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About Andrew Crews

I worked at a warehouse. Then I worked in radio. Now I tweet for a living. I also run a web site at ChainMonster.com and I write reviews for XBLAFans.com. If you like my work and would like to work together on another project, then feel free to email me. I'll look over any offer. Email info can be found on the staff list. Twitter: @twixprintmatic
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The Avatar Legends Coming Soon to XBLIG

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Barkers Crest Studios, creator of the XBLIG hit Avatar Golf; have been hard at work on their latest game, The Avatar Legends. The game is a build your own adventure Action-RPG where your Xbox Live avatar is the hero. Of course, a single player campaign will also be included along with many more features. But the true beauty of the game is the user creativity tools and sharing options. The Avatar Legends will release sometime during late April and will include the following features: Read More

Xbox Dashboard Deals

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More savings for you!
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Strania – The Stella Machina Review (XBLA)
14 years ago

Strania – The Stella Machina Review (XBLA)

Strania – The Stella Machina was developed and published by G.rev. It was released on March 30th, 2011 for 800MS points.

Strania is a vertical shmup where you control a mech trying to reach Vower, a distant star in the universe. The story is as generic as they come, but who cares? It’s a shmup. You shoot things and avoid crazy bullet patterns. The story is so irrelevant to this game that it is hidden in the 5th and 6th pages of text of the “How to Play” section in the Options menu. The true beauty in any shmup is the unique features that set it apart from the many shmups available on the Marketplace. Strania is neither a superior or a below average shooter. There is some potential shown with it’s unique features but there are also a few issues making it a tough recommendation for most gamers. Read More

Castle Crashers Animal Orb Guide
14 years ago

Castle Crashers Animal Orb Guide

This is a guide geared towards helping you locate all the Animal Orbs in Castle Crashers. Before you collect every Animal Orb, you will likely need to look at our Items Guide in order to fully understand what is required to collect each Animal Orb. And when you are finished collecting the Animal Orbs, take a look at our Character Guide if you wish to unlock all the characters as well. Read More

Castle Crashers Items Guide
14 years ago

Castle Crashers Items Guide

This guide is geared towards helping gamers find the items that will allow them to find other secrets and make their way through Castle Crashers. Some of these items are needed to progress through the campaign and others are not. But they are all fairly easy to find and obtain, so you might as well try to collect them all. Read More

Castle Crashers Character Guide
14 years ago

Castle Crashers Character Guide

This guide is geared towards helping players unlock all 28 playable characters in Castle Crashers. Unlocking these characters takes quite a bit of time, don’t think this will happen overnight. But if you are not phased by the dedication needed for unlocking these characters, then feel free to check out our Animal Orbs Guide for an extra challenge. Read More

Huge XBLA Dashboard SALE!
14 years ago

Huge XBLA Dashboard SALE!

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Check your Xbox Dashboard right now for great savings on tons of downloadable content including many XBLA games. Starting today and lasting all week long, there will be sales on the content listed below. Along with these savings, a 1-day sale will occur on April 1st with even more discounts. Remember to check back here on Friday for more information surrounding that special 1-day sale. Here are what sales you can find as of right now:

These sales are listed in the Game Marketplace tab on the dashboard. Look for the advertisement labeled “Extreme Shopping Sale Week” and click on that. This sale is available for both Gold and Silver memberships. Read More

Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime Review (XBLA)
14 years ago

Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime Review (XBLA)

Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime was developed by Behaviour and published by Atari. It was released on March 23rd, 2011 for 800MS points. A review code was provided by the publisher.

Editors Note: We have contacted both the publisher and the developer and we have been informed they are looking into some of the technical bugs we encountered. At this time, we feel there are too many problems with this game to recommend a purchase; however, should the game patch these issues we are willing to look back into it as we did with Hydrophobia: Pure.

Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime is a top-down/dual-stick shooter that places you in charge of a new rookie Ghostbusting squad. The goal is to venture through 12 levels in order to take down Dumazu the Destroyer who is causing ghosts everywhere to be nuisances. Most gamers probably don’t even care about the story though because let’s face it; it’s a Ghostbusters game. You rid the town of ghosts one at a time until society can start to function again. It should be an easy sell, right? Sadly, this game is far from an easy sell and it doesn’t even come close to living up to the hype it created. Read More

Rewind Review: South Park Let’s Go Tower Defense Play! (XBLA)
14 years ago

Rewind Review: South Park Let’s Go Tower Defense Play! (XBLA)

South Park Let’s Go Tower Defense Play was developed by Double Six and published by Microsoft Game Studios. It was released on October 7th, 2009 for 800MS points.

South Park LGTDP is a tower defense game with twist. The twist is that you can control one of fifteen available characters from the South Park world as you build your defenses. This adds a very welcomed action element to the game making it much more than a strategic experience. South Park fans have waited a long time for a quality console game based off the show; there was quite a large amount of expectations with this title. Thankfully, South Park LGTDP delivers a great amount of fun, content, innuendos and laughs for a minimal fee. Read More