MadBalls in Babo: Invasion
Developer: Playbrains
Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios
Genre: 3rd Person Shooter
Release Date: 7/15/2009
My youth was filled with collecting odd things from Garbage Pail Kids to M.U.S.C.L.E. men.  Another one of those collections included MadBalls.  These squishy little foam balls looked cool but I could never find a purpose for them.  Of course I never thought [...]

Arkanoid Live!
Genre: Puzzle
Developer: Taito Corporation
Publisher: Microsoft
Release Date: 05/06/2009
Years ago, man would thrust tiny metal symbols into brightly-lit, uncaring machines for his gaming joy. Designed to separate quarters from humans as fast as possible, arcades of that era were home to simplistic graphics, rapid gameplay, and unforgiving difficulty. Into that grinder, Arkanoid was unleashed upon [...]

In April of 2007, Tomy Interactive announced it would be bringing Pokemon to the Japanese arcades. This was a big deal as Pokemon has generally been a portable gaming franchise, with the occasional foray to the Nintendo GameCube and/or Wii. Even more interesting was the claim that this new Pokemon game was not only the [...]