Author: Matt Yeager
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Xbox Live Indie Games: Winter Uprising: The SHMUPs
IGWU Reviews: The SHMUPs This time I’m going to focus more of the SHMUPs that are part of the Indie Games: Winter Uprising. I’m talking about Shoot ’em Up style games, controlling a ship and shooting waves of enemies. A niche genre that has found a welcome home in the Indie Games service with some…
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Indie Winter Uprising Feature: Epic Dungeon, Ubergridder, Asteroids Do Concern Me
Matt Yeager gives a rundown on three of the games available in the Indie Winter Uprising. Are any worth a purchase?
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Indie Games: Winter Uprising Intro/Interview with Ian Stoker
When Microsoft announced that they were going to be supporting independently made games through Xbox Live, I was hopeful and excited by the prospects. One of my favorite Xbox Live Arcade games is The Dishwasher, which is one of the Dream.Build.Play winning games from the independent Ska Studios. I also believe that fostering an independent…
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Review: Bermuda Triangle: Saving The Coral (Nintendo DS)
Bermuda Triangle: Saving The Coral Developer: North Pole Studio Publisher: Storm City Games Genre: Puzzle Release Date: 02/23/2010 One of the most popular style of the puzzle genre is the match three style. By that I mean areas are cleared by matching similar colored objects off of a game board. Just on the Nintendo DS…
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Review: No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle (Nintendo Wii)
No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle Genre: Beat ‘Em Up Developer: Grasshopper Manufacture Publisher: Ubisoft Release Date: 01/26/2010 I’m a fan of over the top style action, whether it is infused into the games I play or the movies I watch, so it should come as no surprise that I enjoyed the original No More…
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Xbox 360 Indie Games Spotlight
I’d like to start off by saying that I should’ve done one of these articles more recently, but between family holidays, busy working schedule and there just being a lot of games that have come out over the last month that I wanted to sit down and enjoy without worrying about a review deadline, I…
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Review: Fort Zombie (PC)
Fort Zombie Genre: Survival Horror Developer: Kerberos Productions Publisher: Paradox Interactive Release Date: 10/31/09
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Review: Wedding Dash (DS)
Wedding Dash Genre: Time Management Developer: PlayFirst Publisher: Zoo Games Release Date: 11/13/09
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Review: Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story (Nintendo DS)
Mario and Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story Genre: Turn Based RPG Developer: Alpha Dream Publisher: Nintendo Release Date: 09/14/2009 The best version of Nintendo’s famous plumbers over the last few years hasn’t involved Galaxies, Paper, or new versions of the old games. It isn’t Kart racing, sports playing, or anything else that Nintendo has managed to…
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Review: Tropico 3 (PC)
Tropico 3 (PC) Developer: Haemimont Publisher: Kalypso Media Genre: City Building Release Date: 11/13/09
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Micro-Review: Dark (Xbox Indie Game)
Micro-Review: Dark Genre: Platform Developer: Andrew Russell Publisher: Microsoft
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Review: Smackdown vs Raw 2010 (Microsoft Xbox 360)
Smackdown vs Raw 2010 Genre: Wrestling/Fighting Developer: Yukes Publisher: THQ Release Date: 10/20/09 Another year, another chance to lace up virtual boots and step into the ring with the cast of the WWE. As a lapsed wrestling fan and an admitted video game junkie I’m always interested in playing the yearly wrestling game releases to…
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Review: Chicken Blaster (Nintendo Wii)
Chicken Blaster Genre: Lightgun Game Developer: Frontline Studios Publisher: Zoo Games Release Date: 9/15/2009
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Review: Space Bust-a-Move (Nintendo DS)
Space Bust-a-Move Genre: Puzzle Publisher: Square-Enix Developer: Taito Release Date: 07/28/09
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Review: Muramasa: The Demon Blade (Nintendo Wii)
Muramasa: The Demon Blade Genre: Action/RPG Developer: Vanilla Ware Publisher: Ignition Entertainment Release Date: 09/08/09
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30 Days of Dreamcast – Day 27: Illbleed
ILLBLEED Genre: Horror Developer: Crazy Games Publisher: SEGA Release Date: 04/16/2001 As part of our feature that looks back at the games that where on the Dreamcast, it would be almost criminal to ignore one of the worst games that was almost one of the best games available for the system. Illbleed is a survival…
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Review: Crazy Chicken Star Karts (Nintendo DS)
Crazy Chicken Space Karts Genre: Racing Developer: MumboJumbo Publisher: MumboJumbo Release Date: 06/11/09 Video game mascots have been around forever. While everyone knows about mascots such as Mario and Sonic, there are mascots from other countries that aren’t as familiar to American audiences. One of those mascots is a chicken known in Germany as Moorhuhn.…
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Review: Lode Runner (Microsoft Xbox 360)
Lode Runner Genre: Puzzle/Platformer Developer: Southend Interactive Publisher: Microsoft Release Date: 4/22/09 Just as a disclaimer of sorts, we here at Diehard GameFAN are fans of old school gaming. When the latest visual HD masterpiece comes out, most of us would be just fine playing an 8-bit classic instead. Sometimes we get the best of…
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Review: Build’N Race (Nintendo Wii)
Build’N Race Genre: Racing Developer: ICON Publisher: ZOO Release Date: 08/25/09 You know you should be suspicious of a game when local retailers have never even heard of the title. Such is the fate of the newest release from ZOO games, makers of such games like Calvin Tucker’s Redneck Jamboree and ATV Quad Kings. Build’N…
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Review: Trials HD (Microsoft Xbox 360)
Trials HD Genre: Racing/Platform Developer: RedLynx Publisher: Microsoft Release Date: 08/12/09 Before you consider buying Trials HD, you should take a little quiz I have devised… – Have you ever thrown your controller during a frustrating game? Well that’s the only question, but it IS an important one if you are going to buy Trials…