While it seems that the Xbox edition of Minecraft is always playing catch up, I can’t help but get just as exited over every update and every little bit of new content added as I did when playing on the PC. Owners of Minecraft 360 (as I like to refer to it as) are awaiting the release of the 1.7.3 update which will bring about shears, pistons and many bug fixes among other things. Most notably though will be the…
Since 2009, the folks at Texas based developer Twisted Pixel have been responsible for some of Xbox Live Arcade’s very best games, not to mention the funniest; from the babbling lunacy of ‘Splosion Man to the fourth wall-breaking misadventures of Captain Smiley. Recently I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to fire some questions at the guys at Twisted Pixel and level designer Alex Jones was only too happy to answer. What makes Twisted Pixel tick? What’s the deal…
I openly admit that I have quite the soft spot for Twisted Pixel. Since 2009, they’ve released a handful of games over Xbox Live Arcade that have not only proven that the Texas based developer has an indisputable aptitude for creating inventive and laugh-out-loud funny games, but also that it’s possible for an entertaining and worthwhile game to be developed on a small budget; a mega-franchise like Call of Duty might pull billions of dollars in Activision’s direction with its’…