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Clear time in your schedule, not the town, as Volchaos erupts onto XBLIG today

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Dave Voyles in News, XBLIG News, XBLIG Reviews | Leave a comment

With three titles under his belt, Nathan Drake has had his time to shine with the successful Uncharted series on the Playstation 3. Now it’s time to make way for a new unnamed Indiana Jones-esque adventurer, who is looking to get into the spotlight himself, while keeping out of the lava.

Volchaos is the latest title in the growing catalogue of games from developer Fun Infused Games, the studio led by Kris Steele, whose name you may recognize from his role as co-coordinator of the Indie Games Summer Uprising. Fans of old school platformers will be happy to find that there are 42 levels that will require a hefty amount of temple raiding and plenty of dexterity to avoid the constant tide of lava. While there is no guarantee of fortune at the end of your journey, it’s all about the adventure, and not the end result, right?

You can pick up Volchaos today for 80 Microsoft Points ($1) on the XBLIG Marketplace.

Source: Fun Infused Games

Xbox Indie Review: Trivia or Die

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Mike Wall in Reviews, xblig | 1 Comment

questions

Trivia games are
a) fun because they give me a chance to showcase my untapped reservoirs of otherwise useless information.
b) a great way to get a controller into the hands of my non-gaming friends.
c) educational and fun (even if they make me feel dumb sometimes).
d) about as much fun as homework. Why can’t I call in air strikes or level up?

If you find yourself circling one of the first three responses, then it’s a pretty safe bet that you’re going to enjoy Trivia or Die. There’s no board to navigate or other gimmicky extraneous bells and whistles to kill time; this is a trivia buff’s trivia game, with random multiple-choice questions firing out at a snappy pace and bonus points awarded for answering within 3 seconds. If you want to hang out with some friends, answer questions and rack up points, this is the game for you. Read more

Xbox Indie Review: Hypership Out of Control

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Mike Wall in Reviews, xblig | 1 Comment

don't crash!

If I close my eyes while playing Hypership Out of Control, I can almost hear the din of electronic melodies emanating from the attract modes of nearby cabinets combined with the clapping of plastic as the kid next to me mashes on the colorful, round buttons. I open my eyes and am thankful that my TV doesn’t have unsightly brown cigarette burns scorched onto  it, and that I’m able to sit back (okay, lean forward in intense concentration) and enjoy an exhilarating game descended from arcade classics.

Hypership Out of Control has no misgivings about what it is; the name pretty much says it all. Some space rats have infested the ship’s braking system, chewed through some wires and the ship is zipping through the galaxy at an ever-increasing speed. It’s a simple concept, but it’s a reminder that once upon a time, you didn’t need 64-player online multiplayer or the ability to change the color of your character’s underwear to create a fun gaming experience.

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Xbox Indie Review: Nasty

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Taylor Bliss in Reviews, xblig | 3 Comments

The colorful monsters of nasty

I know what you’re expecting, a playful jab at the title of the game, one that brilliantly captures the condensed essence in a single beautifully constructed sentence. I’ll artfully dodge that one this time. No, Nasty will get some other elegant words from me instead.

You’re presented with a meager story that knows exactly what it is: something that you’ll forget after you beat the first level. As my recollection serves, you’re on an alien spaceship and you want to kill everything, but only 100 levels of things. In order to get through every level, though, you have to first eliminate all enemies present on the stage. It’s a formula that’s been used and worked before, which is a recurring theme with Nasty. Every bit of Nasty has been seen before.

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Win a free copy of Abduction Action!

Posted on April 26, 2010 by Mike Wall 47 Comments

Abducting cows in Abduction Action

Update – The contest is closed.  Congratulations to our winner, An J0e!

Thanks to Kris at Fun Infused Games, we have a free copy of his hilarious UFO indie game Abduction Action! to give away to one lucky winner.  All you have to do to win the game is post a response in this thread documenting what it was like the first time you were abducted by aliens.  We all remember our first time so fondly!  Alternatively, if you wish to keep that memory a cherished secret, than you can post about your favorite movie involving aliens.  One random winner will get to relive those memories with a free copy of the game!

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Xbox Indie Review: Abduction Action!

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Mike Wall in Reviews, xblig | 2 Comments

Abduction Action logo

E.T. once taught us that not all aliens are fiendish monsters bent on ruination or bursting out of thoracic cavities.  Eradication, experimentation and exploitation don’t have to be the focus of their energies; sometimes aliens come for exploration and to munch on peanut butter candies.

It’s safe to assume the visitors in Abduction Action! never watched E.T. In fact, it’s safe to assume if they ever encountered E.T., they’d suck him up in their tractor beam and watch gleefully as they cast his shriveled brown body plummeting back to the surface.

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