade. I hate the concept of paying for something, but not getting a tangible product to own. Because of that, I dont use a lot of the on demand services for games on the xbox, playstation, or even steam really. However, I will occasionally cave when I see a number of people playing or commenting on a hit title. Sometimes this leads me to games like love, like Braid. After downloading the games trial and playing it through like 4 or 5 times, and having a extra 1600 points collecting dust on my live account, I decided to hell with it and unlocked the full version of....   BATTLEBLOCK THEATER:  (XBLA) The story of Battleblock Theater begins with the player character of your creation joining a group of friends on a "friend-ship" owned by best friend to all, Hatty Hattington. Hatty and friends sail off to find adventure on the open seas and to have a good time singing, dancing, and enjoying each others company. But a horrible (and ...

Bastion XBLA The indy game that could

As I recover from my new years hangover as Im sure all of you are as well, Ive decided to take a small break from the glamorous lifestyle of playing games by myself, and have enlisted the help of some contrasting personality and opinion for this next review. Lady Blue , The floor is yours... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello! Big Sister here sitting in for our Ragemaster at the moment, to talk to you for a bit about Bastion - the little indy game that could. BASTION: (XBLA, STEAM) There were two things that attracted me to this game: the art style, and the fact that in the demo you could smash the fuck out of every single object in sight. I can say that the game delivered consistently on both of those points so if thats all it takes to drive you then its worth a play through at least. But Im getting ahead of myself... Bastion is a pretty simple, straightforward platformer. You play a...