In an attempt to market the Xbox Live Arcade game Go! Go! Break Steady, marketing firm 'Taxi' invited a bunch of B-Boys (and Girls) and pop-n-lockers to a fake audition. The dancers showed off their skills, but were then asked to do it again while solving a puzzle, emulating what you do in the XBLA game. Hilarity ensued. Check out the video.
As has been widely discussed, developing a successful indie title for Xbox Live Arcade is not the simple task it appears at first blush. Here, ex-EA developer Ahmed Usman Khalid candidly discusses the successes and difficulties that arose in the development of the somewhat overlooked Go! Go! Break Steady, a rhythm/puzzle hybrid game with hip-hop flair.
Go! Go! Break Steady combines rhythmic beat-matching with match-3 style puzzle gameplay. Choose your character and make him dance to the beat while solving increasingly challenging puzzles.
Alright, OXM Online wants a straight answer: which one of you took away all the games? Seriously, they had a rockin' summer of constantly kick-ass releases, and now there's nothin' for them to review on The Scoreboard. It's not like they don't have anything this week, though. They managed to scrape a few games from the depths of Xbox Live this week with Arcade to analyze; Braid is on the list along with Bionic Commando Rearmed, Fable II Pub Games, and the much overlooked Go! Go! Break Steady. Oh yeah, there may or may not be an appearance by Madden 09 as well, so keep your eyes peeled for that bad boy.
Pretty creative marketing, I'd say, but I bet those kids finding out it was "fake" were pretty pissed.
At least they'd get some exposure, ending up in the video or commercial or whatever that was.
What the hell is this game anyway? Anyone even heard of it?
I can do that with my eyes closed.
Solve This Puzzle While You Break you're neck … Huh