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Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair)
11/04/09

In reply to Pumpkin Chop Makes Top 10 Indie Games List
Is Avatar Drop any good? I keep seeing it an wondering if I should try it, but Well, I'm suspicious for some reason.

Anyone else tried Beat Hazard? As I tried the demo and couldn't actually see how it was creating the level based on the music even slightly?

I want a I MAED A GAM3 WITH Z0MB1ES 1N 1T!!!1 sequel. One where you can use custom soundtracks, and it reacts to the musics (More Zombies for heavy rifts in the music, etc etc) #pumpkinchop
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Indy_aka_Rex
11/03/09

In reply to Pumpkin Chop Makes Top 10 Indie Games List
I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N 1T!!!1

AJ, and you NEED to play it actually it's the best game on the indie list. #pumpkinchop
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Reldaw
11/03/09

@Indy_aka_Rex: Fully agree. I demoed it on a whim and fell in love. Totally blows Zombie Apocalypse out of the water. #pumpkinchop
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Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair)
11/04/09

@Reldaw: It is the only game I have ever reached the "Do you want to buy the full version screen" and been forced to select "yes.".

Since then I've had everyone I can try the game, and almost everyone has loved it. #pumpkinchop
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dougefreshmts
10/09/09

In reply to You Want It, You Got It — College Lacrosse on Xbox 360
Can you play as Duke University?

That should make for an interesting season!

"You got Ace Attorney in my College Lacrosse!"
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Gortexfogg
10/09/09

In reply to You Want It, You Got It — College Lacrosse on Xbox 360
Are the stands empty in the screenshot because of graphical limitations or because it's a lacrosse match?

But seriously, you'd expect college soccer or horse riding before this ... or I am just out of the lacrosse loop?
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Mike Newlad
10/09/09

In reply to You Want It, You Got It — College Lacrosse on Xbox 360
Next up, Rugby League.
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Kobun
10/09/09

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It's being developed by Triple B Games, maker of that Boxing Helena soccer game on the 360. I'm happy to see the indie developer getting some press here, but, come on, it's lacrosse. No one is going to buy a lacrosse game let alone one on the indie channel for $10.

Triple B is cutting it awfully close to the Oct. 22nd deadline for the indie game pricing change since all releases afterward will max out at $5. The developer better hope its peer review goes well if it wants to maintain that $10 price point for whatever reason.
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dsectric
10/09/09

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Lacrosse is actually pretty big in America in high schools and college and it's growing fast
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Kobun
10/09/09

@dsectric: Kids getting too fat and lazy to run the ball back and forth between goals and opting for pitch and catch instead? :p
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pashaveliki
10/09/09

@dsectric: i wouldnt say it is big by any stretch of the imagination but it does exist. i know all of one lacrosse player, and i have lived all over the states. it is mainly a upper class private high school sport, and mainly centered in New England. Douchy as all get up, and violent as hell.
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Treponema_Pallidum
10/09/09

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If lacrosse can get its own video game, then I am still holding out hope for pro curling.
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AncientUnknown1
10/09/09

@Treponema_Pallidum: The number 1 reason why I watch the winter Olympics.
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BadAxel97
10/09/09

In reply to You Want It, You Got It — College Lacrosse on Xbox 360
A lacrosse video game?
I didn't know the sport was popular enough to get it's own game.
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lolgreg
10/09/09

@BadAxel97: Have you seen some of the video games being put out recently?
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BadAxel97
10/09/09

@lolgreg: oh crap...you're RIGHT!

Compared to Nickelodeon my little pony super shovelware partyfest, this game is the best!
...alright I probably shouldn't have added that last part...but I couldn't help it.
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TheFamous1
09/15/09

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But does it blend?
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MtlAngelus
09/15/09

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Does anybody knows the specs of this device? Is it less/equally/more powerful than an iPod Touch/iPhone 3gs?
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Xtrit
09/15/09

@MtlAngelus:
It came from another dimension his dad is a Cerberus and his mom a Goat ohh yeah hometown Narnia.
Check the microsoft page?
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MtlAngelus
09/15/09

@XtRiT: Navigating through Microsoft's websites has proven rather... unproductive, in my experience.

Plus, if I ask here I can hope for both an answer and an opinion from a former kotakuite.
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Xeno
09/16/09

@MtlAngelus: The Tegra platform in the HD has 8 processors in it. Whatever you do don't listen to fanboyish. [www.tomshardware.com]
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SuperTongue
09/15/09

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If I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1 makes it to the Zune HD, I'll poop my pants full of daisies and butterflies.

Just got mine from Amazon, and it's syncing now, but the thing is damn nice. Never had a Zune before (I'm a convert from iPod.), but this thing is just damn nice to look at whilst it syncs 3000 files...
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bkchurch
09/15/09

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O dear god I hope the development community picks up for this device. I would LOVE for MS to create a music player that can give the iPod Touch a run for it's money.
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Xeno
09/16/09

@bkchurch: As a music player it's already better in my opinion. As a PDA not so much. It all depends on what you want.
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(Human) Gyaruson
09/15/09

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I read somewhere today that Microsoft is waiting until they are able to integrate an App Store into the Zune Marketplace. Right now, they say, you can't use MS Points to buy any apps, which of course is ridiculous, so they are working to amend that. I'm sure it's a priority - at least it should be if they stand a chance of competing with Apple.
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jessenick
09/15/09

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I just want to know when Zune games will start having achievements.
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(Human) Gyaruson
09/15/09

@jessenick:
Oh God. What a terrible idea. My virtual wallet would be constantly empty if that happened. Spend $2.50 to get an extra 100-200 Gamerscore? Yes, please!
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Mike Newlad
09/15/09

@(Human) Gyaruson: *loser* cough

lol
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(Human) Gyaruson
09/15/09

@Mike Newlad:
Guilty.
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SHOWTIME!
09/15/09

@(Human) Gyaruson: I can never understand people like you. Does it really matter if others can see what you have done? I guess i'm that rare breed who just loves the video game for its content. Sad thing is, i know a lot of people who just rent/buy games to get a higher score/get trophies, it saddens me.
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(Human) Gyaruson
09/15/09

@SHOWTIME!:
@potatojenkins:

Lawls. I play games for fun. Pure and simple. I also love getting achievements. I do happen to love the short, relatively inexpensive games that the iPhone has to offer like Field Runners and Plants VS Zombies. So if MS started offering games like that with achievement points, that would be more incentive for me to buy them. I don't play games just for the points. But I do try to get all the achievements I can out of the games I like. Yes, my cancer is spreading!
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Xeno
09/16/09

@jessenick: Actually Zune actually does have achievements of a sort. I got an email the other day saying I got a bronze badge for listening to Children of Bodam.
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