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About Steve Melton

Steve is an Indiana native with a degree in Computer Information Technology and a background in technical writing. He has also written for the newspapers and other periodicals at the schools he attended. A gamer for over 20 years, Steve finds that Xbox Live Arcade is the perfect fit for most of his gaming needs; classic gameplay at a bargain price.
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Crazy Machines Elements review (XBLA)
14 years ago

Crazy Machines Elements review (XBLA)

Crazy Machines Elements was developed by Fakt Software and published by DTP Entertainment. It was released August 24, 2011 and retails for 800 MSP.

There are a handful of genres that are largely untapped on Xbox Live Arcade: MMOs, real-time strategy games, even some sports sub-genres such skateboarding. But one that’s never been touched is that of a Rube Goldberg-esque puzzler. Crazy Machines Elements is an attempt to dive in and take the monopoly. Players must complete partially finished machines in order to complete a given objective. Now something like this could easily sink or swim based on the quality, but this is from Fakt Software, a team that is no stranger to machine games, having made them since 2005.

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Motorbike Stunt Agent Julie review (XBLIG)
14 years ago

Motorbike Stunt Agent Julie review (XBLIG)

Motorbike Stunt Agent Julie was developed by Mattini Games. It was released on August 17, 2011 for 80 MSP. A copy was provided for review purposes.

What happens when you mix Trials-style gameplay with a twin-stick shooter? Motorbike Stunt Agent Julie, that’s what. Julie is a retired secret agent now working as a traveling stunt rider. When a crisis threatens the globe she is brought back into service to help take down the evil Dr. Kreutzer. The game spans 20 missions and has enough variety in both terrain and objectives to keep things fresh.

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Trials HD Tuesday: Blocks
14 years ago

Trials HD Tuesday: Blocks

By  •  Features

It’s Trials riding at its simplest.
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Happy third birthday Castle Crashers!
14 years ago

Happy third birthday Castle Crashers!

By  •  Off Topic

Three years ago today The Behemoth gave us Castle Crashers, a game that truly brought the brawler back to the limelight. It’s hard to believe that the …
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Take a trip to Alaska with SkyDrift
14 years ago

Take a trip to Alaska with SkyDrift

By  •  News

Digital Reality’s SkyDrift just gets better and better. In their third Q & A they take us to the snowy landscape of Alaska. They also go over …
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Warp debut trailer

By  •  Media, Videos, News

So sue us, we couldn’t think of a catchy title. Nonetheless, Trapdoor’s Warp looks fantastic. We first caught wind of the game back in March at PAX East. You’ll …
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A look inside Signal Studios

Toy Soldiers developer Signal Studios gives us an inside look at the daily grind at their offices. Though they work hard it’s easy to see that they play hard …
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Trials HD Tuesday Thursday: CS4 Operative 3
14 years ago

Trials HD Tuesday Thursday: CS4 Operative 3

By  •  Features

You are the operative. Your mission: to stop an out of control missile before it destroys the world.
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Community playdate with Signal Studios
14 years ago

Community playdate with Signal Studios

By  •  News

Toy Soldiers: Cold War developer Signal Studios won’t be making an appearance at PAX this year. Instead they’ve done us all one better and challenged us to an impromptu …
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Xbox Live activity: Japan edition
14 years ago

Xbox Live activity: Japan edition

By  •  News

Our ever vigilant tipper @lifelower sent us some of the recent Xbox Live activity from Japan. While there are several titles that share popularity with the Americas and Europe, there were a few surprises in regards to sales. Probably the biggest surprise of all was MLB Bobblehead Pros, a game that we weren’t fans of. Trouble Witches Neo also stayed in the top 10, a title that isn’t nearly as popular in ‘the west’. Hit the jump to see sales for two weeks in July.

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