superfro

Well...when we're not talking about Kinect's impact on the market or how awesome Comic Jumper is going to be.

foxdvd

Dude, If you still have it I will gladly do a run with you on realistic!

MoviePage

Maybe it's the other high-profile review sites that are the problem?

Just a thought, I rarely even visit IGN anymore.

pinata242

Oh, right, I played with superfro once too.

PixyJunket

I didn't really feel Limbo, unless the full game complete changes past the demo mark, it just feels like a really boring game with a nice aesthetic.

I'm really getting tried of platform games where you need to die to figure out how to proceed.

chuckd21

I don't like IGN's redesign and their giant font for babies look. I don't have an issue with them being the only naysayer. After all, it's just one guy and one review.

Mok

That one guy was Arthur Gies from Rebel FM he seems to like to go against the grain.

Decker

I didn't say that IGN doesn't have the right to have the negative outlying review. I totally think their reviewers should review the games honestly with their own opinions. But personally, after seeing them give the only negative reviews at Metacritic to both Hydro Thunder and Aqua (two games that I happened to really like the demos of, BTW), I'm choosing to now be more skeptical of their reviews of XBLA games. Or at least those XBLA games that take place on water.

superfro

I'm sure they'll make up for it with Hydrophobia.

MoviePage

Plants Vs. Zombies Dated:

superfro

Well I guess it won't be in that upcoming Fall promotion then. Good. I don't want to wait.

PixyJunket

I'll probably grab PvZ if the game works well with a controller (it seems kind of mouse/pointer dependent).

chuckd21

Oh yeah? I like Arthur.

superfro

You know who else like Arthur? Arthur.

pinata242

Defense Grid worked fine. Granted you didn't have to move all over the field quickly to gather suns, so we'll see.

chuckd21

Xbox LIVE Deal of the Week** :

Week of August 9 through August 22: Dragon Age: Origins
Awakening, 2400 Microsoft Points
Return to Ostagar, 240 Microsoft Points
Warden's Keep, 400 Microsoft Points
Blood Dragon Red Avatar T-shirt , 40 Microsoft Points (Male) (Female)

**Special pricing available for Xbox LIVE Gold Members

Xbox LIVE Games on Demand:
August 2 : Too Human
August 10: Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X
August 10: Disney Sing It: High School Musical 3: Senior Year

Xbox Avatar Marketplace:
August 5: Roxy/Quiksilver

Xbox Game Add-Ons
August 10: Red Dead Redemption: Legends and Killers Pack, 800 Microsoft Points
August 10: Dragon Age: Origins: The Golems of Amgarrak, 400 Microsoft Points
August 13: Lips songs from acclaimed composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, 160 Microsoft Points per song

Decker

Damn, that's going to feel like a long week!

tlwizard

@UGOsweeps is giving away 30 Summer of Xbox codes today. You have to follow as well as check their site for the secret message and then be the first to tweet it to them.

They've given away Limbo so far. Perhaps Castlevania and some others will show up.

And if anybody wins (I can't since I've won in the past 30 days), remember I have a Puzzle Quest 2 code up for trade.

Liver&Onions

I won something in the last 30 as well (Lego Harry Potter)...

tlwizard

They are apparently giving away some 4-pack codes which includes Castlevania, Limbo, Hydro Thunder and I guess Deathspank.

Decker

I never mind entering contests, even Twitter contests, but these "first one to grab the code wins" things annoy the crap out of me. Some of us have jobs that preclude us from hitting Refresh every five seconds.

superfro

Agreed. Whenever we give out stuff we do it randomly. There's really no easy way to do it, but I feel while it's still a slim chance, it at least gives as many people a shot as possible.

tlwizard

My gf was going to try and win one for us through her account but we're currently using naked dsl and the connection is so slow by the time the page refreshes people have already been posting for a minute. Would be sweet to get that 4 pack.

And superfro, apprarently I'm following you on Twitter without even knowing that it was you!

superfro

We'll see how that holds up in court stalker.

Mok

Giantbomb Quick Look: Castlevania: Harmony of Despair

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