Xbox Live has enough highs and lows to rival the moods of a sufferer of uncontrolled bipolar disorder. Nothing a little gaming lithium wouldn't fix, but unfortunately there seems to be no one around to prescribe, what with Dr. Mario being holed up trying to work out how to fix the situation with his own console's download service.
So the citizens of Xbox Live have now taken to self diagnosing. Schizoid being the first attempt. The title, named after a psychological condition, has all the potential to become a great game, but due to poor treatment by its developers, and with no decent help out there, it seems destined to be left untreated and crippled by its issues. Average mental health analogy's aside, Schizoid never really hits the highs that many recent Arcade titles have.
Warp Zoned writes:
"Jamie Fristrom is a name that you might not be familiar with, but you’ve certainly experienced his work. In 1996, Fristrom became part of the original team at Treyarch and had a hand in many of their earliest hits. But his biggest claim to fame is the creation of the webslinging engine found in Spider-Man 2 (and used in nearly every Spider-Man game since). In that dark period between GoldenEye 007 and Batman: Arkham Asylum, Fristrom’s work on Spider-Man 2 proved that licensed games could still be fun.
After his days at Treyarch ended, he went the indie route and created the acclaimed XBLA game Schizoid and founded his own one-man-studio, Happion Labs. His first game under the Happion Labs banner will be Energy Hook, a game that attempts to recapture the fun we all found in aimlessly webslinging around Manhattan.
Fristrom is readying a Kickstarter campaign to help fund the game, which will likely launch in a few weeks. In the meantime, I had a chance to talk to him about his career so far and where he plans to take it with Energy Hook."
Jamie Fristrom, Creator of Schizoid — and one of the lead developers of the critically acclaimed Spider-Man 2 — stopped by GamerCheese to give us an inside look into his exciting new project, the likelihood of Schizoid 2, and the thing he hated most about Spider-Man 2.
With over 250 games available and new ones every week, Xbox Live has a lot to offer. There’s so much content that you probably missed a few gems during multiplayer matches of Hydro Thunder Hurricane or solving puzzles in Limbo. That’s why we’re here to deliver the top five games you probably missed.
Robert Workman (RunDLC)
I first saw this in Game Informer a while back and thought "Wow, that game sounds cool". It's a shame that it didn't work out like I had hoped it would...