GameZone: Raskulls Preview

GameZone writes: "Have you ever dreamt of a combination of Nintendo's Ice Climbers meets The Behemoth's Crastle Crashers? Well, if you have, then Halfbrick's Raskulls may be right up your alley.

Delivering a light-hearted 8-bit like soundtrack, Raskulls is an Xbox Live Arcade title that harkens back to a day when gaming was simply about entertainment on a 2D plane. Focusing on humor that revolves around slapstick and physical comedy, Raskulls is bound to bring smiles to gamers who are looking for the next title to win them over with pure charm."

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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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Raskulls Getting New DLC Pack

New DLC pack for Raskulls hits the marketplace

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jonlynch4760d 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

themarriedgamer4761d ago

1 of many weekly podcasts to come.