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PlayDevil: Raskulls review

PlayDevil has posted a review of "Raskulls", a new & cute platformer for Xbox Live Arcade.

Here's a snip:

"Raskulls is a platformer with a twist- you also need to break blocks. You can only break them when you’re really close, but it adds a real puzzle element to the game. Destroying a block will destroy any block attached to it that is the same colour. You often need to break through hundreds of blocks in order to complete a level, and they are often either against the clock, or against opponents."

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Music in Gaming: why 16 bits sound just fine to me

Gamer's Guide to Life.com, Monday 20th June 2011: Music is a generally-overlooked component of videogames, at least from the player's perspective, some background to the main product that (often) many don't notice. However, creative decisions about videogame music can be essential to creating memorable videogames, argues Andrew Testerman.

"Many games benefit from a large scale, orchestral approach, but the best soundtracks are the ones that best suit the game, and to preclude using MIDI compositions simply because they’re old would be a mistake."

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gamersguidetolife.com
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Raskulls Getting New DLC Pack

New DLC pack for Raskulls hits the marketplace

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gameplaytoday.com
jonlynch5436d ago

Nice. I didn't think I'd like this one, but it turned out to be more fun than I thought.

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Thumbstick Warrior's Podcast: Episode 1

The new, 360-focused podcast, hosts by D-gu.com

Game reviews:
Crysis 2
Shift 2
Dishwasher:vs
WWE all stars
News:

Topic. 1 CALL OF DUTY BLACK OPS MAP PACKS–ESCALATION MAPS

Topic. 2 EA To Spend More Than $100 Million On Battlefield 3 Marketing Campaign

Topic. 3 Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition On the Way

Topic. 4 Xbox Live gets free weekend this Easter

Topic. 5 SUPER MEAT BOYN SELLS 600,000 UNITS PC OUT SELLS 360

themarriedgamer5437d ago

1 of many weekly podcasts to come.