Slam Bolt Scrappers review: Not enough order in the chaos

The Fire Hose Games-developed PSN title Slam Bolt Scrappers combines the tower defense of Rampart with the puzzle mechanics of Tetris and adds a fist-throwing, jetpack-wearing scrapper on top of it all for good measure. The scrapper's meant to not just pulverize the enemy scrapper, but also groups of flying beasts which periodically descend and release new blocks for placement upon defeat. The scrappers' jetpacks allow them to float around the screen, beating up stuff and placing blocks while avoiding as much themselves ... OK, deep breath.

Sounds hectic, right?

It is! At least initially. In my experience, the frantic confusion meant "fun" more often than not, but it also wore off pretty quickly. At least in the game's single-player campaign, the handful of mechanics that are combined... (Continue Reading...)

XBLA and PSN treated to World Gone Sour in April


In case you've forgotten: there is a video game about Sour Patch Kids. With an original song by Method Man. That's still happening. The candy is still being made into a video game.

You'll get to play said video game on XBLA April 11, and the PS3's PSN April 10, Capcom announced today. If you can't wait to follow the adventures of a piece of candy, you can watch the trailer above, which Capcom is calling a "story trailer," but which looks an awful lot like an ending to us.

Sour Patch Kids: Spoiling your dinner and your... (Continue Reading...)


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