Well, Penny Arcade Vol 2 is up this morning for 1200 points. Not sure if Vol 1 dropped in price, but I hope so.

The MBU DLC is discribed as follows :
Refresh your Marble Blast Ultra palate for FREE with this brand new multiplayer level! BONUS: Includes one new achievement for your marble blasting pleasure. It's odd that they only list one Achievement, since three were clearly added there.

Decker loves men.

He does?!

Hey Decker...PM sent!

I suppose I'm a people person and love my fellow man to some extent. Still I am a straight, married man. Sorry to disappoint you, pinata.

Gramps, I'll keep you in mind should I ever feel "curious".

Haha, I was just wondering if perhaps I was on your ignore list

Now I know for sure that I am, in a way...

Back on topic, I haven't played Marble Blast Ultra for ages. I'll have to fire it back up sometime. I also need to find some time for Episode 2 of Penny Arcade.

I wish I knew that last night when I saw his orb in Oakfield.

Showing you his orb wasn't enough for you to know?

This week's game was one of my favorites on the PS1 -- Vigalante 8 Arcade. It's been re-done and is Live enabled. It goes for 800 points, thankfully.

V8 was the sequel to I-76, wasn't it? Loved that game on the PC and will happily check out the V8 demo on Wednesday.

I am a huge TM Black fan. If Vigilante 8 is even remotely fun I am going to get it.

Here are the XNA Developer Contest winners. They'll likely be available at some point in the future.

1st Place: $40,000 Prize
Carneyvale: Showtime
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2nd Place: $20,000 Prize
Battle Tennis
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3rd Place: $10,000 Prize
Weapon of Choice
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4th Place: $5,000 Prize
HurricaneX2
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Weapon of Choice looks great, but why is Wilford Brimley in the game.

Where is are you smarter than a 5th graderf?

It should be under Arcade > New Release.. I believe it is listed as "5th Grader"

Apparently not!

Did volume 1 of PA drop in price?

Yeah from 20$ to 15$ iirc.

I'm still going to wait for a combo deal on all the PA adventures once they're all complete. Hoping for something like $30-40 for all.

That's my hope too. Are there only 3 episodes planned?

Also, is Vigilante 8 the only release today?

I assume there will just be 3 episodes. The intro discusses the 3 gods on the windowsills and the first game you take down one of them (the intro to the second game refers to only 2 gods being left on the windowsill). That makes me think you will eliminate god #2 in episode 2 and then episode 3 will finish up the story.

Are you sure? I checked last week after PA2 came out and PA1 was still 1600 points, which I found hard to believe since it's $14.99 on PSN.



Oh, official word came out that Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD will come out (finally) this month.

I'm pretty sure it was four gods in Ep. 1 and three gods in Ep. 2. I couldn't find any references to the total number of planned episodes, though.

I guess i'm remembering it poorly. Checking Wikipedia it appears there were f4 gods (and the poem is called the Quartet for the Dusk of Man). Wikipedia also states it is supposed to be a 4 game series.

The reason i thought there was a price drop on episode 1 was because the PA site mentioned something about a price drop and a combo pack or something being available. Maybe they just meant PC and not 360?

Street Fighter 2 table for Pinball FX. Bad ass.

http://kotaku.com/5077256/pinball-fx...ii-turbo-table