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Comment on The XBLIG Companion App Lets You Browse Indies On the Go by Bill Blake

Bill Blake — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:28:00 +0000

Very nice! I don’t have a Windows phone (or iOS or Android) but do typically download/purchase XBLIGs from the marketplace site — very convenient. Gotta do *something* at work, you know. ;)

Comment on Snapshot preview: Can your camera do this? by Snapshot Coming to Steam Shortly, PS3 This Summer

Snapshot Coming to Steam Shortly, PS3 This Summer — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:48:01 +0000

[...] from the environment with its camera and store them for use in other areas. You can check out our full impressions from last year’s PAX [...]

Comment on How to Market Your Game XBLIG Style Part 3: Writing a Press Release by Alexandre Avenard

Alexandre Avenard — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:04:00 +0000

Nice article and full of useful tips, will spread around

Comment on Warp Review: E.T. Warp Home by Tim Hurley

Tim Hurley — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:13:00 +0000

Of all the House Party games, Warp is the one I expected to like the least. It’s a superficial judgement, but I imagined it getting frustrating. That seemed warranted, as I kept hearing about how great it was to start, then dropping off in fun the farther you got. Nice to see you enjoyed it. I’ll have to give it a chance at some point.

Oh, and for the record, I’d choose the second, crimson plushy. I’m weird like that.

Comment on RIP Game Type Girl: Latest Dashboard Update Makes it Much Easier to Find Indies by Brittany Holmes

Brittany Holmes — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:31:00 +0000

They obviously put the best selling game in that category as the image for each category (Castle crashers for XBLA, Halo for XBGOD)

Comment on RIP Game Type Girl: Latest Dashboard Update Makes it Much Easier to Find Indies by Alan

Alan — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:15:00 +0000

Thanks. The info would be welcome.

Yes, I always defend FortressCraft as being very much unlike Minecraft. Aside from having a block-based world, they don’t have much in common.

Comment on Crosse Studio Asks Fans to Vote for College Lacrosse 2012 Cover Art by Bill Blake

Bill Blake — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:39:00 +0000

Weren’t these guys involved in a bit of a ratings scandal last year? Nice to see they’re using their Facebook army for better purposes now. ;)

Comment on RIP Game Type Girl: Latest Dashboard Update Makes it Much Easier to Find Indies by Bill Blake

Bill Blake — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:29:00 +0000

I haven’t played it much recently, but CastleMiner Z was all I could think about for a week when I first got it. I even bought two copies so we could play co-op at home. I still haven’t played the _real_ Minecraft so I can’t make any comparison, but am looking forward to its eventual release on Xbox.

It’s funny that Minecraft already has 175K+ ratings, more than Mass Effect 1, 2, or 3, on the Marketplace and it’s not even out yet.

Comment on RIP Game Type Girl: Latest Dashboard Update Makes it Much Easier to Find Indies by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 16:22:00 +0000

I was speaking to someone on the XBLA team about the LIVE update on Friday afternoon, but I’ll ask again on Monday about why the update hasn’t been pushed to other countries just yet, and when/if they can expect it.

Initially I thought they were all Minecraft rip-offs too, but the more you delve into them the more you see that they are in fact very different. The only thing FortressCraft has that is strikingly similar to MineCraft are the use of voxels, really. One year ago it was a very different story, but now they’ve both gone down separate paths. Same with CastleMiner Z – that one is geared around more of a FPS experience here you’re gunning down zombies and such.

Comment on RIP Game Type Girl: Latest Dashboard Update Makes it Much Easier to Find Indies by Alan

Alan — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 16:17:00 +0000

Agreed. Trying to represent the very broad spectrum of genres available on XBLIG with a picture of one quite narrow genre seems foolish. Having said that, I can see the logic. Not only does it represent the most popular games on the channel, it’s also arguably the genre most likely to pull in new customers. There’s currently nowhere else for console owners to play something that approximates Minecraft. Maybe the cover image is the best bet for snagging people who are looking for that.

I don’t understand why the rest of the world doesn’t have this update though. Surely it can’t be much extra effort to implement the update in, say, Canada or the UK after having done so in the US. I already found it puzzling that the likes of Australia and Ireland were excluded from access to XBLIG, but now I’m downright baffled by the inconsistent update.