TeamXbox writes: "In its day, Pac-Man was the start of the maze-chomp genre, but also influenced a rash of similarly styled titles from other gamemakers. You just don't see many new ones these days.
That'll change when Ultizen Games' Crazy Mouse makes it to Xbox Live Arcade.
This new title has you guiding a mouse through a 2-D, overhead-view map, endeavoring to grab and eat more food pieces that are lying in the walkways, so you can score more than your opponent."
The third installment of the GameStooge Awards features Part II of the Technical Awards, which is the fun part. These Awards feature the stuff that don't easily fit under any category, such as Best Expansion or Best Editor.
The winners (or losers, as the case may be) are:
BEST ONLINE GAMEPLAY OF 2008: Left 4 Dead
BEST EXPANSION OF 2008: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
BEST GAME EDITOR OF 2008: Far Cry 2
BEST GAME YOU DIDN'T PLAY IN 2008: Roogoo
BEST SURPRISE OF 2008: Braid
BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF 2008: Spore
MOST DEAD ON ARRIVAL GAME OF 2008: Wii Music
WORST DIGITAL GAME OF 2008: Pong Toss: Frat Party Games
WORST GAME OF 2008: Homie Rollerz
The final installment will be the Platform Awards, including Best Game of the Year.
GameSpot writes: "The title screen describes CrazyMouse as "The epic journey of the mouse gastronomist." For those who may not know, a gastronomist is somebody who really loves food. Unfortunately, this game lacks taste and never expands beyond guiding the titular character around a series of monotonous twisting mazes. If you've played any of the Pac-Man or Bomberman games, you'll be familiar with the top-down view and winding, grid-based levels. Instead of a yellow puck or a squat demolitions expert, you guide a poorly animated blue mouse with a milkshake strapped to its back through passages to collect pizza, ice cream, and other appealing edibles in search of the ultimate food. Unfortunately that undertaking isn't nearly as challenging the search for fun".
all games of x360 flopped this year
inlcuding Fable 2-- 89% at meta
no wonder x360 is flop box 360
Wired: "Capcom brings real-time strategy to XBLA with the pirate-themed Age of Booty, and from what I've played, it should please many. Play revolves around controlling your pirate ship -- followed by an AI companion -- around a map, as you plunder villages and try to blast away enemy ships. As you take control of villages, you start collecting resources that allow you to eventually upgrade your ship or the defenses of villages you control.
Playing alone is lots of fun, but multiplayer is where the game really shines. You can play either in 4-player split-screen or with up to seven other players online over 25 multiplayer maps. The demo gives you a 2-day timed access to multiplayer, but that should be enough to help convince you whether this is the game for you."
