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Bulletstorm review – FPS meets arcade fun

February 25, 2011September 26, 2012 Doug Groves Arcade, Bulletstorm, EA, epic games, FPS, PC gaming, People Can Fly, PS3, PSN, review, Xbox 360, Xbox Live3 Comments

Bulletstorm is a breath of fresh air for FPS games. The Duty Calls parody ad, complete with in-game cries of “boring” was a statement on the state of modern shooters, as if each were as serious a look at war as Platoon, Band of Brothers or Generation Kill. Of course, this Tom Clancyesque style of fiction has as much in common with reality as Plan B’s magical super subs, but that’s another story. Eschewing the gritty ‘realism’ of modern shooters for over the top science fiction is only the beginning,…

Xbox Dashboard Fall Update 2010 – Netflix in Canada on the 360

September 29, 2010October 2, 2010 Doug Groves Arcade, Avatars, Kinect, Microsoft, Netflix, netflix how to, netflix on xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox Dashboard, Xbox Live, Zune1 Comment

The Xbox Dashboard getting a fall update is about as dependable as the leaves changing colour and pumpkins popping up at every corner store. If you’ve already signed up for the preview program (now closed), you should have it now. Though we Canadians don’t get all the goodness of our US brethren (no ESPN and no Zune Pass), the update does support Canadian Netflix access, and gives the user an idea where Microsoft is headed, not just with the Xbox, but with it’s interface metaphor across a wide swath of…

Hydro Thunder Hurricane review

July 27, 2010 Doug Groves Arcade, game, Hydro Thunder, Hydro Thunder Hurricane, review, speedboat racing, Summer of Arcade, Vector Unit, XBLA, Xbox 360, Xbox Live3 Comments

For those who may not recall, Hydro Thunder was a Midway Games sit down style arcade speedboat racing game from 1999. It also spawned versions for the Dreamcast, N64, Playstation and the PC, though I’m only familiar with the arcade version, which probably still haunts more than one Dave & Busters outlet across North America. Though I haven’t played it in years, it certainly delivered on over-the-top speedboat racing back in the day. Now, Vector Unit, a small developer, has resurrected the franchise for Microsoft Game Studios as Hydro Thunder…

XBLA Inventory Blowout Sale

April 1, 2010 Doug Groves Arcade, marketplace, XBLA, Xbox 3600 comment

Even though it’s all bits in the datastream, Xbox Live Arcade is having an Inventory Blowout Sale starting today, and ending on April 7th. Title Regular Price Discounted Price Save South Park 800 400 50% Super Street Fighter II HD Remix 1200 560 53% Defense Grid 800 400 50% Rocket Riot 800 400 50% Mad Tracks 800 400 50% Track & Field 400 240 40% Lumines Live 800 400 50% Age of Booty 800 400 50% Schizoid 800 400 50% Wallace & Gromit episode 1 800 400 50% I haven’t…