[INSPIRATION] For those of you who haven't already...

Been exploring the X-Box 360 Live Arcade recently, and I've found some real wonders!

The Katamari series is a must-look for any programmer or artist.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zi3Vr2XLvQA&fmt=18

The most unique game mechanic I've ever seen, and breaking highscores is, rather than competitive, collaborative. The control scheme exclusively uses the two analogue sticks, and nothing else.

If you've got an X-Box 360, download the Beautiful Katamari trial from the XBLA; I promise you, it won't disappoint.

Other interesting demos worth a look are Braid (time-travel puzzler mentioned already on FK), Castle Crashers (by the Newgrounds makers of the Flash and console game Alien Hominid), N+ (another successful Flash game gone console) and Geometry Wars (ultimate particle extravaganza).

That is, of course, if any of you guys ever get any spare time. :)

Only sort of on topic, but I thought this was really cool:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT9SvWGOt24

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Originally Posted by VENGEANCE MX

That is, of course, if any of you guys ever get any spare time. :)

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Tell me about it, i've had GTA4 sitting next to my 360 for 4 weeks and havn't had time to load it up. I saw some pretty pics of an update of I think it was galaxians? there's some real quality on XBLA these days.

thanks for the headsup I'll try and check that out when I get the chance!

So 360 owners, what are your gamer tags ?

Mine, for some odd reason, is:

Squize.

have a guess.

I think i'm already on your list. But we seem to play games at different times

We should all seriously have a FlashKit game battle. I will murder you all at halo 3.

Mine (read: my brother's) is Liam Got Owned.

As for Halo 3, I'm sure you would win. But Halo 1 on a computer.. that's a different matter (am very practiced thanks to my school's generous IT rules). ;)

I blow at Halo3, but TF2, that's where I'm the daddy :)

Anyone else ?

( What a great way to get rid of pent up FK frustration. Think how good it'll be to frag someone's ass after all their bitc'hing about as3 ;) ).

Squize.

I could go for some TF2. I'm a little rusty, but I've been dying to try out my new RAM. :P

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Originally Posted by Squize

( What a great way to get rid of pent up FK frustration. Think how good it'll be to frag someone's ass after all their bitc'hing about as3 ;) ).

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I´d be up for it, but i got the orange box on pc, not on the 360.
Regarding mp shooters i got cod4, gears and halo3 on the 360.

pc's out for me, it needs new guts.

i've got:

GTA4
Condemned 2
Gears of war
Conan
Turok
Lost planet
Ace combat 6
Halo 3
Call of duty 3
Need for speed carbon
The club
Rainbow six Vegas 2

Looks like it's going to be halo3 then.

Bagsey on Malee's team :)

Squize.

Was #1 in the state at Halo 1 on the console... Nothing like 1v4 on Chillout with a 100 frag limit. When I quit Xbox Connect because of the hacks/mods my record was 278:6. :D

I though katamari damacy was a ps2 game, but now is XBLA, what this means?If we make xna games we have to compete with the big guys now? :(

XBLA is 99% big guys ( There are a quite a few games that use the unreal engine there for example ).

Originally it was pimped as a place for original experimental content by indies / smaller in-house groups ( Geometry Wars being a good example, Jet Pac too ), then everyone saw the take up rate ( It was over 10% for a while ) and no one no matter how big can ignore that.

By all accounts though the bubble there has burst. Companies aren't making the money they were just a year ago. WiiWare is were the smart money is moving now.

Squize.

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By all accounts though the bubble there has burst. Companies aren't making the money they were just a year ago. WiiWare is were the smart money is moving now.

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That door has already closed. Nintendo has their 1000 or so developers they are working with and are not accepting any more for the time being. Also, they expect the companies working on Wiiware to at least be stable enough to have an office location and the resources to bring their games to completion.

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Originally Posted by Ray Beez

That door has already closed. Nintendo has their 1000 or so developers they are working with and are not accepting any more for the time being. Also, they expect the companies working on Wiiware to at least be stable enough to have an office location and the resources to bring their games to completion.

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Where can I get cubicle walls cheaply? Just put a few of those around your computer and send them a photo of your office

too bad I have a ps3, I would completely kick some ass in cod4. anyone with a playstation ID.

I have
Call of duty 4
Metal gear solid 4
Soul Calibur 4
Grand theft auto 4
Sonic the Hedgehog

and I'm looking forward for: LittleBIGPlanet, Killzone2 , and Resident Evil5.