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Super Meat Boy Bandage Guide: World One
13 years ago

Super Meat Boy Bandage Guide: World One

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Hello and welcome, fans of old school gaming, to XBLA Fans’ Super Meat Boy Bandage Guide. Getting all the bandages in Super Meat Boy will unlock some secret characters and serve as undeniable proof of your platforming prowess. This guide will help you find whatever bandages you’ve missed, or tell you how to get that one you can’t seem to reach.

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Super Meat Boy Bandage Guide: World One

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Super Meat Boy Bandage Guide: World Three

Super Meat Boy Bandage Guide: World Four

Super Meat Boy Bandage Guide: World Five

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Redefining a Genre: Skulls of the Shogun Aims to Add Accessibility; Keep Depth
13 years ago

Redefining a Genre: Skulls of the Shogun Aims to Add Accessibility; Keep Depth

The following article is based around an email interview conducted by our team with Jake Kazdal, CEO of Haunted Temple Studios. For the uninitiated, Haunted Temple Studios is currently developing Skulls of the Shogun for Xbox Live Arcade for Spring 2011 release.

Skulls of the Shogun is a turn based strategy title. Players take on the role of a Samurai General who was betrayed by one of his closest allies and slain in the moment of his greatest victory. Awakened in the afterlife, he finds the same opponent has betrayed him again in death. As a result, he begins a rampage trashing the laws of the Samurai afterlife as he seeks revenge.

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GamePeople: How Case Zero Found Dead Rising’s Soul
13 years ago

GamePeople: How Case Zero Found Dead Rising’s Soul

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The following article may or may not be representative of the beliefs of the XBLAFans Editorial Staff. It has been republished with permission from GamePeople: The destination for everyday artisan video game reviews. To read the article as originally published click here.

Dead Rising Case Zero presents as a zombie death demo for Dead Rising 2, the main event. Underneath however is a tale about the importance of the father/daughter relationship – albeit one with distracting zombie killing all around it.

I’m a fan of all things zombie. Films might be typically shallow and mindless but I’m always happy to watch them as long as they have some undead walking the streets. It was a similar tale for the first Dead Rising. Visceral and fun yet I have no recollection of it ever being particularly powerful in its storytelling.

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Update: XBLA Fans Caption Contest: Win a copy of Dream Chronicles
13 years ago

Update: XBLA Fans Caption Contest: Win a copy of Dream Chronicles

So Dream Chronicles just launched on Xbox Live Arcade today. We are currently writing up our review, but  we talked with some of the awesome people working on the …
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GamePeople: Comic Jumper’s Sexist Undertones
13 years ago

GamePeople: Comic Jumper’s Sexist Undertones

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The following article may or may not be representative of the beliefs of the XBLAFans Editorial Staff. It has been republished with permission from GamePeople.co.uk: The destination for everyday artisan reviews. To read the article as originally published click here.

As a side-scrolling beat ’em up come shooter, Comic Jumper had my attention early. The overbearing presentation and loud bickering characters screamed at me to pay attention and marvel at the developers ‘funny’ self-referential nature.

But aside from a few humorous early moments, Comic Jumper failed spectacularly to endear itself to me. The appalling attitudes towards women and the irritating gameplay undermined any potential the concept had. Even the basic premise of parodying comic books fell flat as Twisted Pixel resorted to stone-age attitudes towards the medium.

I found so much wrong with this game that it was a struggle to put my thoughts in order. From the combat mechanics to the writing and characters there was little worthy of praise. Comic Jumper’s soul is about as bitter and relentlessly anti-female as anything I’ve had the displeasure to experience.

I must admit that I was initially intrigued by the concept. Playing as Captain Smileyhead you blast your way through the opening level only to find that your comic has been cancelled (done through a curious live-action sequence). To rectify the situation you must jump into other comics, guest-starring and raising your profile once again to reclaim your status as worthy comic book hero.

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Monday Night Combat Custom Class Endorsement Guide
14 years ago

Monday Night Combat Custom Class Endorsement Guide

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Monday Night Combat has been out for a few solid weeks now and the XBLA Fans team has put in more than their fair share of hours boasting a …
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Top 15 Games that Changed XBLA Forever
14 years ago

Top 15 Games that Changed XBLA Forever

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Since the Xbox 360’s launch in November 2005, the Xbox Live Arcade has been a driving force in the console’s success. With a library of hundreds of games ranging from casual puzzle games to ports and remastered classics, and from unheard of indie gems to groundbreaking milestones in gaming, the XBLA has become an important place for any type of game to succeed and find an audience.

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Dead Rising 2: Case Zero Mixed Drink Guide
14 years ago

Dead Rising 2: Case Zero Mixed Drink Guide

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One of the most overlooked features of Dead Rising 2: Case Zero is the ability to play mixologist. Chuck Greene can create numerous tonics and blends that …
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Dead Rising 2: Case Zero Combo Weapons Guide
14 years ago

Dead Rising 2: Case Zero Combo Weapons Guide

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If there was one thing I noticed with Dead Rising 2 compared to the original, it was that while Frank West may have known his way around …
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Complete Guide to Shank’s Unlockable Costumes
14 years ago

Complete Guide to Shank’s Unlockable Costumes

Thanks to a number of fans over at xbox360achievements (and our friends over at Klei Entertainment), we have a complete guide to help you obtain all eleven Shank-tastic outfits.
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