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Review: Arcadecraft - Strategizing Nostalgia [Twinfinite]

Arcadecraft is a game that Firebase Industres wants to sell. While their first game Orbitron: Revolution was good, it didn't set the world on fire both literally or figuratively. So with that mindset, they set out to utilize the two most popular Xbox Indie Games marketing tools to boost sales with avatars and anything ending in "craft." Whether they will garner the success off this shameless ploy is anyone's guess.

What we at Twinfinite do know is whether it is good or not. With their hopes riding on growing support leading to a Steam release, let's see how they did.

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Game Under Podcast Episode 50

Time for another Big Show! Phil Fogg and Tom Towers waste 3 hours discussing the pitfalls of procedural generation, other podcasts, The Road (The Last of US), innuendo and cockney rhyming slang.

A few games might even be discussed, too: Sir, You Are Being Hunted, Arcadecraft, Shovel Knight, Need for Speed Hot Pursuit, and the one we've all been waiting for: Future Cop L.A.P.D.

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Five Xbox Indie Games you should at least try

GamesAsylum: "The fact that the greatest Xbox Indie games are buried under tat like Baby Maker Extreme and Dont B Nervous Talking 2 Girls [sic] makes their discovery seem all that more special.

Some damning praise for the way Microsoft manages the service, there. Perhaps we should be glad that Microsoft has never really shown any interest in capitalising on the Xbox 360′s indie service. That said, it wouldn’t be an entirely bad thing – those deserving of more than just a postage-stamp sized advert on the dashboard may have ended up receiving a bit more press coverage.

To make finding those elusive hidden gems easier, we’ve rounded-up five of the best"

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An Interview with Kris Steele of Fun Infused Games

Twinfinite sits down with Trivia or Die! creator Kris Steele to discuss indie games, the Ouya and more.

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